Chapter 18 Saving The King.
The moment my blood spilled, Linus could not control himself. He snarled and his fangs elongated out of his mouth. He was about to jump on me when Domenic suddenly stood in front of me and pushed him back.
"Control yourself Linus!" Domenic hissed at him and I watched in shock and fear as Linus physically tried to keep himself under control.
"What the hell is her blood?!" He growled, "I've never lost control so easily." The words were forced out as he tried to hold himself back. The veins on his neck where stretching.
"Same with me your highness," Julian agreed. The only thing that showed the discomfort in him was the scrunched up expression on his face. "I have a high tolerance when it comes to my thirst for blood, but right now I can barely hold back."
"Nobody touches Kate!" Domenic growled. "She will only give her blood to my father. The both of you, control yourself or lose your heads!" My heart lightened at Domenic's words and I suddenly felt safe.
Now I am sure that no matter what happens, Domenic is going to protect me. There is absolutely nothing for me to worry about.
I focused my attention back on the king. My wrist was still held above his mouth and I watch as the thick red liquid fell and dropped into his open mouth.
Linus growled again in discomfort and Domenic grabbed my wrist. "That's enough." He lowered his head to my cut and I feared he lost control and was going to drain my blood. But instead I felt a flip in my heart when his wet tongue licked up the cut.
A thrill ran through my body from the place he licked straight to my core and I found myself unable to breath. I watched in amazement as the cut on my wrist closed up and there was nothing but skin, the pain gone like I hadn't been injured.
Julian breathed a sigh of relief when there was no more blood in sight and Linus seem to be calming down.
"Your highness, the king!" Julian exclaimed in shock and our eyes all fell on the king.
The man who once look like a corpse was slowly coming back to normal. The hollow on his cheek was filling up and his pure white skin was slowly gaining color.
His fangs which were looking weak and yellow were slowly returning to their original white, and his parched lips were regaining strength.
"My goddess!" Julian exclaimed again. He quickly checked the King's pulse and gasped loudly. He looked at Domenic with wide eyes, "your highness, the king will live!"
Those words brought relief to my heart. I guess all he needed was a little blood to keep him going. Why didn't they give him some blood in the first place? It would have saved them all these stress of worrying.
They all looked at me still in shock and I wondered why they were staring at me like that. Is there something on my face?
"Her blood!" Linus exclaimed lost for words, but his words made no sense to me. What's wrong with my blood?
Without a moment of hesitation, Domenic held my hands and dragged me out of the room.
As we marched down the hallway probably headed for my room, I spoke. "You know I deserve a thank you for saving your father's life, instead why do you look angry like I did the wrong thing?"
My words seems to have provoked something in him. He pushed me against the nearby wall and backed me up against it glaring down at me. "You really are fearless Kitty cat! How could you have been so careless?! If I haven't been there, either of them would have harmed you!" His words were said calmly, but there was an edge to his tone that shows he was feeling anything but calm right now.
His face was close to mine and I could see the depth of his green eyes. He may lie with his words and body language, but his eyes can never lie. Those green emerald jewels, glowing and beautiful told me that Domenic Darkshadow was worried about me.
I couldn't help smirking at him. "You're worried about me, aren't you?"
His angered expression flickered a bit to be replaced by something soft and gentle, but it was gone as quickly as it came. "Do not deluded yourself Kitty cat. I don't care about you, I'm only worried about your blood which I am yet to taste." He grinned, "oh, I've had a taste when I licked up your wound earlier and I must say, I can't wait to drink all of you and eventually kill you myself."
I scoffed in annoyance, "you say one thing but your eyes says another." Without thinking, I lifted my hand and held his chin. His eyes widened slightly in surprise. "You may act cold Domenic, but I saw the real you just now when you held your father's hand, when you protected me from Linus and Julian. I see the real you even when you try so hard to hide it behind your cold words and act. You care about me, I know it now."
His green eyes flickered again with warmth but it was gone in a second and was replaced with a cold look. "You are nothing to me Kitty cat. What makes you think that I would care for a pathetic human like you? What makes you so sure that you've seen the real me?" He scoffed and smiled cruelly gently removing my hand from his face, "my reasons for protecting you are selfish Kitty. I want you to myself. I want your mesmerizing blood. You're food to me, don't ever think you're anything more."
The words shouldn't hurt, but they do. My heart clenched tightly in my chest and my eyes welled up with tears, but I refused to let them fall.
"Stop lying!" I snapped at him. "I know there's more to you than you're trying to make everyone see! I know you have a heart!"
"Shut up!" He growled angrily, "you see nothing! I am nothing but a monster Kate and your blood is all I want from you." He grinned and leaned closer to whisper in my ears, "I did tell you that humans are also good enough for giving us pleasure. Have you ever thought that maybe I also want your body?"
I shivered when I felt his lips kiss my neck lightly. The touch of his lips spread fire through my skin. "Have it ever occured to you that maybe apart from your blood, I want you for my own sick pleasures?" His had came up and trailed the length of my naked arm leaving a trail of fire in it's wake.
"But guess what Kitty cat, you're not even attractive enough to make me want to fuck you." He growled right in my ears causing my heart to sink. "You're too plain and boring for me, too innocent. Apart from your sweet blood, there's nothing good about you, it's the only thing keeping you alive. So why care about a human who's absolutely worthless?!"
I thought about Jason and My heart clenched tightly in my chest. He probably thought the same thing before throwing me away. I wasn't good enough for him and so he dumped me.
Am I that worthless? Why does everyone treat me like trash?
The tears fell down my eyes and I pushed Domenic away from me with all the strength in my body. He stumbled back in shock, but when his eyes saw my tears, they soften.
No! I'm not buying that act either. He had made it clear that he doesn't care about me, so he shouldn't look at me like that. He has no right to look at me like that!
I turned on my heels and walked away from him. I don't want to be anywhere close to him right now.
I thought I was wrong about him! I thought maybe there was some hope that he's a good person.
I should have known. He's a heartless vampire, a monster who stamped on my feelings like it means nothing. I saved his father, but he treated me with contempt. He hurt my feelings!
By some miracle, I found my room and hurried in. I sat on my bed and angrily wiped off my tears.
Why should I care what he thinks about me anyway?! He's nothing to me just as I am nothing to him!
But somewhere in the depth of my mind, I knew that I cared deeply about what Domenic thinks about me, but I am still trying to figure out the reason why I cared about that bastard and why I want him to care about me too.
I scoffed as anger replaced my sadness.
Did he say I'm not attractive enough for him to fuck?
Well, I'm going to make sure that he fucks my brains out before leaving this world. I'll make Domenic Darkshadow eat his own words.