Marrying the Vampire Prince
chapter 9's

''this is not the first time His Majesty has set foot on human soil. He has even reached the Southern empire several times, Zolan replied.

''But this was the first time he had lingered within the human castle. What if -"

''Stop Levy, Your Majesty is not stupid to let anyone do such a thing to her. And do you really think every human being can do anything for His Majesty?''

''But ...'' Levy pursed her lips and shook her head in frustration as they continued on the most frustrating journey they had ever encountered in their lives.

…

When Evie opened her eyes, she was in happy ignorance for a sweet moment. It felt like he had woken up from a very deep sleep. He blinked like an owl without moving for a while and when he turned around, he immediately stiffened.

A man lay next to her, and she.

Evie's eyes widened as she got up. He was about to scream in fear but when his eyes jumped onto the man's face, he froze.

Memories are flooding in. Everything, from the night of her wedding, blood and gore, until she fainted inside the carriage. His chest stiffened so hard that he had to desperately draw air into his lungs.

As breathing slowly became easier, Evie gulped as she looked at the man, the face of her vampire husband.

His appearance when he had those frightening bloody red eyes suddenly flashed through his mind, and vibrations ran down his spine. The thought of wanting to escape came to him, but quickly ignored his thoughts, reminding him that he had nowhere else to run and there was nothing he could do.

She took a deep breath, trying to find her control as her eyes remained fixed on her husband's face. The longer she stared at her dazzling face, somehow Evie felt it helped her calm down. She did not know how but it seemed like her beauty had miraculously dispelled the fear in her heart. Was it because he looked so peaceful, innocent and harmless while sleeping?

Evie bites her lips as she forces herself to stop being enchanted by the vampire prince's beauty. But before he could take his eyes off her, he was reminded of her nudity and his eyes rolled once more.

His face burned while his eyes completely inched from his face down, to his neck then his muscular and slender chest, and then his perfect stomach that was half covered in blankets. Evie's lips involuntarily opened, completely distracted and awestruck until something registered within her that made blood come out of her face.

His eyes swept towards himself and when he saw that he was fully clothed, he finally sighed that he did not know he was holding back.

Evie frantically observed herself. There was nothing strange about his body. The vampire prince seemed to have done nothing to her while she was asleep, she somehow found out.

He looked at his sleeping face again and his shoulders relaxed. A long sigh escaped his lips before he looked around the room. It was spacious and its windows were covered with thick, maroon-colored curtains. The ceiling is also very high. It was a bit dark but Evie knew it was noon. How long did he sleep? Was he in the village across the Dark Valley?.

The thought that he had finally been in a foreign land, a land that he and all his friends had imagined as a place as good as hell, made him subconsciously embrace himself.

He did not tremble in fear but there was a strange sense of turbulence in his stomach – fear of the known and the unknown made his heart back pounding. What will happen to him in this bloodsucking land? He even laughed wryly in his mind – they are really lifelike bloodsuckers, in a literal sense not just figurative.

"You're finally awake," a pleasant and hoarse voice jolted his shoulders and his spine erect. His head turned towards the noble man, but his back was already facing him as he got up from the bed.

Inevitably Evie felt his ears burning hot when he saw his wide and perfectly sculpted back. She was happy that the bottom was fully dressed. She watched him as she gracefully walked towards the large window and pulled the curtain slightly open, enough for the light to illuminate the room.

The light came in and slightly blinded Evie. But the good thing is. Evie can only gape because the man is more dazzling than the light. And he couldn't even scold himself and tell himself that he was ridiculous. Thankfully she managed to maintain her dignity by keeping her mouth from opening without shame.

That was all he could do to take his eyes off her. He felt ashamed because he thought he could not see any vampire's face. Who would have thought he would actually find himself struggling to turn away? This is a ... very unbelievable!

"Are you okay?" the face he was trying to avoid suddenly appeared right before him and he nearly gasped.

"You've been sleeping since yesterday, Evielyn." She added and Evie almost trusted the worried expression on her face. But he wouldn't dare. He would not dare believe that he really cared for her, even her tenderness and attention from their marriage to that brutal journey.

He would not dare to believe that all polite actions were sincere. Because Evie had been warned in advance by her parents and emperor to remain vigilant and cautious because the vampires would definitely try everything to win her trust and then extract information from her. After all, humans knew that vampires would remain suspicious about the true reason behind the truce that humans offered. After all, they are not idiots.

They were intelligent and cunning creatures as the so-called emperors. They would use their beauty and charm to bewitch humans into submission. And Evie has sworn not only to her parents and the emperor, but also to herself that she will never allow a vampire to deceive or bewitch her, even this prince, her own husband.

"I'm fine." Evie answered and she could not believe she looked back at him and with a sharp look as well.

"W-you..why..you," his sigh, "why..sleep next to me?" Evie stammered at the thought that bothered her but was so confused that her sentence became strange.

A pair of moon-like eyes slightly widened and then narrowed at him. The next moment, he was right in front of Evie's face. His hand was already on the bed as he bowed to her. Evi held her breath. His sight that day in the Valley of Darkness flashed across his mind and his body stiffened.

"Why?" he echoed, the corner of his lips twitching in disbelief.

"You ask me why I sleep next to you?" her voice was suddenly calm but Evie had heard the tone of something like great anger or displeasure buried within her deep and pleasant voice.

Evie gulped, her mouth opened and then closed. He suddenly did not know what to say. It was as if his mind had failed as soon as he looked into his eyes. And all he did was watch her as the silver eyes closed and let out a soft sigh right in front of his face. He involuntarily flinched backwards as his cold breath fanned his cheeks.