Epilogue 2

Patrons went back to their noisy selves although several were still staring at her.

“Who cares if you’re someone’s fiancee or not?” he grinned. “By the way, did he tell you? That I saved his life.”

“Yeah, Marc is a hero,” said Loyd, looking at him fondly. “He saved the vampire king’s life.”

She took the glass Marie was handing her. “Now that I think about it, yeah, he almost told me about you. I think he was saying, “Your friend...” when I started screaming about going back.”

“You shouted at him. Now you’re a hero,” Loyd pitched in.

She noticed some tables went silent around her. She ignored them and swallowed. The scene in the throne-room from five months ago replayed in her mind.

“Thank you, Marc,” she said seriously. “What did you do?”

“It’s nothing,” he sighed. “Compared to what he had suffered. I’ve never met someone like… your boyfriend. He’s your boyfriend, right? Excluding Loyd obviously; he is the most amazing. Anyway, I was at the palace gate when the evil vampire king was