Sold To The Vampire Prince

Chapter 23

Arielle's pov

There were more vampires than usual working around and I think I saw a dog at one point....anyways.

I decided to visit the other pets, most of our masters were still busy and we were all bored...and besides, we thought it will be really cool to meet some new pets

"Yesterday's ball was kinda nice" a pet whose name I still can't remember said, following a set of positive response from the others

"Yeah...where were you anyway..." another guy asked "...one minute, you were with us and then BOOM! You're nowhere to be found" he said and I received curious looks from the others

"Well...I um...had to go to the bathroom in the mansion. The one at the ball was packed" I said and he scoffed

"That was the same excuse Joshua gave us" he said and there was a series of ohhs and ahhs making me flustered

"No no no, it's not like that..." I said but I was interrupted by a panting Joshua who appeared out of nowhere

"One more bite from that woman and I'm dead meat" he said and sat down on the floor, trying to catch his breath

"Wooooh, what happened to you?" Talia asked

"It's the princess! She's gone crazy!" he said and stood up, pointing to his neck and wrist which had bite marks that still looked fresh "she started feeling hungry all of a sudden....she literally just fed like 30 minutes ago!" he sat back down on the floor

"Calm down. I'll get some food for you, you must have lost a lot of blood" Talia said and walked off

"What I don't understand is how you're still awake. I heard royal bites are ruthless" a female pet said

"Err....i-I must have g-gotten used to it...I guess" he said with a confused look

"That could be it. Arielle also seems fine nowadays" another pet said making me freeze

"I...I must have gotten used to it too" I murmured and looked down; avoiding the questioning look Joshua was giving me. What? If he can get used to it, so can I!

AHHHH!

All of a sudden, we heard a loud scream that sounded a lot like Talia's. I was the first to speak

"What was that?"

"It...it sounds like Talia"

"Should we go and see what happened" another pet asked and we all stood still until we saw a female vampire speed past us

"Let's just go" Joshua said and walked forward, the rest of us following him

We walked down the stairs and we could see a lot of worried faces until we saw Talia running towards us, crying. She stopped in front of Joshua and hugged him

"Talia, what's wrong? We heard you scream" Joshua asked

"Ju....ju..." she tried to say but couldn't

"Just relax" I said and she calmed down

"Justin was killed" she said and started sobbing all over again. There were shocked looks on our faces. Who's Justin?

"That's sad. But why is there so much ruckus over it? A lot of pets are killed by their masters." A female pet said. Talia looked at us for some time before walking towards the scene. We took that as a hint to follow her. We stopped when we got there but couldn't see the body because of the female vampire from before, some guards and Isabella was standing in the way. One of the guards moved and we all saw a glimpse of Jason's body making us shook. One of the female pets let out a scream