Provoking!

But Cyrus's words turned in a whisper until he felt something extensively hitting his hand. Not only that, a sharp pain rose to his brain where he had to take a step back leaving Alice out of his embrace in the harshest way ever.

She landed on the ground beneath her, where a yell escaped from her mouth, "You freaking monster!"

"Then who are you!? Who the hell actually bite someone like this?"

Cyrus's furious eyes were focused on the mark that was left on his wrist. She actually sucked his blood out!

But how can a human-like her have so much power to actually tear his flesh? How can her teeth be so sharp that she was able to bring the blood out?

It surprised him but he managed to hide it from her eyes too.

On the other hand, Alice, who laid on the ground lifted her eyes back to stare at the monster-like vampire who was actually caressing his hand like any other feather, "Tsk tsk, how weak vampire are you? You aren't even able to manage your scars."

"Seems like you don't possess any power unlike all of those.."

Her sarcastic comment made Cyrus's blood boil when he bent on his knees to face her where his hand grabbed her head from behind with her hair.

A grin appeared on his lips when his eyes started to turn into the dark color, making Alice freeze on her spot itself, "Me? Weakling? Princess wants me to showcase my skills to her right here?"

"But trust me, Princess, I can't guarantee if you will live after that or not..that doesn't reside within my hands."

Alice felt her throat almost going dry. His words were like that of ice which held the dangerous glint, making Alice believe that he doesn't possess the power to do so. 'Ruining my life because of this vampire? No!'

She can only fold her hands into one to feel her heart just soaking dry into the fury. "N-No..need....."

As she stammered, it only increased his self-satisfaction to the next heights where he brought her face close to his to make her feel the real terror that resides inside him,

"Don't underestimate me, Princess. If the beast inside of me shows up, neither will this castle survive, nor any of your family members."

At this point, all Alice felt was the thunder striking over her head. With facing this monster, she could sense herself on the edge losing her consciousness if he continued to gaze at her with so much power in those eyes.

Alice was at the lack of words, where she only nodded, "UH…"

The moment the whisper left her lips, Cyrus smiled at her obedience, "Good that you understood Princess Alice. From now on, you should actually hear your brother-in-law's works very nicely."

His words were putting her at a disadvantage. But with no other chance present in her hand, she ended up nodding her head again.

But the moment of their intense gaze and eye contact broke very much sooner when they both heard a husky tone-filled voice, "What are you both doing here?!"

Turning around, Alice and Cyrus sight went straight to see Prince Dominic sitting over his horse.

He was annoyed, as that depicted from his expressions from their proximity. "Br-brother…" she mumbled when Cyrus left her head from his clutch.

He stood on his toes with grace, leaving behind all the hatred-filled attitude for her. "Prince Dominic, I guess we need to have some talk."

"I don't think so there is a need for the same. Alice.." he called her up when he stared in her direction, "Where is your horse?"

"H..he ran away…" Alice was able to say as she slowly and gradually stood on her legs to rub her dress which was covered with sand.

"Run?" Prince Dominic's eyebrows twisted when she nodded.

"I-it's a long tale. I will tell you afterward. But I found no one here." She gave a short and simple reply to not raise any suspicions or drop any hint in Cyrus's head.

Prince Dominic's hard jaw didn't dim any time soon. But surely his eyes moved to see Prince Cyrus standing with the utmost calmness on his face which made his frown deepened,

"Prince Cyrus can go back to the castle. I will handle my sister."

"Seems like Prince Dominic doesn't know about this place being prohibited to come. I wasn't expecting Prince Dominic to put Princess Alice into danger, especially at night." Cyrus walked forward in Dominic's direction who still stood on his horse.

Closing the gap between them, he lifted his eyes to meet the other Princes, "It would be better if we all return back to the castle. Princess's life was already put at stake and..if I hadn't shown up, you would have met with your sister's corpse."

"PRINCE CYRUS!"

Dominic raised his voice but that didn't halt Prince Cyrus's words, "Keep your voice down, Prince. This anger of yours has the power to raise many animals here which will ultimately attack all of us."

This was the hard truth that landed on Prince Dominic's face when he had to shut his mouth.

Not Only that, Alice's worried expressions gave him a sight to see, where he then saw a bear lying behind all of them. 'So…she was attacked…'

He could understand what Prince Cyrus's words meant. Dominic moved his head in Alice's direction, to say "Come at my back. We will leave."

"B-but brother…." immediately, she turned around to see nothing but absolutely darkness amidst all the trees.

The earlier big round-shaped cave she saw, it all vanished into thin air, making Alice think twice.

'Was that all just an illusion?' it was hard to say but her heart never agreed. "C-can we just go ahead one more time? One last time," She asked her brother with thigh hopes

Her eyes were shining with the last chance to see if her imagination was true or not. Yet one thing she saw was that someone was there…she did see the light and the smoke coming out of that place!

While Dominic saw his sister's urge, his heart was slightly softened by her wish. Yet when he parted his lips, a distant and alarming voice to them.

"Prince Dominic and Princess Alice, it is better for all three of us to return unharmed. Otherwise, if I go only by myself then…I can't promise to keep my mouth shut about visiting it here.."

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