The demon's servant

Chapter 4: The Blood Pact

The chatter of people was loud inside the mansion. Everyone seemed crowded together, but there was plenty of home to host more than one hundred people. Hariio was in the dining room setting up the long oak table. Every now and then, Lady Salene would walk by to check on Hariio. When the table was completely set up, Hariio picked up a handheld golden bell and rang it. The sound echoed throughout the mansion, and the chatter suddenly stopped.Hariio yells clearly to be heard throughout the mansion, "Dinner will be served soon. Please have a seat at the table." He walks out of the dining room and walks into the kitchen to begin rolling out plates of food. After everyone was settled and Hariio had all of the dinner plates set down, a man in a dark yellow suit stands up and taps his empty glass with his spoon."I speak right now to thank Lady Salene for this wonderful feast! Please stand up and take a bow for your greatness!." Lady Salene stood and shyly said, "Thank you." Then she bowed then sat back down. Hariio pushed in her polished wood chair."Now, servant, please pour the champagne, now let's eat!" Hariio walked around the long table and poured bottle after bottle of champagne. During the feast, Hariio had to walk around and ask if everything was all right for everyone. After dinner was done, Hariio served dessert for everyone. Now, most of the guests were drunk and were chattering nonsense. Lady Salene then stands and rings her bell to gather the occupied attention of the guests."Thank you all for coming to be welcoming! Soon we will end this feast and head back to our lives, but I must make an important announcement." She pauses for a moment, "I have made an offer with my servant here, Hariio. As long as he follows my every command precisely to my word and excels as my servant. Then I will release him of any punishment and let him rest in his final peace." She stops for the crowd's reaction. A few gasp and most start making a fuss about how she made a horrible deal. She rings her bell again to silence them."And to finalize this, I shall make a blood promise with Hariio. Hariio." He looks at Lady Salene directly, "bring a new knife and a glass of water.""Yes, Lady," Hariio says nervously. He comes back with Lady Salene's requirements.She pulls out a chair for Hariio and tells him to seat down. She then instructs him to place his left hand over the glass. She takes her knife and pricks her middle finger, then she takes Hariio's shaky hands and pricks his middle finger. Blood starts to well us and drips down into the glass of water. She quickly puts her middle finger on his own and holds both hands together with her other hand. Lady Salene closes her eyes and begins to chant in a mysterious language Hariio didn't understand. The whole table also begins to chant as well in that language. All of them together felt like a wave of energy surging into his open wound. Suddenly a sharp pain shoots through his finger up his arm and into his heart. Lady Salene's calm hand tighten on his, keeping him from breaking away. As soon as everyone stops chanting, the pain stops. Lady Salene looks Hariio in his eyes. He notices a strange fire flickering in her bright red eyes."Do you, by blood and soul, commit to my words and will do whatever I ask of you as my humble servant?"To Hariio, Lady Salene's voice seemed to echo around in his head making him dizzy. He gulped then said shaken, "Yes... I do." A drop of blood falls into the blood-water mixed glass. Lady Salene speaks again, this time not as bad to Hariio, "Then you are now in a Blood pact with me. I will free you from eternal torture as long as you obey my rules."