The man gave an apologetic look to Bella and closed his eyes. He took a step back and bowed his head. He looked devastated but he would not choose Bella, a stranger and put his own family in danger.
Graham laughed as if he had already expected it.
"Good lord! I can see that you still have some sanity left. My father will not come to you as long as you know how to behave." Bella could feel many sympathetic gazes on her.
What they did not know was.. Bella had noticed the leering gaze of this man, the moment she had entered the inn.
She had walked around him, checking his reaction and with courage, she had chosen to serve him when she could have left it on others. There were three more girls serving the meal in the inn.
He smelled dangers and Bella wanted to test her theory. She was not afraid because a man like him could never harm her. She did not even need to use her powers to get rid of him.
"You little rat. Come with me." he dragged her out of the inn hall toward the streets.
Many turned to look at her because of the commotion but when they noticed the man, they took their gaze away. His proud face told her that he held power. A power that would have ruined her if she would have been a young girl with no house to go to.
"Please, I am telling you that I am not a witch. Look at my dark eyes." Bella struggled hard to get her hands free while trying to match up this brute speed.
He was striding faster and the leering smirk on his face was ugly.
"You think I will believe your words?" he mocked with a wicked laughter as he licked his lips, "I am going to check it myself if you are a witch or not. If you will be a human, I will let you go in the morning." he added after a pause and chucked again when her eyes darkened.
She struggled again but in reality, she was scanning the streets. In the name of pleading, she was staring at every passerby.
It could be her illusion but she had noticed his shoes. And it matched a man sitting in the inn. It might be similar shoes but for a second, she felt that the vampire lord was there. Though she could not understand why?
So, if she behaved weak and let someone hurt her, there might be a chance that he would come to check if she was a witch or not.
The man dragged her until they reached a dark alley. With a smirk, he pushed her toward the wall. She winced when the hard surface hit her skin with force.
But it only made him grin. His eyes filled with lust and desire and she knew it had nothing to do with her being a witch or not. He loomed over her, hovered her with his eyes flickering.
"Now let me check if you are a witch or not!" He slowly licked his lips and stared at her as if she was a piece of meat.
"Don't you dare!" she warned but it only brought a chuckle on his lips. "You will regret it."
"You do not understand your condition, do you?" he laughed, shaking his head. The woman was alone, weak and he was hovering over her, yet she dared to threaten him. "Do not worry, I will be kind to you and you will enjoy it as long as you behave obediently." his hands held her jaw and lifted it force one do with an animal.
Her eyes started to darken but he had already pressed his face at the crook of her neck.
"You have such soft skin. I am sure a lot of bruises would be left on it if you struggled. Hmm?" He licked her neck with a slurpy sound as if he was licking an icecream when she felt nauseated.
She closed her eyes to hide their darkening while clenching her hands into a fist. Her senses heightened. She could feel the presence of someone nearby. The person must be watching her, watching them. Their every action and a part of her told her that if she endured, the lord was going to interfere.
While the other, saner part of her mind, mocked her. A vampire lord who enjoys killing witches and feasting on their blood would not save a woman whether she was a human or a witch for her she did not owe his attention.
'Ten, nine.. Eight.." Bella started to count in her heart. She was going to wait for ten more seconds before pushing this pig away from her skin.
He was sucking and licking her neck as if it was an imaginary dripping ice cream. The act was disgusting and she did not understand how it was related to sex. Did he think her neck would lick her back with all the force he was putting in it?
He groaned as if he was on top of the world as he started to hump her. Bella's eyes sharpened when she felt something poking her thighs. That was it.. She was not going to wait for the lord to save her.
She gritted her teeth and bit his neck hard, making him growl. He let her go for a second, ready to attack her neck and teach her a lesson but she moved before he could and picked up a stone from the ground.
"Stay away from me." she threatened when the man stared at her and then at the stone as if it was amusing.
"Do you think you can save yourself with just a stone in your hands? Think again girl. Come here and I will forget this. Come.." he waved his hands when she bit her lips and walked closer. But instead of going into his arms, she threw the stone hard on his head.
"I have told you, you will regret it."