Forced Bride Of The Vampire Lord

Chapter 414 – Where The Loyalty Lies
In the dark alley of the capital where the day started after the setting sun, a group of men and women were sitting around the fire that was blazing in spite of the chilly winds that were cutting the bones.

​ They all had cloaks on their head while waiting for their master to come.

“She is still alive! Damn, not only is she alive but she is going to take the throne as expected. Shall we change our strategy to survive now?” asked one of them when an old man came and took the seat of the head.

Instead of feeling better, they were looking anxious as if they were worried about their safety, their future.

“But she knew that witches were not on her side. Even if Luhan went to convince her, Lilian messed it up and once Celina did not support us, we are going to lose our position even if he is a marquis now?” said another with a disheartened voice creating desperation on the face of others.

“But this is our homeland. How many times are we going to leave it?” said another as he stood up and gritted his teeth.

Men nodded their heads supporting him, it was their house, their land! Why did they need to run every time from there?

“What if we kill her and then give a chance to Luhan. Is there a chance that he could win?” asked the head finally, taking a deep breath.

Though he asked others, his eyes moved to Luhan whose expressions were hidden by his cloak.

“If Celina would support him. We can let Rafael and Hazel get rid of the duke to strengthen their position, then we will kill her and let Luhan take her place.” many nodded their heads.

Firstly they were supporting hazel but her behavior was not friendly when they went to ask for the witches she had saved from the slave establishment.

She was wary of them and it ended up creating a rift between both parties.

“I.. I will not be able to win against her!” said Luhan with a pause as he took off his cloak and stared at them.

“More than that, is there even a way to kill the dark witch? If it would have been that easier, she would have already died so many times with so many enemies surrounding her.” he looked at all of them who flinched with his cold words.

“More than that, who had the guts to make her enemy if she survived our attack? Have you forgotten how her family perished and she even won from demons killing so many of them as if they were weak kids!” he did not want to, but he could not help but marvel at her strength.

She was so powerful that he was sure they would be equal to flies in front of her powers.

“If anyone still wants to try, go ahead. But i will not participate in the suicide mission.” he stood up as if he could not bear listening o their foolish ideas anymore when their elder, the head of the meeting stomped his feet with force.

“Are you trying to rebel against us, Luhan? Have you forgotten we have brought you this far and made you a witch marquis!” he glared at the man with a dark face but Luhan just smiled.

“I have never thought of betraying my clan. You are like my family since I do not have any blood relatives.“ His voice was soft and warm but it felt like a cold bucket of water thrown on them.

They could not help but feel embarrassed and humiliated that angered them further.

“The only reason that I took you as my family is that I wanted to warn you, do not go against Hazel. Even if you go and apologize to her now, she would forgive you for your small tricks, but if you try to kill her, you will cross her bottom line and then.. There would be no future for you.” he said with a small smile on his face but they knew how his face had hardened.

He was not going to support them if they played tricks on her anymore.

“Ha! She is a black witch, yet we supported her in being the empress but her behavior last time..” before the man could continue, Luhan laughed again as if he had heard a great joke.

“You supported her in being the queen?” he titled his head as he walked to the witch who had those absurd thoughts, “how in the world did you do that?”

“She is a queen due to her own efforts and the things she has done. When i asked all of you to go and support her when she was burning the slave establishment and dark alley, none of you came forward.” he laughed coldly while staring at each of their frowning faces.

“But when she won, you forced me to go with Lilian and ask her to free all our witches. Would it not make her suspicious” he spat the question with some force as they looked away and dodged his face.

“But if that was not enough, you asked me and Celina to take or support back to threaten her and now that she has won, instead of apologizing, you are planning to kill her. Is it that easy?” This time he asked the question back to their head who was the father of Lillian.

“We should not lose our rationality in the emotions and familial love. More than that, we should take the reasonableness of our position and guide our team accordingly.” the face of the head burnt while the face of Lilian turned pale as she lowered her head.

“I will still advise you to go and apologize to her. If not, as my last shred of loyalty for you, I will not fight with you and would not tell her about your plan. But I will go and join her since she is the only one working for the welfare of the land you are showing your lover for.”