Bite Me Mr Vampire.

Mine.

Damien's POV.

We three stood in the middle of the butterfly hut, admiring the butterflies while talking about the clan.

"Don't worry" Rahn started "Tis been a while since there have been any disturbances from Kraus. I guess we still have more time"

"I can only but imagine what Kraus may be planning now" I mused, deep in thought. "The border. Is it still safe?"

"Yes. I had a few men refurbish it last week and before you ask, Yes there are people guarding it." Tobias said, pulling out a pack of cigarettes. He pulls out a stick and places it between his lips but when he sees my glare, he slowly backs away till he is out of the hut.

Don't f*****g smoke in front of my innocent butterflies.

I walk to the glass where the butterflies are and push in a nectar pad through the hole.

"Are you realy going to keep these things here forever?" Rahn asks.

Things?!

Although I am highly offended by his address to my butterflies, I refuse to speak on it.

"I am having them moved next week" I tell him.

"And the girl?"

"What about the girl?" I snap at him before I can even stop myself.

"Are you also keeping her?" I have to admit that his question is reasonable. I know that Persephone has asked me to let her stay here but I know it is not safe for her. Soon people will find out and begin to wonder why I am keeping a human in my house and I cannot afford for an information like that to get into the territory of Kraus.

"I don't know" I answer honestly. I am about to throw in another nectar pad into the glass hole but I halt in my tracks when something flashes before my eyes.

What the f**k is that? It has never happened before. I ignore it and go back to feeding the butterflies but this time, its not just a flash. I see several faces but one stands out. Shutting my eyes, I try to figure out whose face it is.

Persephone.

I see her face, looking terrified with a hand around her neck. She is writhing against that hand and trying to breathe. Am I hallucinating?

Suddenly, a scream and the sound of glass shattering is heard from the house. Rahn proves that he heard it too because his face suddenly snaps towards mine. In a flash we both get to the living room but nothing is happening there.

My legs moves swiftly to the kitchen and my eyes immediately turn red the moment I register what is before me. Tobias has his hands firmly pressed against Persephone's neck as she struggles to breathe.

I pull Tobias by the collar and throw him across the kitchen, making him slam his back against the wall. I catch a falling Persephone in my arms at the same time Rahn gets to the kitchen, looking confused but suddenly going towards Tobias, who has slowly come back to his senses and has de-morphed back to his normal self.

Not bothering to give a f**k about him, I quickly run with Persephone in my arms to my room, laying her on my bed. I check her pulse and temperature to make sure everything is alright before covering her with a blanket and leaving the room.

Now where is that little fucker Tobias?

In a flash, I am suddenly in the living room where Rahn and Tobias are sitting and my hands are grabbing his shirt and slamming him against the nearest wall. My breaths are coming out in shallow puffs because of how angry I am and my vision is red. I let my anger take over and suddenly, my fingers that have grown longer as I morph are delving into Tobias' stomach and I am twisting my hand. The sounds of his groans and wails are music to my ears as I push my hand even deeper into him and although he is in pain, he doesn't fight back.

"Why the f**k would you lay your filthy hands on her?" My voice comes out in a low animalistic growl "You should know better"

"Heiten. Stop!" I can hear Rahn's voice but even he knows that when I get angry at a person, I must accomplish what I have planned to do to such a person. I drive my hands deeper into his stomach and when I notice that he is no longer crying out and his eyes are closing, I pull my hands out and he falls to the floor.

"I hope I have made my point known Tobias" With that, I walk back into my room. I find Persephone still unconscious, although I never expected her to be awake. I am sure it may take her a few hours to do so, maybe even a day. I perch on the edge of the bed, where her head lay and look down at her.

I stare pointedly at the red handprints covering her neck and as I stare at it, I do something I don't usually do to people. I heal her.

I was born with my healing abilities but I hardly ever use it. Mostly because the people who died before me deserved to die. But just in the span of four days that Persephone has spent in my house, I have used it twice on her. All I have to do is touch her skin and look at the wound and its gone. Most vampires have healing abilities but it only works on their own bodies. They cannot use it on others, but I can.

I hold on to her pinky finger as I stare at the marks and slowly, it starts to disappear until all the red in her neck is gone. I have tried to ask myself why I do these things for Persephone. Why did I let her stay in my house? I hardly ever even let people visit, not to talk of sleeping over. One of my major characteristic features is that I basically live like a Hermit. I only go out when I need to but I don't let people come to my house, it makes me so f*****g mad seeing people in my house.

Weird right? I know but that is just it.

But this one is different. Different because I was the one who brought her into my house and I let her stay even after finding out that she could not feed me. Although I try to convince myself that the only reason Persephone is still in my house is because I am trying to figure out what she is and I will relieve myself of her when I find out, but that is just bullshit.

She intrigues me and I am keeping her around because I want to, not because I am curious. When I saw her this morning for the first time in three days, for some reason that is purely unknown to me, my heart leaped and my chest was filled with so much warmth. To think we had only spent a day together before that. And then today when I saw what Tobias was doing, it snapped something within me, I really could have killed him but now that I am calm, I am kinda thankful that I didn't.

Tobias has always been temperamental, and on top of that, he always found it difficult to control himself around humans. I do not know exactly what Tobias wanted to do to Persephone but I know for sure that I would have killed him if it got any worse. How I reacted came as a shock even to me too. I have never been so ready to kill someone before, not just anyone but Tobias, the lad I literally grew up with.

A small but firm knock on the door pulls me from my thoughts. At my response, the door is pushed open gently and Rahn steps into the room, glancing apologetically at Persephone on the bed.

"I'm leaving with him. He is too shamed to actually face you so.....we'll get going" He says, his voice deep "how is she?"

"I healed her. She'll wake up soon"

He nods and I continue "Let's meet at the Council tomorrow at noon. We can finish what we started then"

With another nod, Rahn walks out of the room.

Among all the people I know, Rahn has always been the cooler one, never getting into trouble and always being the one to solve it. You hardly hear his voice at gatherings because he always keeps to himself and at some point I even admired that trait but with time I realized that you could never rule an entire clan if you only spoke once in a while.

A small movement from the bed followed by a whine catches my attention and I rush to Persephone's side. She is slowly regaining her consciousness but she is still asleep. As I stare at her, my hand moves of its own accord and pushes away the stray hairs on her forehead, tucking them behind her ears.

I am not naïve, I know that something is definitely happening to me when it comes to Persephone and as much as I hate to admit it, it is happening fast. But another thing that I am absolutely sure of is the fact that something like that would put Persephone in imminent danger. As a leader, there are certain things I should not do, one of them is fall in love with someone I barely know, who could be a threat to not just me, but also my clan. And besides, falling in love according to the older ones will only make me 'indecisive'.

I am not saying that I am in love with Persephone. A little too fast for that isnt it? But I am sure that I don't want anything to happen to her, I just have this sudden penchant to protect her. As fragile as she is, there are a lot of people who would harm her in a heartbeat.

I spent the rest of the day by her bedside and by the time I looked up, it was already dark out but I was bothered because she still hadn't woken up.

As I stare at her, several images of the terrible things that could happen to her pervade my thoughts but one thought stands out....if Aiden-- the leader of the Kraus clan-- gets his hands on her. Aiden has been looking for ways to get to me but hasn't found any and I'm afraid Persephone would be the perfect bait. As I run through ways to protect her in my head, something crosses my mind.

"The one who is marked by the Godfather would always be defended" my Father's words rings in my mind and although I know it is the beginning of a lifelong commitment, I still move towards her, fangs bared and eyes red. I look for the perfect spot on her neck and when I find it, I do the only thing I know will keep her safe anywhere....

I mark her.