His Other One

11|A Sad love Story And A Cabal

A/N
There will be a shift in the narration form. From here henceforth, I won't be narrating in only Taylor's pov anymore. I've been debating it in my head and just decided to go through with it. Its my story to tell in it now?😀

Then she winced.
She didn't mean to. She wanted to look as fierce as her words sounded but she had underestimated the wounds on her back when she jerked away from her captor.

Anghel didn't miss her reaction. He released the maid and watched her, not exactly sure what to do. She confused him, this one.
Then she swayed and without a second thought he rushed to her.

"Are you alright?"
What an idiot he was, to have underestimated the seriousness of her wounds. His words of concern were barely out his lips when she flinched away from him.

"Don't...touch me" she grinded out through closed teeth as he tried to steady her. Anghel almost recoiled at the venom in her tone. He suppressed his impatience and drew back his hand. Wasn't it what he wanted all along, Taylor hating him enough to forfeit?
He really shouldn't be bothered.

"Doctor Diaz, how is the king doing?" He asked the castle's only modern doctor, ignoring the pale woman before him. With a place as ancient as Ardelean, Diaz service was invaluable. Diaz was a thirty something brilliant doctor who had mistakenly stumbled on their kind in the mortal world. He was the type of crazy genius who would forfeit everything just to chase an ambition, which was exactly what he did. He took an oath of secrecy and became Ardelean's resident Doctor. Vampires needed doctors too, they were 'immortal' but not regenerative.

They tolerated him for the past decade because of his priceless service and ignored his exorbitant thinking that vampire genes were the key to mortal immortality. Total bull.

"He is stable your Highness. He escaped an heart attack the injection was supposed to cause. I have given him a sedative to help him sleep away the after effect. When he wakes, he would be alright. He Just needs to be watched"

"Good. Please report to the Scarlett council for interrogation. Its is mandatory, seeing you're the only modern doctor around here" Anghel instructed, referring to the found syringe. Anghel had his doubts though, Diaz wouldn't jeopardize his years of 'research' to pull a stunt like this.

Diaz nodded in understanding.

Then without his better judgement he added;

"But first, See to my wife's wounds."
He caught Marius surprised look and ignored it. Diaz services was seen as high class and meant only for the royals.
"Is she...?" He wanted to know if he was dealing with a vampire as should be usual.

"No"
Anghel passed a look to Marius, who had been silent all the while and knew he understood the message he was conveying

"I'll escort you to your quarters, milady" Marius finally broke his silence.

Taylor started at the familiar voice. She hadn't realized it was Marius who had been holding her all the while. She gave him a slightly apologetic smile. She didn't want to come off as difficult or sassy to someone who had been nice to her once.

Taylor and Olivia left the room, trailed by Diaz and Marius.
Anghel watched them leave and closed the door with a sigh he had been wanting to release since he found the syringe.

When he had first heard that cry of help from his father's room, he thought his world shifted.
Then his world did shift when he, and the guards found Taylor at the bed of his ailing father.

He felt guilty now for the scenarios that had ran through his head just then. And the weight of his relief when he saw the syringe could have fell him. It venerated that girl from whatever would be discussed by the Scarlett council tonight.