Adopted By Vampires

Chapter Sixteen

Eric sighed and looked at me. He had a pained look on his face. He looked back up at his father. "Okay, I will take over the throne." Eric stated and Lucas smiled.

"Thank you son. You have made the right decision." Lucas said and walked over to us. Eric tensed up and I put a hand on his shoulder. His father's smile faltered a little bit. "George, take these two to their room and let them settle down." I turned to see a man probably mid thirties, blackish brown hair, and yellow eyes. He smiled warmly at me and I smiled back.

"Welcome back master Eric, how have you been?" George asked and Eric smiled.

"Hello George, I have been great. I finally met my soulmate." Eric replied.

"I see that, you are very lucky master Eric. She is very pretty." George said and lead us to a room. He opened the door and we walked in. Our bags were already on the bed. Eric sat down and I stood awkwardly by the door. He looked up and he had his arms open. His face held a desperate look and I immediately knew what he needed. I walked over to him and he pulled me into his lap. He sighed and looked at me. I looked back into his eyes.

"Eric, why is it so bad to be the king?" I asked.

"It's not, but I just don't want to be tied to that man in anyway." Eric explained.

"Well, according to him he is dying." I tried to cheer him up.

"Yeah I know, but he is still my father and I feel obligated to do what he asked." Eric confessed.

"That makes sense, you're right he is your father so of course you're going to feel obligated to do what he asked. Its all going to work out. I'm here for you." I replied. He smiled at me and there was a knock at the door.

A woman walked in she had long grey hair and wise blue eyes. She was not that tall, and she was very skinny. She seemed very fragile. The woman had on a simple grey dress and a black shawl around her. She looked up at me and smiled.

"Hello I am Helga, I have your outfits for tonight." She introduced herself. She spoke in a deep Russian accent.

"What do you mean for tonight?" Eric asked.

"Tonight, your father is throwing a ball in honor of both of you." Helga explained. "Eric my assistant Ronald will take you to get ready. Myself and a couple other maids will take care of Kayla." Helga said and a man in a green shirt and black dress pants walked in. He lead Eric away and Eric looked back at me worried. I waved to him and he got pulled away. "Okay, Kayla. Time to get you ready, we have three choices for you." Helga said and lead me to the bed where three dresses were laid out.

The first dress was a long red dress that was a mermaid cut. It would flow out far behind me and probably would have fit me very well. The second dress was a baby blue and was a v-neck it would have come down to mid thigh on me. The third and final dress was a dark green and was a peplum. It was would end upper thigh. I tried all of them on and I had decided which one I wanted.

"I really like the red one." I stated and Helga smiled.

"Yes, that is perfect for a pretty girl like you." Helga gushed and I blushed at her comment. "Eric is very lucky to have you." Helga stated. I heard someone scoff and turned around. There was a guy, he looked almost exactly like Eric except he had blue eyes.

"So, my little brother finally found someone to put up with him. Who are you?" The man said.

"Trent, this is Kayla. She is Eric's soulmate." Helga explained. She looked away from him and I knew that everyone in the room was frightened of him, but I wasn't. Trent looked at me with a raised eyebrow and a smirk on his face.

"Wow, his mate. Well let me introduce myself. I am Trent, soon to be king of the vampire world." Trent stated while bowing.

"I'm sorry, but you are wrong. My mate is soon to be king." I stated with a mock respectful tone. "Actually I'm not sorry, my mate seems to deserve more than you." Everyone in the room gasped but I held my ground. Trent had a very furious look on his face.

The next thing I knew, I was being held up in the air by Trent. His hand on my throat, I clawed at his hand. He smiled and pulled me closer to his face.

"If you're not careful, I could snap this pretty little neck of yours." He whispered in my ear. I smiled at him and he looked confused.

"Brother, it would be in your best interest to put my mate down." Eric's voice sounded behind us.

"Of course brother." Trent said and dropped me. I gasped in for air and Eric walked over to me. He helped me up and looked at my throat. He growled and looked back at Trent. "You need to teach your pet some manners." Trent stated.

"She isn't my pet, she is my mate and you will learn to respect her." Eric replied.

"Why would I want to do that?" Trent asked.

"Soon I will be king and if anyone is disrespectful towards my mate, that person will be punished." Eric explained.

"So she wasn't lying, father gave you the throne." Trent said and Eric nodded. "Fine, sorry for disrespecting your mate." He apologized and walked away. Eric turned to me with concern in his eyes.

"I'm okay, but my throat is a little sore." I promised. Eric looked at my throat again and his eyes grew angry. "What is it?" I asked.

"You have a hand print around your throat, I am going to kill him." Eric said and turned around to leave. I grabbed his arm and I shook my head.

"No Eric, its okay I'm not hurt. Its not worth you getting in trouble." I stated. Eric looked back at me and sighed.

"Okay, but we have to finish getting ready." Eric stated and he hugged me tight. "Can you please try to cover this handprint up Helga?"

"Of course Master Eric." Helga answered while she bowed. He left and they got started on me.

They put the dress on and worked on my face. They curled my hair then did my makeup. I looked in a full length body mirror and gasped. The girl staring back at me was not the girl I was used to. Helga handed me a box and I opened it. There was a pair of white gloves that came up to my elbows. I smiled and put them on. There was a knock at the door and Eric walked through.