Allison's Pov:
I knew that I was wrong for shutting the door on the King's face, but I needed to get away from him. He was just so mesmerizing, with his long dark brown hair and blue-green eyes. I noticed our height difference as we were walking down the hall to my room. His 6'4'' frame completely towered over me at a small 5'5". There was no denying that he was beautiful, but he was still a vampire; the king of vampires and I hated him and his kind more than anything. I was not going to believe his lies, how could he not know what other pets were going through. Either he was completely oblivious or he just didn't care. I needed to keep my guard up around him and pretend that I was comfortable and trusting of him. But I was secretly going to find a way to escape. No way was I going to live the rest of my life as a pet!
As I laid down in the bed I looked around at my new room. It was beautiful. A big queen sized bed, with a canopy. White walls and pink decorations. It was the most beautiful room I had ever seen. I went to sleep thinking about my mother and wondering what she was doing right now. I missed my mother and wished that I was still with her now. I slowly closed my eyes and fell asleep.
I was awoken the next day to a young girl in my room. "Oh good, you are awake! My name is Rachel and I'm Prince Stefan's pet. I came in here to meet you and if you need anything, just let me know". Well, she seemed nice and trustworthy; so I thought I should ask her about how her owner treats her. I needed to see if King Nicholai was lying to me or not. "How does the Prince treat you? The King told me yesterday that I will be treated with respect and will not be used for s*x or fed on. Is that true?" I could see her look hesitant about answering my questions and she was rubbing her collar while thinking. I was growing nervous just looking at her. "You will be treated kindly by the King." Is all she said. It seemed like she wanted to tell me more, but she couldn't. What was she hiding?
She told me that she had to go back to her room as the Prince would be coming for her soon. We said our goodbyes and said we would meet at the dining hall for breakfast.
I saw some dresses in a closet and decided to put one on and brush my hair before going down to the dining room. As I was getting ready to leave there was a knock on the door. I sighed before going to the door. When I opened it, King Nicholai was standing there. He came into my room with a small box in his hand. "I have brought you your collar and leash. There is also a few rules we need to go over before we go to breakfast". He said to me. I opened the box, and of course the collar and leash was inside. I rolled my eyes at it. How could I forget, I was his pet. The collar was very beautiful, it was pink with diamonds all over it.
"You must wear the collar at all times and the leash, only when you are with me. When we go to the dining room you must kneel by my feet and eat only what I give you. You must be silent and not move while we are there. Do you understand me?" All I could do was look at the leash and collar in disgust. He expected me to wear this all the time? There was no way I was going to do that. I was not a dog! During my thoughts Nicholai seemed to be getting impatient as he grabbed my chin and lifted my head up to meet his eyes. "Do you understand?" He repeated. "Yes sir, I understand." "Good, now let me put on your collar and leash and we will go eat breakfast.
As we were walking to the dining room, I felt like a dog. I was not an animal; I was a person. How could he treat me this way? I hated vampires, just because they had super strength and speed, did not mean that they were better than us and could enslave us. Why couldn't I have been a kitchen slave, anything other than this. I hated the King for making me wear this and leading me around like a dog.
When we arrived at the dining room, I saw Rachel already kneeling by what I assumed was Prince Stefan. He looked like the King, he was very handsome and had brown hair as well. But his brown hair was cut short and his eyes were almost black. There was a woman there as well with long black wavy hair, she smiled at me as I came further into the room. The King coughed to get everyone's attention, "this is my new pet Allison. Allison, this is my brother Stefan and his pet Rachel. Also, my sister, Cassandra, she doesn't have a pet yet." I smiled at them and when the King sat in his seat I kneeled by his feet like he had ordered me to do.
An older male slave came in then with three young slaves, one of which I remember was bought with me and was made to be a blood slave. Oh God, they were going to feed right here at the table! I felt sick to my stomach at the thought. As the slaves went to the three vampires, two more slaves came out with a plate of food each. The plates had pancakes and mixed fruit on it. My stomach grumbled just looking at the food. I was so hungry, but I stayed where I was and waited. As the vampires fed from the slaves, me and Rachel's food sat at the table untouched. Once they were done eating King Nicholai looked at me and motioned for me to sit on his lap. I did as he asked and he fed me while I was in his lap. I felt mortified until I saw that Rachel was doing the same with her master.
" Alright pet, I have some meetings that I need to be at so you will come with me. You will kneel at my feet and not make a noise during the meetings. Do you understand? These meetings are very important and I don't want to have to discipline you on your first day of being mine." Nicholai said to me as he was grabbing my leash and walking us off through the door to the meetings.
The meetings were incredibly boring and it took all I had to remain kneeling and to not fidget around. Nicholai kept glancing at me and giving me stern looks every time I moved an inch, but my knees were killing me at this point. I didn't understand why I needed to be there as no one was looking at me or even noticed I was there. When the meetings were over the King looked at me with a sympathetic frown. "Pet, your legs must be sore from sitting so long, but you did very well on your first day. We will go to lunch before my next meeting." "Do I have to go to the meetings? No one cares that I am here." I begged him. "Yes, you must come. It is your duty as my pet. You must be at my side at all times, unless I say otherwise." God, I hated him. My legs felt like jelly and I had only kneeled for half the day. How was I going to do this all day?
I was so done with all the kneeling and eating on his lap as the day progressed. I was starting to really hate Nicholai and was thinking of a way to escape as the day went on. I finally snapped after dinner when he pulled on the leash a little too hard, as it was hard to keep up with his long strides. My feet and legs were like noodles by the end of the day. "Enough!" I said. "I can't do this anymore, just find a new pet and let me be a different slave. Anything is better than this, than being treated as an animal. I can't even eat my food as a person. Your feeding me! I hate vampires and you are the worst one! I wish I was never bought by you and I wish you could just die, you evil demon!" In that instant he picked me up and put me over his shoulder. He used his vampire speed to get to my bedroom and when he put me down I could see how angry he was at me. I immediately coward from him and realized that I messed up. "You will never talk to me in such a way. I have been nothing to but kind to you!" He said.
"You are getting punished".