Sorry, everyone. I know I know. I'm ruining Dante for you. He's about to get even worse. I'm sorry. You can't have a crazy vampire with a very patchy past and not expect him to be very manipulative especially when he thinks he's doing what's right. He's again very morally grey.
Dante's POV I led him to bed and hypnotized him so he'd fall asleep. Yes, I'd agreed to not do it but it was needed. He needed to be hypnotized. Humans needed sleep to heal and he needed all the sleep he could get if he was ever going to be turned. I wanted him in perfect health for it and I needed him as strong and healthy as possible so he didn't have to go through the torment that came with being turned while in poor health. Turning was an already painful process but those who turned when their body were weak found it an even more torturous process. It was something I wanted to save him from. I got in bed with him. I wasn't going to sleep or anything but I wanted to be able to watch him and know he was safe. I stayed awake in bed all night watching him until he woke up. ....... "Hey," he smiled at me yawning. "Hey Sunshine how was your night" I whispered kissing him on the forehead. "Great. I had this dream" he grinned and I raised a brow. "And what w
Ashley's pov This bitch is really on my last never. I try my best to maintain a courteous smile so I don't lose my shit. She was talking to me like I was a young immature child or something only because she somehow was working as an assistant for Dante Abyss. I mean my boyfriend was his accountant and he didn't have a stick up his ass. She wasn't special or anything just a jealous bitch. The onboarding interview ended and I signed the contract. The pay was good. Really good. I was getting paid fifty dollars an hour and only needed to work six hours at most. I was needed for four days a week for a month. That was easily around five thousand without having to do much. Dante was really rich. He was the kind of man that gave one financial stability. It was too bad he was going to be difficult to control. If there was one thing I've learned from my family. It was to marry someone you could control and Chris was that person. I had him in the palm of my hand and even th
Christopher's POV She is infuriating. I found her to be grating on my nerves. I didn't know if this was somehow because she was with Christopher before me or if I just didn't like her because all I wanted to do was get rid of her. Her thoughts. Her thoughts were complexly stupid. She was always plotting and planning and manipulating. I had listened to her thoughts all the while she was in my office and all I could do was try not to kill her. She genuinely thought herself special and my type. I mean listening to a human talk about just how dumb I was supposed to be was embarrassingly annoying. I was trying my best not to just jump over throughout the meeting with her because I knew it was not a very wise thing to do. She honestly got on my nerves that much. I mean before I arrived home, I was in my office listening to her interview with Reine and it took all in me to let her keep her job She was exactly the kind of human I avoided. They were desperate and willing t
Christopher's POV Dante walked into my room with a towel around his waist on purpose drying his hair with another. "Hey Sunshine" he smiled at me flexing his muscles like the hot sexy type he was. "I just wanted to check in on you" he smiled and I rolled my eyes. He was here so I would ogle him and he won because I was going to do just that I stared at him mouth open. "well aren't you going to say something sunshine?" he asked with a proud smirk on his mouth. "smug asshole" I cursed at him and he just grinned walking to me on the bed. "am I really smug?" he asked smugly and dropped the towel he was drying his hair with like the smug piece of shit he was I had to stop myself from rolling my eyes again. "I mean is it wrong for me to want you" he asked looking offended and leaning down bringing his lips breaths from mine. "no, it's not" I answered indulging him "Then what's wrong? Tell me" he asked looking y me with puppy eyes or an attempt at it. He w
Dante's POV I was walking through the woods. I knew I was in a flashback. I had those where I remembered things from the past that I had forgotten. The past my kind had somehow refused to remember. I'd see a blond man walk away. I never saw his face just the back of his hair. I didn't know who he was but over time I'd figured maybe he was my Sire from the times I couldn't remember. I watched him walk off and then different images flashed before my eyes like normal. I let the flow. This was my most recent gift. It was a gift to me because I could remember pieces of my past. It was something I'd always wanted and this gift gave it to me. I was always trying to cultivate it by letting it pass through. Letting it happen. Maybe one day I'd have a full memory of my past. A new image flashed into my eyes. Was this a new image to add to my collection of memories? I looked greedily and noticed immediately that this wasn't the past. This looked more like modern times.
Christopher's POV I missed him and he wasn't even gone for twenty four hours. It was as if after the accident all I wanted to do was be by his side at all times. It was almost pathetic. I picked up the phone Dante had gotten me before leaving. Since my old phone got ruined in the accident, he'd gotten me this one as a replacement. Of course like everything it was high-tech. He had installed a find my phone on the phone so we could know where we both were at all times. I checked his location and it pinged at Florence. A castle I'm Florence. Wow, those clients must be pretty rich. They were probably vampire clients. They were the ones who mostly had insanely crazy properties. They were shrowd in wealth and influence. Curiosity got the better of me and I searched the castle and saw that it was a castle owned by a private company. I should have stopped there but boredom made me search out who owned the private company. It was fun. A way to pass the time. After much
Ashley's pov I was going to make him pay. It didn't matter how long it took me, I would make him pay. I would rip his world apart. They thought they were special because they worked for Dante and he gave them a big house but when Dante becomes mine, the first thing I'd do is destroy their lives. They would regret not ever respecting me. Kerion was the worst. He treated me like an inconvenience like I was a maid that was going to steal all the properties in this house. He was always following me around always watching my every move. Always looking at me with judging eyes. They were looking at me the way the neighbors at my childhood home used to look at me. Like a crazy thief. I got into my apartment and closed the door locking myself in. I didn't want anyone to know I was home. I owed a few people money and until Dante paid me, it would do me good to hide from them. They didn't know or understand this. If I was found out they'd only embarrass me and in this run-dow
Dante's POV I smiled closing the camera app on my phone watching him excitedly wait for me at the top of the stairs was funny and attractive. I walked into the house and stood at the bottom of the stairs staring at him at the top. He was grinning at me. I couldn't help myself and sped up the stairs. One second we were multiple flights of stairs apart and another he was in my arms. I was gentle so I didn't hurt his arm cradling him in my arm, pulling him into a hug. "I missed you." whispered into my neck clinging to me. "I wasn't even for two days" I joked and he just mumbled holding me. I smiled pulling him even closer. I pulled away and placed my forehead against his. "I missed you too" I whispered and kissed him softly. I cradled his face in my arm softly. "I kept thinking of you," I said truthfully leaning in to kiss him again. He had a look in his eyes. It was a look of pure adoration and I knew if I could see my face, it mirrored the same look. H
Ashley's pov I was shaking. Chris. Chris was in bed with Dante. He was being fucked by Dante. He wasn't even the one doing the fucking he was taking it up his ass. The way he had looked. The way he had begged. That was something I didn't even want to remember. When I came out of the house, Tim was nowhere to be found so I had to order an Uber home. The whole ride home, the image of them together kept playing in my head I had the diver stop so I could throw up by the road. I was sitting in Chris's apartment feeling disgusted after throwing up twice. My boyfriend was fucking his boss. This wasn't something I had ever expected to see. I mean why? Why me? My relationship was over. I had lost both men. My life was ruined. I was going back to live with my father. I was dating a fag. How did this happen? How had I not noticed it? I had no backup. The only way I could stay away from living with my dad was if I got married. Chris was my way out. How had I not noticed it?
Dante's POV Ashley had even more control over Christopher than I thought. She didn't have his heart but she had his empathy. Christopher was a good person. She had wiggled her way into his good graces. He couldn't even see it but Ashley was abusive. Even when she'd hurt him. He was still trying to make sure I didn't hurt her. This. If he left Ashley because he wanted to be with me, he would never leave her completely. I needed to ruin their relationship. If he broke things with her, he'd forever hold guilt and she would make sure to use it as a leverage against him. She had to leave him. She had tried to be with me and after that failed ran back to Christopher. Now all I had to do was show her that she had lost him. I watched their whole interaction through the camera in his room. He didn't want her anymore. If she left him he wouldn't feel any way about it. If she left him everything would be fine. He wouldn't have to feel guilt. I kissed his forehead. He was asleep and I ha
Christopher povAshley walked into my room with tears in her eyes. She closed the door behind her and I stopped what I was doing“What's wrong Ash?” I asked her concerned. She burst into tears and ran into my arms “I'm so sorry” she cried shaking. “What's wrong?” I asked her. “I should have said yes. You might lose your job” she sobbedWhat?That didn't even make sense. “Said yes to what? How does that affect my job?” I asked her even more confused now than ever. “I..” she started but started sobbing again. “What's wrong, Ash” I pulled her away and asked “Tell me, I won't be mad,” I said even though I didn't even know what she meant. I mean what would she do that could make me mad? “Dante” she burst out again crying. Dante?Did he tell her to break up with me? I mean he wouldn't though. What did he say to the poor girl? “What did he say,” I asked stroking her hair. “Do” she cried again sobbing more. Do? Did the Fucking vampire threaten her. Oh god, Dante. I mean let me
Ashley's POV It's been a week since the afternoon lunch with Dante, I wasn't able to see him again. He was avoiding me. I knew we had a connection. There was so much chemistry while we were cooking. I mean we even had a moment to get her over sharing food then Chris had gone and interrupted the moment with jealous outbursts. Even he had seen our chemistry together. Chris who didn't believe Dante liked me had seen just how good we were together. That proved I hadn't imagined things. I was right. Dante liked me but he had backed off. He was the kind of guy that didn't like to chase. In his mind, he's done enough chasing and it was my turn to compliment that effort. To be fair, he had done enough chasing. The card, the nice words, giving me his personal driver, letting me go shopping with his money, and to crow it all the very intimate cooking time with him in the presence of my boyfriend. What else did I want him to do to prove to me that he wanted me? It was my turn to make the
Dante's POV I tried my best for Ashley and me not to cross parts aside from when I was getting rid of her but she was beginning to pop up in my office to ask me random questions about Christopher that she could ask him. She was also trying to get me to spend time with her like inviting me to different random outings that I had to reject. Today, she rejected the card her excuse she had packed lunch. She wanted to spend more time with me. It was obvious and also really embarrassing. Her thoughts also didn't help. I could read them and they were very disturbing I found them funny. She was going to make lunch for me. She'd packed extra so she was going come hand them over to me in my office and then wait for me to react to them and strike up a conversation with me because in her words. “I was too busy to take her on a proper date and need her to nudge me a little bit”She was fully convinced that I was in love with her or at least into her. Well, I was going to have to beat her to
Christopher's POV“Chris, I don't want to sound weird, but I think your boss likes me” Ashley spouted out of nowhere while dressing my wound. I did my best not to burst out laughing. “And why would that be?” I asked her “Well, he's just been really, how do I put it? Attentive” she said as started wrapping up the wound. “Hmm, I don't know. He's a pretty nice guy so maybe that's it” I said looking at her. “You won't understand. You're a man. You don't get it. She has the look” she insisted and I just nodded along. The bandage around my chest was coming out today. It wound had closed up nicely and I was better now. I couldn't wait to dunk into the water. I looked down at the pale patch of hairless skin on my chest. I'm shaving my whole chest off to match. It wasn't that I was hair it was that the contrast between the colors made it look very weird. I heard a knock on the door and looked up. It was Kerion. “The Sire is asking for you, Miss” Kerion spoke to Ashley. “Oh ok, I'll
Ashley's POV I couldn't help but bite my smile. He had asked his driver to take me shopping. Just like those rich men did to women they were interested in. He'd given his card to his driver because he didn't trust me yet which was fair. I mean when you want to take a woman shopping you first of all hold the card but after she proves that she's the type of girl you want you give her the card. It was a black card. It was limitless. It was a test. He was into me and wanted to test me so he gave me the card to see if I could pass. Now with rich men especially men like Dante, you'd think that not spending his money was what he wanted but it was the exact opposite. He wanted you to spend his money. He wasn't interested in how much you spent but with what you spent it on. I needed to make good purchases. If I picked a good restaurant and bought things that were up to his standard he would show more interest in me. Rich men wanted good trophies wives. Wives that could hold their own in
Dante's POV I should have realized he was having these feelings earlier on. I shouldn't have let things go this far. I had woken up and went to the crypt to feed my guest so he would stay alive. Kerion had found a human and kept them in a room for me. I couldn't let the human stay on the grounds overnight so I had to leave my bed with Christopher to get it done with.I had slit the human's wrist slightly and let a few drops of blood get into the boy's mouth before sending them off with Kerion who was going to see to it that they went home safe and their memory was wiped and finishing up with the guest. I had to go shower before I could get back in bed with Christopher. I couldn't tell him about the guest yet. I would be even more careful with everything. The most important person to me was him and keeping him safe for myself was more important to me than anything else.Now at least he knew how I felt about him. That would help clear his doubts. We woke up in the morning tangled
Christopher povI opened my eyes in the dark room and looked to my side. Dante wasn't in bed. He had left was it morning yet? It would have been nice to wake up next to him. I checked the time and it was just some minutes past 2am. Why did he leave? He'd been acting strangely of late and he had never left me in bed and disappeared to his room. Was he there? I stood up and walked naked out of my room. There was nobody in the house aside from me and Dante. That was if he was in the house. A thought crossed my mind. What if he'd gone to Andre's to feed? I mean he bit me but didn't drink. So maybe he'd gone to feed but why didn't he tell me? I stood outside my door. Maybe he didn't want to wake me. Or maybe he was tired of dealing with me and wanted to taste something different. Something like Athena. The voice was back again. No, he would never. He loves..... The voice mocked me. "Are you sure he loves you, has he ever told you? Or did you assume you