Chapter 3
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lailani sat in front of her parents'
grave while the priest prayed for all
the souls to rest in peace. By the
order of the Xeridian Lord, all the
bodies had been taken to Xeridia
and had been given a proper
burial in the public cemetery in the
morning. Names were carved on the
tombstones using the help of the
high priest who was disguised white
witches, having the ability to find
names of the deceased bodies.
Maya stood next to the young girl,
wondering where things were going
to head from now on. Vampires and
humans coexisting was rare, as only
a few showed respect and mercy
towards each other.
She looked to her right to see the
Lord and the third-in-command Sel,
talking about the half-vampires that
were captured. Returning her gaze
towards the girl her eyes softened.
Was it the right decision to take her to the Xeridian Kingdom? She thought
to herself. A kingdom full of vampires
with very few humans wasn't exactly
a safe haven but if not Xeridia then
where would the girl go? She had
known Lord Ralphia for quite a
long time and she was one of his
trusted friends, She knew him well
and that's exactly what worried her;
Ralphia being the only son had
taken over the Kingdom and could be
one menacing man if Someone got
to his bad side. Maybe this one will
change him for good, she thought,
nodding her head. And if he wasn't
able to take care of the little girl, she
and Sel would provide the care and
need.
"Come on lailani," Maya said
offering her hand to the girl after
spending an hour in the graveyard,
"You can visit them later anytime you
want"
lailani took hold of the hand that
was offered and rose from the
ground. Her mother had told her
to stay strong, therefore she held
back her tears. at least most of them but a few escaped from her eyes.
She looked up to see the eyes of
the woman whose hands she was
holding right now. She seems like a
nice person, lailani thought to herself.
"My.. such a cute little thing.
I could just eat it up," the third in
Command said looking at the girl as
he walked towards them.
"Do you wish to be beheaded,
Sel?" the Lord asked next to him
with narrowed eyes. Sel raised his
hand in surrender and bent down but
not before glancing towards Maya in
question,
"Look at the rabbit, so white and
cute," he said making lailani clutch
the rabbit closer to her, "I'm sorry, I
was joking and what might be your
name beautiful?" he asked her.
"lailani," she replied looking up
at him while standing close to Maya.
"The carriages are here,"
Ralphia informed them as he
heard the sound of wheels heading towards them becoming more
prominent.
Two more carriages followed the
first one. One of the brown carriages
stopped and the man who rode it
jumped down to open the door for
them with a slight bow. The four of
them got into it and settled down
comfortably. lailani had taken the seat
next to the woman while the Lord
and the man named Sel sat in front
of them.
As the carriage started, she
looked outside the window as lush
green trees passed by as though
each one was running towards
them. Sel and Maya were talking
about something when she felt the
Lord's eyes on her. She gave a small
glance towards him and saw his dark
red eyes staring at her before darting
her eyes away, looking anywhere but
at him. After some time she looked
down at her lap and brushed the
rabbit's fur with her hand.
Ralphia observed the girl as
her hand brushed the animal's fur
gently. No matter how young a child
was, the character and nature of
the person he or she would become
were always readable. Even when
a vampire was about to kill her she
was worried about the animal rather
than herself. He had come across
many humans but this one spiked his
curiosity.
As minutes passed, they heard
something fall on the ground making
everyone look at each other in
question. Suddenly an arrow's head
pierced the side where Sel sat and
he exclaimed looking outside the
window.
"Oh boy, we have company!
"We have half vampires following
us and our charioteer is dead,"
Maya informed taking out something
shiny from her back. She was glad
she didn't remove the armor she wore
before.
"Maya take the front seat and
drive towards the West, Sel take
the sides," Ralphia ordered quickly
moving behind and taking a gun out,
pointing at one of them. Arrows flew
towards them and they dodged it,
Sel missing one of them narrowly.
"What,are they in medieval times
to use arrows?" Sel asked pulling
the trigger of the gun, "Get upgraded
men," he said to them as he shot
one after the other.
"They aren't simple arrows. Smell
the air, it's rustier." Ralphia said
shooting two half-vampires at the
center of the head simultaneously.
He pulled out the arrow when
one of them was shot in his arm,
pulling out the arrow he noticed
that the head of the arrow was
made of poison that could paralyze
a vampire. Unlucky for them, he
was no normal vampire.There
were three types of vampires in the
entire Kingdom, the normal vampires,
half-vampires and lastly the
pure-blooded vampires. The normal vampires and the half-vampires
were the ones that fed blood from
animals and humans while the pure
blooded ones could feed even on the
vampires, making them the highest
creatures in the entire hierarchy
that ruled the lands. The turned
humans were the half-vampires,
and their transformations mostly
went wrong when the human body
couldn't cope with the new internal
systems. He wondered where a
group of half-vampires could obtain
the poisoned arrows and why they
were attacking them out of nowhere.
There were too many of them,
someone must have turned them, he
thought to himself.
As the half-vampires were shot,
they turned grey before their body
began to disintegrate to dust,
vanishing into the thin air in no time
but one of them was faster and
quicker than the rest, seemingly
smarter as well, with the way it
avoided all the bullets. When Sel
Concentrated on killing one of them,
the smarter one got into the carriage.
lailani who didn't know what was going on suddenly screamed seeing
the half-vampire baring its mouth to
show a set of jagged teeth. It caught
hold of her hand and jumped out of
the moving carriage.
"Maya, stop the carriage!"
Ralphia shouted before heading
towards the half-vampire that had
taken the young girl. Maya stopped
the carriage as she pulled the reins,
making the horses halt suddenly.
Sel got down from the carriage and
fought the creatures as he kicked
and shot them.
Dusting herself, Maya took hold of
another gun, wielding two guns now.
Three of the half-vampires looked
at each other smiling widely as they
saw the woman standing alone
without any men to help her.
"God, I hate that look," she
muttered before raising both her
hands, "Let's see who's smiling
now," she said pulling both the
triggers.
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