Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 317

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Chapter 317: Something’s wrong with Angel_Part 2

In another part of the Dawson mansion, a maid led Rav and Evenly toward a long, dark corridor that stretched far into the corner of the estate and away from the main hall. The place hardly looked as though anyone walked there regularly, but not having the right to ask where the maid was taking them, the two of them, and the silent baby held in the vampiress’s arms, could only follow.

They walked for a while until they reached the end of the large hall. Then the girl stopped before a brown door and opened it with one of the many keys from the bunch in her trembling, pale hands. Evenly noticed how it took several tries before the maid managed to fit the key into the hole, her hands shaking so badly from being close to vampires.

Evenly was almost tempted to take the key and open it herself, but at last the lock clicked and the maid pushed the door open with a creaking sound. The girl did not step inside; instead, she moved quickly to the side and lowered her head before saying, "This... this is the room you will be staying in."

She had been instructed by Lady Louisiana to give them this chamber, one that had never been used because it was tucked at the back and far away from the main halls.

"Your bath water will be brought, along with your trunks. Her ladyship said you can come down for supper once you have finished freshening up," the maid said with a trembling voice, clearly terrified that the vampires would suck her dry. She had never seen nor been so close to such creatures before, and her every instinct screamed for her to run as far away as she could.

Evenly spared the girl a glance and told her, "You may leave."

The maid almost tripped over her own hem as she sprinted away. Even Angel was surprised by her speed as he turned his little head to watch the human scurry off before looking back at Evenly, then resting his head silently against her shoulder. His red eyes turned to stare at Rav, who had not said a single word to anyone since they had entered the house and stood in the front hall, where no one had offered them a place to sit or given them anything.

Evenly still could not believe how rude the humans were. They had left them standing there and had taken Belle away from them without a word. Rohan had not stood with them either; he had strode away outside with a cold look in his eyes, and Evenly had not dared to ask where he was going. They were guests in this land, and she did not think they should venture out on their own. Since Rav, who was most familiar with his master, had not asked, she had not asked either.

So they had remained standing in the hall, Evenly’s arms aching from holding the baby. But knowing Rav did not like carrying him, she had endured the aches and the exhaustion in silence.

It was only several minutes later that the lady of the house finally returned, wearing a forced smile plastered across her face as she apologized,

"I am sorry for keeping you standing. But then, knowing as your kind doesn’t get tired or anything, I’m sure you won’t hold it against us for keeping you waiting."

Evenly shifted the baby in her arms with a weary smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes as she replied to the rude woman.

"Oh, but you see, my lady, I am not like the others. I do get tired, and hungry, and my arms ache just like any human’s. But I suppose manners work differently here. Where I come from, guests are usually offered a seat before the hostess disappears with one of them. We would have considered what happened here very ill-mannered."

Lady Louisiana’s expression fell at the indirect insult. Evenly did not see why she needed to let the human’s rudeness slide. Though their two lands were different, she knew very well that leaving guests standing without courtesy was wrong.

"I see," Lady Louisiana had said flatly, unsmiling, before turning to one of the maids trailing behind her. "Take the couple to the back chamber, the one at the end."

Lady Louisiana then turned to Evenly again, smiling once more as she added, "You are our honorable guests, and we wouldn’t want to offend you. However, we do hope you will keep that baby away from our servants and my family. No offence, but the way he is looking at me right now is quite unsettling. He’s just an adorable little thing, but we weren’t told a baby vampire would be coming along with the guests."

Evenly could not believe the woman was insensitive enough to say such a thing about her own grandson. Of course, Lady Louisiana did not know that the child was her grandson, but Evenly had still hoped that, just as Belle was kind and generous, her family might be as well. Instead, they turned out to be the complete opposite.