Married To The Mad Vampire Lord novel Chapter 417

Chapter 417: The establishment

That day, after learning that a bigger war might happen, the news soon spread through the vampire lands like wildfire, bringing fear to many minds, a war that big might wipe the night creatures from the world. Even so, most vampires could only think about preserving blood so they wouldn’t run out if war did come. They swarmed the slave establishments to gather humans and take as much blood as they could for safekeeping. Even though the war had not been confirmed, no vampire wanted to risk starving or dying when the fighting began.

Unlike the restless noble vampires, Cordelia Garth, who owned many of the establishments, was happier than ever, because the thought of war was bringing more customers to her doors and allowing her to double the price of blood slaves. She even held an auction that very night the news began to spread; she couldn’t miss the chance. If a war happened, she planned not only to profit handsomely but also to prepare safety for herself. Though it wasn’t yet certain whether the rumors were true, Cordelia wouldn’t take any chances.

"Lady Cordelia, you are such an angel to all of us. Not many establishments in Nightbrook have quality humans with healthy blood like yours, and you are the only one willing to sell out at such a time," commented a pure-blood vampire standing outside the establishment with the woman who owned it. She beamed wildly at the praise.

"Of course I care about my customers, unlike the others. Many are afraid that if they sell off the best, they will be left only with breeding women, but I have a solid business, I bring in more females every month to keep my place running. We have babies who are growing, you know, so I have nothing to fear," she said with a delicate smile, speaking of living, breathing humans as if they were livestock; to her, they were nothing more. No human should have the luxury of living like the vampires did.

The pure-blood vampire nobleman who shared her mindset laughed proudly. "That’s why I adore you, Lady Cordelia. I look forward to getting more from you." He raised a cigar between his fingers, took a drag, and continued, "I heard the duke is back from the human lands and will come down to get slaves to stock his castle with new workers. No doubt he will come to you, you are the best. By chance, you might get him to tell you if it’s true those traitors in Aragonia are planning to break the peace treaty that was made a year ago."

The vampire put the idea forward because he wanted information about this so-called war, and who else would know it better than the duke, who was said to have spent an entire night talking about it with the king?

Cordelia, oblivious to the fact that her second cousin had returned from the human lands, was surprised and delighted. She turned to the vampire, trying to suppress her excitement as she said, "Really? I haven’t heard about his return yet. He must be so busy that he forgot to come and see me and let me know."

She had been waiting to hear of his return for some time now. The more she endured Josh’s persistence to marry her and sire a child, the more eager she grew for a stronger backer before she got rid of the human whose money she had used to start the business.

The vampire chuckled. "I heard it from a friend whose father is a royal court member. They said something about using his human wife as a hostage if it turns out Aragonia is part of the lands wanting war against us. If you can ask him what else was discussed with the king, we might be prepared for the future."

Many still believed Cordelia was close to the duke as she had been in the past, not knowing their relationship had cooled since when she began to target his wife. Of course Cordelia would never show them otherwise. She smiled politely.

"He will surely come to me, and I will ask him. Whatever he says, I will make sure you are the first to hear it. If you’ll excuse me, I need to check on the wanderers and see how they are doing with feeding the babies." She excused herself from the vampire, and the moment she walked away her smile faded from her face.

"So he is back," she muttered to herself. In this time of possible war, it would be the right moment to mend bridges with her second cousin, after all, who else would protect her better than him? She had already lost some backers to the so-called rogue attacks months ago, and the only man left as a backer was a useless human who wanted to inherit his father’s legacy by birthing a male child with her.

Cordelia did not only despise children; she always fought the urge to strangle their throats whenever they started to cry. She had had enough of their endless wails in the establishment. And Josh wanted to have one with her?

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