Chapter 214: What Is His Weakness?
"I see that you have had a change of heart, Lady Beatrice," Aleksander said to the noble lady. "I don’t want to barge into your mind, so might you explain to me why this is so?"
With that single sentence, Aleksander was able to convey what he wanted the noble vampire to understand. He was not playing around when he asked her why she had a change of heart. The vampire king was already too suspicious to begin with.
"I will know if you are lying, just to remind you," Aleksander said as he leaned on one foot, his demeanor teasing yet threatening at the same time. "I won’t care if you are my wife’s lady in waiting, I will have you beheaded the moment I know you are hiding something from us."
Lady Beatrice bowed down her head and responded immediately, "I only come to be of assistance to the throne, your majesty. I swear on my life and on my family’s name that I bring no harm to you and Queen Elysianne."
Aleksander let out a slight scoff at Lady Beatrice’s response to his threat.
"You better be speaking the truth, Lady Beatrice," the vampire king said smugly. "It is a heavy promise to put your family’s name on the line."
"I know what I am saying, King Aleksander," the noble vampire said as she lifted her chin indignantly, "I have my pride, and that of my family’s pride too."
Before Aleksander could even speak another word, he heard the familiar footsteps of his wife. The moment he turned around, his silver eyes had met Elys’ serious ruby eyes.
Her stare was not that of the usual. She looked as if she was utterly pissed off to see Aleksander. But that would be inevitable, considering they lived in the same building, as well as share the same floor for their respective chambers.
"Why are you here, your majesty, King Aleksander?" Elys asked, not even trying to mask the irritation in her voice.
"Why, isn’t it quite obvious, my dear wife? I live here, naturally everyone should expect me to be around most of the time after the activities of the main palace," Aleksander answered her.