Soul Mate

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"What's the matter Luara? Afraid I'll see another one of your dirty fantasies about me?" Daniel said holding in a laugh.

"Ha! You only wish I would think that. And if you must know, my problem is you finding out my plot to escape." I said flatly.

He looked confused, "Do you even know where we are Luara?"

"Aren't we in New York?" I began to panic, if we weren't in New York, where were we? Were we in the United States? Oh God, where the hell am I?

As if Daniel read my mind (bastard probably did) he spoke up, "Luara we aren't in the United States, we're a few continents over, in Spain."

Holy shit, we're in Spain! This was probably the best day of my life. Spain was my dream, my mom was from Spain and always told me stories about it. The secrecy, the people, the food. I was just about to mention that I probably would be going for a long walk when Rose walked in.

"Luara, may I speak to you?" Rose said so softly I could barely hear her.

"Of course Rose." I said as I stepped outside of my room with her. She was wearing a red silk blouse with black slacks that look causal yet formal, how does she do it?

"Luara, when you first came here with Daniel, you seemed so happy. Now you two aren't getting along very well, what happened?" I noticed she was trying not to be offensive, she probably thinks me and Daniel are a thing. I guess I have to play along or have Daniel freak out on me.

"It's not that I'm not happy, I am. I think that Daniel and I have our differences though and we're working them out." That lie just slid off my tongue.

"Oh, well that's a good thing because I don't want you two to have to face the consequences of separation."

"Separation of what, exactly?" I asked.

"Oh my, he hasn't told you anything has he dear? I'm going to have to kill him for that." Rose said as she took my hand.

"Oh, well I'm sure he was going to tell me..." I said clearly doubtful, but I didn't want to get Rose mad, I found her to be like a mother. She laughed in response and lead me through a passage down to what looked like an old basement. The walls were dome shaped and were made out of cement.

When we reached the ending we entered a beautiful garden. Flowers were in bloom everywhere and a fountain was in the center of it all, this is my dream garden, I though to myself. Rose lead me to glass coffee table filled with drinks and finger food.

"Do you like it? I set this up for us. I figured we were going to need to have a nice long chat." From our previous conversation I didn't doubt it, it seems like Daniel left me out on a lot of important things.

"Okay, Luara. Should I start from the beginning?" She asked.

"That would be great." I said, I decided I'd listen to her talk and then ask my questions.

"Alright, well your probably wondering why Daniel killed your brother, Logan? Well, Logan has always been a subject of interest in the vampire kingdom, which is extremely difficult o do considering he is a mortal. He was almost as important as Daniel, and Daniel was never happy about this. The court almost let Logan take Daniel spot as future king. The rivalry has always been with them.

"To take his spot as king Daniel first had to find his soul mate, mark her and then they would marry and become king and queen. He looked for her everywhere, always trying to feel for a tingle with every girl he met. If he didn't find his soul mate before Logan then Logan would become king and he would just be a vampire. When Daniel was in your town he felt his soul mate was here, he searched every inch of the town until he found you. He felt the tingles a mile away. He got the feelings any mate would get so when Logan tried to separate you and him, he got so angry that he killed Logan.

"I certainly hope that Daniel told you that you two are soul mates? Well, never mind that I'm sure you'll get the picture. So now that Daniel has marked you, you now get to become queen and marry Daniel." Rose said all of this so slowly that I got every single word in my head and boy, was there a lot in my head right now.

'Wow, that's certainly a lot to process. Can I ask you a few questions?"

Rose nodded her head and smiled, "Go right ahead."

"So, why was I chosen to be his soul mate? And was my brother a vampire, are you a vampire? Do I have to marry Daniel? I mean sure I'm attracted to him but not really emotionally as much as, you know... Who is the King now? How do they pick who the king is? I'm sorry, I'm totally bombarding you with questions, I know. I just can't even process, agh." I rambled, talking in the exact opposite manner of Julie's, slow and deliberate tone.