The Turned Queen

Nicole LeMart

Vincent traced his fangs on the nape of her neck, her smooth skin ignited fire in him. His heart was burning, he was holding her so tightly as if she would disappear if he loosens his hold. He was at the end of his wits and scared as hell.

Vincent kissed softly on Scarlett's neck as the sparks flew all over his body, he knew Scarlett felt it too when she shivered in his hold. Vincent licked softly on her skin as he closed his eyes before sinking his fangs in her skin....

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"Will you stop staring at me?"

Scarlett's icy voice rings in Vincent's ears as his lips curve upwards in a warm smile.

"Why? Am I making you nervous?"

Scarlett snorted as she spoke,

"Keep staring."

"How have you been?" Vincent asked as Scarlett finally turned to look at him.

"I was doing good until you showed up."

Vincent smirked at her.

"I underestimated you."

Scarlett snorts in response, Vincent narrows his eyes at her,

"Scarlett, -" the way he spoke her name made Scarlett's inside melt, she liked the way her name rolled out of his tongue.

'Focus Scarlett!' Scarlett screams inwardly.

"-although you've already had the changes earlier than expected but your powers are extraordinary. They are extremely difficult to control, you need to learn many things to survive among humans without exposing your true identity as a vampire. You are a vampire now, you shoul-"

"And whose fault is it? Who do you think has made me into what I am today? A bloodsucking creature?" Scarlett retorts, anger was visible on her face but what hurted Vincent was the disgust and hatred he saw in Scarlett's silver eyes.

The way she looked at him made his heart ache, a lump formed in his throat as he was holding on himself, but his insides were already falling off.

"Mine.-" he couldn't form words properly as he held on his will, "- I did it. I'm responsible for what you are now, for what you've gone through, I'm responsible for you." his deep voice came out in chokes, pain evident in his voice, Scarlett's heart melted for a second as she looked away from him, she stared out of the window holding her tears. She hated being vulnerable in front of him.

The driver pulled over infront of Scarlett's apartment as she got off immediately, Vincent followed her inside her apartment.

"I'm letting you in for now because I need to ask you about something." Scarlett spoke as she made her way towards her bedroom.

"About what?" Scarlett looked back at him and pointed on the couch, "Wait for me here." as she went in he bedroom and took off her heavy a*s evening gown.

'Finally! I can breathe.' she took out an oversized hoodie and shorts as she went in for a quick shower.

After changing into the hoodie and shorts she walked out of her bedroom and saw Vincent resting on the couch, his eyes were closed and he looked peaceful.

Scarlett subconsciously tip toed her way towards Nicole's bedroom to check on her, she opened the door slowly and saw Nicole sleeping peacefully, Scarlett's lip curved in a warm smile as she top toed her way in and tucked Nicole in the sheets carefully. Nicole's small face with the fluffy cheeks made her look too cute as Scarlett stood there staring at Nicole wondering about Nicole's past as Scarlett suddenly felt a warm breathe down the nape of her neck which made her froze.

"You really adore her, don't you?" Vincent whispered in Scarlett's ear as Scarlett's knee went weak and chills ran down her spine. Scarlett nodded but her legs were already jelly so she smoothly sat on the edge of the bed without making it obvious but nothing can be missed by Vincent's sharp eyes, 'Our bond is growing.' Vincent's lips subconsciously curved upwards in a breathtaking smile as Scarlett didn't dare to look at him afraid of giving in him. 'f**k this mate bond.'

Scarlett stood up abruptly and pushed Vincent back by her index finger, "Excuse me." and walked out of the room carefully as Vincent followed her out smirking with a sense of Victory.

Scarlett sat on the far end of the couch and gestured Vincent to sit down on the other end of the couch which he obliged.

"I wanted to ask about Nicole." Scarlett's stern voice gave Vincent a warning that he need to be honest and tell her the truth. Back in the mansion Scarlett only met Nicole a few times and Vincent wouldn't speak a word about Nicole. Scarlett basically didn't have any idea about what happened to Nicole, she had only heard the gossip of the mansion saying Nicole was prisoned and for being a black witch caught up in a conflict with the Vampires and werewolves.

Scarlett's hatred for Vincent was much more back then and she had no doubt that Vincent was capable of doing such a thing to the little girl, and she was sure of it when Vincent denied to speak a word about it when she asked him about it, she could only think about the worst because normally Vincent told her about everything even when she wasn't interested in it.

"Will you believe me if I tell you?" Vincent's deep amethyst eyes stared at Scarlett's silver ones.

"You remember I told you about those rogues planning for the war?"

Scarlett nodded as she remembered Vincent telling her how dangerous it was for her to leave mansion before of the upcoming war between the rogue king and the werewolf king as an ally of the Wolf King, Vincent was helping out but he still took care of Scarlett.

"Nicole LeMart is the only survivor of the LeMart family which were assassinated by the Rogue King."

Scarlett's eyes went wide,

"Assassinated? Why?"

Vincent nodded.

She comes from the most powerful bloodline of black witches. The rogue king wanted to steal their secret heirloom to defeat us but the LeMart family refused him and did everything in their power to hide The Secret Heirloom of Dark Rings.