Rejected By My Mate novel Chapter 18

[Third Person POV]

Vorges, the Vampire King’s son, was grinning widely while walking the hallway towards the King's throne room. Other vampires looked at him with brows furrowed. They barely saw him entering the castle. With respect to their King’s son, they bowed their heads. Some greeted Vorges, but he just swiftly passed by them, as his time was more precious than chit-chatting around like a useless vampire. He knew his fellow vampires hated his guts. So he didn’t bother getting along with them.

The big double wooden door automatically opened when he stopped at the entrance. With head held high, he quickly entered inside the wide room with a dark marble floor, where a man in the center sat in a big emperor chair dressed in black clothing with a red cape and a crown on top of his head. Two girls were kissing the King and seductively bit the King's earlobe. He looks coldly at Vorges, who has a wide grin plastered on his face.

"Greetings! My King!" Vorges uttered and bowed his head while grinning.

"In what circumstances brought you here, my son." the King uttered in a bored tone.

"Well, my King, I have great news for you," Vorges answered confidently. The King raised an eyebrow with a little curious expression.

"Spill."

"I found her, my King," Vorges said while grinning.

"Who?" asked the King suddenly uninterested.

"The Chosen One…" Vorges said with a smirk.

The King laughed hysterically. Vorges' brows furrowed in confusion and frowned. Wondering why his father laughed at the news.

"What's funny, father?" he asked dumbfounded.

The King cleared his throat and spoke. "Someone beat you to it, my son."

Vorges narrowed his eyes and clenched his fist. "Who?!" he said with his raised voice, which earned a glare from the King.

"Someone that will help me get her." the King answered confidently.

Vorges clenched his fist tightly and gritted his teeth. "Do me a favor, my son." The King uttered when he noticed the sudden change of Vorges mood. He knew his son wouldn't take any defeat.

Vorges looked at his father with a grim expression. "What is it?"

The King grinned. "Bring me the girl and I will compensate you with anything you want."

A wide grin plastered on Vorges face. "Anything I want?" he made sure.

"Yes, my son." The King answered without a doubt.

"What if I asked you to transfer the throne to me?" he said boldly.

The King frowned but grinned afterward. "Deal. But bring her alive without a scratch."

Vorges smirked. "Deal."

"Okay, dismiss." the King uttered hastily while moaning when the girls touched him. Vorges grimace in disgust, but choose to ignore it.

Vorges left the throne room while grinning. He put his two hands under his pocket while walking towards the empty hallway. He wondered where the vampires went.

He stopped when he noticed a person standing and leaning against the wall wearing a black cloak. He couldn't see his face because it was dark.

"Long time no see, Vorges." a sexy hoarse voice said.

Vorges eyes widened a little while staring at the person in the black cloak. He was stunned. The voice echoed in his head repeatedly. He couldn't believe his eyes and froze while images flashed in his head.

"What are you doing here, woman?!" he hissed while clenching his fist.

"Relax, I'm not here to piss you off. I'm here for the King." the woman answered cockily. "How does it feel to be a second choice, Vorges?" the woman mocked him, two arms folded in her chest as she straightened her back from leaning against the wall.

Vorges clenched his fist tightly. "What do you want from my father?" he asked, ignoring the question. The woman smirked.

"It's none of your business, Vorges."

Vorges glared at the woman. "Remember this woman, once I see you again, I will kill you!" he said through gritted teeth.

"Go on, Vorges. As if you can kill me. You didn't even kill the Shepherd Alpha."

Vorges narrowed his eyes, and his vision became dark red. "I already killed him!" he said, clenching his teeth.

"Are you sure?" the woman uttered while smirking.

"I poisoned him and I know he's dead by now!"

"Oh, you totally underestimated the power of his mate. He's alive, you moron!" the woman spat.

Vorges clenched his fist and his eyes darkened. He hissed at the woman. "One more insult, woman. And I will send you to your death!" he said dangerously.

The woman walked towards him and whispered into his ear, "My dear, you send me to my death a lot of times, but I'm surprised I'm still alive," she chuckled. "Prepare for her wrath because she will make sure to send you for your suffering." the woman uttered before turning her back on Vorges and walked towards the throne room.

Vorges laughed and echoed through the hallway. "I'm not afraid, woman!" he shouted before turning himself into a bat and flew away from the vampire castle.

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[Alexandria's POV]

After breakfast, Sabrina brought us to her training grounds. I looked around and noticed it was just an empty space. The marble beige floor was shining and I'm hesitant to step on it. I mean, the maids clearly did a good job cleaning this whole big empty room.

I watched Sabrina as she cast a spell on the entire room. I can feel her strong powers flowing to her body.

"What are you doing?" I asked, with brows furrowed.

"I put barriers, so that if you're planning on breaking everything. The outside will not disturb."

"Oh,"

"Okay, Alex, sat in the center. We will train your power today. So what power do you possess?" she asked and sat on the marble floor with legs crisscrossed.

Before answering her questions, I sat on the floor with my legs crisscrossed. "I only used teleportation and mind reading," I said, and I saw Layla frown a little. She also sat on the floor, her back against the wall, while Azrael just stood up on the opposite side of Layla while leaning against the wall. He intently watched us.

"So, you can read minds?" Sabrina said.

I grinned. "All the time."

"Clever girl. You secretly read my mind, do you?" she said while rolling her eyes.

I chuckled, not feeling guilty, and said, "It's fun reading someone's thoughts!"

Sabrina shook her head in disbelief.

"Waaahhhhh Alex! You probably read my thoughts every time!" Layla whined, which made me laugh. I wink at Layla and her face flushed red.

I saw Azrael's eyes widened. He's probably thinking that I read his mind.

"Don't worry, Azra! I didn't read your mind!" I said while chuckling. He sighed in relief.