Lucian Pov“What the heck did you just do?” I saw the horror in Naomi's gaze as I chuckled softly.“What do you mean?” I asked her innocently, acting like I didn't know what she was talking about. In reality, I was just pulling her legs and she knew.“You know what I mean, Lucian. Why the heck would you lick stale blood? It's not even covered and only the fates know what kind of infection could have gotten mixed with it. Why would you endanger yourself like that?” I sighed as I looked upwards. I didn't even know where to start explaining. “Why don't I finish what I came here to do, and I'll explain later when we're on our way back to the hotel?” She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest, but agreed nonetheless, albeit reluctantly. I pricked my finger on the needle beside the altar and watched as a drop of my blood fell into the bowl.I knew what was coming next, and I probably should have warned Naomi because she shrieked as I started to glow, my feet levitating from the ground.
Lucian PovUnfortunately, we had to leave Hawaii two days after I got the call from the commissioner in Russia. We had spent the next day after that at the beach and Naomi was feeling melancholic about leaving Hawaii, but I promised her we'd come back soon. I don't know how soon though, because work was already piled up and waiting for me back at home. From my business company to my duties as the head of the Russian coven to the undercover work I was doing for the commissioner. Everything will take at least months to finish. And let's not forget the fact that as I'm accomplishing them, more are piling up. The paperwork at the company was the least of my worries. I could use vampire speed to rush through it, but unfortunately, I couldn't speed up the time for the meetings. I'm sure are choked.Right now, I'm in the office of the commissioner. We had just landed, and I visited his office at night. “Still coming like a thief in the night, I see.” He commented, rubbing his tired eyes.
Naomi PovI stretched as I opened my eyes, feeling the morning light on my face. I sat up and relished the relief at being in a familiar place, although I missed Hawaii. Emma burst into my room suddenly, and I looked at her in confusion. She was always polite, and it was out of character for her to just intrude into my room without knocking. Sure enough, she looked frantic, and I was sure something had happened to her. “What's going on?” I struggled to my feet to meet her halfway. She didn't speak, instead she thrust her phone into my hands, and I was shocked by what I saw. There was an image of Lucian and me at the beach. This was taken the day before yesterday when we had gone to relax by the beach before going in to pack our things. The picture was taken when Lucian leaned over from his lounge chair to brush my hair away from my face. The picture painted it to be romantic, but I can still remember the scene. ***I had been holding a burger and a cup of juice. I didn't want to
Lucian PovI stared at the woman that was fast becoming a source of daily heartbreak for me. I was on my way to her room to talk about the post online and to know her thoughts on them when I heard her talking to Emma. Even though I knew it was wrong, I stopped in my tracks and used my vampire hearing instead. I could hear her clearly telling Emma how I was a bloodsucker and a monster. The rest of her words didn't carry any weight, just those two. And considering she was right, I didn't know why I felt pained to hear the acknowledgment from her. I had threatened to kill Garrett, the commissioner, in his office last night. I didn't feel any remorse at using his kids as leverage, so why did I feel heartbroken?I had then entered her room and, after excusing Emma, I had launched into what I would call a sob story. I basically started whining like a teenage boy that has gotten heartbroken by his first love. Naomi didn't say a word to interrupt me as I talked and when I was done, she ju
Naomi Pov“Anything I can do to help?” I asked Lucian as I walked into the kitchen. It was an unfamiliar sight to behold a vampire Lord, not to mention the fact that he was currently the leader of two covens, cooking for me. “There's nothing for you to do, really. I'm just taking my time. You can tell me if you're hungry, so I'll speed things up,” he replied. I watched him do this thing, reveling in the satisfaction. “Argh…” he groaned as he dropped the knife in his hand, hissing slightly. “What is it?” I asked as I rushed to his side. I could see the black blood on his hand where he had cut himself. “Oh my gosh, where's your first aid box?” I looked around, frantic. When I heard no reply, I turned to look at him and saw a wide smile on his face. “What?” I asked. “It's cute to see you worried about me, that's all.” I scoffed at his reply. “I'm just worried you'll get your bitter blood into my food,” my attention was now trained on him. He moved closer to my side, forcing me to
Naomi PovI had just finished dumping the salt when Lucian arrived with an Epi pen. He knelt beside me, hands trembling slightly as he moved my dress up my thigh. Before he could stab the epi pen into my thigh, I shouted. “Wait.”He stopped merely inches away from my thigh, looking at me with an incredulous expression on his face. I smiled at him and continued eating my lunch. He was still on his knees and when I looked back at him, he was still watching me with a confused look on his face. “Are you okay? I don't understand. What just happened?” I rolled my eyes. For a vampire, he was very daft.Not willing to leave him in the dark anymore, I said. “It's cute to see you worried about me.”I knew the exact moment everything clicked in his head. His expression ranged from confusion to anger, and I laughed out loud when he started getting red in the face. “You think this is funny?” He bellowed. His loud voice made me flinch, but I quickly regained my composure.“Yes Lucian. The same w
Lucian PovI was choking. And not on anything relatively poisonous. No, I was choking on salt. Just because someone thought it was going to be a funny joke to play on me. Well, it turned out to be an expensive one. “What the heck did you do, Naomi?” I managed to say as my heart constricted in my chest. “I already played that choking game on you earlier, remember?” She smiled cockily. So she thought I was joking. I laughed humorlessly as the joke I had plagued her earlier came to bite me back. Salt had never actually bothered me before, but in large proportions, it was lethal.My taste buds were very sensitive and dunking a huge amount of salt in them was a very bad idea. My hands shakily reached for the pitcher of water on the table, but before I could get to it, I slumped on the floor. My body was actively fighting the poison, but I had gone on without blood for two days now, and I didn't have enough strength to expel the same from my system without help. Knowing what was coming
Lucian PovBlood roared in my ears and I almost thought I imagined his words. “What did you say?” I asked, praying my ears heard wrong.“I said I want to buy Naomi back from you.” He had the gall to repeat his words. “I don't know if you're really as stupid as I have always thought, or you've suddenly grown some blind courage you finally want to put into use. But whatever it is that's happening to you, remember who you're talking to, and I'd advise you to think deeply about whatever you're saying next,” I warned. My fists were already clenched, and I was so angry I could burst a vein in my wrist just from how hard I was clenching my fists.But Alexander seemed nonchalant, sipping his whiskey like he could not be bothered by my words. He looked me square in the eyes and continued, “I would compensate you, of course. Never will I cheat you, my Lord. There are more obedient slaves I just got recently, and I think you'll be taken with them. I have just the right one in mind for you.”It
Naomi's PovLucian had gotten a call from Bruno's brother the next day, and he had accepted that they would give Bruno a befitting funeral, which Lucian had started making arrangements for. He had told his brother to inform their families and friends, including the people that Bruno had worked for. Lucian made sure that he had chosen one of the best cemeteries in the country, and had made sure he was able to buy a building solely dedicated to Bruno for being a hero and saving his life.As Lucian did this, it seemed like he felt a form of unease wash away, and he was able to breathe again. Before this time, he had always felt a pang of guilt and anything he slept. He had always seen Bruno in the dark pleading to him for help, but there was absolutely nothing that Lucian couldn't save him any longer. At times, Lucian told me that there were cases where he had forgotten that Bruno was dead.To fulfill his promise, Lucian made sure that he did everything possible to give Bruno a befittin
Lucian's PovTravis and I had sat down in the sitting room as we talked about the fact that Bruno's brother had started searching for him.He only knew that his brother imported goods from other countries, but they didn't know who exactly he worked for. He had noticed that his brother hadn't been picking up his calls for days, and he decided to search for him.Travis explained that his brother had sat at the building where Bruno used to work to look for him and search around to see if anyone knew the whereabouts of Bruno.He wasn't aware of everything that had happened that night, but he knew that something bad had happened to Bruno.I couldn't hide my sounds as I stared at Travis. I didn't know if it was right to just go ahead and inform him that Bruno was dead, but I didn't know if that was the best thing to do. I didn't know how his brother was going to receive the news, but it wouldn't be nice to watch him all day coming to the building to search for Bruno, even though we knew tha
Alexander Pov“I hope you had a nice time with your sister,” I asked, staring at Laura, who sat in one of the guest rooms.Just as I had instructed Madonna not to take her back to the cages, she needed to be fed well and cleaned well, so that in the coming days she would still look presentable to the buyer. “Yes, I did,” she responded as a tear escaped her eyes. “So why then do you still cry ?,” I asked as I moved closer to her. “I do not want to be sold anymore, I just want to be with my sister,” Laura said as she knelt down beside me. “What's all of this, you do not dictate if you are being sold or not. " I decided that, and nothing or no one counters my word. " There's nothing you can do about it, Laura, you can't change a thing, like I said, but you are here to fetch me some handsome money”, I responded as I stared at her.“I beg you, she is scared, she doesn't want me to leave,” she said as she pleaded for mercy.“I think I made the mistake of making you see her the other nig
Naomi PovLucian opened his eyes slowly as he stared around. He had another nightmare. This had been Constance ever since he got back that night. He had always seen Bruno whenever he slept in pain, crying out to me to help him, but every time he tried to help him, he just disappeared into the air. He sat up on the bed and stared around the room. It was morning again, but I could see how he couldn't stop thinking about all that had happened two days ago. It felt like it was real every time he thought about it.Travis knocked on the door as he walked into Lucian's room, where I stood close to him. He bowed his head as he greeted him before moving close to Lucian. “How are you feeling today master,” Travis asked with a smile on his lips.“I am very much better, thank Travis,” Lucian said, smiling at him. “I am glad you are getting better, sir,” he said with a smile on his face.“What about Marcus?” I asked, turning to him. “Marcus is good too, it's just that he is still a bit too we
Alexander's PovMadonna climbed up the stage majestically as she swayed her waist, seductively revealing her butts to the crowd. She then handed the documents to me on stage.I smiled, looking at Madonna. She must have thought that she was part of the girls that wanted to be sold off tonight,However, I knew her too well. She was indirectly scanning the room for a potential customer that would go down with her after the auction this morning. I grabbed the documents and lifted them up, showing the entire people in the crowd how authentic my document was.They all cheered on as they began to clap their hands loudly, no jokes. They were enjoying it all.I returned my gaze to the buyers again as I smiled, “This document, you should go through it, and sign under the category that you have fallen under,” I said, smiling widely.One of my subjects collected it from me and handed it to the man who wanted to buy Laura and Naomi for thirty million dollars.As soon as he was given the document
Lucian's PovAccording to what Naomi had told me, she had revealed that Travis had struggled to carry me on his back and as soon as he got to the bedroom, he dropped on the bed. Naomi also explained that she was in my room searching for some things when Travis dropped me on the bed. I knew she must have run quickly and held one so tight.It was exactly two hours since I was unconscious. I still laid on the bed without moving my body. Suddenly, I opened my eyes, and screamed out loud as I raised my head.I wasn’t in a coma, but I had still not slept like that for years, and it felt like as soon as my eyes opened, there was something that changed inside of me.My eyes darted around the room and began to pant out loudly. This was exactly when I literally saw the faces of the people that were around me. Most likely, I was able to recognize Travis and Naomi. “You should calm down Lucian,” Naomi said as she moved closer to me.Although I couldn't hear them well, it seemed like I was begin
Naomi's PovI had literally witnessed this every second till the break of the day as I stared at the clock in my room not able to get some sleep through the night. I was worried and I couldn't hide it.I was worried that something bad might happen to Lucian. I was worried that I didn't know what more Lucian was hiding from me. I was worried that Lucian still hadn't healed, and it was obviously a sign of danger.Furthermore, I rolled from one end of the bed to the other part as I tried to sway away the thoughts and get some sleep, but it wasn't just working.Not only that, but I wish I had gone along with them. It had been several hours since they had left the house, but there was no sign of their return. I had walked closer to the glass window in my room several times when I heard the horn of a car around.I had also been calling them several times, but they were not answering their calls. I had wondered how important the issue was that had left them not answering their calls. I had
Lucian PovThe man didn't speak a lot, it was just a few words. Although, I wasn't able to hear it clearly, However, I staggered and the next thing I saw was the man opening the door for Travis and me to get in.Well, I honestly should have been skeptical about the place, but I wasn't. It was just a relatable moment that someone knew there was nothing you could possibly do for yourself. At that point, anything was going to be accepted.As I walked into the room, I noticed that it wasn't just a room, it was something unexpected, just like the frontal view of the building looked ancient, but the inside of the house was a totally different thing.It was different. I couldn't describe it, but was confidently sure that it was different. I could still see even when my eyes seemed blurred at the moment. I also knew it was the effect of the poison that had caused me not to see well.I lifted my hands, as I tried to rest on some of the things around the room so that I would not fall off.I had
Alexanders PovWhat kind of game was this, who was playing games with whom ? I muttered silently as I looked at the man.“Who did you say you want?” I asked as I took a step closer, trying to hear the name he was going to call out again. “I want Naomi Stevens,” he pleaded as he smiled. The people in the crowd stared at me as they wondered what they were trying to say. They had all expected me to go in and get Naomi Steven. I stepped closer, scrutinizing the man. Naomi Steven had been sold to Lucian's Vlod; it was impossible for her to appear here.Yet, my gaze lingered on Laura, standing on the stage, her heart racing. This was a bad day, made worse by this crackpot's claim."I don't understand," I said, my voice firm. "What do you mean?"The man's expression turned serious, his tone aggressive. "You're not listening. Did you not see the records of her sale months ago?"I narrowed my eyes."I'm not blind. " I saw it clearly, the man said as he turned and let out a bark of laughter