"You are strong." The old granny declared while caressing Sasha's arm.
Sasha took a deep breath and shook her head.
"When it comes to him, I'm not." She said and turned back to look out of the window that was behind the sofa. She put her arm on the headrest of the sofa and then her chin on her arm.
"He terrifies me." She whispered to herself, the old granny was unable to hear her words but she heard the girl muttering to herself. Before she could ask what the young princess was saying, the doors of her room were knocked on twice before the doors were opened by the royal guards.
The old granny immediately stood up from the sofa when the surroundings were invaded by the presence of the king. A tall man with black short hair that was a little ruffled stepped into the room. He was modeling in a long black coat with golden lining on the lapel, long black shoes, and inside he was wearing a black suit. Shoulders broad, long legs, a face that had a heroic handsomeness settled on its gentle features.
He was Jasper, the king of the Logon kingdom and Sasha's soon-to-be husband.
"Your Highness." The old granny bowed at him and stepped aside. Sasha, who was busy looking out of the window, immediately stood up on her feet and looked at Jasper, rather surprised to find him here because he rarely comes around here.
"Your Highness," Sasha slightly nodded at him and he frowned, walking up to her, he abruptly grabbed her shoulders almost making her flinch. "You look sick, are you okay?" He asked.
Her eyes lashed towards the old granny before settling back on Jasper. "I'm better than ever. I was thinking about the wedding and that's why I couldn't sleep the whole night. M-Maybe, that's why." She lied and he smiled at her, cupping her cheeks, he squeezed them.
"Of course, why wouldn't you be happy? After all, you're marrying me." He said and she passed him a tight-lipped smile.
"And I'm happy too, to have you as my wife and as the queen of this kingdom." He said. Sasha kept quiet and waited for him to say something further.
She was never very talkative with him.
She was once too talkative and nice with a certain someone and now she was nothing but a trampled and pitiful princess. She thought Jasper would fix her...but he just couldn't.
He moved back and turned towards the door.
"There is a guest I want you to meet." He said and gestured to the guard standing near the door. After a few seconds, someone stepped in and both Granny and Sasha were left speechless.
It was a woman.
A beautiful blonde woman with big doe-like eyes walked in. She had big blue orbs and freckles were resting on her nose and cheeks. She was extremely pale and was tall and thin with perfect curves.
Sasha was awestruck by her beauty but at the same time, her insecurity doubled.
She didn't stand against her beauty at all.
No wonder, why people thought of her as average. They must have seen beauty like these. Though Sasha never felt average or this insecure before but ever since she became his fiance, these things have started to claw her inside.
"This is Princess Fiona of the Kastron Kingdom, Younger sister of King Ragnar." He introduced her and Sasha's eyes almost went wide.
Kastron kingdom was one of the biggest kingdoms with one of the strongest lineages.
He was marrying Sasha because she was beautiful and had a strong lineage.
After Fiona's introduction, Sasha felt even more insecure. This woman was everything beyond what she was.
And he came here all the way to introduce her to Sasha.
He already fancies her.
Sasha knew this day would come but not this early.
"Fiona, as you know this is Princess Sasha Walton, my bride." He said and both the ladies nodded at each other elegantly with soft smiles adorning both of their faces. Sasha didn't let her expressions waver.
"I've heard a lot about you," Fiona said, stepping forward and Sasha smiled, lowering her gaze to the floor before looking up at her again.
"I hope it's good." She said and Fiona chuckled lowly.
"No, it's too good that it scares me." She said and the room fell into silence, none of them got what she said. Jasper even had a frown on his face.
"Huh? Pardon my awful hearing, could you please repeat yourself?" Sasha asked politely in an apologetic tone and Fiona shook her head while smiling. "Pardon me, I should have come clear." Fiona said and all of them understood that she didn't want to repeat herself. Maybe, she said it out as a farce but no one got it.
"Sasha, Fiona wanted you to show her around," Jasper said and Sasha raised her brows while nodding. "Then, shall we?" Sasha asked Fiona, and the girl nodded rather excitedly. She looked childish and immature but then again, she couldn't trust anyone.
Both the girls along with Jasper walked out of the room, they went on another path and Jasper took another path with his guards following him closely behind.
"So, Fiona, did you come alone?" Sasha asked, both of them slowly walking down the stony lane. "No, my big brother, King Ragnar also came along with me," Fiona said and Sasha passed her a little surprised look.
"Oh, I see," Sasha said and showed her a little around.
"And we also have this huge library that I oft---" Before Sasha could complete her sentence, an excited Fiona clung onto her out of nowhere. "Library? I want to see the library." She said happily and Sasha chuckled.
"I see, you like reading," Sasha said and began to guide the girl to the library. She herself wasn't too familiar with the paths since she rarely left her room but she knew where the library was since she often went there. She wasn't a reader but since she had nothing to do, she read.
"What do you like to do?" The girl asked and Sasha's smile slowly vanished.
'I liked swords.'
"Nothing much," Sasha said and gestured to the guards to open the library doors. The guards bowed at her and obliged. Once the two royals stepped inside, the guards closed the door behind them.
Fiona was awestruck.
"It's huge just like mine. Can I look around?" She asked and Sasha immediately nodded at her. "Please do as you please," Sasha said and the girl hopped away. The castle was filled with guests, she thought she would find some people there but the library was empty as always.
Sasha watched the girl hop upstairs and lowered her gaze.
She couldn't believe it.
She had become so negative.
She thought bad about her.
With a sigh, she walked further into the library and started to look around to find something interesting for herself. While she was looking around, she spotted a very interesting book. It had that maroon velvety cover with golden lining on it. She wondered what it was about.
She moved forward and stood on her toes in order to get the book but she was unable to even touch it. She tried harder and stretched her arm further to the point where it started hurting. She gave up and was about to get down on her feet when all of a sudden a tall shadow came behind her out of nowhere making her flinch badly. She felt someone behind her, too close to her. Her breath was stifled and goosebumps started to rise on her skin.
She saw his hand moving forward towards the book. The hand was big and long, actually too big even for a man. He was wearing a black glove that didn't cover all of his fingers. Sasha swallowed thickly and abruptly turned around to look at him but what she felt next was a too-familiar presence that terrified her to the core like a zap of current.
She flinched and attached herself back to the bookshelf. He was tall, very tall, a lot taller than Jasper. She had to crane her neck to look up at him and what she witnessed next, almost made her legs go weak.
Though, there was no resemblance yet there was so much resemblance. The man before her had long shiny dark silver hair and dark gray eyes. The one she knew had black hair but the aura was extremely familiar. His face was hidden by a black mask, only his eyes could be seen.
He grabbed the book and brought it down, forwarding it towards her. She stared down at the book in horror. Her complexion went pale as sweat started to coat her body.
Was it really him?
If...if it was him, he wouldn't show up in disguise.
His entrance would be rather bold.
She was exaggerating every other thing.
That man has left his imprint on her and now she sees nothing but fear when even a little thing resembles him or makes her aware of his presence.
Maybe she needs to go to the physician again.
With her trembling hands, she grabbed the book. Trying to stop her body from shaking but it was useless.
The man said nothing so she hesitantly raised her head and her heart almost lurked to her mouth when she found him peering down at her.
When they made eye contact.
His eyes...they were also familiar.
Sasha was terrified.
Before she could turn and run, Fiona's voice startled her.
"Princess Sasha, I was looking for you." Fiona said while walking up to her with a book in her hand but her pace slowed down once she saw the huge man standing in front of her.
"Oh, brother?" Fiona stared at the man in front of her, calling him 'brother'.
Sasha's eyes slightly widened when she realized who this man was and why he was covering his face.
He was King Ragnar, the king in disguise. He didn't show his face to others. Only his people and family knew what he looked like. People had their own theories about him. Some said he was too handsome that's why he hid his face, some said it could be a disgusting scar that he was hiding and some said that he was not that handsome and only his hidden appearance was extraordinary.
He doesn't seem to care about these things at all.
Sasha relaxed a little but she was tense as ever.
Fiona smiled and walked up to them, she wrapped her arm around her brother's arm and looked at Sasha while smiling. "Oh my, did my brother scare you?" She asked, her smile dropping instantly after seeing Sasha. The girl was a wreck this morning. This many jumpscares never come to her before. Sasha passed a glance at her brother and he was still staring at her, so she immediately dropped her gaze back to Fiona while shaking her head, a fake smile plastered on her face.
"Oh, that's a relief. People usually get scared due to his huge appearance." Fiona said.
"Anyways, brother, this is Princess Sasha Walton, the bride."
"And Princess Sasha, this is my brother, King Ragnar."
Fiona introduced them to each other. Both of them passed each other with a slight nod. She should be saying something, a whole damn king was standing in front of her but words wouldn't leave her mouth.
She was just uncomfortable.
She wanted to leave immediately.
The monster she knew was known by no one and this was King Ragnar, one of the greatest kings in his lineage. Kings of all kings.
She really needed to say something here but instead of that, she excused herself and trekked away.
Embarrassing herself.
Entering her room, the first thing she did was drink a lot of water.
This happened three times today.
She flinched so much as well.
And someone stood before her who resembled him.
Him...
Her terror.
Her destroyer.
The wedding must happen.
"I will come for you, my butterfly." His words rang in her mind with the exact tone he spoke with.
"No, No, No...the wedding must take place a week before." She thought while pacing around the room.
When his fear fell upon her, the wedding she thought couldn't save her was suddenly her only desperate option.
There was nothing else to save herself from him.
To be exact, not even this wedding.
"What? In two days?" Jasper asked, who was sitting on his master chair busy with some paperwork, was left stunned for a second by Sasha's words.She rarely comes around here and rarely demands for anything.But now when she came to him and demanded for the wedding to happen earlier than before, he didn't know what to do.Leaning back against the master chair, he took a deep breath."May I know the reason for that?" He asked, looking at her. His eyes moved down to her body and paused on her chest that was abnormally moving up and down, indicating that she was running not long ago. He looked back up at her."Ahh, you see I'm afraid something might happen before that, it could delay the wedding. I'm just not having a good feeling about that." She said while fidgeting with her fingers. Her eyes moved up to his face and there were lots of questions hidden in his expressions. Before he could ask something, she immediately continued."I don't want any wedding present. I just want the wedding
"What suddenly got into you? You asked for the marriage to happen earlier than before and you look like you've been sick for years when tomorrow is your wedding." The old granny started to rant once she stepped inside the room.Sasha who was sitting on the couch, nicely dressed like always by the maids, had a dull look on her face. The makeup couldn't hide the dull and void look in her eyes. The helplessness and fear she felt was beyond her control.She hated him.She always would."Gosh, look at you." The old granny said in a stressful tone and settled down beside Sasha on the sofa.Sasha, who had her hands on the sofa on either side of her thighs with her head hanging low, took a deep heavy breath before raising her head and turning to look at the old granny right in the eyes.The old lady stared at her face stunned. Her lips were bruised and swollen. Before she could ask something, Sasha raised both of her bruised wrists in front of her. Her eyes widened even more as she grabbed
The wedding day was knocking on the door in no time.The kingdom was bustling with happiness, every other person was out on the streets, most of them were dressed nicely and a few were dressed normally, like any other day. People were gossiping and dancing in groups on every other street, enjoying themselves to the fullest.The atmosphere in the castle was no different. A low violin was playing in the hall of the castle. Every other guest was nicely dressed in royalty. Maids and servants were walking around with trays in their hands that held juice and wine glasses.Everyone was busy gossiping until the groom arrived. Sasha took a deep heavy breath. A deep crease of a frown settled on her forehead. She wasn't feeling good or happy at all. Instead, she felt like crying. She was dearly missing her family and was on the verge of tears.Once she was married to Jasper, she was bound to him for life.Only if things went the right way.She prayed to God to give her patience to deal with Jas
His gaze was dead set on her. He was sitting on a chair in the corner of the hall with a half-filled wine glass in his hand. It was a perfect spot to have a clear view of her. Nothing mattered to him other than the woman standing there in white.Being patient wasn't his thing.He so wanted to burn this castle down and drag her down this aisle with him.What would she do?What could she even do?What could anyone else do?Nothing.But this wasn't the right moment for all of that. For a sweeter fruit one should be patient.He really had made that poor little thing go insane but he was a lot more selfish than this.He knew what he was very well and he held no guilt either, nor was he planning to change.He was a monster and he gladly accepted it.Others' fear and terror brought him extreme ecstasy.For him, nothing really mattered other than his empire and his little wounded butterfly.Oh, how unfortunate she was. Her kindness rattled her down and brought him to his knees for her.Oh, ho
Sitting on the bed, still dressed in the wedding gown, Sasha was waiting for Jasper. He would've been here with her but since a few guests were to leave early, he went off to greet them away. He asked her if she wanted to come along but she refused, she was too tired to roam around the castle in this dress.With a deep sigh, she looked around her new room.It was one of the biggest rooms in the castle which now belonged to her and Jasper.The newly wedded couple.The room was surrounded by candles that were enlightening the room, giving it a decorative look. A pleasant scent was coming out of those candles making her a little sleepy. The room had almost five windows with huge curtains drawn over them.She yawned and leaned back against the headboard of the bed. She decided to rest her eyes for a while but as soon as she closed her eyes a sound of knock had her jolted up. She looked towards the door wondering who it was but when she heard the sound of knocking again her pupils dilated
While, she was sitting on the edge of the bed, trying to calm herself. She heard footsteps coming from the corridor outside. She abruptly stood up, wiped her tears, and sat down on the bed. Though, it clearly seemed like she went through something. Her eyes were red, the veil was gone and hair was in a little disheveled condition. She took a deep breath in order to calm her abnormal breathing, trying her best to act normal, like nothing happened because she knew Jasper would never understand or believe her even if she told him the truth.He would think just like everyone else.Granny has strictly told her not to disclose this matter to Jasper, no matter what. Probably because she thought he would start thinking of her as 'crazy' and might regret making her, his queen.Though, she wasn't wrong. Sasha would have retaliated but she didn't because she knew Jasper would never understand her and would most probably act as the old granny predicted.To her, they didn't really have a husband-
All the higher-up royals of the kingdom immediately settled down in the hall to discuss the matter after the bodies were taken away for an examination.There were no injuries on the bodies. They just looked pale and all of them had those weird holes in their necks.A death pattern familiar to those that happened in ancient times.Everyone was tense."I'm afraid, it's them." One of the oldest higher up in them spoke up. He was an old man with a long white beard. "Them, who?" Jasper asked, he was sitting on his throne with a frown on his face. Everyone in the hall knew who the old man was talking about except the king himself."Those blood-sucking monsters that our ancestors had to deal with." The old man stated and Jasper's eyes widened. He immediately understood who the old man was talking about."Vampires?" Jasper asked and all the heads nodded in sync.Everyone became even more tense."I don't like to bring this up but I have to." Another middle-aged man spoke up, gaining everyone's
The gates of the conference hall were opened as she stepped inside. There was no hesitation in her walk but from inside she was nervous. All the pair of eyes turned her way. Some of them eyed her suspiciously and some of them were ashamed of their hostile behavior. This was her first night here as the queen and she was being brought to the conference hall. This was her wedding night, she was supposed to be in her bedroom instead of being questioned here.But the situation was kinda harsh on them as well.Sasha paused in front of Jasper who was sitting on his throne. A familiar scene flashed in her eyes upon seeing him sitting on his throne like that and a zap of shiver ran down her spine. She immediately lowered her gaze and clenched her hands in a tight fist before unclenching them."You called me." She said softly and Jasper nodded while standing up as he walked up to her."I suppose you already know why we called you here," Jasper said and Sasha took a deep breath before matching