Forced Bride Of The Vampire Lord

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"There is a hair entangled in the earring." Hazel tried to take the earring back but the woman hastily passed it to her husband who put all of them in his pocket before Hazel could ask for them back.

Tsk! Did they think she would go back on her words? She rolled her eyes.

"We want to see the room of the kids before leaving." They both nodded their heads and guided them towards the first floor.

There were two large rooms with five to six beds in it. It was warm, clean and gave a cozy feeling. But what if they treated kids badly once they leave.

"You can always come and look for the kids. It is not like we can refuse you to meet them. Your sudden visit would clear your doubts.`` Once again the lady has read Hazel's thoughts, surprising her.

She had always thought that she was good at covering her feelings.

"We shall leave now! We have nothing to handle too!" The next part of the sentence came as a whisper on which Hazel nodded her head and they both left the inn giving one last glance to the kids who were still busy eating.

"We did not even ask them why they were there?" Hazel whispered as she once again sat on the coachman seat instead of going in startling him but then his eyes softened and a strange feeling started to fill his mind.

He shook off the strange thoughts like she cared for him away. She only sat there because she wanted to discuss the events of today.

"They were scared and hungry. The needed rest. You can always come there tomorrow or later when you get the chance. That time, they would be able to explain to you better." she nodded as she knew she should not hurry them or the kids would be scared further.

They were looking happy after eating, she smiled as she remembered their amazed faces.

"I will go to that house again after escorting you back to the palace to see if I can find any clues. You have to be patient as you can not rush the process and reach the palace at the same time.`` His voice had a helpless look and she knew she would only get scolded but if they did not reach the palace on time, Lucian could lose his life too.

"I know. I am just reminding you." she stopped as she looked at him. He was driving the carriage silently without asking about what happened.

But she was sure that she had not forgotten. No one could forget what happened so easily. She had blown a human as if it was..! Only its thought was enough to tremble her.

"You should not worry about what happened, since you do not know how it happened. Maybe he was cursed or had eaten something. There might be many reasons for what happened.

But.. i… I request you to not tell my lord about it. He is against witches and magic. What if he misunderstood and…" he stopped as he did not know how to continue.

As much as he wanted to take her back to the palace, he wanted to hide her in the dark so that Rafael or VIncent would not be able to hurt her.

If she was a witch, they are going to kill her or use her.

Hazel wanted to tell him that he hated all the witches except one, and if she was a witch, then she was the one who he was waiting for. But she remained silent as she did not want to create false hopes for him or her.

And as he said, it might have been due to various reasons. She would go and check her power to do magic once again. She still has that book as she found it very fascinating and was not able to keep it away.

"Yes, I understand. Do not worry about it." she took a deep breath, "but how will we test it?" his eyes flickered with a dark ray of light and he pulled the reins with more force, making horses agitated in the process.

They neighed loudly and started running faster making the carriage disbalanced.

Hazel shook and her upper body bent on Lucian to maintain the balance when he felt her fragrance entering his nostrils.

Her touch was soft! Her hair tangled her and he closed his eyes unconsciously as he leaned closer to that fragrance. It gave him peace he was searching for a long time.

His big hands wrapped around her shoulders when Hazel blinked. She stared at his face and then at his hands that were holding her intimately.

"Thank you, I am balanced now." she whispered but his hands did not let go of her. He kept holding her from one hand while his other hand was holding the reins when she raised a brow and her face started to turn cold.

"If you are a witch then it would be best for you to run away. Come with me and I will make sure you will be safe. You can not go among humans or vampires, Hazel. They both are dangerous and hated witches without knowing what witches are!

They claim that witches kill humans and use them for their experiments and potions but they forget that one of them feeds on humans while the other is busy in war for extending territories killing hundreds of his own kind in the process.

Everyone is flawed but they only curse witches. The truth is they are afraid of the immeasurable powers witches hold." her brows furrowed as she did not understand why he was so sure that she needed to leave the palace when they were still discussing it.

"You are talking like you are a witch and you have suffered a lot! You do not need to worry about me. Even if I am a witch, no one will kill me. In fact, Rafael will happily accept me."

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