Chapter 33: The secret endeavor in the middle of the night!

Selena eyed the room where she was staying in warily. Deep down, her instincts told her that this marriage would never work out and would be nothing but a sour, formal marriage deal between them. Caro seemed to genuinely care about her which further unsettled her earlier notions with regards to him.

She couldn’t figure out his true intentions and being a cynic at heart, she didn’t really believe that he had fell for her in three seconds.
Her room was luxurious as well as beautiful. From the balcony of her room, she could see everything that was happening in the town below. She frowned as she relaxed that it was a joint room. She tried the Victorian styled, wooden door in the middle of a wall in her room and went in without restrictions.

She froze as he saw the image unveiling in front of her very own eyes. Caro was in the midst of changing his cloths when she had walked in without permission into his room. He was bare chested and she saw his unraveled vest and shirt lying on the floor. Thank god! He was still wearing his pants.

Selena opened and shut her mouth guiltily, then flushed red at the very sight that was unfolding in front of her eyes. Caro eyed her flustered reaction mischievously and let out a chuckle.

“My apologies, Your Highness. I should have knocked”, Selena said in a strained voice, terrified out of her wits.
He strode forward towards her and she took several steps back in response.
Within a second, she found herself slammed against the wall with his hands on the right and left side of her, completely trapping her in.

She tried in vain to move his right arm but it stayed where it was adamantly.
Caro let out a chuckled, the whispered mischievously into her ear, “My dear, don’t forget that I am an original vampire. By birth, I am stronger than you. You may be able to out trick me with your little strategic maneuvers, but you will never be able to out-strength me.”

She blushed furiously at the closeness as there was literally just two inches between their bodies colliding. She found herself staring blankly at his bare chest and ripped muscled and she gulped unknowingly then cursed herself internally when she realized what she had just done.

Caro gently tilted her head upward to meet his eyes by raising her chin with his index finger, then murmured softly, “Why do you look so hot and bothered?”

Selena shot him a stare of utter disbelief and snapped back at him, sounding incredulous, “How are you not rushing to cover yourself up?”
“I would have if it were someone else, but you are my fiancé, my dear and I have no intention of acting like a decent gentleman in front of you”

Selena scowled at him and he found himself enjoying every moment of seeing her blush.
“Why the joint rooms? We are not married yet!”, Selena said indignantly and Caro scoffed at her.
“It is precisely because we are not married yet that I am giving you the room which is joint to mine. If we were already married, my dear, you would be in my bed instead of the gigantic Victorian bed over in your side”

Selena flushed, then not being able to handle the heat any longer, escaped out of his clutches and made her way back into her room. As she got back in, she ensured that the door was firmly locked from her side so that this incident would never be repeated again.

She let out a sigh and slumped into the Victorian, luxurious bed, her heart still pounding rapidly. She sprang right back up after hearing a gentle knock from the door at the entrance of her room. She immediately shot out of her bed and opened the door a little bit and heaved a sigh of relief as she saw that it was Demetri.

She took a step back and hurriedly let him in before closing the door behind her.
“Hey, where did you disappear off to?”, Selena asked, worry and concern flooding her tone of voice.

Demetri noticing the change in her tone, immediately jumped to reassure her, “Nothing much, just went into the forest which we saw on our way in because I was suddenly feeling very hungry.”

Selena opened her mouth, then shut it immediately, unsure of how to talk to him. It was a tricky topic for him and he was a little bit emotional these days since he had found out about his family history.

Remembering that Syldavia wasn’t far from where they were currently staying at, a plan slowly formed in Selena’s head. In fact, Slydavia was a neighboring country but now since it didn’t exist anymore, it was just a wasteland that no one dared ventured into.

She bit her under lip uncertainly, then volunteered, “Shall we sneak out and have a look at your hometown?”
Demetri flashed a look of surprise at her and then shook his head vividly as he muttered, “you already are on thin ice with Caro. Sneaking out right under his nose would just anger him more and Selena, never forget that he is an original vampire. No matter how much power you possess, the power of word an original vampire possess is incomparable. He literally can start or stop a war with just his words since he is the last standing original vampire.”

Selena rolled her eyes at frustrated, and clicked her tongue annoyedly.
“Oh come on! Don’t be such a spoil sport. I literally took one step out of my foster father’s clan and got imprisoned in the royal palace of Valyria, I took another stop out and I ended up being confined in the royal palace of the Kingdom of the west. Let’s sneak out together and see your hometown. I know you are curious and that you are probably planning to sneak out at night when everyone is asleep, so take me with you. I have no intention of letting you see that scene all alone in the night, looking miserable and lost. I have no idea what could come out of that visit, and I wouldn’t be able to rest in peace if I weren’t with you at that time”

Demetri shot a grateful smile at Selena and nodded at her. She heaved a sigh of relief, sensing that he had finally agreed to her plan to sneak out, though reluctantly. He literally lost his entire family and kingdom. Making him go through all that alone would be cruel and heartless especially when she was still wearing the Slydavian necklace around her neck.