Chapter 47
All she had to do was forget any of it had ever happened and be happy! Easy, fight?
Kamilla pulled on the strings of her extra large brown hoodie until the hood closed over her face.
With a sigh, her head fell back against the chair. She heard a plate land on the table before her and then there were fingers pulling at her hood, spreading the opening until her face was visible again.
She blinked blankly up at Demetrius through the opening.
“Dessert!” he announced happily.
With a groan, Kamilla pulled herself up.
Demetrius pulled the hood off her head and handed her a spoon. “No need to sound like a walrus, my Queen. I assure you that my creamy custard is the best.”
She gave him a look. “If you don’t stop feeding me, I’m going to actually turn into a damn walrus.”
The doors to the adjoined living room opened. “Where’s my
custard?”
Kamilla turned around in her seat. Oh. It was one of the Legion guys. Red Eyes.
“Syre!” said Demetrius, clearly happy to stuff someone else with his delicious food. “Come sit right here, man. I’ll get you a bowl!”
Kamilla watched Syre bow to her as Demetrius skipped into the kitchen to, no doubt, pour the whole pot of custard into Syre’s bowl.
“Hello, Kamilla,” he greeted, his smile dented with two dimples.
Kamilla smiled back at him. “Hello, Red Eyes.”
He laughed just as the doors opened again and five more of his brothers poured in. Only Seth, their eldest, was missing.
Kamilla looked at them over her shoulder as they walked through the room.
“Good day, Kamilla,” said Xavier. Each of his brothers followed suit with varying kinds of greetings.
She nodded, greeting them all as they sat. Kamilla stared at them.
“You guys wouldn’t happen to be movie stars, would you?”
They laughed and Kamilla couldn’t help but smile back. So they’d lost her in the forest. So what? Who could stay mad at these cuties? Not her.
“It is usual for Vampires to be this attractive,” said Vlad darkly. Kamilla looked at him, not seeing much more than his lower face and amazing jawline since his eyes where nearly covered with his curly black hair. “Since you’re half–human, you might be unaccustomed to this level of beauty.”
Kamilla put a hand to her chest and blinked at him/ “Well, okay then, Mr. I’m–Sexy–And–I–Know–It,” she said, making Syre laugh.
“Good, you’re all here!” Demetrius announced as he came back into the room with one of those food trollies from restaurants.
The guys greeted him, most of them looking pained from the knowledge that they were about to be fed within an inch of their lives.
Kamilla shook her head with a wry grin. “Why did you even make so much food, Demetrius? Don’t torture the guys if they’re not hungry.”
Demetrius gave her a look. “Of course they’re hungry! Have you ever done nothing but protect a Vampire Kingdom all day? My poor friends are starving
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Chapter 47
I’m good, said Ethan. I just fed, bro.
Same said Vlad.
Yeah, me too, Zen agreed, stretching lazily in his chair.
“I’m fasting,” murmured Fayed.
Demetrius looked at Syre.
Syre grinned. “I was kidding, bro. I just fed too.”
Kamilla looked at Demetrius’s disappointed expression and had to bite back her burst of laughter
when he gave her a look.
She cleared her throat and jumped out of her chair, socked feet hitting the floor. “Okay, that means you guys are free for now! I’m bored.”
Grabbing Syre’s arm, she pulled him out of his seat and turned to Demetrius. “Where are my games, Demetrius?”
They were thirty minutes into Quarter Kingdom which was a game Kamilla found to be just like Monopoly. She couldn’t believe they’d made a vampire version! The board featured all four Vampire Kingdoms with their various Family districts. Kamilla currently owned the entire Onyx Kingdom.
Vlad threw his Quarter Kingdom game piece across the
room after he landed on Fayde’s expensive property for the hundredth time.
“This game’s rigged!” he complained darkly. Kamilla’s eyes widened when Vlad suddenly raised his hand, forming some sort of dark energy.
Zen leaped off the couch to the floor where Vlad sat. “Vlad, no! Don’t-”
But it was too late. Kamilla’s jaw wouldn’t close as she watched the board go up in flames.
She looked at Vlad. “Are you insane? I was winning!”
The doors to the cozy room opened. “What is this?”
Everyone turned to face Viktor. Automatically, the guys greeted him.
Kamilla tried to hide the burning board behind her. She cleared her throat. “Uhm… we’re playing Quarter Kingdom.”
Viktor made a face. “Pfft. How childish.”
Kamilla’s eyes narrowed but before she could tell him where he could shove his opinion, Seth burst in through the open door.
Viktor spun around to face him.
“Seth!” said Xavier and all six of them surrounded their eldest as he stood panting before Viktor.
Viktor’s eyes narrowed. “Seth. What’s happened?”
Seth took in a deep breath and pushed his dark hair back. “My King, there’s… there’s been another killing.”
Viktor swore.
Seth shook his head. “That’s not all. This time, the human authorities found it. There’s trouble.”
