Master

Chapter Eight

I stared in pure and utter confusion at this girl. Why did Master Baekhyun need another slave? Was she just an impulse buy on his part?

"And why are you still awake?" he asked me. "It's eleven o'clock. You should've been in bed an hour ago."

"I-I'm sorry," I apologized. "I didn't know if you wanted me to wait for you to return or not."

He took a deep breath. "Take Sage to the slave quarters," he instructed me. "Then I want you to come to my room immediately."

"Yes, Master," I responded before I began leading Sage to our room.

"So," Sage began as we were walking through the hallway. "How many slaves are there?"

"It's just us." I told her.

"Oh," she said, sounding disappointed. "I don't even know the master's name yet. What is it?"

"Master Baekhyun."

Her eyes widened with fear. "A-Are the things they say about him true?"

"It depends," I said. "What do people say about him?"

"They say that he beats his slaves often and for no reason," she informed me. By this time, we were in the slave's quarters.

"That's a half-truth," I told her. "While he doesn't hit someone for no reason, the punishment isn't always equal to the offense. As for how often he lashes out, just don't to anything stupid and you should be fine for the most part."

Sage nodded, and that's when I remembered that I was suppose to go to Master Baekhyun's room. I told her goodbye and started heading up there.

"Took you long enough," Master remarked as I closed the door. He was sitting on his bed.

"I'm sorry, Master," I replied. "Sage had a few questions for me."

"Like what?" he asked.

"She asked what your name was."

He thought for a moment. "Yes, I suppose I never told her that," he said. "What else did she ask you?"

I hesitated for a moment before telling him, "She asked if what people say about you is true."

He raised an eyebrow. "And what do people say about me?"

"That you beat your slaves for no reason," I weakly answered.

A slight smirk crossed his face. "Now, Inell," suddenly, he was by my side, showing off his vampire speed once again. "We both know that's not true, right?"

I nodded my head in fear of what would happen if I didn't. He took my hand and led me over to his bed. "Lovely," I thought. "He's going to feed off me."

The strange thing was that instead of feeding off of me, he just set me down and put the sheets over me. He then climbed into bed and covered himself in the blankets. His back was facing me, so he defiantly wasn't going to feed off me.

"Since you can't seem to fall asleep when I'm not around," he explained. "You'll just have to spend the night in here."

I was extremely confused by this. Why wasn't he harming me for breaking the rules? Not that I was complaining, but it still didn't seem right. He had just gotten a new slave. Shouldn't he be focusing his attention on her instead of me?

"What? Why?" I asked.

He turned around and faced me, his dark eyes emotionless. "Because you broke the rules. Would you rather me punish you?"

"No, Master."

He scoffed, "That's what I thought. Now go to sleep." After that, I drifted into sleep.

Over the next few weeks, however, Master Baekhyun appeared to take a liking to Sage. Once, he even kissed her in front of me, not that I cared or anything, but Master Baekhyun came across like a boy trying to make his ex jealous.

One night, I was sitting with Master Baekhyun on his bed. He had just fed off of me, and although I hadn't passed out, I was still weak.

"Inell," he began as he was playing with my curly hair. "You know you're my favorite, right?"

I looked over to him in confusion. The only word I was able to mutter was, "Why?"

Master Baekhyun placed his hand on my cheek traced my cheekbone with his thumb. "Because I got you first," he answered. "Masters tend to have a special connection with their first slave, or in this case, the slave that has been here the longest."

I looked at him, still not fully processing what he was saying. How could I possibly be his favorite? Sage got all of his attention, and any attention I got was because I screwed something up and I was about to be punished. What about any of that said "favorite?"

"I know it's confusing now," he told me. "But one day, you'll understand."

Before I knew what was happening, I felt his lips press against mine. At first I froze, and then I put my hands against his chest, trying to push him away. Finally, he pulled away, leaving us both breathing heavily.

He smirked. "Remember when you did that with Xuimin?"

My heart froze. Sir Xuimin. That kiss had gotten me beaten to a pulp by Master Baekhyun. I still had the scars from the barb wire. And he had dripped something onto my skin. I still wasn't sure what it was, but it made my skin feel like it was melting.

I didn't even have time to think things through before I quickly jumped off the bed, only to feel Master Baekhyun's arms wrap around my waist. He rolled over to where he was on top of me.

"Where do you think you're going?" he asked, but his eyes didn't look angry. They looked...playful.

Master Baekhyun planted a single kiss on my forehead. "Don't run from me, Inell."

I nodded. Though his eyes weren't red, his fangs were extended. Not again...

His fanged sunk into my neck, but this time was different from all the other times. It hurt so much more, and it didn't even feel like he was drinking any blood. Was he just doing this for his own sadistic satisfaction of hurting me?

I bit my tongue and suppressed a scream as a tear ran down my cheek.