Kaiden's POV
The heat prevention necklace on his neck caught my attention. I smirked devilishly and released my grasp on his neck. He collapsed to the ground immediately.
I turned to look at the blonde and found her still in tears. I wonder how the tears are going to solve her problem. She thought she was angry at him, but right now, she's got mixed feelings. She looks weak.
I turned back to Damon on the floor, and I found him staring at the blonde. Knew the blonde wasn't just an ordinary member to him; his stare says it all.
I ignored him and left the dungeon, deliberately leaving the blonde with him.
To my surprise, she followed behind. Damon seems to be her top worry at the moment.
I paused and waited for her to catch on. When she got to my side, I placed my hand on her shoulder and teleported with her into her room.
I grabbed her chin and raised her head with it, trying to check her current state. I got to find out she's no longer in tears; she's pulled herself together.
"Why did you leave without getting any information from him?" She mumbled.
She won't stop surprising me today; for the first time, she was courageous enough to question me.
"Could she have forgotten the rules?" I thought in amusement.
"Come over to my chamber by 12 p.m." I said, ignoring her question, and teleported right to my chamber.
I got to my room and sensed Jeremy by the door. He must have been waiting.
"You can come in," I said to him.
He came in afterwards and bowed. I raised my hand and signaled to him to go ahead with his information.
"None of them is willing to serve the underworld, my Lord." He said.
"Leave them to me; you guys can go do other things."
Immediately he heard me say that, he bowed and vanished out of the room.
When he was out of sight, I hopped on the bed and lay flat on my back. I stared at the ceiling as the thoughts of who the blonde is wouldn't stop making my mind perturbed.
I closed my eyes and blocked all the thoughts from coming.
"I need to clear my head before meeting with Damon again." I thought and maintained a state of rest.
"Hey, Dolly."
I heard Jimmy say from the exit.
"It must have been 12 p.m. already," I thought.
Still in my sleeping state, I felt her presence in the room and heard the sound of her approaching steps in bed. Yet I remained in my position, still with my eyes closed.
She finally stopped when she got so close to my side of the bed. I sensed her bringing her head closer to my face.
"Could she be staring at my face right now?" I chuckled at the thought of that.
I felt her bring her head closer to my face and didn't sense her move after. Now, I can feel her breath fanning my face.
"What's this blonde trying to do?" I thought, confused. Yet, I still kept my eyes closed.
"It won't be fun if I get into her head so soon." I thought.
I started to feel restless when I didn't feel her budge from a position. She must have forgotten about the implications of staying this close to me.
I dashed my eyes open, and they got locked in her emeralds. She jolted and raised her head, now standing upright.
"Bring your head closer like you just did." I ordered her calmly
Her eyes flared up, but she still brought it closer slowly anyway.
I couldn't stand her sluggishness, so I grabbed her by the back of her head and drew her face closer to mine.
I made her stare right into my eyes. I could feel her restless breath on my nose as it got warmed up by it.
"Was she not the same person who was so bold a few minutes ago?" I thought and chuckled.
Wanting to tease her, I dragged her by her right arm and pulled her into the bed beside me. Her eyes widened, and her heartbeat raised as she wrapped her arms around her upper body parts.
She tried to get up from the bed, but I mounted on her and pinned her two hands above her head in bed with just one of my arms
I brought my face closer to her face and stared deep into her emeralds before furrowing my brows at her in confusion.
"I wonder if she was actually bewitched by my face earlier," I thought.
"Why aren't you comfortable with this closeness when you almost glued your lips to mine earlier?" I mumbled to her.
Her eyes widened more, and she quickly said, "I was just amazed to see you sleep."
Not believing what she just said, I got into her head and found out she just said the truth, but not the whole truth.
I stared at her plump lips and made an attempt to kiss her, but she tilted her head sideways before I could place my lips on them.
She tried not to be a prey but ended up taming a prey.
My throat burned at the sight of her exposed neck. I leaned closer to her and sniffed the scent from her neck.
Her strawberry-flavored scent filled my nostrils and increased the cravings of the hungry beast in me.
I didn't plan to feed on her, but it seems to be already on today's to-do list.
"It's going to hurt a bit."
I said to her as I drew her cloth off her shoulder and plunged deep into her skin without wasting much time.
I felt her body stiffen underneath me as she let out a light scream.
She tried pushing me off her body as I sucked from her, but later surrendered when she saw there was no hope.
I continued feeding on her blood and stopped when I noticed her faint breaths. If I continued devouring her, she would absolutely lose consciousness.
She released a faint cry as I plunged out of her shoulder, and her wound closed up precipitously.
I released her hands and turned her face in my direction. She currently has a vivid hatred look on her face; her teary eyes say it all.
She tried her best to fight back the tears from rolling but couldn't keep up with them as the tears began to trickle down her cheek.
I felt restless at the sight of her tears. She lifted her hand to clean the tears from her face, but I seized her hand and unconsciously wiped it away with my right thumb instead. She showed resistance, but I ignored her.
"Please let me go," she finally voiced out when she saw I wasn't planning on getting rid of her.
"Don't you think it's been a while?"
I said in a more teasing tone as I trailed my fingers around her face. Her heart beats rapidly with each touch.
"I'm so sorry to have stared at you; please let me go."
She said it in a more fragile tone as she wept silently.
I noticed she's already in tears and instantly got off her body. I became restless, as I couldn't stand to see her in tears any longer.
"Get up and adjust your dress." I said to her from my standing position beside the bed.
She feebly got off the bed and set to take a step, but ended up falling into me.
She made to pull away, but I wrapped my arm around her waist instead and made her lean on me for support.
I stared down at her and placed my other hand on her chin. I raised her head up and stared into her face. Her face has subtly turned pale. I guess I now have to make her feed on me once I'm done feeding on her, if I don't want to see her dead yet.
I scooped her fragile figure up in my arms and carefully dropped her back in bed. She tried to oblige, but I gave her a deadly stare, and she stayed still.
I brought out my wooden dagger and split my left palm open with it
Her eyes flared up on seeing this, but I ignored her and placed the blood-dripping palm close to her mouth
She shook her head firmly in disapproval, but I grabbed her chin and made her gulp every droplet of it into her system.
When I noticed she had had enough of my blood, I drifted away from her and grabbed the hem of her dress.
I ripped it off, making her gasp in shock.
Now, her thigh's widely exposed due to the part I teared off.
I wrapped my bleeding palm with the torn fabric from her dress and covered her with a duvet before drifting away completely from her.
"Stay here till I get back."
I said to her and vanished out of the room.