Ben held my hand and led me to the table. “Why does his hand seem so cold always, as if he places them in the freezer before touching me, and his skin looks a little pale as if he has hemoglobin deficiency? I should ask him if he doesn’t eat nutritious food. But this is not the right time to initiate such talks. I will ask some other time.” I thought, but then I failed to understand at that moment that he was a half human, half vampire, yes, a dhampir. That made him eat and behave like humans do. If he were a pure vampire, then he would be lying in a coffin during the day, unable to face the sunlight. But that gave him the benefit of doubt, and I believed him to be a human, and he concealed the fact from me. Although his hands felt unusually cold, every time he touched me, I got addicted to him and wanted more and more of it. I had almost lost my senses, and my only target in life was to have him as a life partner. I regretted going blind to his love. If only my parents were alive! Th
After the dance, Ben took out two diamond rings from his pocket, and to my surprise, he produced a bouquet of red roses from behind him. I just looked in surprise as something that was not present anywhere around a moment ago suddenly appeared as if by magic. He must have produced it using his supernatural powers. He presented the bouquet to me, which I gladly accepted, and then he held my hands, slipped on the ring on my ring finger, and said, “Will you be my soul mate? I can’t wait to spend forever with you.”A smile spread across my lips. I had been craving this moment since the day I met Ben for the first time. We were simply made for each other. I was glad that he proposed to me, and it just showed on my face. I could hardly contain my happiness, and I didn’t know how to reply, but keeping it short, I said, "Yes, Ben. I had been eager to hear these words from you for a long time, and I can’t think of anything I want to do other than spend the rest of my life with you.” I said as
We had already done all the arrangements and got our wedding gowns from one of the best designers in the world for our big day. Besides, we sent the invitations to all the famous business personalities around the world and also to our friends and relatives. The wedding was to be held in the church, followed by a grand reception party.Both the grooms—David and Ben—waited at the end of the aisle for us. We brides walked down the aisle together with Estella’s father because my father had passed away while I was too young and I didn’t have anybody else to call my relative. Both the couples exchanged vows and said prayers.Finally, we had the grand reception, and business tycoons from various parts of the world wished us well. David’s father was also a very famous industrialist, but David was the spoiled son of a wealthy man. Still, he was very good at heart and loved Estella deeply.Lily, who got really upset and angry at me for not having called her on my engagement, kept complaining to
I wondered how I was able to survive such excruciating pain that I had been suffering since the time I was kidnapped. There were numerous cuts and wounds over my body that had partly dried, and blood clots had formed over them. Apart from that, the fresh cuts with the sword on my limbs and shoulders made me feel that I would faint. But I think it was the effect of Ben’s supernatural powers that was protecting me since I was his soul mate. There was a time that I used to get afraid of even a drop of blood that would show itself on my hand due to some minor scratch, and now I was here tolerating so much blood loss. Blood oozing out of my body continuously had made me weak, and Joseph Andrews had not given me anything to eat for almost twenty-four hours now. Leave alone food; he had not even offered me water after I spat on his face. I had an extreme urge to drink some water. My mouth was dry, and my throat parched due to thirst.Throughout the night, I kept myself distracted by thinking
I saw the wizard Doyle Stalin for the first time in my life, although I had heard of him previously because he was a famous magician and his name kept appearing in the news headlines. He was an old man, and the wrinkles on his face were clearly visible. He seemed to be extremely wise and experienced. I noticed his hands, and I could see wrinkles there too. He had a thin frame and a long beard. Even his gray hair was long, and he had tied it into a bun. He was wearing a white robe with a black cloak over it and a pointed hat on his head. His expressions seemed to be kind and humble, contrary to what I had imagined. I thought him to be as rude and heartless as the vicious Joseph Andrews.He looked at Joseph Andrews very confidently. He didn’t seem to fear that wicked person. Joseph Andrews was dressed in his formal, professional clothes, but his face seemed to be worried. Although he had planned to behead the vampire, he seemed to fear his failure, although he didn’t want to show it to
I was just doubtful if Ben would answer my call. If he were normal and everything was casual, then he might have already sensed my pain and would have reached there for my rescue long ago. But there was something that was keeping him at bay and letting his soul mate suffer at the hands of a wicked person. I craved to know the reason for his having ignored his senses.After our wedding, he used to always be around me, and even if I caught a cold, he used to get worried and heal me. But unfortunately, I never realized that those healing powers were those of a vampire.“Is it that he killed Lily by sucking her blood because she had guessed that he was a vampire or caught him in any of his activities that aroused suspicion in Lily’s mind against him? Perhaps he was scared that Lily would disclose his truth to me, and so he might have killed her. How come I didn’t notice his fangs after two long years of intimacy? How did he manage to hide all the facts about himself from me?” My thought p
Joseph Andrews finally placed my smart phone next to me, dialed Ben’s number, and set it on speaker mode so that we could talk to each other. The phone kept ringing, and there was no response from the other end. I felt really disappointed. He was my only ray of hope, but he was betraying me again.“Did you see? That vampire trapped you in his love just to take advantage of you, and now he is no longer concerned about you. He is not even answering your call, and still you are favoring him? My offer is still active for you. I suggest that you should marry me. If the CEO’s of Frank Automobiles Pvt. Ltd. Company and Venus Automobiles Pvt. Ltd. Company get married, then they will rule the business world. There will be nobody else who will dare to win the race other than our companies when combined. We will be the most powerful, and there will be our monopoly.” Joseph Andrews started off again, as if he loved to pinch my already hurt heart. He was trying to provoke me.Even if you are the l
Joseph Andrews tried his best to ward off the blows and to hit him back, but Ben was so vigilant, active, and strong that he felt helpless and finally seemed to surrender.I looked at Doyle Stalin in surprise. He too seemed to enjoy the sight, as he seemed to hate that wicked person from the core of his heart, but he had a duty towards his wizard community, and so he felt obliged to help Joseph Andrews. All I could see was that the expressions on his old, wrinkly face kept changing.Ben, who could hardly control his rage, decided to end the life of the heartless, proud person in front of him, and he pierced his fangs into his neck, intending to suck the blood of his enemy.Doyle Stalin’s expressions changed again. He felt that he could not let Joseph Andrews die right in front of him. All the guards kept looking at the scene, but none of them dared to come ahead for their master’s help, although he kept shouting and demanding help.All his pride had vanished into thin air, and all tha