The Vampire's Love (Otherworld Series #3)

3.The Seer

Catra Valor ^^^

It took me some time to make my son stop crying , I latched him onto my swollen breast again and tried to make myself stop crying.

But my tears didn't stop.

What did I do to deserve this?

I am a good ,faithful wife he just doesn't want to see it. Needs? He's fulfilling his needs elsewhere too. My luck is so horrible that Melanie happen to stay in the castle too. And she taunts me everyday about how big Pius is and how many times he wakes her up.

He always takes her with him on his trips to I-dont-know-where and doesn't even bother to tell me when he's going.

If anyone is bad and unfaithful then it's Pius. And not me.
I have meetings with the ministers. I see to the daily timetable of the food. I visit hospitals and schools whenever possible. I take care of my son.

I play the role of a perfect Duchess and I always have let down the people who search for their Duke.

I looked down when I felt the stillness in my baby. He was asleep, still clinging to my breast. I smiled and kissed his tiny forehead.

After placing Peter in his cradle and after tiptoeing out of the room, I signed in relief.

As much as I love my boy, it's great when he's asleep.

I walked towards my room to change and continue my day.

*****

I walked the long corridors wearing a black skin tight skirt and a red turtleneck , long sleeved sweater and my hair up in an elegant chignon on top with a few curls falling out. It was cold outside, I was going to visit an old age home for the Hidden today.

By Hidden I mean, Vampires , Werewolves, elves and all those other creatures you thought that never existed.

We have our own government and our own facilities, all hidden from human eyes and thus we call ourselves the Hidden.

"Good Morning, Lady Valor." A maid greeted me. I nodded my head at her. "Head Advisor Jaques Lenon wants to meet you in the guest hall." She informed me.

I smiled at her. "Thank you, Melody. " I said and continued my way to the guest hall.

Melody was quiet and shy, like any typical 17 year old. She was a forest elf, who couldn't find a proper job and asked to join in as a cleaning maid. We were friends...maybe. I see her every morning and she's always greeting me...cleans my room...chats with me sometime. I didn't have many friends in the castle so I was desperate to consider anyone as a friend.

Jaques was on his feet as soon as he saw me enter. Now this guy was certainly considered as my friend. He was a sweet and silly and a very smart satyr.

He was also too young to be a head advisor but you can't complain when you yourself are too young to be a mother and a duchess.

Jaques was wearing a suit and was bare waist down. Mostly because his hair and hooves covered him and partly because he had joined the club, Embrace Your Goat. In which the satyrs were not supposed to hide their legs and we're supposed to kill anyone who insulted their legs.

And shaving your head was also a part of the rules of this club. So that everyone could see his horns. And also reveal his real name which is Jaques. Not that horrible name he had given himself before. The hideous Treehugger. I chuckled at that thought.

Jaques came forward for a hug. I smiled and hugged him back.

"Good morning. You look great." He greeted. I blushed. And muttered a 'thank you'. Only if Pius noticed.

"So ,today's visit to the old is cancelled because one of the oldies just died yesterday. Your free today except a personal visit from the King of the Demons. I'll draw up tomorrow's schedule in two minutes, with your consent and then you can continue whatever a duchess does in her free time."

"Tell me about the Demon King. I need to know what to expect from him." I asked when Jaques just finished my schedule for tomorrow.

"His name is Nikolai Shizkov. Born on 29th February 1765. He's like a thousand years old but he's still looks like he's thirty two. Well according to what I've read about him, he's very closed off and doesn't mix around well with other species of the Hidden. He's named number one player in the Monthly Hidden, that's a magazine company and he's an awesome ruler according to his subjects. "

"So why does he want to meet the Duke?" I asked curious about the misterious demon.

"He's searching for his Seer, who has recently escaped from her bonds at the Demon realm. He wants to hunt her down personally. People say he's in love with her....Some say she's absolutely beautiful and very rare." Jaques looked nervous as he said it. So I questioned him on his nervousness.

"I shouldn't mention anything about the Seer. She's a chameleon elf, she can be anyone and if she knows that the demon king is on his way here then she might escape if she's here. Therefore nobody knows about the Demon King's arrival, he's come in disguise too."

"Why would she be in the castle?" I asked confused and a little nervous myself.

"Hanes is her father."

"What!" I asked with wide eyes.

"Shush." Jaques said and looked around as if expecting someone to spring up from somewhere.

"Hanes? King Hanes is her father?" I asked with a low voice.

"Yes. The King's wife died a long time ago. He's not going to remain without any sex till he dies." He said rolling his eyes.

"The King has affairs with many woman of other species. He has many children. Lunia Grey was one of the many children he has. Her mother was a chameleon elf and therefore she's part elf and part Vampire. Every Vampire has a unique ability and Lunia's ability is that she's a seer. She can see the future and she's very rare. " He said.

"How did the demon king get her? " ,This keeps getting interesting.

"Some thirty years ago, the demons and the vampires had a war. In the war the Vampires won and many demons were killed. The female population became very less and therefore the demons demanded justice. The Vampires felt guilty and were told to give up their most precious possession to the demons. Hanes loved his daughter the most. Her mother died during her delivery and therefore she had always lived with her father. She was his most precious possession and because of her abilities she was even precious to their whole species. Hanes was forced by the council to give up his daughter to the demons. She was to be the bride to the demon king. But she refused and was forced away. She had been locked away in the demon realm for a long time and now recently escaped.

Hanes doesn't like Nikolai because his daughter is married to him. He's happy-" He looked around again. "- that she escaped but has to accept that Nikolai will search her here. He is bound to the rules of the contract and cannot protect his precious daughter. This is the only home she knows and therefore it is expected that she would hide here. Poor girl." He said shaking his head.

Poor girl indeed. Atleast someone who has worst luck than mine. She deserves my pity.