THE VAMPIRE KING'S BELOVED

Mama told me stories about werewolves, vampires, and other supernatural creatures when I was five. Of course, I was so impressed by the stories.

Imagine a creature that can live for hundreds of years, has great power, and sounds incredible. Even so, my interest in mythical things only made me mock my other cousins, especially when they were staying at my house, and we all listened to Mama's story, which was a fantasy to them.

When I was so passionate and serious about listening, they preferred to play with their phones while occasionally commenting on Mama's story, which was not real and just a normal fantasy story. However, as I grew older, I realized everything my cousins said was true. My belief that these creatures are real is diminishing, and they're just fairy tales and myths. No one would believe the impossible anyway.

That's wrong. Of course, they do, and humans are so stupid that they take this for granted. They choose to close their eyes and ears about mythical things common sense cannot absorb.

They exist and are real. They are so clever at hiding and mingling with humans living in ignorance that humans are not alone in living on earth. The same is true here. As a teenager, I realized that Mama's story was just one I didn't have to believe.

Even so, I still love stories about these creatures. I read romance fiction novels about supernatural creatures when I have time without schoolwork or exams.

But peaceful human life immediately turns to destruction when supernatural beings considered mythical choose to reveal themselves to the rest of the world, saying that they exist, are real and are superior to humans. Of course, this is a great shock to human life. Humans who have long been at the top of the food chain must shift and be eliminated by the presence of these supernatural creatures.

Vampires, werewolves, faes, sirens, witches, and many other creatures that I have just heard of. This fact disowned humans and declared war on these mythical creatures. Did I mention that humans are stupid, selfish, and greedy creatures? If you haven't, I'm telling you right now that we, as humans, were born with those three things.

I'm not trying to speak ill of humans because I'm human, but it's reality. How can we declare war on a creature born with the gift of man?

The war was inevitable, and when I was sixteen years old, a great war ensued. Humans, who by then had super-advanced warfare weaponry, could not defeat these creatures, especially the Vampires, led by a king. This led to an absolute defeat, which left the human position in a corner. Supernatural beings ruled the government and the military. When I was eighteen, two years after the beginning of the war, the world was officially ruled by supernatural beings.

Putting aside the sad things that happen to humans, there are more important things. A tyrant leads vampires. Have I told you about a vampire led by a tyrant? Vampires are very dangerous creatures, even more dangerous than others. Why?

If other creatures - like werewolves are creatures that still have a conscience and humanity - they can be said to be human. Vampires are monstrous creatures. Monsters born of darkness and demons, who live by sucking human blood and killing humans without compassion, make humans their slaves.

If other creatures want to coexist with humans, then vampires want to rule over humans, and that's what happens. I don't know what happened because my family and I lived in a town that did have the protection of a werewolf pack and was led by an Alpha. Still, surely the world now has one Emperor from the Vampire Empire named Vympre, the Emperor Killian.

Darren Phillipe Killian is the longest-serving emperor of the Vympre empire, and some say five years, ten years, or even a century. He took over the position of Emperor when he was twenty-five years old, the time for Vampire Royal to stop ageing.

Before Emperor Killian took the throne, he fought a great battle with the previous Emperor to determine who deserved to be the leader. Of course, Emperor Killian won the battle. Emperor Killian is one of five pureblood vampires living on Earth.

The story develops that Emperor Killian is the son of a pureblood vampire named Gladius and a female vampire named Sybil. The Emperor's father, Gladius, was the son of Lilith, the queen of demons, who had a relationship with the first pureblood vampire. That's why Emperor Killian has demon blood and is a dangerous man who hates humans so much.

The reason? Because of the human who killed his parents. I heard Lilith raised Emperor Killian until the man grew up and took over the throne.

Rumour has it that Emperor Killian was the most handsome and beautiful man who ever set foot on the earth, with a blue bead as cold as ice brought everyone to their knees in front of him. His godlike face was perfectly sculpted, and his lips were red, of course, all those things to attract the attention of the prey-man.

His good looks, however, do not represent the Emperor's cruelty. Before supernatural beings appeared before humans, life between them and humans was constrained by invisible magic walls. Emperor Killian took advantage of the opportunity by slaughtering humans as a form of revenge for the deaths of his parents and making humans slaves. But since the magic wall was removed.

Emperor Killian no longer hunts and massacres humans brutally, but he does more elegant things by making humans a blood supplier. It's said that Emperor Killian only wants to drink human blood directly from the man himself and suck the man until there's no blood left and die.

Besides, everything about Emperor Killian is a rumour because I've never seen him. I don't want to get involved in the supernatural and choose to live in a pretence. Besides, my house is in a safe place, way out of the reach of those vampires. The Pack that guarded the city I lived in made a deal with the Vympre Empire that the territory of the city I was in, called Bridge Town, was part of the territory pack, Silvermoon Pack.

In the five years since the world became Vampire territory, no one in the empire has ever seen the Emperor smile. Emperor Killian was always flat, cold, and hard. He only shows concern for certain people in his life, and the number of people is decreasing daily. I've heard Emperor Killian has a circle of trusted men, but I'm unsure.

The people of the empire loved and respected him very much. Still, they never resisted or denied his words and commands because they were more concerned with their lives than a common argument. Some other creatures fear the power of the Killian Emperor, but even so, they respect themselves. Because of the Killian Emperor, supernatural beings can live on Earth without hiding.

If you look at it, Emperor Killian has more bad luck. Still, besides that, he is said to have loved the whole empire and its people, and he's willing to give his life for the peace of the empire that he's protected. No one can defeat and kill Emperor Killian because he's no ordinary vampire.

At least now, Emperor Killian is no longer slaughtering humans for revenge or letting go of his anger. The man lived in his luxurious and magnificent palace, away from everyone's radar. It never reveals itself if it's unimportant, and life is back to normal if it's practically normal.

At least if we put aside vampires' cruelty to humans, life can be said to be normal. Humans can return to work even if the only jobs allowed are servants or factory workers.

I stopped going to school because of the change in the world, and I am grateful for living in a safe environment without a vampire. Then, after I went back to school, I started studying the history of supernatural beings, especially since vampires and my desire to be in college finally came true. Now, when I'm twenty-three, I'm sitting in my second year. Studying to be a pastry chef has been my goal since childhood.

During the chaos and changes that have occurred in the world, I live in peace with my family and friends. I'm one of those lucky ones who got werewolf protection from vampires, and all the rules of the Vampire empire didn't apply in our city. Still, I realized one thing: that all this peace would end.

My life in peace would stop at one point, like the finish line, that my life would change, and that change was destiny, and I realized too late.

It all started when I stood in front of him. This is my story of an ordinary human being with the Vampire King Killian.

...

"Come on, Alina, come with us. This will be your only chance to see the outside world. Besides, we've got permission from Alpha Silvermoon Pack to take a few days off at the Loveland resort. Isn't that right, Justin?" Danielle elbowed her lover Justin's ribs pretty hard before returning to look at me with a grim look. Alina glanced at Justin, who grimaced while wiping the area that Danielle followed. She nodded and gave her an unmistakable smile full of coercion.

Alina sighed deeply and closed the novel she was reading before Danielle and Justin came to annoy her. Her eyes glanced at the phone to see the time before looking at Danielle and replied, "Why should I come? You can go alone. I don't want to be a hindrance."

Danielle joked at Alina's words. She drew Alina's face close to her while squinting her eyes, then stretched out one hand and gently rubbed Alina's cheeks. The move successfully made Alina pull away and look at her disgustedly.

One of her friends did not know the limits of privacy, which made Alina love her like her sister. "Oh, dear Alina, we deserve a vacation after facing the semester exam. We need refreshing. You know that, don't you?"

"I can refresh by reading my books," said Alina as she waved the novel into the air, emphasizing her words to Danielle.

Seeing that, Danielle shook her head disapprovingly and rose from the chair she was sitting in. Luckily, the café was quiet, and Danielle's loud voice wouldn't bother anyone.

Alina wondered why these two friends could find out where she hid in the café. She didn't even say where she would go to her mama.

So whether it's a coincidence or Danielle secretly attaches a tracking device to her shirt, Alina doesn't even know. If the second option is right, she won't be surprised because Danielle is so protective of her, more than both her parents.

"Anyway, what am I supposed to do there? Sit down and ponder while you two are busy making out. I'm sure you'll forget me immediately." Alina replied as flatly as possible. Both hands folded over each other's chests, and Danielle and Justin looked at each other alternately.

Justin scratched his calm head and muttered, "We won't forget you again like last year's holiday." Then, he grimaced as Danielle hit the back of his head, looking at Justin.

"Hey, why did you hit me? It was a viole-" Justin didn't finish his sentence when Danielle gave him a sharper look. Alina was accustomed to seeing the scenery before her.

At first, Alina was confused about why Justin chose Danielle, who sometimes likes spontaneity and speechlessness, out of the many women in the city. Still, she slowly realized he was in love and even fascinated with Danielle's character. Even the man always obeyed and considered Danielle's request his command.

Sometimes, Alina sees Justin staring at Danielle as if the woman is a Goddess sent only for him. So, if Alina heard Justin confess that he was a masochist, she wouldn't be surprised.

"This time, we won't invite that jerk," Danielle said while pointing at Justin with her thumb. "We'll just go alone. This holiday is free anyway. We don't have to pay a dime."

"That's because you drained my wallet for the holiday," Justin grumbled very slowly but successfully got him hit, this time on the shoulder by Danielle.

Danielle looked intently at her lover and gave a warning through the look in her eyes. It made Justin smile shy and say, "Have fun, Aline, you deserve it."

Indeed, Alina is very tempted by the holiday Danielle is offering now. Still, the Loveland resort is outside the Silvermoon Pack territory, more precisely, in the neutral zone. This means she has to leave the Silvermoon Pack zone and will not receive protection from the pack.

Alina also had to pass through the Silvermoon Pack to get to the place. Since the world was overrun by the supernatural, she hasn't even set foot in the area, which means she has to meet with supernatural beings and broke the promise she made to her mother never to meet or make eye contact with a supernatural being not to mention the possibility of encountering vampires, while in the neutral zone, the possibility is very high.

Would Alina be willing to exchange peace and break her promise to her mother for a holiday? "Danielle, you know that I promised my mom not to leave the city," she said, trying to remind her that the vacation felt impossible.

They have been vacationing only in the city area or Justin's villa between the city's border and Silvermoon Pack. It's always within the territory because it wants to avoid meeting a supernatural being or, worse, a Vampire.

Alina herself had thought of quitting her hope of being in college because the university building available in the city was located on the city's border with the Silvermoon Pack, but due to the encouragement of her parents, who wanted to see her achieve her dream of being a pastry chef and setting up her pastry shop, she was able to do so. Finally, she ventured to continue her studies and put it all aside.

Luckily, Danielle chose to go to college just like she did. If Alina wants to be a chef, then Danielle wants to be a dermatologist, following in her sister's footsteps, who has already become a dermatologist in this city. Because of that decision, they both met Justin.

Their meeting with the man was embarrassing because, at that time, Danielle chose to show her careless nature to the world. Still, at least because of that, now Danielle has a man like Justin by her side. "So I can't. Why do we have to go to that resort? There are plenty of good vacation spots here."

Danielle shakes her head in disapproval. "No, I'm not. We've visited every available place in this city. Besides, aren't you curious about what the outside world is like?" Danielle's question certainly tickles Alina's heart.

However, she was curious about the world's situation. She wanted to see it firsthand because she could only see it on the television screen all this time. But is it worth it? What if something unexpected happens, and she's not ready to face it? Alina's thinking has sometimes made her feel agitated.

Danielle glanced at Justin briefly before looking back at Alina and continued, "And if you want to know, Auntie Emy, your Mom has already permitted the holiday."

Then Danielle again sat herself in the chair with a satisfied and triumphant expression. She thought Alina could no longer argue or reject her offer if Danielle said that her mother had forbidden her to leave the city border, giving her permission.

"Huh? How do you know? Mama didn't say anything to me."

Danielle gave Alina a big moan. "Thank me and my annoying lover," Danielle said while embracing Justin, who was showing a sullen face.

"Justin, why don't you come along?"

In an upset voice, Justin replied, "I have a critical business to attend to, and I can't leave it."

"Is that so?"

Danielle linked her hands in front of her face and looked at Alina pleasantly. "Come on, Alina, please..."

A sigh of relief slid from Alina's lips. Then she asked for a few minutes to call her mother and confirm Danielle's words. And when it was over, she was surprised because the woman who had been against herself was doing activities outside the city area, without hesitation saying 'yes' and letting her go. Is there a hidden reason behind the answer?

"Why don't you refuse?" muttered Alina more to yourself.

"That's because we're not going alone. Alpha's giving us full assurance of our safety during the holidays."

"Why would an Alpha bother to do that? We're not important people."

"Err..." Danielle scratched her head, looking for answers, and saw the sign; Alina immediately rolled her eyes suspiciously. "Because..."

"What?" Alina was still trying to pressure her best friend.

"My father now works as his team of lawyers." Alina cast a shocked eye.

"Are you sure that's the only reason?" murmured Alina, still with a suspicious expression.

And whether this is true or just her feelings, Alina feels Danielle is hiding something from her. It's visible from her movements. Alina knew Danielle very well. They grew up together and attended the same school, so Alina knew Danielle and herself.

"I'll catch up with you anyway," Justin chirped suddenly. "You know, as an extra bodyguard."

"You're human; how can you beat them?" he asked, full of investigations.

Justin's breathing down his neck. "With my fist?" Even Justin's answer sounded unconvincing.

His answer was more like a question than a statement, and he also seemed doubtful. "Never mind, never mind. This is your only chance."

"Yes, Aline! Justin's right. Come on... Please..."

I don't know what his best friend and girlfriend are up to, but in the end, Alina can only give up and say, "All right."

...

"Three Days Later."

Here we go. Finally, after many years, Alina could get out of the city and step into the world that was now strange to her. Of course, there are feelings of regret, but there is no denying that a sense of pleasure penetrates her heart. Seeing the same face in the comfort zone for years bore her sometimes, and now, after getting out of the city zone and the Silvermoon Pack, it feels like a new experience in her life. Seeing new faces at the resort is like an antidote to her boredom. And without her realizing it, a smile of passion burst upon her lips.

Traveling from the city to Loveland Resort is not inconvenient at all. Even crossing the border and stopping at the Silvermoon Pack checkpoint gate is not difficult at all. The guards on duty at the border post seemed to have been waiting for their arrival, and when they saw the Alpha's license and their identities, they immediately opened the way and let them through.

There was no significant incident during the trip. The two bodyguards that Alpha assigned to guard them-this was the first moment Alina saw a large male wolf-did not even once complain or talk. If they spoke, they would use formal tones on Alina and her friends. They're so important people in their world that they make the journey quiet and not seem tense.

Arriving at the resort, they headed to the reception to pick up the room key and, without further ado, went straight to the room to rest after a long journey. Three hours sitting in the car and only stopping at the stop once successfully made Alina's ass numb and hurt her back.

Alina walked into one of the three reserved rooms. The first thing she did when she was inside was to catch her breath. Looking at her room, which was so beautiful and luxurious, coupled with a glass wall that stretched out in front and displayed such a gorgeous view of the forest, made her heart feel at peace.

Second, he placed the suitcase where his luggage was stored before laying the body on a soft bed and finally shouted happily at how lucky his life was. Because she and her family are still alive and can still live in a safe and comfortable place, plus she has a good friend. In this changing world, she could still feel both normality and peace.

"I will check this room and also visit Danielle later," she murmured as she closed her eyes and absorbed the calm. Not long after, Alina was lulled into tranquillity until she entered the dreamland.

It's so silent and quiet. The surrounding forest looks so scary and gripping it can make anyone shimmy scared. A thick fog blanketed parts of the forest, and occasional crows and owls were heard in the distance.

There is not a single sign of life for any other creature than the two birds, as if it meant that the atmosphere surrounding the forest was so dangerous that other forest dwellers chose to take refuge in their nests. The cold wind blew so hard that Alina trembled between cold and fear.

Alina swallowed her spit some time ago. Cold sweat from fear dripping from his temples.

Once again, she circled her gaze around before walking carefully down the trail. No moonlight can illuminate her steps, allowing her to rely only on instinct.

Her slow steps seemed doubtful, but Alina did not know why she chose to walk into the forest rather than run away from it. She didn't even know why she was there, with a red dress attached to her body and a shoeless foot.

Her bare feet keep moving into the woods. The grass she treads and occasionally pebbles or twigs make her sizzle slowly because she is scratched or injured, but that doesn't stop her from going on.

Then, when Alina arrives at a large field covered in grass and large flowers, her legs can stop. She looked left and right, confused by the current situation.

Alina was so focused on her surroundings that she did not realize that a man was standing in the middle of the meadow. But when she realized his presence, her whole body froze, and her nape stood up. She felt she was in a dangerous situation, and the man standing there was the cause.

Alina could not see his face clearly because it was overshadowed by the darkness of the night, but she could see both of his eyeballs, both in crystalline blue, which were so cold and slowly turned colorfully red.

Alina gasped and wanted to stay away, but as if she were already stuck on the spot, she could not move these two legs to run. She yelled at herself repeatedly to wake up and run away from there, but her legs wouldn't move.

She stood up with a cold sweat that had soaked her palm, her eyes not distracted from the man's figure, especially when he stretched his hand toward her, asking her to walk up to him. Luckily, this time, Alina's body would listen to her orders and stay put.

Her head shook slowly, and her decision made her right neck throb painfully. She spontaneously raises her hand and touches the area that is causing her pain, and her breath gets stuck when she feels two holes there, like a bite hole. Alina rolled her eyes when she saw her hands covered in blood, and it was her blood, blood coming from both holes.

"My Beloved."

Alina's breath roared when she heard the man's husky voice and her heart started racing twice as fast. I don't know why his voice sounded so close to her, even though the man was so far away.

Then Alina's whole body trembled in fear, and she screamed aloud as the man smiled and showed a pair of very sharp fangs in the mysterious man's mouth.

The fangs of a vampire.

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