Just A Taste Of Heaven

Chapter 14 - Blue

Faith stared at him but did not answer.

Caleb sighed disappointed to see that she didn't trust him. He went to sit down at the living room table: "Ok... I think it's time we played it straight and had an honest talk."

Faith came and sat across from him without saying a word. She just looked at him with intensity.

Caleb sighed again, "Okay, I'll start then. Aside from the fact that our bond is already created and that you gave me what I was missing namely a pack to belong to and a leader to follow, I need you for a bigger purpose."

Faith frowned and tilted her head.

Caleb continued, "When I was three and a half, I was kidnapped by a friend of my stepfather who thought he was doing him a favor by getting rid of me, the bastard, the proof of his failure with his beloved. My stepfather wasn't involved but didn't move heaven and earth to find me unlike my parents and stepmother."

Faith could feel the bitterness that Caleb still felt for his stepfather. It was a obviously a tough subject for him. She took his hand as a sign of encouragement.

He smiled at her: "Anyway... I was sold as a slave. Fortunately my parents found me within a few days, with the help of a hacker from what they told me. We rarely talk about this dark period. Nevertheless, what I saw without even really understanding it at the time has remained engraved in my head. How can one treat other living beings like that! I wanted to do something but it's a battle against a Titan... So I do what I can at my level. I take in runaway slaves. Dominic and Blake know about this and are helping me and offering them a place to work if they want it."

"Dancers from the Den of Pleasure..." Faith muttered.

"How do you do it when their 'owners' find them?" She asked him aloud.

"I buy them. Sometimes a very high price but a living being is not a possession, their freedom is priceless. I am very rich on my mother's side, I don't know if you know this but she is the leader of our vampire clan. The Den of Pleasure is nice but after a while I'm going to need some territory, some sanctuary."

"You know I don't have a pack nor a territory." Faith remarked.

Caleb smiled, finally she wasn't so closed off anymore, "You're an Alpha, and there's two of us now, that's a good start... I know that our meeting wasn't by chance and that's the reason it happened."

"Yeah..." Faith answered not really convinced.

She looked out the window, she knew it was her turn to put her cards on the table; "About Levi, I had my doubts but I wasn't sure until today."

"What do you mean?" Caleb asked, confused. It was easy to tell if someone was your mate or not.

"Already I never wear perfume, that was the first clue. True, I find it attractive and it smells good. But the fact that my saliva helped him heal is definite proof." Faith shrugged.

Her words made Caleb even more confused, he began to pour out his thoughts, "He just smells good? How does his smell not drive you crazy? And what about the sparks? You're already touched... How did you not smell it? Unless... Wait but how old are you?!"

"I turned seventeen on June 18th."

"What! But you're not yet of age then! How is that possible?!" He exclaimed.

"Duh! I created a false identity for myself."

"You can't work in the club then!"

"Are you serious?! You're forgetting what I am. Do you really think you can forbid me! " Faith growled.