Chapter 9
(Bethany P.O.V)
I sat peacefully playing the piano. I have been playing the piano for two hours straight. Waiting for this damn dog has yet to arrive with my much needed news.
"Lady Bethany," My maid stood at the doorway and bowed.
I kept playing piano. "Yes?"
"Mr. Kamado has arrived." She says.
"About fucking time." I seized to play, all that could be heard are the clacking sound of my heels against the hardwood floors.
"Mr. Kamado," I scoff as I come into view for his pathetic face. He glared up at me and followed my every move as I went down the stairs. "Did it work?" I simply asked.
"It did." He snaps quite annoyance.
"Why are you in such a mood?" I ask annoyed.
"He killed Barto." He frowns. "Fucking Gabriel ripped his heart out!"
"With a name like that I'd kill him as well," I giggle. "Gabriel lives up to the name Tellurian, that's for sure." I chuckle once more before glaring back at Kamado."Now why must I deal with your unwanted pitiful feelings of rage?"
"He must pay!" He shouts.
I clicked my tongue, I furiously pushed him against the wall, I felt my fangs come out as I held him against the wall by his neck digging my long sharp nails into his disgusting neck.
"I would like to know who you're raising your voice to?" I laugh. "Because I'm certain it wasn't for me."
"I'm so-sorry." He tries to speak as I tighten my grip more and more making it hard for him to breathe.
I laughed amused as I watched the color drain from his face.
"It's easy for me to kill you now... Since You have already done what I need you to do to my brother."
"Ah" he tries to fight my grip.
"I am a hundred year old pureblood vampire Kamado, your strength does not match mines, not even for a bitty alpha like you." I laugh again.
"Bethany my dear, not on my brand new carpet." Sonia cries out in defeat.
"My love," I smile widely as I drop Kamado and turn to face my beautiful bride. Sonia smiled delightfully at me as she took me and kissed me.
"It's been done." I say to her. "The enchantment is in progress." I smile at her.
"I know, I went tonight to witness it myself." Sonia sighs. "He killed some crescent to defend that mundane girl."
"Who knew marrying the most powerful witch in the first realm would come with many benefits." I say caressing her breasts as I continue to make out with her.
"I'm to take my leave." Kamado says bowing at us.
"Please do... ah and Kamado." I say. "You're not to harm Gabriel... He's mine to kill."
"As you wish."
"Bethany," Sonia moans as I pushed her against the wall. "You act as if you haven't seen me in days."
"You have been cooped up in the city so much that I've missed you." I say in between kisses.
"I am impressed Kamado was able to wound your brother." She spoke.
"He is weak, Kamado isn't even the strongest alpha and Gabriel was wounded to the brink of death by Kamado and his men and some other pitiful mundanes." I say chuckling.
"Kamado dipped his bullets into that concoction you made and each and everyone of his men were able to hit him." Sonia smiles as her fingers go down my stomach.
"That special concoction is a deadly love potion...Whosever blood he drinks, will not only fall deeply in love with him," She says as she slips her hand down my pants and past my panties. "He will also be undeniably in love! Death can only cure them." She slides her two fingers inside of me, making gasp with pleasure.
"Certainly he would have fed off of his marked one... which makes our job easier...Her being human and easy to kill..." I kissed Sonia as I sped us up to our room and threw her onto our bed.
"That's how I will do my first strike." I raised Sonia's skirt and lowered her underwear. My fangs pop out once my mouth is over her major artery, I kiss her gently before bitting. As I bit her she moaned loudly as she arched her back. Simultaneously I began to finger her as I fed. A witch's blood is the sweetest and most potent blood to ever exist. A vampire would only need to take five gulps of blood to be fully healed or to please their hunger.
"Be-" Sonia moans, I pull away from her thigh and go up to kiss my beautiful wife.
I fastened my strokes as she began to arch and arch her back. She looks sensually at me and pulls me down to her.
"I'm-" Sonia's body began to shake as she was left with no air. She came. Pleased with myself I slid my fingers out and sucked them.
"I will kill Gabriel Tellurian." I laugh.
(Gabriel P.O.V)
I balanced the dagger's tip on my index as I watched Ember train Rosa. Ember is a dhampir; half human, half vampire. She's one of the strongest dhampirs in the first realm. I saw it fit since Rosa must grow her strength. She should start with someone who isn't an eighty year old pureblood vampire.
"You must strike!" Ember coaches Rosa who seems to be stumbling on her own two feet.
She has a long way to go if she's to start actually practicing against Dimitri or Sol.
"Lord Gabriel," Olympus stood beside me.
"I have told you that if we are alone..."
"Yeah, Yeah... I don't do it for you. I do it for my image Gabe." Olympus chuckles and takes a seat beside me.
He watches Rosa for a bit before turning to me. "It's been two months since she arrived..." He said.
I look at him. "And?" I took hold of my dagger.
"You watch her, you're always attentive to her... What's going on man, I just want to know." He shrugs. "Do you have feelings for your marked one?"
"You're just mad I don't spend my time with you going to the gym for six hours a day like I used to." I rolled my eyes and continued watching Rosa and Ember.
"I thought you weren't into that," He mocks me, "Ugh I hate humans, Ugh can't even stand to be in the same room." He tries to mimic what he thinks I sound like.
"First of all, you're rude, there's no way I sound like that..." I point to him. "Second, she was beaten by a crescent, I must protect her, trying to get another marked one before the three years mark is frowned upon. I must recycle and reuse. And third," I playfully hit the back of his head. "Mind your damn business."
"I've known you my whole life, Gabriel Tellurian, and I know when you're fixated on something," He turns to face Rosa's direction. "Or someone."
"Where are you going with this?" I ask.
"I must say, people watch... as creepy as it is, 'tis true Gabe. And People talk, rumors are spreading that the infamous Vampire king has grown attached to his marked one... Enemy will hear that."
"The more reason for me to try and keep her safe!" I snapped at Olympus.
"I know you want to keep her safe." Olympus says seriously. "Ever since your mother died, you have gotten kind with the mundanes, I know you mean it as a peaceful tribute to your mother's beliefs..."
"Olympus, don't." I glare. Don't open that part of me... Please.
His eyes studied me, he then sighs and gives me a grin.
"I'll drop it."
"I've been meaning to ask you," I began as I smirk at him. "How do you feel about being Rosabella's bodyguard? While I visit the Masters?"
"Her what?!" Olympus Stands up and looks down at me. "I am no babysitter."
"Calm down, a simple 'no' would have done." I roll my eyes.
"There's something wrong with you." Olympus says. "And it's all been since she arrived."
"What are you trying to say?"
"What the hell man? You used to fuck with Zarra! She lost her chance to wed because you showed interest in her and made her family believe that you would wed her." Olympus growls.
I shrug, then sighed. How troublesome he's being.
"Zarra was fun."
"She isn't some toy Gabriel."
"Yet, she found it fitting to call Rosa my 'pet' as she lightly put it." I glared up at him as I grew impatient in the matter.
"She's a marked one Gabriel... Remember that. Zarra will always be more than her." Olympus bowed to me before leaving.
"I'd say he doesn't like me." Rosa nervously laughs as she drapes a towel over her shoulder.
"It'll take time to warm up to the fact that he misses his gym buddy." I laugh trying to ease her mind.
"How am I not surprised you and him have a strong bromance bruing?" She laughs as Ember approaches.
"Lord, she's improving, but still has a long way to go." Ember says emotionless.
I nod. "I know I saw."
"I'm not that bad Gabriel." Rosa scoffs.
"No, no, you're right... I've seen worse... When you first came."
"Hey." She playfully throws the towel at me and chuckles.
Ember stared puzzled between us as she seemed completely thrown off. I stare at her.
"Anything you'd like to report?"
"No, Lord."
"Then you may go."
"Yes Lord, thank you for having me." She bows and walks away.
"I have yet to understand why you are how you are." Rosa says sitting at the ground besides me.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, whenever anyone is around you try to be tough..."
"I am tough." I retort.
"Yes, but I mean in attitude."
I frown, images of my father holding a whip filled with my blood came to mind causing me to uncomfortably shift my tone.
"I will be gone for a few days,"I say. "My presence has been requested and I must make an appearance in the morning."
"I understand... Is Othilia or Cayden going with you?"
"Cayde is to stay here, Othilia and some of my circle are going to be with me." I stood up and held my hand out to her.
"Great, I won't be alone." She smiles.
"Come, I am hungry." I said holding my hand out to her.
She quickly grabbed my hand and we warped in her room. She bends over trying to catch her breath.
"Still makes me feel sick when you vampire speed me anywhere." She says in between deep breaths.
I chuckle. "You'll never get used to it."
She scoffs as she heads into her bathroom, she pops her head out.
"I'm going to take a quick shower, I wouldn't want you to taste sweat." She giggles.
"May I join?" What the hell am I asking her?
She blushed, she stood for a minute in deep thought before nodding at me. I wasn't really thinking she'd approve. But she did.
"We might as well go to my room, I have a large tub we'd both fit in." I stood before her.
Her eyes gleam as she bites her lower lip. She nods again and takes a hold of my hand.
(Rosabella P.O.V)
I gape at Gabriel's bathroom... It's a fucking spa! It's a spacious bathroom; the walls and floors were black reflecting tiles, and in the middle of the room there is a hole about the size of a big kiddie pool with a faucet at the edge and some electronic panel with buttons. That must be his so-called 'tub'. He had ordered me to wait as one of his maids filled his tub with bubbles and rose petals whereas the other maid brought in robes, towel and a tray of hot food.
"Um?" I lowly point at the tray the maid placed next to the tub.
"After I feed, you must replenish your strength."He says freeing his hair and calmly rustling his hair.
He had taken his shirt off and only wore jeans as he leaned against his bathroom counter waiting on his maids. Once everything was placed and set the maids bowed and made their ways out.
"You may go in." He says plainly.
I hesitated, I looked down at my hands and began to fidgeting a bit. I haven't been naked in front of anyone willingly. The only reason why I had accepted taking a shower with him was because he has previously seen me naked by accident. Plus, my shower wasn't that big and hopefully he'd seen that and changed his mind... But I'm now stuck in this spa-like bathroom with his highness.
"Rosa?" He calls out to me.
"Hm?" If he spoke I honestly did not hear.
"Fine... I can go in first." He says unbuttoning his jeans and lowering his zipper.
Embarrassed, I look away trying to keep myself from wandering eyes. Once I saw from the corner of my eye he had begun to ascend into the tub and I looked at him. I caught a glimpse of his soft toned butt, he has a very nice looking ass. My eyes travel up his back as he sits in the tub. He has scars big enough to be seven inches long all across his back. Those... Those are whip scars... My heart dropped as I tried to make sense of how a vampire can be scarred.
"Coming in?" Gabriel asks, still facing away from me.
I took off my clothes and went in the tub. The warm water smells so good, I played with some of the bubbles and petals, I looked up and saw he was watching me.
"How did you get those scars Gabriel?" I mummer.
"I already told you about my tattoo, you still haven't told me anything about Dale... Have you forgotten?" Gabriel says, smirking at me.
Damn... He's right
He looks devilishly handsome, his damp hair reaches just past his chest and floats against the water. His muscular chest... his perfectly sculpted face... He's-
"Like what you see?"
I have been staring at him this whole time! I coward, I went under the water trying to cool myself. Once I resurfaced he cleared his throat.
"Am I to think that Dale is too important to you for you to share?" He asks to toy with me.
"It's not like that Gabriel." I mummer. "It's painful to relive."
"So are my memories and I told you." He snaps a bit displeased.
"I get that... I never said it wasn't for you."As I spoke he glided closer to me causing my heart to skip a beat each inch he got close to me.
"I'm listening."His voice hugged me...so smooth.
I tighten my fists under water...
"Dale, was my first love." I couldn't help to fight the tears. "He had been my all."
Gabriel just watches me, no emotion seeping through him.
"He had proposed to me, promised me a better life... a family..." I cry. "Before anything could happen-he-he was found dead in the woods on his way to work... He had been killed... His throat," I touched mine. "Had been ripped out." I said breathlessly. "His tongue too."
Shockingly Gabriel gave me a apprehension look as he caressed my face and cleaned my tears away.
"You say it like if it was someone who killed him."
"I do." I took a deep breath,"His throat and tongue were ripped out... Missing in fact!"I snapped.
"Maybe he stumbled upon an animal?" He suggests pulling his hand away from me.
"An animal would have eaten parts of him." I'm starting to get overly upset. "A killer would simply kill him, and rip his throat and tongue..."
"Suggesting a being from the First realm?" Gabriel asks, sounding a bit offended.
"Gabriel...I'm not saying that." I don't want him to get mad...
"Humans kill too." He frowns as he sits back at the other corner of the tub.
"I know... I never accused anyone... Just-that... I know He-was murdered."
"Rosa..." He says under his breath.
"It was last year... I have accepted he's gone." I whisper giving him a sad smile.
'I love you Rosey,' Dale's voice sings over and over again. It all came to a silent halt as Gabriel naked self now only inches away, he kisses my forehead.
"I wish I could erase those horrible memories..."He whispers down to me. He had taken a hold of my chin forcing me to look up to him.
"And I wish you could be freed too." I say to him.
"I'm too damned to be freed." He gave me a soulless smile before taking his place back at the corner of the tub. He sat with his arms up on the edges of the tub and gawking at me.
"Gabriel," I began. "Why do you treat me differently than any of your other Marked ones?"
Everyone says it, even Antonia made a comment this morning... And I overheard him and Olympus this afternoon... I just would like to know. Why this... The Vampire King who hated humans has such a kind nature to me...Even loving adoration for me... I know I have fallen for him.
"I treat you the same." He says dismissively.
"You know that's not true." I say standing up not caring for my bare body to be seen.
I watched as his eyes went from my face down my body, he did it slowly too, enjoying.
"What makes you say that?" He smirks playfully.
"Like now..." I say ignoring my urge to hide myself from his prying eyes. At least I like to think some of the bubbles are hiding my privates. I'm going with that.
"You're always doting me,"
"I do."
"Not like a normal vampire would."
"But I'm not a normal vampire my dear."
"You aren't, but still." I say.
"Why must you question everything?" He asks again inches away from me.
"You treat-"
"How do you wish I'd treat you Rosabella?" He stood up this time I was the one watching him; his muscular torso, his defined abs, his defined V down past the abdomen, to his pelvis. I stopped looking once I saw the dark of his pelvic hair. I turn around.
I could hear him chuckle behind me, the water sounded as he pressed his naked body against my back. He swiftly moved my hair away from the nape of my neck, his arms wrapped around me holding me in place.
"Answer me my dear." He kissed my neck.
"I-" He bit me once I tried to speak.
Pleasure welcomed me, his right hand held my chin making sure I wouldn't move my head and disturb his meal. His Left hand over my lower abdomen tightly pressing me against him. I could feel his manhood harden the more he drank, it probably wasn't helping that my bare ass was being pressed against it. Come to think of it, neither does my sensual moans echoing against the bathroom walls help. His hand travels up my abdomen, up my belly button, up between my breasts. He gropes my right breast, twirling his wet pruned finger back and forth my nipple and traces my areola.
He pulls away from my neck, he lightly chuckles, his mouth is at my ear.
"How would you like to be treated?" He asks his voice rasp as he whispers.
I felt myself quiver with pleasure as he spoke. I want more. I need more. I turn around pushing myself away from him, heart racing as this man filled with pleasure watches me. His eyes glowed red, his fangs showed and his lips were covered in my blood. I tuck one side of his hair behind his ear while my other hand tangles in his hair, he picks me up and sits me on his lap as he desperately makes out with me.
As we kiss his tongue and my tongue continuously goes into each other's mouth, his hands cupping my face as he grinds his manhood against my clitoris. I moan into his mouth as my throbbing labia cannot take much longer. I pull away from his mouth gasping for air, trying to calm myself, he on the other hand goes and sucks on my breast. His tongue plays with my nipple, he sucks, I can feel his sharp fangs graze over the soft skin of my breast as he goes up back to my neck.
"I-" I moan breathlessly. "Stop." I cried before he could bite me.
He seized everything, he looked deep into my eyes worried as he caressed my hair.
"Too much my dear?" He asks.
I nod unable to speak as I try to gather my breath.
"I'm sorry," He cups my chin between his index and thumb. "I can't help myself, you're such a pulchritudinous woman, I simply need more."
"I just haven't done anything like this before..." I say watching him closely.
"You practice chastity?" He asks.
"I do."
"As do I." He admitted after us staring at one another for a minute or two.
"You do?" I ask a bit skeptical.
"I didn't ask you... I believed you once you said it my dear." He scolds foolishly at me.
I shrugged. "You're the vampire king, I assume any woman wants to be by you or rather... with you." I say getting off from his lap and out of the water. I got the robe on as fast as I could.
"In my case, I'm a twenty one year old marked one whose ex was killed before she could marry him." I tide the robe tightly.
"How Religious of you..." He got out of the tub, put on his robe and walked out of the bathroom with no other word said. I follow close behind him.
"I wanted to get married before losing my virginity. Not because of religious beliefs, but because at least in that I had a say in it." Gabriel turned to face me.
"You now have more power over yourself, those days are behind you." He says as he brushes his long hair. I took the brush from his hand and forced him to sit on his bed while I brushed the knots out his damp hair.
I sigh. "Thanks to you, I do." I scoff."I was naive."
"Was?" he jokes.
I playfully hit his shoulder with the brush. We both laugh and suddenly his body stiffens, he takes my hand and pulls me onto his lap.
"What are you doing?" I ask a bit taken at back.
"I'm to leave tonight, but I cannot go if I know you won't be safe... I angered those crescents by killing one of their own." He spoke firmly. "I'm sure they'll want to retaliate."
I watched him, to me he seems like a little kid holding on to his favorite toy, scared he might lose it.
I held his chin. "I will be fine." I spoke directly to his face making sure he'd see I mean what I said.
"Is that why you are leaving?" I ask.
"Partly," He forces me to lay on him as he caresses my hair, he has me cradled. "I must go before the Masters and tell them what and why I have done."
"It's been two months since that, why now?" I ask.
"Because I am the king and they understand that... But not even the King can get away without facing democracy." He chuckles.
I feel so calmed in his embrace. I never want it to end. I buried myself more into him as I hugged his body.
"Scared I won't be back my dear?" He asks his voice lightly with humor.
"I feel safe," I felt him stop caressing my hair and felt him stiff all under a second before he pushed me away and off him.
"Was it something I said?" I ask him, confused.
He gets up from the bed and turns his back to me.
"You shouldn't..."
"Why?" I try to make him turn but he won't budge.
Quickly I got in front of him, he avoided me but I grabbed him by his face and forced him to look down at me.
"Why do you push me away?" I asked looking desperately into his eyes wanting to see him give me another expression that isn't this cold.
I want the man who had been kissing me, touching me, cradling me. This, this is the version of Gabriel I yearn for. But he constantly barricades himself in this dark cell, a cell placed by his past. It makes him cold, phlegmatic, a brute unwilling to show mercy. That's the side of Gabriel I wish I never get to witness more than I have two months ago.
"You must be tired." He says coldly. "I'll have the food that was prepared for you warmed and ready in your room."
"They left it in the bathroom, remember? I could go get it and warm it up myself." I say turning my back to him.
"Rosa, I'll have another plate ready for you." He says.
"It's not necessary." I say getting frustrated. "It's right there I can get it." He gave me a stern look as I spoke.
I felt myself want to cower as he watched me but after all my training with Ember and her encouraging words to stand up and don't back down without a fight rattled me enough to stand my ground.
"Rosa, do as you're told and leave it." Gabriel scowled me , arms crossed he simply watched me.
"I won't eat then." I cross my arms and return the expression he was giving me right back at him.
"Must you be such a child?!" He seemed annoyed, he pulls his hair into a messy bun and clears his face from the small strands that had been falling onto his face.
"You're the one being a child! The tray is right there." I point to the bathroom. "I can microwave it too... I know how to get things myself."
"Fine! Do as you please, I must ready my things for the long trip." He ignores me and walks right past me.
"Fine." I scoff.
Like a little girl who didn't get what she wanted, I stumped the whole way I grabbed the tray and right back out. I open the door, I held it tightly... I can't leave like this... He's going to be gone God knows how long.
"Have a safe trip Gabriel." I close the door as tears fell down my cheeks.
Why am I even crying? I'm so stupid! Of course I fell for him! I can't think straight when he's around me. It's all that sexual crap he pulls while he feeds from me. Is this what Antonia means when she said 'it goes bad for the marked ones' because I am definitely over my head. He doesn't want anything to do with me. Other than my blood. It's always been like that.
I turn on the light and go in my room, I closed the bedroom door and sadly placed the tray on my night stand. I made my way to the closest, I glance over the clothes and simply picked a short soft silk night gown. I took off the robe and put of the gown.
"That was something."
I screamed but impulsively kicked in the direction the voice came from before Gabriel took a hold of my leg. He smirks down at me and glances down my leg right to my exposed vagina. I desperately pull my leg back but he simply chuckles as he stares.
"Stop that perve!" I yell feeling incredibly embarrassed.
"You're the one who kicked me while not wearing any underwear." He laughs and lets go of my leg.
"How did you get dressed and got to my room before I got here?" I ask holding my short night gown skirt down.
"I passed you while you were still making your way past the main hall." He says. "You did not heat up your food."
"I was naked." I snap.
"Still are my dear." He says looking over me.
"Didn't you say you had to get ready?" I asks as I sat on my bed.
"I'm ready," He began as he watches me. "I came to say thank you."
"For?"
"You wished me safe travels... You rudely closed the door before I could reply."
SO... He came all this way just to say thank you. He could have sent a maid to tell me or even Antonia.
"Thank you." He repeats.
"You're welcome Gabriel." I say avoiding his eyes.
"I should be back in three days... Cayden, Ken, and Lilith will be here with you... Also, Ember is to still train you."
Oh... Great. I still get to train with that devil! She's worse than Othilia have ever been. But come to think of it, I haven't broken any of my limbs while training with her. I tuck my hair behind my ears and bit my lower lip.
"Better leave... Before you become late." I say giving him a smile.
He simply watched me, he seemed to be lost in thought. He even gave me a small grin. He sat besides me and gave me another smirk.
"Trying to get rid of me my dear?"
"Not what I meant."
"I'd think you'd be more hesitant to see me leave." He continues smirking.
"Why? You must leave." I shrug.
He gets closer to me, I know he's trying to get me to make a fool out of myself. But I know I'm the only one who doesn't want to joke about not wanting to see him leave.
There was a soft knock on the door and in came Cayden and Othilia both gave me friendly smiles.
"Everything is set Gabe. Everyone is at the car waiting." Othilia walks up to me and gives me a hug.
Over the past two months Othilia and I have grown to be very close. I even fed her one time when we had gone to the city and she had a run in with a ex of hers who cut off her finger. Let's just say he's resting in pieces... I mean peace.
"Call us in case of anything Rose." She hugs me tightly before letting go.
"I'll be out in a minute." Gabriel says to Cayden and Othilia who simply nod and leave us alone in the room.
"I bought you a phone... My number is already programmed... If anything happens I'll be back as soon as possible Rosa." He gave me a soft kiss. "Stay in the manor and in Cayden's view at all times."
"I will." I kiss his hand and saw his to my door.
"I will see you in three days." I say opening the door for him.
"I'll come back to you." He kisses my forehead. "I swear." He then disappears leaving only the cool breeze with a hint of his cologne.
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