An Arranged Marriage to the Vampire King?! You've Got To Be Kidding Me...[Chapter 1] -Once Upon A Time-

I sat, pissed off, in my room for awhile. The whole "I'd Rather Starve" thing had sounded pretty cool when I had said it to Julian, but now, 10 hours later, I was feeling really hungry. I tried to occupy myself with unpacking and getting all my stuff set up in my room, and after I was finished I decided to take a long bath, but still I could hear my stomach growling and growling.

I heard a soft knock at 10:30pm. I was laying in bed, trying to get some sleep, but not really being able to because I was so hungry.

"Who is it?" I asked in an annoyed tone.

"Lilith" Lilith called from the other side of the door. I sighed, got up and opened it. Lilith stood before me with a plate of steaming food. My mouth literally watered. "I thought you might be hungry." She said. I took the food and went back into my room.

"Well, you definitely thought right." I replied, in between huge bites of delicious roast chicken.

"I sort of snuck it out after Julian had gone to work so, he won't be too happy if he finds out I've given it to you."

"Well too bad! I'm hungry, you're giving me food, whats the big deal?" I asked. Lilith looked uneasy.

"He wasn't kidding about the whole, 'you don't eat with him you don't eat' thing. And I mean, it's not like he wants you to starve, it's more that he wants you to follow his rules." she explained.

"Oh yeah, right. Like he seriously believes I'm going to just do that." I responded.

"I don't mean to be a stickler here, but if you know what's best for you, you will. Julian lived his entire life under opression from his father. He's kind of terrified of being told what to do. And when you shouted at us this morning to get out of your room, he sort of...snapped. I'm not saying it's right that he did, all I'm saying is that there are things you don't like, and there are things he doesn't like, and one of them is being told what to do." Lilith said.

"Well neither do I, so he'll just have to suck it up. I am his fiancee, and when we get married, I'm going to be The Queen of the Vampires or whatever, so he needs to grow up and deal with it. I'm going to be every last bit as powerful as him." I retorted, annoyed. Whose side was she on, anyway?

"Uhhh not exactly. Julian is a full vampire. You're only a half one." Lilith pointed out. I sighed.

"I don't want to talk about Julian anymore. Why don't you explain to me what it's like being a vampire and all?" I asked. Lilith seemed to brighten at this topic.

"What do you want to know?" she asked.

"Okay well first thing's first. Why are you guys up during the day? I mean, if the sun touches you...I mean us, won't we like, die?" I inquired. Lilith laughed.

"No, that's all made up. The thing is, with vampires, we hardly need any sleep. Only a few hours during the night, and we're all right. And the sun doesn't hurt us. It was just myth humans made up so that we could seem more vincible." she explained.

"So I'm guessing you don't sleep in coffins, either?" I asked.

"Nope. And wooden stakes don't hurt us. Same with garlic. You know-" Lilith started but was cut off by Julian slamming open the door and coming in. I shreiked and tried to hide the food. Lilith even jumped up in surprise.

"I'm sorry." Julian said, through clenched teeth.

I blinked at him. What?

"What?" Lilith asked, obviously just as shocked by his confession as I was.

"I'm sorry I overreacted about the food thing. There. Are you happy?" he asked, his gaze meeting mine. I instantly felt a blush come to my cheeks- I had no idea how to react.

"I uh. I'm sorry that I yelled at you." I replied, unsure if he was going to attack me or something while I wasn't on my guard. But he didn't. All Julian did was nod his head once and left the room quickly.

I stared at Lilith.

"Well Sera. You just got the King of Vampires to apologize. How does it feel?" She asked, in a sort of happy bewilderment. I took a deep breath in, feeling butterflies in my stomach from his apology.

"Good." I answered with a small smile.