Kill Or Be Killed

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Celestina's POV

But the question is, when I would be able to meet that girl she is talking about? And aside from being a hatchet, what is her role in King Zen's life? It seems that the king trusts her this much to entrust me in her hands. Well, I think that it does not matter anymore. For as long as King Zen is trusting her, then I would do the same thing. I got no choice anyway.

Just when I was about to ask where is the halfblood vampire who will be with me, a girl appeared in the doorway. And oh my god! She is just so beautiful. She looks like cat woman and I can't help but admire her. She looks so fierce that I would feel intimidated. And I don't think I can be comfortable with her. She's the kind of person I am easy intimidated of.

"She is Barbara Winn," King Zen introduces her to me and I just nod. I don't know how to address her. She looks so snosbbish. I feel a little awkward. "She's the strongest and fastest hatchet," King Zen added.

"I already agreed, Rule. No more for sweet talks," laughing, she says. Her white teeths exposed and even those parts if her body is just so good to look at. She really is stunning. Like every woman in an action movie. King Zen ignored what she said and look at me instead.

"I'll be back by dusk, Celestina," he says to me and I nod. He did not say anything again before he leves

"Move now, miss," Barbara tells me to get my attention. She really looks unfriendly to the point that I want to request to King Zen to change the halfblood vampire I am to be with. She looks a predator and I am her prey. "Staring is rude, Celestina," she adds so I needed to move now.

The three girls prepare my bathtub so I could now taking a bath. While they are rubbing my body, Mara speaks up.

"Please be nice to Miss Barbara, Miss Celestina. She just got a pretty face but not a pretty soul," she warns me and I could not help but gulp.

Right after I getting dressed, we started our plan of having a tour in the whole Castle McGraw. And the first thing I noticed were the servants working. The sun is just started rising but they were already look so tired. They are obviously working probably for a couple of hour.

And I could not help myself but pitty them. Especially the elderlies who are now carrying heavy things. I can't stand seeing them work hard this way. And I hate myself because I could not do anything to help my race. There are elderly women who are carrying woods on their shoulders and they were from the woods. They probably carrying them from the inside up to here until God knows where they will drop that off.

I was about to go near an elder woman to help her with the heavy woods she is shouldering but Barbara grasp my wrist from doing it.

"They do that everyday so they will never need your help. They are maybe stonger than you." There was a threat and a warning in her voice and I know that I could not do anything.

"Is this their everyday life?" I asked, ignoring the fact that she belittled my strenth. Am I that weak-looking girl?

"This is their lives under McGraw dominion, Celestina. They are all under rulers' power. You grew up with a golden spoon so you have never gotten a chance to experience this kind of hardship. And based on your reaction, you never knew that there is this kind of regulation here in this dominion," Barbara stated. And I think that she is mocking the wealthy living I have been in.

But she was right. I never knew there is this kind of life here. And how did I not know this? While I was still laying comfortably on my bed, there are already people working this hard in this early hour.

"This is slavery," I exclaimed.

"Because that's what they are...slaves," she says, with the tone of prejudice. I ball my fist out of anger. This is the only thing I could do to suppress too much anger. She is a halfblood vampire but why does it seems like she does not have a heart for humans. She is belittling and mocking them as if she is not half of us. I wasn't wrong to feel uncomfortable with her. She is nowhere near Neil. Neil somehow has a heart for human.

"Why are you telling me this, anyway?" I asked because I don't get her.

"You do not know why?" she asks and I frown. Why would I even bother to ask her if I do know why.

"Do I need to know something?" I ask. Even though her question was so pathetic, I still can sense a disbelief in her tone just because I do not know anything. Barbara opened her mouth and I know that she is going to answer my question without any hesitation.

"Miss Barbara!" The three girls stopped her from speaking. She gives her attention to them and they all shook their heads to tell Barbara to stop. What? So there is a thing that I really do not know? And obviously, they are keeping everything away from me. That was probably a secret of their race. Because of the protests of the three girls, Barbara bring back her eyes on me.

"In the right time and in the right place, you will know everything," she tells me and it has left so many questions in my head.

But instead of thinking about those questions, I will focus on my concern about her being. I really can't help myself but to ask her this question because of the attitude that she is showing me.

"You are a halfblood vampire, Barbara. How can you stand seeing your race suffering from this kind of treatment? They were abused and maltreated," I said trying to tone down my voice so that other vampires around us would not hear us.

"I have forgotten my mortal life for long time ago. Let's go!" Obviously, Barbara wants to avoid this kind of conversation about our race. She just dismissed by telling me to continue walking.

Since I do not want to put myself in trouble, I followed her steps. I don't want to asked her if she does not want to talk about it. I have no one by my side that could help me if I ever test her temper so I'd rather shut my mouth up.

As we continue walking, the realization of how big this land is, really hits me. I still could not believe myself that I wasn't aware in this reality. Cruelty and the brutality of this race is something I have only seen in the movies.

We decided to eat our lunch in the hill. Mortals are eating their lunches too but after more or less ten minutes, they go back to their jobs. Hell! They did not even take a rest first even just for another couple of minutes.

It's already afternoon and we just finished our tour. My eyes could not stand seeing those poor and innocent mortals doing those kind of jobs. Humans are weak if you will compare us to vampires. They are the ones who have a tremendous strength but they are relying this kind of job to the weaker ones.

While looking at the whole land, a servant approelaches us.

"King Zen has arrived. They want to see Miss Celestina," she says to Barbara and she nods. We started walking back to the castle.

While walking back to the castle, I get confused on why would King Zen wants to see me. He has to rest because he went on a mission. Just as I enter the castle, I saw King Zen who seems prblematic and in his deep thoughts. But I still run towards him to ask about the more chocolates I requested.

"What the hell, are you doing, Celestina?" he asks angrily when I reached his front. He probably got irritated with the noise that my footsteps created while running to him. I just ignore the bad mood I can sense in him and I just continue to my plan

"Have you bought me more chocolates?" I heard Barbara scoffs and the three lady giggles.

"I have no-"

"Have you brought me mores?" I asked him again before he could even dismiss me.

"No." I pouted when he answered immediately.

"But I told you to buy me more," I said, hurt. I cannot eat my chocolate that he bought me last night because of the anxiety of knowing that of I eat it, there will be no next.

King Zen's face is just so serious and I know that rhis not the right time to be so pushy. He might hurt me I piss him nore. So I stopepped talking and pesteeing him. Until i heard him sigh like he just made a decision. He looks at me seriously.

"You will transfer in one of my mansions. I just suddenly thought that it is not safe for you to stay here," he says and I frown. And I think that this is the this he is thinkimg about when I saw him problematic a while ago.

Well, I don't mind if he will transfer me. I would still be boxed there so there will be no difference if he transfers me or not. I'm moving out then?

"And where would I be?" I asked him.

"In one of my mansions near in your university. You will live with the familiar," he tells me and I really think about that setup. And I do not know on where I should go. But the fact that he will transfer me near in my university means that he would still let me study. I know that those familiars were the mortals whose wholeheartedly serving in the vampire race. Most of them are trained, some of them were just for the power. Just like my father. I think h can consider as one of the familiars.

"How about you?" I ask him then bite my na lwer lip.

"I will stay here, of course. Where do you expect me to live?" I asked and I just realize how stupid my question was. And he was right. Where do I expect him to live? A king must live in a castle.

"Tomorrow will be our enrollment," I inform him just in case he does not know. He nods as if he knew it.

"Neil will accompany you," he says and it is my turn to frown at him.

"Why should Neil be with me?" I asked, confused.

"To look after you," he answers casually as if it was already in his plan.

"King Zen, I will be with mortals in our university. Why would I need someone to look after me?" I asked him because I really don't get him. He has plans for I have no idea about.

I'm afraid I would not be able to join Maiah and Drew in our hangouts just because of their intimidation with Neil. Even though Neil seems to be a nice vampire, it would take time for them to feel comfortable whenever he is around. And I do not want them to feel the intimidation I always feel with vampires. Not with King Zen, though. But with Barbara.

"I have no worries about those mortals. But you have idea on what might happen to you when someone became unheeded to you." What he said really caught my attention.

"You guys are watching me?" I asked but he starts walking upstairs. I was left here and watch his steps going up.

Questions are flooding my mind again. Why do they need to protect me? And they are protecting me from what? Or from who? I am now questioning the real reason behind my sudden stay in King Zen's welfare. Seems like it is not just because my father indebted him. Is there something I must know?

"Kin Zen!" I called him when he reached the last step of the carpeted staircase. I'm still in doubt if I should asked him now because when he looks back at me, I still can see a frustration and a bad mood in his face. He is now looking at me seriously that makes me stop from being so pushy to ask him.

"Yea?" He waits for my words so I think of something to tell him because I had a sudden change of mind about asking him the real reason of my stay here.

"My chocolate?" I asked and I step a back when he grunted and showed me his shiny white fangs because of my question. He is too serious but I know that he is just trying to scare me. But later on, he went in his normal features again. He sighs in defeat when he realized that I will not stop being so pushy about my chocolate.

"Fine, Celestina. You will have more tomorrow," he says and I almost jump in happiness.

"Really? So I can eat now the chocolate you gave me last night?" I asked and he frowns. He obviously think that I have eaten it already. He did not a say word again because he nods instead. He then leaves.

When King Zen finally leaves, all I ever did was sigh. I am still thinking about the possible reason on why do they need to watch me. And whose watching and monitoring me? Could it possibly be Barbara? Or Neil? Or maybe King Zen? I do not know who I would think doing that because I do not know why they are doing that. I'm so curious on what would happen to me because I am being monitored with the most trained most skilled vampires?

"Miss Celestina, you need to take a shower now so you could eat your dinner already," Lara informs me.

Why do I need to take a bath here more often? I will just eat dinner but why do I need to shower first? I sniff on myself just to check if I'm already stinky and they have smelled me so they want me to take a shower again. But I sure as hell I don't smell bad even though we were exposed from the sun the whole day outside this castle. Or just maybe they really have this strong smell that they can smell something that normal people can't. Yes, that is probably the reason why. And I could not help but think about King Zen. He must me smelled me and he thought I stink. Ugh! That's embarrassing.

And that is the reason why I followed the three girls upstairs so I could not take a shower and eat dinner after. I cannot help but think of what's the menu for me today. I hope it would be a normal food again.