Graven was having a conversation with Horace in one of their hideouts after finishing his rounds of their family businesses for three days straight.
"How's the security of the whole town of South Pond?" he asked his right man.
"Everything is good so far, my lord!" Horace replied.
"No signs of the vampire bats return?" he asked.
Horace shook his head. "So far... our men haven't seen the bats presence around the town and other neighboring areas..."
"Good! I will tell you something about what happened on our trip," he said. "I told our men not to tell another soul about what transpired on our trip to Wimborne Village," he said.
"I'm all ears, my lord. Please tell me what happened," Horace said eager to know everything.
Graven released a deep sigh and cleared his throat. "When we found the castle... it was already abandoned and it looks dilapidated. When we enter the castle, there was algae, cobwebs and the roof and walls have cracks and holes on them. No one is residing in that area anymore for many years. Then we saw strange black liquid on the floor inside the castle, that's when I sense a powerful aura originating somewhere..." he said, pausing for a moment.
Then he continues... "The powerful aura is coming closer and I was frozen on the spot by it, then the ground where I stood up opened up and swallowed me whole... Calder and the others also suffered the same fate. When we regain consciousness, we found our hands bound by chains, and our bodies were submerged with the black liquid from the neck down to our toes..."
Horace's face was serious while listening to his master's narration, his eyes were glowing with horror. "What happened next, my lord?"
Graven sighed. "Instead of Rebecca, we stumbled upon a 1000 years old vampire king who is cursed and imprisoned beneath the castle, he finally awakened after a long time of slumber and he wants Laura back because only her blood can free the cursed king from beneath the ground. It turns out that the black liquid was the king's life source, he can't leave the castle's underground because the black liquid will die outside the castle..."
Horace's brows knitted together. "My lord, what is Laura's role in all this?" he asked, confused.
"Laura is the king's soulmate. She reincarnated several lifetimes and got intimate and married several men including my brother and me. Her blood is the only one that can bring the king back to life and free him from the curse that cast upon by his arch-enemy to him 1000 years ago..."
Horace's eyes widened. "Wait...so... Laura is the king's woman?"
Graven nodded his head. "Yeah..." he replied and continued his narration. "The king offered me and our men that once we can bring Laura to his side we will rule the world alongside with him as his reward...but if we don't follow his command we will die because he had planted a poison in our bodies using the black liquid which turned out to have a poison that can kill us and if we don't return to him and report once a month, he won't give us the antidote," Graven concluded his tale.
"Oh, my lord... you mean to say that you and the others will report to that cursed king once a month so that you can keep your lives?" Horace asked in shock.
"I already went to my friend the healer to have the black liquid analyze so that he can create a cure or antidote for the poison in our bodies. Hopefully, he can create an antidote soon before the poison will attack our vital organs inside our bodies," Graven said.
"Oh, that is troublesome, my lord!" Horace said sadly.
Graven looked at his right man. "The reason why I tell all you this is because if something bad happened to me, you have to help my father with the businesses and make sure the whole South Pond Town is protected. There is no one whom I can trust, only you!"
"Thank you for your trust, my lord. I swear in front of you that I will take care of your father and the whole town of South Pond," Horace said.
"Good! I can finally breathe easily..." Graven said. "And one more thing... when Laura and I arrived in her town, we got married there..." he said, breaking the good news to his trusted man.
Horace's face brightens in glee. "That's awesome, my lord! Congratulation on marrying Laura! I'm happy for the two of you!" he said happily.
Graven smiled a bit. "Yeah, it's a happy occasion indeed," he reminiscence about the happy moments he spent with his wife, but his happiness didn't last long, a somber expression blanketed his whole face.
Horace noticed the sadness in his master's eyes. "What's wrong, my lord? Why you look so sad?"
Graven sighed. "My brother Luke was finally resurrected and he comes on the day of the wedding, good thing he didn't destroy the happy occasion and left without saying a word to me. I found him outside the cave. Due to anger that I married his beloved woman, he severed our sibling ties. I thought he was no longer interested in my wife, but after I left Laura in Bay Meadow, he went there and abducted my wife. Until now I'm still searching for my wife everywhere," Graven said.
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