BONDED BY BLOOD ( FORCED COMMITMENT)

CHAPTER 5: SUPERNATURALS

Octavia ran the comb through her hair on long strokes until it shone. She let it fall to her shoulders and cleared the dressing table.

Alexander who stood at the window, turned when he noticed a movement on the bed. Her eyes shone with curiosity as she looked up at him. He took a seat from a corner of the room and sat in front of her on the bed. “ I know you have a lot of questions in mind and I promise to answer them sincerely to the best of my capacity “. Alexander said. Octavia seized the opportunity and turned to him with questioning eyes. “Where am I?, who are you?, why did you take me?, when can I.........”

Alexander cut her off with a wave of his hand “now, now,now Octavia I know you have a lot of questions but could let me explain one by one we have all night, firstly, my name is Alexander, leader of this clan, I’m sure you know that bit. Now about what you saw in the hall, I’d best explain by pointing out vivid facts about supernaturals “. She starred at him wide eyed” supernaturals ?” She asked.”yes Octavia, supernaturals. I know how absurd it sounds...”. “ yes very absurd and unbelievable “, she interrupted him . “...but you have to believe it anyways. When I took you that night I brought you here to my home, a realm where only supernaturals live and by supernaturals I mean witches, vampires, werewolves, banshees,emissaries, healers and many others.”

“Which of them are you?”. He was obviously displaced by her question, he was completely caught off guard. He chuckled and went to the window, he stood for a few seconds, closed the blinds and walked back to her. His hands in his pockets; he replied” I’m a vampire”.

He watched her reaction as the color drained from her face. “ relax, I know you’ve heard a lot of myths about vampires but no, we don’t kill a person to feed on his blood. It’s more of an urge although it can be controlled but most times we just give in especially during mating. A vampire marks his mate by nipping at the neck, just at the base of the neck”. He sat down and leaned forward, he could hear her quickened heartbeat, could feel her rash breathing. He lifted her chin with his fingers”are you afraid of me?”. “ should I be?” She asked in return. He silently leaned back on his seat”.”do you have fangs” she asked naively “ can I see them?”.

For a moment she thought she was asking for too much then he bent his head and when he lifted them he had fangs 2 inches long. She hesitantly reached for his mouth and touched his two upper elongated canines” do they hurt?”. She asked .

He changed back ”no they don’t but they can be quite uncomfortable. Now let’s forget about me, I promised to enlighten you on some supernaturals.

Witches have a rare ability to cast spells which happens to be their only power unlike other supernaturals, vampires like myself exhibit super speed, super strength and compulsion which simply means mind control....”,”like hypnosis?” Octavia asked. “Yes like hypnosis. Werewolves have similar qualities excluding compulsion and including heightened senses of smell and hearing. That means a werewolf can hear the faintest movements such as the heart beat of a fetus in the womb. That lad you saw in the hallway was a beta who had run wild. The original color of his eyes are a vibrant yellow but was transformed to a still cold blue because he took the life of an innocent, and that is why he was being punished. Next are the emissaries who are sort of advocates to other supernaturals. Their supernatural ability is telepathy meaning that they can go through peoples minds. Next are the banshees also called the wailing woman. This role is mainly cut out for women ,they are harbingers of death. The nickname is gotten from their ability to give their voice direction with their hands. With this ability a banshee can break down a bullet proof door”. He paused to se how she was taking it in, when he saw how engrossed she was in the conversation he continued, “ lastly are the dokuganga , they are special persons, although they do not really classified as supernaturals since they do not exhibit extraordinary abilities. The meaning of supernatural which means everything outside the ordinary and natural world gives a reason to do so. A dokuganga is the incarnate of a dead person who died wrongly or has something important that he or she did not finish”. Octavia looked up at him, he had answered one of her questions but she still had others, she raised the sleeve of the gown revealing the cut of her wrist “what did you do to me?”, Alexander took her palm in his “Octavia, I left out one tiny detail about vampires. We are immortal “. Her eyes shone in surprise. “Yes Octavia and what I did is called a blood bond and that means you can’t leave me again , we’re bonded together meaning you’re also immortal...”. She quickly disengaged from him “what do you mean by again? I want to go back home. Does this have something to do with the Lady Abigail talked about , I don’t even know her “.

While she sat on the bed crying, he walked to the wardrobe and pulled out a picture and threw it at her “ Roxane” , he said sharply “ her name was Roxane and she was my mate. She died five years before you were born and she was pregnant with my baby”. Octavia could not believe her eyes, the lady in the picture looked exactly like her except the color of her hair. The lady was locked in a passionate embrace with him, he held her from behind, his arms around her waist. This is just unbelievable she thought.