Captured To Become A Vampire Prince's Bride {Book 2}

Captured To Become A Vampire Prince's Bride {Book 2}: Chapter 26

{King Austin's POV}

Francine and Mark both watched as I circled them while they sat huddled together on a love seat in the middle of the room. A mixture of fear and confusion adorned their faces... maybe because they were in my basement and they were tied to the loveseat... and gagged, but they didn't need to be scared. It was dark and dingy, and the only light right now that entered the room was from a single tiny window in the corner. Aside from that, it was spacious, they just couldn't see very well in the low light. That was their fault, not mine.

I wasn't going to hurt them. I didn't want to hurt them.

But if I had to, then I guess-

"What's funny!?" Francine screamed the best she could through her mouth gag. She blinked furiously, very clearly trying not to cry.

I didn't know I was laughing externally. Whoops.

"Nothing, my apologies."

I continued pacing thinking what to do with the pair. I brought them here, boasted about it, even before I'd actually taken them, but didn't have a clue what to do.

I sighed.

This would bother Arianne, which would bother Alexander which would bother the King. However, it wouldn't bother them enough to give in to my demands. They didn't give in even when I had Alexander.

Selfish assholes.

"I'm hungry. Are you guys hungry?" I stopped in front of the pair, they both glowered and I could help but grin, were they really going to stubborn in this situation? "I'm offering you free food and you don't want to eat? It's probably better than what you were fed before, and you'll get to feed yourselves."

Mark hissed something but I couldn't quite understand it. Poor him. He was probably trying to appear calm in front of his wife, but she couldn't hear that his heart rate was drastically higher than hers, she couldn't smell the amount of adrenaline rushing through his body. He was terrified.

"Okay, how about this: I untie you both and let you out of my basement and we can go eat together," I suggested. Maybe they'd then accept my offer.

They glanced at each other before nodding slowly and hesitantly, which was a very good answer.

They'd been here for about two days. I didn't see them after I dropped them off down in the basement because I was busy being a King, but I had some free time. I made sure they were fed a little and were given bathroom breaks of course. It was only decent, and better treatment than Alexander got.

They were easy enough targets. I drove straight up to their house and told them me and Arianne had made up, and I was going to take them to her. They were a very, very gullible couple. You never get too close to the enemy- and they got straight into my chauffeur-driven limousine and even accepted my drinks! I mean, they didn't know I was technically the enemy, and they didn't know their drinks were laced but still. They made it way too easy.

I untied them both as I promised, and they hugged each other tightly almost immediately. They were like two damn magnets.

I scoffed, "cut that shit out. You've been beside each other this whole time." I started walking ahead of them, leading them out of the basement.

Above surface was much brighter than I expected and even I had to squint to let my eyes adjust to the blinding afternoon light.

I turned and narrowed my eyes at the couple, just to scare them a little more, "you guys can roam free around the castle from now on. Any funny business and I'll feed you to one another." Then I grinned, no need to frighten them anymore, any longer and Mark probably would have pissed his pants. They were fun, much better than Alexander and that ginger girl I had to kill.