119 Cold blooded- Part 2 (1/2)
Few days ago when they were talking he had said that his father deserved it but there was no record of his father's death or his mother's. She found it rather strange and she knew something grave must have happened in the past that even he authorities hadn't mentioned about it. Unless they didn't know what actually happened.
”This isn't a fairytale story and there are chances you aren't going to like it,” he remarked before continuing to speak, ”My grandmother, after she married my grandfather Reynoldus Perone, she bore three daughters. The eldest daughter was Venetia, the second one was Guilene and the youngest was my mother Louise. As you know most of the pure blooded family like to keep their bloodline as it is without wanting to sully their family line. If you're going to ask about Venetia, she was married to a pure blooded vampire but they hadn't created a soul bond. Like now, marriages were purely made for political reasons. The family I come from aren't exactly the people who are looking for a lifetime settlement.”
”But you created a soul bond with me,” Heidi stated to see him nod before he said,
”Every place has a black sheep that does things out of the norm,” he said before continuing with the story, ”My mother being the youngest was sheltered and protected all her life. Also because, even though she was a vampire, she had a weak health. I have heard from relatives speak that even after she grew up she was a very gentle person. With the age gap between her siblings, she stayed home with my grandparents who didn't allow her to step outside the mansion with the fear of being striked by humans who weren't welcoming at the thought of a vampire's existence.”
”My grandparents protected my mother from the outside world but didn't realize and understand the threat that brewed inside the mansion and in the family,” his words were balant, without any emotion as he spoke, ”My grandfather had a elder brother named Wilhelhum who often visited them. One noon when both my grandparents had gone to a soiree, they had left my mother in the mansion, unguarded when Wilhelhum raped her in her bedroom.”
Heidi looked at him with shocked eyes. She hadn't prepared herself to hear the story after Nicholas had warned her but this wasn't something she had prepared for.
”I did tell you it wasn't a fairytale.”
Not knowing what to say, she apologized, ”I am sorry.”
”Don't be. I am the very child of the unlawful, taboo act that took place that day.”
Her mouth went dry as she tried processing his words. She wanted to say something to make things better but even if she did say anything, the past would still remain unchanged. Was this the reason why his family were hostile towards him?
”After my grandparents found out about it, their first thought was to sever the family bond but they didn't. At that time, Wilhelhum had only taken place as the third lord of the Bonelake.If the word got out, there was no saying what others would think of it; not that didn't later. They got them married in a private setting but the next week my mother disappeared from the empire with no trace.”
”She escaped,” Heidi whispered to see him smile.
”No one came close to tracking her or the boy she had given birth to but nothing stays hidden forever. Even the moon shows up in the sky after a cloudy weather,” Nicholas stated looking afar into the thicket of forest.
The boy who walked beside his mother who had covered her entire face, only leaving a small portion open by her eyes looked at the busy market which he had grown accustomed to. This side of the streets were always busy with the people walking in all direction. He stopped in his tracks when his mother halted her footsteps at a nearby newsstand that sold the local news.