Chapter 18Ramses looked straight back at the blonde pet. Her heart started to beat erratically again, but she remained calm on the outside. “That’s a great idea. This one looks perfect for you as well, brother.” Ramses said. I snapped and replaced her old dirty white collar with a matching collar to Ambrosias. It was rose gold and littered with diamonds. The end of the leash was in my hand. “Come.” I said, and she walked down off the showroom stage, careful to stay two feet behind me as we walked. “And what about you, brother?” I said to Ramses. He walked around the corner to a lineup of girls further back from where I was and stopped us in front of a gorgeous redhead with freckles scattered across her nose and shoulders. Her hair was short and her eyes were a shocking emerald, almost electric. She was completely terrified, and my Vampire side was pushing to get to her. “She’s fucking perfect for you, brother.” I said. He snapped and exchanged her dirty collar for a bronze collar
Chapter 19(Ambrosia) Once I got to the top of the stairs I turned and looked back at Rowen. He was looking at me, and I just smiled at him. I mouthed the words ‘thank you’ again, just so he knew how much I appreciated him. I knew Jade from our time at the pet store. But Amethyst was basically my best friend, and for him to pick her out without knowing who she was to me, was beyond amazing. We knew we were fucked when we ended up in the pet store to begin with. I think everyone there had that existential feeling of doom and dread. I mean, we were brought up basically to become a Vampire's blood bag. They told us multiple times that we could possibly die from too much blood loss, or worse. We just had to deal with it. That was life and there wasn't much more to it. Amethyst and I just tried to keep our heads up. We decided that if our life was doomed to be a Vampire's pet, then we were going to be the best pets we co
Chapter 20I followed, curious as to why he would want me to join him in his office. But I wasn’t about to ask questions. We got down the stairs and into his office. I was familiar with this room, as I had hidden in here the first time he chased me and fed from me. He sat down at his computer. I noticed it was actually three monitors displayed across his large L shaped desk. He then nodded for me to come sit with him. I walked over and sat down on his lap. “I’m sorry, doll. You’re going to be bored for a bit. I can’t concentrate, and I'm hoping that your presence might help me.” He said, while pulling the ponytail out of my hair, letting it fall straight down. I looked at the computer screens to see what he was preparing and it looked like a spreadsheet of some sort. He wasn't editing it, just reviewing it. It looked very boring, indeed. He ran his hand through my hair while he clicked around with his mouse, scrolling and changing pages. I was sitting sideways on his lap with my
Chapter 21(Rowen) My eyes fluttered open as I recalled the events of the night prior. I was awoken by Ambrosia’s increasing heart rate and relatively quiet whimpers. I materialized to her bedroom door, but in the dark she couldn’t see me. Peculiar things, Humans were. She seemed to have a routine after a nightmare. She had done the same thing twice in a row now. Went to the bathroom, splashed water on her face, got her pillow and blanket and went to the couch. Except this time, she decided to open her curtain and look out the window. This was after lying restlessly on the couch for a bit. With the full moon light shining in the windowsill, it gave her the perfect opportunity to gaze outside at the sleeping city below. She hadn’t done this the last time.I watched as she rested her head against the glass for a while. Then she got up, retrieved her pillow, blanket, and the small black book she had in her hand last night when I approached her. She adjusted her blanket and pill
Chapter 22I stepped into my coven meeting and everyone went silent. I was getting strange looks from my priests. I expected this as they were looking at my now blood red eyes with a rose gold tint… Yet, no one dared say a word. I didn’t bring it up either. I just carried on the meeting like normal, as if nothing was different. I educated everyone once again about the amulet and The Others. No one had found out anything that could help us. They were all aware of the extra security and the hope to figure out a way to stop The Others from retrieving the amulet, and opening Pandora's Box. I let them all know I would be in touch with more updates in two weeks. And if anyone gets wind of anything, they are to mind link me immediately with the information. As we were leaving my second in command, Nico, approached me regarding my eyes. He would be the only one who dared to ask. “They are the product of owning a pet.” I said. “You bought a pet? What?” He asked. He was surprised, I could te
Chapter 23“Ok… Uh, anywhere?” He said. I shrugged my shoulders. “I like to ask them where they want to be bitten. They seem to prefer the neck, but you’ll see why once you get in there.” I said. He turned and faced Amethyst. She looked back at me for a second, wanting permission to speak. “You may speak freely, princess.” I said. She nodded to me, then turned back to Nico. “Would you like me to get on your lap? That will make it easier.” She said softly. “Uh, yea, ok.” He said and sat back against the couch while Amethyst climbed into his lap, straddling him. She moved her hair out of the way to the other side, and turned her neck to him. He did the same thing me and my brother did. Ran his fingers along the vein in her neck, as if looking for the perfect spot, causing her to shudder. Once he found it he just sank his fangs in. She gasped and tensed up, like they do at first, and then relaxed. He wrapped his hand in her hair to hold her neck at a better angle. She held onto his
Chapter 24That night I didn’t sleep much. I could hear Amethyst's slow and steady heartbeat in the room to my left, and Ambrosias erratic heartbeat in the room to my right. Amethyst never had nightmares, she slept easily and without issue. Ambrosia, on the other hand, still seemed to suffer. I offered for her to sleep in my room with me, but she insisted that she sleep in her own room. I was lying in my bed thinking about everything Amethyst had said about The Others and the Ringmaster, Claude, that it wasn’t like I was asleep anyways. I knew Ambrosia didn’t get much sleep after she woke up from a nightmare, because I had watched her night after night with the same style of routine. None of it involved going back to sleep right away. Her heartbeat was quickly getting more erratic and I decided to try something, just to see what would happen. I materialized into her room, next to her bed. I slowly climbed into bed with her, careful not to wake her. She was mumbling something in he
Chapter 25Amethyst was going to hate me for it, but I already had a way to get him to talk. Katrina and I finished eating and decided to walk around the city for a bit, which may have been the worst idea I had today. With nothing else to really discuss but our burning desire for each other due to the fucking mark, it made for an awkward afternoon. Katrina didn’t say much either, I think she was just happy to be around me at all. Though the mark had finally started to fade just a little, that didn’t make its pull any less strong. God, I'm such an idiot. My emotions would surely be the death of me someday. There were so many times that I cursed agreeing to hang out with her. It would be so much easier just to let her be. The further from each other we were, the less mark affected me. For her, she would still struggle and unfortunately, there was nothing I could do about that… But I could ignore it at least. The only time in my life that I have ever hated this fucking mark, was righ