Mated To The Dead Prince
Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Chapter 45

Rose gulped as Danmond led her toward Cassius; she could feel every eye on her; they all hated her, and they were going to hate her more for approaching their master.

"Brother, here she is," Dabmond released Rose’s hand and stepped back, putting a good distance between them.

Cassius turned his face to Rose, his eyes doing a quick scan over her; he noticed how Rose had her face lowered as if she didn’t want to see his face.

"Even in the face of my subjects, you refuse to bow to your master?" Cassius asked in an even tone.

Rose bit her lips, "Good evening, Master," She greeted with her head bowed.

She didn’t want drama, whatever that would cause it, she would avoid it.

Cassius noticed the way her hair fell over her shoulder, exposing her back.

"You may raise your head," He ordered.

Rose obeyed but still didn’t look at him; she was trying to limit all kinds of contact as much as possible.

Cassius sensed it; Rose was trying to keep away from him; he stared at her for a while and said, "Come closer," He stared at the space beside him.

Rose slowly went and stood close to him, not saying a word.

"Are you trying to avoid me? Do you wish you were standing with someone else?" He asked gently.

"I wish I was standing with no one," Rose was even surprised at her reply.

Cassius smirked, "Getting bold," He chuckled.

Rose cursed herself mentally. She knew she had decided to stop being a pushabout, but she didn’t mean she was going to start asking for trouble. However, she wasn’t going to apologize for what she said. She actually wanted to be alone.

"Dabmond, ask the gift bearers to present their gifts," Cassius ordered.

"Yes, brother," Dabmond responded and quickly walked off.

Rose frowned, ’Gifts?’ She glanced up at his expressionless face.

Rose suddenly heard a light mystical music playing in the background; she looked around and saw a group of fairies standing in a corner, singing and playing ancient instruments.

The music was soothing, enticing, and calming at the same time; it was indeed music meant for only royals.

However, something else caught her attention; she turned away from the group of singing fairies and stared at the center of the hall where creatures slowly started to get in a queue.

She noticed they were all female creatures, young female dark creatures: Demons, wolves, witches, fairies, elves, and even lowborn vampires. One thing that was similar in all of them was their collars.

Each creature had a gold collar around its neck, indicating its limited freedom. Rose believed that those collars were definitely spelled to keep them in control.

"You’re going to help me choose, Little human," Cassius whispered beside her ear and placed a hand on her exposed lower back, causing Rose to become aware of how close he was to her.

Rose removed her eyes from the queueing creatures and looked at Cassius, "What do you mean? What am I going to choose?" She questioned.

Cassius smiled very slightly and replied, "You’ll see."

He pressed his hand on the skin of her back, "Look forward, Rose, you’ve pleasured me before; I’m sure you will know who would please me better," He whispered.

Rose frowned as she looked ahead of her.

Every creature had made way for the collared creatures as they slowly approached Cassius, their masters standing beside them.

Rose was starting to get a sense of what this ceremony was all about, this was a procedure where Cassius casually chose his new sex slaves.

’I thought he said I would be the only one?’ Rose’s frown deepened.

Cassius saw her facial expression and smiled, "You don’t want me to have another?" He asked.

Rose clenched her fists, "It’s none of my business, Master. I’m only but a slave; my opinion will never matter," She said and bowed her head.

Cassius was infuriated by Rose’s reply. He had thought that she would beg him to have only her, but she chose not to care. He was going to make her regret her decision.

"It’s good you know your place, Slave," He spoke as he stepped away from her.

Dabmond came and bowed, "Master, your subjects have gathered to offer you great gifts, bred from young and preserved for the master. Each is untouched and has been trained to please no one else but the dark master," He announced in front of the whole crowd.

The music was still playing, the atmosphere was supposed to be relaxing, but Rose wasn’t relaxed, she wanted to leave the place, as she took a close look after the creatures, she realized that they had been dressed in mystic exotic clothes to please the eyes. She balled her fists, there was no way Cassius wouldn’t want to sleep with any of them.

"Please, present your gifts," Dabmond said and stepped aside to stand beside Rose.

"These women... they’re going to be... se -"

"Yes, Rose, I’m sorry," Dabmond apologized.

Rose smiled bitterly; not only did she lose her virginity to Cassius, but he also didn’t value it. He was throwing her aside like trash to look elsewhere. Somehow, it was good; having more sex slaves meant that she got to have some rest. Cassius would stop tormenting her life to some reasonable extent because he would be busy pouring his seeds into every woman available to open her legs for him.

She scoffed, "Don’t be sorry, I don’t care about what he wants to do. I’m nobody to him," She said defiantly.

Rose watched as the first demon master of the first demon slave stepped forward, grabbing the demon’s arm.

"Greetings, oh great master," The demon man bowed his upper body in submission and respect, and so did his slave.

Cassius didn’t respond, his mind was occupied with one thing: Rose.

He could see the way the eyes of every vampire glued to Rose’s figure, he hated that people were staring at what belonged to him. She was just but a slave, just like the rest of the women in front of him, but why was he feeling possessive toward her?

Could his fate have really paired him up with a creature he hated the most?

"Please, carry on." Dabmond nodded at the demon man.

The demon man cleared his throat and pointed at the female demon beside him, "Master, this is my daughter and only heir, I have groomed her only for you. She only knows how to serve you, Master; if you choose to take her, her life will be yours, forever," He touched his daughter’s arm, and she knelt on the floor.

"I am yours, Master, my body, my soul, and my blood," The female demon chanted.

Rose couldn’t believe her ears; a father was giving out his daughter as a slave, even after knowing what she would go through as a sex slave. No wonder he was a demon, they sure acted like one.

She pitied the girl; her voice sounded as if she had repeated those words from the moment she spoke her first words; robotic. Her life would be useless either way because her psychology had been messing with her for so long.

"Did you hear that, little human? She’s willing to submit her all, what do you have to say?" Cassius asked Rose, his eyes staring at her face.

Rose blinked, surprised that Cassius would ask her what she thinks in front of everyone, what was he trying to do? She looked over at Dabmond and saw him giving her an unreadable look.

Rose understood that he didn’t want to make any suggestions that would go against his brother and master.

She turned to Cassius and said clearly, "You’re the master, everyone would be willing to submit themselves to you. I’m just but a slave, master; I should never decide if you can or cannot take as many slaves as you want," She bowed her head.

Cassius clenched his jaws, "Everyone is willing to submit themselves to me, including you?" He gently grabbed her chin and raised her face to him.

Rose licked her lips, "I’m already your slave, Master, there’s no one else I’m serving," She replied.

That wasn’t the answer he wanted to hear, and Rose knew it.

Rose was never going to lose the only thing that still belonged to her: her mind.

Cassius could bruise her body and bend her will, but her heart and mind would forever be her spine of steel; even her blood was hers to keep, too.

"Then you don’t mind if I take all as mine?" He asked quietly, ignoring the curious looks everyone was giving him.

"I dare not, Master," She smiled.

"Oh, master, she is absolutely right; a dirty human has no place beside you; let me be the one to please you; that is my purpose," The female demon spoke, a hint of mockery tainting her voice.

Rose sighed, "She’s right," She stepped away from Cassius.

’Pathetic,’ She thought as she stared at the female demon. She had been pitying her, but it seemed like she had also been groomed to be, well, a demon. If she wanted to be Cassius’ plaything, then by all means, he was all hers.

She wasn’t about to fight over a vampire with a demon. They weren’t worth the stress.

She saw Cassius walk forward and remove her face so that she didn’t see him interacting with his new demon toy.

Cassius stood in front of the demon slave, his hands in his pocket.

"Calling my slave dirty, are you implying that I lay with pigs?" Cassius questioned in a dark tone.

Everyone went quiet, they knew that no one dared to speak ill of Cassius or whoever belonged to him.

"N-no, your majesty, I was only trying to -"

"I will take you as a slave," Cassius announced.

A huge smile appeared on the demon father’s face, a victorious gleam.

"I shall not disappoint you, Master; my life is yours," The female demon bowed smiling.

Cassius narrowed his green eyes, "But I never said you would be mine; you’re, from now on, a castle slave; your only job is to pleasure the castle guards, understand?"

The demon slave snapped her head to her father, who looked defeated. She knew that she had failed her father and master.

The female demon looked devastated, "I understand, Master, I will serve them with everything I’ve -"

"The rest of you shall be sent to the slave quarters. Prepare to serve your master whenever and wherever," He announced.

The rest of the slaves bowed their heads and were led out by the guards who came to take them away.

Rose saw the demon slave give her a deadly look as she walked past her, "Great, another enemy," She whispered.

She couldn’t believe that Cassius actually took all the slaves as his, but what was she expecting, it wasn’t as if she was anything special to him.

"Follow me, slave," Cassius said to Rose and walked out of the hall.