“Ye-yeah, about that-”
“Yes?” he cut in, taking a few steps forward as I backed away a little before bumping against the wall.
“How do I know Dexter…?” I started to explain but trailed away as soon as he leaned his face closer to mine, his blue eyes shooting me a million glares by now.
“Tha-that is an excellent question…” I stammered and mentally slapped myself for saying it out loud. Now was not the time to be joking around.
“Don’t fucking play with me right now, Adriana!” his voice echoed through the room and my feet froze in place when he slammed his hands on either side of my neck on the wall. “I will give you three fucking seconds to start talking before I rip your heart out, right here, right now!” he threatened, grabbing my cheeks and squeezing them up to face me.
“So-sorry-”
“Talk!” he spat, his eyes not ripping away from mine for even a second as I struggled to come up with a decent lie.
“We met on the speech day and he promised to help me escape so I…” I trailed away, blinking away my tears before meeting his cold blue eyes again. “So we talked about it but I never tried to escape.” I drew in a shaky breath as he released me from his grip before standing up straight, his eyes studying my every movement now.
“You don’t know who he is, don’t you?” he asked, his voice slightly turning soft and I looked at him in confusion before shaking my head. “Forget it, leave. I don’t want to look at you right now.” He muttered, turning around and I stared at him in disbelief. An explanation would be nice from him too, but guess I didn’t deserve one.
“Draven, I’m sorry but I really didn’t do-” I started, moving closer to grab his sleeve when he roughly jerked his hand away before spinning around to face me.
“Go to your fucking room, Adriana!” he spat with venom in his voice, his eyes filled with hatred and I stiffened before bringing my trembling hands together.
“Okay.” I mumbled, bolting out of the room and leaving him behind.
x-x
“Tell me who he is, Vincent?” I whined again, but this time, with a pinch of annoyance in my voice and he let out another groan before slumping on my bed.
“Draven’s told me not to say a word.” He repeated again and I rolled my eyes at his words.
“Draven this, Draven that, don’t you ever do anything out of your own free will? Do you always have to kiss his ass for a living and-” I stopped rambling when Vincent roughly clutched my mouth, his eyebrows furrowing together in displeasure and my eyes widened when he tightened the grip.
“Careful love, you’re getting a little too comfortable now,” he spoke softly yet harshly and I watched the anger flicker in his eyes before they faded away within seconds. “Let’s not disrespect Draven, shall we?” his voice turned all sweet again and I brushed away his hand before crawling back on the bed. And here I thought I could trust this guy. I was wrong, he was just another one of Draven’s loyal pets.
“I’m sorry.” I mumbled and I watched him flinch a little before inching closer but I quickly backed away more.
“I’m sorry for getting upset but you should learn to-”
“Oh, there is my little princess!” Edwards’s voice cut off Vincent and we both turned to watch him bolt up to us before plopping down on the bed next to me, slumping an arm around my shoulders in the process.
“Edward…”
“Hey, you looked extra cute today.” He drew in a shaky breath and I opened my mouth to say something when someone else spoke.
“I heard she got into trouble.” Finn’s husky voice whispered into my ears from behind and I gasped before turning to look at Finn, who was now calmly sitting down on my bed, right behind me.
“How-how did you get into-”
“We’re vampires. Get used to it,” I heard Danny’s voice and I looked ahead to notice him leaning against my door. “But then again, I don’t expect mortals to-”
“Kitty Kat, how are you feeling now?” Raymond’s voice interrupted Danny and I watched him walk inside my room.
“Wai-wait! All of you get out! I want to be left alone.” I stated out loud and I heard Edward groan before moving his face closer to my cheeks from a side, causing me to shudder.
“But I want to play with you.” He pouted and I gave him a look of disgust before brushing his arm away as well as his face in the process.
“She’s getting so hard to resist.” Finn mumbled, his breath hitting against my neck from the back and I squealed when I felt something hot and wet slide against my skin.
“So sweet…” Finn’s voice was barely above a whisper now and I was about to stand up when Vincent grabbed my wrist, suddenly jerking me towards him. I let out a gasp, my face connecting his chest before I looked up to notice him peering at the guys in displeasure. Oh, so now he wants to act nice again?
“You should learn to share, Vincent.” Raymond raised a brow as I sat up, brushing away his hands roughly and going silent.
“You should learn to fuck off-” before Vincent could finish, the door flew open again and in came Draven, his face tightening up with annoyance as soon as he noticed the guys.
“Get out.” He mumbled shortly, frowning at each and every one of us before returning his gaze back at me.
“I heard about Dexter,” Vincent started, getting up from the bed and I remained silent. “If one of us don’t claim her as ours, the Armenius family will eventually take her away.” He confirmed, turning to look at my confused expression. What the hell was these guys on about anyways?
“I’ll take care of it, leave.” Draven stated impatiently, his voice remaining indifferent and I gulped silently when I noticed the guys leaving the room instantly.
“Draven, I-”
“Don’t bother.” He cut in, rolling up his long sleeved, black T-shirt and I went silent before frowning slightly at him.
“I am telling the truth. It’s not like I knew you hated him or had some grudge against him…” I spoke softly and I heard him hum at my response before walking up to the bed, causing a shiver down my spine. To be honest, I’m surprised he hasn’t punished me in some sort of way yet. Was it because he already knew that I was always trying to find a way to escape beforehand?
“You,” he started, sitting down next to me and suddenly reaching up to tap my neck with his index finger. “Don’t cry or scream after I feed on you tonight.” His words sent my eyes widening before I brushed his hand away and crawling back a little.
“Wa-wait, are-are you going to…” I trailed off and I watched him nod, his face remaining expressionless. “Bu-but I thought…” I choked out, blinking away my tears and swallowing the now formed lump in my throat.
“I don’t have a choice.” He muttered impatiently and I took in his words before lowering my eyelashes helplessly. We both know that if Draven wants something, he will have his way, even if it means by force.
“Is this the punishment?” I asked softly, looking up with teary wide eyes and I watched him flinch before letting out a groan in annoyance. And here I thought he had a pinch of remorse left inside of him. Guess I was wrong.
“It’s not, Adriana. Like I said, I have no choice tonight, as long as no one has fed on you, another vampire family will be allowed to take you away and claim you as their own.” Draven explained quickly and I struggled to understand the twisted concept but managed to somehow grasp it within the next few seconds.
“I-I’m sorry but I’m willing to take that chance.” I said finally, inhaling deeply and I watched him furrow his eyebrows together before inching closer to my face.
“I’m not, doll face.” He said through gritted teeth and I peered into his eyes.
“Why-”
“Enough talk, let’s get it over with.” He interrupted, roughly grabbing my wrist and I jerked away before standing up from the bed, my whole body instantly trembling at his cold touch.
“Please, Draven…” I started begging and squealed when he appeared in front of me before grabbing both my hands and pushing me down on the bed with him. I was about to get up when he towered over me and at this point, the tears that I was trying to hold in for so long, streamed down my face.
“Don’t!” I cried, shaking my head and closing my eyes, fighting to free myself from his grip but he was a lot stronger than me.
“Would you calm the fuck down?!” he suddenly snapped, settling on top of my torso and my breath hitched at his words. “I told you that I have no fucking choice! Sooner or later, one of them is going to come for you and I need to claim you as mine before they do so. I am not going to go to a fucking war with them or hand over something that's rightfully mine because of your fucking crybaby attitude, Adriana!” he raised his voice, closing his face to mine and I forced to swallow another sob, his selfish words making my blood boil inside. That’s it, this is the last time he was going to act like an asshole and get away with it.
“I don’t care, Draven! Let them have me, who fucking cares?!” I shot back, my voice shaking and cracking in between but at this point, I didn’t care.
“I do! I fucking care!” he spat, closing in his face and tightly pressing my wrists on either side of my neck. My heart froze at his words before I looked at him, my eyes widening the size of saucers as I tried to take in his words.
“Wha-what are you talking about, Draven,” my voice was barely above a whisper and right now, I was praying that he didn’t mean what he just said. “Let me go…” I begged, closing my eyes and letting more tears roll down my cheeks. I don’t want him to feed on me, anyone but him.
“Adriana, stop crying.” I heard him whisper, his breath hitting on my lips and I stiffened in my position when I felt something soft brush against my lips.
“Stop…” I choked out, my heart slightly skipping a beat before I quickly shook those thoughts away. “I don’t want you to feed on me, let it be somebody else, I don’t care-” before I could finish, Draven shot me one last glare before leaning into a rough kiss, his lips perfectly placing on mine and I gasped for air, my whole body crumbling at his touch.
“No, stop…” I whimpered when he interlocked our fingers before pressing them down on the bed, causing goosebumps to rise all over my body.
“Shut the fuck up, before I make you.” He mumbled in between the kiss, tugging on my bottom lip before I turned away, my body refusing to go along with his words right now. Sadly, it didn’t stop Draven from getting what he wanted. As soon as I turned away, his lips started grazing my jawline, placing multiple soft kisses on them before moving down to my neck, leaving more trails of wet sloppy kisses.
“Don’t do this…” I whimpered, trying my very best to at least stand up straight but froze when he licked my soft spot, causing an uncontrollable moan to escape through my lips.
“Guess you were right, doll face,” he mumbled, placing another gently kiss and my heart dropped when I felt something sharp graze against my skin.
“Maybe you do deserve punishment.”
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