Heiress 101 (rewritten)

III

Heiress 101
CHAPTER iii

"You're almost fine now, Av. You'll be you again in two days."

Heather's voice was like marshmallow. Soft and sweet.

Avry groaned while trying to sit up. She opened her eyes and saw sunlight streaming through the curtains.

She let out a soft "Hey." and gestured for the glass of water on her bedside table. Heather took it and pressed it to her mouth, letting her taste the cold refreshing drink.

"He hit you 46 times. I only counted 16 slashes on your body. He showed you mercy."

"He showed me that he is heartless."

"But you didn't see his face when you screamed after he accidentally hit your neck." she's on his side...

"Are you trying to tell me that General Pierce didn't mean to whip me? That he didn't mean to torture me? What about when he 'accidentally' hit my ribs, my thighs, my arms, my back, and apparently every part of my body?" Avry said angrily.

Heather shook her head and rolled her eyes. She opened the windows and then sat beside Avry.

"You shouldn't be angry at him. Be angry at your real enemy, Maze. He captured you and the whip was his creation. Surely there is a good reason for him to let that happen to his own fiancée."

Avry sighed and lied down again. She looked into Heather's calm green eyes and her perfectly groomed blond long curls. Her hair was a thread of gold. It has always made Avry jealous. Sure, her dark hair was something to envy as well but she has always wanted a golden hair... like Monecille's...

She rejected to contemplate the thought and focused on her present problems. "Maze doesn't love me. Royal marriages are only for alliances. We may be rich but love has always been a luxury that we cannot afford."

Avry thought of her father and mother. Do they even love each other? If they don't then what was the reason they got married?

Heather broke in to her mind again."Maze doesn't. Pierce does. He loves you."

"What?!" It sounded like the king told her a joke. But the king never speaks to her so it was just like what Heather said. Totally unbelievable. "You think that a man as heartless as General Pierce is in love with me? Shut up, Heather. I have more shit to think of."

'I am not a fan of romance.'

The mere thought of Collin Pierce liking her was a huge impossibility. It would be an abomination. A tragedy. A plague. It made her skin crawl with something she cannot describe.

"I have a meeting to attend, princess. I'll let you know which cage they're planning to put you in later." She winked at Avry and took her red cloak with a silver symbol. Before closing the door, she whispered as soft as she could that only a vampire could hear it. "If the love is hidden, then it is real... but scared."

Heather left after a cheesy line. It was so her. She just loves leaving people with puzzle pieces.

Clourdwick Heather Monroen is the 6th member of the 12 round of members of the Clourdwick Council. The 1st Clourdwick member is Lady Diana y Libeth. The oldest yet the most powerful Clourdwick.

Clourdwicks are gifted vampires. They have talents and skills that are as strong as the royals'. They are the brains of the kingdom and without them, walls will be breeched.

The Round of Clourdwicks is the second most important council next to the High Royal Council. The third would be the Council of Generals. The name says it all. It is a council for the security of the kingdom.

But no matter what their positions are, of her father's, of Maze's, or even of General Pierce's, Avry cannot answer the big question running through her mind.

"What makes them think that they can just manipulate my life?"