Sorry for such a long wait. I have the biggest writers block ever. I am still forcing myself to write and although I promised that I will update all my stories in a sequence I just can't bring myself to do it. And I'm such a horrible author that these gaps make me forget what's going on in the book. Also the fact that I never get the computer since mine broke and I got to share it with others.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. I have started to write on wattpad and the story that I will post first is the Betrothed and it will be a little edited. Feel free to check it out and tell me what you think.

SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING. For the cover of the betrothed I already have a girl in mind but does anyone have a guy in mind? As in David? If yes then PLEASE show me a good picture of a guy who can pull of being David. Young, handsome, who has an alluringly charming look and somewhat scary. Think of it as a picture hunt. =P

And I might need help in editing it too. Like joining two pics together. I always wanted to learn how to do it but never got a chance to. =P

Thank u all who added my story in their favorite list or story alert and me in their favorite author or author alert. AND for praising my work soooo much! =D

DISCLAIMER: I OWN THIS STORYS PLOT AND CHARACTERS.

A bit of the past.

Next thing I knew, he had calmed down under my embrace and suddenly came back to his sensed while he was a centimeter away from my throat. He lightly kissed it and pulled back smiling.

How was that even possible?

I still had so much to learn. Especially about my little vampy.

"Never ever sneak up on an angry vampire like that. I could have killed you"

Oh.. so it's not that possible.

"But you didn't" I said shyly unlike myself.

He sighed "let go of me now!"

I was about to let go when he said sweetly "Not you stupid."

Oh my gosh! I was blushing so much. I was so embarrassed. Our entire family was here.

I distantly heard more than one "awe" and "well let's go and leave the two love birds alone"

Well, if I was blushing earlier now I was blushing more than that.

I had always thought that public display of affection was the cutest thing ever. But I didn't know how embarrassed one could feel. I'm pretty sure someone had to have either a lot of confidence or either a lot of affection to do PDA.

They all left and it was just me and David. I couldn't hear anything except the beating of my erratic heart.

"I'm sorry" I whispered looking down.

He exhaled loudly "for what now?" he shifted his position in a way that now I was sitting in his lap sideways with his arms around me, my arms around one of his biceps with my head on his chest and his mouth near my ear after he placed a kiss on my temples.

"This is entirely my fault." I mumbled.

"How?"

"…"

"Do you like blaming yourself all the time? Or apologizing?"

"…"

"It's not your fault, do you understand me?"

A tear escaped my eyes while I fidgeted with my hand and fingers. David kissed it off my face saying "I hate it when you cry"

I smiled weakly. "So are you going to tell me why you were so angry with your dad?"

"…"

Time for him to remain silent now?

"Come on! You are so not giving me the silence treatment again!"

"It's nothing."

"Didn't seem like nothing to me."

"Well it's about my past. Fathers right you don't have to worry about it"

"Oh right! Super hearing" I smiled. "Well, still I wanna know everything related to you. EVERY SINGLE DAMN THING." I smiled again but flirtatiously this time and moved closer to him if that was even possible.

Our faces were so close and his eyes drifted to my lips a few times but he seemed to be deliberating internally whether he should tell me or not.

From what I knew, I wasn't winning. I sighed and got up. I started heading for the door.

He grabbed my arm the next moment and said "Wait! This is hard for me. Let me think how I'm going to tell you all this. Okay?"

I knew it would work and I smiled saying "Alright!"

We sat down, next to each other, on his big king sized bed.

"Well, this is when I first was declared to be king, and then the same night, transformed into a vampire- around 382 years ago."

I interrupted "Does it hurt?"

"What?" he asked confused, which made me realize that a lot of things were going through his head right now.

"The transformation."

"It depends on the one who transforms you. He decides how much venom he wants in you thus determining how strong the new vampire will be, some vampires can't handle the excessive amount of venom thus killing us. I survived the largest amount of venom anyone has ever tested. I'm different. I would have died but who cared?" he said in disgust, and believe me I knew who he meant. "So I'm greatly feared because I'm the strongest amongst our kind. The creator also controls the level of pain. The more pain, the stronger the new vampire would be. Even when you feed on a human, you control the level of pain that human encounters."

"Did it hurt you a lot?"

"…"

I knew it! It did.

"It did, didn't it?" I asked softly.

He nodded with a pained expression. "My father…."

He left it hanging in the air but I knew what he meant. But I just could believe it! How could a father treat his son like this? I mean he seemed such a nice person. But then again, never judge a book by its cover.

I nodded and he carried on "anyways I started to look for a suitable mate" he was looking at me but it seemed like he was in another time frame.

"I.. met.. Samantha." He stopped.

*Evil grin. I wanted to end it here. Bwahaha. But I decided not to since I took a long time to update.*

"Samantha?" I urged him to continue.

He kept staring in air.

After a long time he spoke again with a voice stressed with pain. It was surprising how well I could tell.

"She was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen in that time, I was enchanted by her at first sight. I fell in love with her or so I thought.."

Okay. I was so not expecting this! Who likes their guy talking about another woman?

He was staring at me probably hoping for an indication to continue so I nodded in response.

I started fidgeting with my hand.

"So, we were very happy. I changed her with my own venom running through her body. When you change someone they both have power over each other, the creator more over the created, more like an unbreakable bond. Our connection became strong, very strong. I didn't realize at that time that she was… Only pretending to be in love with me. All she wanted was my power. I wouldn't have even known it. She was controlling me so well. She was like a drug to me. She could command me to do something and I would do it without thinking.. in short she basically clouded my memory in such a way that I was just another mass of muscles ready to be used." He paused lowering his eyes and looking away ashamed.

I put my hand on his arm and he looked at me.

He sighed and continued. "My brother James overheard her somewhere and confronted me with the truth. I couldn't believe it. She wouldn't do this to me. We both went to her and asked her to tell us the truth. I had let her have so much control over me that I couldn't stop myself when she commanded me to attack my brother. I still regret it; I couldn't believe I had done it. As you also know if I'm close to anyone it James. It was like I had control over my brain but my body won't listen to it. I was disconnected to it."

"Do you know, the royal ones in our family have special powers and different eyes colors? You might have noticed most of the vampires have brown eyes. We royalties have a different color. We are even stronger than the others. We have powers."

"Oh" was all I could say when he looked at me expectantly. I remembered Vince, he had brown eyes.

"So I knew she had royal blood before changing her but I didn't know her power was.. Still is.. That she can control your body. So that, mixed with our connection, you can imagine the power she had on me. I sometimes wonder if it was all her tricks that I ended up falling for her."

He sighed.

"Well after a long time I got out of her clutches. We couldn't do much about her because she belonged to a family full of socialite and the complicated things that make you in the top families of the vampire society. Yes we have one which you will be introduced to soon.. Anyway, I was heartbroken, you can't imagine- well maybe you can, how hard it was. But now I know I wasn't in love with her, it was just lust or maybe not even that. Maybe it was just her tricks. I didn't know what love was till I met you."

Awe! That was so sweet. I smiled and so did David.

"Anyways the problem is that there's a kind of a two week annual ball which is being held at our place as always. All the royalties in our world are invited. I've always tried to avoid it or couldn't care less, but now that you're with me, I can't ignore it. Samantha will be here. I don't know how she will react or what kind of control she will have over me and I don't want you getting hurt or caught up in any mess."

"I understand and I will do anything in my power to make this all easier for you and harder for her." I said, determined to do anything to this witch who had wrecked my fiancés heart like it was nothing.

Now I remember what Lindsay was saying while we were shopping at the mall long time back. That he had become cold and heartless ever since Samantha did this to him.

He seemed so sad. So, I hugged him again. He was so warm and comfy.

He simply kissed my head and sighed.

"It hurts every time I think about how easily she fooled me" feelings were never his cup of tea. That I knew. And hats off to him in actually admitting this. At least now I can understand him better.

"It's not your fault" that's all I could say.

"I love you so much!" I added smiling.

His mood suddenly lightened up it was like he was glowing.

"So when's this 2 week ball?"

Silence.

"Tomorrow"

Shocked "WHAT?"

So soon?

Was I really ready to meet everyone?

Exams were horrible and summer break flew by but don't forget to recommend a guy/Picture. :P

And of course don't forget to review.

Love you always,

Zoya.