Khloe's POV:
Nico and I walked side by side down the long hallway leading to the ballroom that I didn't even know existed.
No leash, no collar. We just walked together with some more vampires that were making their way to the ball.
Nico's black suit was differing from all the other varying shades of navy and grey that all of the other vampires were wearing.
And well, as far as I had seen so far, I was very overdressed as a pet.
I inched closer to Nico as we walked, trying to ignore the other glances from both Vampires and pets.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about tonight. I already knew that I couldn't jus
Nico's POV:I looked down at the thick, red liquid swirling in my glass, tuning out as many things around me as I possibly could.Social events weren't really my thing, but I kind of promised Xander that I would stay the whole time.He said something about needing a wingman.Which I don't think he really needed if he was trying to go for literally any other girl but Layla.But no, he had to fall for the gold digger.I began absentmindedly twirling my glass once again.I guess things have been going well between them so far. After all, she's been talking to him ever
Khloe's POV:I tended to stay near the table of food whenever I wasn't dancing with someone.And luckily the boy from earlier, Marcus tended to stay around me as well and had offered me all of the dances we had so far.Which honestly I was grateful for, he was easy to talk to as we got to know each other more and saved me the stress of choosing a partner for each dance.I would try to initiate small talk with some of the other slaves and pets whenever Marcus would, but since socializing wasn't exactly my strong point, I just went with the next best thing.Food.And well, why wouldn't I when all of it was so deliciou
Nico's POV:I set the phone down, having ordered what I needed for Khloe.Another one of Khloe's groans sounded as I turned to face her.She had been like this all morning."Geez Khloe, what did you eat last night?"She barely opened her eyes, peering up at me from her curled-up position on the bed."Too much," she groaned again, tightening the hold her arms had around her stomach," of everything."I hummed a response.That explains it.Her body hadn't gotten use
Nico's POV:I let my fingers trail aimlessly against her back as I recalled what had happened that day."The funny thing is, I didn't go into that Pet Store expecting to leave with a pet," I admitted.Khloe's head tilted up a bit more to meet my eyes, one of her brows raised."Really?" She asked.I nodded."Really. I had no interest in looking for another pet until after the blood moon, and the truth is, I had gone into the store to look for another pet for Xander since I thought that he would be needing another one pretty soon."I paused for a moment, trying to recall the exact moment when I had changed my mind. I remember it being a fairly quick decision.
Khloe's POV:I was jolted awake as Nico suddenly harshly pulled me close to him, followed by him immediately sitting up, his breaths heavy and drawn out.Which was very shocking, but at the time, I didn't quite process it since I had just woken up and only knew the fact that it was still the middle of the night.I didn't process that anything was strange until he hastily got out of the bed and into his bathroom.Something was wrong.I quickly pushed myself up onto my elbow, looking through the darkness to see if I could figure out what was going on.I was about to say something but paused as soon as I made out his figure in the bathroom.He was just staring
Khloe's POV:I tugged the brush through my hair as carefully as possible, working out the many tangles that had formed throughout the day.I usually brush through my hair after I get out of the shower, but Nico was adamant on coming into the bathroom as soon as I turned the shower off this morning, barely giving me time to put some clothes on.From then on I guess I just got distracted and forgot.I sighed as the brush caught on yet another large tangle.Turning my head towards where Nico was, I began to gently brush it out.He's been a bit off ever since this morning. Ever since his nightmare.He still hadn't offered to talk about it, and I'm pretty sure t
Nico's POV:I ended up sitting on my bed, back against the headboard and had Khloe sit with her legs on either side of me.I figured that given our height difference, this was probably one of the most comfortable positions for us to do this in.Khloe's eyes were pretty much glued downwards. It was obvious that she was nervous about this."Are you sure you want to do this now?" I asked softly.She nodded slowly before lifting her head."Yeah," she responded quietly, failing to hide her nerves.I repeated her nod as a response, leaning forward.I didn't want to do this. I really didn't.
Khloe's POV:Today was the day.The day that I was to be taken away for two days.The transportation for us pets was already here according to Nico so we only had a couple minutes left with each other before we had to go down.My fingers grazed the collar around my neck.It had been so long since I had had to wear this for such a long time...My fingers then trailed to the mark that Nico had made on me the night before.Luckily Nico walked out from the closet before I could begin to dwell back on that experience too much.I watched as he walked over to me, holding one of his grey hoodies in his arms.