Chapter 8 of chapter 9 I'm jealous

I'm jealous...

The Duke Pov.....

I can't believe she had been avoiding me like prey after seeing me and lady Elsie sleeping together. Her mind had never gotten out of it. And I don't know why it hurts me so much! Her ignorance causes me pain! Why is this woman having all the effects? 

Lady Elsie had known that my attention had been drawn from her. Like I don't give her more time than I used to before. And that makes her angry since she notices my gaze was on the maid all through. 

"Are you falling for a maid?! "She snapped getting off the bed to stand next to me in the wardrobe side. "Answer me, milord! I want to know if the Duke of Hastings has finally fallen for a black woman just like his father!" 

"Elsie!" I call angrily turned to face her pale scary face. Only the sound of my voice sends Shriver to her body. "You should better mind your words if you don't want to regret any of them!" 

"I-I'm sorry Milord. But you're drifting away from me my lord! You always stared at her with lustful eyes what about me. I thought maybe she might be one of your whore but the way you looked at her. Tell a different story! " 

"Elsie, if you're tired of Wales you know you can go back home. Besides you're free and no longer a slave to the Duke" I mumbled and continue dressing up myself. I didn't have time to argue with a woman when I have things to do.  I button up my buttons and head toward the door. Leaving her naked. 

"What if she died," she said. I turned at her with red eyes still my eyes had changed their color. This is not the first time she had threatened to kill her but I'll make it her last. 

"What did you just say?" I walked my steps silently to the mapmaker feel more terrified. She knows she shouldn't have said that but she crosses the line. "M-milord" 

"What the hell didn't you say you will do to my previous diamond?" My voice was cold and sounds scary. And my eyes looked deadly since she had woken up the beast in me. 

"What the hell didn't you say!" My voice echoed in the room like a thunderous sound. 

"I-l'm sorry" 

"That's too late Milady" I dragged in her neck lifted her from her spot. She was struggling with my hand. Finding it difficult to breathe as she looks suffocating to death. 

"P-please milord" the words escaped from her mouth. "The next time you threaten to touch her. Your life would be taken" I let go of her while she was holding on to her neck to breathe in some air before she died. 

I watched her cough lifelessly. "This is your last warning" 

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After the disciples and treatment, I gave it to lady Elsie but it still didn't work to solve out my worries. And I hated myself for distancing her from me. I saw the looks on her eyes as she always avoids my gaze like I'm someone invisible to her. 

I was gulping on the bottles of drinks on the top of the table in front of me. What happening to me that I can't get my mind off her. Like she's the source of my life and the air I breathe. Without her, I can't live or think straight! 

I garb on the bottle and gulped it down. 

"You know you can't drink your problems off," a voice said, and when I turned to look at the other side of Hall. Lady Pearl was walking towards me. 

"What did you want?" I asked to wipe away my gaze from her. 

"Nothing but I can see the Duke himself is not an in a good position" 

I chuckled. "Who told you I'm not in a good position" I frowned my eyebrows. 

"I don't need anyone to tell me if the lord is in a good condition or none because I know the boy I watched grow up"  she take her seat behind me. 

"No matter how you tried to hide it you're falling In love milord. The black maid is more than a maid to your heart" 

What the hell this woman is saying. "Lady Pearl. I consider you as one of the smartest women I had seen but now I think you're speaking out of your point. Don't you think so"

She bowed her head. "I-I'm sorry Milord if you find any word I said annoyingly." 

"I think all your words are annoying" 

"I am sorry milord. Just trying to help" 

"No one asked you to speak or help! Lady Pearl!" Yelled angrily. Immediately she went on her knees. "Please milord. You know the days are counting and you have to find the right bride if not...." 

"I'm not what! You should remember your place woman. If you want to stay alive!" I interrupt her before she says anything else that would provoke me. I know what I'm going through and she had no right to remind me of my situation! 

She swallowed and looked up at me. " I'm sincerely sorry milord. Please have mercy on your poor servant" 

"Lady Pearl, get the hell out of here if you want to live again" my voice was cold as the color of my eyes changed from its normal color to dark red. 

Immediately, she saw the color of my eyes, she ran out of sight before being told again. 

The only thing I could of that moment was tasting fresh human blood. 

I snapped my fingers, and the guard man appear in the room with face down to his knees.  Shivering at the sight of me.

" Milord, the animals are ready," he said.

"Good" I dropped the bottle of alcoholic drinks and snapped out of the hall. 

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Narrator Pov.....

Down in the deepest dungeon of the underground in the mansion, lied dark and scary cells filled with innocent people crying in silence for their lives. The place was called the hell gate, when you're in the hell gate there's no return, you'll be tortured day and night or served as a dinner to the Duke. 

The mansion had different types of dungeons but this one was only known by the Duke and his friend Marcus. Homeless people and those who cross their line to challenge are caught to be fed on by the Duke. He needed human blood to survive since he was the last night creature remaining. It needs to be kept secret. It's was only those that are closer to him knows about his dark secrets. And no one would dare to make a sound about it if that person didn't love his or her life. 

 His steps count loudly, as the black boots stomp on the ground. Its end shivered to the heart of the people kept in the dirty sinking cells. They're referred to as meat with blood served to the Duke. When they heard his boot sounds, they know it was dead calling on to them. 

Everyone in theirs cells shifts further away from the cage entrance. No wants to be the next meat served today. 

He walked further and seat on the massive throne in the middle of the deepest dungeon. He felt like the king. The night king! That's who he is. A beast in flesh. 

He rest his back on the throne, and his arm supported his jawline as he looked bored with the human always crying whenever he come to have his blood meal.

"Bring me a lady. A beautiful one" he said, yawning tirelessly on the throne. His red eyes never change with the tension of the woman he was falling for avoiding him makes it impossible to control his taste for blood. 

The man quickly went into one of the cells and bought out a woman. A white stunning woman. She throws them on the floor before his throne. 

"P-Please milord, spear my life please" the lady begged with unstoppable tears. 

He chuckled devilishly enjoying the humor of her sorrow. That's one of the things he loves to look at. Their pains! 

"You know what?" He asked coldly with eyes filled with amusement. The woman looks straight at him, hoping maybe her luck has come to pass.

"You remind of someone"

"Who milord?" She happily asked not knowing who the Duke was referring to.

"My stupid mother!" 

The woman shifts backward terrifying. He stood angrily from the throne and approach her before a blink of an eye.  

His hands grabbed on her neck, lifting her from the ground. 

"And now, I'm falling for a black woman! Who didn't want to see me!"

"M-milord" the lady struggled but it was of no use. The man's hands were as strong as metal. 

"But your blood would calm down my anger for now" he chuckled and bite her neck abruptly, draining out her blood into his mouth. As the devilish teeth appear to be as sharp as a sword. Peer into her throat. 

She screams until life runs out of her. He dropped her.. breathing heavily as the stain of blood was over his mouth, he licked on it like sweet honey. 

"Warped her up and dump her with the other dead bodies" he instructed. 

The guards who are shivering on their stands hurry up to clear the mess before they become the next meat. 

He gets himself clean up before leaving the dungeon. That's the other life he lived secretly. Speaking of the real beast, he was the beast! 

Climbing up the stairs, something caught his attention. He can't believe the woman who had been avoiding him, was coming out of another man's chamber as late as the night. 

A curled smirk appears on his lips, as his eyes glanced lustfully at the innocent soul walking down smiling.

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