Chapter Eight - Soulmate

Daniel's P.O.V

This place felt like heaven.

Like seriously.

It was her room. Had her belongings. Her scent. I don't know how to say it but somehow, it was just her in every little of this small wooden room and I wasn't exactly sure if it was any good for my sanity.

I plopped down on her bed as I reached for her pillow and did what I always wanted to do to her. Hugged it, real tight. Her scent flooded my nostrils as I held it even tighter, afraid of losing it.

Afraid of losing her.

But, the hug had to be cut short because of a knock.

Was she back? I immediately rushed to the door and opened it but seeing the person standing on the other side my foolish little smile faded away.

"Hey, Daniel." Henry greeted me as I stepped aside so he could walk into the room.

"What happened?" I asked him in an upset and disappointed voice as he sat down on the edge of her bed.

"We need to talk, man. Like seriously." Henry said with a 'I'm-so-done-with-this-shit' look as I stared at him standing my the closed door, trying to look clueless.

"About what?" I asked as his face turned into a painful expression as he looked me into the eye.

Henry raised his hand moving them round and round for some reason as he continued, "About everything, Daniel."

Looks like their's no way out not.

"Go ahead. Hit me." I said, trying to find the safe way out so that he only gets the information he's confused about rather than everything.

It's not that I didn't trust him but with time I have learnt that trusting people comes with a price and I wasn't if I was ready to bear it again.

"Why did you freaking injure yourself with a silver knife then with our nails and fangs? Like do you realize how grave of a situation it could have turned into if she decided, she wanted nothing to do with a bunch of weird helpless guys?" Henry asked as I stared at him bewildered. With his sense of wit, I was sure he knew that why by now.

"She wouldn't." I said, trying to confirm his assumption.

"What!?" This motherfucking guy. He just wouldn't stop till he made me say it in full sentences.

"She wouldn't not help us. I know, my flower."

Henry smirked at my helplessness as he went on to tease me."The last time I checked, it hadn't even been a full day since you met her."

"The last time I checked, she's my soulmate." I retorted as I laid down on her bed as I looked at him. His expression turning that to one of pure shock. Guess, I overestimated him too much.

"WHAT!?"

"Lower your voice, Henry. And yeah, she is." I said, not wanting his voice to reach to angel's ears.

Henry immediately reacted as he masked his expression and talked to me again. "You mean, the person the nobles have almost made the most wanted criminal throughout the entire vampire kingdom, Knife is your freaking soulmate. The queen of Eleneas? The one we've been searching for for the past 75 years!?"

"She wasn't even born then, Henry." I replied rolling my eyes at him. It was the truth but still I somehow couldn't get over his dramatic behavior.

"Which brings to the age gap. A one hundred and twenty four year old vampire with a twenty one year old girl. If my calculations are correct you are fucking even older than her grandpa." Henry tried to speak in a very serious manner but his eyes gave away the mischief he was planning.

With a sarcastic smile on my face, I said, "Henry, you do realise that that's not how a Vampire's age works, right? And, I am a vampire king so obviously I don't freaking work like normal vampires even. So, how do you expect me to work with a human's age system. They don't even live past eighty-five as a matter of fact."

"Well, if you're a vampire king, Your Majesty. I'm a Vampire Duke. Which makes me highly aware of the fact that that's not how things work for us. I was just trying to be funny. But seriously, have you thought about how we're gonna deal with the nobles. Because Knife is probably their worst nightmare. So, they are not going to sit back and watch them be their queen." Henry said his eyes turning back to normal. I knew it was a serious matter. I did. But, I hadn't decided how to deal with it yet. So, I gave away the safest possible answer.

"Well, no one has to know. And, as far as I am concerned judging from dickhead's attitude only the kids here probably know that she's Knife."

"And?" Henry asked as he quirked his eyebrow. And, that was enough for me to know that this guy knew.

"I haven't decided yet." I admitted followed by a long sigh.

"Thought so."

Trying to make this a little less awkward for me I decided to continue speaking, "Well, let me send Teris back. Mom must be worried and I plan to spend some time here with her to get to know her. And-"

"You can't last a week without blood?" This retard. Why does he always have to be so right?

I hate it. I hate it. I hate it.

"Well..."

"Me and Petroka are staying back. Just in case you get into trouble." He added with a shrug as he got up, holding my hand and pulling me up.

"Okay. Then, let's just send Teris back." I said as I left the bed unwilling. As both of us walked out of flower's room and entered the one she brought us to before.

I sat down on the bed as Henry woke up Teris and Petroka. They immediately sat up with tired eyes as they looked at me.

"Teris, you have to go back to the kingdom. And, inform my mother about the delay in my arrival so that she doesn't worry much. About the nobles, I'll let you handle them as you please. If they rebel too much suppress them using my name." I spoke to him in an authoritive voice as he immediately got up, ready to leave.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Teris replied as he started moving towards the door. I followed behind him closing it on my way back leaving Henry to explain Petroka what was going on.

"Teris, I'm trusting you on this." I said as I placed my hand on his shoulder as Teris opened his mouth to reply.

"Yes, Y-"

But, before he could finish he was cut off with a very familiar voice. Her voice.

"Trusting on what?"

There she stood in a thin nightgown leaning at the wall with her left eyebrow raised at us.

Oh fuck!