Red Haze

Chapter Four

Chapter Four

" Here you go, miss. " A young vampire showed Amelia her room. Amelia was surprised as she wasn't expecting any respect from the vampires much less of a courtesy. Her room was extravagant in a different kind of way. It was empty other than the wooden furniture. Yet, it gave out an expensive impression to Amelia.

" Well, at least their room is nicer than my own," she comforted herself as she tried to unpack her items into the wardrobe. To her surprise, it was filled with men's clothing. Ranging from casual tees to suits.

" Who the hell -," Amelia exclaimed in disbelief but was cut short as a certain vampire said, " That would be mine," He leaned back casually against the wall with that lazy face of his. Unwilling, Amelia admitted he really, really looked very appetizing.

" Appetizing. The hell am I thinking!" Amelia mentally scolded herself.

" It's really making me shy with the way you are staring at me right now,"
Lucian teased. His words totally brought back the sane version of Amelia.

" Awwwwwwww, I guess not much of ladies actually bother to look at you, huh? Don't be sad," she cooed

Her remark totally took him back but quickly recovered, " So, you admit to the fact you WERE staring at me.... ."

Amelia flushed and was lost for words.

" I figured that sharing a room with me will be the best way for my bodyguard to protect me round the clock, " Lucian said

" But, there's only one bed.., " Amelia said dumbly.

" But, plenty of space on the floor, " Lucian said innocently. " Unless you were thinking of the fact I will be willing to share you my bed? "

" I wasn't! " Amelia quickly retorted.

" Great! Settled! I figure that you won't mind considering you hunters boast on the fact that all of you could survive on wild terrain! "

It was true. They were trained to survive even in the harshest condition in order to get the upper hand and slay their prey.

Amelia gritted her teeth. She would not be the spoiled princess and let herself shame the other hunters. She was determined to carry out her duties perfectly with no complaints.

" Come, it's dinner time, " Lucian said as he walked away.

"What would you like to have, sir," a young girl asked.

Amelia stared at her blankly. She was no lowly vampire that worked for Lucian. She was not a vampire at all!

" Human. You're a human, " Amelia stated.

" Steak for both," Lucian replied, ignoring Amelia's remark and the human girl curtsied politely and went away.

" It's not enough to make her your blood whore? You have to make them work as well?! " Amelia exclaimed in anger. Angry at the fact that her race had to bow so low for the vampires.

" I can hear you perfectly well. There's no need to raise your voice. Sensitive hearing remember?" Lucian rubbed his ears. " As for your question, Anna is not part of my feeders. She's just here as a maid and obviously sworn to secrecy. She came here on her own will and of course paid very well for her job. And, it would be very nice of you not to address my feeders as blood whore. Speaking of blood, you will need to follow me to the feeder's room tomorrow. "

" Must I? " Amelia asked, feeling a bit uncomfortable about the whole feeding process.

" You are my bodyguard. What if I'm ambushed there? "

" You don't exactly need to worry bout that, don't you? After all, you royals are really tough to kill,"

Lucian stopped slicing his steak and said gravely, " But, you hunters did, didn't you? The entire family. "

Taken by surprise by his action and his tone, Amelia scrambled through her memory and finally remembered the history of the Drake family. It was the best achievement that every hunter was proud of. The Drake family was accused of using compulsion, a taboo gift to force the humans to do their bidding. " They were evil," Amelia feeling very self-defensive.

" Not all of them. Not all of them, " Lucian repeated. " Not her, "

Her.
Her.
Her.

Amelia thoughts kept repeating in her mind and she was freezing cold. That arrogant vampire just gave her two comforters as a mattress and another as a blanket. It was hard and cold. She tossed around again, hoping sleep would come to her soon.

But, she could not help but wonder who is she.

Was she a friend or a lover of his?

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