CHAPTER 27

~LILY'S POV~

My dad thought it would be best to have this discussion in the comfort of his office. It smelled like him so it was a sense of comfort in a way.

The last time I was here I begged my dad to take me home, but now here I am waiting in my dad's office as he gathers the kings.

He knew of a way to hide my scent to sneak me in. He had me wear his jacket and his cologne but also to wear my mom's clothes. Nothing I was wearing was my own. He said it might not work but they're not so sharp in their senses right now to probably even notice.

I was so nervous I felt like I could throw up. How are they going to react when they see me?

Will it be good or bad?

Soon enough I heard voices outside the door that became louder and louder as they approached. The butterflies picked up in my stomach and my started to pound heavy in my chest which I know being around vampires is not a good thing because they'll be able to hear it and sadly they did.

"Dahyun! What you've got in your office?!"

That was the first time in a month I've heard Jin's voice. I tried to keep myself together and not to fell apart. Deciding that I'll look to the floor when they come in which would be any minute.

"Boys calm down please. I'll explain everything." Dad

"Move!" Newt

I held my breath when the double doors pushed open with a breeze. Normally there isn't a breeze inside but maybe it's because of how fast Newt most of moved.

The air became still and quiet. I knew they were all there standing there, watching me. But I couldn't bring myself to look at them while I sat behind my dad's desk as if it could protect me somehow and their presence was totally confirmed when Ruel kneel down to me holding my hands in his with so much desperate in his eyes. I can't ignore him like this but why did he do that?

"How are you doing love? I've missed you so much. Are you taking care of yourself? Please don't cry too much love. l-I'm sorry." Ruel

His voice cracked in the last when I didn't replied to any of his question and didn't even looked at him. I can't look at his face. He must be looking so innocent and desperate but he shouldn't have done that in first place. I'm sorry Ruel. Please understand me.

"P-please look at me." Ruel

"Ruel leave her for now." Dad

Oh thank you so much dad or else I might have burst into tears. If he loved me this much then he should've restricted himself. I at least didn't expect that from him especially. He lied to me. He left my hand nodding to my dad and get up from the floor.

Nobody said anything and it was becoming awkward. A little more relief washed over me when I felt my dad's hand on my shoulder. I knew it was him because of his shoes standing next to me.

"Gentlemen can you please take a seat." Dahyun

My dad's grip on my shoulder tightened for a split second.

"We are still your kings Dahyun!" Ren

He snapped at my dad but my dad didn't seem to flinch. I hope they've not been talking to him like that all the time.

"Yes I know. But I'm not talking to you right now as your advisor. I'm talking to all of you as a friend. Now sit please." Dad

My dad was behaving oddly calm but I suppose he has to be, he wouldn't if I was to set everything off. There were more sounds of shuffling feet before sit all came to a stop.

"Okay now there's a reason why Lily is here and sh-" Dad

"I'm here! I'm here!" Mom

She burst into the door and I finally sprung my head up to the sound of my mom's voice. Now I was definitely more relaxed with my mom around, as much as I love my dad, my mom is the other female presence in the room and have been my rock.

"Honey you are always late." Dad

He chuckled and I watched how my mom smiled at my dad to walk over and take his hands in hers.

"I know I'm sorry. I took the car." Mom

"But I took Lily in mine." Dad

I was in awe at the way they looked at one another but the moment was cut off with a scoff I could recognize from Luke.

"Enough with the lovey dovey shit and just tell us why we are here!" Newt

I flinched at his hard tone of voice and I immediately looked at him. Regretting it the moment I did since we locked eyes, they were dark and scary but soon soften the longer we held our gaze until I was the first to look away.

"Well I'm here to support my daughter ofcourse." Mom

Her cheery attitude never falters but the atmosphere in the room certainly did.

Uh oh.

"What do you mean 'Support'?" Han

He spat the last word.

"Just chill Han." Mom

Setting my eyes to the hands on my lap, scared to look at any of them.

"No, what do you mean by that?" Han

He spoke so fast, out of desperation to know what the meaning of support meant.

I didn't want my parents to get direct hit of my intentions so I might as well speak now no matter how scare I am of the out come.

"I'm rejecting you."

Immediately after those words left my mouth not only dud myself and Han met eyes but NY heart aches at the words. His face scrunched up into some sort of painful expression and he shook his head.

"No." Han

He only managed to come out with a whisper.

He had tears brimming to his eyes so I took the chance to look away again.

"I'm sorry but I'm rejecting all of you."

I spoke staring down at the plain burgundy coloured carpet in the middle of the room. There was more silence in the room, like no one else was willing to take a breath, myself included.

"Why?" Ren

I looked over at him in disbelief. Wasn't it obvious?

"Why do you think?! Those girls, that's what's wrong! It's disgusting and wrong."

I couldn't believe he would even ask such a question. But as I spoke to him he didn't there in a sense, like his mind was somewhere else.

"But we've stopped that now. We wouldn't ever do that again." Ruel

I nod.

"Yes I know, but that doesn't change what you did. You never should of done that in the first place."

I tried to speak as softly as I could to him. I wiped a tear that fell from my cheek. It's hard but it's for the best.

"We are vampires! What do you expect?!" Damon

Again I flinched at his hard and deep voice , shouting from across the room. I didn't think he would shout like that before and in the corner of my eye I noticed how my dad shuffled forward in his standing spot and his grip on my shoulder tightened and stayed that way this time.

"I know that but I know your laws and that's not sticking to them. Not to mention the condition they were left in and abused for your own sexual pleasure!"

"How would you know?" Luke

Again I gasped in disbelief. I pushed my dad's hand away from my shoulder and stood up from my seat. My anger was getting the better of me.

"How can you even ask me that?! Why else woman be naked?! It's clear what you did! You were all clearly killing and abusing those women while you were getting to know me!! For all I know you could of abused those women after you had been with me!!"

The more I rambled the more I felt disgusted.

A fire lit up in Newt's eyes at my words and he shot up in his seat to come face to face with me again like we once did before.

"We never touched them like that after you! It would of been wrong to do that! Never! Never could we do that to you!" Newt

"But you did!! All of you did! Even before that night we spent together! It's still the same, you all knew about me and continued to do it anyway. It actually never should of been done in the first place !! How can you all be respectful kings, if you can't even respect your own laws, You HYPOCRITES!!!".

I shouted in his face. His eyes grew red and he took a deep breath in closing his eyes before flashing them back open again.

Damon walked over to Newt and grabbed him by the arm to pull him away from me. His expression was blank just like every other on of them in the room. Stone cold.

I was about to turn back to my mom when Ruel came in a flash and hold me by wrapping his arms around my waist. His eyes were puffy. Was he really crying that much. Why did you do that Ruel. You lied to me and cheated on me.

"P-Please don't leave me. You promised you'd never leave." Ruel

How can I forget I promise Ruel but you also promised me and you broke it. I guess this is true that promises are meant to be broken.

"You also promised but you broke it too."

"P-Princess." Ruel

This time I couldn't hold myself and burst into tears. He tried to hug me but I didn't let him. If I let him comfort me I know I would forgive him out of desperation. After all this now I would never hear him to call me princess ever again.

Oh love, it hurts me too.

"Lily, honey let's get you home." Mom

I shooked Ruel's as off from myself and nodded towards her to walk around my dad for my mom to take my hand and start to lead me to the door.

"NO!" Ruel

He moved so fast towards me, it was hard to process but my mom quickly pulled me behind her and my dad didn't hesitate to slam his body into Ruel's , with then both falling into the floor.

"DON'T TOUCH HER!!" Dad

He shouted on his face but Ruel wriggled underneath my dad which worries my about his safety.

Oh please.

"SHE'S OURS!!" Ruel

Pure pain and anger written all our his face. I couldn't help but be shocked by the outburst and stay clinging to my mom. I'm nit scared of him I know he would never heart me but what if I lose my control over me and ran to him.

"NO! SHE REJECTED YOU!! ALL OF YOU!!" Dad

He shouted back but a second later my mom all of a sudden pushed me to the floor just landing outside the office.

What the hell? Mom, Don't hurt them!

When I got up to turn around my mom was holding a furious Newt to the wall by his neck.

My mom with panic all over her face stared back at me with red eyes and threw me some keys that just landed at my feet.

"Take my car and go home as fast as you can!! You know the rules!!" Mom

I nod to get and she instantly shuts the door just as I saw Ruel pushing my dad out of with full red eyes and coming towards me with Luke all if a sudden coming to a view behind him.

What happened to you Ruel?

After the doors slammed shut I jumped up to my feet to then sprint down the long hallway and down the massive stair case to the front doors, ignoring all the yellings and smashing coming from my dad's office that can be clearly heard from the front door.

I didn't bother waiting for someone to open the doors and just pushed past them to my mom's car and unlocking it as quickly as possible and jumping inside and starting up the car and driving away from the now dark castle.

It was once a beautiful place but now, It's filled with bad memories that I don't want to remember.

I knew it had of gone bad. How a small part of me even think it would go down well?

I just hope mom and dad are okay after all this. God knows what's going on in that office.

And I wish They would also be okay.

Soon.