The Wanted Pet

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The rest of the morning tea went quick, after being seen as the new pet the attention went off me quick and I felt like an outcastf because I didn't join in, we went to the town to get our dresses but it felt like an overly enforced school trip, one of the vampire guards didn't leave my side it was clear he was ordered by Xander since I was the only one to have a vampire glued to my hip.

I don't even know what dress was picked for me all I know is some girls took my sizes and we went back on the bus.

Madison was quick to take the seat next to me from Zoe who looked confused but sat somewhere else "We haven't really met or spoken" she says softly

"I guess it's hard, both our owners seem possessive," I say

"Yours is possessive mine is well power hungry, you're really the one here I can relate to, most of the vampires compel their pets to forget what they do to them, so they can make them trust and love them, I know you find the whole thing weird, so did I too be honest it's why Mary probably approached you with the offer, she knows you wouldn't be compelled," she says that makes so much more sense, all the girls here seem too happy and considering how I have seen some be treated at dinner I know it was all smooth sailing.

"I was just thinking I got copped with a bad owner," I say

"No maybe besides Darcy and Samual all are bad, they have a gang mentality, women are nothing but blood and bodies to abuse but they want to have a fake reality, so they compel," she says

"But Noah hasn't compelled you," I say softly

"Because he wants me to be broken and robotic, he wants me to understand how big of monsters they are, they use to not compel but the number of pets they lost to suicide or trying to escape got too high, he tells me all of this to test me, he trained me to be emotionless and after all the things he has done I switch it off it saves the pain," she says

"I try to as well but it's too hard" I mumble

"That's because Xander has leverage over you I have no one, my own parents sold me for money, I was alone, betrayed," she says

"Your right we can relate," I say as she just smiles at me, I guess I'm not the only one with a shitty parent who is willing to sell me off, it angers me someone would do that to their own child, that's why I always wanted kids, I wanted to give them the life I never had, I wanted to give them love and shower them with gifts and raise them to be the best part of themselves I wanted to give them everything I missed out on, like reading bedtime stories or having them watching me and cry when it is my first day of school, counting down to birthday and Christmas's, having the tooth fairy.

My own father and brother never celebrated my birthday and never gave me a present or cake, yet Oscar did, he gave me a cup cake every year and told me to make a wish, I didn't even know when my birthday was.

"Do you trust Mary?" I ask

"Yes, she is genuine, I have seen the safe haven for myself, I wish I could go but I know the risks, never has a pureblood pet escaped and the pets that have escaped weren't seen as valuable, Noah has told me too much, has allowed me to see too much it's so if I somehow escaped he knows he can kill me, he doesn't like killing pets because it would tarnish his Mr perfect reputation," she says

"Have you told him?" I ask

"No I would never betray anyone like that, Noah only has me at night to feed and assault me that's the only time we are alone, otherwise I'm his show pony when he goes to meetings but we barely talk, so he hasn't had the chance to try and pry information out of me," she says, I don't know why her and Zoe seem to trust me so much I wish they wouldn't, I wish Mary wouldn't have because I know Xander I know I will crumble and he will sense something is off and he will get it from me and I will break he will break me again, I don't want to betray people but I know the extent Xander would go to to torment someone.