Chapter Three

“Miss Amber” a soft voice calls for me. I open my eyes to find the same maid from last night who gave me dinner. Once she notices my eyes are open she smiles at me. “Good morning. Walter wanted me to come to help you get ready. Today you’ll be visiting King Bertoldo at his castle. He has a dress code that everyone must follow” she tells me.

I nod and get out of bed. At that moment I realized I was still wearing the dress from last night. “I’ll show you to the bathroom so you can freshen up,” she tells me. We walk through the small hallway we stop at the bathroom and she explains where everything is. She then tells me where the closet is and that she’ll be in there waiting for me.

I open the bathroom door and walk-in but I stop in my tracks when I see the bathroom. The walls are a light gray tile the flooring is white with black specks in it. At the end of the room, there’s an oval tub, and next to that is an odd-looking shower. There’s glass blocking half of the room. Closest to me is a hanging cabinet with a bowl sticking out of the countertop with a faucet and a large circle mirror above the sink and across the sink is the toilet.

I walk further into the bathroom and shut the door. I strip out of my clothes and walk over to the shower. Let’s figure out how this works.

After my very hot shower, I grab a towel and wrap myself in it. I’ve never taken a hot shower before if I could stay in longer I would. I exit the bathroom and walk towards the very end of the hall where the closet is. I twist the doorknob swing it open when I look inside I can’t believe what I’m seeing. The room is a light gray to match with the rest of the room’s color scheme. There’s three-row filled with clothes floor to ceiling and at the back, the row is filled with shoes. Between the rows, there are three small chandeliers.

“I hope you had a good shower. The outfit I picked out for you is on those hangers over there” she tells me. I look to my right to find on-the-hanger underwear and a black dress with heel boots on the floor.

I walk over to the clothes and drop my towel. I’m so used to being naked around females it doesn’t phase me. I grab the underwear first and notice it’s a pure lace thong. I’ve never worn something like this. But I did learn about it in a class all slaves need to take to learn about clothing. I slip the thong on then I grab the dress curious as to why a bra isn’t in this mix. Unless in the dress code you aren’t allowed to wear bras.

I step into the dress and when I pulled it up I then realized why I wasn’t given a bra. The sleeves are long off the shoulder lace it’s a bit loose. The dress shows a decent amount of cleavage something I’m not used to. The top is a corset and the skirt is thigh length with a train that goes below the knees. I can see myself running in a field in this dress. The maid addresses me to sit down on a mini cushioned stool. She kneels down and grabs the first heel. The heels go perfectly with the dress. It’s a black ankle boot with a thick heel that’s laced up.

After she finished tying the boots she told me to follow her to the other side of the closet where there’s a makeup stand. When I tried to stand she caught me when I was a bit wobbly. Once I was steady she helped me over to the makeup station. I need to get used to wearing heels if I’m going to be Queen.

“If you could sit down my lady. I’ll get your makeup done and add the accessories” she tells me. I nod my head and close my eyes as she tells me. I feel different texture liquids and powers being out on my face. I’m used to having makeup on we had to learn how to put it on so we’d look presentable for when our Masters had company and we had to be involved. We don’t want to look like clowns now.

“I don’t think I need to do anything to your hair. It looks very nice with your outfit” she tells me. I look at myself in the mirror. She did a standard black eye but it makes my blue eyes pop and it fits the outfit. “Lennon is outside the room he’ll escort you to Master Walter,” she tells me. I send her a kind smile and leave the closet. I walk through my room and open the bedroom door to find Lennon just like she said.

Lennon smiles kindly at me and tells me to follow him. He explained to me that I’ll be having breakfast with Walter before I leave and that he’ll give me the rundown on what to expect when I’m with my Vampire mate. I’ve never liked Vampires. They are so cold and from the stories I’ve heard, they don’t respect a mate likes Werewolves do. Vampires only want power. While yes Werewolves want power too but they do hold their mates higher than their want for power.

If I had the choice I would pick the Werewolf but in reality, I don’t have a choice. I’m a human. I’m below dirt to these supernatural beings. I’m only property and not a living being. But from what the Werewolf King displayed yesterday at the auction it made me believe that maybe just maybe he sees me as a mate and not a play toy.

“We’re here Miss. Amber,” Lennon tells me. I mentally shake out of my thoughts and notice where in front of two huge doors. “Mr. Walter is on the other side.” He tells me and opens the door. I take a deep breath and walk through the door. “Good morning Miss. Amber. I’m very pleased to see what Leda has picked for today” Walter tells me.

So that’s her name. “Please take a seat. We’ll have breakfast together and I’ll give you the rundown on what will happen today” Walter tells me. I nod and move over to the seat the maid has pulled out for me across from Walter.

Soon a small mason jar with yogurt, oats, and fresh fruit is placed in front of me with a wine glass of orange juice. “While you are here we must maintain your weight. When you go to your chosen King he’ll decide what you’ll eat and how much. but for here it’ll be enough to keep you full but not enough to gain weight” Walter tells me.

A ping of hurt went through my body when he tells me this. The Auction house did the same thing but being here I thought things would be a bit different but I guess not. Once a slave always a slave even when you are destined to be with a King.

I pick up the spoon and begin to eat my breakfast. Who knows when my next meal will be. “King Dante isn’t a fair King. He craves power. He once tried to overrule us and become the King of every kind but King Swyer stopped him. That was a bloody war. Many deaths of great warriors and many deaths of innocents who wouldn’t join King Dante. I Wouldn’t be surprised if he only uses you for power. A true mate can make a King even more powerful and dangerous than they already are. It’s a shame though that one of these great kings won’t have a true mate and will have to mate with someone else. That bloodline will be tainted and the future kingdoms won’t be very strong and could possibly be overtaken.” Walter goes on and on.

Is he saying that it’s going to be my fault that the future kingdoms could possibly crash? I’m not the one choosing who I’ll be with. It’s him and the other counsel men. “When you visit King Dante you are not allowed to speak unless spoken to which you are already quite good at. You must do everything he tells you to do. If he tells you to jump you jump without asking why. You may never walk next to or in front of him always behind. And if you ever eat a meal with him he must take the first bite. Once there if there are more rules you’ll be instructed” Walter tells me.

Wow so in other words this King wants a slave because everything he told me is what slaves are taught. By the end of Walter’s speech, my yogurt has been long gone along with the orange juice that had a bit of a weird taste. I must be used to the inferior quality juice. “I see you’ve finished your food. Good, we better get going. Don’t want to keep the Vampire King waiting.” Walter tells me as he stands up.

At that moment I realize he didn’t have a plate of food in front of him. Why?

Walter walks towards the door and a maid opens it for him. He walks through and I follow him. The same made who opened the door for Walter sent me a glare shutting the door before I fully made it out of the room. What’s her problem?

“I’ll be accompanying you at the castle watching how you and the Vampire King interact. My job is to see which King you’d benefit the most so every time you visit either Kings I’ll be there watching” Walter tells me. Well, that isn’t creepy at all.

We walk outside and towards what looks like the same vehicle as yesterday. Do all rich people ride in these things? They seem a little much… We reach the vehicle and the driver opens the door for us. Walter jesters for me to get in first so as lady-like as I could I crawl into the vehicle.

Once I’m seated Walter gets in and takes a seat on the right side of the vehicle. “It’s a couple of hour drive so get comfy” Walter tells me. I nod my head and look out the window. I have a feeling this is going to be a quiet drive too.

“Amber…. Amber wake up we’re here” I hear a mumble. I open my eyes to find Walter looking at me with his hand on my shoulder. “Good your awake. We are here” he tells me. He takes his hand off my shoulder and scoots towards the door and opens it. “Better get out before King Bertoldo gets angry,” Walter tells me as he gets out of the vehicle. I take a deep breath before I follow him.