Thirty-nine
— I'll confess that it never crossed my mind three powerful vampires, having a party like that!
"Funny, isn't it?" - she commented.
- Yes a lot...
"Have you ever been to a party before?"
— Yes, when I ran away from my parents' house I was able to go to some.
— Did you have to run away to get to a party?
“I ran away for other reasons. But anyway, my parents would never allow me and my sisters to dance, or get drunk around!
They enter through the back, arriving in Vincent's room.
"Okay, stay here and I'll be right back!"
- No! -denied. - Please, don't leave me here alone...
— I won't leave Mila... -he said taking her hands. -Nothing will happen to you, do you hear me?
She nods and he goes to the door.
- One minute!
He leaves and she looks around, enchanted by the comfort that her Greek God gives to the employee.
"Come on, she's waiting!" - she said from the outside.
?- I must have forgotten to get the pink one too!
Mila notices the voices and hides behind the wall.
"Those are enough!"
?- But what if she doesn't like me, Vincent?
- You? she snapped. -Everybody loves you!
Both go through the door and soon collide with the empty room.
?- See, she left!
"No, she wouldn't!"
?- It was a bad idea!
The butler places the robes on the bed and calls out to the Queen, searching the room.
— Mila!
?- The sound is too loud!
"She's going to go-"
— I'm here... -she distrusted.
"Wow, you scared me!" -she said. -Look who I brought to help us!
He moves out of her sight, making room for her to see the visitor, not knowing that it could trigger a panic attack.
— Hi Majesty! - greeted smiling.
"G-god..." His eyes widen and his breathing quickens.
"No, no, calm down!"
Julie tries to reassure her, but when she gets too close, the Queen starts walking backwards, crashing into the glass window.
— Mila! - He grabbed her wrist.
“Are you crazy? - he questioned, shaking.
— I'm not here to hurt you Mila!
“I asked her to come. He wouldn't have done it if he didn't trust her!
— Even because, Benjamin would kill me if I touched a strand of his hair.
"W-why is she talking like that?" she whispered to the butler.
"First get away from the window!" -she pulled her.
— Vincent, this is very confusing!
— You may have already noticed that Julie is different from the other two, so I ask you to trust me and believe me when I say that she won't hurt you!
"I know about you...
“Oo what?”
- Calm! she repeated. -I had to tell her a few things. We always had a very good relationship and she noticed that I was hiding something.
“What did you say?”
“He told me about your crown, your marriage, what happened to you that caused Benjamin to change you, and also—
- My God! She covered her mouth with her hands. -Vincent...o...Benjamin will kill you!
- No!
- Not even!
They speak at the same time.
— Vincent and I have been friends since I became a vampire, there are secrets that we share that even today Benjamin doesn't know. You can be sure I would never put you in danger.
"I saw you dragging that poor innocent man into the clutches of the other!"
“Orders!
"You saw me following orders, not me taking his blood, or killing him!"
"And what do you get out of it?" -It's confusing. -What are your goals?
- What?
"She won't betray us Mila!"
“I've known about you since the day you first set foot here. It took me a while to work up the courage to walk through the door, but before I even entered the basement, I knew I'd been upstairs for days.
"I knew and didn't do anything..." he commented.
— What happened to you was not your fault, I say because I understand and I've been there. I don't have this unhealthy obsession with my creator. I am grateful to him, but I only serve him because I have no one else.
- What are you talking about? -questions. -You're just making me more confused!
"Okay, let's make a deal then!"
- Excellent!
- Which?
— First let's enjoy the party and then when it's over, I'll tell you my story!
Mila analyzes the proposal and observes her friend to make a decision.
- Accept Please!
She turns to the third vampire looking her up and down.
"Is this a bikini party by any chance?"
- Obvious! - he said happily. -And look what I brought you!
She goes to the bed and gets a bottle of whiskey.
"Th-thank you..."
Mila "What am I supposed to do with it? Take it home, or drink it now?"
- Baby! she asked. -It is forbidden not to drink here! -she laughed.
The girl with green eyes, who had little freedom in her life, sees herself with a brand new bottle in her hands, having a whole crowd screaming and having fun under her feet.
- What are you waiting for?
That sounds like the voice of God to her.
- Okay! -she pulls the seal and turns the liquid in her mouth.
He goes down, down, down some more and then Julie pulls out the bottle.
“That's it girl! -celebrated. -Oops. Sorry!
"Why are you apologizing to me?"
"I didn't mean to be disrespectful to Your Majesty!"
The Queen rolls her eyes and her friend bursts out laughing.
- What it was? -strange.
— There's no need for that, she doesn't like these formalities!
"Just Mila, that's enough!"
— I loved it, the crowd will love you!
This is clearly an error.
"I forgot one detail!"
- Which?
"What if they recognize her?" - raised a problem. -She IS the Queen, this can cause a huge mess!
"I guarantee that won't be a problem!"
— She doesn't leave the palace and they only saw her once!
- WHAT? -she got scared. -What do you mean you don't leave the Palace?
— My husband does not allow it. The two times I left it was in a black car with an escort behind!
'I thought the Clifford's had grown up!'
Interesting.
"Do you know the Clifford's?"
"That's a topic for another time!"
- Right... -becomes curious. -Anyway, my face was only seen at the coronation. They may resemble, but there -
"We just deny it!"
- Excellent!
"Come on, you need to get dressed soon!"
— I've been to parties, but I've never been to one in a bikini!
"It's normal like any other!"
"We brought you some bikinis to choose from!"
Her fingers run over the pieces, delighted at the chance to get away from her duties for even a short while.
- Whose are?
"Mine, all mine." You can choose any one, I'm sure it will suit you!
"Just don't take this one!" -he removes what is transparent in the breasts. -If my master sees you using this here, I'll be in trouble.
— I'm sorry to tell you this, Vincent, but I think that just the fact that she appears in a bikini is going to get you into trouble! - he said laughing.
“Shit!
"Yes, that's true!" - agree.
"What will it be?"
— I like that one, it's not...it's...well...so exposed!
— I approve!
"Then take another sip of that drink, girl, and let's go downstairs because it's on fire down there!"
Getting in the mood she leaves for the bathroom to change. There she decides to throw some water on her body, spilling the drink in her mouth at the same time.
If there were problems, at that minute there were no more. One because of the alcohol already coursing through her veins and the other because of the company she was surrounded by.
Minutes later.
- Is ready?
The lock on the door comes undone and she comes out dressed in a white bikini with details on the chest and a pair of sexy spaghetti straps on the side.
- CUM!
- My God!
Both are stunned.
"I think you should start worrying, Vincent!"
— Yeah, I agree!
She looks at them, trying to understand.
- You are very pretty!
"I better start getting ready!"
“I don't want to cause trouble. If it's bad I can change it!
"It's impossible not to cause trouble with that body, girl!"
— Even dressed, you irritate him!
— But I took the cutest, most well-behaved one!
"And indeed you are the best dressed at this party!"
"Half down there are naked!"
Jealousy. A twinge of jealousy gnaws at her insides just imagining her love, mixed with other bodies.
"That's it, it's great. Let's go!
She takes the Queen's hand, who is soon startled by her touch, pulling her down the stairs.
— People... - see the mess. -That it?
— GUYS, THIS IS MY FRIEND MILA! He yelled, drawing the attention of half the party.
Mila "My God, it's not possible that she did that..."
The crowd starts to close in on her, dragging her into the middle of the turmoil.
— What is this woman doing here Julie?
Iris and Kaila arrive together seeing the third wife next to her main rival.
"Hi, little princess!" - she greeted with mockery.
Mila "Little princess?"
— She is my guest, therefore, I ask that you respect her!
"Since when do we have to respect food?"
— All you have to do is say that to touch her - -she advances with her hands on the Queen's chest. - We need to order too!
- License! - walked away.
"Leave her alone!" she ordered. -It's my birthday, so I make the rules today!
Both look at her irritated, being forced to comply with the request since it was a rule created by them.
"Come on, Iris!" - she pulled. -Tomorrow is another day... -she left smiling.
— Mila n-
"What rule is that?" -interrupts.
"It's our thing!"
"You know half of my life, but you can't tell me anything about yours?"
— It was something we invented to escape the limitations that Benjamin puts on us. We use the birthday as a reason why it pays to break the rules. The birthday person has the right to celebrate however he wants and with whomever he wants, without any type of warning.
"And your husband approved of that?"
— Not at first, but then over the years we managed to convince him!
"He didn't look convinced...
— It's because our celebrations have always been far away from here. No one, not a human, or vampire like you, has ever set foot here before. It's just us, it always has been. With the exception of Vincent.
"I see, you and the bodies in the cellar..." he commented, tipping the bottle.
Julie laughed at his comment, understanding the distrust that the Majesty had.
— I understand you, Mila! she said. -It's strange when we step out of the cage and face the outside world.
"Why do you keep talking like you've been through something like this before?"
The vampire turns to her, conveying some of her pain through her eyes.
"Because just like you, I too was chosen by a Clifford!"
A great revelation is exposed, generating another thousand doubts in Mila Clifford's head.
"Wh...wh...what did you say?" - stuttered perplexed.
Julie was not only a vampire, she was also the key to all the questions that the Queen had, pointing out the greatest atrocities that that family committed, taking her last name to the most famous in the world.
"Were you a Clifford?"
— No, because I denied the request!
As mentioned before, the laws of marriage were not simple. If Julie had the courage to deny a King, that explains why today her heart doesn't beat anymore.
"Now you're going to have to explain this to me!"
"Our agreement was when the party was over!"
— No, I won't accept it, because it's likely that I won't be alive tomorrow!
“How ridiculous Mila. So as to!
— The two over there ... - I point to Iris and Kaila. -They guaranteed that I won't last until tomorrow!
She laughs, laughs exaggeratedly.
"They can't touch you, Benjamin made that very clear!"
This unfortunately raises even more questions.
"Come on, sit here for a while!"
The two find a quiet corner and sit together, sharing the whiskey.
"What do you know about your husband's parents?"
“Only that they were murdered and that no one has ever found the bodies. Soon Thomas took the throne with the help of his grandfather and then I don't know anything else.
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