Candela

For the passed days, the Crimson Palace was quite yet Candela couldn’t help but to be uncomfortable with the serenity engulfed her surrounding. Whenever she’s doing her work, she get nothing but cold and disastrous stares from the vampires around her. As if she’ve done something wrong. Even Primo, treat her differently and she should be thankful right?

At least, perhaps that Primo is avoiding her, she can get rid of conflicts. The struggles of doing her mission would be lessen. All she need to do was to remain focus. She should focus her mind to the more important matters and that is to have her revenge.

So now, she’s in the swords room. The only room where all of the weapons located. Even the swords of centuries are here but it isn’t she cared off. There’s only one weapon that she wanted to get. She’s been searching for it but she can’t find it no matter how hard she tried to. As if, it was being kept secretly that no one would ever know.

She wanted that silver knife. She wanted to get that knife which is used by Lord Magnus on killing her parents. When she saw that knife, as if she was the one who owned it. It felts like that knife belongs to her hand. She wanted it, badly. So, she are. Now searching for it inside the swords room but to no avail, her effort to find it is futile.

‘Where the hell did they put it?!’

“Wandering around the swords room? Tell me, Miss Rio, what brings you here?”

The voice. The voice is so familiar. That deep baritone voice that still lingering in her ears. She can’t be mistaken. No, she’s not. She knew that voice very well and there’s only one vampire who owned it.

Candela took a deep breath before turning to Lord Blade. Their eyes met and for the holy fuck! Why does her heart fluttered? Her breath became uneven… she’s hyperventilating for goodness sake!

‘No! Staring on his eyes is a big no, Can! Quit staring!’

Her mind telling her that she should quit the stare but she can’t avoid it. This is it! This is what Primo told her. Don’t look on his eyes but yet, here she is, meeting those precious orbs that seems tempting and irresistible.

What happened to her? She even practice not to stare at him. She did but all of it got wasted. Is it what Primo told her? Is she now going to be on his pet? She’s being compelled!

But all of the sudden, she’ve been able to to get rid of his eyes. She got the strength to avoided it for some reason. And then, with all of her power and will, she pushed Lord Blade, creating distance between them.

Even in the eyes of the Lord showed shock and confusion, so she are. Even her is shocked because of what happened. She can feel it. The sensation of being drowned by his stare. It’s like she’s been slowly melting under his gaze but she abled to avoided it. Turning that compelling into waste.

“Who are you?” It was Lord Blade who spoke first and that question thrown to her was hard to answer. Actually, it is easy to answer but why does it felt so difficult now that she’s facing Lord Blade.

What kind of magic being cast to her? What kind of spell is invading her?!

“P–please excuse me, My Lord. I h–have lots of works to do–”Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

“Not so fast as that.” Blade block her way out using his vampire speed. She stilled. He’s facing her, staring at her as if there’s something he’s reading on her face. Does he reading her eyes again?

“Tell me, Miss Rio. Who are you? Who the fucking and cunning lady you are?” The tone of his voice is so intimidating. She got nervous instantly.

‘This is bad.’

“I a–am Candela, Candela Rio…” Fuck her for stuttering. That makes her unconvincing.

“Was it the truth?” Lord Blade interrogated her again. “Are the words rolled around your tongue are the truth and not a lies?”

Her eyebrow flicked. That’s it Candela, show him that you’re unaffected. Show him that you have nothing to hide because if ever he does knew it, you’ll be dead as meat.

“I am Candela Rio. A vampire lady who applied here in your castle as a maid. A low-class vampire and I am telling the whole truth. Nothing but the truth.” Blade grinned at her. The still unconvinced grin.

“Is that so?”

“Yes, it is. So, if you don’t mind, step back and don’t block my way again.” Blade whistle.

“I love how hard you are, Candela. I really do. You catch my interest and you knew that it was you.”

She didn’t pay attention with what Lord Blade said. It shouldn’t bother her. Not at all. She needs to settle things down before it’s too late for her to make her revenge. After all, she entered this castle with one thing in her mind.

‘Revenge is all that matter, Can. It was your promise and life here. Don’t dragged yourself to danger.’

She headed straight to the first floor and she was welcomed by guards and lots of guards. Almost of the whole space on the ground were filled of guards whose wearing hard armors with the swords on their hands. In the middle of the guards is Liam, if she’s not mistaken. He was the knight who trusted well by Primo and who said as the head knights of the castle. He’s holding a rolled of paper and reading it loudly and to her place, where she was standing… she can here the announcement.

“A royal ball?” she uttered silently to herself.

So the reason why there’s a lot of knights here is because they are all busy for the upcoming ball. What a perfect chance for her. All of the people of the palace will be busy. And if that so, she could have the chance to wandered around the palace and think of her plans. She must do it by that night when there’s no one who wouldn’t notice her.

She smiled at the air from ear to ear upon hearing the announcement. And then, pushed her feet to the kitchen where there are lots of maids whose busy doing their jobs on the first floor. Since she’s done with hers, she walked through the sink to wash the other plates. That’s what her life looks like inside the castle. Pretending to be a maid who works after benefits. Who works from dawn to dusk. Tiring yet she knew, at the end of the, it’ll be worth it.

She hope so. She really did.

After she’s done with the plates, the head maids includes her to those maids who’ll be assigned to the garden. They need to polish the broad tiles there for the holding of the upcoming events. Everyone seems excited about the ball but she’s not. She’s excited but she’s not into the ball itself. Rather, she’s into her mission she needs to done on that night.