Chapter Three

~Elias~

I felt trapped and overpowered as she ordered the guard and It felt like my final moment in life. What have I done to her? I questioned myself but of course, I had no answer.

The King—Lucien, stepped away from me with his hands in his pockets and walked majestically toward the lady. I immediately guessed that she was an important person as the king rumored to be wicked would kill anyone who barged in that way.

“Anastasia,” he called out coldly. She stood in front of him defiantly, with no hint of fear on her face.

She responded almost immediately “Lucien, what are you doing?”

Lucien bent low to her frame and lifted her jaw like he did to mine.

“Ana, he is the one.”

I raised my eyebrows in confusion at his words before I could realize what he meant by that. We were all gathered in the mansion to look for the golden blood that could heal the king’s unknown illness and that blood was mine. I gasped out loudly at the realization and placed the pieces together. My stomach churned, and my veins felt like they were on fire. I was the golden blood? No, no, no, this had to be some kind of mistake.

“What?!” The lady responded, her face scrunched up in something that looked like confusion. “Are you sure?” she whispered but I could hear her loud and clear.

I watched as Lucien smirked hard and said something to her, they were so close that I wondered who the lady was to him. She couldn't be his wife because I had never come across the gossip in the human community. Not wanting to stay and watch their love further, I started to tiptoe to leave the room.

“Sweet boy,” Lucien called out without turning his head to look at me and I froze. His voice was cold and chilling, I understood that I might have the blood he was looking for but how was that possible? I was just a human with no powers or specialties, the king was weird too so how could I be sure that he wasn't lying?

“Where are you running to?” Anastasia demanded from me and I couldn't bear to lift my eyes to stare at her. Where else could I be running off to? I had my brother waiting for me.

I bowed and responded politely, “Greetings. I need to go meet my brother.”

“Your brother?” Lucien asked almost immediately and I nodded with lumps in my throat. The sudden switch when that woman came in was kinda suspicious but it was none of my business.

He finally turned to look at me, his dark chocolate scent clouding my nose. Lucien took my hand in his and spoke up,

“Elias, I will have my guards send your brother home—”

Before he could finish his words, my eyes flew to his face, and I interrupted.

“No! I will leave with my brother, please let me go.”

His eyes continued to stare at me but I couldn't understand the expression. Was he expecting me to stay with him? I had a brother to tend to and he would have been worried. He held my wrist firmly and suddenly pulled me to his chest, his hands wrapped around my waist.

“Lucien, what are you doing?” Her voice came behind but it was as if Lucien couldn't hear her. He didn't acknowledge her, he only stared at me.

His fingers brushed my cheeks and I shuddered at his touch, he had touched me multiple times today but I still couldn't get used to it.

“Elias, you are staying with me.”

I shook my head immediately, “No, I'm not staying with you.”

“It's an order, not a request, sweet boy.” He responded coldly, his hands tightened against my waist so badly that it started to hurt.

I sniffed my nose profusely to stop my tears from dropping. How could life be so cruel to me? I was living so normally with my brother and I made sure to stay away from these vampires and somehow, I still got entangled with the vampire king. I had no power, I was useless, and there was no way I could fight against him.

Before I could respond, he bent low to my ears and whispered some words that made me open my eyes widely. My fear had come true, all I had worked for was about to go down in my eyes. The king was just as they described him, he was ruthless, and he was a monster. The tears I had been avoiding dropped down after his words,

“Please—don’t do it, not my brother.” I choked on my tears as I clapped my palms together to plead to him. His lips curled into a tiny smile that revealed his fangs as it pleased him that I was begging him.

He ran his hands through my blonde hair, “Will you stay with me, sweet boy?”

I nodded without thinking twice, his threat worked so well, and I wouldn't even think about it before staying with him. I knew I was making such a risky decision but I would be happy knowing I sacrificed myself.

“Good boy.”

He released me without warning and I fell flat on the floor. I cried so hard that my chest hurt, I was helpless. I quickly stood up and went to the large window and I was lucky enough to catch the guards escorting the humans out of the mansion. I saw him—my brother, he was screaming and crying for me. My chest ached the more I watched him, there was no way he could survive without me. I raised him, I wanted to be with him but deep down, I met my doom.

“He would survive, he is a strong boy.” I thought to myself but I wasn't convinced.

“Elias,” Lucien called out after the lady left the room in anger, I heard her stumble her feet on the floor. I raised my eyes to look at him, he disgusted me, I hated him to my bones but I couldn't say it. He would kill me without thinking twice and I was supposed to fight for Caden so I had to survive.

“The guards will show you your room, wash up, and prepare for me.”

“Huh?” I muttered, I understood that he gave me a room, and I understood that I was supposed to wash up but to prepare for him? What did he mean by that?

“Go now,” he commanded roughly and went into a hidden room before I could respond, and I was all alone again. I needed a moment to reflect on all that had happened but I wasn't even spared such time as the guard immediately came to drag me.

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I held my trousers tightly as I stared at the room, it was nothing compared to my room. It looked expensive but there was this darkness lurking around it, it expressed the vampire's energy well.

“Are you a virgin?”

I turned my head to the guard who brought me in and my mouth opened widely. I nodded my head truthfully, I was a virgin all because I wanted to lose it to the right one. I was confused about my sexuality for a long time but the moment I found out I liked men, and I was supposed to try it out, I found myself trapped in the vampire domain.

The guard laughed, “He doesn't like virgins, you might escape this tonight.”

Before I could wrap his words around my head, he walked out.

“Virgin, tonight?”