Deadly Trust

Valentine Pavilion

I scoop my beautiful Lev up and growl at Rex. "Well don't just stand there go tell Celia to get her ass up here. Now!"

Rex uses his speed to drag Celia and her supplies into my room as I un-cocoon my beloved. As they come running in Celia asks running over.

"What happened to him"

I try to answer as calmly as I can."He fell off the bed and hit his head really hard"

I become a little more frantic the more I think about it.

"Can't you do something already!" I yell kinda mad.

She looks at Rex then at me then at Lev and says calmly;

"I will do everything I can to help him, King Valentine, calm down already. Also step out, if you will continue to fuss"

I growl at her idea of me leaving my beloved. Celia puts two of her fingers onto Lev's neck to check his pulse then quickly grabs a syringe and injects him with a silvery red substance that looks like vampire blood.

"What the hell is that!?" I ask and she checks his pulse again.

"How could you not tell his heart wasn't beating, your welcome by the way." She says then shakes her head.

"If you don't want to turn him yet when he wakes he needs your blood." She says and I nod. "Also you need to keep him under watch, new fledglings arrived this morning. They have been acting twitchy since they got here" She says with full seriousness for the first time in a long time.

"I will be with him at all times, about with the fledglings, Rex have someone watch them"

Rex grunts then looks at me and I nod.

"Your beloved is coming to, I'll leave you two," Celia says and drags Rex and her supply's out of the room.

"Lev, Lev beloved," I say and Lev starts to open his eyes. "Hey Lev, baby you scared me."

"I'm sorry," Lev says quick to respond and I hug him pulling him close to me.

"You are staying under close watch from now on by our doctor until I turn you," I say leaving no room for argument. I straddle Lev's stomach and sigh.

"You need me to drink your blood again don't you." He mumbles and I nod. "Fine but you have to explain why." I nod again and bite my wrist only this time he takes my wrist and drinks it himself.

He pushes my wrist away after one mouthful but I keep it there.

"More" I growl, it might be the euphoric feeling or the fact the more he drinks my blood the longer I have before the vampire blood will kill him.

I pull my wrist away as soon as I think he has enough to last him a month.

"Now explain," Lev says and I look at his now pouty red lips. I stay on top of him and put my hands on both sides of his head bringing me closer to him and in a more sexual position.

"Vampire blood and vampire venom are the only ways to change a human into a vampire, only a royals blood can slow down that process but once you have the blood of that royal when it wears off the vampire blood or venom will kill you, in a month I have to give you more of my blood or change you," I state simply and peck his blood-stained lips.

"Does garlic hurt you?" Lev asks actually curious.

I laugh and respond "no, but it does thin human blood so it's easier to drink."

"Crosses?" He asks and I shake my head.

"Two lines can't do anything to us, actually I think we have one in the hallway."

"Sunlight?" Lev continues and I raise an eyebrow.

"I was in it to go see your alpha, it just makes us tanner like everyone else." I smile and continue "we can see our reflection in mirrors. Wild rose and Hawthorne are literally just plants. Mustard seeds won't keep us away. Rosary's and holy water are so stupid, oh yeah this necklace and water will harm vampires. We can enter homes without permission. We can walk on consecrated ground and walk through running water... I think that's it... yeah, that's it." I smile at Lev's bewildered look.

I boop Lev's nose, then I tilt my head. "Lev, how badly did your pack abuse you?" I ask my finger tracing a branding on his neck, one where my mark will be.

Lev shutters and tried to move away from my touch getting his flannel to move I growl at another branding I see. I start undoing the buttons to his flannel to show me everything. Lev grabs my hands to stop me but I pin them above his head not having any of it.

"Valentine stop! Don't do this! Stop it, Valentine, please!" Lev screams and starts to struggle.

I stop for a moment to wipe a tear from his face and to run my knuckles over his cheek, effectively getting him to calm down before I rip off the rest of his flannel.

He screams and struggles as I take off my tux jacket and his flannel. I hold him still as I slowly and carefully start to unravel his bandages making sure not to rip any of his injuries.

"Oh beloved," I say and look at all of the scars and brandings covering every part of his body.

I look at his back and see that it's already starting to scab over, must be his quick healing thingy. I throw his flannel in a trash can with the bandages.

"I'm sorry for pushing you beloved, I need you to know this" I point at his chest "will never happen again. You will never have to see that alpha again."

I sigh and run a hand through my hair. "Okay, you need to take a shower, do you need help?" I ask and he shakes his head.

"Okay, I'll leave some clothes in there before you get out," I say and point to a door. He, with some help from the walls, walks into the bathroom and I sigh and plop onto the floor wanting to hit something. 

BTW hope you enjoy this chapter ad thank you for your patience.