Second Chance (Watty Awards 2013) Completed

Second Chance - Chapter 21

Dylan woke up to find Ciara's arms and legs straddling him and the the both of them tangled between the sheets. Memories of the sensual and passionate moments of last night's events brought a smile upon Dylan's face as he stared at ciara lying beside him in a blissful slumber.

Today shall be an important day for Ciara, it is the meet the parents day. I have also planned for another big surprise for Ciara and I am sure that she will cry tears of joy by the end of today.

 Ciara stirred awake and wrapped her arms around my shoulder. She started kissing my naked back and I felt pleasure shot through me. I had to turn around and stop her before things got too hot.
Before you even know it, we will be indulging ourselves into another round of passion which will leave me no time to complete my agenda for today.

Ciara , today is a big day for you, we will be meeting my parents, Kelly's mother Vonda and Derek.

By the way have you seen Vonda before since you have been close friends with Kelly since college? Well I have seen her once and Kelly did not mentioned much about her family to me, I reckoned that the reason is pretty clear since now that I found out that she is a seer and has been protecting me since.

Oh dear! I have been overly engrossed with you my charming prince that I forgot to call her ever since that day I chased her out. Ciara looked down at the floor with downcast eyes as memories of that dreadful night came flooding through her brain , stinging her eyes with tears. My darling, I am sure Ciara will be more than delighted to have you forgive her besides you should be able to see her later in my castle too.

They showered together and Ciara stood infront of her closet staring at her clothes and wondering what to wear for her first impression to the King and Queen. Honey, can you help me with my clothes, I want to leave a good impresssion. How about this? Dylan took out a V- necked  Orange colour satin cocktail dress with black ribbons.Try this, and he handed it to Ciara who shook her head in disagreement, but this is too formal for the day. My darling, you are going to a castle , nothing is too formal be it night or day. Ciara sighed and put on the dress and Dylan took out a greycolour long sleeve shirt with white and pink stripes and put that on together with his black dress pants and belt. Ciara starred at Dylan and ask, since when have you filled up my closet with your clothes as well? Dylan chuckled , well I figured that I will be staying here pretty often , hence I brought along a bag of clothes with me. Ciara, please pack a bag of extra clothes as we will be staying out tonight.

They drove to the castle which was a thirty minutes drive from Ciara's apartment. The driveway leading to the castle was long and winding and decorated with beautiful horticulture of trees shaped into animals. I spotted a pair of swans, a pair of lions, a pair of giraffes, a pair of zebras,a pair of wolves  and a pair of bats. The driveway was grand and is lined with lovely flower beds of purple, blue, red, orange , yellow   tulips , roses, daffodils and daisies. There is also a ceramic fountain in the centre of the driveway with an angel on top ,with lily pads floating on the water. I noticed there is a little hut in the patio and in that stood a statue of the King, Queen and Dylan, the prince. The moment Dylan's car was stationary, his butler, Victor came out to greet him but I can't help but noticed him scrutinizing me from head to toe. Victor, this is Ciara, you are to address her as Princess Ciara. What? But Prince Dylan, she is not married to you yet? This is not a request, this is my command, you do as I say. Yes my Prince, with that he called  me Princess Ciara with reluctance clearly noted in his tone.

I  heard the word Princess Ciara rolled out from my tongue and I mentally spat at that. Why should I a vampire, siting right on top of the food chain  be addressing a human as a Princess and bow down to her.

I lead Ciara into the hall. She was looking around with awe, beholding the majestic grandeur of my castle. The sides of the hall was lined with golden candlesticks  with a wreath of flower at the base of the three candles. The redolent scent of a mixture of essence immediately flooded my nostrils as I stepped further into the hall. It was a mixture of those from the flowers of the wreath which smells like roses and the essence of the candles smells like a combination of vanilla, lily of the valley and pines woods.