Chapter 7

[Sonia]

Sonia was in a meeting in the Kingdom of Khurus, and they were in a closed room. There was a big water fountain outside, and the windows were blinded. Sonia was working with documents when a drop of blood landed on them. She immediately gasped. She looked at the vampire, who was standing by her side.

"Your Majesties," she began as she bowed, "I have an emergency, so I will leave early."

"What kind of emergency do you have that your maid cannot handle?" stated the King of Khurus.

"We'll schedule another meeting. I'm sorry, but I must depart."

"Hol.."

Sonia and her vampire companion exited the conference room.

"What kind of person is she? She left as I was talking to her," the enraged King of Ervilido stated. "What a scumbag, bitch."

The King of Thalia rose to his feet.

"I'm leaving; take care." He carried his part of the documents.

"Did you see the son of that bvtch?" asked Khurus' King to Thalia's King.

"I didn't see her. You murdered that poor widow woman because she refused to become one of your main women, and then you hid it in disguise and pretended to be searching for that holy book." Thalia's King shook his head.

"You are no better than me," he said. "You beat up your wife every chance you get; so don't come at me as if you are a saint."

He looked at him, but didn't say anything. He turned to his secretary.

"Let's go," he instructed him.

The King of Ervilido approaches the King of Khurus.

"Why will you say such a thing to him?"

The King of Khurus gave him a look, but didn't say anything.

The King of Ervilido spoke again.

"You should not have murdered that woman. They're sending those scumbag vampires here. You can have the girl they will send you as your sex slave, and she will do nothing."

The King of Khurus stood up and looked him in the eyes.

"I don't want a lowlife in my royal bed," he said as he walked away.

"Well, if you don't want to, I want to!" exclaimed Ervilido's King.

[Josephine]

"Blood..." she murmured gently.

"What do you say?"

"Blood…"

"What?"

Kai approached her to hear what she was saying. When Josephine opened her eyes, her fangs sprouted, and she bit him in the neck. She was sucking his life force.

"What the heck?" He tried to shove her away, but she was too strong.

He was holding on to the couch.

The guard, who was stationed nearby, was hearing noises.

"Josephine, are you okay?"

He yelled, "Guard, come over here and help!"

When the guard heard a man's voice inside, he hastily opened the door.

The guard entered the room and stood motionless.

"Can you please fucking stop standing there and help me?"

The guard uses the power of the leaves to stop Josephine, but it isn't working. Kai gets weak because of the amount of blood he is sucking.

"Why isn't it working?" The guard wondered, and he tried again but didn't succeed.

Kai becomes weak because of the amount of blood he is taking.

Scarlett appears and notices what's going on. When she employs the power of the moon, star, and sun, a butterfly tattoo appears on the hands of Josephine, Vanessa, and Scarlett. Josephine's grasp loosens slightly as the tattoo spreads across her body until it reaches her forehead, at which point she yells.

"AHHH!" She finally let go of the clasp and passed out.

"Josephine," Scarlett said swiftly to Josephine. Kai grew disoriented and sat down, placing his palm on his forehead.

The guard approached him and used his power to make him stop getting dizzy.

"You are extremely powerful. I give you a thumbs up."

"What?"

"Normal people would die right away, but you didn't," the guard smiled as she talked to him.

Kai knew he would have died if he hadn't been wearing the necklace his father gave him to protect him, but the bite hurts a lot.

Scarlett carries Josephine to her room and places her on a bed.

"Why isn't the tattoo gone yet?" she thought as she touched the tattoo.

She gazed at Josephine before entering the living room.

"Are you feeling okay?" Scarlett remarked while pouring hot water for him and handing it to him.

Kai drank the water and gagged.

"Why did you give me hot water?" He looked at her as he put the cup down on the table. His tongue was burned.

"Oh, sorry! Everyone here is used to hot water, so I thought you might like it." She gave him a small cloth to wipe his neck with. "Are you alright?"

"Do I look okay?" he asked.

Scarlett took a seat beside him.

"I'm sorry that something like this happened. I don't know what got into her, but Josephine isn't always like this," she murmured as she lowered her head.

"I believe it is my fault. If I had paid attention to her, she would have been okay," the guard added, apologizing.

Sonia appears inside the house and notices everyone sitting down.

Scarlett and the guard quickly rose, and they bowed to Sonia.

Sonia looked at the guard.

"Where is Josephine?"

Scarlett pointed toward the room.

"Get her," she instructed the guard.

"Why?" Scarlett asked as she approached Sonia.

"She committed a crime, and she needs to pay for it," she explained.

Sonia turned to face the guard.

"What are you up to? Are you not going to get her?"

Scarlett immediately knelt.

"I know Josephine committed a crime, but please, Sonia, she is my sister. Please let her go on this one," she pleaded, pressing her palms together.

Scarlett burst out crying.

"I will do whatever you desire. We are vampires, and drinking blood is in our nature. I know you make it illegal because you don't want any killing, but he's okay now," she said, motioning to Kai.

Sonia is certain that this is only the beginning. As long as Josephine is alive, unrest will loom and conflict will break out. She had previously left her alone because her power was sealed, and she had convinced her she possessed a weak power so that she would not try to find a means for her to release her power.

Now it's different; she's uncontrollable, and her magic bottle has a crack, so the more cracks it has, the more power she'll release, and the only way to stop the tragedy is to kill her.

Sonia bends down and raises Scarlett's chin.

"Your sister is evil, Scarlett. She must be cleansed in order for peace to rule throughout the world. Do you get it?" She said.

"What exactly do you mean?"

Sonia sighed and rose to her feet.

"Won't you listen to what I say? Get J-O-S-E-P-H-I-N-E."

"Yes,"

"How dare you?" says Kai in a deep voice as he rises.

"Kai, this is the vampire...."

"Prince," Kai interrupted her. "Call me prince; don't call my name with that stinky mouth,"

Sonia clenches her fist.

"Get her," she said, her gaze fixed on Kai.

The guard took a step forward.

"Do you dare?" Kai yelled

The guard came to a halt, unsure of whom he should listen to. This is a challenging decision.

Sonia approached Kai.

"You are a prince. This is the vampire clan. Do not become entangled."

"Remember, you're a slave tasked with protecting the royal family," Kai said.

Kai takes off his necklace.

"Did you see this? This is your ancestor's deal with the royal families in the whole Ethereal."

Scarlett rose to her feet.

"I'm not sure why you said my sister is evil, Sonia. But my sister isn't; she's the sweetest person I know."

She pulled out a sword.

"What are you up to, Scarlett? You have no right to bring a sword in front of Sonia. Do you have any manners?" The guard yelled at Scarlett.