137 Welcoming the in-laws- Part 1 (1/2)

With Daniel's head that was pressed against the wall forcefully, Nora and her father suddenly looked frightened at the lord of Bonelake who wore a perfectly calm expression. Nicholas being a vampire, didn't have to put much pressure on the human he had his hold on as the boy was weak. Humans rarely overpowered the vampires due to the difference in their strengths but the few whom he knew held the strength close to the vampires worked for the council. He looked at the boy who struggled to free himself from iron grip hold and the sight reminded him of a mouse trying to escape a cat's paw.

”What are you doing, Lord Nicholas? Leave my son right this instance!” Simeon Curtis' voice came out shaky due to their current predicament they were in.

Nicholas moved his gaze from the boy to the father, ”I will leave him when I get my answers right. Shush now,” he tutted, releasing the boy's head from his hold to only push it back into the wall.

”We told you everything you asked us. She ran away!” Heidi's father looked stressed and so did her sister who had paled considerably in color.

”Father speaks the truth!” Nora nodded her head.

Nicholas gave them his full blown smile before picking the boy and pushing him on the floor harshly. Before the boy got the chance to recover from the fall, he stepped on his head to speak, ”Move an inch and I will crack your head open with my feet. And trust me, with what I have seen it isn't a comfortable way to die. So...” he drawled looking back at the father-daughter duo, ”The truth.”

”Lord Nicholas,” Nora bent down on her knees, ”My sister Heidi must have run away as she didn't reach the Rune's or Lawson's residence. We are telling you the truth! We don't know where she is!” she exclaimed hearing her brother in pain as the Lord had increased the pressure on the boy's head.

”Are you sure about that?” Nicholas tilted his head in question, giving her a skeptical look, he gauged their beating heart, ”How do I know you aren't feeding lies? Hmm? You do know that tyranny against a lord and the council's truce doesn't sit well with the higher ups.”

”We have no reason to lie, milord,” Simeon answered the lord with his head down, ”We would gain nothing from it but misery.”

”Only if what you said had been ingrained into your mind. Your brother, what was his name again?”

”R-Raymond?” Simeon replied, fear leaking from his voice. Daniel had gone quiet since the lord had stepped on the side of his head.