22 Dragon Blood Smoothie (2/2)

Dragon blood always has this sort of naturally spicy flavor to it. Making it almost irresistible!

It was truly a delicacy to have.

Popping the straw into my mouth, I suck on the straw and the flavor quickly hit my tongue.

”Mhm~” I moan softly at the taste.

As I continue to enjoy the smoothie, I glance around the rest of the kitchen. But nothing was out of place, it was spotless, like no one has started lunch, yet.

Where in the world had everyone gone?!

Not finding anything that gave me the slightest clue as to where everyone had gone, I decided that I would keep wandering around in the search of lunch! This smoothie was a good snack to hold me over for at least a little while.

But I was a growing girl I needed more than just a simple smoothie to satisfy my stomach!

Exiting the kitchen, I decided that I'd wander around outside, I'd been staying indoor to much these days. Plus, the weather was quite nice out today. It was slightly overcast and not too hot outside.

Heading through the ballroom, I head to a door that leads out to the balcony and pushes it open. A gust of wind blows in through the now open door and lifts my hair up.

It brings with it the smell of flowers and earth. The scent tickles my nose, as I head down the stairs that lead into the night garden.

It was called the night garden because of the whole design of the garden centered around night. Plus, we had a lot of exotic plants, that my father would bring back to my mouth when he went out and visited places.

There were also a few cases of flowers that only bloom at night, that are held in the garden.

My Father says that everything that he brought back, reminds him of my Mother. Sometimes he brought back questionable plants that really made me wonder if he wasn't a bit of an idiot.

Wandering through the maze-like garden, I sample different smells and sight, as I observe the different plants. All the while enjoying my dragon blood smoothie.

It felt like I was wandering through the jungle at points, but I quickly made my way to the center of the garden that had the marble courtyard and another huge kitchen.

There was a possibility that my Mother and Father decided to have lunch outside in the garden today.

Sipping my drink, I make quick work of getting to the courtyard, and the closer I got, I found that I could hear other people's voices. Looks like I was right, they decided to have lunch outside today!

Picking up my pace, I quickly round the tall hedges that are all taller than me and arrive at the entrance to the marble courtyard.

Quickly entering the courtyard, I find that it's not just my Mother and Father, but also my brother. Then besides them were also four other people that are seated at the table that has a large lunch spread on it.

My mouth waters even more at the sight of all the food.

Even with all the food in front of them, none of them are eating, instead, the three other men are bickering between each other. While a pretty woman was doing her best to calm one of them.

My mother has a smile on her face as she watches the three.

Moving forward, I find that even Salem has joined in on the bickering, I raise an eyebrow.

That was a first!

Without fail, I reach the table and walk up to my mother. I reach out a hand and grab her hand that resting on her chair.

”Darling, you've arrived, we didn't want to bother you when you had your friends over,” my mother tells me softly as she reaches a handout and rubs my head.

Looking over at the three men and the woman, I find that they all look like different variants of my mother and father mixed together. Minus the woman that looks nothing like any of my family.

My mother notices my look and gives me a brilliant smile.

”Hollis, these are your three Brothers!” She says gesturing to the three men, that are all looking at me.