Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 315

Chapter 315: Change

"You can lecture her about that later. For now, I want answers to more important matters. Isabelle," he said, his sharp gaze cutting into her, "you have not forgotten why you were sent to that land, have you?"

"No, Papa," Belle muttered, her voice low, her heart aching with the urge to go back to her real family, Rohan and Angel. But she dared not show her hurt and disappointment. She had to keep playing the role of the obedient fool, the daughter they could so easily manipulate, who couldn’t see through them.

That was how she had always been in the past, a naïve girl, eager to please her family in any way, letting them do as they pleased with her because she was desperate for their love and attention. Now, she had enough love from the man she married, but to keep her husband and their son safe, she had to play the role of that fool. Only now, she knew the truth.

"Good," the Duke said with satisfaction. "Tonight I will send you a parchment, and you will write down every piece of information you have gathered. In two days’ time, when His Majesty summons you to the palace, we will present it to him. I heard he plans to have a banquet at the castle, you will attend it and present it to him."

Then his voice dropped, dripping with disdain. "We have endured sleepless nights in this house since we heard that mad vampire was coming with you. Only the Lord knows how we are to feed that savage, and how we can sleep with both eyes closed while he resides under our roof. We asked for you alone but they insisted the madman to come as well."

Belle bit hard on the inside of her cheek to stop herself from jumping to her husband’s defense. Rohan was no savage and certainly not a madman.

"You can rest assured, Papa, that he won’t harm anyone whom he doesn’t see fit to deserve it," Belle said with a tight voice. But realizing that even that tone of voice had made them look at her with furrowed brows, she meekly added, "I mean, the king has warned him to behave before our journey. He respects their king and won’t do anything to harm you."

She watched her father nod his head. "It’s good that the king has some sense to warn him. And who are those two with a baby?" he asked. They had not been told that other vampires, other than the mad one, would be coming. The Duke did not want to house creatures who could suck his family dry.

"They are his relatives. The man is his third cousin, Raven, and the lady is his wife, and the baby... their son. Lady Evenly wanted to see Aragonia and requested to—"

"Never mind. We will have no choice but to give them the best rooms possible and be hospitable to them, especially seeing how they have gone out of their way to fatten you up and buy you all these fancy things," said Lady Louisiana with a grimace as she eyed her elder daughter. "My Lord, we should give them the best rooms and also the best of everything before they call us names in that dead land of theirs. I will go see to it that they have everything."

"Mama," Eve called, and when Lady Louisiana turned to look at her, she said, "I’ve read somewhere that vampire babies are the worst of their kind, as they have not yet grown to control themselves. I don’t think we should give the couple rooms that are close to ours with their little monster. Give them the faraway chamber, and make sure they don’t let loose their monster. I won’t be able to sleep knowing that creepy creature could crawl into my room and suck—"

Belle, who was listening to them quietly, could not hold it in when she heard how her son was being addressed, the baby she had carried, suffered to give birth to, and loved with all her heart.

"Angel is not a monster! Don’t you dare call him that again," she gritted before she could stop herself, glaring at her sister and causing her parents to turn startled eyes on her.

Belle realized too late her mistake when she noticed the displeased, surprised look in her parents’ eyes. The old her would never have raised her voice at her sister; she would never have spoken back no matter what was said. But now, she had acted out of character.

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