The Princess Venom

Suzie's pov... Black hair, almond-colored eyes, red lips, perfect nose, milky skin, slim and proportioned body, young-looking face. I love who I am now, it's been five years since Arthur transformed me into an immortal one, a kind of being that doesn't age at all. I always love checking myself in the mirror. Thanks to this tattooed ring on my right ring finger, this serves as our protection not only to sunlight, but to everything, and this made us vampires be like humans. And, it's been three years since I entered the world of modeling. I love what I am doing now, being under the spotlight whenever I am on a runway show or even in a simple photoshoot, I love how everyone adores me. Everything that I endorsed and every magazine cover that I am with, all are doing great, selling out with a high profit or even sold-out products. I feel happy and of course, my agency is also happy, I made them on top and doubled or even tripled their income. All the people in the agency that handles me are under my special hypnosis. "Let's go, Suzie, Vida called, and she's waiting for us at her office" Sunni, my assistant said as she showed up behind me. "Can you please stop checking yourself in the mirror, for demon's sake, your looks will never change at all" she added, smirking at me, so I show my fangs on her through the mirror out of annoyance, then she made an evil laugh, and quickly vanished from my sight. My team consists of three vampires, Sunni my ever-favorite personal assistant, Aiko, my only stylist, and Brit my driver. Only Aiko can touch and style me, and only Sunni can do an errand for me and keep all my personal and private things, and only Brit can drive all the types of cars that I have because we are all vampires. *** After we picked up my manager, we headed right away towards the very famous royal palace. "Remember to be friendly as always, Suzie, and don't forget to smile," my manager Vida told me. "Of course, Vida, don't worry about it" I replied but not looking at her. My manager is a human and she's under my special hypnosis, she does what I say without any complaints. One hour had passed and we reached the royal palace, many people were gathering in front of it, but one thing I've noticed, they're holding... a picture of... me? They knew I'm coming here? As soon as the palace gate opens, our van enters the vicinity. There are so many royal guards surrounding the area, but why do I have a weird feeling the moment I step on the royal palace ground. I feel like I've been here way back before, but honestly, it's my first time to be invited here. Yes, heard it right, I am or we are being invited over here at the royal palace by the royal family. As soon as we stepped at the landing of this concrete stair just before the huge entry porch of the palace, a group of royal guards bowed down to us, then a well-dressed man came out, and stood in front of us smiling. My manager Vida bowed down at him, but my team and I did not, well, it's not our thing, to begin with. Standing in front of me is a handsome man, wearing a black tuxedo, he looks so fine and gorgeous. The way his hair was being brushed up and everything on his face was so clean, that you cannot see any dirt on it, that's how clean he is. He looks dashing and it seems like he is well-educated too. Is he the prince or the king? I smile, and I know my smile can melt every man looking at me because this good-looking guy is staring and boring a hole in my face. He smiles too and that was so cute on him. It makes me want to suck and drain his blood for my beauty. "It's been my pleasure to finally meet the very famous model in the country," he said with his soft and sweet voice. He stepped forward and gently held my hand then slowly his lips landed on it, it was so soft. Seconds after, I pulled out right away. "It's also my pleasure to meet you--" I pause for a while because I don't know who he is. 'He is Prince Jairus' Sunni said to me in my mind. 'The crown prince' she added. "Prince Jairus," I said, then flashes my sweet smile. "Oh, you know me," he said with his shocked voice. "Of course, who wouldn't? You're the dashing crown prince" I replied, looking at his eyes, he seemed to be stunned, and I guess this is an advantage for me, a crown prince is so whipped over a vampire beauty. The tattooed ring on my right ring finger is the one responsible that my body temperature is almost close to a human's body temperature, though not that warm at least it lessens the iced cold feeling that I am a living dead. "You look gorgeous in person," he said then as I looked into his eyes it sparkled, and it made me happy. I stood close to him, made eye-to-eye contact, and he looked back. Staring at his royal highness eyes for split seconds implanting my hypnosis in him, then he smiles. "Welcome to the House of Royals, Suzie" the crown prince calmly said as he gestured his hand at me saying that he is inviting me inside. I smiled and of course, my hypnosis worked again, and this time I got the crown prince. He first walked inside then I looked back at my team and slightly nodded my head in which Sunni showed me her evil smile. As we walked along this long hallway, I was looking at the walls filled with photos of, I guess, the different monarchs or past rulers of their dynasty. I stopped at one portrait, it's the only portrait with a small gold shelf that has a beautiful flower. I am a bit shocked at what I saw, the woman in the portrait looks like me, so I look at Prince Jairus who is slowly walking ahead of us. Is this the reason why this crown prince is so whipped on me? He looks back and I smile, he walks back towards us. "Who is she?" I asked. "She is Princess Serene," he answered. "Oh, I thought I saw myself along with these royalties," I told him as I pointed to each of the portraits along the hallway. "To be honest, the moment I saw you in one of the royal events in another country, I thought you're our lost princess," he said with a low voice, so I looked at him with my wrinkled eyebrows. "But definitely, you're not. Princess Serene is dead" he said with a forced smile. I am curious about that smile of his, a smile filled with hatred. "Why is that, this is the only portrait who has a golden shelf and a flower?" Vida my manager asked him curiously. A moment of silence just passed by, then he looks at Vida and me with a smile. "I think, that's none of your business" he arrogantly answered, then turned his back on us. Vida raised one eyebrow and of course, she feels irritated over it. I smile at my manager's reaction and walk straight after the debonair prince. We came to a large double door at the end of the hallway, it opened wide, Prince Jairus gestured his hand over me to get inside first, so I stepped in with my head held high and walked like a model as I entered the room. Many servants were surrounding the room, they all bowed down to us, but of course, I never bowed my head down, because I never do that, but my manager did, well she's a human after all. "This is a place where I receive my guests, all these servants are here to serve you," he said with a smile. So, this is the way a royal serves their guests. But there's a memory flash in my mind. A lady sitting on one couch with only two servants standing beside her, talking to the other person who's sitting on the other couch. I close my eyes for a second then open it again, brushing off that weird flashback, it's the same room but different in design. One servant was staring at me so I looked at her and she was startled. "Why?" I asked her and I made her feel intimidated so she shook and lowered her head. "Why are you looking at me?" I asked her again, but she still shakes her head while looking down. "Sorry, but we just thought you're our Princess Serene," another servant with a bit of age answered me. "Stop it! Remove these two servants out here," Prince Jairus instructed two of his royal guards, then the two lady servants were dragged out of the room. It seems that this crown prince doesn't want to hear anything about that dead princess or even hear her name. "I guess, they can't help it, because I look like their Princess Serene," I said then smiled. He looked at me with his sharp eyes, but I stared at his eyes, inflicting a smile as his response. Then he flashes his charming smile on me, and I love it. Sunni smiles at me, because she knows I am manipulating the crown prince's reaction. "Does it annoy you, hearing the princess' name? But, why did you invite me here, if I look exactly like Princess Serene?" I asked him, but I kept my gaze in his eyes and he smiled again. "Of course, it doesn't affect me after all, I just felt sad hearing her name over and over, because I can't accept until now how the people's princess died" he explained himself, but I don't buy it. He is lying, of course, he is very annoyed with the princess. There's another memory flashing in my mind again. Prince Jairus and me? Okay, it's Princess Serene in my flashback memory. The flashback is not clear. They are talking but the prince is annoyed and I think they are arguing about something. I close my eyes for a second then open it and smile again at him as he is still staring at me. "So, I guess you've been on good terms with the princess before?" I asked, with a curious tone of voice. "Yes of course," he said with a smile, but he's lying again. His eyes don't suit his answer. Mortals are transparent about their real feelings, that's why they can easily be deceived. "Please have a seat," he said then I sat down across from where he's sitting, he does have a royalty attitude. He sits while his servants support him. "So, Prince Jairus, what makes you like me?" I curiously asked him, his answer will be too obvious, I guess, but I still want to hear it from him. "At first, I thought that you were our lost princess, though I tried to investigate it," he said, and it made my eyes widened the moment he said that he tried to investigate me. The hell with this human investigating me, I look at him with my sharp eyes, trying to find out if he found something about me. 'Don't be too obvious, Suzie, let him speak first' Sunni talks to me through my mind and I nod my head slightly as my response. "Then, what did you find out?" I asked again, holding back my pissed-off reaction. "Nothing, that you were just a simple girl before you got into modeling" he explained smiling. I scanned his whole facial features, trying to read what's on his mind, then I smiled because his mind is empty about my past but full of me as a model that he wanted to own. "I like you as a person, Suzie," he added. I formed a cute smile as my response to him. 'Stop that kind of reaction, Suzie Arazon, you're not a person, after all, you're a vampire, a living dead, for demons' sake' Sunni's irritated voice echoed in my mind, then I flashed a sharp look at her, but she gave out an evil smile. "And, that makes you special over the others, I don't know, but I feel a different comfort whenever I stare at your beautiful face on television and in magazines," he said, and the way he looks now is I think he was already invested in me. Is this my chance to own a crown prince and become one of the royals, thinking about it makes me crave what will be the taste of their blood? I started to lick my lips thinking about the taste of Prince Jairus' blood. "Hey, don't do that, please," he said while pointing at me with his index finger, plus his super whipped facial expression towards me. "What is it? This?" I licked my lips again, then slightly bit my lower lip and gave out my sweet smile. He holds his chest with his right hand while smiling at me and leans his back on the backrest of the couch he's sitting on, funny how this crown prince is so whipped over me. Vida suddenly taps me on my lap then I stop teasing the prince. "By the way, when we got here there were lots of people in front of the palace gate. You're well-loved by the people surrounding you, your highness" Vida said and the prince just nodded his head. "But one thing I saw a while ago," I interrupted and the focus of Prince Jairus was on me again. It's time to mention the princess' name again to see his annoyed face. "They're holding a picture of a woman and they're leaving flowers with that picture. At first I thought they knew that I would be coming over, but when I saw your princess photo... I think the woman is Princess Serene" I said with a teasing smile, then he leaned his back again glaring at me, so I stared at him again. 'Smile' I told myself while staring at his eyes, then he suddenly forms a cute smile. "I'm a bit interested in your lost princess; can you tell us something about her?" I asked, he leaned forward as he clasped his two hands placing his elbows on top of his lap while looking at me. I crossed my legs and leaned back with my two arms crossed below my chest, I stared at him waiting for his response. "Honestly, I don't want to talk about Princess Serene, she's already dead" he replied, wrinkling my eyebrows. "But, how come she is considered your lost crown princess?" I asked again, flashing a good smirk at him. "Yes, she died, but days after we buried her, we found out that there is an intruder in the royal burial ground, the dead body of our princess has gone missing, until now, we still haven't found her body" he explained and it made me nod my head along with my manager and Sunni. "You haven't found, or you stopped finding her body, or you never did?" I asked him a straightforward question, and it made him look pissed off, so I smirked again. "Let's not talk about the dead people here," he said in a defensive tone of voice. I laughed out loud at his reaction to my question. He looks like he's hiding something about the princess, and it made me more interested in it. Funny how he said that he doesn't want to talk about dead people, well in fact he's talking to me and I am a soulless being. "Alright, I guess you guys need to rest first because we're still waiting for another special guest here in the palace," he said then stood up. "Escort them to their designated rooms, Erol" he instructed the other guy beside him then he walked out of the room, making me raise one eyebrow as I followed him with my eyes. "It looks like you got the prince pissed off, Suzie" Vida told me and I just gave her my remarkably evil smile, then I followed the guy named Erol who walked out first. *** They give us separate rooms, but of course, as a vampire, I don't sleep so having a bed is just a design in a room for me. I asked Sunni through my mind to come and of course, she came in split seconds. "You called me?" she asked, then I nodded. She handed me a small aluminum canister filled with human blood. I held it and drank from it, then faced the big window. "Know more about Princess Serene," I told her, then she vanished right away. Who is she, why do we have the same face? Why do I get a different feeling here inside the royal palace? It feels like I've been here all my life. The big window in this room overlooked the beautiful garden at the palace ground, then a sudden flashback of memory came to my mind. Princess Serene is happy walking along the garden touching every flower. A man wrapped his arms around her waist, but the face of that man was so blurry that I can't even see the details of it. Both are giggling and happy seeing each other. I closed my eyes for a second then opened it, the flashback was gone. What the hell is this? Why am I having those flashbacks of events of their lost princess? I drink all the human blood in the aluminum canister that Sunni gave me, this is the first time I'm feeling a bit anxious in one place. *** After a few minutes, Sunni came back. "Did you find out something?" I asked. "Princess Serene is the daughter of the late King Alfonzo who died in a car accident" she started. I look at her and listen eagerly. "There were werewolves attacked in the palace after the death of the king, and Princess Serene fought back along with the royal guards" she added. "The princess fought with the werewolves?" I was surprised by what I heard. "Yes, and she also chased the pack of wolves down to the forest, after that, she never came back alive. Hours later, they found the dead body of the princess in front of the royal palace, and the royals are blaming the werewolves for her death," Sunni said in a serious tone. "And the good news is... the royals hated the werewolves so much, and I think it's a win for us vampires," she said with a smirk. I suddenly formed an evil smile. Why do I love hearing that kind of news? The royals hated the werewolves and it's a win for us, we can fully manipulate the royal family and this will be good news to my dear father Arthur. *** Few hours have passed and I am getting impatient staying here inside the palace. I decided to roam around, and I tried to enter their royal burial ground. I wanted to see the princess's tomb. Before I enter, I pause all the cameras surrounding the area so that no one will see me here. I slowly walk while looking at the different tombs of the different royal members who died, at the very end of the area there is another gate secluding another area and when I look closer, it was King Alfonzo's tomb, but on the right side, there are lots of beautiful flowers surrounding another tomb and a portrait of none other than Princess Serene. As I took a closer look, it seems that today is her 5th death anniversary. Then I stepped back, I remember that it has been 5 years now since I am being transformed into this. So ironic isn't it, it's the princess 5th death anniversary, and it was my 5th year being a vampire, and... we look the same, our facial features are the same except the eye color, the princess' eye color is dark brown and mine is almond color. ******************** Jairus pov... She's too beautiful for me to be pissed off by her. I grabbed my glass of wine and drank from it. I hear a soft knock at my door. "Jairus, it's me" I hear a sweet voice of a woman on the other side of the door, and it was my sister Alena. "Come in," I said, then my door flew open, my sister walked in then closed the door right away. "I heard that Suzie is already here in the palace," she said, then she sat down on my couch. "Yeah, I let them rest first, while we wait for your dear guest," I told her as I drank my wine. "She looks like Serene," I added. "Some of the servants told me about her, but they said she is intimidating" she softly said to me. "Of course, she is. She's a famous personality, she is intimidating" I told her. "She pisses me off earlier" I added, Alena looked at me puzzled. "She keeps on talking about Serene," I said, then drank my wine. "She knew about her?" she asked with her curious tone. "Yeah, she happened to see her portrait along the hallway," I replied. A light knock was heard on my door again. "Your highness, Mr. Viktor Elias already arrived in the palace" Erol's voice heard at the other side of the door. "Alright, I'm coming" Alena happily replied, then she stood up. "My guest is here," she said, then joyfully walks outside my room. I face the window again, and I need to know more about Suzie. Why does she look exactly like Princess Serene? ******************** Viktor's pov... Princess Alena is good, but no other princess that will look great in my eyes and heart except for Princess Serene. It's been five years from now since she died, and I still blame myself for her death. She will be my forever love. No other woman can come close to her, not even the princess who invited me here. I sneaked out from my manager and headed towards here at the burial ground to visit the tomb of my princess, though I know that her body is still missing but at least I want to see her name and tomb, she is the people's princess and it's her death anniversary today, so probably there are so many flowers here for her, just like what I saw at the royal palace gate. Not Princess Alena nor everyone here at the palace knew about my deep relationship with Princess Serene before, and we kept it until her father didn't let her come out of the palace, that's the time we lost our communication, then all I knew is that my pack killed her. I left the pack and declined to be their alpha, then I tried to live just like a normal human does. I tried to forget her, but I failed. I still miss her, especially now, when I saw a model who looks like my princess. As soon as I reached the entrance of the burial ground, I smelled something disgusting. I sniffed hard, I know that kind of smell, and it irritates me. I enter slowly in my defense position because I know that only vampires have that kind of disgusting smell. The area is too dark and only dim lights on each tomb are lighting the whole area. A lady standing and her back is facing me. "Who are you?" I asked her and made my voice firm. She slowly turned her head towards me., And my eyes widened the moment I saw her face. "Serene?" I whispered, and it made my heart beat faster, and I made myself uneasy about my defensive position. She snarled at me showing her fangs and her innocent face were suddenly filled with dark veins and her eyes became bloody red, looking sharp at me. "Vampire! Why are you copying the princess' face?!" I shouted at her and then showed my deadly claws. She then vanished in a second, I just felt a cold breeze the moment she left. I calm down, the moment I cannot smell her bad scent at all. Who is she? What is she doing here at my princess' tomb? Why do I feel that she is the lost Princess Serene?