The Vampire King's Wife *discontinued until further notice*

Luxury

He looks so familiar.  Is he the boy in my dreams?  How does his touch not hurt my skin?  I look down at my right hand, at the scar in the middle of it.  I always did fantasize about the ways I got this scar.  To be honest, I don't remember how I got it.  Hmm, maybe I got it from climbing a tree?  Seems more realistic than the dreams I have about it.  I examine the room, wondering why he put me in a room so luxurious. Aren't I his prisoner or something? I explore the room a little bit, four doors besides the one to leave the room into the hallway I came from. 

One door leads to a walk-in closet, full of blouses and skirts, leggings, and comfortable pants on one side, elegant dresses of the corset type on the other.  A turn off the clothing area of this closet takes me to an area dedicated to shoes, once again sorted into comfy and elegant.

The second door leads to a large bathroom, a pool-like bathtub in one corner and a shower stall in another, the vanity on the side of the pool but in another corner.  The floor is all one large tile of a beautiful black color and the walls are a white wood.  Of two doors by the shower, separate from the one by the vanity to my room, one leads to the toilet and the other is locked, making it impossible for me to get through.

A third door in my room leads to the balcony, giving me a view of the Royal Courtyard.  Plants decorate the area, a rocking chair on one side of the balcony and brightening the area up a little bit.  The last door is locked as well, only giving me more questions.  Where does this lead?  I decide to leave it alone, too tired to find out anyway.

I retire back to my bedroom, a large king sized bed in the center with velvet curtains surrounding it, a desk on the one side of the room without doors.  Beside the desk is a wooden dresser with little trinkets on top.

I get around the curtains and bundle under the bed, falling into a gentle sleep right after.

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I wake up and stare up at the ceiling, a little surprised that earlier events weren't dreams.  Hmm... I still have to go to school.  I sit up and stretch before wandering to the walk-in closet and changing into a blue blouse and black sweatpants before heading over to the shoe section and grabbing white socks and black tennis shoes.  When I'm fully ready, I grab a pen and a notebook from the desk and head out the front door, using my trusty sense of direction to sniff out the front door.

As expected, I reach the front door within three minutes and leave, seeing a transit bus out in the distance.  In a miracle I make it to the transit and ride it to the front of the school grounds, making note to use the transit to go back to the castle after school and which stop I have to get off the bus when I get there.

Sadly, I slept in.  I didn't make it to school until the end of second period, so I take the advantage and pay for some breakfast from a nearby vending machine during transition period before heading to third period. Well, I got to eat something at least. When I enter the room, Calvin sits in the back, pulling at his hair as if he hasn't been able to sleep all night.  Probably true.  He did lose his favorite toy, after all, I think bitterly before sitting down and writing down notes from the board.

It isn't long before Calvin notices I'm here and he changes seats and sits next to me.  "Where the heck were you?" He asks before putting his hand on mine, the familiar burning sensation returning.

"Away from you," I write on the notebook before pulling my hand away from his.  "Stay away from me."

Calvin scoots closer to me before whispering in my ear "that isn't going to happen because you're carrying my child."

"Correction:  MY child, not yours," I write in return.  "You are just the monster who helped create my baby."

At reading this, Calvin slaps me so hard it echoes throughout the room and I fall off my chair, both the desk and chair falling with me.  "You _____!" He yells before moving to hit me again.

Before his fist can make contact with me, a blur appears in the way and grabs Calvin's wrist.  The blur stills, revealing a black haired man in a black trench coat and sunglasses with a snarl showing on his mouth. "You touch her again and I will see to it you don't see Luna again." The man twists Calvin's arm and flips him, Calvin ending up on his back. This man turns around and looks down towards me with a gentle smile. Offering a gloved hand, I gladly take it so he can help me up. "You must be Khione Heart," he starts, removing his sunglasses. "My name is Sterling. I am supposed to be your new instructor and bodyguard." He looks over at Calvin with a suspicious look in his eye. "It seems the latter was needed, after all." He turns back to me before asking "You were up early this morning, I had not expected that. My apologies for not informing you of your new arrangements. His Majesty felt this place unsafe for you."

I silently laugh before signing "of course it's unsafe.  It's school," too exasperated to find the notebook and pen.

In turn, Sterling signs "still, His Majesty wishes your return to the castle."

"I really am a prisoner," I sign before fixing my desk and chair, picking up my notepad and pen afterwards.

"No.  The King just wishes for your protection," Sterling signs back before assisting me.

Finally recovering from his shock, Calvin stands up and looks at Calvin, bewildered. "Just what are you?" He asks as he looks between me and Sterling.

"Your worst nightmare if you ever think about coming near Khione again," Sterling growls lowly. For a second, it almost seems his eyes change to a red for a split second, but returns to his normal eye color too fast for me to be certain.

Calvin nods and looks down, as if he is too scared to say anything and Sterling straightens his jacket, no longer looking at him and back towards me. "Shall we go?" He signs, holding an arm out to me. I nod and take it, letting him escort me out of there.

Word Count: 1128

AN: Haha, I got to update one more time! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I was at Camp! So much fun, and I'm exhausted from how much my little fishies tired me. My first year being a camp leader and it was the best time ever.

It was a lot of sun though, I don't think my vampire self could take it...

Well! I'm working on the next chapter right now, I hope you are enjoying this novel!