CHAPTER 17

MASTER ADRIAN'S POV:-

"Then we must go and check who dared to enter their house unseen and killed them silently and ran away?" Ryan said and I nodded my head. He went out to get the cart ready while I went to get my coat and check if Eve had woken up. But to my surprise, she was still unconscious due to the pain she felt.

Pecking her warm forehead, I grabbed my coat and my wand. I then stepped out of the room and went straight towards the gates of my palace. Ryan was standing by the cart that was ready for me. As always, Ryan took care of everything. He held the door of the cart open for me. I stepped in first then Ryan stepped in. Hayden followed behind. When we all were set, Ryan asked the driver to take us to the Daemonium's house.

The cart came to a halt and Ryan held the open the door for me. I stepped out of the cart and went straight into the house. As I stepped into the house, I smelled death everywhere. Ryan came and led me towards the living room. My eyes widened in horror as I saw the bloodbath in the room. The room was painted red with the blood of Daemonium's family. The gold I had given them in exchange for Eve, someone had melted it and turned it into helmets for the whole family. Everyone had a gold helmet in their heads. 

I went closer to have a better look. That was when I realized that they were killed as I had seen in my nightmare. Justin's throat was missing. Edwin's arms were not with his body. Calvin's lung's were pulled out of his body as well. 

I was looking around for the missing parts while I ordered Hayden to check the bodies of Eve's dead parents. I stepped out of the living room and went to the kitchen. I suspected that the missing parts would be in the kitchen. But they were not in the kitchen. As I was about to step out of the kitchen when Hayden came running towards me. He looked all pale like he was a mortal and he would have seen a ghost.

I went to him and patted his shoulder lightly. He jumped but soon recovered as he saw me standing beside him. "What drained you out, Hayden? I have never seen you this scared ever before." I asked him as he looked back at the living room's door then back at me.

"Brother, their missing body parts. Someone ripped the couple's hearts out. Daemonium is missing his shaft and his balls while his wife is missing her uterus. I can not believe it. Someone just ripped it all out on purpose." He replied and my eyes widened in horror. I gritted my teeth and stepped out of the kitchen. I went back to the living room. I examined the bodies again. Because I did not know why, but I just could not come to believe what Hayden had told me. 

It was not just a nightmare I had seen that day. It was reality. Something that was going on with the Daemoniums. But I did not understand. I was the one who had killed the Daemonium brothers. I was not sure if I had left Redford territory the time when the Daemonium family was murdered. And I had not seen Eve's parents in my nightmare. It was about Daemonium brothers only. I had not seen how her parents died.

I also had no idea how the gold ended up on their corpses. Neither I had known of the body parts ripped out. As if on cue, Ryan came to me and stood beside me. I also stood up and signalled him to speak up. "My Lord Adrian, you better see this with your own eyes or you will never believe me." He said in a panicked tone. I sighed and signalled him to lead the way.

He took us to the stairs and we climbed up the stairs. As we crossed the second floor, I looked at him and he nodded his head. "My Lord Adrian, there is a… I can not call it a room. Let me show you." He said and I just nodded my head. He pulled the ladder down from the roof and we climbed up. As I entered the space that looked like a store room, I inhaled deeply and gulped hard. My desires awakened as Eve's delicious scent reached my lungs.

I looked back at Ryan and he nodded his head. "This was the room of our mistress. She used to have this store as her room. Along with all the trash and attics." He answered my unasked question and I felt pure rage for the dead family. I just did not understand how come anyone hurt her like that. And what was the reason behind all this. 

"Master, this is not the reason why I brought you here. You need to see this." He said and pointed his finger at the nearest wall. I looked at the wall. Hayden felt sick as his eyes fell on the wall. He ran away while I went towards the wall. I saw the missing body parts of the Daemonium family. Calvin's lungs were there as well. To my surprise, they were pulled out whole without a single scratch. I knew it was not easy to rip someone's lungs out without any damages. I went even closer and found that the initials of my name were written with the body parts under a circle that was drawn by the blood of the family. I gritted my teeth seeing the horrific scene in front of me.

Flashback Ended:-

It was clear that whoever murdered Eve's family, they wanted me to see that. They made sure that I would see this message they had left. But I really did not understand what was the message really? I had told both Ryan and Hayden not to tell anything to Eve. I wanted to find out everything before telling her.

According to the people of their neighborhood, nobody got in or stepped out of the house. Neighborhood also confirmed that they did not hear a single sound. It was like they were all sleeping. Or maybe it happened the time when the whole territory was asleep. But it was near to impossible as a few hours ago, Salvador had received Eve and and a few hours later, Ryan sent Hayden to bring the Daemonium brothers. Who knew they would be dead.

I heard a knock on the door and gritted my teeth. I stood up and went to the door but when I recognized Vincent's scent, I sighed and composed myself again. I opened the door and invited him in. He went straight to the couches while I went to the shelf to grab the bottle of blood along with two glasses. I went to the couches as well and sat beside Vincent. I poured blood in both glasses and gave him one. I grabbed the other one and leaned back on the couch.

"I apologise for the Valtor's behavior. He is like this. I don't know till when I have to carry his mistakes." Vincent said in a guilty tone while shaking his glass a bit. I sighed and nodded my head. I knew it was not his fault. Valtor was an evil vampire. He was proud and irresponsible. That was the reason why great Master Redford decided to give the crown of the territory to Vincent. 

"You do not have to apologize to me for his mistakes. You are my friend and I know you better. Let's just forget about that idiot. I have a lot on my plate right now. I need to deal with that first. Once the road is clear, only then I can think of moving towards more problems to solve." I replied and he set his glass on the table. He turned towards me and patted my back.

"What is wrong with you, my friend? Are you alright? I have been noticing you. You are not well ever since you have stepped out of your guest room. Tell me what is bothering you so much." He asked me in a worried tone. I sighed and downed the rest of the blood of my glass in one go. I then turned to face him.

"I don't know what is wrong with me. It is complicated. Let me tell you from the very beginning. You remember when I was in your territory a few months ago and I attacked you all?" I asked him and he nodded his head slowly.

 "It all started that day. As you know, I have found my mate. It was the same girl that was sold to me. Her brothers lied to me and sold her. When I attacked you, at that time, I had a nightmare. I saw my mate dying in that nightmare and I was the one who broke her neck." I replied and he shook his head. I knew why he was shaking his head. I had told him that story a few hundred times in a few months. In fact, it was his idea to teach Eve some of my special stunts.