𝔙𝔞𝔪𝔭𝔦𝔯𝔢'𝔰 𝔅𝔯𝔦𝔡𝔢

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑

Italic - is thoughts
Underline - is the narrator
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Soon Niki made it home, his head still filled with that girl

-3rd pov-

Niki entered the house quietly and didn't see anyone in the living room or kitchen, everyone was asleep or in their rooms

He quietly made his way through the dark house, trying his best to not make any noise. He walked down the hall and stopped in front of Jake's room, he knocked on the door quietly

Niki heard movement on the other side, signaling that Jake was still awake "Come in" he heard his brother's voice

Niki slowly opened the door and walked inside the room, quietly closing the door behind him

"Hey..." He said in a low whisper, he looked over at Jake was sitting on his bed, scrolling through his phone

Jake looked up from his phone and smiled at Niki "Sup...how was your night out?" he asked as he put his phone down

Niki groaned and sat on the edge of the bed

"You won't believe the night I just had...." He said, his voice quiet so the other brothers didn't hear him

Jake raises a brow at the younger male, curious about his night "Tell me everything, and don't leave out a single detail"

Niki let out a huff and leaned back, a hand rubbing his face

"Well...I was walking through the city like usual and something caught my attention in an alleyway..."

Jake stayed quiet and let Niki tell him everything "Mhm..what happened next?"

"There was a girl, and 4 guys, they were surrounding her like a bunch of vultures," Niki said, a small, almost unnoticeable growl formed in his voice

a look of disgust forms upon Jake's face when he hears that

"I tried to walk away and mind my own business but....seeing those men surrounding her, trying to touch her and saying all those messed up things to her, I just...snapped."

Niki's hands clenched together in anger as he remembered what those guys were saying to her

Jake was disgusted, he wasn't surprised that Niki snapped because he would too if he were in Niki's shoes

"So you killed them?" Jake asked him. Niki nodded, looking down at his hands

"I did. I lost control, after everything they said to her and seeing them trying to touch her, seeing their hands on her..."

He could still remember the anger and possessiveness he felt when he saw her getting cornered and touched by those men

Jake nodded and put his hand on Niki's shoulder, rubbing it so he could calm down "Anything else happened?"

Niki took a moment to calm down, taking a slow deep breath

"After I....finished them, she was bleeding." He said, looking up at him now

"I couldn't leave her there bleeding, so I took her home and patched up her wound..."

"Mhm..." Jake hummed before saying something "I feel like you're leaving something out..."

Niki cursed under his breath. He knew Jake too well, he knew that Jake would know that he was leaving something out

"I...I might have...marked her..." He mumbled, avoiding eye contact with his older brother

Jake went quiet for a bit "Huh?" he was trying to wrap his head around what Niki said, he thought that he was hearing things

Niki groaned and ran his fingers through his hair, refusing to make eye contact with his older brother

"I...I marked her.." He repeated, saying it this time a bit louder, looking up at Jake "I marked her as mine and as my future wife..."

Jake was shocked, he didn't expect this would happen when he allowed Niki to sneak out

Niki could practically feel Jake's shock, he knew how shocking this whole thing was. Marking humans was against the law and Niki just broke it, he marked a human girl as his mate, his future wife

He was silently watching Jake's reaction to the news, a part of him feeling nervous and on edge waiting for his response

Jake let out a sigh and put his hand on Niki's shoulder "Do you know why there's a rule about having a human as a mate?"

Niki let out a huff, of course, he knew why the rule existed

"Yes, I know why there's a rule about having a human as a mate. It's because a human lifespan is short and we can't mark one as our wife. We will end up alone once they die..."

He said, he was well aware of the rule and why it was put in place in the first place "That's part of it and you can turn her into a vampire if she wants it" Jake said softly

Niki nodded slowly, turning a human into a vampire was an option. A part of him wondered what she would look like as a vampire, drinking and feeding from him, having fangs, glowing red eyes....she would look like a goddess

He suddenly shook his head, he couldn't let himself get carried away by his thoughts. Right now, he needs to focus on the present and what's happening now

"But besides that...Niki, you got attracted to the human girl because of her blood, right?"

Jake asked he wanted to make sure his theory was correct before telling Niki about it

Niki nodded, he had been attracted to her blood and it took a lot of willpower to not feed on her when he first saw her and tasted a few drops of it

"Yes...her blood....." He said, his voice quiet as he remembered the taste of it "How did it smell and taste like?" Jake asked, his theory was slowly becoming true

Niki closed his eyes, replaying the memory in his head. He tried to describe it

"It smelled sweet and it tasted even sweeter....it was like....ambrosia, a sweet nectar from a goddess....like nothing I have ever tasted before..."

"Mhm...different from any other blood you tasted, right?" Niki nodded, her blood was different from all the blood he had ever tasted. It was the best he had ever had

"Yes, her blood was different. I have never had something this good or this sweet.....it was addicting...I didn't want to stop drinking it...."

Jake bit his lower lip before speaking "Don't you think other vampires and other supernatural who drink blood or use blood will be attracted to her as well?"

Niki's eyes widened at that thought, he had been so focused on her and being near her that the thought of other supernatural beings being attracted to her blood never crossed his mind. But now that he did think about it, he knew Jake was right

"Yes....other blood-drinking creatures and beings could be attracted to her. Which means..."

"She would become a target...."