The King's Curse

Emotion

Lara

I stopped laughing when I realized I was laughing with the man who tore up my life.

I suddenly remembered the confusion and anger I felt when I was under hypnosis. I remembered the pain I would get on random occasions. I remembered the pain in my mom's eyes as she retold her past, her dead sister, my mother. I remembered the confusion, pain, heartache and disorientation I felt when my dad staked me.

I lunged forward, rapping my hands around his pale neck. His icy cold skin seemed to warm to the feeling of my slightly warmer hands.

"Oh I was not aware of your intriguing taste but I will make an exception for yo-" He could not finish the sentence as I tightening my grip.

"Lara." Camila called telepathically.

My grip tightened once more.

Camila had ripped me off of Adonis and was now holding me down next to the pile of ashes, that once formed the Duke.

"What is wrong with you!" She screamed at me.

"Nothing is wrong accept for the fact that that mosquito ruined my life. He is the one who recruited my human mom and couldn't even protect my mother. He is the reason I was turned into this blood sucking monster. He is the reason my dad hates me. CAMILA, ASK HIM HOW HE DARES TO SMILE AND LAUGH WHEN SO MY MOM IS SOMEWHERE OUT THERE PASSED OUT FROM EXAUGHTION. ASK HIM HOW DARE HE LAUGHS WHEN PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE OF HIS OWN COURT. ASK YOUR INCOMPETENT KING HOW DARE HE FLIRT WITH ME WHEN HE KNOWS I HATE HIM. I FUCKING HATE HIM CAMILA. I hate him. I hate him." I began to sob once more.

As my rage subsided, Camila helped me up. She took of her red coat of her tall stature and hung it over my shoulders. She rapped her arm around me and used her right hand to support me as she gently lead me out of the room.

"I'm not incompetent." I heard Adonis whisper as we crossed the threshold of the room.

Camila lead me down multiple flights of stairs towards an exit. The whole time we had walked in silence. I noticed that she was extremely gentile in the way she handled me, she was no longer her cold self. It was actually touching.

"Thanks" I whispered.

"Shut up." She replied. There she is.

As we were about to leave the estate gates a group of servants and old looking vampires were following us.

"What's going on?" I asked Camila telepathically.

"I am not sure. Let us find out." She replied.

We stopped walking and turned to face the small group people. They stopped dead in their tracks.

"Say you what needs for you to follow us?" Camila asked with authority in her voice.

"We mean no offense Lady Camila it's-" A man of short stature had Stepped forward.

"It's just that-" he stopped again.

"What say you?" Camila said.

"Well we were wondering if Duchess Arlington was going to start her residents else where and if so shall we follow immediately of shall we wait?" The man answered his head bowed the entire time he spoke.

"Why?" I asked.

"Well, uhh. Duchess we swore our loyalty to the Arlington family and any descendants of the family. I believe it is not forward of me to assume that you are our late Duke and Duchess Arlington's daughter." He said.

This is a lot of responsibility.

"It is forward of you but you are technically correct." I answered.

He lowered his head.

"Uhmmm I- am not sure how to deal with this." I said.

There heads all snapped up simultaneously. Creepy.

"I don't think I have the funds to feed or pay for any of you right now so uhhh-" I continued.

"You don't need to worry about us my lady we can apply for funding from the court." A young lady said as she stepped forward.

They seam persistent.

"Uhhh-" I began.

"Very well then. I shall return with the Duchess tomorrow. Ensure that everything is ready." Camila said as she dragged me away.

Apon our arrival at Camila's home I immediately began my questions.

"What do you mean return me tomorrow? I am not a package that just gets passed around. How am I supposed to take care of so many people? I am literally a broke college student. I can't ask the court for funding I literally just called their king incompetent right to his face. What am I going to do? I've never had so many people rely on me. What if someone gets sick I barely have medical insurance. Where am I meant to source food from? I've been eating Maggie noodles for most of the semester at this point. Camila what have you gotten me into." I panicked.

"My goodness you are way too emotional for a vampire. Even for a newly turned one you are far more emotional." She said.

"Athena was more emotional when she was young, weren't you Athena?" Elizabeth said as she entered the hallway that we were in while being followed by a tall figure.

"Let me see your wound." Elizabeth said.

She lead me into a lounge. Sitting me down on one of the comfortable red couches. I lifted my shirt up for her to see the now fading cut on my abdomen.

"Well you are healing well so there's no reason to worry." She said.

"If you don't mind me asking." Athena began shyly. I nodded a yes.

"Are you my brother's lover?" She asked.

" What?!" I exclaimed.

"They don't say lover these days Athena, they say girlfriend or boyfriend." Camila said.

"Ohh." Athena responded.

"No!" I exclaimed once more now standing.

"My apologies." Athena timidly said.

"I have bigger problems than this." I said snapping at them.

"Calm down Athena also didn't know how to run her district when she started but look at her now. She has everything together." Camila said.

"Yeah, cause she was born into royalty." I replied.

"I can be your advisor. Please." Athena said.

There was a brief pause.

I mean, it's not a bad idea. What could go wrong?