"Fuck!" His length sank into my shivering body in a single fluid motion, sinking in until he bottomed out. He made sure to maintain eye contact the entire time.
Mouth falling open, I couldn't help sucking in a weak, shuddering breath as my back pressed into the railing behind me. I still couldn't forget that there were people down there who might see us. Silas carefully gathered my hair, moving it up and behind me so it wouldn't get stuck in my face. He was almost sweet; maybe it was because he was deep inside me. "Oh God... mph... ah..." I was soon crying as he began to thrust. Alternating between long, deep strokes, his veiny shaft damn near touched the bottom of my stomach. For a moment, I thought I might die from the sheer pleasure of it all. Sex with him was always blindingly intense, like drowning in a sea of ecstasy. Every nerve ending in my body was aware. I couldn't stop my gut from clenching. The slow pounding was guaranteed to put me to sleep right after. Clear moisture flowed evenly from my entrance as the vampire reseated himself into my inviting depths. He was soon pounding in earnest; the strong tempo of his hips was mind-numbing. I could almost swear that the noises I was making had drawn attention to us. It was hard to breathe, hard to think, hard to move. All I could do was wail brokenly while he hammered into me. With little effort on my part, I couldn't stop my eyes from rolling back at the sensation. He swooped down to capture a nipple in his mouth, and the sensation took the very breath out of me. Hands reaching out blindly, I searched for something to grab a hold of. Fingers soon entwined themselves in Silas's hair, holding him closer to my chest. My spine arched as he deliberately deepened his stroke. The ecstasy was nearly painful. I was crying so loudly that I had no doubt someone must have heard. My legs wrapped around him tighter as he proceeded to bring me bliss. Why had I even been against this in the first place? This was the kind of loving every woman needed. Even if it so happened to be from a man I knew had no feelings for me, at least this version of him—my eyes were beginning to water from the intense stimulation being induced on my spasming body. Silas watched intently as the outline of his dick was made visible pounding the bottom of my stomach. He was so fascinated by the sight that his mouth began to water. Silas was in love with this sensation, the simulation, and the mouthwatering pleasure my body gave him. If this was what having sex with a human felt like, then he wanted to do it every second of every day. He wanted to do it for as long as possible. My entire body started shaking, releasing a tortured moan as I came. Silas groaned deeply. He panted as he licked up the column of my throat, breath hot against my skin. Feeling himself pulsate inside of me and filling her up. It was hard to keep my eyes open; my entire body was spent, and I was on the brink of falling unconscious. My entire body tensed up when I felt myself being hoisted up and the still-hard length inside her began thrusting in slow motion. He was fucking me once more! "Good... sso good," Silas moaned in my ears. I was far too exhausted to pay much attention to the simulation in my body. Soon my eyes fell closed, and I fell asleep. --- --- I woke up feeling like my entire body was on fire. Seeing the unfamiliar ceiling of the bedroom had panic surging through me; I quickly pulled myself to a sitting position but winced at the pain that soared through my body. It took me a while to realize where I was and why my body hurt so much. I had no idea how long Silas had fucked me; I just remembered falling asleep after getting the best orgasm of my life. I looked around the room. It had a queen-sized bed, which I was lying on; the curtains were dark brown, matching the marble flooring. I could see two doors; one probably led to a bathroom, and the other was a mystery. I would explore it when I had the energy. Right now, I was feeling very hungry. Maybe I had expected there to be food placed beside my bed; it was the least I deserved after Silas had taken control of me earlier. But alas, perhaps my stepbrother forgot that I need actual human food to function properly. There was only a glass of red liquid on the table; the metallic smell gave away its origin. Yeah, Silas had definitely forgotten about me being human. Or maybe this was some awful joke he was pulling; it wasn't very funny. "Shit," I cursed as I pulled myself to a standing position. My body really hurt; I was walking with a limp now. Luckily, I was all clean and was dressed in silk pajamas; it was very comfortable. I made my way toward the two doors; one indeed led to a bathroom, and the other was a walk-in closet filled with all sorts of clothes and accessories. I rolled my eyes and closed them. Most of the clothes were dresses; I was never a fan of those. "If he wants to play dress the human, he should have at least fed me." Knowing that I had to leave my room if I wanted to get something to eat, I wasn't very thrilled. I wished I had eaten more of the food earlier; maybe then I would have been able to fall asleep and wait for breakfast tomorrow. But if I went to bed on an empty stomach now, I might possibly die of starvation; I was that hungry. I didn't bother changing out of my clothes before going outside, seeing that it was nighttime. The hallways were dimly lit and empty. Most of the servants here were humans, so they did need to sleep if they were expected to function properly, unlike the vampires, who didn't sleep at all. When my mother first married Bill, I could remember staying awake at night for weeks, listening carefully to the sound of Silas's footsteps as he moved around the house. Unlike Bill, he didn't like spending his night in bed pretending to be asleep; he said he found it incredibly boring. And somehow, he always knew when I was awake; he would try baking some cookies and then bring them up to my room for me to try. Eventually, I learned that Silas wasn't taking any cooking classes like he had said and rather only did it so he could have an excuse to spend time with me. The memory brought a smile to my face. I was young and foolish back then; I didn't appreciate what I had until it was lost. Maybe the universe was trying to teach me a lesson now. "Hey, you." A voice startled me out of my thoughts. I saw a figure approaching me from the other end of the hallway. It was an elderly-looking woman; I sighed in relief when I saw that she was human. She had eyed me suspiciously, but upon a closer look, she seemed to have recognized me. "Oh, it's you. The Young Master's pet." My expression soured at the title. "I would appreciate it if you didn't call me that." "Do you need something?" the woman asked, ignoring my words. "I..." At first, I wanted to tell her about my hunger, but then I thought about her having to go to the kitchen to prepare something for me. It was the middle of the night, and the poor woman must have been working the entire day; she looked exhausted. It would be unfair of me to make her cook for me when she should be sleeping. I decided to just go find Silas; I knew he didn't sleep, and after wearing me out, feeding me would be the only payment that would make me feel better. "I want to know where Silas is. I want to meet him." "He is having dinner with some guests currently." "Dinner? That's perfect. Can you please take me to him?" "I don't think the young master would be very happy to have you there." She eyed me. She didn't say anything rude, but the look in her eyes said enough. Silas was having dinner with important guests, so someone like her, who was only a pet, didn't deserve to join him. "Just take me to him, or I'll tell him that you insulted me." "I would never!" "He doesn't know that. Just please... even if I get in trouble, it would have nothing to do with you." She still looked hesitant, but she was also too tired to put up an argument. She turned around and started walking forward; I followed her. She brought me to the dining room and said her goodbyes. The room was dim, the curtains were drawn down, yet I was able to make out the three figures that sat at the table. Silas sat on the left; there was a frown on his face as he spoke to the man sitting across from him. They were talking in hushed tones; I was quick to notice the girl who was kneeling at the man's feet. Most importantly, I saw the plate placed on the floor in front of her. She was taking small bites of her food, chewing quietly as if she were afraid of disturbing them. She had her face turned away from me, but anger flared in my chest at the way she was being treated. I stepped forward, not even caring to talk first before marching inside the room. My footsteps were loud enough to have all of them notice me. When all three of them turned around to look at me, I froze in my movement and gasped. The man and woman were none other than Carter and Emily! But why were they here? And most importantly, why were they together?!Emily. Yes, I was happy to see her; I was grateful that she was alive and well, even though currently she was being treated like an animal, but at least she was alright. However, seeing her with Carter brought back bad memories. Looking at them together, all I could think about was the kiss they shared, the harsh words Emily had said to me the next day at school.I walked forward and slumped in the seat next to Silas. There was food on the table, probably meant for Emily. Even though it was still just green salad, I reached for it and filled my mouth with it, chewing rather loudly just to irritate them."What the fuck, are you an animal?" Silas was the easiest to offend. He looked at me like I had gone crazy."Maybe if you had remembered to feed me, I wouldn't be this hungry.""You ate not long ago.""I ate in the fucking morning. I don't know about you, but humans need to eat at least twice a day!" I told him angrily.Silas was taken aback by my behavior, and so was Emily if the shoc
The pain surged through me as Carter continued to feed, my screams echoing in the darkness. Each heartbeat felt like a drum, pounding in my ears. Tears welled up in my eyes as a mixture of physical agony and emotional betrayal consumed me. The world around me blurred, and I felt a profound sense of weakness.As Carter finally withdrew, a cold numbness replaced the searing pain. I gasped for breath, the metallic taste of blood lingering on his lips. I was too weak to hold myself up and crumbled to the floor. Carter's eyes bore into mine, a strange mix of satisfaction and guilt flickering in them."Forgive me," he whispered, wiping a trace of blood from his lips. "I didn't mean to take so much."I lay there, battered and broken, grappling with the revelation that I was nothing more than a substitute. Emily—the one he loved, the one he would never harm. The truth pierced me like a dagger. I tried to make sense of the conflicting emotions—fear, betrayal, and an overwhelming sense of lonel
I sat there in the bath for a couple of minutes, thinking deeply about how I was going to use this piece of information to my advantage. I never thought it was possible to even kill vampires until this very moment; sure, the media would make jokes about a knife to the heart being enough to take them out, but I had tried that; it was an accident, of course, and I would never have the heart to stab someone, be it a human or a vampire.Silas had just plucked out the vegetable knife from where it had embedded in his chest and told me to stop screaming because it was more annoying than getting stabbed. I could never get that image out of my head; most people would have filed a case against me. Even though it was an accident, I had still hurt him; if he had been human, the wound would have been fatal.Anyway, this just goes to prove that a knife to the chest was not enough to kill a vampire. But the branch of a mystic tree in the middle of nowhere was? If I got my hands on that, would I eve
His kiss was soft and loving. It was different from his kisses before, which were always passionate and possessive. His hands roamed over my body, caressing me. I couldn't bring myself to push him away, even though a part of me was still pissed at him. When he lifted me and had me wrap my legs around him, he deepened the kiss.He carried me out of the bathroom and placed me on the soft bed. He didn't give me time to catch my breath before he kissed his way down my body, leaving marks on my skin.His bites weren't light. At one point, he overdid it and ended up piercing skin. I hissed in pain and raised my leg to kick him away. Silas was quick to catch my leg before I could, giving me an apologetic smile before placing the leg over his shoulders.He was nestled between my legs, and I felt his cold breath fanning my privates. He leaned forward, and I felt his tongue licking away at my wet pussy. The pleasant sensation had my eyes rolling to the back of my head."Shit," I moaned as his t
Silas doesn't think much of humans. They are fragile, a bit annoying, and apart from being food, they aren't good for much else. But there was something different about this girl—he could tell from the moment he saw her. At first, he thought it was just her scent; she smelled so good that he couldn’t resist feeding on her. He almost killed her in the process. Well, not that he had intended to kill her, but if she had died, it wouldn’t have mattered to him. She was just another human, even if she had claimed to know him—claimed she was his sister.Silas had laughed at the ridiculousness of it. A human as his sister? How absurd. But then again, his father had fallen in love with a human once, so it wasn’t entirely impossible. If he did have a half-blood sibling someday, he wouldn’t be too surprised.After feeding on her, Silas assumed the girl was dead and went on with his life without a second thought. But when he saw her again at a party, kneeling at Deric’s feet, something inside him
Silas didn’t know how long he stood there, unsure of what to do with himself. There was nothing worse than trying to recover a memory you knew you had but couldn’t access. He felt nothing but regret as he left the room and went after Kerry. He found her with Deric; the other vampire had her in his embrace. His arms were wrapped around her tightly, and he whispered words of comfort into her ears as she cried on his shoulder. It was truly a romantic scene. If Silas didn’t know better, he would think the two of them were lovers who had just been reunited.Silas knew he was the reason the girl was crying. The harsh words he had said to her echoed in his mind, and he felt nothing but regret. But how could he bring himself to explain to her how hard he was trying? He wished he could be the person she wanted him to be, but it was hard when he didn’t even know who that was. It felt like two parts of him were fighting against each other. It hurt, but not as much as seeing someone you love in t
My mood was gloomy. Despite all the words of comfort Deric had told me, I still couldn't help feeling like I had lost everything. And in a way, I had. Ever since the day I went to the beach house, my world hadn't quite been the same. It's like I left a perfect life behind and then came back to meet a nightmare. My mom was no longer with me, the man I loved told me to my face that he had no reason to love me—maybe he had only thought of me as a hookup the whole time—and my best friend...well, he was with someone else now. I was left all alone. The only person I could count on was Deric. The same person I had hated before was now the only person who stood by me. Very ironic."Don't worry. We will find a way to fix this. Don't give up hope just yet.""Honestly, I don't even think there is a way to fix this. What are we even trying to fix here? We don't even know what the problem is.""The problem, Kerry, is that the memories of everyone you know have been wiped. Just because they don't r
Deric watched me with disapproving eyes. I could see the gears in his head turning; he was already thinking of the worst-case scenario."If this is your way of telling me that you’re going back to Silas, then I really don’t want to hear it.""That’s not it at all. I had a dream.""Yeah, I heard humans do have those from time to time."Deric smiled at me when he saw the frustrated look on my face. I knew he was riling me up on purpose. His hands came to hold my waist."What happened? What did you dream about?""The Forbidden Tree. You’ve heard about it, right?"I saw the moment Deric’s body tensed up when he heard my words. His hands, which had been tracing invisible lines on my hips, froze."You have lost your mind.""Deric, listen to me—""No, Kerry, that’s enough."He pushed me off and got to his feet. I stayed on the bed and watched Deric as he looked absently outside the window."You should be smarter than that.""I know that it’s supposed to be dangerous. Mom told me about it. It
Kerry's POVAsher doesn't return, and I doubt he will anytime soon. But his words keep echoing in my head. Something still doesn't make sense. It's hard to believe he would do all this just to get to my daughter."At the end, it's all about you," I say to my daughter with a sad smile on my face. The baby doesn't cry, not since Asher handed her back to me. I would have been worried about this abnormal behavior if she were... well, normal. I worry that she will get hungry very soon, and I have no idea what I’m going to do then. I don't think I can stand feeding her blood; it would freak me the hell out. It was one thing having to drink blood while pregnant, but a completely different case entirely to feed it to my infant child.She looked so human too, except for the unusual crimson eyes. She was a beautiful baby, and there was no doubt she would grow up looking like her father. There would be so many expectations. Asher would come back, no doubt, and he would create more problems for m
Sera stares at her ex-husband, the man whom she had given her heart to at one point. There were all sorts of emotions going through her, but the one that simmered under her skin and had her storming forward was rage. Pure rage! She felt like killing the bastard man with her own hands!Silas was quick to put some distance between him and Kerry's father before Sera flung a vase at him. The angel evaded the attack, his eyes wide with disbelief as he watched Sera reach out for something else to throw at him."Sera, please, we don't have time for this.""How dare you! How dare you show up here after all those years!""Sweetheart, please calm down," Bill, who had been stunned, finally reacted. He moved forward to stand by his wife. He looked at Seth with confusion—Bill didn't know what relationship the two of them had, but he'd never seen Sera this angry before. "Let him talk first.""Do you even know who he is?" Sera glared at her husband. Her vision was going blurry as she teared up. Her
"What the fuck!?" Silas is pissed—scratch that, he feels like fucking murdering someone right now. The only thing that feels worse than his anger is the fear that makes his skin crawl. "I've only been gone for a few hours!!"Bill doesn't say anything. The man hasn't even looked at him throughout the argument, and this only makes Silas more pissed. "I begged you not to do this! I was against this fucking abortion, and yet you went behind my back to do it! Now you have no fucking idea where she is?!""I am sorry, I should have protected her better," Bill says. The regret and shame are evident in his voice. He hadn't meant to let his guard down. One moment, he was by Kerry's side, and they were about to begin the procedure. The next moment, his vision went blurry, and he had no idea what the fuck happened. When everything cleared up, Kerry was gone. It happened so fast that Bill found it hard to believe.He had searched for her, of course. He had hoped that perhaps she had left on her ow
" Lay here, please.""This won't take long, will it?""It depends, sweetheart, but I assure you, you will be fine once this is over," the man says. I look over at Bill, who is standing in the corner of the room."He's an old friend of mine. Nothing will go wrong."I nod my head and push down my anxiety. I get on the hospital bed, the sickly smell of drugs and chemicals making me slightly nauseous. However, I tell myself that this is a one-time thing. Once this is over, I will never have to go through it again.I relax against the bed as the sedatives I had been given earlier take over. Soon, the room starts spinning, but I could swear I see a figure appear in the corner of the room before everything goes dark.When I wake up, I find that I am in an entirely different room than the one Bill had brought me to. I push down my panic, not wanting to overreact over nothing. Perhaps I had been taken to a different room after my... abortion. It’s strange, though... I don’t feel any different
I could hardly sleep that night. It didn't help one bit that Silas had insisted on us spending the night together. I was afraid that my wild thoughts would somehow reach him. Even though he had promised me never to read my mind, I was afraid he might go back on his word, especially in a situation like this. The weight of my decision kept me awake and tense. On more than one occasion, my hand had curled around my stomach. I had imagined how my baby would look, but now I was never going to get the chance to hold him or her in my hands. I had selfishly chosen myself over the innocent child."Kerry?""Hm?" My eyes pried open. I had given up on pretending to be asleep after the first two hours. Silas had simply stated, in an unimpressed voice, how he could hear my heart beating faster; he knew when I was awake or not. Even if he didn't have his enhanced hearing, I'm sure he would be able to tell I wasn't asleep by how tense I was. The room was dark enough that I couldn't make out anything.
Bill and my mom arrived later that evening. The moment I opened the door, Mom rushed in and wrapped her arm around me tightly. "Oh, sweetheart, thank God you are alright." She must have assumed the very worst when I called her on the phone. I kind of felt bad for making her worry so much."I'm alright, Mom," I told her. I helped her with her things. Bill didn't say anything to me; he was saving the conversation for when we were all comfortable. Silas came to greet his dad and stepmom, and he and Bill seemed to be very tense around each other. Silas avoided eye contact with his dad even as he showed him around the house. I was worried that what I had said might have somehow messed up the relationship between those two. The last thing I wanted was to make things complicated. Being pregnant was a hard pill to swallow; being pregnant with a hybrid baby that might possibly kill me was even worse. But once I got over the fear of the danger my pregnancy would bring, I found myself excited at
I felt like crying, but I think I had already shed all my tears earlier that day. I lay curled up on the bed, feeling worse than I ever had in my entire life. To me, no situation could ever be worse than the one I found myself in. I had been hurting so badly for the past week, and to think Silas knew about my pain and chose to keep the reason behind it to himself. Did he hope I would never find out I was pregnant until I was pushing a baby out of me? I thought he loved me and had promised to always protect me no matter what, but now he had decided that he would rather protect his unborn child than me. That was a betrayal on a whole different level.I was mad at him, and honestly, I wish I could hate him enough to just fuck off entirely, maybe move away somewhere I could get my thoughts together. But the thought of how hurt Silas would be at my actions made me discard the idea immediately. I'm such an idiot; I always thought of him first despite everything that had happened. Despite ev
I didn't have the guts to attend my dad's class again. If I could, I would have skipped school completely, because I no longer found joy in studying when I knew that something much bigger and dangerous was hiding around the corner—something I couldn't uncover no matter how hard I tried. I thought that the biggest mystery in my life would be figuring out why my dad had left me or what he was. But then came Asher, and now even Silas—whom I was sure I could trust—was keeping something from me. I had no idea what to do.My dad tried reaching out to me, but he must have noticed the amount of effort I was putting into avoiding him. He stopped seeking me out a week later, and I didn't know whether that made me feel better or worse. It hurt how easy it had been for him to give up on me again, but I guess he thought he was only doing it to protect me or make me happy. I felt neither safe nor joyful. But at least Asher hadn't appeared to me in a while. That could only mean he was off planning h
Kerry woke up with a headache. It wouldn't be the first time, and she was already starting to get used to it at this point. She expected to wake up in a strange room, tied to a chair or something. Or maybe Asher might decide to mess with her head, make her forget things. It all sounded like the kind of thing the messed-up bastard would do. But no, she woke up in the familiar bedroom of her Hawaiian house."How do you feel?" Silas was beside her. He hadn't left her side since he brought her back home. He had even thought about taking her to the hospital, but he had been assured she would be alright. Just stress—it was normal for someone in her condition. "Kerry? Talk to me.""I feel fine," she said with a sigh. "Apart from the headache, that is.""Do you need me to bring you something for that?"She thought about it for a second, then shook her head. She already felt like she was going to be sick; she didn't need anything bitter right now. Maybe if the headache didn't go away in half a