A Hunter's Pet

Chap 5

The first thing Celeste became aware of when she woke up was the pounding in her head. She groaned and rolled over, burying her head into the soft pillow. The vampire breathed in the scent of coffee and fresh sheets, and smiled softly. The pillow smelled wonderful, like coffee, although the sheets and blankets smelled like they had just been cleaned. Her throat felt horribly scratchy, her muscles weighed down like lead. The girl slowly opened her eyes and blinked against the light. She sat up and yawned, hugging the pillow to her chest. She glanced sleepily around the room, then froze. Her hazy sense of happiness was now replaced with a creeping sense of dread. Celeste clutched the pillow tighter, her nails almost piercing it.

I...I remember trying to fly up to the window, but then everything turned red... I think I fell unconscious. Did I kill her?!?! Where am I now?

She hurriedly felt her naked shoulder and stomach for injuries.

"Ahh~ I must have killed her. I don't have any cuts so I definitely drank her blood. Such a pity I can't remember the taste. I would have enjoyed playing with her. Oh well~" Celeste sang with a grin and swung her legs over the bed. "I'll just find a new playmate." Celeste began to spring out of bed when she was abruptly pulled back onto the bed.

Celeste yelped and grabbed at her neck. "A collar!!! What the hell is going on?!?"

Celeste felt a chain attached to the back of the collar and traced it back to the bedpost. It looked like the chain was built into the sturdy bed frame.

"What kind of crazy person has a bed with chains on it?!" Celeste yanked at the thick black leather collar desperately. Her nails dug into her neck but the collar didn't give. The vampire attempted to turn to bat form, but her powers seemed to be diminished. The click of a door knob made Celeste freeze. The girl's eyes slowly turned toward the sound, her heart pounding in her chest.

Sarah stood in the doorway of the bathroom wearing a long silk kimono-style bathrobe that showed off the woman's breasts and flowed over her hips like water, making her appear tall and elegant. Her short brown hair was darkened by the water, and the water droplets turned everywhere they touched the bathrobe a deeper shade of gray. The woman leaned on the door frame with a blank expression. Her eyes roamed over Celeste's naked figure slowly. The vampire had kicked the blanket off and now stared up at her captor with wide eyes, hands still gripping the chain.

"H...how?" Celeste whispered, her voice barely audible. She felt helpless and small under Sarah's stern, critical gaze.

"Well," Sarah began, "when you showed your true colors and gave into the monstrous instincts lying just under that humane illusion, you did quite a number on me." Sarah slowly pulled the kimono's strings and allowed it to fall open.

Celeste breath hitched as she saw the woman's perfect skin marred with countless bruises and cuts. A mix of emotions rushed her; fear, pity, embarrassment. Shel blushed and looked away, eyes faring red again.

Sarah re-tied the bathrobe and strode toward the bed.

Celeste's blood ran cold, and she pressed herself against the wall on the far side of the bed, trembling.

The Hunter slid a small dagger off the dresser and placed a knee on the bed. She abruptly slammed the dagger into the wall beside Celeste's head.

"The only reason you aren't dead," Sarah muttered, her voice slow and deadly, "is because I feel you might be useful to the Association."

Celeste trembled violently and stared into Sarah's eyes, barely breathing.

"You are going to become my... well, I suppose, pet. I am going to use you however I please and if you complain even once, or if I believe you aren't useful enough to keep around..." Sarah pulled the dagger from the wall and tapped Celeste's cheek with it. "You understand, right?"

Celeste nodded desperately, terror making her lose any sense of pride.

"Good girl," Sarah whispered and pulled back, dropping the dagger on the dresser.

Celeste gazed up at the woman towering over her and placed her hands on the bed in front of her. She crawled toward Sarah slowly, not breaking eye contact, and pulled the kimono's string with her teeth.

Sarah watched the girl curiously, a little confused. "What are you doing, Vampire?" she asked as her kimono fell open once more.

"P-proving I am useful...?"

Sarah laughed and her eyes darkened. "You thought I meant sexual favors?

Celeste froze as her tongue over the woman's stomach. "No!!!" She yelped, her face red. "I am fixing your wounds."

Sarah's eye brows furrowed. "Excuse me?"

The vampire took Sarah's hand and ran her tongue over a long cut on her wrist. Sarah watched in amazement as the cut closed.

"How are you doing that?" she questioned and patted Celeste's messy hair.

"Well, vampires heal when they drink blood right?"

"Yeees," Sarah growled impatiently.

"Well, I figured that it must have something to do with our blood." Celeste poked her tongue out and Sarah's eyes widened slightly as she saw blood dripping from her tongue.

"How interesting... I am sure the Boss would love to hear about this. I wonder why we never knew about this," Sarah muttered, deep in thought.

"Maybe because you kill us without ever speaking to us?" Celeste suggested.

Sarah tugged on Celeste's hair gently. "None of that. Finish what you are doing then hop in the shower."

Celeste huffed and continued to trace the wounds she had made the night before with her blood.

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