"I'm not a monster!"
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My eyes opened on an unfamiliar cave. A small fire was built up, keeping my body warm. Where's Master?
A soft groan to my side made me turn over. He was laying directly beside me. He's so warm and... no no no. Calm down before you mess up.
"Hey Snakey. He's alright. Used up too much energy to save your ass though. Thank him when he wakes, kay?"
"Wh-what? Who?"
In my distracted haze, a young woman spoke out behind me. She was ghastly pale, more so than Xero. Her eyes were bright pink, and gleamed in the shadows that shrouded her face. Fluffy twintails spouted from her head, seemingly golden in the fire.
"I'd say I'm nobody, but this guy... I don't know what the freezing hells he did to me, but Gods I want him to do it again."
She had a soft blush that accentuated her beauty, but her eyes were wild with desire.
"What did he do to you?"
"Dunno. It was after I drank his blood though. It smelled so sweet, and I was thirsty."
"B-bonded. You accidentally performed a bond with Master!"
"Bond? What's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't know all the details, but willingly accepting Master's blood makes you bond to him. It hurts and feels really good."
I could feel my face burning as I admitted how his blood felt inside me. I'm all tingly just thinking about it.
"Ah. Damn... my stupid desires made me do something so bad! Will he be mad at me if I ask for some more?"
I shrugged slightly, the tip of my tail flicking Master's hair from his face. He's so precious to me... why can't I help him any more than this?
A single tear slid down my face. It was sliding down slowly as my own dark thoughts took over.
"I'm ssso sssorry Master. I couldn't do anything! The cold... I wasss ssso tired. Pleassse, don't get rid of me too."
I sobbed to myself, the vampire staring at me with a look similar to worry.
"Sweetie, he doesn't look to be the kind of person to do that. He even made sure to give you a flame inside yourself to help. It protected you from freezing to death."
"Inssside me? H-how?"
"Why don't you wake up now, pretty boy?"
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My eyes snapped open. Three voices went of at once. Nera to my left, a girl hiding in the shadows to my right and the last... in my head.
"Sorry Syrus. I'll explain everything... just take care of these two first."
Yea...
"Nera, do you have any lasting injuries?"
"Ah... just a few small patches of my scales. It'll heal in time."
"Not good enough."
I forced a small layer of flame to cover some purplish patches across her obsidian scales.
"Healing flames. It'll help, but it's weak. At most, the pain should be gone when I use it. Now you..."
"Yumi. I'm a Noble Vampire. I killed the witch bitch when you passed out."
I moved onto my knees, bowing myself to her. I touched the cave floor with my nose, my voice shaking softly.
"I don't know how I could possibly repay you. You saved me and Nera, and for that I am grateful."
"W-well, I couldn't have done it without you beating the life outta her in the first place. And... I should probably tell you..."
She pressed her fingers together shyly, her voice getting lower and lower as she spoke.
"Syrus, she's bonded to you. She took advantage of your unconscious state, and took a sip of your blood."
Wait, what?
"Your blood smelled really sweet, and it lured me in. I wanted to try it since... well I'm a bit of a black sheep."
"How so?"
I got myself comfortable, ready to listen to the girl as she recounted her story.
"So, I told you I'm a Noble Vamp, but uh... I got banished. My family threw me away and all that, cause I couldn't kill people when I drank. I'd take a sip and let them go, usually avoiding families and kind people. Blood tasted and smelled so so gross! But yours... honestly, Ms. Nera and I both must have had the best damn orgasms in our lives after drinking that!"
Nera's face flushed a bright pink.
"I-I've never had one before. Even in my time being his..."
I covered her mouth. I didn't want to hear anything more about those sick bastards.
"You're with me now. Don't let them tie you down."
She pulled my hand away.
"No, Master I meant... I didn't know I could feel so good. It felt magical, although I can't ask you to constantly feed me blood. That'd be weird. Miss Yumi, however..."
I looked towards the vampire. She was still fiddling with her fingers.
"Can I have more? Not like every day, I can eat regular food to keep my strength, just as like... a reward? I'll be obedient and stuff... I just don't wanna be abandoned again. Not when someone like you appeared. You resented those people, yet you still despised her for what she did."
I rubbed my eyes.
"Yumi, all I ask is that you don't jump me. I know girls like sweet things, so I'll give you my blood as long as there are no consequences."
That voice reappeared in my head.
"One drop for a bond, any extra is just that. Blood. So if she gets off on it again, she might actually... jump you."
The voice seemed to get shyer as it continued. Definitely need to speak to... her?
"Welcome to the team, Yumi. I'm Xero, an aspiring Dark Lord."