(Fabian’s POV)
After waking up, I found myself in an unfamiliar place. My head was spinning as I could hear distinct types of sound, machine beeping, someone was faintly talking, the fan attached to the ceiling making a sharp sound every now and then.
With much effort, I opened my eyes and looked at someone whom I haven’t seen before. He seemed like a doctor because of his white coat as he questioned me about my condition.
I tried to speak, answer him, but nothing came out of my mouth. As I tried some more, the ache in my throat became unbearable. But I still tried again, holding my throat, but the result remained the same. No voice came out of my mouth, just some unintelligent sound.
The doctor must have caught onto my condition as he asked, "Child, are you a mute or are you unable to speak, right now? If it is the former, nod your head once and if it is the latter, shake your head once."
I shook my head multiple times while trying to answer him with words. Understanding my answer, the doctor turned to the person whom he was talking to a few seconds ago. He said to the other guy, "It’s no doubt0 it has been quite a traumatic experience for this child. Although, I will run some tests on him thoroughly, but for now, my prediction is, it seems his vocal cords aren’t damaged. It must be selective mutism, which can gradually improve."
I stared at the other person, his skin was white as snow, his lips, in contrast were crimson. He looked flawlessly colorless, almost like death god himself. Or was he really the death god? Am I dead? Is this the gate to the afterlife? Am I hallucinating now? Nevertheless, he was handsome, handsome like those royal people, mom used to tell me stories about. His all-black attire from head to toe, made him look more radiant. As if, he was shining.
They both must have noticed me gawking as I was blatantly doing it. The pale sir was boring his eyes at me, without even blinking. His intense glare was too much for me to handle as I shifted my gaze towards the other person in the room.
Now, that my attention was back on him, the doctor spoke to me again, "Ahh~ ...... child ...... this is your~ ... this is the Royal Prince of the Blood Fangs Clan, His Highness Jacob Larson. And~ ......" there was a long pause, I saw a flicker of something unknown flash across his eyes, he continued, "And he is also your, grandfather."
I blinked once, then twice, then thrice, but I couldn’t make sense of his words at all. Tilting my head, I looked at them with a bewildered expression, ’What did this doctor say? That fair as bleach guy is my what~ .... Not father, not uncle, not brother, not savior~ ... but a what ...... my grandfather? Do they take me for a fool? Are they some bad guy? Do they want to do something bad to me? What kind of absurdity is this?’
Thinking in this way, I narrowed my eyes at them and backed off, creating some distance between us, though it was completely useless.
The person, who claimed to be the Royal Prince of some clan, named Jacob Larson spoke for the first time, his voice was cold and aloof, detached, "Verne, step out of the room, will you? I need to have a chat with the kid."
My eyes widened in shock. Alarm bells blared inside my head, my gut feeling told me, I shouldn’t be alone with this man, who carried a dangerous aura around him.
The doctor whose name is supposed to be Verne, tried to object, "Your highness, the young child has experienced something truly terrible. Please be patient. He cannot handle any kind of stress right now."
"Verne, don’t overstep your boundaries," the colorless sir replied crisply. "I know what I am doing and besides, I won’t do anything to harm him. He is my grandson. He will have to know the truth sooner or later. Now, get out, before I~" the one who called himself my grandfather uttered, his words full of finality.
I shook my head as the doctor’s figure started receding. I wanted to shout that I don’t want to be left alone with this person, but only sharp pain greeted me when I attempted to exert myself.
As the door shut behind the doctor, my supposed grandfather’s entire focus was on me. As he extended his hand, I closed my eyes tightly, gripping the duvet like a vice.
"You just like your mother. You have got her same amber eyes as well as her cat like temper," he uttered.
I opened one eye, peeking at him, his stretched arm, resting on the bed beside my leg, a faint smile tucked on his lips. I blinked at him, ’Does he know my mother?’

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