The Man that Bit Me

The Castle

    He is rocking me back and forth in his lap to help me with my nerves as he continues, "Although we are very different species, mates for us are the same in some areas. One person is born for another and when you meet you immediately feel drawn to them by the mate bond. After the age of 18 you're able to identify your mate, and heavens willing, you're able to be with them forever. Whenever we meet our mate we feel drawn to them instantly, the smell of them appeals to us, your physical body type, absolutely everything about them consumes you. There is nothing you're not willing to do for your mate. For Vampires we only have one mate our entire life, which can be of any species. And what you felt Ebony was your heart accepting me as a vampire. When you did that a chain broke inside of you and the mate bond immediately appeared making you realize that you are my mate. For humans it's different, they 99% of the time don't have a mate like us vampires and werewolves. They find a person they think fits them correctly, they get married, and that's how they live. But for that 1% of humans, such as yourself, you are mated to a vampire or werewolf. But, there is an exception, if you as the human don't accept the vampire or werewolf for who they are then you will never feel the pull of your mate bond to them. You might find them attractive or think they are an amazing specimen, but until you completely accept them for the monster they are, the good and the bad, you won't feel that bond. And, last night you accepted me. Which led to the chain breaking and the mate bond appearing." My body was frozen while I was absorbing everything Caspian explained to me. He was still rocking me back and forth, which I found extremely soothing, but I was still in shock to find out my mate was a vampire. And not just any vampire the King of Vampires. I lay there in his arms and he just let time pass. We stayed out there for hours until I was able to finally get out of his grasp and stand in front of him so we could be eye to eye. "Caspian, this mate bond is a lot and I can't say honestly I completely understand it. But, thank you for explaining it to me and giving me enough time to digest everything you said in that short amount of time. What I do know, is that I love you so much. When I am ready I will ask more about it, but until then I am just okay with knowing you're the only one for me and I am the only one for you." At that he just smiled big and brought me into his arms, "How on earth did I ever get so lucky for you to love me back? I have done nothing to deserve you." He gently picked me up and led me back towards the bed.

    He laid me on my back and slid his hand up my dress, "Cas, you just put this dress on me, and you said I could explore the castle with you." He lets out a sigh and looks back up at me with puppy eyes, "Just one time? Are you sure you don't want to?" I let out a giggle and jump in his arms "How about tonight I promise you can have me any way you want!" He lets out a bellow of laughter and says that's a deal he is willing to make and walks out of the door with me in his arms bridal style. As he opens the door  I am squealing again with delight. "Caspian what are we going to see first? Will I meet anyone? Can we go to the library? Do you have a garden? If so we have to go!" He lets me down and says yes to it all. I look around and see what the outside of his door looks like. The classic black marble floors of course, the walls are black as well here and are very barren. I forgot how cold and dark everything looked, and saw two guards standing outside of his room. "Caspian," I murmur, "Who the hell are they?" He looks behind him and just smiles. "Love, they are the guards. Although I don't really need them, I stationed them there after you arrived here, incase, you know, you ever escaped or something like that while I was gone." I just shake my head, "You know I thought about it once or twice." He shows me a wicked smile , "Oh, love, I know you did." He picks up again and I squeal from delight. He walks down a hall and makes a right, but he stops right in front of a pair of very large gold doors. The handles are black exquisite looking and have designs all around it. The doors have a renaissance design on them and look like an antique, but they are still mesmerizing. "Okay love," he whispers into my ear, "this is my office where I do basically all of my paperwork. It has books, of course, but you will also meet my right hand man and captain of the military. They might be a little spooked at first, but just follow my lead love."

    He drops me to the floor and I wrap my arm around his and he opens the door slowly for me. I notice that the black marble turns into white as soon as we step in. There are two couches facing one another and a little table between. The couches are a deep blue and the table is glass with a light grey rug underneath. The room is wide and spacious and on the far back wall it's completely made of glass overlooking the kingdom in all its glamour. In front of the windows is a huge desk made completely of black wood. I see two large men standing on either side of the desk both facing us now and looks of amazement on their face. We walk towards them and we stand in front of both of them, the one on the right with a huge ripped body and light blonde hair with a mustache took my hand and kissed it quickly. He looked back up at me meeting my gaze with his deep brown eyes, "Hello, Ms. Ebony, my name is Charlie and I am the Captain of the military of Vampires." He said in a deep gruff voice. I take my hand back and reply as elegantly as I could, "Thank you for the introduction, Captain Charlie, it's a pleasure." And a small uncomfortable smile takes his face. I quickly move to the other man who is smaller in size, but has light brown and red hair and bright blue eyes. Just by his aura I can tell he is a very charming man, and possible a womanizer. He has a huge grin plastered on his face and he steps down to one knee and takes my hand in his and gives me a kiss on it that lasted too long. It took Caspian to growl to get the man to stop kissing my hand. I take from him quickly and he bounces up just as quickly, "Hello, Ms. Ebony! My name is Tommy and I am King Caspians right hand man, not literally though!" And I snicker at the inappropriate comment. Caspian just grunts and walks me away from him. I turn back and give Tommy a little wink and he just laughs in return. "So do I have anything to worry about Tommy?" Caspian turns back quickly and asks. He straightens up very almost immediately and that relaxed demeanor is completely,  gone, "None at all, sir." He turns to meet Caspians eyes and he just shakes his head at him. He lets go of me and allows me to walk around the room on my own.

    I look at the walls looking for any decoration at all and come across my painting I gave him. It is right by the door and I am just a little confused on why he hung it there, "Cas, why did you hang the painting right there?" He just smiles and points to the large black velvet chair behind his desk, "Go, sit there and see." I make my way over there and walk past Charlie and sit there. I look at all the papers on his desk and get a glimpse of just how much work he has to do. Before anxiety takes over I look up and the first thing my eyes land on are the painting, and I just smile to myself. I look at Caspian and blow him a kiss. He just laughs and shakes his head, "You can be so childish at times, but don't worry it's very cute." I just giggle and stand. I walk back towards Caspian, but before I can reach him I instead choose to sit on one of the couches. It almost sucks me in and I have to readjust myself to sit up straight, I turn to look at the two men and ask both, "So tell me how old each of you are, I'm curious." Charlie straightens up first and answers with an authoritative, dull tone, "745. Ms. Ebony," and my eyes light up. "Wow, you are almost 1,000 years younger than Caspian, you must really be an impressive young man." At that last remark Charlie perks up a bit and I can hear Caspian growl again. I turn to Tommy and he's already beaming, "Ms. Ebony I am, 207. And, yes, I am very impressive." I laugh loudly at that and he just smiles back. "You're right Tommy, you are very impressive." I sit there wondering what to ask next and then I blurted out without really thinking, "Have either of you found your mates?" and at that I can see both look away as if almost ashamed. Caspian puts a hand on my shoulder and I feel instant regret, "I am so sorry, I didn't mean to make either of you uncomfortable. Please forgive my rudeness." They look back at me and see I see worry cloud their faces, Tommy begins, "Ms. Ebony, you didn't make us feel uncomfortable in the slightest. It's just for us vampires it is very difficult to find your mate. Sometimes you have to wait decades and even more centuries. Other times your mate could be all the way across the world. And even worse your mate could be that of a werewolf, which is strictly forbidden. So it is pretty special when we do find our mate. Which neither of us have had the pleasure of. Take King Caspian for example he had to wait over 1,000 years for you." Despair and regret crawl at my heart, "You're right Tommy, I should have taken that into account before asking you. Thank you for educating me more about your kind." With that Caspian just squeezes my shoulder and lets go. "I think  that will be enough for today." I look back up at him and fill with so much happiness and gratitude, "Okay, my love."