Forced Bride Of The Vampire Lord

Hazel opened her mouth and closed it again! He even extended the peace treaty? Though she did not know the details, looking at his relieved face, she was sure that he was satisfied with it. But was she mistaken!

"Rafael, I thought you should never leave suspicious people behind. Are you going to keep Vincent alive?" as long as he killed Vincent, she didn't need to worry. If the man would be gone, even if she was having doubts in vain, she would be relieved.

"I would kill him and the rest of your family too." he nodded his head and finally she felt better. She closed her eyes and tried to wrap her mind on everything that happened when he added,

"But not now. He was a key witness in the matter. And if he died, the council would not be able to end the case.

So, I have to protect him till the council closes all the files." her eyes snapped open and she stared at him.

"So, you mean your innocence is connected with Vincent's life now and we have to protect him so that the treaty could be followed?" he stared back at her as he felt there was something amiss in her voice but nodded nonetheless.

"Since your father is a criminal against peace now, a trial would be run by the council where your brother would give testament against your father.

Only then he would be proven guilty and the position of emperor would be passed to Vincent. Then he would sign the extended treaty and only then would the matter end.

If anything happened to him in between, the case would lose its momentum and then it would be difficult to push blame on any of them.

So we have to make sure that he survive till the whole ordeal would end.'' His voice was grave and forced. So, even if he wanted, he could not kill Vincent, not for now.

"How much time would all this take?" she asked again as she felt a foreboding feeling in her heart.

This was too much of a coincidence. How could he be such an important person in this whole matter?

"Hmm, a month at least. Though the council is fast in decision making, it takes some time to finish the paperwork. Your father is not a small man that could be placed behind the bars easily.

He is the emperor of the biggest region controlled by humans. There might be a chance that many nobles would try to save him and bring fake proof and witness.

The maid would be the one to die first no matter how much goods are placed to save her.

I would have protected her but I was asked to stay away from everyone in case they accuse me that I have hypnotized Vincent or the maid.'' He shrugged his shoulders and opened his arms wide before placing one of them behind his head and laying on the bed, exhausted.

She could feel how his Adam apple was moving up and down. He was too exhausted! Or it was the lack of blood in his body.

"Hypnotized?" she asked, though she wanted him to take a rest. She was not able to connect the dots.

She was feeling like everything was in front of her but she was not able to grasp it and she did not want to spout nonsense since she understood the severity of the case.

He could get everything he wanted but if he interfered and told Vincent was a criminal, he was not going to believe her. And even if he did believe her, he would end up destroying everything for which he had worked so hard.

She did not want to be a foolish person and worry about him but she wanted to sort out all the matters by herself first. For that, she had to go and meet Vincent but before that, she had to know everything.

"Hmm, do you not know?" his head turned towards her with a sly smile on his face when she shook her head, the smile only widened.

"Tsk! What a waste, I should have shown you that when you were with me." he sighed dramatically when she raised her brows.

Was with him? Had he already started talking in past tense? Was she already gone from his life? The thought left a bitter taste in his mouth. Just how eager he was to get rid of her as if he was burdening him so much.

Looking at her face falling suddenly, he felt a tinge of guilt. Especially when he recalled their last time. He was just an inch away from taking her innocence. So, she might blame him but he could not take what did not belong to her.

He would leave her for the one she spent her life with. But looking at her upset face, he could not bear to say so. So, he chuckled.

"Tsk! Why are you being so serious? Aren't we still sleeping together?" he smirked when he saw her blink and then stare at her with an open mouth.

He always loved to irk her. She looks so adorable with that kind of expression.

"Well, not every vampire but a few of the pure blood vampires had the ability to hypnotize their prey so that they could feed on them.

They can hypnotize humans and lower vampires that did not have strong senses tonight against them.

We can ask humans to repeat our words, to follow our buildings and even hurt their loved ones if we want.

But most of the vampires did not use this power anymore since it  consumes too much energy and leaves us vulnerable for a while. It could be the chance for the humans to attack us as our power falls way too much."

"Then what if.. Vincent or others prove that you have hypnotized him and maids to give statements against his family or you hypnotized father to kill me?"