Alle Kapitel von The Vampire's Human Bride: Kapitel 31 – Kapitel 40

Winter’s POVI was left alone once again.I was supposed to have breakfast with Mavros, but just like last night, he never appeared.I had spent the entire meal sitting by myself at a ridiculously long table overflowing with food, surrounded by empty chairs that only made his absence more obvious.Not that I had been expecting him.After last night, I had already decided that I would expect absolutely nothing from him. If Mavros wanted to disappear for days without so much as showing his face to me, then he was welcome to do so.In fact, it was better this way.We could simply mind our own business and appear together only when necessary. He could do whatever he pleased, and I would do the same.That would make this marriage much easier for both of us.At least, that was what I had told myself throughout breakfast.Once I finished eating, I made my way back to my room. All I wanted was to spend the rest of the day resting. My body still felt heavy with exhaustion after barely getting

Winter’s POVI forced a smile as the truth sank in. So Mavros really could have come last night. He had simply chosen not to.And judging by Sorin’s reaction, none of them had any idea that Mavros never showed up.If so, then where had he gone?I had been in his room the entire night, waiting for him, but he never came back. He had not even appeared at breakfast this morning.Where had he been all night?I opened my mouth, ready to tell Sorin that Mavros never came and ask if he knew where he might have gone. But I stopped myself when I remembered I had to be careful.Sorin had been kind to me, and he had helped me more than once, but I still barely knew him. I could not forget that someone had already tried to frame us.“Is something wrong?” Sorin asked when he noticed my hesitation.I quickly shook my head. “No. I was just thinking.”He studied me for a moment, as if he knew there was more I wanted to say, but thankfully, he did not push.Instead, he glanced toward the palace. “I sh

Winter’s POVBy the time I returned to the palace, Sorin’s words were still following me. You’re the Crown Princess of this kingdom now.I had heard the title before, of course. Ever since the treaty was signed, people had called me Your Highness, bowed when I entered a room, and addressed me as though I had somehow become someone important overnight.But I had never really thought about what the title meant. Not until Sorin said the word Queen.My steps slowed as I entered the palace. The great doors closed behind me with a heavy thud, shutting out the cold. Warmth immediately wrapped around me, but I barely noticed it.For the first time since arriving here, I found myself looking at the palace differently. I looked at the guards stationed beside the doors, at the servants carrying trays through the halls, and at the richly dressed vampires passing beneath the towering arches.Before today, they had simply been strangers. Vampires.People belonging to a kingdom I had never wanted to

Mavros’s POV“Fine, let’s proceed with that,” I answered, bringing our discussion to an end.The minister standing across from my desk bowed his head. “Thank you, Your Highness.”“Dismissed.” I waved him off and watched as he turned toward the door.I was just about to lean back in my chair, relieved to finally be done with the day’s concerns, but the instant he pulled the door open to leave, Vien, my trusted servant, suddenly stepped inside. My relief vanished just as quickly. The minister moved aside to let them pass before sleeping out into the hallway. I exhaled quietly and leaned forward over my desk again as they approached me. The moment I saw their anxious expressions, my irritation faded slightly. “What’s wrong?” I asked, taking in their hunched shoulders, strained smiles, and the beads of sweat gathering along their foreheads.“Y-Your Highness,” Vien stammered.He glanced over his shoulder and jerked his head toward one of the servants behind him.The servant immediately

Winter’s POVI never thought having nothing to do could also become exhausting. Back home, I barely had a moment to sit down. There was always something waiting for me—floors to clean, meals to prepare, laundry to wash, rooms to tidy, or clothes to mend. The chores never seemed to end, and whenever I finished one, Lady Evelyne somehow found another.Now that I am a princess, there is nothing left for me to do because I have servants to do everything for me. Suddenly I had more time than I knew what to do with.Unused to doing nothing, I couldn't sit still and do nothing, so I decided to keep my hands busy. A small sewing basket sat beside me, filled with scraps of cloth, thread, needles, and bits of cotton. In my lap rested the little toy doll I had been working on since morning.It was still unfinished. One arm had yet to be attached, and its face was nothing more than two tiny stitched eyes.I carefully pushed the needle through the cloth and pulled the thread tight.Sewing is fa