Celeste's Point of View :
I woke up feeling so weak and hungry. I could recognize that I was back in my room and on the bedside table was different kinds of meals. The last thing I remember was Darcy sucking me dry.
That jerk!! I stretched out my hands to get the closest thing I can and ate as much as I could. After my meal I slept off again exhausted for no reason.
When I woke up again it was already night and I was hungry again.
I didn't see any fresh meal and the previous ones were very cold so I took them to the kitchen to heat it up. I noticed that everyone has retired and that was a relief for me as I don't want to mistakenly see Darcy before he sucks me dry again.
I was heating up my left overs while searching for any other meal from dinner that I could add to mine.
"A petty thief that you are" I heard a voice and it turned out to be Lucy.
"I am just hungry" I defended
"Who gave you permission to take anything" she said mockingly
I didn't know I was to take permission but I ignored her.
"I am talking to you!!" She screamed
"Well let's see what lord Darcy will say when he hears about this" she added
"About what?" Darcy said.
He was just entering the kitchen to get a drink or blood as he couldn't stop thinking about the one he had earlier and needed to get it off his mind when he heard the voice of Lucy screaming at someone.
"I caught her stealing food" Lucy said shyly and then adjusting her nightwear.
"I was just hungry and wanted to eat something" I said with the littlest concern as I was still upset.
"You can leave us Lucy" Darcy said and then moved to get a drink from the refrigerator.
Lucy wanted to protest but seeing that Darcy was not in the mood for any nonsense she just left and hoped he will deal with her properly.
I took my heated meal and wanted to leave immediately too.
"Who asked you to leave?" Darcy asked still focused on his drink.
"You are not meant to be in the kitchen at this hour as a lot of vampires will be looking for prey to feed on"
"Coming from someone that almost killed me" I said sarcastically
"Watch your mouth"
"I'm just looking after my property and henceforth you must seek my permission before leaving your room"
"I am not a prisoner here" I protested.
"I didn't ask for your opinion" he said then he left without finishing the drink he poured out like he was avoiding something or someone.
I went to finish my dinner in my room as I don't want to be a meal to anybody again.
When I woke up in the morning I realized that nobody came to call me to join the servants again. Seems like I have been forgiven. But I was bored so I decided to take a little stroll to the servant's quarters in search of Sammie.
I saw her but she was busy with her duties and then I joined her so she could finish quickly and join me in my room.
When we were done we went to her room instead as she was not allow to roam around the castle.
Her room was a a tiny space with no mattress and she mentioned that they were two sharing it and hers was better compared to those that are up to four in a room.
"That reminds me which of the servant orchestrated my set up with her relative?" I asked
"I don't really know her but rumors has it that she was actually forced to do it as she has no problem with you"
"That's strange" I said trying to get why someone would have to go that far to end my life.
"A lot of strange things are happening here and we are already used to it and one day we would just end up as a meal to the vampires which is scary but until then I have learnt to take whatever I see" Sammie said and then got up to get something from her bag to munch on.
"Where did you get that from?" I asked surprised that she had some more in her bag.
"Benefits of working in the kitchen, I sneak in a lot of things but I am very careful because I don't want to end up with my head on a stick" she said laughing and then I joined her in laughing about it.
"You are lucky you know, other of his past wives never make it up to a week and I noticed that the queen took a liking to you as this is the first time she's meddling with a matter that doesn't really affect her"
"Well I have always been lucky, by the way Darcy almost sucked me dry yesterday. So, I'm not that lucky"
"That's strange,Darcy barely feeds directly from anybody. He normally prefers slitting your hand and pouring all your blood in a glass jar and then chugs it down. He normally refers to us humans as impure and not worthy of being sucked directly by him"
"It's nothing special, he just needed my blood to heal himself which he took"
"Why do he need your blood?" Sammie asked
"I don't know why too. Not like I am fully a witch"
Sammie looked at me and then opened her eyes wide as what I said just registered to her mind.
"You don't know do you?"
"Know what?" I asked interested in whatever she has to say.
" lord Darcy actually married you because he needs a witch to bear him a child and all his other wives couldn't take in after sleeping with him that is why they don't last"
Absorbing the information I was getting and that was when I understood a lot of things.
"Relax I will become a witch when I turn 18"
"And when is that?"
"Next week" I said and then realized this was going to be my worst birthday ever as I was not with my family who had always made it special.
"Well let's hope he doesn't invite you to his bed before then. Fingers crossed he wouldn't even notice and yet again your life will be spared"
Just then two hefty men pushed the room door open and dragged me without saying a word.