Candela

On her bed, there rested the silver knife she stole from the secret room on the fourth floor. She hurriedly took it and then put it in her pocket before immediately going down to the third floor. She’s thankful that no one sees her nor notice her. Since she already stepped in on the fourth floor because of the punishment given by Lord Blade, she didn’t lose track.

She locked her gaze on the knife. Her tears already stop but her mind, that thinking too much? Well, she guesses… her mind is blowing. She’s going crazy especially when the knife was still in her hand.

The warm sensation. That warmth coming from the knife to her hand, as if it tells something. Something that she couldn’t explain. It likes she knew that thing even before aside from seeing it used by Lord Magnus for murdering her parents. It’s something more… more that Candela couldn’t name.

She picked up the knife and then decided to keep it in her personal box, hiding in her cabinet. Candela smiled because of succeeding in stealing that piece of silver metal. It’s a kind of weapon that every vampire’s afraid of. It was a weapon meant for killing a vampire’s life and it just happens that she’ll be going to use it for assassinating Lord Magnus.

Two days passed, Candela was confident that no one knows about her stealing the silver knife. Everyone seems normal but when the next day came, Candela was abruptly awakened by loud knocks in her room.

She just thought that it was Primo but to her shocked when she opened the door, several knights including Liam shown in front of her. Her still sleepy head totally washed away. It was then replaced by nervousness. Sweats started to crawl on her skin by just looking at them.

She bowed slightly. “What can I do for you, Lord Liam?” Of course, she is supposed to replace the title with ‘Lord’ because Liam… is a lord for the fact.

Liam let out a cough. “There is something that is being stolen and it happens that that something is a very precious property of Crimson Family,” Liam said which makes Candela’s body went rigid.

‘Was it the knife she had been stolen?’

“As Lord Magnus said, every room in the palace should be turned up and down. We’re here to search your room, Miss Rio.” She was supposed to stop them but Liam together with his knights just stepped into her room.

Horses started to race to her chest. She’s sweating bullets as they started to search her room. Everything has been turned up and down. From her bed, drawers, and even the books on her shelf have been flipped page by page. Her bathroom is already included in the search. Good thing there is no underwear hanging on there. It’s a shame…

She heard Liam sighed. There’s only one thing that he and the other knights didn’t scrutinize and that was her cabinet. Her cabinet was where her secret box was located.

“Open the cabinet,” Liam commanded with the authority. The knights instantly follow what he had said.

As soon as they opened her cabinet, all that Candela can do was to shut her eyes while holding on to the hem of her uniform, tightly. That’s where she put the knife and if they saw it, definitely, she’ll be fired out. Or maybe the worst is… they are going to put her in the dungeon and punish her until she lost her breath.

“Her room is clear, Lord Liam. She didn’t steal the knife,” which makes Candela opened her eyes immediately. She’s afraid of the possible outcome if they found out that she is the one who stole the knife. But how come they didn’t see it on her cabinet when as far as she saw, the secret box where the knife was located is now in the hands of the knight.

‘Where the hell it goes?!’ She shouted in her thoughts.

“Good to know that you’re not the one responsible for it,” Liam said before patting her head. She faked a smile before they left her room.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Soon as they went off, Candela hurriedly looked at her cabinet. She flipped all her dresses and didn’t mind if they already messed up. She almost flipped her whole room but still, there’s no knife shown up.

Where it goes? She’s definitely sure that she just put it on there. On her secret box and then keep that box on her cabinet. So, how come they didn’t find it and eventually, she couldn’t find it also. Was she mistook it or what?

But no… she’s beyond sure that it was here. On her cabinet… she put it on thereafter she stole it. What could be the reason for it to be lost on her hands? Or else… there’s someone who stole it from her. But the fuck… who?!

“Have you heard the news, Candela?” Candela turned to Lucille who’s eating beside her.

“What about the news? Is it the news about the missing thing being search by the knights?” she asked. Who wouldn’t know the news, eh, all of the vampires in the palace were being searched and investigated.

‘Including me who happens to be the one who really stole that thing… but unfortunately, I lost it too.’ she said in her thoughts.

“Aside from that,” Lucille said again.

She frowned. Aside from that? Then what?

Seems like Lucille gets what’s written on her face. Lucille rolled her eyes on her before taking a spoonful amount of salad.

“What I am saying is that… the thing that being stole by someone was owned by Lord Blade, not by Lord Magnus. So now, Lord Blade is fuming mad upon knowing that the precious thing he cared for is missing. Do you also know that it comes from the girl that Lord Blade loves since he was a child?”

What Lucille said was supposedly out of her thoughts. It doesn’t talk about her but her mind… her freaking mind tells something she couldn’t understand. It huntings her but she didn’t know why. It was familiar… that knife was so familiar to her but then, it turns to be owned by Lord Blade. Which is given by the love of his life…

What has she done?! She just creates another trouble between her and Lord Blade. And for holy heaven, she wanted to avoid her as much as she can but here she is… thinking on how to elude the possibility of being caught.

If that happens, she’ll be a slice of dead meat. Big time! Knowing that it was him… it was Lord Blade who owns the thing she stole. The thing that she felt like she’s the authentic owner of it. Weird, yeah, she knows it. But what she really cares about is… is Lord Blade.

Oh my god! She can imagine herself. Tied up in the darkness of the dungeon. Surrounded by knights with their sharp swords pointed at her. Waiting for Lord Blade’s commands. Waiting for Blade’s words to kill her. And then after she’s being killed, her dead body will be fed up to the lions and tigers and other wild animals of the forest.

‘What an awful death of yours, Candela.’

“I’m dead…”