Six: Newlyweds

VICTOR

The wedding’s over, but it was kind of refreshing to see vampires and werewolves interact and have fun with each other at the wedding party. I did see some werewolves try not to have a disgusted look on their faces when they saw vampires drinking blood from a glass. It’s not something they’re used to.

That’s why a vampire, a witch and a werewolf created the school I went to, for different supernatural creatures to live in peace and harmony. Because humans are beginning to act up and are looking for ways to either use us or eradicate us.

People think that’s why this union happened, for peace. Which is mostly true, but the main reason has to do with me.

Sofia and I are escorted to our room after a long night of just sitting down and watching others dance and interact with one another. I’ve been looking at her all through out the night as she places her hand on the table with her chin resting on it.

Her beauty is truly beyond this world. Simon is a lucky bastard. I used to be so jealous of him. A prince jealous of a commoner because he’s with the love of his life is not something you see every day.

Sofia and I sit on the bed in her room, looking at nothing. People expect us to perform our marital duties because it’s tradition but that’s not going to happen because one, Sofia’s not a vampire and two, Sofia would rather slit her throat-or mine-than to touch me.

And also, I have somewhere else to be.

I look at the time, and yep, I’m most definitely not supposed to be here.

“Well, now that that’s over.” I get up. “I’m going to my room, goodnight.” I head toward the door.

“What are you planning?” she asks, and I stop in my tracks because that’s really the most she’s said all night.

I turn around to face her. “What?” I ask.

“You heard me?” she rises.  “What are you planning. Because I know for a fact you planned this. What do you want to do to make my life more miserable?”

“Oh, come on, Santos, don’t be stupid. Not everything’s about you.”

“But it is. Everything is about me because I have been forced to dump my boyfriend to get married to you for the sake of ‘union,” she drops her air quotes. “Your father literally threatened to kill my boyfriend if I didn’t get married to you.”

My face drops because it all makes sense now. The Sofia I know would have found a way to escape.

“He did what?” It’s a typical thing for my father to do, so I shouldn’t be surprised.

“Oh, please stop acting like you didn’t know.”

I genuinely didn’t know about this.

But it’s no use trying to explain things to her, she’s made up her mind about me, and I don’t blame her.

“You don’t even want to be in the same room with me. Do you hate me that badly?”

“I thought-” I lower my voice because I realised I’m yelling. “I thought you didn’t want me to be in the same room as you.”

“Yes, you’re right so go!”

“Fine! I’ll go!” I yell angrily.

“Good!” I shake my head, and I storm out the door.

“Go look for someone else’s life to ruin!” I hear her shout, and I feel something hit the door. She just threw something at it. Fuck she’s so pissed, because I can hear her heart beating at a rapid pace, damn. Not that I blame her.

I stay by the door, and I rest my head on it. It wasn’t my intention to yell at her. God, at this rate, she’s not going to ever fall in love with me, and I’ll be stuck in this position forever.

“There you are!” I shake when I hear the sound of my dad’s voice. I remove my head from the door, and I walk toward him. “What’s your plan, boy? For her to see you come along.” I follow my dad and the guards downstairs, and we head over to one of the dungeons. That’s where I sleep every night.

I want to bring up the fact that he threatened Simon, but it doesn’t seem like there’s much time for that, and I know for a fact that that’s exactly what he’s going to say.

If I sleep in one of the main rooms, I might just kill everyone.

I get into one of the dungeons, and I begin to undress. That’s what I get for being an arrogant prick. I get turned into a beast, and funny enough, the person who’s supposed to break the spell, I treated her like shit.

“She’ll fall in love with you in no time,” Dad says as I undress. I’m butt naked in the dungeon, and the guards chain me up. I’ve been living like this for five years now. I should be used to it but I don’t think I can be able to get used to something like this.

“The curse will be broken, and you’ll get back to normal.” My dad walks over to the bars and holds them.

“You threatened to kill her boyfriend,” I mutter, and he hears me.

“I had to, for you.”

"For you or for your image, you don’t want the world knowing your son was cursed by a witch for his arrogance.”

“No, son, that is not it. All this is for you, to help you. I don’t know why it has to be her specifically, but I can tell that this girl is special, and it’s not just due to the fact she can’t shift, there’s something else about her that I can’t place.”

Tell me about it. I've been trying to figure her out but to no avail. She’s special, now that I know.

“Son, look at me.” I look at him. “We’re almost there. All you have to do is make her fall in love with you, and the curse will be broken. Okay? It will all be worth it soon.”

I nod my head because that seems like a hard yet solid plan.

I groan, and then I step backwards.

So the pain begins.

“It’s going to be okay, son.”

My bones begin to break, my kneecaps shatter. I can feel myself turning into the beast I was cursed to be.

By day, I’m a handsome prince, everyone knows and loves, and by night, I turn into a large bat-like creature who was made to kill, and if Sofia finds this other side of me, she’s going to run away for sure, and she won’t care if my father kills her precious boyfriend or not.