King Of Monsters

chapter 3

Amara POV

Walking out of the bathroom I looked at what they had chosen laid out of the bed, I barely had time to register what it was before I was putting it on. It was a short powder pink dress that came to my mid thighs, it had no sleeves and a square cut bodice hemmed with black velvet around the neck, arms, and bottom of the dress. I did a double take in the mirror before turning and looking at the girls. “Sarah, Sally. Where did this dress come from? Because I sure as s**t didn’t have it in my wardrobe” They looked at each other in shock before looking back at me “uhm well...” Sally started off “we didn’t think you’d notice that quickly” Sarah finished smiling sweetly at me. Scoffing, I turned to put some nude short slip-on heels on before making my way over to the vanity to begin struggling with my hair and makeup. “Ok 1, of course I would notice, I don’t own a single item of clothing that’s pink or this short, just to be clear and 2” I grunted fighting to get my brush through my wet hair “screw 2” I said throwing my hands in the air giving up, my brush hanging in my tangled hair, ”come and help me with this mane before I cut it off I swear to the goddess!” I exclaimed at the girls. “OK!” they said in unison rushing over to me and grabbing a hair dryer.

They both loved my hair and insisted that I kept it waist length, otherwise I definitely would have cut it to a more manageable length long before now. Sarah decided she would tackle the beast that was my hair while Sally would do my makeup because we really were getting very close to being late for the greetings and that simply wasn’t acceptable. 10 minutes later, somehow, I was ready and looking quite good, my hair was in soft effortless looking curls flowing over my shoulder and my light natural smokey makeup made my green eyes pop, I looked Hot I thought nodding my head in approval. Not as hot as the twins though, they both had their long dark blonde hair in a braid down their backs and had light makeup that complimented their dark brown, almost black eyes. they were also wearing identical dresses the same as mine just in baby blue instead of pink, but it looked otherworldly on them. They looked at each other before giving me a thumbs up in approval and we started for the main entrance hall where the greetings would be taking place.

After what felt like forever, we finally finished greeting all of the guests that arrived for Ben’s party, my feet ached from standing on hard stone steps unmoving in heels for so long and I was itching to get out of this dress. The breeze was colder than I expected at this time of year and I of course didn't remember to bring a coat just in case so I was trying my hardest not to shiver the whole time. In reality it was only something like two hours and forty-five minutes, but still, forever felt more accurate. Especially after all the reactions I got from the guests. I mean seriously, they know I’m here, why are they still so surprised when they see me? Maybe they expected someone to kill me or they expected the king and queen to get rid of their human pet by now. All I feel like doing when I see their noses turn up in disgust and anger as they look at me is shout at them, that’s right, I’m still here fuckers! But they would actually kill me, so self-restraint it is. I felt drained so I decide to make my way back to my room. I let the family know and Nico decided to walk with me, I appreciate it, they know how uneasy I am when we have visitors, so they all take turns staying with me whenever I’m not in my room. Sluggishly we made our way to my tower. When we got to my door, I gave Nico’s hair a tousle and let him know I’ll text them all when I’m on my way back down for the party.

Getting into my room I breathed a sigh of relief as I could finally relax in my safe place. I kicked my heels off towards the wardrobe and unzipped my dress, letting it fall to my feet before stepping out of it. Tieing my hair up in a messy bun on top of my head, I walked over to my dresser and grabbed a pair of grey marle comfortable sweat pants and matching crop top before changing and flopping onto the bed. I was exhausted even though I just slept like 11 straight hours but instead of sleeping I decided to just chill out and watch some funny YouTube videos on my phone to help lighten my mood and de-stress. I was watching a hilarious video of Daz black playing a horror game when I hear a knock at my door. Sitting up, I turn and look at the door, expecting someone to say something or enter but no one does. That’s odd I thought as I started walking to the door, I stand up on my tiptoes to look out of the peep hole, but I don’t see anyone. Cautiously I opened the door and peek out, still seeing nothing.

I open the door wider and find a package on the floor. I looked around the hallway and tried to peek down the stairs to my right for whoever could have left it but the hallway light wasn't on and I didn’t dare leave my room to get a better look, my gut was screaming that something was wrong. Not seeing anything suspicious in the dark hallway I looked back down at the gift. It was wrapped in a silver and white shiny patterned gift wrap with a silver bow in the centre and it didn't have any message or note with it that I could see. Looking around again, I slowly bent down to pick the package up but before I did I paused, I remembered something I read about certain items breaking protection enchantments. I stood up and walked back into my room, grabbing my phone from my bed, I messaged the family group chat we had because I couldn’t mind link and asked if any of them left the box there whilst staring at it suspiciously.

Right after sending the message Ben called, I rolled my eyes, he hated texting and I hated calls but I pressed accept. As I was bringing the phone up to my ear someone sped at me from the shadows of the hallway. Screaming, I dropped the phone and backed into my room, accidentally leaving the door wide open. Still screaming and now panting, I kept backing up until my back was flat against the wall on the opposite side of the room. I watched as a man crazily beat against the invisible barrier at my door protecting me from him. He kicked the box at the wall of the hallway in rage, leaving a dent in the plaster and chipping the paint while shouting something in some language I couldn’t understand, staring dangerously at me. He was deathly pale, slim, and tall, with short white, blonde hair, and blood red eyes. He was wearing a smart expensive looking suit so he must have arrived with some of the guests but I didn't recognize him and I was usually great with faces, did6 he come with the vampire royals? I thought to myself. Suddenly the man disappeared. As quickly as he’d come, he’d gone. I heard some loud banging, grunting and a shout I didn't recognize coming from what sounded like the stairwell.

Waiting a moment, I strained my ears trying to hear anything out of the ordinary before moving. Hearing nothing but silence I hesitantly began walking toward the door, fully expecting it to be another trap and for him to try the same thing again. When I got to the door I hesitated before curiosity got the best of me. Sticking my head out around the corner past my safety barrier and looking down the stairs I saw the man dead, his head separated from his body lying about 5 meters away, blood pooling around the body, and standing over him was Benjamin breathing heavily with his fists clenched tightly by his sides, his claws extended, digging into his palms causing blood to flow from them onto the ground around him. His shortish brown hair was disheveled and the nice black dress shirt and dress pants he'd worn to the greetings this morning were dirty and torn as if he'd been in fight. Gasping at the scene, I put my hand over my mouth in shock and tried to stop the tears before they started.

Hearing me Benjamin looked up, his eyes completely black, telling me his Lycan, Jet was in control. They went wide for a split second before returning to their normal cool grey. He stared at me for a moment before speaking “Do not leave your room without someone from the family with a wolf to accompany you, do not touch anything or take anything from anyone, including the servers, whether you recognize them or not, unless it is given to you by a member of the family you don’t touch anything do you understand?” he said it so forcefully, was he trying to alpha command me? was he was angry at me for being attacked? I was so taken aback, hurt, and confused all I could do was nod, then I turned and closed my door. As soon as the door was shut the tears started spilling out. I tried to hold them back or at least cry quietly because I knew Ben would be able to hear but the reality of what just happened hit me. I had almost died. Someone tried to kill me. Someone had actually just tried to kill me and if it weren’t for the magic on my room, I would be dead. I broke down right there on the floor in the middle of my room, I curled into a ball and just cried. I know that makes me sound like a wimp, but I realized in that moment is that someone threatening to kill you is one thing, someone actually trying to kill you is a while other board game I wasn’t prepared for.