Prince Darrius

Chapter 46

Jennifer’s POV

“What are you guys going to be up to?” Claudia asks me, I found her in her room by herself. She had just finished taking a shower.

“I just want to get to know Isobel better, and I don’t think she should be locked up either,” I state.

Claudia gives me a key for the door but behind her smile is some suspicion.

“Ok Jennifer,” She says, “Make sure you give me this spare key back later, and don’t do anything that’ll put yourself in danger ok? Darrius wouldn’t be able to handle it right now.”

“Haha, don’t worry,” I fake laugh, “I’m just going to talk to Isobel.” I say it as convincingly as possible and she goes along with it for the most part, “Anyway, I should go now…”

“Okay, see ya,” Claudia sees me out of her room, wrapped up in a white fluffy towel. 

“Bye,” I exit into the corridor and pick up my pace as I make my way to Maximus’ room.

As I turn a corner I nearly jump out of my skin as Caitlin nearly walks into me. She had changed into a new white skin-tight dress and put her hair in a braid.

“That was quick. Let’s go get Isobel, I have the key,” I say and Caitlin nods and walks with me, “Have you had any experience with weapons?” I ask.

“I have no experience,” Caitlin admits.

“How long have you been stuck in this palace?” I ask.

“For three years,” she says.

“Wait, so you were taken here when you were…?”

“Only 16,” Caitlin feels uncomfortable talking about this so she changes the subject, “How did Maximus find Isobel? He isn’t usually known to settle down with one girl.”

“It’s a long story…” I explain to her that she was a dress maker for my bridal gown for the wedding. And that she was a vampire hunter as well.

Once we reach Maximus’ room, I put the key in and it turns easily to the side. When it opens Isobel is standing on the other side, grinning.

“Thank you,” she says, “Now what is the plan?”

“First we need some clubby clothes, like Caitlin’s,” I say, walking in to Maximus’ room, “We have to act quickly, I think Claudia has guessed that I’m up to something and she doesn’t want me putting myself in danger because I just got back.”

“Well, come in, and explain everything,” Isobel stands to the side to let us in and then closes the door.

“What is this plan?” Caitlin asks.

On my way to Claudia’s I had stopped off at the weapons room I had once been into see Darrius and Maximus training. I had taken three small daggers with thigh attachments and put them aside for us to grab on the way out.

“It’s simple,” I say, “We’re going to stop a werewolf attack on vampires in the city. I’ve got weapons for us to grab on the way out into the city.”

“What makes you think we can take on werewolves?” Caitlin asks, seeming sceptical about the whole thing.

“Isobel is a vampire hunter in training,” I explain, and Isobel nods, “And I have my toxic blood, lethal to all supernatural creatures, one drop of my blood and I’ll take down a werewolf; multiple werewolves in an instant.”

There is a moment’s silence as they both consider what I’ve proposed.

“I like this plan,” Isobel says.