Her Sweet Blood (Ferid X Fem!Reader)

Chapter 8 - A Charming Prince

This fandom is quite dead nowadays I'm realizing-

History facts: Keitai and Ankan were real emperors from 507-535. No idea if Keitai actually had a daughter tho-

Y/n walked rather quickly back to Ferid's manor. If she had the strength to, she probably would have dragged Ferid all the way there.

Even once back inside the safety of the vampire's manor, Y/n was still a bit shaky.

Ferid had to at some point actually grab Y/n and hold her in place after seeing if letting Y/n pace around a room biting her nails would ease her anxiety on her own. It didn't.

"Y/n-" Ferid called, "Dear, your safe hear. I'm worried you're going to give yourself a heart attack..."

"I-" Y/n paused as she looked up at Ferid, her body slightly relaxing at the physical contact from the noble, "W-what?"

Ferid didn't need to show Y/n the pictures anymore. He could tell which vampire had killed this poor girl's friend.

"It will be okay," Ferid almost cooed, "Just sit down and relax-"

"I can't!" Y/n exclaimed in a whisper, then she shook her head as she mumbled barely below a whisper even "...I can't..."

"Yes, you can," the noble smiled, "He can't get you as long as your here. I swear."

"He can't...? You promise?"

Ferid stepped back and put his hand over his heart with a large grin on his face and closed his eyes.

"Cross my heart and hope to die."

Y/n's zooming mind and racing heart calmed a bit.

He promised. Everything would probably be okay.

"Okay..." Y/n breathed.

Ferid's smile widened but became softer. More soothing, if you will. He closed the distance he had created from Y/n before he gently grabbed the younger girl and pulled her towards his chest.

Ferid chuckled gently, "You need to know to relax when I tell you to," he teased softly, "I know what I'm doing, dear, but you have to trust me. I would never lie to you, little lamb."

"Yeah..." Y/n muttered, "Sorry..."

"It's alright. I suppose you did almost face your fears today, even though it might not have ended too well. It was a good first try, even if you didn't mean to."

Y/n let out a soft sigh, really leaning into Ferid, savoring the moment. Surprisingly, Y/n would have imagined that Ferid would have the tainted scent of blood or battlefield, but notably he smelled like Vanilla and roses.

"Why do you smell like Vanilla?" Y/n asked as she returned the embrace, wrapping her arms around Ferid's torso. 

It was such an out of the blue question that Ferid didn't respond right away.

"Pardon?"

Y/n repeated her question, "Why do you smell like Vanilla and roses?"

The noble was stunned, "I..." he wasn't entirely sure how to respond, "I suppose it's what I prefer to smell like? Roses are a luxurious smell in this part of our world."

"Oh."

"I can't say too much about Vanilla though...?"

"Okay."