Forty
"He never told you anything about his parents?"
— That made him irritable and when they irritated him, it was up to me... -he explained. -What do you know about them?
- I know everything! - she says. -I was chosen by Dastan before Queen Serena!
— I was still a girl when they announced Thomas's coronation, he was just a child who had just lost his parents! -account. -Was it you who killed the Kings?
"No, it wasn't me!" - she says.
"What happened then?" -she strives to find out more.
“I was nineteen when King Dastan sent for me to be his Queen. I was very young and didn't have a shred of maturity, so I ended up denying the request. After I did that, I was scared to death, so I hid in a small abandoned cotton factory. I was locked in that place for two days begging them not to find me. The problem is that at that time I was human and I needed to eat, I couldn't take the hunger anymore.
"But why did you hide?" -debate. -Were you afraid of not supporting the exile?
“If living alone was the issue, I wouldn't have gone into hiding. But in those days not accepting a King's request was an affront. Those who refused were hunted and all those who came close to us were caught.
"Caught?"
“My mother said they were castrated, sometimes even murdered. It was hard to resist the women that Kings chose, they were very elegant ladies.
They certainly were.
"Okay, but did you break any rules?" -not understanding. -What were you so afraid of?
“The Dastan! - she reveals. -Everyone feared him. That family never takes no for an answer!
The Queen knows this well.
"And what happened when you went out to get food?"
“He offered a fortune to whoever found me. In less than two days I became the most wanted person in the country...
Persistence is a strong feature of this family.
“Someone must have seen me on my way back to the factory. He ended up finding me and gave me a sentence far worse than exile... -he said with hate in his words. -He asked his security guards to leave to convince me otherwise... -he continues counting. -But the truth is that he tied me up and then raped me for hours! - he spoke between teeth. -The guards heard my screams I'm sure. But who would stand against the fearsome King Dastan?
— My God... - she laments in anguish.
“Then I was left tied up to die. I don't remember if it was hours, or days, but Benjamin found me and transformed me...
"So that's how you met him..."
— We all know him like this, on the verge of death, attacked by humans, those who even after everything, we still have to have mercy on...
Humans really are very complex, if there is a race that never ceases to amaze, this is it.
— During the time I was recovering, I met a girl called Elena, she was also chosen by Dastan, but when she refused, she was not tortured like me. Elena and I became great friends, until the day she couldn't stand the loneliness anymore and ended up throwing herself off a tower. Losing her was a trigger for the revenge I wanted so much. I trained with the girls morning, afternoon and night. Not a day went by that I didn't picture him bleeding to death...
She looks nothing like this person she's telling.
— When I was finally ready to take my revenge, Dastan announced his Queen, the first one who said yes to him. Serena was such a bad woman you could see the evil in her smile. - she told. -It didn't take long for her to announce she was pregnant. The fruit of all that evil grew inside her. But on the day he decided to kill the boy, Benjamin found out about my plans and locked me up for five days.
"But why did he lock you up?"
“Because he thought I was becoming a monster, something thirsty, hungry for the child. He didn't know what Dastan had done, the only ones who knew were the girls. But I made them promise never to say anything to him...
"So you'd rather be locked up than tell the truth?"
"You don't understand, Mila..." she said sadly. -Being tortured and raped is not something we are proud to say. Assuming this until it's for ourselves is humiliating!
- I'm sorry... -she said feeling like an idiot.
- Everything is fine! she said. -When the boy was born, he was announced as Prince Thomas. Whenever I wasn't being watched, I went to the palace to see him, see if the boy didn't have the traits of his parents. The truth is that Thomas was an arrogant boy, who at just three years old strangled small squirrels just for fun.
It makes her think about Cross's death.
“One day Kaila saw me near the palace talking to the boy through the garden railings. When we got home she didn't miss the opportunity to tell Benjamin everything, including what Dastan had done to me.
— What a bastard! - I let it slip. -But wait a minute... -Wrinkles his forehead. -Kaila already knew the palace?
— I don't know if she knows and I don't know where she was either, but the fact is that she saw me somehow!
— Now I understand why Vincent trusted you with my secrets!
"Because we look alike!"
- Yes... -he understands. -And you don't know who killed the Kings? she asked.
- He was -
—JULIE! -she arrived screaming, accompanied by three more friends.
— BOYS! - She got up happily. -Mila, these are Eric, Drake and Mateo!
She gets up being greeted by each of them.
It was different for her not to be revered, or bothered by camera flashes. Every handshake, kiss on the cheek, and hug was like an electrical grid going through her body.
It was new, strange and interesting.
Eric- Cool party, Julie!
- Thanks!
Mateo- Where did you get that whiskey?
"It's Mila's!"
The four turned to her, when one of them was already drying her with his eyes the whole time.
- As if!
Iris sees an opportunity to be mean by calculating the space between her, the Queen and a girl who was walking towards the group. Putting into practice another one of her crossings, the vampire puts herself in the way of the other girl quickly, implying that she did not see her and that is why their bodies collide, causing her to bump into Mila, where her drink ends up soiling her bikini.
— IRIS!
The group is startled by the accident not noticing their malice.
- It is serious?
- I am really sorry! -mind.
Eric- Dirty everything!
- What is your problem?
"Everyone saw the other girl bumping into me!"
- Idiot!
"It's okay, Julie!" -she tries to appease.
"If you want, I'll show you where the bathroom is..."
Mila "Is she being kind?"
- No you do not!
The first vampire in the same second throws a wink at the silent boy.
Drake- I know where it is, I went there a few minutes ago...
Tall, strong, with straight bobbed hair and an athlete's body.
Drake- I can accompany you if you want!
My nephew since he was a little boy was a thorn in my side who kept giving me a headache with the neighbors' daughter. Talking about Piter now is just a way of using his characteristics to explain part of Drake's attributes, the difference is that this boy was much more flashy and smarter too.
Even if Mila's taste wasn't that, Drake wasn't the type of guy that women let go, he could make anyone rethink their tastes and even if they needed to be faithful to their husbands.
He was the perfect doom who managed to annoy every other guy.
Mateo- If you want I can help too -
- No!
"Drake is going with her!"
- I go! - she interfered.
“Two drunks in a bathroom? she questioned. - You won't help her at all!
Drake- I didn't drink, I can help you!
"T-it's great!" - agreed a little dizzy.
- Certainty?
- Yes. I'll be right back!
Drake- Come... - He stretched out his hand to her.
"Yeah...I...we'd better go!" -she refuses his touch, even with her inside asking for something else.
"Don't let her out of your sight!" -she whispered to the boy who then threw a wink.
Eric- And then Julie-
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Drake- Over there, the bathroom is over there in the corner!
He touches her arm, but startled, her body moves faster in the indicated direction.
Drake- Are you from here, Mila? - insists.
"I-I'm..."
Drake- I have the impression that I've seen you before...
Even drunk she still remembers how to tell a good lie.
- Your mistake!
Drake- Oh no, no, no! -denied. -I would never make a mistake about that!
They stop in front of the bathroom door waiting for the person inside to come out.
"H-how can you be so sure?"
The boy starts to approach her, seeing that behind his back there was a wall that would serve to hold her, preventing her from running away from him.
Drake- Because a woman like you - -he makes her walk backwards until she hits the wall. -When she is seen once, we never forget!
Mila fixes her green eyes into his, her breathing quickening.
Drake- Keep going back and forth in our head until... -he said bringing his hands to her face.
- Please! she asked, stopping him before he could touch her. -You are beautiful...too much actually...but...I...I don't feel well right now...
Drake- Okay! He agreed, walking away.
His chest, which an atomic bomb had exploded inside, soon begins to relax, letting the pressure out of his lungs.
Drake - HI! -he knocks on the door. -ARE YOU GOING TO STAY INSIDE FOREVER?
?- GET THE FUCK OUT! -shouted.
Drake- I'll get us some water!
— O-okay...
The boy leaves, frustrated with the failure, having to resort to plan B.
"Hell..." she complains to herself.
Moans start to come out of the bathroom and that's when the Queen understands that the place is going to be busy for a long time. The clothes she pins to her body start to bother her, making her go to the only place where she feels safe and intimate to get clean.
“Benjamin? -She knocks twice on her bedroom door, just to make sure she doesn't get scolded for trespassing.
But as always the room was empty, completely at your disposal.
Drake - Hi!
The boy walks through the door seconds after she entered, causing a jolt that makes her jump in fright.
- Our!
Drake- Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you!
"Didn't I hear you come up..."
Drake- Impossible, right? - mocked. -Even without the loud music, you still wouldn't hear me with that wooden floor!
He doesn't know you're a vampire, Mila.
— C-sure...
Drake- Here, I brought the water! - he said handing over the dubious liquid.
I could easily make an advertisement about not accepting drinks from strangers, but at the moment what is left is to follow the outcome of this story.
- Thanks! - she thanked her drinking everything she had in the glass. -I was very tired!
Drake- Alcohol causes this...
The effects of what was put in that drink start to cause a strange feeling in her.
"D-drake..." he stammered, blinking three times in a row. -If...would you mind waiting...yeah...there...there -
Drake- Outside? he concluded.
Unable to speak properly, she nods in agreement.
Drake- Sure, I'll wait outside then.
"Th-thank you..."
Drake- Anything just shout at me!
She leaves for the bathroom with transparent windows at the same time that the boy leaves the room, returning when he sees her disappear. He takes care of locking the door passing the key until the last lock and walks to the bathroom snooping Mila taking off every piece of her clothes.
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