Kill Or Be Killed

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Celestina's POV

After making me ready, the three girls lead me downstairs. And the rotary to go somewhere in this house is no joke. I almost puke because I got lost. After several turning left and turning right, we reached a fancy living room. The design of this place is really stunning.

And there in the living room, I saw King Zen sitting while facing his laptop resting at the center table. Without any hesitation, I hurriedly run towards where King Zen is sitting. I sit right next to him so I can ask my question.

"Do you have WiFi connection?" I asked but he just take a quick glance at me then bring back his eyes to his laptop. He didn't even bother to answer mu question. How can he be this snub? "Hello, Rule? Hello, I'm asking you. Do you have WiFi connection?" I called him in case he didn't hear me. But still no response from him. "Hey! Earth to Rule?" I pull him in the sleeve of his leather jacket just to get his attention.

"f**k! Yea, there is a WiFi connection. Happy?" he said, pissed. Like really pissed. And I know that it was because of the pulling I did in his leather jacket. But I did not mind his anger towards me because my mind could not believe that there is actually have a WiFi connection here. This is unfrequented place and I didn't expect it to have a connection. Well, I guess luck is still on my side.

"Move a little," I tell him and I huddle myself to him just so I can face the laptop.

"What the hell, Celestina?" I didn't bother to listen to his complaints. I close the PowerPoint he is working on and I go to Google Chrome instea to log in to my f*******: account.

"Who is he?" King Zen asks when it was Drew's picture that appears on my news feed. He just changed his profile picture.

"This is Drew," I just answered and reacted ‘Haha’ in his picture. This is the way I reacted. I don't do likes or hearts in someone's profile picture. I laugh at it.

"You're weird," Zen said after seeing how I reacted on my friend's photo. He stands to his feet so I look up to him. The three girls bowed at Zen whe he passed them by. They are obviously terrified of him. But Zen didn't bother to throw even a quick glance at them. If there is one thing I already noticed about King Zen, it is the fact that I haven't seen him doing an eye contact with anyone here. Except me and Neil.

The fear on the three girls eyes are still therr even though Zen isn't in our sight anymore. Maybe it's true, the famous King Zen is ruthless. They will not be this scared if it's not true.

They told me to follow Zen at the dining hall so I did. And when I saw it, I witness how broad this place is. It is this broad but there's only two plates over the long table. Does it mea that only the two of us will eat here? The plates were put at the both ends of the table. I can't move my plate close to him because there is only table in here.

"Please have a sit, Miss Celestina," a man tells me then pull a chair for me. He's a middle aged man, I guess. And I can't say if he's a vampire or not.

"Thank you," I said as I sat down. I gaze at Zen from a far. And I wonder if we could ever hear each other. I saw him started eating quietly. I think he has table manners. Though it's unusual because he can have his food and drinks from someone's neck. I look down to his plate and saw a red one in it. The liquid in his glass of wine is also red. And I sure as hell it is not red wine. Bacause despite of my distance to him, I can see how gooey it is. I gulp just by the thought that it is a blood...a fresh blood of maybe an animal...or a human.

I look at my plate and I could not hide the disgust in my face having the thought that I have the same foods with him. Even though I know that Zen must order something I can eat because he asked for my desire. But what if no one knows how to cook our foods here. He might force me to eat and drink fresh blood. I can't see my food yet because it is covered with a silver cloche.

"Please do not hesitate to eat your food, Miss Celestina. It is not what you think," Mara said gently and in a friendly so I could trust her words. She might have noticed the doubt in my face. She then lifted the cloche to expose my food. And I cannot hide the sigh I did when I saw Adobo and fried dishes in my plate.

Mara puts the table napkin in my lap before I started eating. I keep on glancing at King Zen every minute. Maybe because I was just being amazed by his table etiquette. He has class even chewing and swallowing his foods. I didn't notice that I was about to empty my plate just by looking at how class the vampire king is.

I should have my table etiquette too so it would not be shameful for King Zen if this dinner with him might happen again. I have mine but I wasn't able to practice it often since socializing is not my thing. And I think I should learn from him. I saw Zen picks an apple from the fruit basket in front of him so I get mine from the fruit basket in front of me.

I was about to bite the apple I'm holding but I saw Zen doing different thing. He gets a knife and slice an apple. I grimaced because of what he just did. He is too nitpicky and I stop myself from rolling my eyes. He can simply bite on it. Bit still, I copy his actions. I started slicing my apple, too.

"s**t!" I almost slap my mouth for the cursing I did. I accidentally cut myself. I can feel the smarting of my finger. And I hate myself for being this stupid because it is now freakin' bleeding. But from the panic I felt, I became frightening to the point that I couldn't move anymore.

Who wouldn't be frightened when you hear the grunting of vampires around me? I slowly lift my face to see them. And to my surprise, they are grunting like they're trying to control themselves from attacking me. And to worsen the situation, I can see how they all look in at my bleeding finger. A single vampire can scare me already, how much more if I was surrounded by them? I know to myself that even though how nice they are to me a while ago, they can still beaten me up because of the bloodthirst they can never control.

I'm so doomed. I hide my hand behind me even though I know that it will not make sense because I know that they can still smell it. They can still smell my blood. With the thought of that, I stand to my feet nervously.

"Neil!" King Zen's voice echoed in the whole dining area when he shouted Neil's name just to make sure he can hear him. Neil is in the receiving room, I guess.

And what did not stop me from stammering is the fact that when I look at Zen, I can see the lustin his eyes while he is looking at my blood that was dripped over the table.

"Blood..." Lara said with a lust in her eyes. I can see the thirst in their eyes and it scared me to death. I know I'm not safe anymore. This is the most dangerous situation I have been in to. I need help and I don't know who I should call. No one can help me from the attack of these vampires.

"Neil!" Zen calls him again in a very difficult way. His eyes redden. I know that he is just trying his best to control himself from whatever plan running on his mind.

"What's happening?" Neil ask the moment he reached us. He looks at the vampires inside this dining area whose now on the verge of attacking me.

"Send...her out!" King Zen orders him and Neil immediately looks at me. He then realize the problem and the danger in me. I can see worried in his eyes and that's already a confirmation of how my situation is.

Zen is snarling until he stood up. His white fangs show up and his eyes is now completely red.

"Oh, s**t!" Neil curses as he runs to where I am standing and he used his vampire speed. But the other vampires are now also running towards me. They can't control their bloodthirst anymore and I know that I'm in a huge trouble. I know Neil will help me but I cannot completely trust his desire of helping me because no matter what says, he is still a vampire that might also feel the lust for my blood.

When they tried to assault me, Neil is just right on time to hug me. He used his body to shield me from the assault. And I thank him for that. I'm trying my best not to cry but the fear in me is overpowering. I'm top scared. I have no idea if in the following seconds I am still breathing.

Neil kicks the vampires whose trying to attack me. He is still hugging me for my protection. When he gets a chance to escape, with just a bat of an eyelash, he runs outside the dining hall. And I thought that we are now out of danger. But everything is just getting worse.

"f**k!" Neil stated several curses and I could not blame him. Because even me, I cursed on my mind. Hell! Who would not curse in this kind of scenario? King Zen reached us and block our way.

He's still snarling but there's no more sign calmness in his face. The only thing you can notice and see was his bloodthirst. But the next scene shocked me. Neil just elbowed the vampire king in his face that made him step a back. Neil gets that chance then took me again into running along with him.

I didn't know where we were heading until he stops running and I heard him locks the door.

"What if he followed us here?" I said in too much fear and I know that Neil can sense it in my tone. He didn't answer me. Instead, walk towards the cabinet and he is looking for something. And I think I already know what he is looking for.

"Your bleeding needs to stop now because they will never calm down if they still smell fresh blood," Neil stated and God knows how much I want my bleeding to stop.

"This place is scary," I stutter because I couldn't speak clearly anymore.

"Hush it, Miss Celestina. They can control themselves from bloodthirsting but seeing blood is a different scenario. They will be more in lust when they see it. We need to cover your wound," he says after putting a band aid around my cut finger. I don't know how long I would still be alive.

"Was that the reason why everyone is shaking the moment I step inside this place was because they were controlling themselves from assaulting me?" I asked and he nodded.

"Believe me, Miss Celestina, your blood isn't that easy to ignore," he says and it made me more scared.

"But how about you?" I cannot help but asked because I was just confused on how he is still can manage to face me like this.

"I'm a halfblood vampire, Miss Celestina. I can control my blood lust easily," he said I thank God for giving me Neil in this hell of a place. He stands to his feet so I needes to look up to him. Is he leaving? "Lock the door. I will check them outside," he tells me and I don't like the idea of being alone here.

"Wait! Vampires are too strong. I'm pretty sure they can ransack me inside this room." He can't leave me here just like that. I can never protect myself against them.

"You have nothing to worry, Miss Celestina. Rule customized this room just for you and your safety. He knows this might happen, which actually happened in your very first day in here. Vampires can't forcefully break this room." After saying those words, Neil left me alone in this room.

I just hope that what he said was true. But even thought he said that this room is for my safety,I know that I'm still not safe in the whole castle. I'm surrounded by countless number of rulers whose bloodthirsty enough to hurt me, like what happened few moments ago. us the fact that King Zen is leaving here. Of course, he's the king. He must be living in a castle just like those kings and queens in fairytales.

I just can't help but to think of the possibilities of what would might happened if Neil didn't arrive on time. I'm pretty sure that those vampires already had their blood party.

Minutes have passed since Neil left me alone before I decided to lie down in my bed to have some rest. How I wish I can fall asleep after what happened. But how can I sleep if I know to myself that I'm in a place where danger surrounds me. Not being paranoid but I can't help thinking that someone can attack me anytime tonight. I know I won't be asleep in peace tonight so I will not force myself to sleep.

But I haven't yet force myself to sleep, my heart skips a beat when I heard the door opens. I could not move because of fear. I just close my eyes because I think that's the best way to do right now is to pretend that I'm sleeping. I'm still hoping that this is Neil but I know to myself that this is not him. My back is the one facing the doorway that's why even though I choose to open my eyes to see who's coming, I won't. I could not even roll on the bed. I try my best not to shake and I don't know how long I could handle this. I have no strength to face that vampire. I have no strength to look at my predator.

Even though how much I pray that this is Neil, I know to myself that it is impossible because the door was locked by him. And the only one who can open it was the one with authority.

And the first one that came across my mind...was King Zen.