Bitten (M/M)

Chapter 4

Silas can already smell the human. It is rare for a human to visit his state so he can already distinguish the human’s smell from the smell of his servant.

It smell so sweet with a tinge of bitterness. Like the aroma of coffee that Zachariah always make for him. His fangs started to show.

Silas sigh. He need to control himself but it’s been so long since he last feed. This will be hard. He knew that he should not accepted Olivia’s offer but the cunning woman just know how to play him and his guilt.

He stopped reading and closed his book before a knock came.

"Master, the human is here," Zachariah said after the brief knock.

He composed himself and sit properly but he chastised himself. Why do he need to look proper in the eye of a mere human? Earlier that day he even think of wearing his most formal suit but changed his mind immediately. He don't need to impress a human. He don't need to impress anyone. The fact that he is a True Vampire should establish his dominance against anyone especially a mere human.

But why do he feel agitated?

The door opened and his servant entered with the human behind. He look at the human and the first thing that he noticed is his eyes.

So blue, so piercing.

On that moment a certain person pop in his mind. He got field with rage. Why can’t he forget about that person? Just seeing the same eye color make all the memories and feelings to came back.

He look again at the human. This time he fully look at him. This person look strong for a human. He is wearing a black leather jacket over a white fitted shirt and a black jean. His muscles are evident on how fitted his pants to his legs are. He is estimating that the human is few inch taller than him.

Silas look again to the human’s face and there he found the human staring as him. His piercing eyes seems to read him. Even he saw Silas looking at him, the human didn’t avert his eyes or even flinch.

Somehow that irritates Silas. The human supposed to fear him but it looks like that’s not the case even for a bit.

Few minutes past just them staring at each other. No one breaks eye contact.

Hah! As if Silas will be defeated! The more he look at the human’s eye the more he become irritated.

“Ehem!” Zachariah breaks the silence. That is the only thing that break their eye contact. The human and him both look at Zachariah at the same time.

“What?!” they both asked with angry expression as if an epic battle was brought to a halt.

Silas realized how he just acted. “Sorry, Zachariah. It seems our guest here have no manners what so ever,” he said to the servant irritably that made the human more angry.

“What did you just said?! It is you that have no manners. You look at my whole body as if you want to eat me. Wait, you’re a vampire, that’s more possible than you helping me. Right?” the human just said with a smirk.

What? Is he really looking at the human like that? He look at Zachariah to ask a silent question. The servant nod as confirmation.

He started to feel heat crawling in his body and settling into his face. Is he feeling embarrassed? He, Silas Grave, a thousand year-old vampire, feeling embarrassed?

Now he is really angry.

“I can’t do this! Get out, human! Get out! I don’t care anymore if it’s Olivia’s request. I can’t help a human after all!” he angrily stomp into his room and loudly closed the door.

…

The sound of the door banging echoed to the living room where the shocked Mikael and Zachariah was left by the vampire.

Is this a joke? This must be a joke right? Did he went to the wrong place? Because everything about this place is not what he expected.

When he entered the iron gate on the entrance he expected to see a scary looking palace with dark clouds above but what he saw is a well-kept gardens and a modern mansion. He was welcomed at the gate by a tall and serious looking vampire that later introduced himself as Zachariah. It guide him into the mansion.

As they went nearer at the place he can’t believe that a thousand year-old vampire is living in this place. The mansion is a four-story house with a modern design and big glass windows. He even got surprised when they entered through the front door and saw the furniture. It all consist of neutral colors that compliment the black and white theme of the house. He expects a red and black theme inside a candle-lit house not a home décor magazine-worthy one.

They pass the foyer and the living room and went upstairs. On the second floor landing there’s another sitting area with bookshelves at the back. They turned left and went straight into a large double door. Zachariah knock once and give notice of their arrival. When the servant opened the door they entered a library.

He didn’t expected a lot of things in this place but the biggest shock is when he finally look at the vampire sitting to a chair beside a large window. He expected an old vampire wearing a formal Victorian suit not a kid wearing a pair of pajama complete with a rumpled hair. Yes, the vampire look like a twenty something but still that’s a kid in Mikael’s eye.

The vampire glared at him. It’s glare is full of animosity. Did he read what Mikael thought for him to glare? Then he saw the vampire look at him all over his glare turned into look of hunger. Mikael don’t know if it’s a hunger for his blood or hunger for another need and he can’t help but smirk on thinking that it is the latter.

Their eyes met and the vampire’s expression changed again into irritation. And then they enter into a staring battle. He don’t want to anger the vampire but he is getting satisfaction on seeing the irritated look on the other’s face. The vampire look like a kitten that want to be fierce but end up looking cute with his boyish looks.

Wait, did he just think that a vampire is cute? He must be turning crazy.

The servant, who they seem to forget being there, get their attention. Mikael composed himself but still can’t help but look at the vampire. That vampire said that he have no manners and he just replied the first thing that came in his mind. It make the vampire angrier and as if throwing a tantrum, he said to Mikael to leave and stomp to a door.

Yes, Silas Grave does not just look like a child. He also act like a child.

After the door banging stop echoing in the library, Mikael started laughing. “This is the craziest thing that happened to me,” he said between laughs. It’s a good thing that Zachariah took the items that he is carrying before entering the library because he probably will drop them for how hard he is laughing.

When he at last able to stop himself laughing he saw Zachariah just looking at him. Base on the servant’s neutral expression it is not the first time that it saw is master act like that. Zachariah sigh and signal him to follow him. They went out of the library and return downstairs.

Mikael thought that he really will be force to leave but once they are downstairs instead of walking to the main door, Zachariah turned into another hallway. He follow the servant until they are outside a closed door at the end of the hallway.

“Get in and take a rest, Agent Gray,” Zachariah said after it opened the door for Mikael to enter. He entered the room and inside is a fully furnished modern room with a king-sized bed at the center. His bags are already at the bed. He look back at the door to ask Zachariah why he is in the room if his master orders him to leave but the door is already closed. He just sigh and dropped his body to the bed. Due to his exhaustion and the craziness that just happened he didn’t realized that he fell asleep.