The Crown's Seduction
Chapter 143: Get a Taste

Chapter 143: Get a Taste

At Rossi Clan Residence

"Is there any good news?" Eva all but demanded his son, Haman. The man was nothing but a disappointment. If not for her, her stupid son would only barely manage to hold onto his position as the Minister of Justice.

Haman annoyingly clicked his tongue as he threw out the body of a human who was barely breathing. Wiping the smudge of blood from the corner of his lips, he then sat on the chair opposite hers.

In her own seat, Eva let out a heavy sigh as she watched the two other humans trembling in their respective corners. "You’ve been taking illegal blood often, so often," she scolded. "I told you to control yourself and stay lay low for the time being!"

"That bastard Raul is so busy with his human though," Haman grumbled while he scratched his head, ignoring his mother’s scolding. "Until now, there’s been no response to the secret messages our group sent to him! How about we take that woman he’s obsessed with? Maybe that will actually get him to move."

Eva shook her head. Raul still had an important role to play as a pawn in the game they were playing. They shouldn’t act without thoroughly thinking things over.

"It’s always somehow one constant setback after another," Eva hissed. She thought she could extract some vital information and even use the cursed princess to their advantage. "For some reason, I always fail in hypnotizing and compelling that cursed princess!"

She didn’t even know why either. The first she tried, Nikolai’s raven showered her with poop. Then, the second and last attempt she tried was at the library hall. It was in a confined space,and no one could disturb them there, and yet she couldn’t even remember what happened and how she ended up sleeping alone in a different room in the library.

"Mother, don’t you feel that something’s off in the Queen? I don’t know what happened, but that one time she asked me for permission to visit Rosela..." Haman trailed off as he mulled over his words. "I don’t know what happened. All I remember is that I ended up giving her my approval."

"Are you saying that cursed human has the ability to hypnotize and compel, Haman?" she dubiously asked.

"I don’t know, Mother. I’m just saying that I feel that there’s something to be suspicious about," he postulated. "Maybe Nikolai was the one behind it? Or perhaps is it possible that she somehow gained special abilities from Nikolai after their Coupling Rites?"

"That’s impossible," Eva frowned. "An Exordium is the most powerful of vampires, and yet we don’t even possess that kind of ability."

"But Nikolai is a different mother. Isn’t the reason why we can’t overthrow him so easily is because he’s considered the most powerful even against your kind?" Haman pointed out as he pushed the topic. "He bears the Mark of Eternity, and the only thing that could destroy Nikolai is Vulcan’s soul; the same soul that killed his father!"

He hissed, "That bastard Raul is just being distracted right now because of that woman’s arrival. Mother, allow me to do something about it."

Eva raised her eyebrows. Unfortunately, she knew her son far too well than she would’ve liked. "I told you to stay put and do nothing, Haman! For now, just continue sending anonymous offers to Raul and make sure that he wouldn’t find out that it’s all coming from us," she insisted. "It is very important that he be the one to orchestrate Nikolai’s downfall... That way, it won’t be difficult for you to usurp the throne."

Shaking her head, she stood up and once again glanced at the naked woman trembling in the corner. She gave that one a quick glance before then looking at the other barely-breathing human that was on the other side of the corner.

She pinched her nose as she began, "If you fail in this simple task of yours, Haman, I swear... I will no longer help you and simply ally with the Wagner Clan and let Amed have the throne!"

"I understand, Mother," Haman answered with a curt bow.

From there, Eva left the secret room Haman had under their residence. Massaging her temples, she felt her head throb at the pain her situation was giving her. She was one among the blessed Exordium to bear a child, and a son on top of that, but as fate unfortunately put her, Haman didn’t possess the Mark of Eternity! That was most probably because his father wasn’t an Exordium, unlike Nikolai whose parents Arturo and Rana were both Exordiums.

She let out another sigh. If she recalled, the Wagner Clan was also on the move in trying to overthrow Nikolai from the throne. They had vaguely reached out to the Rossi Clan, but Eva wanted to play things safe and neutral for now.

"Ahhhh!!! Pleaseeee!!!"

The screams of the women echoed from the halls, and Eva closed her eyes as she continued to walk up the stairs. Her face darkened further as Sage’s words bounced around inside her head.

..

"We all know that your son is very incapable, Eva. He won’t be able to handle the throne no matter what you do. Amed is more fitting to rule than Haman," the woman coolly stated.

"Your son can’t even control his urges! Do you really think you can hide that fact forever? Haman will become the downfall of your Clan, so it would be much better for you that you support Amed. He will make sure to reward you and your Clan more than enough for your loyalty."

..

Eva scoffed and wryly hissed, "Why bother paying us to join you when we can have it all to ourselves?!"

For so many years, the Ichor Clan held power in their Kingdom simply because of the damn Mark of Eternity. One of these days, she would prove that this prophecy was really nothing but hot air. That thing held no value at all!

****

Meanwhile, inside Haman’s secret room, he maniacally laughed as he said, "Come now. Make sure you hide well... because I’m coming!"

Opening his eyes, he grabbed the neck of the first woman he could reach in a flash, sucking on her blood until he was wholly satisfied. After he was done, he then casually threw the body away into a corner like trash.

"I would really love to get a taste of that blood that had a heavenly scent," he lustfully whispered as he reached for the last woman hiding under the table. "Come here... This won’t take long..."

"Please... I beg you..." the woman cried out, frozen with fear.

Ignoring her pleas, Haman’s eyes turned red as he pulled the woman by the hair out from under the table before sinking his fangs into her neck. All the while, he imagined that the neck he was feeding on was of the Queen’s.

"Ah... She really has the most endearing scent," he painfully groaned. "I must get a taste of her blood no matter what."

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