Forced Bride Of The Vampire Lord

"I will come and find you soon. So, if you face any danger, wait for me." said the girl as she winked at Hazel and left from there.

Hazel kept staring at the leaving figure for a few more seconds before looking back at the map in her hands.

She followed the lines traced on it while keeping an eye on her path. The dark woods were full of the scent of blood.

The growl of vicious beasts could be heard from afar. Many wolves passed her but none of them attacked her.

As if she was not worth their attention, they passed her a glance before leaving or going their own way.

She kept walking slowly regretting the fact of not mastering the teleportation skill but soon she had reached the other end of the woods.

Anne was not moving at all, worrying her. Could it be that she was attacked and held captive by another set of demons?

The thought crazed her. As she reached closer, she closed her eyes and tried to concentrate. She looked for any kind of sound that could be heard.

But the place was completely silent. As she walked the leaves rustled behind her, alerting her.

"What is a human doing in this part of land?" came the voice beside her ears with a chuckle.

She craned her head to see a flying witch looking at her with a crooked smile on her face. She did not try to run away.

When she looked at Hazel, her face bent into a creepy smile and soon the sound of rustling increased.

"She did not smell like a human but a vampire." said another as she stood behind Hazel and sniffed her body.

"A vampire. She did not look like one. Her hair matches ours!" said another as she touched Hazel's hair.

"But her eyes.. They looked so creepy!" creepy? Hazel raised a brow at that!

"How did I look creepy? I am a perfect princess with beauty and brains." she retorted in a bold voice surprising the witches.

"You sure are too bold. What are you doing here?" they did not try to attack her but they were looking at her curiously.

They had never seen a human dwelling there that also so confidently.

"I am looking for my sister. She is a witch. She was with a human who was injured badly. Did you see her?" They looked at each other and then at Hazel with a weird expression.

Hazel stared hard at them, "if you have any idea, tell me it is urgent. I will reward you well later." she added, earning a giggle from them.

"You are a queer girl and smell awful. We had seen a demon taking a witch from here. That is why we are here. But we did not see a witch with a human.

Maybe he had already gotten rid of the human before dragging the witch with him. If you want to save her, you should hurry. Demons did not let witches live for long and here I thought they had already gone extinct." she shook her head with a sigh.

Their eyes sank with worry when haze started at them. They looked sincere and it did not seem like they were faking.

"I heard that they could only be summoned to take a sacrifice and the summoner got one wish granted?" She tested the waters when one of them furrowed her brows.

"I have indeed read about it but i had thought the process of ritual was lost with the first generation of witches!" said one of them and another titled their head.

"And the dark witch is needed for that sacrifice. I had heard she was sacrificed a long time ago but the summoner did not get her wish granted but she was killed by a crazy vampire. Since then the story was announced as a legend!" said another and all of them nodded.

"But why do you know so much and why are you looking for a witch?" asked the last one as she stared hard at Hazel, "we are friendly witches but that did not mean that we would stay silent while one of us would get hurt." she challenged when many looked at her with vigilant and hostile eyes.

"I did not mean any harm. The witch that was taken away is my sister. If you are a bunch of friendly witches, will you help me in saving her?" she asked when all of them blinked and then frowned.

"How could you…" they stopped in their tracks. Their bodies forze and the rest of the words died in their mouth.

They did not have a single word to say when her eyes turned blakc and her hair started to flow with the wind.

They could feel the energy around her wrestling a strong gale that even shook the strong trees.

Hazel stared at all of them with an authoritative aura. Her eyes flickered as she finally felt the presence of Anne around.

"You.. You are a dark witch!" though they were seeing from their own eyes, they could not believe it.

Hazel nodded her head and then looked at the other side.

"I have to leave. My sister did not have much time left. If you find a human with blue eyes named Declan, help him. I will come back soon." she said to them when their faces turned pale.

Hazel was about to leave but stopped when she looked at their ashen faces,

"What is it?" she felt an ominous feeling in her heart.

"That.. Did you just say Declan?" asked one of them with a frightened face, "that is the name of the demon who had taken the witch with him. But it might be a coincidence too." though the witch said so, her face told that was not what she felt.

"That demon.. What did he look like?" asked hazel with a pause when her eyes turned colder.

"He had brown hair and dark eyes and he had a silver glow."