BLOOD AND Lightening

Chapter 19

“She is a guest in my house” I remembered how calmly he had warned Thanatos.

This morning was awkward, Zephyr had suggested he purchase clothes for me but Thanatos found it absurd and suggested I go back and get my belongings, well the devil cut him short and he apologized while avoiding eye contact, his obvious hatred for me hasn't gone unnoticed but I couldn't help but find it useless considering we never met before, the whole time during the mini introduction the eyes of the red-haired lord were on me, he didn't even put in consideration how uncomfortable I might be. Being in a home filled with vampires is a lot of blood-draining ironically.

The way I have turned to accept everything so far scares me, no pressure, not much disagreement, from the moment of finding out I was a witch till the moment of residing with the villain, everything seems like it was meant to happen like the gods were playing a game of chess with me, they have chosen the wrong character to play with, what more could happen, my mind began playing out the possibility of his majesty looking for me, I just couldn't blame him not feel angry towards him, rather I blame myself for being too stupid thinking I could possibly be close to the Emperor.

The entrance of the room burst open to display the devil standing by the door.

“You shouldn't enter a maiden’s resting place without knocking” I rebuked him

“Just like I expected, frantic when it is me but meek towards others,” he remarked

“You are in my house, the doors open upon my arrival, you don't make the rules here,” he said approaching me

My stomach rumbled again disrupting the confidence I was building up

“That signifies hunger, don't worry Eros has just hired a cook, I won't let you die of hunger,” he said with a smile that I can swear was fake

“Is the cook your kind? I won't trust what he gives me” I said slightly terrified at the thought of possibly having blood for dinner

“What do you think of us?” he said with a frown “nevertheless the worker's Eros found are neither my kind nor your kind,” he said confusing me more

“They are either humans or fairies,” he said “so be rest assured” he added, I had a lot of questions, humans. Fairies are real too, what else could the mortal world not know about, how come humans are staying together with vampires and they are not died yet, I wanted to bug him with questions but I know he wouldn't entertain any of my questions, I suddenly remembered him mentioning finding my real family, the temptation to bring up the subject now at the tip of the tongue but me not being able to fulfill my end made me hold back.

“Where are your thoughts wandering to?” he asked with a frown

“We are not in a friendship for me to disclose my thoughts to you, besides isn't that one of your abilities? Mind reading” I said with a frown.

“I believe you already figured I can't read your mind,”

“I have come to remind you of our deal and conditions” he finally said leaning in, for the first time I saw his eye pigment clearly, I had thought it was orange but turns out it was a light shade of red, the contrast between his hair and eye color a magnified different.

“I thought our deal has turned fruitless,” I asked

“No, it hasn't, just getting started, you will learn the spells and practice, it is one of the easiest spells to cast but with a strong bond so you will learn it,” he said his eyes glinting as he spoke, “after you make the deal and helping me anything you want I will do them,” he said with a smile, the so-called deal is beginning to sound dangerous all of a sudden, is he that obsessed with walking under the sun.

“Come downstairs, I can smell the disturbing scent of human food flooding my nostrils,” he said leaning away from me with a deep frown while retreating his footsteps away, my stomach growled loudly just by thinking about food. I hurriedly approached the dining to see it filled up with food of different kinds, my mouth watered and I immediately sat down and began to dig in, I turned around to see Zephyr sitting beside me with a smile.

“Can you please stop scaring me,” I let out with my mouth filled up with food, turning around to see the rest joining the table except the devil.

“Can I join you?” Zephyr asked

“Of cause” I sharply answered only then did I notice the others staring at the food strangely

“Master doesn't like the smell of food in his home” Thanatos remarked

“Nor does he like the idea of workers in his home” lord Eros added with a smile as he slightly picked up garlic, up in front of him, I panicked and grabbed it from his hands

“It's considered dangerous for your kind” I immediately explained, but he only smiled and picked it up putting it into his mouth, and went ahead to eat it.

“ Dangerous like this?” he asked “how fascinating can the stories get,” he said to me

“It's more like a dislike thing milady,” Zephyr said to me “we dislike it, we don’t eat them because of the resentment, others might have an allergy but it doesn't cause us harm” he further clarified, I found myself nodding, it made more sense, a powerful creature like them fear something like garlic, how more wrong can we be?

“Master had ordered that your garments be purchased” he added while biting from a chicken thigh

“Oh, do I have to go with you to purchase them?” I asked with a smile, but I notice their faces froze

“You can't milady, you might not survive it back, your scent will attract the other vampires, and if they perhaps find out you are a witch, it would be hard for even the master to save you from them,” Zephyr said, oh a creature hated on both realm I am, a witch, the unwelcomed.

“I heard there are humans and fairies in your land,” I said hoping my curious mind he fed.

“They are different, some of them were born here, in fact, non of the humans here have ever been in the outside world” Zephyr answered confusing me more

“Long time before, the world was a lot more chaotic, with wars between all creatures especially the mystical beings, some creatures have vanished from the surface because of the war, and with our kind wining we took in a lot of humans and fairies as slaves while some came to us solely on their own accord” lord Eros explained with ease

“It sounds unbelievable that they still survived till now considering..” I cut myself short

“Considering we feed on blood” I heard his voice, I looked over at where he was standing and immediately lost my appetite

“It's about agreement, they came to us for refuge, and we made a deal with them, they feed us their blood willingly while we allow them to live freely in our land” he added while approaching the table.

“Master you detaste the smell of...” he cut Thanatos off, I still don't understand the whole hierarchy situation between them, but both Zephyr and Thanatos seem dotting towards him especially Thanatos who only has fire in his eyes most of the time.

“Am done eating” I said “ I sincerely appreciate your hospitality,” I said sincerely to them although they didn't really allow me to eat comfortably.

“Clear the dining” he ordered and the chief appeared immediately clearing the table, I watched keenly trying to figure out if it was a human or perhaps a fairy.

“Am not done yet” Zephyr whined as the cook took away the plate of chicken he was devouring, I wasn't oblivious to the hard glare from Thanatos...

Sitting with Zephyr who filled me in on how diverse their kingdom was and somehow my mind kept wondering off to what Lord Eros and the devil had gone to discuss about, I know that somehow they will talk about me, which has made me restless, Zephyr, on the other hand, seems a lot excited to talk to me.

“Are you perhaps wondering what Lord Eros will probably be telling master” he suddenly asked me as if he was peeking from my mind, it was becoming hard to believe their word of not being able to read my mind.

“Am curious too” he said with a frown, a new expression I haven't seen on his face, “I think it's about the people, I think the people are tired of the master not showing himself and are going to come to see him themselves, I also think he should just go show himself and stop being stubborn” Zephyr complained with a frown, I didn't understand any of his points but I was greatly intrigued

“Why is it necessary that your master show his face,” I asked unable to understand why people should care about a person’s face so much.

“I don't know the full details because the elders are being sneaky with their words but since he awoke from slumber and has refused to reclaim his title some are beginning to say he hasn't really awakened” Zephyr inhaled while squatting to grab a flower from the garden, I was still lost but decided not to rush him.

“How long was your master in slumber?” I asked him.

“Over a century, before I was born,” he said with ease, my mouth fell and I grasped at his answers, I wanted to retort and call it bluffing but I somehow assured myself it was believable

“How long has your master been awake now?” I asked yet again, the smile that left his face slowly returned

“If I count by your world, almost three moons,” he said, he went ahead to do the calculation and listening to him made me realize it was the first day I met him, the day he killed my parents was when he resurrected.

How come he came over to kill my parents immediately after he arose from slumber?

“Master was put to slumber in the kingdom you came from, Thanatos said, once one arose from slumber, their urge for blood is uncontrollable, sometimes they can't hold themself from recognizing their kind and even attempting to devour their kind for blood, I heard master met you immediately after slumber I still wonder how come he didn't kill you, perhaps you are special,”

he said casually leaving me in yet another shock, could this be the explanation?