Henry had one of the servants bring up a chair for Kalona when her pain caused the ceremony had paused because of it. He helped her sit then turned his attention back to the priest who started to speak again. Henry left his hand on her shoulder. He still despised his wife but she carried his child and had been the key to his rise to power here so he was not going to risk that now. Over the years he had had lots of practice looking like he was listening but would actually be thinking of others things, so as the priest dragged on his mind turned to Kalona and the next thing he would do to her. As he thought about it his hand slid to the back of her neck but just sat there as he made no attempt to cause her any pain. When she needed to sit in her thrown he and the priest helped her to her feet then to the thrown. His eyes narrowed slightly when she whimpered but as she kept her posture he relaxed and watched as she was crowned then sat down and let the Priest crown him before he reached over and took Kalona’s hand and squeezed it. He just stared at her as she pointed out the obvious but as she told him that their son was getting quite strong and he had been kicking her though out the ceremony he showed the rare mercy that usually was only given after a particularly hard night of torture. “Relax and I will take care of everything.” He called a servant over and got him to bring a pillow for Kalona to help with her back. IT was not much but it was more than he had shown her for months.
The three rides walked into the thrown they pulled back their hoods letting the cold blue green and brown of each pair of eyes flash as they reflected the light of the candles. Their eyes scanned the room quickly from the confines of their pale faces. The two on the sides hand swords on their backs that looked like it would be a challenge to swing even with two hands for most men. The large jewels that where laid into the hilts reflected the light in a way that was eerily similar to the effect the strangers eyes had. The servant leaned in and spoke softly to Henry he looked more interested than annoyed to have these three take away from his moment of power. “Bring in some wine for my guests.” The servant nodded and left the room. Henry turned his attention to the three as he spoke. “I am told you are envoys form the kings of the east. Is this correct?” The envoys had visited his home land a year before he was born and from what he was told Kalona had been about seven when they had come here last. The three vampires walked into the center of the room before the one in the middle spoke in an almost purr. “That is correct, I understand that you have just been crowned king.” Henry nodded but said nothing as he waited to see where this was going. The man smiled flashing bright teeth then took a case from a sword that was of average size but had just as many jewel and was just as well-crafted as the swords the other two wore. He presented it to Henry who stood and took it before pulling it out of its sheath to examine it. “And you’re the queen.” He took out a case then knelt in front of Kalona before opening it to show a necklace of diamonds set in gold with matching earrings.
Kalona tried her hardest to mask her pain throught the meeting. She only leaned forward when the pillow was slid behind her back and she was given a small goblet of water to drink. She set it down on the tray held up by a servant to her left and looked to the men standing in the middle of the room. They seemed so eligant, strong and powerful. These three strange men were polite in their words and when the one man moved forward and present her husband with a sword Kalona studied it from afar before turning her gentle blue eyes towards the man. "Aye I am.." She spoke softly to the man as she rubbed her sore stomach and her eyes looked down at the case as the man kneeled before her and opened it. Her eyes went wide as she looked at the diamonds and ran her finger's against them. "This is the most beautiful necklace I've ever seen.." She breathed out gently and looked to the man a moment before lifting the case into her hands and sat back with a grunt and rested the case against her stomach to run her fingers over the Jewels " I thank ye for the gift, sirs.." She spoke gently.. seeming how her husband had not thanked them. Even as Queen the princess was kind. She'd never dare use her power against her people.
Slowly the queen turned her eyes to her husband, She knew he'd be angry at her for speaking but she needed to say thank you.. even though she practically said that the necklace he'd given her wasn't as beautiful as this one. The Queen sat back in her chair tiredly as she tried to keep her posture perfect. She ran her hands over her stomach and listened to the rest of the meeting while looking down at her new tressure resting on her stomach.
The vampires just smiled and nodded. “Thank you for your kind words.” He stood and back up until he was just a step ahead of the other two. He noticed the dark look Henry gave the queen the quickly guess what had upset him and spoke up. “As nice as the necklace if I believe the one you wear is better, the crafts men in your lands a quite skilled.” Although the comment did not get rid of the look but it did get him to turn their attention to the vampires. “Thank you for the gifts. Now what is your business here?” Without missing a beat the vampires switched topics. “It has come to our attention that there is a valley in your kingdom and we are looking to purchase it.” He continued speaking even as he saw Henry flush and start to stand up. “I am authorized to pay you anything you want for the land.” The statement did nothing to calm Henry. “You come to my lands only to take part of it away from me!” The vampire didn’t move but the other two turned to face their respective side of the room and they reached behind them but just rested their hand on the hilts of their swords.
“We want to purchase the land not take it.” The vampire stood up taller now and his voice had lost the purr. “But if we cannot come to an agreement then we will take it from you.” Henry seethed for a moment at the threat then pulled the sword he had just been given and pointed it at the vampire. “Out of my kingdom now! I want you gone tonight and tell your king I will never give him any of my territory.” The vampire just shook his head but when he looked back up at Henry he nodded. “We will relay the message but like I said we will take the land.” With that he turned and walked out of the room with the other two close behind him. Henry seethed for a moment then put the sword away and grabbed Kalona’s arm. “We are done here for the night.” He didn’t have to finish speaking before people where leaving the chamber. They didn’t want to be around Henry when nothing good would come of it. As soon as they started leaving Henry turned his gaze on Kalona and pulled her to her feet. “Come we should have a nice talk my wife.” He started pulling her towards their rooms.
The moment The group of men told the King what they wished Kalona knew Henry would see it as an attack. When the King moved to his feet Kalona gently touched his hand but When he slapped it away the Queen grunted slightly. When he spoke about it being her land there was a flicker in the women's eyes... She had the say in this nagotiation.. It had been her land before his. However she stayed away from the agruement. When the men left and Henry pulled her to her feet the Queen winced in pain as she grabbed her swollen stomach and hobbled beside him. Her breathing ragged and her small frame seemed to be taking quite abit of damage from both Henry's forceful nature and the growing child inside of her. Her body was too small to handle a pregnancy. Even the Doctors had advised the king to wait until she was twenty to have a child but he would not wait.
Once in the room Kalona pulled her arm free and stumbled into a desk with a groan, catching herself as one hand moved to her aching back before she turned to her husband. "That was not your decision to make! this is my fathers land he left it to me in his will not you!" She growled out as she moved toward and stood in front of him. Her eyes fluttering tiredly and she was extremely out of breath and her cheeks were slightly flushed. The Women was exhausted and she needed to lay down soon or she'd be kissing the brick floor.
Henry let go of her arm more to make sure she did not harm his son by straining herself to much then for any concern for her. He watched her as she steadied herself and was smiling cruelly as she turned back to face him. As she yelled at him about how she should have had a say in what they had asked for he just held his ground and waited for her to finish. He reached as it he was going to caress her but at the last moment he pulled hand back and slapped her then yelled right back at her. “Get it through your head! I control you and that means everything that was your is now mine!” He grabbed her to make sure she did not fall and led her to the bed. “If you can’t understand that then I will find someone else who will.” His face was dead set and completely serious. He would barely think twice about killing her not that he was king.
The three riders rode hard for the forest as soon as they were under the trees they stopped figures walkout of the trees and came over to the rides. “He will not sell the land. So we attack before dawn!” A war crie went up before they ran back to the camp and prepared themselves Cursen had just pulled out of the girls neck and licked the wound clean as his saliva sealed the wound. She sighed and relaxed against him as he looked up to see the grinning faces coming back from the trail. “Get ready we are taking the castle.” Cursen grinned and stood holding the girl. He carried her back to the others and laid her down then went back to his things and picked the weapons he wanted to take with him.
An hour later shadows started to slip out of the forest and make their way towards the castle and the city surrounding it. In another half hour they made it into the city and started climbing onto the roofs. Cursen ran along the roof and then leaped across to the next one. He continued until he came to the last one before the wall. Bracing himself he put on another burst of speed and then leaped up and onto the wall. He pulled out one knives just as he slammed into the guard. The force that he hit the man sent them falling down the other side of the wall into the courtyard but even before they hit the ground Cursen had slit the guys throat. After using the guard to cushion his fall Cursen bolted for the castle but instead of running for the door that had guards spilling out of it he ran straight for the wall then jumped and grabbed the window cill of the second floor window. He had barely caught the ceil before he pulled himself up and jumped up the to the next one heading for the level he knew the Royalty had their rooms. Whoever caught the king would share his blood with the clan leader.
A servant ran into the bed room without knocking. He was gasping for breath and it took him a moment to get his breath back before he could speak again. “They are attacking! The the ones who came earlier.” Henry looked at him in disbelief. “They what!” His grip on Kalona tightened as he tried to come to terms with what was happening.
Kalona's head snapped to one side with a cry out in pain when his slap came. When he dragged her towards the bed and pushed her down forcibly the Queen gasped out as she fell back against the bed, her large stomach pressed between Henry 's stomach and her body. "Get off me..." She gasped loudly as she tried to get him off. A hand moved to her stomach with a grunt of pain as their son kicked her again causing her to roll onto her side and hide her face in the pillow. The prince moved away from her quickly when he noticed her pain, his worry for his unborn son began to show but as he moved to touch her arm the Servant moved into the room shouting about an attack.
Kalona took in a shaky breath as the kicking stopped and she looked over towards Henry before trying to sit up. "Y-you can't go out there Henry.." She breathed out as she tried to get to her feet again. The servants gently helping her up as she moved towards the hidden passage way and looked towards her husband. "Are you coming too?" She asked gently and ran her hand over her stomach.
((Maybe When he goes into the hidden room with her he could try to kill her.. thats when cursen comes in since he knows there's a hidden room.. He could kill him then see the queen.. who has been stabbed in the back right when Cursen gets there, He manages to catch her before going after Henry but when he gets back her blood is so entising but he gives her his blood which heals the wound and also gives them a mental link that will always last because drinking a vampires blood makes the vampire able to sense when they are in trouble... true blood...))
Henry had been staring at the door with his hand on the hilt of the sword that he had taken into the room with them when he looked over at Kalona’s words. There was fear in his eyes and a bit of panic as well. “I have to its my land that they want.” He started to pull the sword but when he saw her put a hand on her stomach and ask if he was coming. He growled a bit then turned and followed them into the secret passage.
The door closed just as Cursen smashed the window and pulled himself through. As he stood he looked around the room and got a few flash back of blurry figures. A few seconds later he smiled and looked over at the book shelves. After a moment he walked over them and ran his hand along it until he felt a draft. Smiling he punched into it then grabbed the back and broke the locking mechanism before pulling it open and looking down the passage way behind it.
Henry looked back with all the servants when he heard the cracking and splintering of wood. His fear turned to panic when a faint light flickered on the wall of the corner they had just rounded. “Move the room is not much father.” He hissed and started to push them forward.
Cursen looked into the hallway and hearing Henry’s voice he smiled and started walking down the hall almost silently. He knew he hated whoever the voice belonged to but he was not sure why he hated him or who it was. Just as he rounded the corner the door at the end of the hall was closing and without thinking he threw the knife and just barely got it through the door.
When the knife scratched the door and bounced around the room it landed beside Henry and with a moment of inspiration and remembering their earlier fight he grabbed it and stabbed it into Kalona’s back just as the door burst open and Cursen ran in.
Cursen moved on instinked as he went past Henry and caught Kalona moments before she hit the floor. He could tell right away that the knife had been stabbed into her back. With that knowledge he turned on Henry and pulled his other knife. The new king didn’t have a chance as Cursen still crouching moved around him and slashed the back of both his knees rendering then useless and when Henry hit the floor it was hard enough to knock him out cold. Cursen turned back to Kalona and pulled the knife out of her back after he rick the back of her gown open. He looked at the wound for a moment before he leaned in and licked it clean. When he was satisfied it was sealed he slashed his wrist and held it to the her mouth. “Drink it will help, I promise.” He only let her drink enough to heal her then took his wrist away and sealed the wound before he lifted Herny over his shoulder. “Bring her to the thrown room. If you do as I tell you then no harm will come to you.” He had a feeling that he should be remembering something but because his blood was still healing her the connection that would form between him and Kalona was not complete yet.
Everything seemed to be happening so fast, She moved in front of Henry as he pushed her down the secret hallway and towards the room. However the moment she head something hit the wall she turned around quickly only to be pulled into Henry's arms with her back against him. When She felt the agonizing pain shoot up her back the Queen's eyes went wide as she let out a cry and collapsed. It was then that she felt a cold and hard pair of arms catch her, cradling her body caringly and placed her on her side. She watched Henry and the man fight before she saw henry fall to her knees but after that her lashes began to threaten to close.
When the man who'd rushed in pulled her into his form her crystal blue eyes fluttered as she looked up to the vampire, Her lashes fluttering a thousand beats per second before she felt her dress get ripped open through the back and a warm tongue pressed against the puncture would in her back. When she was turned back into his arms and she felt a wrist go to her mouth she tried to push it away but the strange taste in her mouth made her pause as it slid down her throat. And that was when the Queen's eyes rolled shut and she fell unconscious. Too the invaders demand it took three servants to carry the pregnant Queen into the thrown room where they laid her on the cold ground, her back of her gown covered in her blood. She was still unconscious from the attack.
Cursen had started out by walking in front of the Queen and her servants but when they got to the hallway he had waited for them to go ahead of him. He shifted Heny’s body a bit and heard him groan which just made Cursen smile. The man had tried to kill his own wife, he deserved the pain he was getting. When they reached the thrown room He put Henry down in front of the head of the clan. “I found him in his chambers trying to kill his wife with my knife.” This got a few looks that went between him and Kalona but other than a few whispered comments no one said anything about it.
Instead the clan leader turned his attention to Henry who was just waking up. “I offered to buy the land and you should have accepted.” He looked and cursen then lowered himself to one knee as Cursen did the same behind him. “Now I will just take the kingdom instead. Cursen you caught him so you take you reward.” Henry’s eyes went wide as he heard Cursen’s name and he tried to turn his head and see his face but Cursen had already sunk his teeth into his neck and started to feed as the clan leader covered Henry’s mouth to make sure he stayed quite before sinking his teeth into the other side of his neck. Cursen was not paying much attention to the memories that he was seeing until he saw the night that he had gotten hit over the head and accused of raping the princess. He pulled back and stumbled away from Henry’s limp body as he tried to come to terms with what he had just seen.
As Cursen spoke with the leader and started to feed a young woman broke away from the crowd and knelt beside Kalona. By her pale skin and the hard eyes it was obviously that she was not human but she started to look over Kalona and nodded she took in Cursen’s work, it was rushed and Cursen she knew was no healer but it had saved her life. She looked up at one of the servants. “Describe to me how he healed her please.”
For most of the encounter the pregnant queen was motionless on the floor, her body was slightly pale but the vampire blood in her system managed to heal her wound well enough to keep her alive. Cursen's blood inside of her gave her a new strength that she'd have for about a day or two, giving her enough strength and energy to walk and carry the child growing in her without being drained of energy. When she felt a cold hand touch her arm the queens eyes fluttered as she let out a faint groan before her eyes shot open and she flinched away from the hands before groaning out and tried to sit up before she saw Henry's dead form just inches from her. The queen gasped loudly before she looked around, If she had loved her husband she would have screamed but a flicker of satisfaction ran through her entire body.
Slowly she stood onto her feet and looked towards the intruders with a new strength in her body, Cursen's blood giving her strength she'd never felt before. With a shaky breath she pressed a palm to her swollen stomach before she spoke "I don't know who any of you are... but...." she began and turned her eyes towards the man who'd saved her. "You....saved me..." She breathed out before looking around " This was my father's land....The recent king..." She glanced down towards Henry for a brief moment " The land was not his to give... He had no authority.... I do..." She breathed out and moved forward towards Cursen as she looked to the blood on his lips. Something about him sparked up some memories in her mind but she wasn't sure what or why.
((I think Cursen should get ordered to kill her but when he bites her his memories come back... he gets that connection with her that unlike most humns would only last an hour but since they are destined to be together she becomes his soulmate and they can feel when the other is in trouble....Maybe he takes her and runs?))
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