Love Agreement With The King

He browsed through the pages until a voice made him halt and freeze.

"Who are you?"

Human's succulent blood immersed him as he turned around slowly and let the book fall on the ground.

It was a girl, probably 10 years old or something like that, as soon as she saw his red eyes she narrowed her eyebrows and took steps back as if she was scared he would hurt her.

Deciphering the fear in her eyes Elijah shook his hand, "don't be scared please," he whispered, scrutinizing the background. The owner of the orphanage's footsteps got always closer.

"I have to go," Elijah said, speeding away as fast as he could before the tutor entered back in the orphanage.

When the tutor found Emily picking a dossier she frowned her forehead and asked her what she was doing there.

The girl hesitated for some instants then she took a deep breath and placed the dossier on the table struggling to stay on her tiptoes.

"I was looking for papers to draw on." The girl said, making up an excuse.

The woman scoffed and then told the little girl to leave and that she will draw the next day with all the other kids.

When Emily came back into the room she watched through the window, there was no sign of Elijah and she wondered who that child was, she had never seen anyone as fast as him before.

Elijah came back in Kratez, furious, he was so close to finding out the names when that kid distracted him, he will probably come back tomorrow.

***

Roselyn and John had organized a party in the castle where they invited all their closest relatives to inform them about the second marriage. During the party, Elijah took advantage of the occasion to talk to Sebastian and tell him he may find his parents' house by sneaking inside the orphanage.

Sebastian opened his eyes widely, he shook his head vigorously. "Don't get in there, they will find out you're a vampire and will burn you or kill you." He said all in a breath, he inhaled to only speak loudly again before Elijah could intervene, "and then your father will kill me because I made you go there."

Elijah chuckled, mentally checking his name to the list of people scared of his father, he never knew Sebastian was one of those but he wasn't surprised. John had a huge reputation and history of people killed and his attitude wasn't sure the kindest transparent one.

"Don't worry, I know where the dossier is so I will be fast," Elijah said confident in his skills and in the orphanage owner to bring the papers in the same place where he found it.

He surely got his headstrong from John since he didn't seem willing to change his mind even if Sebastian insisted so.

"Please come closer." John's voice filled the room catching the attention of all the guests who gathered around the couple to hear what they had to announce.

Roselyn was smiling as if she was the happiest while John was slightly embarrassed, maybe for the first time in his life, not because he was ashamed of his feelings but because he had never done such a declaration in front of all so many people.

John cleared his voice, "I have proposed to Roselyn for a second time. We will get married." He said, leaving the guests in shock, that wasn't a common thing to do especially not if the couple was a royal couple. But John didn't care, he had never liked to do things following the traditional rules.

Every guest congratulated them and then they cheered to their second wedding. 

Roselyn and John already decided they didn't want anyone in their second wedding except their sons. They wanted to marry at the beach where John brought her the first time.

it wasn't an official event but more like a ceremony and a special day to celebrate how much they loved each other and they didn't need anyone besides their sons there.

After the ceremony, Abigail Victor and Daniel stayed to sleep in the guest's room. So Elijah and Sebastian asked them if they could stay in the same room, Roselyn accepted and asked John to bring the bed to Elijah's room.

The two boys spent the night chatting and planning their future, Elijah told him how he wanted to rule Kratez one day and follow in his father's footsteps.

On the contrary, Sebastian had different and simpler goals, he only wanted to form a family, the one he never had, and have a normal simple life.

"You're the only friend I have," Elijah said to Sebastian who smiled.

"You too." He replied whispering.

"I promise I will always be there with you," Elijah said.

***

The next morning Sebastian got visits from some of the boys who usually make fun of him, Elijah looked at them talk from the opposite side of the room.

Their way of making fun was subtle, they made a joke suddenly while they normally chatted and then pretended it was a joke and nothing personal. That was one of the most malignant things, the more Elijah heard them the more his blood boiled in his veins and he was struggling not to tell them how contemptible their soul was.

"I am sorry for talking about parents, I know you don't have them but maybe it's better since you have no one to argue with." One of them said pretending to argue was better than not having your relatives.

After that sentence Elijah lost it, he stood up and removed the glasses he was wearing to hide his red eyes, he walked toward them.

The kids looked at him and then exploded in laughs pointing at him, "what is wrong with his eyes?!" one of them said.

"Please Elijah don't...." Sebastian whispered to his friend but it was too late, he walked in front of Sebastian as if his body was a shield and folded his arms while he knitted his eyebrows down.