Sanguis Amoris

Chapter II

Dhampir

I have already decided and accepted to end my life. I don't even have a single reason to live but this man in front of me just declared that he needed to keep me by his side as his-

"Thrall?"

I don't understand a single thing he just said. Buong pagkakaalam ko ay mamamatay na rin ako ngayon o sa madaling panahon kasi wala na rin namang silbi ang buhay ko.

In a blink of an eye, nasa isang veranda na kami at pahina na rin ang ulan. Nakaramdam ako ng kaunting hilo at inalalayan naman niya ako. Isa ba 'yon sa mga kakayahan niya bilang isang bampira?

"I own you, in other words, you're my food," why does he have to say that in such words?

"So you're saying that you are a real vampire? You're joking, right?" I asked because I'm still not sinking it right.

"Should I feed from you right now to prove that, I will," he said as he licked his sharp fangs.

So totoo nga. Kaya pala ganito siya kaputla na akala ko ay natural na puti niya lang. He even teleported us here. Lolokohin ko pa ba ang sarili kong huwag maniwala.

"Binili mo ako para lang doon?"

"Yes,"

"Why? Bakit ako?"

"Bakit hindi ikaw?"

He's really something. I sighed. I faced the night sky as soon as the rain stopped. Madilim at makulimlim pa rin.

"Can't you just kill me and find someone else?" I spoke.

"Why are you so persistent in killing yourself?"

"It's already meaningless. I don't have a reason to still live,"

"You have now. I already said it,"

"What? To be your thrall? Papahirapan mo lang din naman ako, why take it that long?"

"Because I need you," napatingin naman ako sa kaniya. Those words again, it flutters me but its just hard for me to accept it.

"I need you as my thrall. Don't worry I can dispose of you after, you can even ask for me to end your life when that day comes,"

Iniwas ko rin agad ang tingin ko. Right. He needs me as his food. Nothing else.

"You're basically making my life harder for me in a span of I don't know how long,"

"As long as you serve me, that's not my problem," he said with a cold gaze.

MORNING came and a knock on my door woke me up.

"Miss Alec, you will be late for school,"

School? Napabangon ako agad at sumilay naman ang sikat ng araw sa mukha ko dahil sa nakahawinh kurtina. I now remember.

After that conversation with I-still-don't-know-his-name last night, he escorted me to this room and said that we must prepare for school when the sun rises.

Hindi pa agad ako naniwala sa kaniya kagabi dahil bakit naman papasok ang isang tulad niya sa eskwelahan? At isa pa, I already stopped going to school when I was 12.

Tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang pagkatok ng kung sinoman ang nasa harap ng kwarto ko na ngayon kaya bumangon na ako para pagbuksan siya. Isang may edad ng lalaki ang bumungad sa akin. He greeted me with a smile.

"Good morning, miss Alec. I am Ederick, young master's butler. You must get ready for school or young master will cast his rage upon you," he handed me a school uniform.