Disgust.

Ella looked up into his cold blue eyes and shivered. She was disgusted beyond compare; he wanted her to take this innocent little wolf's life. This wolf was a baby, barely even begun its life and it may have recently found out it could shift.

...and he wanted to kill it.

The sword shook in Ella's hands; she was contemplating what her actions should be.

Ella found herself having two choices, either she killed the wolf and become Queen or she spared its life and risk being shunned. She found the vampire society sexist, racist and lacking equality but it was the only home she had.

From that day, vampires were her only caregivers, teachers and punishers. They raised her; they groomed her and taught her their ways. If she were to defy them, would she be able to survive on her own, away from the walls of this castle or will she just slowly die?

Braxton held her shoulder in a deadly grip. "Kill it and don't try anything stupid. If you do, I cannot protect you from the council. This is simple it is already half dead. Just kill the mutt."

The wolf growled at the mention of the word mutt. It tried to lash after them but its body was tied down by silver spun rope. Ella looked into its eyes and gave it a small frown. The wolf stared at her with fear and hatred. Ella rose the sword and watched as it closed its eyes; not wishing to see its demise.

She swung the sword down and the vampires cheered; the thrill of a kill running through them.

Cling.

The silver rope was cut by the down sweep of her sword. Ella elbowed Braxton sending him into the drum set and moved at vampire speed cutting the ropes to shreds. The wolf's eyes opened in shock before prancing off the ground and running around trying to find an exit.

The sound of hisses, growls and snarls caught Ella's attention.

All the worthless, pampered vampires - that couldn't kill even though it was in their DNA - ran from the wolf. It was either that or they were too afraid to get blood on their clothes.

The room was wild with the vampires running about, the sound of vampires hissing, objects falling and angry calls from the crowd.

The guards ran after the wolf trying to corner it as it slid across the polish floor; having one eye didn't help it to navigate well.

Ella felt the anger in her veins boiled - why couldn't they leave the poor wolf alone? The power surged through her body and she intended to put it to use.

She focused on the guard in gold armour who was behind the wolf. Ella stared at him and he started to shake. She focused on the particles in his body causing them to vibrate using said vibrations to numb his legs and he fell.

She stared at the other guard running towards the wolf from the front and did the same, allowing the wolf space to flee.

Ella heard a grunt and looked back just as Braxton tackled her. She fell to the ground with a thud, Braxton on top of her.

"You stupid, stupid girl! Do you know what you've done?!" he yelled.

Wasting no time, Ella smashed her fist with his nose and kicked him off her. He flew and landed on the other side of the room. She turned trying to locate in wolf the chaos, it was being fought by a guard who held it by the ribs; a fatal move to wolves.

She focused on the guard's arm, vibrations ran through them and they fell to his side numb, his legs following after. The wolf landed on the ground with the guard, it looked at her with thankful eyes and then eyed the open balcony door. It ran towards the door and dove off the balcony.

Ella laid there breathing rapidly. She was thinking about the shit she just got herself in, knowing she wasn't going to get out of this easily.

The council was going to be pissed off.

It had been a while since she used her powers; one hundred years to be exact. It burnt out the energy in her body and now, she was trying to repay her oxygen debt.

Two arms grabbed her arms and pulled her up. She slumped unable to stand. She didn't have to look up to know that everyone was staring at her with anger, disappointment and hatred. She had gotten used to it so it didn't bother her.

Her hair was suddenly grabbed and yanked back, pulling her head up. A hand slapped her across the face. Her head snapped to the left on impact.

The sound echoed throughout the room. Ella felt the heated tingles on her cheek from the slap. She turned her head and stared at the enraged face of Braxton.

The anger in her body overflowed and she could see the golden glow of her eyes on his face.

How dare he slap her!

She tried to pull her hands out of the guards' grip but they hung on tightly. Getting aggravated, she focused on Braxton's head and let her power take effect.

He held his head, falling to the floor and yelling in pain. Ella glared at him and cranked up the vibrations. He had to suffer for laying a hand on her.

He let out a guttural scream; turning on his sides. Blood started to stream from his eyes and mouth. The anger drove her and she couldn't stop it. The guards pulled at her, she used her hands to grab theirs and sent vibrations to their arms; numbing them. They switched arms and grabbed her with the other.

"Enough!" A voice boomed.

Ella snapped her attention to the voice and in a blur someone appeared in front of her, holding her the throat. The guards released her, observing their numb limbs as the man held her, feet off the ground.

She looked into their grey eyes and tried to use her power but it was no use. Ella choked as he tightened his grip. Her eyes started to roll back into her head and he released her abruptly. She dropped to the ground coughing.

The man tucked a strand of his white hair away from his face and scoffed.

"This pathetic excuse of a vampire cannot be our Queen! Especially not like this!" he yelled to the crowd. "She denies her vampirism and sides with wolves! She deserves to be killed!"

Ella sucked in a breath and the crowd stared at him entranced. He was in a blood red suit and a white mask covered his face. His eyes drifted to hers.

Who was he?

"...but with her unique powers; we can't simply kill her. As the head of the council, I declare punishment 435."

The vampires gasped and Ella looked at the man, bewildered.

"She will be sent on her own into the woods for a period of two months. She will be outside the castle walls; in enemy territory. There she has to prove her loyalty to us, vampires. She is to kill a wolf and drag his carcass back to the palace. If she fails to return within this time she will be hunted and killed...if the wolves don't get to her first..."

Braxton stood up and stared at the man. He was about to object when the man held up his hand.

"My word is final," he stated, sternly.

Braxton nodded and backed away from them.

"Take her away. Let her be an example of what happens when you disobey the council laws and go against tradition."

The guards grabbed her arms, pulling her up and began to drag her out of the room.

"Yes. Sir Ashton," the vampires chorused.

He looked at Ella and a smirk crept on his lips as he waved goodbye.

Ella had just meet Ashton Vladimir, head of the vampire council... and the man that unknowingly just doomed his own kind. 

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