His Witch Queen

The words were already making their bloodstream give up on them. It wasn't in their mind, the thought they most likely avoided at any cost. As Prince Dominic's eyes widened, he won't deny that his heart accelerated to beat up.

The same shock covered King Vilas's eyes but he had hidden them before. "She isn't with us anymore. Even if we try to help her with this, how are we going to cover her powers?" 

"Powers can't be caged for long. They will ultimately show their true self to her and it is upon the princess to handle them. She is strong enough to get control. But she needs to be taught at the right time otherwise, things will turn worse, my King." 

Each word of Forex was touching to their heart. At this point, they both could feel their heart shattering into the pieces, which were hard to rejoin. No, it was almost impossible to imagine the circumstances which might develop if things get out of hand. 

Lifting his eyes, King Vilas saw the seriousness that the man held in front of his eyes. His late queen regarded him absolutely and his words highly. Even though he never took them to much of this seriousness, currently, everything was making sense. 

"Is there any way for her to break the curse? I don't want...her to be dead by the hand of these vampires.." King Vilas expressed his deadly concern. 

"You are wrong in this, King Vilas," Forex answered while flipping more pages of the wrinkled book. Not only that, even the lights had started to flicker with the slight wind blowing outside of the caves. 

It was all deep dark night, and subconsciously, Prince Dominic had looked behind once to find that the entire forest wasn't only looking green but it was getting black. His wide eyes and wickedness soon disappeared when the Forex's words entered into his ears. "Don't be surprised, Prince. This is the reason why no one likes to visit here."

"B-but...why is this even happening?" he can't help but enquire about his curiosity. 

Initially, Forex had kept mum regarding the matter. However, when he felt the oceans and gazes of the prince who had significantly asked this question, he had blurted out the small portion that gave him insight. "Because this forest has power. Each herb is sufficient, either to kill someone or save someone."

"When God and the Devil had fought with each other, this was the place where both of them declared that no one can fight. Yet this didn't stop them from displaying the powers from time to time." His answer sent goosebumps on the prince's skin. 

"Are these evils still...present in our era?" in the back of his mind, he had hoped to get a negative answer. Yet to his dismay, the Forex only smirked at his silly question. "Everything is there in this world. You are human, so are vampires and Witches, fairies, dark-blooded creatures, devils, and Gods. It is a mix of everything and that's how we all function." 

The information was new to absorb but Prince Dominic didn't show any drastic shift in his expression either. He had stayed silent for a while before finally giving a slight nod. But at the same time, King Vilas was least interested in the extra knowledge for now. 

"How can we save Alice, Forex? I don't want anything to happen to her." King Vilas's words pulled the Forex back to the real talks. "She is special. Do you think that she can be killed so easily?" 

"If someone touches her blood, they might die. But it is for the normal vampires and the normal humans. Her curse is the one which is making her exceptional, due to her mother.'' The sentence came as a surprise, hard to absorb for now. Everything was almost out of their imaginations to even consider. 

But the firm expressions of the King didn't shake. It was full of confidence filled in those eyes. "That doesn't matter. That husband of hers..he is really smart. He had the audacity to threaten me."

"Hmm....I see..." 

Forex's eyes once again glanced back at his book, where he flipped the pages to ask in the middle without tearing his eyes even for a minute second, "Anyways, what is his name?" 

"Crown Prince of the Gazelle Kingdom, Prince Cyrus," Dominic announced, with the full title, only to express that she wasn't married off to any ordinary vampire. 

He was too a royalty like them, just the different characteristics. The only thing common was the body structure or even their eating habits. 

"Cyrus...Cyrus...." mumbling the name of his breath, Forex immediately closed his eyes to concentrate. 

As per this, a frown curved on Dominic's forehead, to rotate his eyes and find his father asking him to have patience since this was the formal task to learn about a man. 

As per his order, Dominic moved his eyes again to see that the  Forex's expressions were slightly changing with time. 

They became complicated, a thick frown, straight lips, under which he kept on mumbling the name. His intensity to mumble increased over time, which cautioned both the father-son duo. 

'What has he seen now?' Both of them were deeply wondering until Forex snapped his eyes open, all-round and wide. The sight soaked them in the beads of sweat but they had to gulp their saliva and ask with the gathered courage. 

"Wh-what happened?" 

"You have married her.....to Cyrus...." Shooking his head, Fox's face showed disbelief. 

Not only that, the wind outside the cave had increased with double the intensity. The amount of flapping of the trees was scary, even the light inside the cave flickers constantly.

But the Forex had maintained the stern facial expressions, all wetting Dominic. "Y--Yes....what's wrong with that? He-he is a vampire...right?"

To this, Forex gave him a negative response. "He-he....is....cursed....too." 

"Beyond our imaginations....Alice's curse isn't even stronger against him...." 

THUD!

THUD!

THUD! 

This jolted both of them, hard to believe what entered into their ears. It was almost making the land beneath them shake, with their hands curled into a fist. Both sat there in a daze, too shocked to express their feelings and emotions currently. 

They had simply married their daughter and sister to Royalty...were there more secrets to unfold? Who was this Cyrus then, if he is too cursed? Why is he cursed? What happened to him? 

Tons of questions were raised in their minds but there is no solution. It was all blank in their minds to recall, but their heart was currently jumping in their ribcage, ready to come out at any point. 

The one who pulled doubt from their daze was prince Dominic. Regaining his consciousness, he finally asked again after taking a deep breath. "Alright, what does this mean now...Cyrus is cursed too?" 

"He is cursed, Prince. And this shows...." pointing his fingers to the opened page of the wrinkled book, he pointed at the triangle and the circles. "....Both of them were destined to be together. They are born to be with each other. It isn't you or circumstance who made them meet but their binding fate together." 

"What...." King Vilas's mind was ongoing through malfunctioning. But the words were unbelievable to regard, even the slightest bit. "T-they were...meant the other? BUT HE IS A VAMPIRE!"

"So is your daughter a Witch, King. Don't forget about her reason to be so."

The words startle him, and his heart. They both were beating at the raging at unimaginable speed, hard to cope with the time. In fact, in the back of their mind, it almost made no sense in their eyes to consider what is currently felt through sentiments... 

It wasn't the simple turmoil to consider but considering more than that, they were left struck to their own self. It was Prince Dominic, whose face showed the veins popping out and ready to throw everything nearby.

There was evident burning inside his mind, ready to destroy everything in his surroundings yet it wasn't much possible for him for now....

But on seeing both of them hard to believe what he said, Forex had continued to give details, required by both of them for now. "He has secrets, which might be hidden from all of us. His powers are beyond any of us can imagine, even enough to destroy himself. But Princess Alice....can be a cure too." 

"She was given birth for him. Even if you want, you can't separate both of them because either way, they will find their way so as to be together. So My King, leave the option to bring your daughter away from the dark Vampire Prince because..." before finishing, Forex's eyes turned into the black mist, as he rolled the last words. 

"....In the history and books of devil and God, she is already marked as his. Princess Alice belongs to Cyrus and no Cursed vampire will let their precious be touched, harmed or....snatched at any cost...."