The Blood King's Bride

Chapter Six

The Kingdom of Pres,

The King's Palace...

"It's been over a month, my Lord, and we are yet to find her." The head of the palace guards reported. He was put in charge of the search party that was sent out to find Elena.

"Why can't you do your job well? Do you know what's going to happen if we do not find her?!" The king screamed angrily.

"We have promised to give her to the Blood king, do you know what will happen if we go there empty-handed? We will all be killed! Our kingdom will be razed to the ground! Do you know what it means to fail your promise to the Blood king!?" He threw up his hands, an expression of outrage.

"You know what, forget it. I'll hire someone better." The king said. The guard knelt immediately and bowed his head.

"Forgive me, my Lord. I promise I will do better next time -"

"No, you have done enough." He faced the servant next to him and called out.

"Write a letter for me. Send for Darukï. Tell him that the king expects his presence in his throne room."

The kingdom of Neba,

The Red Queen restaurant...

Elena and Mac woke up earlier than usual to prepare for the grand opening of the Red Queen's restaurant. They had filled so many orders the day before that they barely had enough sleep, but that didn't quench their excitement. It even hyped them up the more.

After selecting only the first twenty reservations for that day, they cataloged the rest for the next day and the days after that. They were going to be very busy for the week. They started arranging the tables, and the seats swept the floor, cleaned the counter, and arranged the performing stage.

Back at the kitchen, Elena had cooked and prepared the food, had washed and arranged the dishes and served the food in a heating cooler to keep the food warm.

Mac arranged the VIP room, and cleaned it, even though they were not having customers qualified for that place; but they still needed to arrange it to intrigue the others.

Both of them came to the main room that would be used to serve the customers and stood; Elena dusting her hands and Mac folding his.

"Are you ready?" Elena asked him.

"More than ever." He replied with a smile, and took a deep breath, and went out of the restaurant, to its front. There was already a long crowd of the customers for that day, who were waiting.

They had mailed a letter to the people who had ordered, the day their reservations have been placed. The ones who were standing outside were the ones who were reserved to dine that day. Once the crowd saw him, they all went silent.

"Good day to you all, welcome to the grand opening of the Red Queen's restaurant. You guys are the first official customers that we have. I hope you have a lovely time dining here." He opened the door to the restaurant wider.

"Please come in, all of you, and take your seats according to the numbers allocated to you." The crowd filed in excitedly and as they entered the restaurant, they all sucked in a gasp. The restaurant was very beautiful and it looked like it was built for the elite. If this was how the place for commoners looked like, they all wondered what the VIP room would look like.

They all looked for the seats allocated to them. The number of each seat hung from the ceiling between two candles above the seating tables. After selecting their tables, the people took their time to study their surroundings.