Forever Destined to the Silver Shadow-Chapter 188: The Dark-haired Man..

Celestia’s POV:

I started to feel strange as I got closer to the courtroom. I didn’t know what exactly this was. Is this euphoria or anxiety?

Once I got into the court, the strange feeling got stronger. The whole room stood up from their seats—as a manner of showing respect to me.

I wasn’t even dressed like a princess now. My hair was messy, and my gown was plain. Daviana is going to be furious at me when she gets to know that I wore a simple gown like a maid to the court. I am going to have a hard time later dealing with her!

When I got closer to Father Oberon’s throne, I realized that the strange feeling was actually euphoria. All the stress and anxiety that I was feeling had disappeared entirely.

Something is wrong with me now—this is not even me. I spent my days in this castle worrying about every minor obstacle that I am about to face in the future. There was hardly a second when I was happy. But now I feel so elated!

I stood beside my father’s throne and faced the subjects. Just by the look on their faces, I comprehended that they have been fighting with each other as usual. Now I am obligated to stand here and watch them do it.

Strangely, the euphoric feeling didn’t leave me. It reached its peak when I landed my eyes on the dark-haired man who was seated next to the Perspicacious Fae Lord Samuel.

He smiled at me when I stared at his piercing brown eyes. Just by his smile, I felt my heart flutter. Holy Aiden! What is happening to me? I have felt like this before for another man. I thought that no other man could make me feel like that!

I immediately moved my gaze away from him. Next to him, there was an attractive girl with the same facial features as the dark-haired man. They both must be siblings!

So Laris and Vivian were fighting over that girl. It is no wonder why they were fighting for her—that girl is pretty.

My father resumed the court session after that. Now the Spirit and Perspicacious Fae Lords were quarreling with each other. It was difficult for me to watch my people fighting with each other like this.

Everything is peaceful in this realm now. The force of light is stronger than ever, and the Shadow creatures never attack these lands. Instead of living in peace—they are wrecking their lives with debates.

I was impatiently waiting for the quarreling to stop. Then eyes landed on the dark-haired man again—and he was watching me too. Was he staring at me all this time?!

This continued for the next few minutes. He kept on glaring at me without even blinking his eyes.

The Vampire in me wanted to run over there and sink my fangs at his neck. I didn’t know why I was getting such a dark thought.

I dislike the idea of feeding on people even if they are my rivals. Strangely, I wasn’t able to resist my thirst when I saw his pale neck. But I just fed this morning—and it is impossible for me to get thirsty again on the same day I fed.

This man is making me feel a lot of things! It is already bad enough that I have to watch my people fight with each other; now I have to deal with him too?

I leaned closer to Darius, who was standing beside me, and questioned him in a whisper, "Who is that dark-haired man? Why is he staring at me?"

When Darius glimpsed at the dark-haired man—but he was no longer staring at me. He was looking at the fire torch chandeliers above him.

"He is the son of Lord Samuel," Darius answered back in a whisper. "And are you sure that he was looking at you?"

"Yes! He was looking at me—now he acts like he doesn’t. He is so shrewd!"

"Then I would have to confront him later," he said.

"That is not necessary, Darius! Back when I was in the mortal realm, I have dealt with so many guys like him. So I can deal with him myself."

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The dark-haired man’s eyes never left mine throughout the entire court session. Once Father Oberon adjourned the court, everyone started to walk out of the room.

I was about to follow the dark-haired to confront him, but my father halted me.

"My child, I need to have a word with you—"

"Father, I really need to take care of something. Shall we talk another time?"

"No, my child," he said and got up from his sunstone throne. "I need to ask you how you are doing?"

"I am... fine," I replied and glanced at the exit of the room. The dark-haired man and his sister were gone!

I was disappointed that I wasn’t able to confront him. But the good thing was that I wasn’t feeling thirsty anymore. So I was thirsty because of him? Is it even possible to feel thirsty for just one person?!

"Celestia, my child! Are you alright?" my father asked me and brought me back to my senses.

I turned my focus back to Father Oberon and replied to him in a tone filled with confusion.

"Yes..... I am fine. I think so—"

"No, you are not fine. I can see that you are stressed out. Just tell me what is bothering you, my child. I will try to resolve it as soon as possible."

I had a long list of things that were bothering me right now that I didn’t know where to begin. Now the latest addition to my list is this dark-haired man.

But I can’t tell my father about this. He always expects me to put on a mask of courage no matter how broken I feel inside.

"No, Father. You got me wrong. I am fine. And lately, I was just worried about my people fighting among themselves. Why are they not united like they were in the past?"

"That’s exactly why I am crowning you, Celestia! You have to find a way to solve this," he declared.

This is great! One more responsibility has been added to my list.