Magnus ended up chuckling. “Have you thought of the answer to the question I asked you?” he suddenly made her recall their morning’s interaction.
“I couldn’t come up with any answer, Your Highness. I don’t know why you said it’s my worst mistake for choosing to live here, with you, rather than my family,” Alora truthfully told him.
A knock on the door interrupted their conversation.
“Odin is here, Your Highness,” Tobias said from outside.
Magnus stood up from his seat and went to the door. He opened it while Alora wore the blindfold quickly. However, the problem was she needed someone’s help to go outside. She felt a familiar hand grabbing hers.
Magnus walked outside with her and brought her to the seating area. After he made her sit, Magnus himself sat on the central sofa while Odin and Tobias remained standing. They both were inquisitive to know why Magnus was gentle to Alora.
Alora wondered what was the matter that the atmosphere looked so serious when finally Odin spoke.
“Greetings to Your Highness. I went to Miss Wilson’s home and informed them about her presence in the palace of Elmswood,” Odin informed Magnus.
Alora was shocked to learn that. She thought Magnus would not inform about her presence in Elmswood Palace to her family. But in front of the prince, she couldn’t even argue. “What did my family say? They aren’t worried for me, are they?” she thought they would come to Elmswood to take her to the capital.
Magnus gazed at Odin as he suddenly turned silent. “Will you make us wait till tomorrow morning?” he annoyingly asked.
“No, Your Highness,” Odin said.
“Then, speak,” Magnus stated.
“Norman Wilson has sent a servant with me, who will take Miss Wilson to their old family residence,” he replied. “Also, Miss Wilson’s family doesn’t care about her. Except for her mother, no one wants her to return to the capital.” Odin began narrating everything that he had witnessed in the Wilson’s house.
“Because their second daughter is getting married, so they think Miss Alora’s presence could only bring disaster there. Even Miss Alora’s younger sister hates her. No one wanted Miss Alora, except her mother, who also has to stay quiet,” Odin stated with a chuckle.
Tears emerged in Alora’s eyes as she tightly clasped her fingers. She didn’t wish anyone except Magnus to know about her family, but the opposite happened. Now, they all knew how hated a child she was in her own house!
Alora feared that even Magnus would kick her out of the palace. A hope that she had built to live with him had suddenly shattered.
“I’ll ask the servant to take Miss Alora to her old family residence,” Tobias pronounced and asked Alora if she should come with him.
Alora left her seat and thanked Magnus for giving her his precious time. Her eyes welled up in tears as they even damped her blindfold.
“Close your eyes,” Magnus finally pronounced, ordering Tobias and Odin.
They both were confused to hear the instructions from the prince. But without raising a question, they closed their eyes.
Magnus appeared in front of Alora and opened her blindfold. His hands cradled her neck, lifting it so that their eyes could lock with each other. His thumbs wiped the tears off her eyes and in his husky, deep voice, “I’m going to make them cry. Send a message to Norman Wilson and his entire family to show their presence here tomorrow morning. If they fail, they all will die.”
The command was intimidating for Alora. She shook her head and requested Magnus not to do so. “I understand why Father didn’t come here. Please Your Highness shall not trouble my family. I’ll go to the place, where I belong,” Alora said as she blinked rapidly. Her heart raced with the thought that Magnus might punish them.
“You aren’t leaving this palace, Alora,” Magnus clarified to her. “Let me remind you again. I am a man of my own rules. Your pleadings have no use on me. My order is supreme and it must be followed. I didn’t wish to see you cry. Norman’s biggest mistake is to ignore the person I fancy.” Magnus even revealed his growing desires for Alora.
It had not been a day and she had already succeeded in pulling him in her charm. He had made up his mind not to let this woman go of his life at any cost. He needed her eyes, her blood, and her entire being.
Tobias and Odin whose eyes were still shut close were stunned to hear that the Vampire Prince was enticed by someone.
For Alora, it was shocking and unbelievable. She peered into his eyes to confirm his words. “Is it true?”
“Yes,” Magnus admitted. “Leave this instant, Odin,” he commanded.
“Yes, Your Highness.” Odin pivoted on his feet and rushed to the capital.
Tobias decided to speak up, but he feared that Magnus might get angry at him. “I will see the dinner arrangements for Miss Alora.” With that, he excused himself.
Alora wiped the remaining tears from the back of her palm while Magnus pulled back his hands.
“Why?” Alora asked.
“Think,” Magnus said with an amusing smile. He loved playing this game with her. He returned to his seat, thinking she would finally realize what he wanted from her, instead of her blood.
Alora fidgeted with her fingers for a while. “Your Highness, don’t be angry at my family. Venus’s marriage has finally been fixed, and there should not be any kind of obstacle to that. I hope His Highness agrees to this small request of mine,” she requested in a low voice.
“How can you be so forgiving for the family, who isn’t even bothered how their daughter is? Only your mother cares for you, so I’ll not say anything to her. That’s the least I can do,” Magnus stated and saw her mouth open to speak. “If you plead for the others, that will annoy me.” He moved his fingers around his ring after giving her a warning.
Alora turned down silent and kept her head down. “They will hate me more,” she said after a long pause.
Magnus knitted his brows together, not because he cared for their growing hatred for Alora but because he felt what kind of human Alora was!
“His Highness would have too despised me if I couldn’t meet his gaze,” Alora asserted. “I am born with this cursed fate, and I need to keep living with this,” she added.
“Foolish woman!” Magnus chuckled.
Alora glanced at him, pondering why he used that remark. “It’s better to stay foolish than harming the others with your words,” she muttered.
“Did you just lecture me, Human?” Magnus’s eyebrow raised at her.
Alora pursed her lips together as she didn’t wish to speak. “I take my leave,” she said.
“Come here,” Magnus commanded her.
Alora gazed at him with a puzzled expression. She slowly moved toward him and halted upon reaching on his right. Magnus grasped her wrist and pulled her down. “Why did you never use this sharp mouth of yours to lecture your family?” He questioned her.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.