The Ruthless Vampire Heiress (Editing)

Chapter 19

Nang pakawalan ko ang mga labi niya ay niyakap ko siya nang mahigpit. I missed her so much, and I am afraid I won't see her anymore if I let her out of my sight.

Isiniksik ko ang mukha sa leeg niya."God I've missed you."

Dahan-dahang umangat ang kamay niya't marahang hinaplos ang kanang pisngi ko. "I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"I don't like saying sorry because that word is not in my vocabulary, but still, I want to say sorry for the troubles I brought to you."

"What do you mean?"

She sighed, then she hugged me, and god knows how good it feels to be in her embrace. "My cousin is the reason why you have been in the hospital for many weeks."

"Why would he do that? I even don't know who that cousin of yours was."

"Honestly, I am a vampire heiress. I live in a vampire empire ruled by my grandfather, who is the Emperor."

Hindi ko maiwasang masurpresa dahil sa narinig. A vampire empire? A vampire emperor? I never thought they existed. Humiwalay ako sa kaniya't kinunutan siya ng noo. "So why did your cousin hurt me?" Hindi ko maiwasang magtaka kung bakit nagawa sa akin ng pinsan niya iyon. I mean, bakit ako madadamay kung wala naman akong ginagawang masama sa ni isa sa kanila.

"Actually, we are five inheritors of the Emperor: two heirs and three heiresses, but despite being inheritors, only one will inherit the emperor's properties. "

"Okay?" I said confused.

She sighed again, then stared up at the ceiling. "Whoever can first represent a qualified vampire for the throne will inherit our emperor's properties and will be the next emperor or empress. But recently, I found out that three of my cousins backed out of our competition without saying their real reason, and I am pretty sure Kieran, my elder cousin, did something about what happened. And because he's desperate to get the emperor's throne, he's trying to find my weakness to use it against me, so through that, he can remove me from the competition, and if that happens, he can easily pick whoever woman he wants to be his empress. It doesn't matter if that empress is not as strong as the other noble vampire, because once they place her as the permanent empress of our empire, we can't ever touch her or dethrone her because that's against the law."

"That's why I am in this situation, because he's trying to know if I could be your weakness?"

Tumango siya. "Yeah."

"You were there when that guy attacked me, am I right?"

Sinalubong niya ang aking tingin. "Yeah."

Hindi makapaniwalang dinuro ko siya. "Ganiyan ka ba kawalang pakialam sa akin at wala kang pakialam kahit patayin nila ako? Okay lang sa 'yo na durugin nila ako roon ha?"

Tinapik niya palayo ang kamay ko. "Hindi porke medyo naaawa ako sa iyo, manghihimasok na ako. I desire to win in this battle, and I won't let Kieran win just because of you."

Napahawak ako sa dibdib ko. "You're so harsh." Tapos ay kumunot uli ang noo ko kasabay ng selos na lumukob sa buong pagkatao ko. "So you can't be mine because you are waiting for your emperor, right?"

She arches an eyebrow. "Why should I be yours? No one has the right to own me except myself."

I pout. "How could you hurt me like this?"

Nginiwian niya ako. "'Wag ka ngang ngumuso, akala mo namang bagay sa 'yo."

Nagbuntong hininga ako't nangalumbabang tinitigan siya. "Why don't you pick me as your emperor?" Suhestyon ko habang nagpapa-cute.