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Alice's eyes furrowed when she sharply answered his words, "Don't you understand that I married him today by mistake? How would I know about him?"
"Tsk tsk..such a crime you committed, Princess..." Alex's gaze was stagnant on her, which made Alice feel the constant sensation of something churning inside her stomach.
Just that gaze gave her the hints that he wasn't of any use either.
Recalling Cyrus's conversion, she knew that he wasn't close to anyone. All of his family members are selfish and this made her even more alert and alarmed.
How can she act normally when this is really clear that this brother of his was here only to irritate her?
Or maybe...harming her?
Subconsciously, Alice took a few steps back when she took a deep breath so that her heart didn't come out of her chest. With her lips turning into a straight line, she tried her best to not initiate any conversation.
But the same can't be said for Prince Alex who coughed to gain her attention, "Princess, well I forgot to tell you but you looked extremely beautiful in that wedding gown…"
"Thank you for the compliment, Prince….?" Alice had rarely interacted with any vampire except Cyrus, back when they were at the castle.
Except for him, she had no idea who were all named. Neither did Alice was trying to find out as her father told her to stay away from all those monsters.
While Prince Alex's lips curved upwards, "Alex... Prince Alexander. But you can call me Alex like others."
Hearing this, Alice nodded her head when she wrapped her hands around her shoulders. There was no way to deny that it was getting colder and colder with the time, heavier for her to adjust to the change in the temperature.
Since the temperature was mild back at the NoMan's land, she could feel the difference in the thick forest in which they stopped.
But instead of making her feel warm, the man in front of her was staring as if she was his readymade dinner. The furrowed eyes of hers peaked at his face when she told, "Don't you have some work to do?"
"I do but…" Alex took a deep breath as if his lips were turning a small smirk, "I was thinking of spending some time with you. After all, you are all new in our troop.."
"Thank you but I'm all good. No one will try to speak with me. You can do your work and eat with others." Alice told with the same sweetness, showing that she was truly caring.
However, in contrast to her caring nature, she was more stubborn to actually make this monster leave the place. His constant eyeing her made her feel the discomfort which was slowly reaching its peak.
Even the man was finding it odd to keep his eyes off when he took one step towards her, as Alice instantly took one step back. Her back hit with her cart's wheel as her heartthrob against her chest.
"Princess, I would like to actually tell you something… about Crown Prince Cyrus." Alex's serious words didn't excite her either. "Hmm… what about him?"
"He.." Prince Alex had to take a few deep breaths when his eyes found them all alone. He had to look around themselves once before he outspokenly told her, "He isn't any mere vampire like us. You will have to be careful.."
"Speak freely if you want to." Despite not getting good vibes, Princess Alice still cared to learn about their thoughts on Cyrus.
"He has some powers and his anger.. is seriously not something you would like to witness. Try to make a distance from him because.. I actually learned that he plans to… even.. do something to you.."
"Me?" Alice's brows lifted upwards. Her lips parted themselves with the shocked expressions taking over, "What is possible to do to me?"
"Kill you." Was a straight and simple answer, making Alice take the great steps back more.
Her hand clenched together, her shawl tightened, whereas her breath had started to even halt in the middle. It was as if her heart skipped a beat to get herself at the position. 'Will Cyrus even kill me…?'
Why was her heart not ready to accept this? Why did it feel so unusual out of this Prince's mouth? She was still at the loss of any reason but there was no denying that this Prince would still be able to give her much information.
Even Prince Alex noted her raised guards, which gave butterflied in his stomach. 'If I can't have you right now… at least you will yourself keep Cyrus away..' knowing the temperament of his brother, he won't pressurize any girl either.
Even if she was his bride, it was only in the name and this Princess wasn't any weakling who would submit herself into his toes.
At the same time, Alice found herself in a grave situation. She wanted to walk away from him but it would act as disrespect.
Going somewhere wouldn't be for her benefit either since getting lost in this forest is way more than easy!
Biting her lower lip, Alice simply lowered her head to say, "I'm grateful that you told me about this. I will try my best to safeguard myself in this Kingdom.."
"Princess, you don't have to say this. My entire protection will always be towards you, it's just your words needed for help." Saying this, Alex took another step ahead, where Alice had no step to run away or backward either.
She was stuck in her position, when she heard him again, "I'm just one call away from you… you just have to say to me.."
"S-su..sure…"
"Her Highness.."
Both of them heard a voice when their attention was dragged towards a servant who had actually come toward them. His eyes were on Princess Alice, while he was shocked to see Prince Alex at the same place. "I have come here to give something to you…"
Alice shook her head with no meaning to the extract. It made no sense to her by the presence of the servant, "Princess, I bought food for you. Everyone was eating so, Crown Prince Cyrus asked me to bring this to you…"
"Oh.." Alice was a bit surprised. She walked a bit in its direction and took a large plate that was there in his hand. It was covered with a thick leaf and after removing it, she smelled the fragrance with her mind budding. "Hmm… it smells delicious.."
She hasn't eaten for long enough now. Since the morning, everything seemed too much of a hustle. Moreover, everything came as a blow where she got nothing to fill her empty stomach.
The evident glow flashed on her face when she came across the food. Her eyes were filled with immense joy and the same didn't go unnoticed by Princes Alex as well.
He took notice of the same and just saw how much she admired it, "Is it your favorite one, Princess?"
"I'm hungry." That was all that she responded with since it wasn't on her list to give information regarding her taste with her husband's enemy.
His vibe also didn't bring any joy to her heart so she simply looked at the servant again, "Th-thank you for this.."
"You should thank the Crowned Prince Cyrus. He was the one who selected the food for you, according to maybe what you like…I should retard to serve others." With this, the servant was going to take a few steps back but then, he remembered something.
"Um… Her Highness, would you like to have a drink..? I'm sorry but I guess.. we hardly have any drinks for humans… vampires are enjoying bloo-"
"Not an issue for me. I'm fine without it." Alice cut the servant in the middle, with her hurry.
Listening to the last words and imagining it would be the last thing she would like to hear especially when the food was there in her hand.
Noting her worry as well, Prince Alex took the lead to answer, "She told you she is fine without it. Go and serve others."
"As per the Prince…" with this, the servant left them alone once again. Alice's eyes averted to see the food in her hand when the flavors were already felt in her mouth.
Tasting it was the only thing left in her hand. But surely, when the Prince is still standing in front of her, she has no scope of doing so.
Keeping the plate of food back in her cart, she again faced the Prince, but this time, she felt that his eyes had somewhat changed. He seemed to be influenced by something powerful, which was taking his mind in another direction.
'His aura is also changing...the stare..' she couldn't determine the fact either but her heart grew heavy. "Prince.. Alex? Are you fine?"
"Hmm…? Yeah, well, you do smell good Princess Alice. You, humans, have a good body fragrance…"
It was odd, Alice thought. But still, out of courtesy, she said, "That.. would be a compliment.."
However, Alice had surely missed the state of intoxication that was present right now. He was as if ready to devour the meal right in front of him. 'Oh god… her blood.. she will taste really good…'
"Princess… would you mind if I take a bite… of...you?"
"ALEX! STAY AWAY FROM HER!"
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