Seventy-four
"I am so scared!"
And I’ve never admitted that before.
— Tell me something Mila, does Benjamin love you?
You can feel that the fury he feels for Benjamin is inexplicable and insatiable.
— I want you to be honest with me!
— No... —I give the truth to him, with a heavy heart. — You may think he loves me, but Benjamin only loves himself.
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— Are you sure about that, Hector?
— I wouldn’t invent something like that, Bennet. All spells lead to the same result, which also explains why the dragon is so attached to babies.
— If that’s true, the hunters will come after my children!
— The Queen’s pregnancy needs to be something confidential!
— It will be impossible to hide her belly, especially carrying twins!
— Then we’ll have to hide her!
— You want me to take you prisoner?
— No, because if the dragon feels you’ve got her, he’ll hunt you down!
— What do you suggest?
— Let the King announce the children as his heirs! — he said.
— What? — He gets angry. — Not fucking. What the fuck are you thinking?
— No one will come after the King’s children!
— I would never, ever let my kids be raised by that guy!
— So get ready Bennet, soon the power of these children will reach the hunters' ear and when it arrives, their babies will be hunted!
— No one will touch my children!
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— Don’t let your guard down, my love!
He steps on me and then I throw myself aside diverting my body from his blow. Unfortunately the top of his cane where he had that damn golden eagle, ends up grazing my arm, opening a light cut on my skin.
— Son of p —
— Don’t worry, it will soon heal!
Indignant, I revolt against him advancing in his direction, quickly the old man throws his object in the middle of both of us, positioning his cane in front of my belly with the intention of stopping me. That instantly makes all my actions block, where my eyes vibrate staring at the sight of that gun.
I don’t move, I don’t even dispute his attitude.
I was just focusing on one thing.
— Luc —
Soon his staff is abandoned on the floor, with the same speed as his hand grabs my neck dragging my entire body through the room. I fight against his arms and wrestle over his claws by hitting his chest.
— Quiet!
Firmly he makes my back crash against the wall, ensuring that I was trapped.
— I let go... I order, covering your face.
— To!
I keep pushing him, slapping him, doing everything to get loose.
"He was even stronger than me!"
— Stop, stop, stop! — He sent, trying to contain my actions. — Hell!
— Luci...
Her fingers only tightened when I tried to escape and it suffocated me making things more difficult.
— I’ll hurt you like that!
"Damn!"
I am getting tired.
— Stubborn girl! — scolded. — now I understand why my grandson is so attached to you!
— It’s hurting me... I say suffocated.
— You’re lucky there aren’t any ropes here, I would have tied you up long ago!
Cruel he pulls the weight of my body stuck to my throat, putting me sitting on one of the thrones. My eyes did not spare tears and my despair was not ashamed to show itself.
— Let’s start again! — he spoke away. — And this time without lies! — he said standing in front of me.
— I’ve answered all your questions, damn it!
— Lie! — he replied. — Because no man would break his promise, or even his beliefs if he did not long for something. If you were not loved, you would not have been transformed and if you were not the best and most valuable among the three, he would not have risked losing the others.
I never thought about it that way, looking at everything Benjamin risked losing to have me with him. I always focused on his selfish choices seeing him come out benefited in the end, full of insensitive attitudes. But now hearing from someone else’s mouth, having a second opinion, it is as if I were placed on the other side of the chessboard, being forced to reflect the motives of my opponent.
It’s hard to face reality when you’re in the opposite direction, when you’re in the opposing camp.
— His death will cause him to die, you are the key to his suffering, the perfect instrument to make him burn in hell.
— If you’re gonna kill me, at least tell me who turned you, I want to know how you got here in time, how did you know Thomas was murdered? — I need to know. — Who’s your informant, Lucian?
With arched eyebrows, I see in his face that that question makes him uncomfortable, but also with a taste of victory, since he was sure I would die with that information.
— Isn’t it obvious?
— Piter hates you and Benjamin doesn’t speak. Greta would never ally with you and Thomas didn’t even know vampires existed...
— Did you gather your clues based on these people? — Mocked. — It never crossed your mind that my creator could be someone more cunning? — said mysterious.
— Say who you are, you have nothing to lose with it!
— Look — he pointed out. — Iris is an uncontrollable woman, right?
"No, impossible. Is he talking about Benjamin’s women?"
— Julie, on the other hand, is so fair and kind as to make her sick
— Kaila! — I play the card on the table. — Its creator is Benjamin’s second wife!
"God..."
The answer was right in my face all this time and I didn’t see it. Julie had given me enough clues to put the puzzle together, but I was too naive to put the details together.
— One day, Kaila saw me near the palace talking to the boy through the garden bars. When we got home she didn’t miss the opportunity to tell Benjamin everything, including what Dastan had done to me.
— What scrotum! — I let it slip. — But wait... wrinkles his forehead. — Kaila already knew the palace?
— I do not know if she knows and I do not know where she was, but the fact is that she saw me somehow!
Kaila knew the truth all along.
"Why did she hide it?"
"Why didn’t she hand me over to Iris when she found out?"
— Kaila is a very observant vampire, did Mila know?
He calmly puts his hands on the sides of the throne, taking his face close to mine. I go deep into that upholstery, pressing my body as hard as I can on the back, disgusted with his breath.
— She won’t let me touch her body...
Her fingers fall to my thighs, climbing through them in a way that repulses me.
— DO NOT TOUCH ME! —I splinter a slap in his hand, rejecting him without pity.
— You know what else she told me?
He plays with me, knowing that I trembled with fear inside.
— That you’re expecting two babies!
Human, or I don’t feel like my heart stopped at that exact moment.
— And...she...she said what?
I was out of breath, with distorted vision and mixed senses, first thing I did was cover my belly with my hands, understanding that the danger had surrounded me for longer than I thought. The threat and all my actions were reckless acts when my greatest enemy already knew the truth about my children.
— I got this face there! — he laughs pointing at my pale face. — I was surprised just as you are now.
— O—o Thomas... I stutter.
— Don’t worry, I didn’t tell him. I needed to see for myself, see if that really was possible!
— You –
— There! — said blocking me. — I decided to follow the tip she gave me. I needed to touch you to finally be able to hear the hearts of babies.
The twins were inside me, it was impossible to listen to their heart just with our hearing. The sorcerer had told me the same thing when he asked if I would not listen.
They’re too small for a vampire to catch.
— I heard them, Mila! — warned like a demon. — And I know they don’t have the blood of Clifford’s. My blood.
— How can you be so horrible? — I trembled. — Even knowing this you still had the courage to attack me!
— I told you before that if I wanted you dead, you’d already be...
— What will you do with me then?
— My intention was not to catch you!
"He wants my children!"
— If you look around you, you will see that here is the perfect place for you. The ideal place for your children to be born...
— What? — I don’t believe it. — You plan to lock me in here?
— No one, not even Thomas knows of the existence of this room! — revealed. — Kaila made me promise not to hurt the babies as they will be the perfect gift for Iris!
— Iris knows under —
— No, she doesn’t know. Kaila has a very great devotion to that filthy little woman, so she wants to give her children as a gift to her!
— So you’re telling me you’re gonna keep me here for the next nine months?
— Yes!
— You think I’m gonna give birth to my kids in this fucking room?
— I will be here when the time comes for delivery. I remember doing very well when Dastan was born!
— You’re not gonna lay a finger on me or my kids, you psycho!
— We’ll see!
He walks to the door and I stand up running to him.
— LUCIAN!
— IF I TRY TO LEAVE — —echoed pointing the fucking cane towards my abdomen.
— You can’t hold me here, I’ll die, Kaila will never get what she wants like that!
— I’ll bring Benjamin’s blood, rest assured!
— NO! — I cried. — I need more than that, my children will not survive if I stay here!
"God, please help me!"
— I need to warn you that the wood in this object is made from the same tree that kills vampires. Kokio. If you try to stop me from turning the shelf, I’ll stick that in your belly!
The cane he carried was lethal even to him.
— Lucian, please I beg, not me —
— Don’t cry, baby. When those kids are born, it’ll be just you and me for eternity!
"He doesn’t know about Falkor. I need Falkor, my children need his blood."
— LUCIAN, ESPE —
The bookcase closes in my face and in that instant, I go into despair.
— No...no...my God...please... HELP!
It is impossible to believe what is happening, my mind cannot work, a thousand things eat me inside, a mixture of past, future and uncertainties come together.
I’m going to die. I’m not going to be able to call Falkor from here. Oxygen is going to run out. Benjamin will never come to my rescue when I forced him to stay away. It’s nine months. Nine months. There’s no bathroom here. There’s no way to give birth to my kids.
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