Reign | Dark #1 (18+)

15. HOW IT WORKS

Feigh

I came to awareness slowly, stretched my body from head to toe and opened my eyes. Shocked as I saw my naked body without any top sheet wrapped around me, I snapped my head to see Draze, his eyes closed and his mouth slightly open. I snatched the top sheet to wrapped it around us.

I rolled over in the bed and sighed in contentment as I felt the overwhelming tiredness of our previous night's activities, then I suddenly felt a very discernible soreness between my legs causing my teeth to hiss and shut my eyes tightly to allow my body time to accommodate.

I yelped in surprise as Draze rolled me over and pulled me snug to his chest. "You're awake?" I asked the obvious thing.

He 'humphed' in the back of his throat, "Why don't you sleep for a little longer?" his voice hoarse.

"I think I already had enough."

"I see, you slept only for four hours. Why is that?"

"How do you know, I slept only for four hours?"

"I just knew. Because every time I leave you alone to have a rest and decided to come back after eight hours, you are already out of the bed, four hours earlier. So I just knew that you are not the girl who kind of sleep all day. But you seemed healthy, I don't sense any danger in your health."

"Ohh... I'm sorry. Did I wake you up?" I mumbled.

"No! I needed to attend the festivities tonight anyway," he replied and opened his eyes as he studied me intently. His voice tender, "How are you feeling?"

"I feel better now," I whispered as I bit my lip and Draze reached to extract it, the pad of his thumb smoothing over my lips. Tingles ran down my spine. I forced myself to focus on our conversation. "But it isn't time yet," I gushed and buried my face into the side of his face as I hugged him. He nuzzled and breathe into my neck.

"Yes, however, I have some private meetings with the Vampire Kings before the festivities will start," his breath tickling my neck as he said that.

I was thinking through his earlier words as I face to looked at him and commented, "How about your plan for me, are you still serious about turning me into a Vampire?"

He replied, "Yes—" then his face softened as he saw my alarmed expression but his words and decisions for me aren't negotiable. He continued, "The first step is for me to bite you. I will need to drain your blood until you are at the edge of death."

I think my mouth just hung open and I tried to speak but words wouldn't come out. He continued softly, "Don't worry. You wouldn't feel pain, I'll be gentle. I will be listening to your heartbeat skips, when I hear it, you'll going to have to drink my blood."

My eyes widened even further, still his eyes never leaving mine and then spoke tightly, "My blood will start your transition. After that, you will need to drink from human and we're done."

"But the argument last night explains that I won't survive your blood. What does it mean?"

His face darkened. "My father was the first Vampire ever, my mother was the first human he turned into a vampire. I heard that my mother was dead for a day but survive after my father asked help from a Faerie, after that, my father has been able to turn any human into a vampire without killing them. However, I didn't."

"You mean, you will need some help from a Faerie, but they didn't help you?" I knew confusion in my face was evident as my eyebrows arched. But Draze didn't seem to notice it because his eyes left mine and gazing into the distance.

Then I saw something in his face... pain.

But why?

His mouth was set in a thin line as he replied, "Faeries only interacts with Dragons. Given their status as one of the most dangerous ancient and distinct bloodlines. They don't want to have any allegiance with the other kingdom in the human realm."