49 Lonesome soul- Part 2 (2/2)
”I hate him!” came the muffled voice under the blanket.
With every possible opportunity he would tease her, testing her frizzled nerves over and over until she stood dumb in front of him. Had he decided to make her life hell? It was usually the mother-in-law a girl worried about but in her case it was her fiances cousin, the lord himself she had to deal with. The strings in her chest continued to pull like the puppeteer trying to pull the strings of the doll. She patted her chest softly, telling herself that she was only started and surprised with everything. Half of the women in the empire felt it that way, there was nothing wrong with it. This was a normal reaction, she said to herself, a very normal healthy reaction because the lord was a handsome man.
As days passed by, she received word from Warren that his mother had invited them home due to which they headed to to the Lawson's mansion which was an hour's distance from the Lord's mansion. At first Heidi had thought it was only them but after seeing a couple of vampire females sitting in the drawing room she realized they had company.
Warren's mother, Venetia Lawson was a pure blooded vampire. As her human husband had passed away, she had taken over the entire Lawson's business under her hands. In appearance she didn't look like she would have a son who was at a marriageable age. Her frame lean with a medium height. Her thin eyebrows were raised naturally so high making Heidi wary of the woman. Having nothing to do, Warren went out leaving her with his mother. Heidi was glad that she had taken classes from the butler as there were too many etiquette's when it came to being part of the social class. Sitting straight as a pole she plastered a smile on her face, speaking to each of them politely and when they began discussing about things she had no idea about, it made her feel that she had been living in a well.
”Did you hear about the massacre that took place in the north?” one of the women spoke in a hushed tone.
”It was to happen,” another commented in a matter of fact tone, ”After slaughtering half of the town which was a home to hundreds of vampire family, what were they expecting.”
”I can't say I don't agree with it. The humans have been stupid to wage a war,” the first one who brought up the topic added before realizing there was a human amongst them.
”Have you been to the Eastern ball before, dear?” one of Venetia's friends who looked older to the rest of the lot asked, who was sitting across her from the small table set in the middle. She shook her head to it, it was the first time she had heard about it. Deciding to reply diplomatically, she answered,
”I am sorry, I haven't. My parents have sheltered me all these years to let me experience such things.”
”Your parents must not trust you. What did you do?” came the sudden unexpected jab of words which she hadn't expected from the woman sitting next to her.
”What?” Heidi asked taken aback.
”I mean seriously you must have done something for them to put you on a tight leash-”
”Excuse me. Just because a parent doesn't let a child out doesn't have anything do with, if the child has done a mistake or not.”
”Please,” the woman laughed, ”Being the older ones here, I can vouch as to what you might have done already.”
”Lady Blois you must h-”
”Heidi,” warned Venetia sternly from her seat.
”But she-”
”That's enough, Heidi. Could you please go fetch the maid from the kitchen,” Lady Venetia politely asked Heidi. Gritting her teeth, Heidi stood up to go fetch the maid.