89 Lucia's Stats!

The kiss Dro and Lucia shared wasn't an invasive kiss. It was a kiss that only involved their lips touching and nothing more. They didn't bite or suck on each other's lips. They didn't invade each other's mouths with their tongues. They only touched each other's lips with their own and did nothing more. The kiss didn't last very long. It was short and sweet but not as short as a peck would be. To Dro, it seemed like it was the longest kiss he ever had. To Lucia, it was the longest she ever had as this was her first one.

Dro's and Lucia's lips parted and their eyes opened. They saw each other's eyes a few centimetres away and both their faces blushed red.

Dro smiled gently, "What is this strange feeling. When I look at her, I feel so warm," he thought while gazing into her beautiful scarlet eyes.

Lucia smiled the same way as Dro did, but unlike him, she lowered her head in embarrassment instead of gazing into his dark red eyes. Her eyebrows furrowed, "What is this? A coffin?" she thought and the blush disappeared from her beautiful face. She raised her head, "Why was I in the coffin?" she asked with a frown.

Lucia's words shattered the romantic atmosphere that was created from their kiss and returned Dro back to reality. The blush disappeared from his face but his gentle smile remained unchanged. He nodded his head, "Step out of first, Lucia. I will tell you what I know."

Lucia nodded, a frown disappeared from her face and she stepped out of the black coffin. Dro closed it and sat down on it. In front of him stood the gate that he walked through to reach the room. She sat down beside him, so close that their thighs were almost touching. She turned her head, looking at him, "Why was I in the coffin, Dro?"

Dro widened his eyes in surprise and turned his head to her, "You know my name?" he said and thought, "When I turned Fina, Naja and Cari I had to introduce myself… Is it because of the sire bond?"

Lucia nodded, "I do. You know my name and I know yours. So why was I in the coffin?"

Dro turned his head away from Lucia, looking at the gate in front of him, "One day, as the war between the vampires and the werewolves raged, one of the werewolf kings kidnapped you."

Lucia frowned, "Kidnapped? I don't remember getting kidnapped…" she thought.

"After you were kidnapped, your father, brother and sister all got enraged and they all rushed to rescue you. But when they did," he shook his head, "It was already too late. The werewolves had poisoned you with Hawthorn which put you in eternal sleep."

"Erylis and Raitur got enraged? I seriously doubt that. The only time they would get enraged would be when someone disobeys them or tries to take what belongs to them. They rushed to rescue me? Perfect opportunity to get on father's good side I see… Poisoned? Eternal sleep?... I do remember getting sleepy… I think It happened just after I took a sip of my favourite jasmine tea… someone actually spiked my tea?... It could only have been either Erylis's or Raitur's followers," Lucia thought while frowning.

"Your father seeing that you wouldn't wake up, deemed you as dead and buried you in this black coffin below the castle. This happened 100 years ago." Dro turned his head to Lucia. Seeing her frown, he nodded inwardly and thought, "It would be shocking for anyone to suddenly wake up after a long coma."

Lucia closed her eyes, "Tell me everything that happened from the moment I fell asleep," she said with clear anger in her voice.

"Is she angry at the werewolves for kidnapping and poisoning her? Can't blame her," Dro thought; then nodded and said, "Alright… After you were put here in the lowest level of the castle, the war continued like before. I don't know how it progressed but during the war, your brother searched for a way to wake you up."

Lucia narrowed her eyes, "They never act for others, only for themselves. If Raitur wanted to wake me up. Then it's most likely he was the one that spiked my tea in the first place. But if he gave me the antidote right after father deemed me 'dead', it would seem strange. So he created the illusion of searching for the antidote while he already knew what it was," she thought.

"He found out that the poison had no effect on the werewolves. He quickly took the werewolf blood and wanted to inject it inside you but your sister stopped him. Your father banished your brother and then somewhere along the line your father died and Erylis became the queen of vampires," Dro said.

Lucia gritted her teeth, "Erylis! Raitur! I never wanted to fight for the throne, but you pulled me in your schemes and made me sleep 100 years in a coma! It would have been an eternity if Dro didn't come up and wake me up! You both! Raitur you put me in eternal sleep! Erylis you stopped him from waking me up and had the audacity to leave me sleeping after you became the queen! Fine! I see how it is! You don't see me as your sister at all! Fine! Fine! Fine! I will repay back the favour! I am going to make you both sleep eternally! But unlike me neither one of you will get a chance to wake up ever again! I am going to kill you both!" Lucia thought and said, "Dro, I have to tell you something."

An orange quest marker appeared above Lucia's head, "A hidden quest?" Dro widened his eyes in surprise as he thought and said, "What is it, Lucia?"

"The story that you told me, it's wrong."

Dro tilted his head in confusion, "How so?"

Lucia took a deep breath, "Let's start from the start. You said that I was kidnapped, poisoned and rescued but the sequence of events is slightly different. I was first poisoned then transported and then rescued and finally left to sleep." She said and explained everything from her brother's and sister's personalities to the conclusions she drew and to the decision she made.

"Lucia if that's true then why does your brother still want to wake you up?" Dro said.

Lucia frowned, "What do you mean?"

"The story that I told you, I heard from one of your brother's men and he said that your brother plans to invade Yukeora so he could wake you up."

Lucia shook her head, "I already told you. Neither my brother nor my sister act for the good of others. They act only for themselves. If my brother wants to wake me up, it's most likely something in the lines of procuring a descendant or something like that."

Dro frowned, just the thought of it made his blood boil in anger and his red eyes darkened but then the bandages on Dro's right arm shifted and faintly shone. A new character appeared on the bandages, a notification flashed, the bandages dimmed down and his eyes returned back to normal.

"What's wrong, Dro? Your eyes darkened and your arm shone just now," Lucia said, surprised.

Dro shook his head, "It's nothing and I will help you," he said and thought, "Erylis… I wanted to hug you—but no more. I wanted to make love to you—but no more. I wanted to f*ck you—but no more. I wanted to kiss you—but no more. I loved her—but no more… I hated her—but no more… Those that I will kill don't deserve something as hatred. Those that I will kill, I will just kill, without any emotion.

Lucia smiled, "Thank you, Dro."

"Lucia I will look at your character window now and then we will leave."

Lucia nodded, "Go ahead."

Dro extended his hand, clenched and unclenched his fist. A menu opened and from it, Dro opened Lucia's character window.

"I am a long way of upgrading until I reach 200% of stat increase…" Dro thought and closed Lucia's character window.

"You done?" Lucia said.

Dro nodded, "Yes," he moved his eyes to the gate, "Outside of the gate Erylis is waiting."