✧ — Even with the minuscule amount of blood he’d just sucked off of his digits, Amari could feel the clutches of a slow burning strength coursing through him. His hundred and some years of forced conditioning awarded him with a level of portion control that would put others of his kind to shame. He could perform at his most exemplary with a fraction of the blood necessary to motivate other vampires, which also meant he was rarely driven by an impulse as vulgar as hunger.
✧ — This never stopped him from draining others out of boredom, however.
✧ — “ That is a vast understatement, ” he remarked, as if the idiom was somehow an insult. The ability to move fast enough to shift light was something he took quite seriously. “ They could kill you in the blink of an eye. I am just a bit faster.” Another understatement. His physical prowess was incomparable to the vultures stalking the hunter. They couldn’t have been very old if they bothered to stay around. Other creatures of old had an unspoken agreement: the presence of one meant to stay away. Younger creatures were far more arrogant and desperate for the chance to prove themselves better than their seniors, as if undermining Amari would make him admire them. No; they’d only be punished.
✧ — The huntress conceded easily. It was a sign of wisdom. Perhaps she would make it further than he’d originally thought. “ Offer up your allegiance, ” he said, practically commanding it. As the words left him, he couldn’t help but laugh. Having a hunter under his dominion would bring a little more comfort to his present allies, but would also show itself as a declaration of war to those not in his graces. The last thing he wanted was to be burdened with that sort of hassle.
✧ — “ I should clarify…” Amari rubbed the tip of his finger over his lower lip. “ I want you to go about doing exactly what it is you do now. Kill the monsters, be righteous and forthcoming, etcetera. However, when I call on you to perform a job, your compliance is mandatory. ” As his hand fell away from his face, he revealed a devilish grin. “ That doesn’t sound so bad, does it ?? ”
╰☆⊰; Oh the sweet irony. Working for a vampire in order the safe herself. If her life wouldn’t be in danger, Isobel would laugh about the bitter taste this deal was leaving on her tongue. But there was no other choice. Not even in her normal condition, she would be able to fight Amari alone. The fact was hitting her like a fist, making Isobel stumble. So much training, and still, now it all seemed to be useless.
╰☆⊰; Was it even worth it? To safe her life with this deal when she turned out to be so weak? What would he even ask her to do? Amari was very much capable of killing and fighting on his own, there was no reason to let her do a job he could always do ten times better, at least. Her lips were pressed together to a thin line while Isobel tried not to show any sorts of emotions towards the vampire. She wanted to kill him now. She wanted to rip out his heart and crush it into pieces. Anger made her blodd boil and pump faster through her veins, but that only caused Isobel to get more and more dizzy to the point where she should just faint and die here.
╰☆⊰; “Okay.... you are having my word. You own me now, so to say.” Hopefully ehr voice did not show how much Isobel despised that. She would have to find away to get out of this contract again as soon as possible. And train harder, to be able to fight and kill creatures like Amari all by herself from now on.
“I am going to do what you asked me to, in exchange for you saving my life now.” @debauxchery
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