The Vampire Prince's Sacrificial Mate

The Impure Princess

~ Amaris POV ~

“Where the f**k is that insolent b***h! Why is she still not here?

I told her that I don’t want to see even a speck of dust in my room then what the hell is this?”, yelled the Queen in a loud and angry tone while she started to search for me.

I can hear her angry voice even from here. Doesn’t this woman get tired of yelling all day? Some Queen she is. Now, I have to go and quell the anger of her majesty. I was standing just outside her room as I knew that she will find some fault in my work.

“I am here”, I said while bowing my head towards the old hag. I don’t know why does she always try to belittle me, but it sure brings a smile to her face.

The moment I looked in her direction, I received a tight slap on my face. The Queen who is also my aunt was glaring at me with a disgusted expression on her face.

“You dirty thing. How dare you forget the manners! Don’t you know that you should show respect to me?

What do you mean by I am here? Did you forget how you should address me in such a short time? Well, I can’t solely blame you, can I?

It must be because of your mother’s impure blood. Like mother, like daughter. I don’t know why my husband let an insolent thing like you stay in this palace?

Don’t you know that there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world? So, if you don’t want to be kicked out of this place then you have to work.

Do you understand or should I let my whip do all the talking? You do know that what will happen if I take out the whip, right?”, asserted the old hag in a vexed tone whilst she was looking straight into my eyes.

She was now standing only an inch apart from me and her maids were standing near to her with her heads down.

The Queen then tightly grabbed me by my jaw and after that, she whispered to me with a smirk on her face, “A thing like you should never exist in the first place.

Why don’t you just go and die somewhere, b***h? Even your smell disgusts me.”

“Believe me, the feeling is mutual, Queen Emma. Also, you don’t need to get worried about my death as that is something which you can’t have”, I responded to her with the same tone and she got pissed because some of her maids started to chuckle after hearing my reply.

The Queen was trembling in anger while she also gritted her teeth. She immediately started to slap me hard and she didn’t stop until her hands were tired.

She then pulled me by my hairs and after that, she dragged me towards the punishment room whilst her maids were silently followed her.

“You forget the manners, right? Don’t worry as you will remember it after getting whiplash. Tie her up and beat her until she faints.

If my orders will not follow then the one to suffer will be you all. I am going back to my chamber. As for you, do all the work after receiving your punishment.

If I hear one more complaint against you about your laziness then I won’t be this much merciful”, exclaimed the Queen in an annoyed tone while she started to fan her face with her hand.

We were now in the prison where mostly the prisoners are kept, but this woman likes to punish me in this room just to remind me that my position in this palace is not more than a maid or a prisoner who has committed some crime.

For her, my birth is not less than any crime. She is my aunt, but she always doubts my identity. She believes that I am the illegitimate daughter of her husband, King Stephan.

After commanding her maids to beat me up, she left the place without even turning around. She thinks that this enough to break me.

Well, this is something that is not enough to break me as I have face worst cases than this one. Getting whipped is something which I am not even concerned about on the contrary I am used to it.

Whenever the Queen loses her cool, she asks her maids to whip me in the name of teaching me some manners.

Her maids then immediately tied my hands with the chains and the moment I received the first lash from the whip, I clenched my fists in a tight grip while closing my eyes.

“Hey, isn’t she princess Amaris? Is she seriously the impure princess? I mean, I have only heard about her, but she is quite a beauty”, asked one of the maids to her fellow maid in a low voice while she was looking in my direction. She must be new in the Palace.

Wow, I must be looking like a pitiful princess in her eyes. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my back. 

The woman who was whipping me is one of the closest aides of that venomous Queen. She must be hitting me hard because of her command.

“What is going on here and why are you lashing, Amaris?”, asked Sophia while she dashed inside the prison.

“Princess Sophia we are following the orders of the Queen so, I think you should step out. This insignificant thing dared to insult the Queen and she is getting punished for her crimes”, responded Mary with a straight face.

Sophia glared at her and she bowed her head with a smug. Even the maids look down upon her. She holds no power even when she is the daughter of King Stephan.

“I will look into this matter. You can live her ad the one who will punish her for disrespecting my mother will be me.

Finally, I got the chance to teach this b***h a lesson. You can give me the whip and I will make sure that she will scream till she faints.

I don’t think that you are applying enough force in whipping her and that’s why she is not even looking like she is in pain.

Do you want to face my mother’s wrath? If not them silently give me the whip and let me handle this girl”, she told her in a cold voice. The maid hesitates initially, but finally, she gives the whip to Sophia.

She ordered everyone to go back to her mother’s chamber as she wants to deal with me alone. 

They all tried to question her, but eventually, they gave up because they thought that Sophia will complain about them to the king.

Well, they don’t have to get worried about that thing as Sophia will never do something like that in the first place and even if she did, the King is someone who doesn’t care about anyone other than him and his gain.

He is only raising Sophia as one day he will sell her in the name of marriage to some other aristocrat or to some old King who will further assist my good for nothing uncle in the future wars.

All the maids left the cell and now we both were alone. Sophia then looked at me with a smirk on her face and then she raised the whip to lash me.

“Are you done with your drama, your highness? Gosh! Nobody knows this side of yours other than me. You are such a great performer, sister.

Now, if you have heard enough praise about yourself then can you please open these bloody cuffs?”, I said with a forced smile on my face.

After hearing my words she yawned and after that, she walked closer to me with a smile on her face. This girl sure knows how to irk me.

“Is this how you ask for help from your sister? Don’t you know that you have to say the word please in a more polite way?

Come on, try it and I will immediately open the cuffs”, she asserted to me in a calm voice while looking straight into my eyes.

Relax Amaris, she is your sister. I don’t know why, but sometimes I just feel like destroying everything around me so, I try my best to be calm.

“Sophia", I said in a low voice while I was still trying to control myself.

She looked at me with a concerned look and after that, she responded to me in a low voice, “You are no fun, Amaris.

Come, let’s go to my room. I have to treat your wounds. Your clothes are torn because of the whip and even the blood is oozing out of your wounds.

I just don’t understand my mother’s hatred. Why does she treat you like this?”

Sophia is a good sister. She knows just by my look that my mood is not great. She is the only person who looks out for me in this cold Palace.

I don’t want to lose her as she is the only person who cares about me, the only person who taught me that there are good people also in this cruel world. She is the only warm person which I have encountered till now.

She freed my hands from the cuff and after that, she helped me to get up from the floor. When suddenly, I saw tears in her eyes while her gaze was fixated on my wounds.

“I didn’t know that you are such a softie, sister. Don’t cry as I like my sister when she smiles like an i***t.

So, smile like you usually do”, I asserted to her while she was trying to help me to walk out of the prison.

Sophia didn’t reply to me. After walking for a while we finally reached her room. The maids in our way to her room were gazing at us doubtfully, but Sophia's glare was enough to shut them up before they could open their mouth.

They must be thinking that why is pris princess Sophia helping me out? Well, they can think whatever they want as it has nothing to do with me.

“Now, lie on your stomach. I will apply for the medicine on your back. I just don’t understand that mother of mine.

Why does she despise you do much and not only that even that ignorant father of mine is also responsible for your current condition”, she said to me while helping me out in lying down on her bed.

I silently lied on my belly while she started to apply for the medicine to my back. This girl doesn’t know how to care about herself, does she?

While she was carefully applying for the medicine on my back, I hissed in pain whilst clenching the bedsheet firmly.

“God! Just look at your back. It is covered with the scars which are given by my mother. That woman.

Even though she is my mother, I don’t like her at all. Don’t you want to make her suffer, the same way she makes you suffer?”, she asked me in a worried tone.

“If thinking counts then I have killed your so-called mother infinite times in my head. I am not an angel who will forgive people for their sins.

Don’t talk about that old hag for now otherwise, I will try to kill her when she will be asleep. You do know that I love my head over my body, right?

I don’t want that uncle of mine to chop my head in the name of killing the Queen”, I responded to her with a smile on my face and after hearing my reply, Sophia started to laugh while she was trying her best to hold back her tears.

I should try to lower my voice otherwise, someone will think that I am planning to harm the royalty.

While we both were chatting about her childhood days suddenly Sophia’s close maid dashed into the room whilst she started to gasp for air.

“Sorry princess for suddenly bursting into your room in this manner, but this is important. The Vampires... the vampire clan has decided to attack our kingdom”, said the maid while she was trying to hold her breath.

What? The Vampires?

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Author's Note 

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