A vampire's vow

Chapter 2

Nate was walking in the town, as far away from the palace as possible. Not wanting to get caught by the silly little princess's Guard. "Pfff, what a spoiled brat she must be..." He mumbled to himself under his hood as he listened to all the townspeople gossiping about her little majesty. "I've heard that she murdered her own father, the King ! ..... Did you hear that the princess has returned ? Praise the devil, she's back ! What would we have done without her ?! A year she's been gone, left us here trying to survive against the Redmoon's army ! We should thank her cousin Prince Hanzo to have been here and take care of us with the army !" Everyone and anyone was gossiping about the darling beloved Princess Scarlet. "If I could meet her I would thank her to have come back to save us ! She didn't leave without a good reason, a princess would never abandon her own kingdom !" A man was fighting and yelling with another, again, about the princess. Three whole months this lasted. People were banging at the palace doors, pleading to see their princess. "What stupid people..." Nate said to himself. "She never showed her face in public since she disappeared, now she's back and hidden in that castle of hers... What a coward..." He blowed his hair out of his face and kept walking.
The moonlight as his only light source, even though he didn't need it thanks to his night vision, he headed towards the lake in the middle of the woods, one of the only places that wasn't guarded in the kingdom. His hands in his pockets, he walked towards the only place where he could feel comforted. Nate heard a crack behind him, was he being followed ? He started to walk faster, going deeper in the woods. A piercing scream echoed through the forest. "What the...?" A red cloak flashed in the branches, someone was running and then a howl. Wolves. He darted towards the figure as he saw one, no, three wolves, all running after the figure. No one in his right mind would come in the woods at night, especially with a red cloak like that. A second later he lost sight of the person. Another howl, he ran toward the sound as he finally saw it. The person was cornered, surrounded by hungry wolves and trapped, the trees blocking the back. The person was clearly panicking, he tried to see who or what it was but a cloak was hiding his, her or its face. A wolf jumped, his jaw and teeth ready to kill. Without thinking, Nate lunged at the wolf a blade in his hand. One down, two to go... Using his vampire speed, he killed the other two wolves in a fraction of a second. "Watch out !" A feminine scream came from the figure as she pointed behind Nate. Another wolf appeared, ready to snap his jaws at him, with a quick turn the blade sank in the wolf's neck, cutting the head off, blood spilling everywhere. As he turned around, the figure screamed again as a wolf lunged at her. Pinning her to the ground, he started to snap and growl loudly at her. Trying to push it away, kicking and screaming, the figure backed up in a tree. As the wolf went for his killing move, Nate sank the blade in its chest and yanked it away from the figure. After a couple of minutes, the forest was soundless except from Nate's panting. He didn't get that much of an energy boost for a long time. He looked at the figure that was backed up against the tree, trembling. As he walked towards it, he saw that the hood fell off. Stoping dead in his tracks he looked at the person. It was a girl, a beautiful and charming girl. Her long and perfectly curled hair was black as a death itself and her skin pale as the white moon. But the thing that struck him the most was her eyes. Her sparkling eyes were red, almost as the colour of fresh blood, the same colour of her lips. "Woah..." He said almost as a whisper. She looked at him in fear and innocence. He walked slowly towards her and extended his hand. "Are you alright ?" He asked gently. "Yes, thank you so much for saving me..." She said in the most sweetest and melodic voice he ever heard. "I'm Nate, what's your name ?" She took his hand still looking in his eyes, her skin soft as silk. "My name is Scarlet."