The Vampires Pet

Chapter 7: Breaking the bond

He went to step back and tripped over one of my stuffed animals, even when he tripped it somehow seemed graceful. I must have left the cat plushie after watching one of my films, he bent down and picked it up.

I was so embarrassed and thankful my black skin hid my hot and furious blushing, so far, I had managed to hide my stuffed animals from him, until this morning when daylight had made them easy to see.

He rose an eyebrow at the fluffy cat in his hand, but he passed it to me and said, “pick your film, and you can hold this while we watch it.”

I think I fell in love with him in that very moment. Smiling happily, I took the cat, cuddling it and ran off to pick a film, I turned back to ask him if he minded what one I picked and saw him watching me with both sadness and tenderness. He tried to hide the look, but I saw it, I didn’t want to make things awkward, so I pretended not to notice and asked, “do you mind what I pick?”

“Of course not.”

“Ok!” I ran up the stairs and had to slow down because of the pain in my feet.

I chose the princess and the frog. As always, he watched it with me with zero judgement and I was enjoying it when suddenly a sharp pain cut through my body. I screamed in pain and Amdis asked, “what’s wrong!”

“I don’t know, I felt a sharp pain,” I winced, and then I doubled over as another sharp pain tore through my body. It felt like someone was slashing a knife through me from the inside out. I felt searing pain through my head, and then I heard a voice, not just any voice, but his voice, Zedrics.

“Rochelle, don’t think you’ve escaped me, I still own you and by the time I’m done with you, you’ll be begging me for death, I’ll make you suffer first, I’ll cause you so much pain the pain itself will kill you and when you’re almost dead I’ll f***k you and take your virginity, I’ll own you in every way I can—”

He was still threatening me when Amdis shook me and demanded, “what’s going on?”

“Zedric, he, he’s talking to me, he’s saying all the vile things he wants to do with me, I’m still his, and he owns me,” I cried.

I fell to my knees and Amdis held on to my arms while I dug my nails in to his from the pain Zedric was causing me through our bond.

“You have a bond with him?” Amdis asked. It was so hard to focus and concentrate on Amdis talking to me, but I managed a nod and gritted, “he cut the mental and emotional ties between us, this is the first time he’s spoken to me telepathically.”

I grabbed my head in pain and could feel a panic attack coming on, he was terrifying me with his words and threats and I cried to Amdis, “please make it stop! He’s saying he wants to t.orture me, cause me so much pain I die from the pain itself, he wants to r.ape me!”

Amdis pulled me to him and asked, “do you want me to break the connection between you and him?”

“Of course I do! Why would you ask that!” I cried.

“It’s just, the only way to break a bond between vampire and pet is for another, more powerful vampire to claim the pet as their own.”

“I’ll become your pet instead?” I asked.

“Yes.”

“What other option do I have?”

“I can try to teach you to block him, but it will take time and at most it will work for a few hours.”

Screw that, I didn’t want to hear another vulgar thing Zedric was still saying, I knew Amdis was the much better option right now, and I said, “ok, please break the bond.”

He gave a nod and used his fang to pierce the skin of the tips of his fingers, and then he did the same to mine, never losing control and trying to taste my blood, not a drop touched his lips, he really did have self control as strong as steel.

He pressed my now lightly bleeding fingers against his, mixing our blood, and then he made a cut on his wrist deep enough blood trickled down and on to the floor, he put his wrist in front of me and said, “drink some of my blood.”

Since we had mixed our blood through our fingertips, I noticed Zedric already sounded quieter, the pain was a little less. I hesitantly lifted his wrist to my lips and sucked on his cut, drinking some of his blood until he gave a nod and said, “it is done.”

I felt it like a snap as the bond between me and Zedric broke, a wave of relief washed over me and then I felt a new feeling, I felt a warmth and comfort through my new bond, a feeling I had never felt from Zedric.

I looked at Amdis and I felt safe, he already made me feel safe, but this was different, I felt like nothing could touch me while I was his, my feelings for him had intensified too, I hadn’t thought of the consequences of being bonded to him, he would be able to know what I felt about him if he chose to use the bond to rifle through my thoughts and emotions, it meant my own feelings would also become stronger and more intense towards Amdis, he was already incredibly beautiful, more than any other vampire I had met which must have meant he was quite old, but now he was simply the most beautiful being I had ever seen.

I wasn’t just attracted to him now, I wasn’t just coming to terms with the idea I had fallen in love with him anymore, now I knew I absolutely did love him, I wanted him more than anything, I lusted for him, I wanted to kiss him and touch him and lay in his arms. It took everything in me to hide all those feelings and when I met his eyes he didn’t look happy, had he felt my feelings for him?

“I will never use our bond to read you or what you feel or think, and I would appreciate you not doing the same in return.”

Ok, that made me feel better, and I nodded, “yes, ok.”

“Do you want to finish your movie?”

I nodded, and he coldly turned and made his way back to the sofa. I didn’t need to use the bond to know he hated having to make me his pet, I wasn’t his choice, I had given him no other options with my problems and issues and I felt guilty.

I was looking down in my lap trying to hold back the tears when he looked over at me and said, “what’s wrong?”

“I’m sorry you had to make me your pet.” I barely whispered the words.

“It is fine, don’t worry.”

“I can tell you hate it.”

He sighed and answered, “it’s not personal, I never wanted to have a pet, I never wanted that much responsibility over someone or to keep them tied to me for the rest of their life knowing I would never give them the love or commitment they would want. You are my pet now, but I don’t ever want to settle down with anyone or fall in love, that will never happen, so you may have permission to do as you please with your love life, you can find someone who will love you and give you all you want, with my permission you shouldn’t experience any of the unpleasantness that is usually experienced when being intimate with someone else.”

I nodded, hiding the sadness hearing that and asked, “why do you not want to fall in love?”

I could see he didn’t want to answer and I said, “I opened up about what Zedric did to me, at least answer this one question in return.”

“Very well, I fell in love once with a human and I never want to feel the pain or heartbreak that I felt from loving her ever again.”

That was as much as he was willing to tell me, so I left it alone and tried to watch the rest of the film, but I was mostly wondering who she had been, what she had been like and what had happened to break his heart so much that he would swear off love for all eternity.

When the film finished, I asked, “will you stay in my room tonight? I don’t want to be alone.”

“Of course.” He stood up and followed me to my room. I got ready for bed while he politely waited outside, and then I went and brushed my teeth and all the usual things before bed.

Amdis used the bathroom after me and when he came back, I was already under my blankets.

He sat beside me and I asked, “so vampires still have to take care of their teeth?”

Smiling he answered, “no, even with regular feeding we don’t have to worry about decay or bad breath, but most of us brush to keep them looking clean, no one wants blood stained teeth.”

“Do crosses hurt you?” I asked.

He laughed, it was the first time I had heard him laugh, and it was beautiful, serene and masculine all at the same time. “No, the whole cross thing came from back when people thought we were demons and devils. Holy water is fine too.”

“Garlic?”

He smiled as if I were a child and said, “I don’t like garlic, it tastes awful, but no, it cannot harm vampires.”

“Stakes?”

“Yes, but it’s not easy to pierce our skin, it’s tougher than a normal humans so you’d have to be exceptionally strong. Fire is the best way to destroy a vampire, or another supernatural who can get close enough to tear our hearts out, heart and brain, most people still think it’s only the heart, but the brain needs to be removed too.”

“Like a zombie?”

He gave a small laugh and said, “I suppose in a way, yes.”

“Well, thank you for letting me know how to kill you,” I teased.

He rolled his eyes and muttered, “go to sleep.”

I was going to grab one of the stuffed animals, but he was right beside me and warm, so I wrapped an arm around his stomach instead with my head laying on his lap.

“What are you doing?” He asked.

“Getting comfortable, you’re warm.”

He sighed, but he didn’t try to push me away.

I fell asleep, and I could feel a night terror about to happen, maybe Amdis did too? Because I suddenly felt him softly stroking my hair, I relaxed and found myself able to fall back into a peaceful sleep.