Forced Bride Of The Vampire Lord

"Cohabitating!" This was the first time Hazel had heard about that.

She couldn't help but look around with more concentration this time. True to his words, she could see a young vampire holding the hand of a woman and she was sure that the human was his mother with the smile they both have.

Not far away she could see a vampire working on a flower shop in broad daylight and many humans were buying flowers from the shop.

The whole place was harmonious without any argument or hatred. She did not find any hostility among them which was new to her.

Her eyes looked at everything like a curious child when she saw a group of children playing in the field and walked towards them.

There were four vampires in the group of seven who were playing on merry go round. Their laughter filled the green fields.

"It feels unreal. Isn't it?" she nodded when he whispered into her ears without thinking twice.

Sharing a town with a vampire was already something she could not believe, but being this happy with each other as if it was normal to be with vampires, how did that happen?

"The town did not welcome guests, afraid that they would spread rumors and hatred among them or would tell other towns who could come tonight with them.

So, do not stare at them like this, they will become vigilant and even attack you to keep themselves safe from the problems of the future." she would have done the same if her family would have been at stake.

Nodding her head, she stopped staring at the kids and walked back with him when a girl smiled and nodded as she passed by them.

Her brows furrowed as she turned to look at the girl, "she is friendly because she found us just like them." a pair of vampire and human. That was why they did not feel threatened.

"Shall we leave or would you like to explore further?" he asked as they stood in the middle with equal distance from the carriage and town when she shook her head.

She did not want to see further even when she was curious. She had always lived her life on belief, belief that vampires were monsters that kill humans and treat them as animals they could feed upon.

She had grown up into the environment where Vampires were hated and though she had never met one, the thoughts had ingrained in her heart that was why she was so skeptical about marrying one of them.

But Rafael had challenged her beliefs and her principles again and again and made her realize that she was living with her eyes closed all this while.

But she had still held it. She was afraid that if she would enter the town, the base of her life would shatter and then she would not be able to decide whom to trust and whom not to.

"We are getting late and I have already understood your intentions of bringing me here." she whispered when he nodded back his head but said nothing.

Both of them walked in silence towards the carriage. She could feel his cold touch over her skin.

It had always been like that, yet she had felt warmth from the coldness.

She could see the genuine smile of lovers here. If there would not have been a woman in his life, could it be they would have had their happily ever after too?

"Discarding something because it is against your beliefs is cowardice." she raised her head and stared at him when a smile formed on her lips,

"It is said by the man who had kept his eyes and heart closed for two decades believing that the dead would come back.

Not accepting truth is cowardice too.'' She knew that he would not like it but she wanted to tell him that he was living in a world full of lies.

The girl who had died long ago was not going to come back and sooner or later he had to accept the truth.

When she had thought that he would be angry and snarl at her, the man smiled charmingly,

"Her familiar is alive, only this proof is enough to know that she is alive and living nearby.

You do not need to worry about me. I only want you to think where you future resides.'' Though his voice was calm, she could feel the threat over it but closed her mouth and eyes.

She knew that she could not persuade him to stop loving the girl. But it did not stop her heart from feeling the envy. How lucky was the girl to have such a kind of man devoted to her.

"My lord, the carriage is stopped." A bit of a scared voice of the coachman took their attention and hazel removed the curtains to see a group of knights were standing in their way.

"What do you need?" The cold voice of Rafael was enough to leave shivering on the body of the knights but they continued to stand there like a rock.

"Is there some problem?" She walked out of the carriage with a clam look on her face as she knew that the knights belonged to her father.

The crest of their family was on their uniforms but she was sure that her father would never attack their carriage publically.

Not only would he lose his credibility as a good father that he was trying to make but he would even be announced as a criminal as he would initiate the war.

But the cold faces of the knights did not deter.

"Attack!" the one word resounded in her ears before they all started throwing arrows at them, shocking her out of her wits.

"Hazel! Come back to the carriage!" she heard him shout when she realized she was still standing there like a statue but why were they attacking. Their arrows could not hurt a vampire then what was the reason.

"The arrows are made of Bellarium!"