fight them off. I didn’t know what to do so I tried sharing blood with you and each time you drank my blood, your vital signs got a little bit better.”
“Each time?” I choked out in a whisper and my throat suddenly went dry. “H-how many times did I feed from you?” My world was suddenly spinning.
“Um, four or five I think; but why is that important to the story?”
My heart sank. I thought for a second I was going to pass out again. When the room steadied again I said, “No, it isn’t of any importance. I just wanted to know how close to really gone I was. I never thought that I would have to worry about dying. We are supposed to be pretty much indestructible you know.” I was shocked at how matter of fact I sounded when inside, my world just about crumbled in around me.
The truth was, if a human drank the blood of a Dominus six times, they would fall away into a dead sleep and wake several days later as immortal themselves. It was the one threat that the Vampires had not accounted for on their quest to make the perfect being. With their arrogant self-importance, they never thought they would have to worry about a Dominus falling in love with a human. Humans were nothing more than animals, and there was no reason to ever develop feelings for them.
Much to the surprise of the Vampires, there had been about ten executions in the past 15 years due to Dominus’ trying to turn the humans that captured their heart. The Dominus swore that they had found their soul mate in one of the house servants, or a regular meal, knowing that no matter what, they couldn’t live the rest of eternity without them so they attempted to make the human s immortal so they could keep them forever. Once the humans became Dominus they could even have sex, making their love even stronger. No matter what methods the self-proclaimed soulmates used to hide what they had done, someone always figured it out. All it ever took was one human tick presenting itself in the wrong place and their relationship was brutally over. I always found it kind of ironic; all of the ten Dominus that died had said that they couldn’t live without each other, but if you wanted to get technical about it, they truly couldn’t live with each other, considering they were all executed by way of public beheading to teach everyone a lesson. A lesson that should have scared anyone that was even toying with the idea straight, then again, maybe it is true that love makes you do stupid irrational things. Stupid things like staying in a room and making out with a man that could snap you like a twig? The little voice taunted me from the back of my mind almost making me to tell her to shut up out loud. Of course maybe I should have just gone with it. Maybe if he thought I was nuts he would let me leave.
“Cat, are you even listening to me?” Akia’s voice startled me away from my thought.
“I am. I am. Sorry your majesty. Please go on. My mind is a little cloudy.”
He just stared at me for a moment with a genuinely worried look on his face, and then he continued. “I was hoping that if and when you woke up you would remember a little bit more about the other night then I have been able too.”
“Wait what do you mean the other night? How in the hell long have I been out?”
His expression went from worry to pity so fast that it was frightening. “The ball was eight days ago. You really don’t remember anything at all do you?” Every little bit of hope that his voice held before was completely gone now.
“I have been out for eight days? How in the hell did this happen? Has anyone been looking for me?” I really was hoping that the answer to the last question was no. I really hoped that they were all smart enough to stay away. I had to get out of there. Darien and the others must be out of their minds with worry, thinking I was dead or worse. I had to get to them before Darien flew off the handle and sought revenge on the man that he
“Each time?” I choked out in a whisper and my throat suddenly went dry. “H-how many times did I feed from you?” My world was suddenly spinning.
“Um, four or five I think; but why is that important to the story?”
My heart sank. I thought for a second I was going to pass out again. When the room steadied again I said, “No, it isn’t of any importance. I just wanted to know how close to really gone I was. I never thought that I would have to worry about dying. We are supposed to be pretty much indestructible you know.” I was shocked at how matter of fact I sounded when inside, my world just about crumbled in around me.
The truth was, if a human drank the blood of a Dominus six times, they would fall away into a dead sleep and wake several days later as immortal themselves. It was the one threat that the Vampires had not accounted for on their quest to make the perfect being. With their arrogant self-importance, they never thought they would have to worry about a Dominus falling in love with a human. Humans were nothing more than animals, and there was no reason to ever develop feelings for them.
Much to the surprise of the Vampires, there had been about ten executions in the past 15 years due to Dominus’ trying to turn the humans that captured their heart. The Dominus swore that they had found their soul mate in one of the house servants, or a regular meal, knowing that no matter what, they couldn’t live the rest of eternity without them so they attempted to make the human s immortal so they could keep them forever. Once the humans became Dominus they could even have sex, making their love even stronger. No matter what methods the self-proclaimed soulmates used to hide what they had done, someone always figured it out. All it ever took was one human tick presenting itself in the wrong place and their relationship was brutally over. I always found it kind of ironic; all of the ten Dominus that died had said that they couldn’t live without each other, but if you wanted to get technical about it, they truly couldn’t live with each other, considering they were all executed by way of public beheading to teach everyone a lesson. A lesson that should have scared anyone that was even toying with the idea straight, then again, maybe it is true that love makes you do stupid irrational things. Stupid things like staying in a room and making out with a man that could snap you like a twig? The little voice taunted me from the back of my mind almost making me to tell her to shut up out loud. Of course maybe I should have just gone with it. Maybe if he thought I was nuts he would let me leave.
“Cat, are you even listening to me?” Akia’s voice startled me away from my thought.
“I am. I am. Sorry your majesty. Please go on. My mind is a little cloudy.”
He just stared at me for a moment with a genuinely worried look on his face, and then he continued. “I was hoping that if and when you woke up you would remember a little bit more about the other night then I have been able too.”
“Wait what do you mean the other night? How in the hell long have I been out?”
His expression went from worry to pity so fast that it was frightening. “The ball was eight days ago. You really don’t remember anything at all do you?” Every little bit of hope that his voice held before was completely gone now.
“I have been out for eight days? How in the hell did this happen? Has anyone been looking for me?” I really was hoping that the answer to the last question was no. I really hoped that they were all smart enough to stay away. I had to get out of there. Darien and the others must be out of their minds with worry, thinking I was dead or worse. I had to get to them before Darien flew off the handle and sought revenge on the man that he
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