Candela

Candela exhaustedly laid her body on the soft mattress as soon as they arrived in the palace and reached their room. Buying some random yet elegant clothes and jewelries made her tired but still, happy and contented. Now, after bringing home some branded gowns and shoes as well as purses, Candela couldn’t help it but to felt sudden excitement for the full moon night. Though it wasn’t really her thing. She never felt so excited towards a full moon party like this. Just like she was saying, every full moon, she lost control. She lost her drive on herself that is why, as much as possible, she avoided to be under the light of the full moon before.

But now, one day before the full moon, she was beyond excited. Was it because it will going to be her first full moon party together with Blade or she is excited because on that night, Blade and her will going to be official in the eyes of many. Well, she definitely choose the latter.

She smiled on her own thoughts. Yeah, definitely the undying excitement she feels was because of that. Finally, they will going to be official. On that full moon night, she will going to marry Blade… his beloved mate.

Candela shrieked out before rolling several times above the bed until she fell on the floor. That went her back to her sense and refrain herself from shrieking again. But she can’t just do so she shrieked out again and again until her throat hurts.

When she felt tired again from shrieking, she decided to go outside Blade’s room and went on the first floor of the palace. Her tummy growls as she walked through the hallway. She can’t help but to clutch her belly and talk to her child while walking.

“Just wait for another minutes, baby. Mommy is going to get your foods now.” Then she smiled and hurried it up.

She was on the staircase when she saw Curly, heading through her direction. After she caught Blade and Curly, she haven’t seen her again. Just this day again. Candela continued to walk and when there were only thin distance between her and Curly, she smiled at her. But Curly just twitched her eyebrow on her. That didn’t shock her anyway. Since the day she met Curly, Candela already know that Curly’s blood boils everytime they saw each other. The feeling is mutual though.

“So, it’s really true?” That made her stop in the middle of the stairs. She turned around to see Curly again who is now few meters away from her.

“Pardon?” she asked, bit confused.

Curly took three steps down. She exaggeratedly crossed her arms around her breasts making it looks like already popping out from her tube dress. “It’s really true?”

“Truth what?”

Curly smirk at her. “It is really true that you are already pregnant,” Curly said.

Candela forced a smile on her lips. “Uh, yeah… it’s true–”

“With Blade’s child?”

“Yeah, with Blade’s child,” she repeated.

What Curly next thing to do literally shocked Candela. She laughed mockingly before she grabbed her on her arms. That made Candela winced in pain because it wasn’t just a tight grip, it is freakishly tight making Curly’s nails dug on her skins. Candela’s blood instantly mixed on the air, she saw how her skins bleeds on Curly’s nails.

“You are a bitch! How can you made him fell in your hands, gold digger? Don’t you know Blade don’t deserve you, an eternal bitch like you?!” Curly’s eyes turns into red but Candela deterred herself from fighting back.

Not that she was playing a victim nor frightened towards Curly, it was her child occupying her mind right at that moment. She couldn’t fight back and have a cat fight with Curly because she knew, it will only affect her child. And Candela definitely don’t want that to happen.

“Let me go, Curly… it hurts,” she beg, instead.

“Hurts?” Curly asked, grinning at her. “Of course, it is.” Then Candela almost shout in pain when Curly break her bone effortlessly.

“It hurts right, bitch? Do you think what’s hurts more, huh Candela? It was taking your baby away from you so Blade won’t going to marry you on the full moon party.”

“Dare to try it, Curly. I will be the one who’ll going to kill you, alive.” They both find the owner of the voice who suddenly butt in.

When they looked up, they saw Primo… giving Curly his death glares. “Let go of Candelita, Curly,” he said in the coldest tone of his voice.

“W–why would I follow you?” Curly, even though have the courage to spoke back, she can’t help but to stuttered. Telling that she is affected with Primo’s voice.

“Why do you have to follow me?” Primo chuckled. He put his hands on his pockets and throw more dangerous glares to Curly. “Because I said so,” he added then he started to climb down.

When he reach their post, Primo grabbed Candela’s arm which is holding tightly by Curly. Then he met Curly’s eyes with his caustic red eyes. “Dare to hurt her again, I’ll strangle you until you beg for your life. Dare to hurt my brother’s mate and their child, I’m telling you… you’ll be buried, six feet below.” And with that, Primo dragged her back upstairs.

Candela just follow to Primo who’s still holding and dragging her to a familiar room. When they stopped into Primo’s room, the kid opened the door for her in a gentleman manner.

“Sit there for a while, I’m going to treat your wounds.”

“Uhm… there’s no need, Primo,” she said making Primo stop from walking and looked at her, asking. “Remember, vampires can heal. I already treat myself while we’re in our way here.” Then she showed a smile.

Primo sighed before drawing near her. “Why did you came out from my brother’s room? Did you forget what he have said?”

“Yeah, I know… I haven’t forget that.” She sighed, playing with her fingers. “It’s just… I felt hungry that’s why I came out. I didn’t expect that I would meet Curly on my way. If only I know, then I’d rather stay on the room,” she explained.

“Fine.” Primo walked away from her. When she followed the kid with her eyes, she saw Primo stopped at the telephone on the center table. “Yeah, make it faster and please, add some.” The kid said to someone his talking to the telephone.

Then Primo go back on her place. “Your foods will be there, just wait for a minute or two. I told the maid to make it rush.”

“Thank you,” Candela sid instead.

“Thank you for the foods? Everyone has the right to eat though –” she cut his words.

“Thank you for threatening Curly and saving me from her earlier.”

Primo’s brows twitch. “I did not threat her. What I’ve said earlier is the truth and if ever she did the same mistake again, I will not hesitate to do what I have said. And please, Candelita… I did save you because I also think of my neice if ever you fight her back.” Then he laughed.

“Yeah, if I am not pregnant… for sure, I’ll fight her back. How dare that woman hurt me? I did not hurt her though. I even tried to be nice at her even though I don’t like the idea of it. Arg! That bitch. How can a princess like her act like that. It was so inappropriate and disrespectful for her. Her attitude ruins her image. If I were her, I’ll try to fix my attitude and started to be nice to others.”

“Just don’t stress yourself with her. The food is coming, eat a lot. As much as possible, finish all the foods.” She nods while started to salivating to those foods telling by Primo to her.

Just like what Primo told, the food arrived just few moments after. Because of hungry, Candela eat all foods that she could eat. She eat lots of seafoods as well as fruits more especially apples which became her favorite since she got pregnant. After she eat almost all plates, Candela caressed her own tummy and smiled to the fullest.

“God! I felt so full. How about you, baby? Did you enjoy the foods?” she asked, talking to her tummy as if the baby inside it will answer back.

When she glanced at Primo, she saw the kid reading books while gradually eating his cakes and drinking his juice.

“What are you reading, Primo?” she asked.

Primo glanced at her. “Nothing. I am just reading some fact books about my ability. My mentor told me to start gathering some information about my ability so it would be easy for me to learn how to control it. You know, I can’t fully control my ability and usually leads me to trouble.”

Candela placed her index finger under her chin while nodding slightly at Primo. So, Primo is also having a hard time to control his power. Just like how she is to her ability. In that moment, Candela can’t help but to think her ability too. What if she tried to look for some books that is connected to her power? Will she able to control it properly?

“How about you, Candelita?”

“Me?” She pointed herself then Primo nod at her.

“Since the day I met you, I haven’t seen your ability yet. You’re not even using it? Even that day when we were attacked by rebels. You didn’t show your ability? Why is that so?”

She scratch the back of her head. “I don’t show it simply because I don’t have one,” she lied.

Well, she has. But was it still considered an ability when it puts her own life on stake? Was it still an ability that could be proud of when it can give desvastating results to her to those people around her? Yes, her ability seems cool, powerful but when she started to use it, it was other way round.

Indeed, it is powerful but with that ability, Candela can’t find the guts to brag it when it can kills instantly. That kind of ability shouldn’t exist and yes, what she just did… was alright. That ability of her deserves to be kept as a secret. It should be sealed so it won’t destroy anyone.

“There is no vampire born without his ability, Candelita.”

She shrugged, trying to keep it normal. “Well, I was born. I was born without one,” she lied again. She’s just hoping that Primo will not notice those lies lingers in her words.

“You maybe have one,” Primo still insist.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

She shook her head. “If I have one, then I should let you know from the very start, right? I don’t have ability. Or maybe your right, I maybe have one but me either didn’t know it. Because I still didn’t discover it.”

“Yeah, you maybe have one. Don’t worry, you’ll find it out soon. Just wait for that time. Sooner or later, you could show it to me. Who knows, that ability is so powerful. Powerful than mine.” Then he winked.

She just smiled and didn’t bother to speak again. She just watched Primo as he read his books seriously while she, in herself drown into her own thoughts.

“Your ability is powerful enough, Primo. You possessed a cool one but to tell you, if you’re expecting that my ability will be powerful too… then you are wrong. I wasn’t powerful, it’s destructive. Whenever I used it, it only leads me to danger… to my exact death. Just funny how it happened before. If there’s no one save me from death then there is no Candelita who you treat as your besr friend. There’s no me who came here in your palace as an enemy but ends up as part of your family. My ability is powerful but despite of it, even how powerful and cool it is… I still don’t like what I possessed,” she said inside her mind while her eyes are still glued into Primo.