The Vampire King

Eight

Thane

Its been a week and Sienna is still ignoring me. She is ignoring the vampire king. I don't know who is more shocked by that. Me or my men. Ever since she had poured out her feelings about how hurt she had been. I had actually felt bad. A first for me. I did not want to hurt my mate. She was it for me. The only reason why i had gone to Mary that day its because i had been trying to get her out of my thoughts. I admit i had s*x with Mary multiple times but it did not work at all. I still kept thinking about her. Her name alone had helped me to come.

I had allowed Sienna to go out of her room and walk around the premises. As long as she wasn't alone. I still didn't trust her to not try and escape. Judging by how she is ignoring me,i think she still wants away from me. I had seen her multiple times in the training area,watching my men train. Sometimes she will be sitting in a shade reading a book. I could see how some of my men looked at her with lust. I could not blame them thou,she was a beautiful woman. When i would ask her something,she would pretend like i was not even there. The first day she had done that,she had been walking around when i had approached her,asking how her wound was. She had not even spared me a glance.

I had seen some of my men stand still with shock. I could understand their shock because no one dared to ignore me or behave in such a rude manner. No one but her apparently.

Her not talking to me,is driving me insane. I miss her voice. I wanted to hear her speak,even if it was to curse at me. But she continued to remain mute. Between the seven days,i had also noticed Joe approaching her. I swear i had seen red. How daring of him to approach what was mine with a seductive smile. I had been about to go to him to tear his throat out because between being ignored by Sienna and his behaviour. I was already at my limit. He was saved because when he had said something to Sienna,she had asked him how important were his balls to him? I had seen him cringe and take a few steps back from her. I was so proud of my woman. Yes my woman. That i had forgotten momentarily how she was ignoring me.

Later that day. I had then assembled everyone and told them that,Sienna was my mate and they should treat her with respect. Some were concerned about the curse. Yeah the death curse that Aurora had put on me five thousand years ago. I had ensured everyone that i would be extra careful and be on the lookout of something un-ordinary. That seemed to pecify them. True to my word i had stopped seeing Mary,i didn't want to hurt my woman anymore than i had already done.

Right now im standing on the second floor. I can see Sienna going to the training area. Why was she dressed in gym clothes? They are too sexy on her. And my men were staring at her. From where im standing i will be able to hear any conversation she makes. The super hearing has its pecks. I wanted to hear her voice. I had missed it. So i kept looking at her and saw her approach Phil.

"Hello Phil,can i train too?" She asked him. I was shocked by her question and judging by Phil's expression he was shocked too. What did she mean train? She wanted to spar with one of my men? Surely not.

"Lass,only warriors can train here." Phil replied

"I know that. And i told you to stop calling me lass,its old fashioned. Just call me Sienna or Sie."

"Well I am old." Phil replied rolling his eyes. If you would call twisting his eyes rolling.

"Yes Grandpa,i know." Sienna replied with a smile. "But i still want to spar with one of your men." She continued

My heart was now in my throat. She could not possibly spar with one of my men. They had five thousand years of training in combat. She could get hurt or worse. Get killed.

"No Sienna,i cannot allow that. And his highness will not permit you either." Phil replied

"Phil don't worry,i can hold my own. I have training. I just want to hit something. And as for his highness,he does not have any right to tell me what to do with my life." She said that last part with bitterness. Clearly she was still very upset with me. How am i going to cool down her anger? I mean i have never done this before. I didn't care if i hurt a woman's feelings before. So i had no idea on what to do.

"No lass." Phil persisted

"Who wants to spar with me? I promise i will go easy on you." She asked turning around to look at my men who were now looking at her with awe. No woman had ever challenged them before.

"You arent afraid of me are you?" She continued. When no one had moved to take up her challenge. But at that question,its like they were brought out of their trance.

"I will spar with you." Five voices replied at once

"Great." She said clapping her hands with a smile on her face. "But i only need one spar partner today."

At the end Nicholas had been chosen by her. He was a decent warrior but also ruthless in battle. Could she handle him? How much was she trained? She looks delicate. Maybe i should stop this before anyone gets hurt and by anyone i mean her. But if i stop now she will be upset with me again. Maybe i should just let her be,i can also intervene if things escalate.

They rounded each other. Sienna went to throw a punch at Nicholas but he was too quick for her. He blocked the punch. Grabbed her hand,twisted it behind her back with enough force that i even cringed. But Sienna did not seem to mind at all or even show that she was in pain. She head bumped Nicholas's chin with enough force that he instantly let her go and took a few steps back to get a grip on himself.

The sparing went on,Nicholas would punch at her and she would hurt him some other way to even the scores. It was beginning to get clear to everyone and me,that Sienna was really trained. I mean she could keep up with Nicholas.

They kept at it. And when Nick pinned her hand between his legs with full force. Sienna screamed. Of course she did because pulling or pressing the muscles in a hand could hurt badly but she didn't surrender despite being in pain,she simply twisted her legs up and kneed Nicholas on his neck with full force that he passed out immediately. The whole training area and everyone who had come to watch were hold immobile with shock. She had won. A vampire could only pass out for a minute or two but it was a win. Everyone started clapping hands for her and she bowed and turned around to go back to her room i guess. I was so proud of her. I had made the right choice. My woman was a warrior. Now i just needed to find a way for her to speak with me again.