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Chapter 7

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Had he gone mad?

No, there was no possible way he had lost his mind and if he did, he could only blame it on the fact that he was surrounded by werewolves and not by beautiful vampires.

Kaname had kept his eyes glued upon the man he learned the name of through his mother, Zero Kiryu. The silver haired male was the king's lieutenant, he trained and bred their men into warriors ready for battle at any moment.

His mother had also informed him that the princess and the lieutenant had been raised in close proximity. They had spent all their time together as children, which to him made no sense because the princess was just ten years of age and the lieutenant a fully grown man like himself.

Kaname could not shake off this feeling that he despised the silver haired male for some absurd reason.

The vampire prince eyes narrowed as the young princess stood beside the silver haired male smiling brightly up at the male as he spoke some words towards her with a bored expression.

"Does something bother you lord Kaname?" a soft voice asked beside him

The red eyes turned away from the young princess form as a maid he had noticed this particular maid following the princess.

She must be the princess maid, Kaname thought to himself as she was not so fancy dressed and held a glass of red liquid in her hands. The male's nose immediately picked up the smell of fresh blood.

"His majesty asked me to bring this to you" She pushed the filled glass towards him

The maid had all of the looks like the other moon werewolves in the kingdom except that she seemed a bit older than himself. She had certain facial features that showed maturity that could only be brought upon with age. The vampire prince had almost forgotten that she was a werewolf, and yet she was quite beautiful.

I wonder…

"Thank you, what is your name?" he asked with a silky smooth voice

"My name is Hana lord Kaname, and I am the princess's personal maid." She curtsied towards him and then left after handing him the glass filled with blood.

His eyes wondered back to the princess who was now walking out of the ballroom with the silver haired werewolf.

Kaname scowled as he took a sip of his glass.

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Kimiko walked slowly side by side her childhood friend, a smile creeping up to her face as they entered the rose garden making their way towards the water fountain.

This was one of the places they came to when Zero returned from another werewolf kingdom or worse from the battlefield.

"How have you been? Was the trip successful? Are you tired? Did you miss me?" the princess jumbled all of her words together like she always did, she simply enjoyed his one word answers the silver haired male would give to all of the questions that she nagged him with.

"Yes" the male answered as they both walked towards the fountain she played with the water and fishes inside the fountain as the male werewolf simply leaned his backside against the cold stone.

"How unpleasant" she could see from the side of her vision the corner of his mouth raising into a small smile.

"Must you always say that" his voice was stern, a voice she had become comfortable hearing over the years.

"How unpleasant" she leaned back on the balls of her heels as she smiled up at him as his arms were folded over his chest and he narrowed his eyes at her.

"You will never find a wife with such an unpleasant look"

The silver haired male made no comment, she always teased him but he never gave her much of reaction.

Both their ears picked up the pleasant melody being played from the ballroom.

Zero watched the princess form as she was dressed in a light pink gown with long sleeves. He always missed her during his trip, they were raised side by side by their father's.

The male lifted his form from the stone fountain and stretched out a hand towards the princess. A smile graced her lips as she looked at his outstretched hand, an invitation to dance.

"Ask me"

Why were women so difficult, Zero sighed as he muttered the words out of his mouth, her reply was a short and stern "no."

He kept his hand still stretched towards her, Kimiko simply laid her hand upon his own and positioned herself to begin the dance.

"How unpleasant" she smiled as they slowly followed the melody that flowed from the ballroom.

Zero could not help himself but to smirk.

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Kaname stood outside by the balcony as he sipped on the blood inside of his glass, as he watched the princess and silver haired werewolf disappear into the rose garden.

He just could not place it, why was he burning with such hatred inside him to watch a child being pursued by a fully grown man. In every aspect he had watched them interact during the nightly festivities their interaction seemed disgusting and repulsive to him.

It must be because they are werewolves, I did not lose my mind, nor am I jealous over a child. Kaname thought to himself as he could smell the king approaching towards him.

"Are you keeping an eye on the competition?" The werewolf king asked as he walked towards his son to stand beside him.

"I am simply worried over the princess's innocence" it was a good a lie to tell the werewolf.

"There is nothing to worry about" He could feel the pressure from having the older man's hand on his shoulder giving it a slight squeeze. The meaning behind the action he could not understand, "They grew up together is all, and their fathers were very close comrades in the battlefield."

Kaname did not make a comment about what the older male was informing him about.

"The princess is still a chi…young lady it is not proper to be alone with a male in the middle of the night." Kaname had to ketch himself before offending the princess by calling her child in front the king.

The older man smiled as he started walking back towards the ballroom, Kaname watched the older man's back as he moved back towards the music.

"You will find lord Kaname that the princess is not so much a young lady as you think she is." The werewolf king stopped before making the last step to re-enter the ballroom, turning his head slightly to look at the young man, who he soon would be calling son.

"She is quiet dangerous when she wishes to be so."

"Is that a warning or a threat my lord." Kaname asked for some reason he felt like he was being threatened by the older man.

"Neither lord Kaname, it is a word to the unwise" the king gave a small side smile and entered the ballroom once more.

Madness,these werewolves are absolutely mad. And it also seemed like the madness was contagious when Kaname's eyes turned bright red with hatred looking at the direction he was looking at before the king's arrival.

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