A cold worm of fear gnawed at redith's spin.
"What?" She questioned, she glanced around in horror as a wave of apprehension washed over her.
"Yes, you're human in a den of vampires. Definitely they're going to want to attack you."
redith's eyes bulged with fear and she tightened her hold on Marcus. The fact that she was surrounded by n and won who could kill her with a snap of their fingers scared her.
Adrenaline ran cold through her veins and her brain stopped functioning for a mont.
Marcus's hand glided up her neck,resting against her cheek while his fingers slip into the threads of her strawberry blonde hair.
His warm breath fanned her face, their noses almost touched when he said, "Hey, look at . I'm right here. Nobody is going to harm you."
Marcus whispered as his eyes pleaded with her to trust him.
"O-okay." She replied.
She inhale a breath sharply, feeling soft and gentle
lips pressed against her forehead in a tender kiss. Her eyes widened as the warmth left her conflicted.
Her emotions were running wild all over the
place and rendering her as a helpless angsty
teenager. These feelings were conflicted and a part of her was completely terrified of letting these emotions influence her to make decisions she would regret.
When Marcus's warm lips pull away from her forehead, her eyes t with his and she blankly said, "Are you trying to seduce ?"
The corners of his lips twitch, a very small smile
playing across them as he replies,
"Maybe." He replied, placing a tendril her hair behind her ears.
Before redith could respond, he pulled away and offered her his hand again.
"Let's go."
The crowd parted as they passed through. All eyes
were trained on them. redith held his hand tighter, a little wary of the overt attention.
Relax," she heard Marcus reassure her quietly as he guided them towards the servers with flutes of
champagne balancing on their boards. It soothed
her a little knowing he was there beside her.
"Marcus." A voice which was sickeningly sweet sounded behind them.
redith and Marcus turned around to find a woman standing in front of them.
"Marcus, how good to see you again."
redith's stomach sank when she realized the woman hadn't acknowledged her.
"Who is this? Your new slut?" The woman questioned, her distaste for redith was evident in her scornful expressed
redith felt Marcus stiffened behind her. He wrapped his hands possessively round redith's waist as he glared at the woman. Clearly he was pissed at the woman's words.
"Queen Ines, may I introduce you to Princess redith Rossi of the city of Aarkans. Daughter of King Lucious of the city of Arkaans. My fiancé. redith et Queen Ines of the Western territories."
redith knew the Western territories consisted mainly of witches. So this might be the Queen of the witches. She was surprisingly young and of course strikingly beautiful with long flowing red hair.
Shock passed through the woman's eyes and her behavior quickly changed. She let out an awkward laugh and bow slightly at redith.
"Forgive my manners, Princess. I didn't an to offend you." redith was surprised about the sudden change in the woman's behavior. Now she was even looking at her in the eyes.
"It's okay."
The woman nodded, "Well if you don't mind, I will like to discuss a few things with Marcus."
It was clear that she wanted to get Marcus alone. A weird feeling settled in her stomach. For so reason she didn't want to let Marcus go but she trusted him.
"I will be right back. Don't go anywhere and becareful. No drinking until I co back. Marcus lowered his head and whispered softly in her ears. He pressed a kiss on her cheeks before he left with the Queen.
As they walked away, redith fidgeted, unsure what to do with herself
while she waited.
Abruptly, she noticed a man staring at her intently! As soon as Marcus was out of sight, he advanced very purposefully through the crowd in her direction.
redith had seen the photos of the various leaders of the territories and even though she didn't rember all of them.
She rembered the man in front of her. Alpha Jaso. The Alpha and leader of the southern territory. Katrina's crush
He smirked,once he reached her.
"I don't believe we've had the pleasure to et. I am Alpha Jaso. The Alpha and leader of the southern territory. " He stretched out his hand and redith took it.
"Princess redith Rossi of the City of Aarkans." redith replied.
He took her hand firmly, kissed the back of it.
"Well Princess, you look like you need a drink."
He said and picked a glass of champagne from a waiter who was passing by them.
He gave her one and picked one for himself.
redith wasn't sure if she should be drinking since Marcus wasn't around and he had warned her. She looked at the champagne warily.
Noticing her hesitation Alpha Jason spoke, "Co on. Try it and don't worry. Marcus will have my neck if I let anything happen to you."
redith gulped down the champagne and finished about one third of the glass.
"You were right, I surely needed the drink." redith giggled and brought the drink back to her lips.
Alpha Jason raised an eyebrow and cautioned, "You might want to take that a little slower."
"Uh huh," redith replied noncommittally. That was theexact opposite of what she planned to do. She drank again, feeling the warmth of the alcohol in her
throat as she finished it. She held out the now empty glass.
"I would like another."
Alpha Jaso stared at her for a minute before calling the waiter and gave her another glass.
He glanced around and frowned, "Where is Katrina? I thought you ca with her."
redith raised her eyebrows, "You like her." She chuckled at the realization that Katrina's crush liked her back.
Alpha Jaso let out a mirthless chuckle and took a sip of his drink.
"I want to fuck her yes but I'm not so sure about liking her. Even though if I was capable of liking soone it would be her."
redith saw sadness clouding his face. She reached out and squeezed his hands. She knew he had lost his mate and still the pain was evident in his eyes.
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