“My lady, why dont you come with me and i will escort you to the slave you are looking for.” With a look of hesitation and worry in his eyes, the knights with black eyes who had come forward for her before, came again and pleaded in a soft voice as he could feel the tension building in.
Hazel gave one last glance to the shocked knight who was still glaring at her with the intent to kill and nodded her head. She did not want to start a scene, but the vampire was asking for it by opening his uncouth mouth again and again.
“Thank you!” she whispered as she nodded her head and left with a man who took a breath of relief.
Just as she walked out of the room, she heard the sound of shattering glasses and furniture falling on the floor.
How could these men call themselves a knight when they are this childish! She wondered as she shook her head.
She must have known that she had hurt the ego of the vampire but he was asking for it..
“My lady, if you need something in the future, you should ask your knights. The knights that train here, they only respect the lord and have unbridled nature.
It is not appropriate for the lady to fight for it by yourself.”, she stared for a second before chuckling but beneath the laughter there was sarcasm.
Why did they all think that they have the right to tell her what she should and should not do?
“This.. this way, my lady.” For a second the man remembered Rafael with the way their new mistress laughed and shuddered. Though he was only worrying for the girl, he knew that it was not his place to meddle in the affair of the empress.
As Hazel walked closer towards the door, she could already hear the chuckling and sarcastic voice of the knights and she did not need to peek in to know what was happening.
Taking a step forward, she opened the door herself without giving the chance to the knight who was escorting her.
The slave she had brought, thinking that it was the strongest one, was bound in a corner with a few knights making fun of him. They have cut his long hair short and even took away his clothes only to give him a pair of pants in return in the cold weather.
By mocking him, they were trying to mock her position, her standing in the palace.
More than feeling humiliated, she felt bad for the boy. She had thought that she is ending his suffering by buying him but now he was suffering more because of her.
“What are you all doing here? You all will get a punishment for missing your training and wasting your time here. Now leave!” the knights with their scarlet eyes stared at the knight who had admonished them but instead of feeling fear, they chuckled and licked their fangs.
“I did not know just anyone had the right to shout at others. Look at him, a mere human! Is he not worried that he would be alone at night between a dozen vampires!” with the color of dress, hazel knew that the human knight was senior to all of them yet the way they insulted him, it showed these brats only cared about the color of eyes which define the strength of the person.
Instead of arguing them, her eyes moved to the slave who was sitting silently and bearing every thing like he was an object for others to play with.
She still remembered how gallantly he had killed two beasts without an ounce of emotion and hesitation and these two brats are much weaker than those beasts.
Why was he suffering instead of taking action?
Her heels created clattering sound when she took slow steps towards the slave and held his chin with her fingers.
Raising his head, she looked deep into them as if waiting for him to speak but he stayed silent as if he was nothing but a doll made of meat and skin but with no life in it.
“I did not know that the slave i have bought after paying so much was this useless. If I had known, I would not have wasted my time in saving you.
The girls who were crying their heart o0ut would have been better. At least they have a will to live!” she could feel that his eyes flickered and his hollow face cracked for a second before turning normal again.
She eyed him as if she was assessing the value of an object with a cold look on her face but her heart already clenched when she saw so many wounds on her skin that were not there when she had met him for the first time.
Just how much he was suffering her in the past week, and why had he not retaliated? She was sure only his one attack would be enough to teach a lesson to these human turned vampires.
“I did not need you anymore!” the eyes of the slave snapped to her face and so as others.
They all have heard how much she had paid for a slave that was one of the reason they were tormenting him. To make her realize that she was a fool to pay so much for a ragged toy.
“Open his chains and let him go. He is a free man from today since I do not need his services anymore!” Though her voice was still soft, no one could deny the authority behind her voice and actions.
Though confused, the knight nodded his head and moved forwards to open the ropes and chain that was biding the slave but even when he was free from his place, he did not move or taken any initiative to leave but continued to stare at her cold face as if trying to find his answers.
Hazel had already let his face go and patted her hands as if she had touched something dirty.
“Why? Why are you abandoning me?”
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