Chapter 2
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Hearing this, the man c****d his
head sidewards.
"I won't," he said, his eyes
transfixed on her making her squirm
with his intimidating frame. At the
same moment, a blonde-haired
Woman appeared in a light armor
suit, stepping inside the room with a
small bow.
"Sir, we have taken the ones that
were at the perimeter as hostages,
few including witches though two
of them fled before we could capture
them. Sel has already headed out
to catch up with them," the woman
reported and the man gave a curt
nod.
"What about survivors?" he asked
his subordinate. She shook her head
in disappointment, "None, sir. All
of them have been drained out of
blood.
"This is what happens with rogues of other Kingdoms. Breaking the law
as they please, killing innocent men
and women with no mercy," the man
said with a cold tone. "If only that
idiot of a Lord had decided sooner
it would have saved unnecessary
bloodshed and work."
"Weren't the half-vampires taken
into custody of the Assembly?" the
Woman asked him.
"Either the Assembly didn't
do a good job or someone's
transformation went wrong while
turning the humans to a bunch of
deranged half vampires. Looks like
the Assembly will be sending another
notice to us. Maya, get this place
cleaned up and the bodies buried.
And ask Sel to meet me once he's
done with his current assignment."
"Yes, milord," Maya replied with
a nod and continued, "I found this
lying on the ground," she handed the
parchment of papers which was in a
Curled state to him.
She saw him uncurl them, to
see what it was and heard him
murmur, "These are names," and
as he scanned it one of his brows
raised up, "Did you find anybody
lying around when you found this?"
he asked. This was no ordinary
parchment, he thought to himself,
the contents inside it was a highly
classified information.
"Too many. The villager's bodies
are scattered all around the area,"
her eyes then shifted to the young
girl, "What are you going to do with
her, Ralphia?" she asked the man.
Poor thing, she thought, her family
was wiped away and there was no
human in the surrounding.
"| don't know," he answered with a
sigh.
When they passed by the room,
lailani saw her mother lying on the
floor, lifeless. She ran to her side in
an attempt to wake her up but it was
of no use. Her mother wasn't going
to come back. She felt a cold hand on her shoulder making her turn
towards the man who had rescued
her.
"It's alright," he said looking at the
girl. A sob left her lips and she buried
herself in the man's arms, crying
softly. Unsure of what do in such
a situation he wrapped his arms
around the girl and let her cry in his
arms.
Maya felt her eyes pop out
in surprise at the Lord's gesture
towards the girl. She had grown up
knowing him and the Lord of Xeridia
had never shown such sentiments
or gestures towards anyone. Lord
Ralphia Desilva Was the type of
man who wouldn't bother providing
water to a dying man let alone lend
Someone a shoulder to cry on but here
he was soothing her. Moreover, it
was a human. He didn't mingle with
the humans unless they had high
connections in the society and were
useful to him.
lailani didn't know what to do, she
felt lonely and lost. Once she felt her
tears cease, she moved a few steps
back, looking at the man with her
big brown eyes. He seemed to be
thinking something before he spoke.
"She'll stay with me from now on,
Ralphia decided, making Maya
snap her head towards him. There
was no doubt in her mind that the
vampire Lord had taken interest in
the human, but this was a young
one. "Once she's of age we can
send her to a human household."
"l guess so," Maya replied.
"We have humans working in the
castle therefore that shouldn't be
a problem." If they left her with the
other humans they wouldn't know
if the humans Would treat her well.
after all, slavery was still rampant.
"What's your name?" Ralphia
asked in an authoritative tone with
his piercing gaze making her wary of
him.
"You're scaring the poor girl Ralph asking like that. Try Smiing," Maya said
making Ralphia throw a glare
across the room. Softening his gaze
he tried putting a smile on his face
which in turn earned him a snicker
from his subordinate.
"You call that a smile?" Maya
asked him.
"Fine you handle it!" he snapped
at her before stepping out of the
house. The woman walked towards
the young girl and sat down on her
knees.
"Hi, l'm Maya and that was
Ralphia," she introduced with a
gentle smile, "We don't mean any
harm and only want to offer help to
you. What's your name sweetheart?"
"lailani," the girl replied
earning a smile from the woman
standing in front of her.
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