The Princess's Dangerous Vampire Mate-Chapter 180: The crown of a king - I

I heard it but I didn’t think much about it. Instead, I asked, "is there ever a chance that they could end up killing their beloved?"

"I do not think so," sir walter answered, "with what I have seen so far and heard from people below with a very important even more than their families. Though I’m not quite sure because they are animals and animals have different instincts."

I nodded absent-mindedly. "What more do you know about them?"

He looked up and thought about it. "It has not been long since they took over. None of them approach us until it is absolutely needed. I would say that they are trying to make a difference."

"What difference?"

"The difference one could say about," he sighed, "is about them. Everyone is aware the day is not us. They are trying to make everyone aware that they might not be the same as they are perceived."

I nodded and asked my next question, "What of the damages caused because of war?"

"I am not aware of that. There is only so much one would tell to someone who is maintaining the library of the palace." Sir Walter smiled at me but I could see the sadness in them, "I want when it was a time how I was involved with everything in the kingdom and now all I take care of is the books placed within four walls."

I agreed. Times changed.

"So you are aware that they cannot come in the sunlight. What does sunlight do to them?"

"It burns, I have heard." He replied. "It can give them severe burns but it does not kill them."

The next question was on the tip of my tongue but I did not want to ask about that. It happened going on in my mind for a small while when I heard sir Walter talk about animals and their instincts.

I want to talk about the damages the war had brought. Since sir Walter talked about animals I really wanted to know how they fought and what did they damage.

"I have a question, Your grace, if you would allow me to ask," I nodded to him and he went ahead,

"I had heard about your marriage with Prince Terence but I did not make my presence known at the dinner. I . . have heard what happened after that and my question is how are you here?"

"What?" I turned to him slightly in confusion, "what do you mean?"

"You know," he hesitated, "we were told it was your lady in waiting that had you updated and that the queen had received your dead body. Your last rights were carried out by your intimate family and there was no one else involved." He licked his lips. "I have a hard time believing it because your casket was never brought out to the public but I would be grateful to know from you what happened?"

The first thing that came to my mind was where to begin.

" It’s a long story." I settled with saying that.

"I am an old librarian whose library no one ever comes to. I have all the time in the world. However, if you do not want to tell, I understand."

I was torn between the two choices. I did not want to tell him but at the same time I knew that he was the only ally I had given that Merilyn now was someone completely different.

"I ran." I blurted out without thinking. His face turned to me in shock immediately and I shook my head explaining further, "the circumstances were no longer in my favour. If I stayed they would have killed me."

"And you stayed with the vampires? Willingly?"

"Not willi—" I stopped before continuing, "I was not aware of this."

"Ah," he nodded as if he understood but I could tell by the look that he was giving he did not believe anything.

How could he? The watered down version of the story that I had given him did not contain anything that I had been through in the past months.

"Where are you staying?"

"I don’t know," I absentmindedly looked at the flowers.

"That means that you are not staying in the servant quarters. That is something I find to be very particular. Why would you be given the treatment and welcome of a gas when you belong to another royal family?"

Ah, yes, sir Walter was not aware that I was the mate of the man that he had addressed as the king.

"I—" I felt it.

Tristan was watching me and I could feel it. It was the familiar feeling of what I said when I was looking into his eyes. I felt it the very first day we were introduced by Lara.

This time with a crown over his head.

I turned around to see him standing at the threshold but he did not enter the garden and with him was an aged woman.

"Maggie," Sir Walter whispered and turned to me, "I suppose it is time to cut the walk short. Perhaps we might be able to meet some other time."

I nodded to him and started walking to his wife who stood next to Tristan. I followed behind him but I was much slower.

I gulped when I reached him and he stepped back, allowing me to enter the establishment first. Maggi and Walter had already gone in and disappeared from our sight.

"How was your conversation?" He asked once I had stepped inside and turned to him.

"Good," answering him, I controlled my eyes from widening. I just remember what sir Walter had told me about them.

Had he heard what we were talking about in the gardens?

"Please help us!" I jumped slightly at the loud voice echoing in the hallways. "My daughter cannot even walk!"

I frowned and turned to Tristan, "what is going on?"

"I do not know," he answered as he looked behind me, "come let’s find out." He held out his hand in front of me and I complentated everything that sir Walter and I had talked about.