The Vampire Empress: Blood Queen & Her Kings

The word 'bondmates' seemed to ring in Jiang Ying Yue's ears as she stared into Silver's emerald eyes, searching to see if he was serious or just joking.

It seemed like he was able to read her thoughts. "I'm serious, Yue. They are indeed my bondmates. Can't you feel the divine connection that they have formed with your soul? You have already tasted their blood. Can't you tell that they are indeed your real soulmates?" 

Silver's questions made her frown as she recalled the moments when she tasted their blood and ended up forming bonds with them.

A soulbond could be formed between two persons as long as their souls found each other compatible and equal. This type of soulbond was the most commonly seen in her previous world.

But unlike the majority, she was fated to bond with three mates through the divine soulbonds. A soulbond that was destined by the stars for her and her destined ones. 

Since she had her destined mates waiting for her, it was against fate for her to accept any other bond than the fated ones.

However, living for hundreds of years without any mate, her soul soon started to get anxious. Several times her soul ended up forming a soul bond with those who seemed to be compatible with her but she made sure to break those bonds as soon as possible.

But then... Silver entered her life and everything went downhill. When she first saved him from being killed by his own clan, she knew that the man had devoted his entire life to her or maybe... his heart too. She could always see the longing in his eyes whenever she caught him gazing at her. The man was in love with her.

However, she always made sure to keep her distance, not giving him any attention or importance. But she could not deny the pull that she always felt towards him. It felt like they were destined to be together and the more time they spend in each other's company, the more her soul and heart become vulnerable towards him and the pull between them.

And all it took to shatter her willpower of staying away from him was a kiss. One that happened because she was too drunk to think about the consequences. And the worst part, the soulbond that ended up connecting the two of them directly tied them with the third stage soulbond, one that could no longer be broken without hurting him and his soul.

It took a lot of her efforts to find a way to save Silver's life. He was being punished with a slow painful death as the consequence of her mistake and negligence. Her punishment was to see him suffer because of her stupidity.

In the end, the Witch Queen helped her in saving his life. She connected his stars with her three destined mates, forming a bond of brotherhood between the four of them.

On the other hand, Jiang Ying Yue was supposed to keep her distance from him before she could find her three destined mates and forming bonds with each of them. Until then, the two of them were forbidden from having any intimate moments.

Only heaven knew how the two of them had suffered through their longing for each other during the past six hundred years. Jiang Ying Yue almost gave up on the idea of ever finding her destined mates. It seemed like they did not even exist in her world. Looked like, she was right.

"How can that be possible, Silver? We are from different worlds. How can these two Immortals be my destined mates?" Jiang Ying Yue shook her head as she seemed to be denying the fact that two out of three of her destined mates had finally appeared in her life.

Silver stepped closer to the girl and moved one of his hands to cup her face. "Don't think about what's possible and what's not. Just focus on your connection with them and tell me whether you can feel the authenticity or not. Tell me if your soul agrees with my judgment or not."

Jiang Ying Yue kept staring into his beautiful deep green eyes before she finally nodded her head and closed her eyes to follow his instructions.

She focused on the divine threads that were wrapped around her heart, glowing in a faint silver light. They were supposed to glow bright golden but only when she would complete her bond with the Immortals. But the mere presence of the divine thread around her heart gave her the answers that she already knew in her heart but had been denying because nothing seemed to make sense for her.

She slowly opened her eyes and found Silver looking at her with hope swimming in his beautiful eyes. "Even if they are my destined mates, they are too mysterious, Silver. I'm even feeling like they are trying to use me for their benefit. I need time to learn more about them. Besides... the third one is still missing." 

She watched as an almost unnoticeable smile appeared on his lips as he grazed her cheek with his thumb. "I have waited for hundreds of years. I don't mind waiting for a little bit more. You are worth waiting for." 

Jiang Ying Yue could not help but smile at his words. They seemed to enter her ears and went straight to her heart, making it flutter in happiness.

Her train of happy thoughts came to a stop when she felt cool water droplets falling on her.

"It's raining! Let's go." Silver shouted as he gave a quick look at the sky. 

She watched as the man took hold of her left hand and pulled her towards the trapdoor next to the old tree. It barely took them a minute before the two of them were heading towards the cold palace through the tunnel.

Looking at the man walking beside her, she was curious to know how her destined mates were going to make her heart flutter as Silver could. The three of them were going to face a tough competition.