Chapter. 14
"Hogan, try to stay calm! Bilbina will be down in a moment."
"Young Master, do you know exactly what happened to Bilbina and Felix?"
Axell had not yet had time to open his mouth to answer Hogan's question. From the stairs leading to the second floor, he could smell Bilbina's sweet and fresh scent. The fragrance invaded his nostrils before the owner appeared.
Unseen by Hogan, Axell filled his drink glass, until it was full. His efforts might help lessen the effect Bilbina's scent had on his sanity.
Axell didn't want to add to Hogan's worries. He grimaced secretly, his need for special juice had increased drastically since Bilbina's arrival. Luckily Hogan has a supplier who is always ready to provide blood stock needs.
Enough of all the anxiety currently weighing on Hogan. Axell couldn't imagine how the man would feel if he found out that Axell had not completely suppressed his desire to ambush and taste his granddaughter's blood. The passion that always seduces, whenever they are within ten kilometers, at least.
With a frown Axell looked at Hogan. Was it because he had lived with him for so long that he had no interest in tasting Hogan's blood? However, so far Axell has also been able to get close to other people without any problems.
Only this time, Axell realized his great desire to taste fresh blood, no! only Bilbina blood it seems. Axell wondered how it had never crossed his mind to hunt humans. His desire arose from the first time he met Bilbina.
As summoned by Axell's mind. Bilbina appeared at the same time as he looked up at the stairs. Without realizing the consequences it caused, Bilbina immediately threw herself down not far from Axell.
Bilbina's hair, which was still half wet, didn't help at all. The girl moved just a little bit, the sweet and fresh aroma of strawberries immediately wafted through Axell's nostrils. However, that wasn't what bothered him, it was the clean sweet scent of the girl's pure blood that made Axell almost go crazy.
Unable to be prevented, a wave of thirst marked by a burning feeling in the throat came straight to Axell. In a hurry he immediately drained the liquid he had poured earlier.
"Bin, tell us about your activities today! Did you enjoy your trip to Stanley? Did you meet any new friends?"
For a moment Axell felt relieved, when Hogan bombarded Bilbina with several questions at once. At least he could take a breath for a moment. Even though he literally didn't need to breathe. However, the tightness he felt could ease a little.
"Oh my gosh, Grandpa want me to answer which question first?" While receiving the fruit plate that her grandfather held out, Bilbina smiled wickedly at the man she loved more and more.
"Anything is fine, as long as you answer everything."
Tapping her fingers on her thighs, Bilbina nodded slightly, pretending to think. She deliberately took too long to answer to tease her grandfather. Meanwhile, Hogan with an impatient face waited for the words that would come out of Bilbina's lips.
Inevitably Axell can only hold back a smile on his lips. Sometimes Bilbina and her grandfather could be that silly. Always, without them realizing the affection between the two is so obvious.
Suddenly Axell felt so guilty towards both of them. He felt he had stolen Hogan from Bilbina's life. Although, Hogan had come with him of his own choosing, but looking at the two of them now, Axell realized how many years Bilbina and her grandfather had passed.
"I stopped by Redfish Lake earlier. Then a day of looking around Stanley College and dealing with the applications there." Finally Bilbina answered the grandfather's question with a clear voice.
"Now tell your grandfather, why did you hug a man, in the middle of the street, and in public?" Axell's low voice stopped whatever Bilbina wanted to say to her grandfather.
Bilbina turned quickly to Axell. For a moment they stared at each other. The red color spread from the cheeks to the base of Bilbina's ears. She just realized, it turns out that Axell witnessed the embarrassing incident that happened to her.
Biting her lip, Bilbina finally turned away. "Earlier I accidentally tripped over my own feet, Grandpa. Luckily, Felix was there, he helped me just in time so I didn't fall," said Bilbina, looking straight at her grandfather. She tried to avoid Axell's eyes that looked intimidating.
Bilbina silently cursed in her heart. Why did she feel as if she had been caught committing a dishonest act in front of Axell? Even though nothing happened. The young man also had no right to judge her like that.
Bilbina didn't see her grandfather and Axell secretly looking at each other behind her back. She also did not notice when her grandfather passed. The girl was annoyed with Axell.
"Then why did you hug that guy afterward?" Again Axell asked the same question that made Bilbina tiptoe.
"We don't hug! Felix just told me, he's sure that we've met before!" Bilbina almost shouted the answer right in Axell's face because she was annoyed. She began to feel that Axell was indeed interrogating her.
"You call him by his first name!"
"That guy said that you both have met before!" In united, Axell and Hogan alternated shouting together at Bilbina.
Bilbina looked at the faces of Axell and her grandfather, taking turns. "Wow, you two are so compact! And, yes, that's what Felix told me over and over again, earlier. He also asked me to call his name like that! "
"Then, is it true that you have met before?" Unknowingly Axell had sat up straight facing Bilbina, he felt curious. Axell glanced at Hogan who seemed to be doing the same thing.
"Not! How could that be? It's my first time coming here. And I'm sure I won't forget if I've ever met a guy like Felix before. He is too attractive!" Bilbina said the last words in a low voice.
Axell leaned back. From his half-closed eyes he looked at the slender girl in front of him. He thought hard.
Bilbina's wide eyes, slightly sticking out at the ends, brought out the perfect almond shape to her face. She has fair skin and jet black hair that reaches her shoulders. Bilbina does look unique, special. But, is it true that Felix's interest is only due to the girl's appearance?
Axell was sure that if Felix intended to make Bilbina his prey, the vampire would easily have done everything quickly. In contrast to himself, who refused to suck human blood directly, Felix never hesitated to use humans according to his needs.