Queen Esther jolted as if she had felt something hit her, but the room was still busy and buzzing with excitement and people, was she going to have a vision again! She shook her head at the thought, that had stopped since she had given birth and now…..
Someone screamed at the far end of the ballroom and all music stopped, as if the whole place had been frozen.
The guards rushed to the scene, a human held her son closely with wide eyes, the boy had wanted to visit the gents and he rushed out with his white dress stained with blood and the look of horror filled their faces. The emperor had promised them their safety so who had attacked who?
The king walked closer and the crowd cleared the way for him followed by queen Esther and king's guards, he tried to ease the people's distress by assuring them everything was fine or going to be...
Maslow hurried through the crowd with two men dressed in all black from head to toe with just their silver eyes left open for vision, the emperor frowned as he looked at their disheveled state. " What is it?" He asked even before they could get to him, those men were never to be seen out, they worked in the dark, they loved the shadows.
At the sound of his voice the two bowed differently and Maslow stared at them in awe.
" master, there's a problem…strange people were seen lurking around the palace" one said still bowed. " we suspect they have hostages!" The other said making the people gasp, someone had been taken that even explained the bloody gents!
Everyone checked their sides, calling for the person they came with just to make sure they were safe in the palace before the king addressed them, Esther kept looking around her eyes started to turning blurry, her son was no were to be seen and she shook her head.
" my son is not here, he's not here I - I can't feel him…." She said softly and there was another complain and another and another, Esther was still shaking as she went to her husband, holding his collar weakly, " my son….my son, he was here all the time, please bring him to me…I beg you!!" Esther broke down in front of everyone she couldn't help it, his scent was so strong around the gents and the blood and…and!
A cold air blew past his face hushly and his whole body kept shaking as if was moved and that too fast! He groaned in pain as he tried to move and realized he was tied to a horse. " he's awake!" One exclaimed to their surprise, " what! How come? He's not supposed to be awake yet " another man said and they looked at each other. They slowed down and got down from their horses before grabbing his cheek hashly earning a growl from him, he was angry but his muscles wouldn't even move, his nerves were completely numb even his face hurt. " this can't be possible, I made sure there was enough vervain in my body before he attacked me " the one who was the course of his pain. They all froze before taking a look at the boy again, " all maybe his not a normal vampire!" They said in unison with wide eyes. " double the dose damn it! We need to keep moving " another man said angrily, the rest hesitated to go near the boy who was glaring daggers at their throats, oh he would kill all of them!
The whole palace was locked down, as investigations began swiftly making everything and everyone a suspect in the night's activities and those who lost their children continued to cry and share their last places they last saw their children and in all, seven young adults were taken in one night including Helel.
The once lively ballroom filled with happy people and music turned chaotic with all that had happened, some had achieved reasons to grin while others felt like their whole world had been shattered in unfixing pieces….