Chapter 19: Leticia Cardinal

LEANDRA'S POINT OF VIEW

When Master Hades went out, I felt like the ground would eat me anytime from now. His kisses earlier were the same as before, every coax of his lips on mine, all I got was a lustful and fiery one.

I don't know where he was going but I felt vulnerable so I sat on his sofa and tried to wait for him.

I just realized how his room had undergone a good structure. Some of the furniture inside wasn't ordinary like the painting on the wall. As far as I can remember, this is one of the paintings in the world that has been robbed and hasn't been recovered yet.

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee was made by Rembrandt van Rijin. It was painted in 1633, and it depicts Jesus and the miracle of the calming sea of Galilee from the Gospel of Mark.

"It's an incredible painting, right?" A sudden voice appeared behind me that made me gasp.

My heart jolted in shock. Seeing a girl, who has the same height as me and as young as me, came in, wearing her normal dress, smiling.

"You must be Leandra. My brother's… slave?" she said then smiled.

I looked at her with my eyes widened, shocked at what she had said. Without further hesitation, I bowed my head a bit to avoid further casualties.

"Oh, do you know me?" her voice became enthusiastic.

I hoisted my gazes at her unhurriedly. It is when she came forward, took a small step, and grinned.

"I-I'm not familiar with you my lady but you're one of the siblings of Master Hades so…" I fell in silence.

She rolled her eyes in the air and held my hand as we both sat on his brother's bed.

"My name is Leticia. We haven't met before but I often hear your name from my brothers," she informed, looking at me.

Honestly, I don't know whether to react or not. She's pretty. Her skin was pale and creamy white, far from any color. Her hair was blonde, long, and wavy while her lips were a mixture of plum rose and red.

Lady Leticia's lips stood notable. Her body was an hourglass one just like her sis Olivia. Although Lady Olivia seemed way older than her, I couldn't compare the beauty between these two.

"T-They are talking about m-me?" I couldn't help to get shocked. "Maybe Master Hades is telling them that I'm quite weak and couldn't even hold a sword," from that sudden thought, I felt disgusted and at the same time, shy because of myself.

Vampires are powerful. That's given. They have special abilities which normal people can't do. Well, even myself, I might have yet if you're going to compare me amongst them, I was in the hundred places.

"I will be training later with Kahlila. My brother Vesarius' slave. Maybe you can come with us? Hence, I just noticed that the door was open, I was thinking if I can get to see and meet you?"

She seemed very nice. Actually, I can't feel any heavy feelings towards her except for his siblings.

"V-Vesarius?" I repeated.

"Yes, he's the second child, Hades, and Vesarius."

I haven't met some of them yet and don't know their names. For sure, Master Hades would be gone again and I don't have things to do except for Fabian who's looking out for me and doing all the necessary things inside his chambers.

Slowly, I nodded my head at Lady Leticia.

"Really?" She seemed excited. "But you have to rest first. Our training will start at ten in the morning so you still have hours to, you know, rest and accommodate yourself?"

"I've been awake the whole day and haven't had any rest although there are times I get bored. But I'm thankful for the invitation, Lady Leticia,"

A soft smile crept on her lips. "I don't mind. You're very pretty. Maybe that's the reason why my brother Hades often wanted to go home even if his task wasn't done yet,"

Honestly, I didn't know what to think nor react, not to mention that he's always not around.

I snorted. "Master Hades is always out just like… now," I said.

"You seemed disappointed. Something happened?"

Her voice seemed like she was teasing me. Regardless, I tried hiding my real reaction from her.

"Of course not, Lady Leticia! It's just… a maid came in and fixed his tub. It's just, I just pity the one who fixed it if he wouldn't be able to use it."

At first, she seemed confused. It was written on her face until Lady Leticia just crossed her arms and rolled her eyes.

"Hmm, I wonder why did my brother have to use a maid instead of you? But anyway, where did he go? He's one of the reasons why I came here though,"

I sneered. "I don't know. He came out, it seems like he's looking for a viper…"

Lady Leticia nodded her head continuously until she had to leave for her to rest. When I looked at the wall clock, it was nearly 5:30 in the morning and I felt very sleepy.

I tried waiting for Master Hades to come home when I just felt myself falling into a deep slumber on the sofa, telling myself to wake up and just sleep for five minutes yet I didn't.

The moment I woke up, I was now on top of someone's soft big mattress. I tried roaming my eyes around and saw that Master Hades was beside me, topless and hugging my bare body.

"Hmm," he hummed when I tried slipping away.

Slowly, I held his hand and tried removing it from my body yet he held my waist tight, not letting me go.

"Master Hades…" I softly whined.

Lady Leticia told me she'd wait outside the castle at exactly ten in the morning and I have to fix myself first before going out but then, he was locking me so tight that I could no longer breathe!

To my frustration, I took a deep breath and removed his hands from me. When I successfully stood and was about to go inside my small room when he spoke.

"Where are you going, woman?"