The Turned Queen

The half Vampire Royal

Scarlett and Vincent turned to look at the person, Riordan stood in his black suit uniform which had the emblem of Ceben attached as Scarlett stood there is shock for the second time tonight however Riordan's eyes were fixated on their intertwined hands.

"Riordan? You.. what" Scarlett looked back and forth at Caera and Riordan untill Ryder's words hit her...

Caera De Lucas's mate was none other than the king of the country, Deven La Croix, they had twins -a boy and girl.

"Riordan De Luca -Caera De Luca now Caera La Croix. Is this what you wanted to confess this morning?" Scarlett raised her eyebrow at Riordan who nodded in a yes.

"Yes, I wanted to tell you my true identity. Scarlett can we talk-" Riordan looked at Vincent as Vincent stared at him coldly.

"Alone." gesturing towards other.

"Yeah, we do need to talk."

Vincent turned to Scarlett in shock.

"Who is he? What do you need to talk about?"

Scarlett gazed at Vincent coldly.

"None of your business."

"Wait, who the f**k is he?" Athanasius thundered as everyone turned to look at him.

"Scarlett, why is he-" Athanasius pointed at their intertwined hands as Vincent smirked.

"I think I need to introduce myself to your friends. Hello everyone, I'm Vincent Von Stein, Scarlett's fiance."

Artemia's mouth went wide as Athanasius looked baffled while Riordan just gave him a cold look. Caera and Deven on the other hand knew they were mates.

"Scarlett?" Riordan tilted his head at Scarlett gesturing the way as Scarlett gave Vincent a don't-follow-me look and followed Riordan.

Vincent was annoyed but he was at ease because Scarlett didn't retort when he introduced himself as her fiance maybe Scarlett thought 'fiance' word was more convenient than 'mate' but he was still happy about it she stared at Scarlett's retreating figure.

Caera and Deven took Vincent to introduce to few people as Athanasius was gritting his teeths in fury, Artemia could see her brother's anger.

Riordan took Scarlett in a grapevine garden and gestured her to sit on the wood bench.

"I remember what you told me the other night..."

Flashback

Scarlett heard noises from the living room so she got up to check on Riordan.

Riordan sat on the couch looking at the blanket Scarlett covered him with, Scarlett walked in the living room as Riordan looked up at her, his lips crooked into a small smile, a warm smile which Scarlett found oddly comforting.

"Can't sleep?" she asked him as he nodded.

Scarlett sat the leather chair beside the couch and leaned back to make herself comfortable.

"Wanna hear a story?"

Riordan grinned at Scarlett,

"Sure."

"New York, it's a lively city. I love it there. It comforted me when I was lonely. So there I was, an orphan, I had no relative, no memory after a car accident which took my parents away from me. The driver who caused the accident felt guilty of his sins so he took me -the only survivor of the accident to an orphan, it was nice there but I still felt lonely. I grew up well, working hard everyday on myself so that I could improve and my parents won't worry about me from up there. I missed my parents even when I didn't have much memory of them except for a few which were fading with the time. I still wanted to make them proud which was an odd way of comfort for me. All I ever wanted was a normal life, a normal place which I could call home, a normal family.

I was doing quite good. I had a sponsor, a part time job which was quite nice, a small and cozy apartment, a scholarship. Everything was going my way until that night..." Scarlett eyes flashed silver, sadness evident in her eyes as Riordan felt his heart breaking for her.

"It was quite late when I was on my way home, I was passing a quite neighborhood, the neighborhood was almost empty except a few vehicles crossing once in a while, it was my shortcut to home which changed my life forever. I was crossing a corner when a car came at me out of nowhere, in a flash, that car ran over me, it was a terrific accident which haunts me till the day. The driver ran away because he was scared, he just left me there -I was lying in the middle of the road in a pool of blood of my own. For the first time in my life I was desperate to survive, I wanted to live so badly. I didn't wanted to die, it would be a shame to die this young, I had a lot of things planned in my bucket list, to do. Although my life was lonely but I still had the desire to live. I was holding out, hanging onto my last breath, praying that someone would show up. My visions were getting blurry, I saw a shadow at a distance but in a flash he was in front of me.

His amethyst eyes glowed in the dark as the dim streetlight illuminated his features. The last words which left my mouth before passing out were "Save Me." You know what my last thought was before passing out?" Scarlett smiled warmly while she thought of him.

"What a handsome man! I won't die in vain." Scarlett let out a laugh.

Riordan managed to give a small smile but his heart was clenched, he felt stuffy and he couldn't breathe properly.

"He turned you into a vampire?"

Riordan asked after a moment.

Scarlett nodded, "Yes, it was him. He wanted to save me. I was at the brink of death so he couldn't just use his blood to heal me, actually I had already died due to the blood loss but he bit me and turned me into a vampire right at the moment I died, which brought me back to life and turned me into a vampire. After all saving me was a must for him, because I was not just a mere human to him, I was his mate."

Riordan's eyes flew open as his mouth hung wide.

"Your mate?!" he exclaimed and for the second time tonight he felt his heart break. 'She already has a mate.' The glimmer of his eyes dissipated as he looked at Scarlett with.

"But I escaped him, because i hate him from the very bones of mine. He turned me into a monster." Scarlett's eyes were as cold as ice as the smile of her lips froze at the thought of being turned, silver eyes glowed in the dark with hatred."

End of flashback

"So is it him? Your mate who turned you into a vampire?" Riordan asked.

Scarlett looked away in the distance,

"Yes, it's him."