cursed by you┊. ➶ ˚lee felix

eleven

Ara woke up to find herself chained to a bed. 

Her arms were chained together above her head and the chains were secured into the wall. She panicked in the dark, looking around the room as she tried to break free. 

"There's no use struggling," a voice said, and Ara froze. She recalled that she'd been sedated, bagged, and brought by the prince's assistant into a limousine. 

She didn't recall arriving at his palace, or being chained to a bed. 

But she could recognise that voice.

"F-felix!?" She gasped as he stepped into the light, smiling at her. He sat down on the edge of the bed and watched her with admiration. 

"Why hello there~"

"What the hell is going on!?" Ara snapped, "was it true? You really set this up?" 

"Technically, no. I just bought you," Felix said simply, and suddenly he was on the bed, in front of her, grabbing her waist and pulling her up.

His eyes weren't red, the curse hadn't activated. It was definitely past midnight. 

So why was he acting like this?

Ara felt a lump rise in her throat. The whole reason Felix wanted her number was to deceive her? To kidnap her?

To this... weird place? Where was she? Enhypen had said this was the Thelean empire. Felix was a vampire. Enhypen were vampires. Why hadn't she suspected him?

The kindness, the apology, the support... even how he had healed her wounds... was it all an act?

"But why?" Ara asked, flinching as his arms pulled her closer to him, "why did you?"

Felix smiled, pushing a strand of hair away from her face as he whispered into her ear.

"Because you refused to cure me. Now that I have you here, I don't need to worry about asking you to cure me. Your blood will be enough."

Ara froze as Felix pushed her back onto the bed, kissing her. 

His lips were soft, but he wouldn't let her go. He brought his lips to her cheek, then down to her neck. She inhaled sharply as he bit into her neck, drinking her blood. 

She screamed, terrified. Why was he doing this to her? He wasn't even doing it by accident, he was doing it on purpose now, his curse wasn't activated. 

"I'll make you pay for this! I'll make you go to jail for life, and tell everyone your secret!" 

He took his fangs out of her flesh, licking the blood off her raw skin. Ara let out the breath she didn't even know she had been holding back, panting for air.

"You can't do that. Because you can't go back to Seoul, or to school. You should've said goodbye to Minho and Hyunjin. You'll never see them again."

Ara felt a lump rise in her throat. She'd taken them for granted. If only she'd said goodbye. If only she hadn't lost her phone. 

She wanted to go home. 

"You can't do this to me!" She cried, hot tears streaming down her face.

Felix smirked, reaching his hand to the back of her neck and pulling her in for another kiss.

"Yeah, I can. Because you're mine now."

The next morning...

Ara groaned as she woke up, her body aching from last night. Felix had ripped her clothes, bruised her lips, arms, and bit her everywhere.