Her Cold Beast And His Dark Beauty

Sighing, Carlos whistles and waves his hand aimlessly. One of the guards turns to look at his action before turning back. Then Carlos calms down and watches his guards at the front of his cell door. A figure emerges out of the shadows, already inside his cell. The figure quickly bows once fully emerged from the shadows. Carlos stares at it and sits up calmly

Carlos: [ What do you have for me? ]

The figure pulls back its hood and looks at his master, Gregory's face comes to light in the dimly lit cell. At the moment the only source of light around was the light coming from the metal barred window. Gregory's face looks distressed

Gregory: [ Master they... Have infiltrated the whole castle since two months ago... The girl... They plan to brainwash her and turn her into a puppet ]

Carlos: [ That won't do... She's my sis-... She's a host of the Goddess ]

Gregory: [ But my Lord, we are not sure of this... We need to confirm it to be sur- ]

Carlos: [ I already did the test and it was positive, they match. Plus their scents matched... Just like the first time I met her at the mall... ]

Gregory: [ I understand my Lord, please pardon my lack of manners. I- I was only worried about my Lord's safety. But I see there is nothing to worry about ]

Carlos: [ En. And I appreciate your show of affection. But now is not the time or place for such ]

Gregory: [ But what of your wounds, I see not all has fully healed. Do you want some- ]

Carlos: [ No need, they will heal...eventually. Just much slower than the rest. Rosaline used a holy object on me ]

Gregory: [ I understand ]

Carlos: [ I need you to watch over Pishka, keep her alive. Just until I can get her out of here. Can you manage to do that? ]

Gregory nods his head quietly, Carlos waves his hand as he sends his last few telepathic thoughts to Gregory

Carlos: [ Don't expose yourself, Herbert is known to be very intuitive and crafty. Lilly wants you dead, she'll probably come up with some excuse to have you killed. She doesn't trust people easily, especially a used-to-be foe so don't do anything unnecessary. If they do something to the girl but it won't involve killing her then there is no reason to act out, okay? Also, I'll be cutting off my powers for a while so don't bother contacting me unless it's an emergency or it's a way to escape this place... ]

Gregory: [ Master what of you? ]

Carlos: [ You worry too much, like a mother hen. I still have something to confirm, so I can't leave just yet. If I was you I would use this time to think up an escape plan. You have quite a bit of time on your hands, be sure to use it wisely ]

Carlos stands up but quickly groans loudly from pain. He slowly stands and then dusts himself off, the guards silently pay attention to him but don't fully turn to see what's going on in his cell. Seeing their lack of awareness Carlos signals to Gregory to play along, he moves, now standing at a distance from him. Carlos dusts himself off then arrogantly speaks out loud

Carlos: It's about time you came to get me out of here!

Gregory nods his head quickly pulling on his hoodie and playing along with his master

Gregory: My Lord please don't be so reckless, they'll hear us

The guards turn around in alarm and quickly unlock the door to get to the two attempted 'escapees'.Carlos bowed his head in an attempt to hold back his laughter but failed and had to suppress it by using his hand to cover his mouth. This to the guards seemed like a criminal being caught red-handed, but in this case, it seemed more like a child than anything. It also confirmed their suspicion of the prisoner trying to escape with the help of his subordinate, who snuck in somehow

Third POV

The two guards finally opened the cell door, but the unknown figure in the shadows had disappeared. The guards grabbed Carlos harshly the figure they were looking for had long gone and is now heading in the direction of the human girl's room...

Guard A: So you thought you could escape runt!? Wait til I'm done with you and you'll know not to try such futile things in the future

Guard B: What should we do with him as his punishment?

Guard A: Hmmm... Your enemy's enemy is your temporary ally. We also have to make him immobile so he doesn't cause too many problems for us when we punish him

Guard A smiles and signals for Guard B to follow him. Guard B nods, then punches Carlos a couple of times in the abdomen. He then proceeds to sling Carlos over his should then takes him with them. Carlos through this ordeal can't help but to whine and groan in pain then spits out a mouthful of blood before being slung over the guard's shoulder

The trio first stop by a table filled with torture weapons and a bottle. Guard A grabs the bottle and then opens the lid before pouring the unknown substance down Carlos' thought. Carlos is about to refuse it but they threaten to harm the human girl. Thus he drinks it willing, only a few drops escape his mouth due to being clumsily fed by the guard. After drinking the guard drops his prisoner's head and they continue walking

They arrive at their destination which is at another cell that is further away, in the cell two wolves can be seen and they don't seem happy in the slightest. Guard A nods at the cell, he fetches two poles with rope at their end, it's usually used by dog catchers. He then proceeds to open it. He takes the sticks in each hand and then uses them to keep the two wolves at bay, preventing them from attacking or escaping

He steps aside and makes space for the second guard. Guard B proceeds to unsling Carlos from his shoulder and proceeds to throw him in harshly. Afterwards Guard A quickly pushes the two wolves back harshly before Guard B closes the door. The two laugh as they watch the wolves circle the kid vampire laying on the ground. Carlos couldn't help but cough up blood and then glare at the two

°You bastards! Did you really have to be so ruthless as to poison me? Just to prevent me from healing and have my strength leave me. I'm as good as being human at the moment... Damnit!? I didn't think this through, I can't even use my telepathy powers. Curse these bastards°

Guard A: Hahahahaha, you'll get your meal later, so play nice with your new toy

Guard B: Hahahahahaha, you're funny, they might not even have space for that since they will be having an early meal, hahahahaha

Guard A: Don't be ridiculous, that's only but a snack for them. Aren't we so generous in giving them an early snack to snack on?

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Red Mansion's Underground dungeon

Carlos' POV

I feel the warmth on my face and then move my body a little

°I'm alive?!°

Being able to move my body makes me feel more at ease but something's amiss here. I can't help but feel uneasy, my hands feel around to feel something soft and silky

°Is this a rug? No, can't be. I'm in a cell, we don't allow such luxury to our captives or prisoners°

I wake up to see some light entering the room, stone walls and the warm soft flo- the floor is soft? And warm?!

°What- Where am I? What is that°

'MATE!'

The small voice echoes in my head. I look around in confusion, I don't have a second consciousness like other supernatural beings. Thinking to myself

°What was that strange voice, it sound like me but wasn't... What's going on here? Nevermind that I have to escape from this cell and find Pishka so we can escape through the mansion's secret passageway°

Suddenly I spot some grey and brown fur, I shake my head as a thought pops up. I look down to see two WEREWOLVES sleeping and cuddling around me... I feel horrified but instinctively react by trying to move at vampire speed the keyword is 'trying', since I am humanized by the poison. I'm as good as a human and this is what happens:

The plan is to slide off the grey Lycan and roll over the brown werewolf to finally break a bar in the cell to escape the cell. Yet I only manage to slide down the grey wolf and land face first into brown fur. This all happened at a pace slower than a human toddler. The fall wasn't as painful as it would have been in normal circumstances, in fact, it wasn't painful at all!?

°I can't move due to the poison still in my system, damn the wizard that created this freaking poison!!!°

Carlos spits out blood in the direction of the two then shouts but with much strain in his voice

Carlos: You bastards better keep your word or I'll kill you both!

Guard B: Yeah that's right, we are very generous. We dont lie and betray our people like you, so you have nothing to worry about Carlos... Since Lilly is the one who will be killing that sweet little human girl you treasure so much, not us

Carlos freezes and looks at them wide-eyed. Instantly sprints to the cell door in a matter of seconds with his vampire speed. He bangs against the cell bars harshly, not caring for his health. Carlos has his arm stretched out to the guards that back away from the cell, in time to escape his grasp. They laugh as he angrily tries to reach them while shouting out curses

Carlos: You filthy scum just you wait, lay a finger on her and I'll tear you to shreds and leave you out in the sun to scorch to death for eternity!

Guard B smiles and taunts him by bending down stopping just a few inches out of his reach. Carlos in turn struggles desperately to reach him yet only air is caught by his small hand. In an instant, Carlos stops his struggle and pulls back his hand to cover his mouth as he coughs up blood once again. While his other hugs his body that is in great pain

Guard A: Ha! That's if you can survive those two behind, they seem to really hate you. Come on Fred, let's go feed, I'm feeling very hungry too

The two guards, both went off through the long and quiet corridors to the staircase leading up to the mansion and out of the dungeon

The two werewolves are left to stare at a weak Carlos, slumped at their cell door and open for the kill. The two werewolves growl and slowly approach him in a low stance, teeth bared. The room darkens as howling, barking and scratchin

g sounds echo in the dark corridors of the underground dungeon

Finally, the sounds settled, and after a few hours, the light started to enter the dark room. The room finally brightened up a little, a little boy would be seen laying on fur, he stirs and starts moving. But as soon as he started moving he stopped, the hard floor wasn't hard anymore. It was soft and fluffy?... he looks down...