“Bridge, this has to stop.” Roy said as he pulled away from her and wiped the blood from his lips. “I told you… It’s over.” He said as he stepped away from the brunette woman.
“You wouldn’t have said that a few months ago.” She replied fiercely and her eyes burned with a shade of red. “It’s because of your feeder, isn’t it? She made you lose your mind.”
“You know these are things we can’t control. Bridge, I owe you a lot for what happened in the past, but…”
“You’ve fallen for that weak creature.”
“She has nothing to do with this. Now, please excuse me.” He added and left the room. He felt crappy for trying to feed himself on Bridgette. That was a chapter of his life that he had to close. And he hoped he just did. He needed to see Riza.
“Roy.” Gracia said as she gripped his shoulder. “Riza has just left.”
Riza walked down the streets trying to remember the way home. She hugged herself as the cold air of the night made her shiver. She couldn’t believe she had been so stupid to believe that she was more than a source of food for him. And what hurt even more was the fact that he was drinking someone’s else blood. She felt betrayed. Futile.
Their connection… The way he touched her before they left to the party… The way he spoke to her… Everything was for the sake of her blood. Of course a handsome vampire like him had someone. She didn’t even know why it was bothering her so much.
“Got lost, Blondie? It seems like you are branded now.”
She recognize the voice of the guy who attacked her at school. But she had a brand now, so he would just leave her alone, right?
“Where’s your protector, huh? It’s not safe for such a pretty lady to walk alone in the middle of the night.” He added and before she could increase her pace, he was right in front of her.
“Leave me alone!” she said and tried to walk past him but he gripped both of her wrists and pulled her against the wall of the building nearby them.
“Only after you let me taste your blood…also, I can’t guarantee you that you’ll survive afterwords. I’ve been starving for days.”
She tried to free herself, but any attempt was useless. He was too strong. Fuck, she should have stayed home and sleep. Such a nice way to end your life, to be killed by a vampire because other vampire betrayed you and you felt so hurt that you decided to walk alone on your own at three in the morning.
He leaned on her and she started to scream, feeling hot tears running down her face. All of a sudden, the guy’s head flew away and his body went limp and fell in the middle of the street.
“Oh my…” she started to sob realizing what she had just witnessed. Roy was standing right in front of her, his eyes glowing angrily.
“It’s alright… ” he murmured and wanted to hug her but she pulled away.
“Let’s go home. It’s okay. ” he tried to calm her down.
“No, it’s not! Look at that! ” she ordered pointing at the body that was bleeding heavily. “You… Killed him.”
“He wanted to hurt you.” He explained casually. “I just couldn’t stand it.”
“And why did you care so much about me anyway? I was right from the start, I’m only your puppet.”
“I’m not following. The guy was killing you. I just save you.”
“What I’m saying is that you don’t need me anyway…You…you can survive without me.” She added remembering the passion he had when he bit that woman. So hungrily.
“Riza…why are you being like this? You know how much our relationship means to me.”
“Some minutes ago it didn’t look like that.” She replied averting her gaze from the corpse. She was trembling. Both because of the shock and cold.
Then it hit Roy. He wished for the earth to swallow him. She had seen him and Bridgette. She had seen him feeding on her. He felt like crap. Indeed, she had every right to act like that.
“Sorry. It’s a long story…but I swear, it wasn’t what it seemed.”
“Let’s just go home.” She said not enjoying the view of the dead vampire. It had been exactly as it seemed.
“No, you deserve an explanation. Please… ” he begged as he approached her. She sighed, realizing how naive she was.
“That woman had been the first person I have ever feed on. She is a vampire. And a friend of Maes. At the beginning, after I’ve been turned, I was extremely thirsty, I wanted to drink blood at every couple of hours. I was so desperate that I let her think that I loved her. She really had feelings for me, but I didn’t. I was only a beginner vampire who had no feelings and needed blood. After a while, I learned to control myself. I told her as gently as I could that I didn’t share her feelings. And I didn’t even need her blood anymore. I could control myself. I was a jerk, I know. Tonight, she tried to talk me down, and for a while I’ve been too weak. I am sorry.”
Riza crossed her arms and looked at the ground. If he was telling the truth then he had no relationship with that vampire and he didn’t even like her blood anymore. But how could she believe him?
“Sincerely, your blood is the only one that attracts me. And I have no reason to lie to you. I thought I showed you these days how much I treasure you. And again, I’m not talking only about your blood.”
“Truth to be told, I don’t even know why I care so much. It’s not my business…you’ve got nothing to explain to me.” She replied defeated. She even felt awkward for having a jealousy crisis in front of him. He got off his black jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders.
“We are in this together so of course I have to share some things with you. Seriously, I haven’t been flirting with you while being in a relationship with another woman.”
She froze and rolled her eyes seeing his mischievous grin.
“Now, may I lead you home?” He suggested and held her hand gently.
“I suppose you could.”
They chatted casually on the silent and dark streets and soon, all the tension between them disappeared. Again, she continued questioning herself about her jealousy and he continued blaming himself for being so weak. The didn’t rush home, but enjoyed the night.
“I hope I didn’t scare you tonight. I told you I would kill anyone who tries to hurt you. Your brand means more than you think.”
“Well I am kind of traumatized…believe me or not, but no one ever cut someone’s throat in front of me….especially for saving me.” She explained trying not to think about the view of the bleeding corpse.
“It’ll turn to ashes till morning. He didn’t hurt you, right?”
She shook her head as they reached the front door. The sun was already setting up. It was the exhaustion that made them both forget that they should have used the window. They entered casually and the light was suddenly turned on.
They both froze at the sight of Mr. Hawkeye who was waiting for them in the hallway.
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