Red Haze

Chapter Two

Chapter Two

"Damn! That woman," he cursed. If he was not that fixated on that mouth of hers, this would never happen. That sassy mouth of hers. And, those lips of hers..

"Damn!" he cursed again. He focused his mind and slowed his heartbeat. He eliminated the toxin by slowly pushing them out from the gash that the woman inflicted. When it was finally done, he sealed up his own wound. Within 5 minutes, his chest looks just brand new with no signs of scarring.

"Perks of being a royal vampire," he grinned. He took his time to clean himself up and changed into one of his many white shirt.

He still could sense her near his territory and he decided to let her run a little further. 

Where is the fun if you catch the prey too quickly ...

In the meantime, he looked over his safeguards. To his surprise, none of them was broken. It could only mean one thing. They had an insider on how to pass the safeguards that he placed.

"Yet, another reason to get her,". For some reason, he smiled at that thought and as soon he relaxed, his sire line thoughts bombarded his mental defenses.

"Crap. " He looked into his sire line's thoughts but they were filled with red haze. It was impossible for him to communicate mentally with them.

With vampiric speed, he dashed through the woods. For the first time in centuries, he was worried sick. With the sky that dark, any vampire would dare to come out from their lair. And, it was exactly what happened. His sire line must have sensed that he was in danger and tried to eliminate the danger themselves.

"STOP," Lucian growled, emanating raw power and everyone froze. His eyes quickly accessed Amelia's injury. There were scratches but nothing more. He was glad that his sire line had a strong sense of cavalry and fairness. Despite they had the numbers, only one of them dueled with her. Fair and square.

 "My lord? " His oldest and closest sire line, Jayden bowed with respect but with questioning eyes.

"Noone's to touch her." An unexpected voice echoed in their ears as yet another group of hunters emerged from the shadows of the trees.

Every vampire started growling and snarling at the voice of their predators.

"Easy there, bloodsucker. Wouldn't want to start a war just right after the treaty, right?" The leader of the hunters mocked.

Lucian was not about to stand down against such mockery and was just about to snap his neck just to teach them a lesson or two about disrespecting a thousand-year-old royal vampire. He could care less about whatever treaty that the other royal had made with others. He just couldn't be bothered. But, her voice snapped his thoughts away.

"Brother! What the hell are you doing here ?" she exclaimed.

"Saving your lame ass from all the constant shit that you dig out," he said nonchalantly

"Why. Thank you. I am FULLY capable of handling my own shit," she fumed as her chest puffed out in defiance.

Somehow her aggressive self-defense enticed Lucian like no other and he thought of a brilliant idea.

"I wouldn't dare to affect... our new friendship. I'll never hear the end of it from Mikheal, " Lucian answered to everyone's surprise. " But, it seems that it is not us who broke it first. It was your sister who has broken into my mansion with a killer intent. Shouldn't there be a ... punishment for such action? We wouldn't want to harm our lil alliance right, human? "

If her brother was shocked, he certainly masked it well. " The punishment will be carried out, " he said in a clipped tone.

"Actually, I have figured out what should be carried out. How bout your Lil Sis becoming my guardian? She has proven that my mansion's security is certainly lacking." Lucian could feel the distress from his sire line from his words but paid no attention to them.

"RIDICULOUS. It shall not happen! I will not leave my sister in a house of predators!" His facade fell almost immediately.

"Well, I daresay your superior will have another say in this," Lucian smirked as he melted away into the shadows with his sire automatically following behind of him, leaving the group of hunters alone.

"My lord, your decision ... ," Jayden's voice trailed off, unsure of what's next.

"She is mine. My other half, "

"But, my lord! She's a huntress!"
"Are you sure, sire?"
"Impossible!"

Voices of protest echoed throughout the mansion.

"Enough. She is mine. I'll not repeat myself," Lucian repeated, daring anyone to defy him and his sire line quickly averted their gaze elsewhere.

Moments after his sire line left the mansion, his best friend and oldest of his sire line said, " Dude, congrats. It's been too long,"

"I know, " Lucian could barely wait to get his hands on her tomorrow. There is no way for her to wriggle out of his clutch. Even if he has to use a couple of blackmailing and death threats to make sure she will be by his side before the next sunset. There is no way he will be leaving her with any other man until she comes of age and feels the mate bond.

Oh yes. Mate bond.

He smirked.

Oh, he could barely wait.

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