[Completed] Riley Hayes | A Vampire Novel - Book I

Chapter 16 - Paying for the offenses

I didn't know who Tabatha was, never heard of her or seen her. I was hosted up from the ground and then looked at Beth. While the vampires were discussing my crime I mouthed at Beth in an asking manner who the fuck Tabatha was.

She mouthed something back but I didn't understand. I frowned at her, what? She mouthed it again but still no clue, she seemed frightened though. Was this Tabatha person that bad?

The two vampires held me tightly at my upper arm as they guided me back to the front of the slave quarters and knocked on the first door. A woman opened it, she seemed frustrated or something. She had permanent frown wrinkles on her forehead. "What was all that commotion I heard?" She demanded to know.

The vampire at my right side pushed me forward, "this slave was causing a fight, she roughed the other up badly. We thought it was best to let you solve this." The vampire explained while the woman eyed me up and down.

"She isn't a slave, she is the Lord's pet. She shouldn't have been there, take her back to the Lord's room. I'll pick this up with the Lord to decide a punishment." She waved her hand to the man to dismiss them and there I was being dragged back to the room I was supposed to be in already.

Two punishments in one day? First disrespecting Wyatt in the dining hall and now fighting. A new record, yay? I don't think Leuca is cheering, I'm so boned.

I dreaded when they knocked on the door, I dreaded to see Leuca after he strictly had told me to go back to the room. Why did that bitch Elaine challenge me? She's the cause of this.

The two vampires looked at each other after not receiving an answer yet. They opened the door and found it empty. "You stay here." The two men roughly pushed me into the room and luckily I caught my balance or I would've face-planted right into the floor.

They closed it behind me and there I was. He had said to prepare me for punishment but I didn't even know what that meant. Sit on my hands and knees with my ass in the air? Nah, surely not.

I let myself fall onto the couch and stared at the ceiling, how long until he rushed in here after hearing I caused some trouble? I can already imagine his face! Angry, frowny face and rage dancing in these deep blue ocean-like eyes.

The door opened and that's exactly the face I was imagining! Angry, frowny, and rage facing in his eyes. Yes, exactly that! Fuck.

"Riley!" He cursed at me and closed the door behind him. No bunny? He must be pretty mad. "I can't have a normal meeting with you running around! I fucking told you to go to the fucking room!" Yep, he pretty mad.

I placed my feet on the couch and wrapped my arms around my knees while leaning my chin on them. He was looking so angry and hot...

Wait, wait, what?

I mean just angry, those pheromones probably still messing with my head. He was attractive, very but I didn't find him hot. There's a line you just don't cross Riley Hayes, and your toe is close to the line. "In my defense, Elaine was threatening Beth and I won't let her." I huffed, just thinking about it angered me.

That whore.

He raised his eyebrows, "so you had to break her ribs? So you had to break her nose and break her teeth? Split her lip as well? And to top it all off fracture her knee!" He came closer to me and grabbed my chin. His fingers digging into my cheek.

He had fairly long nails but strangely it only made him more attractive. "You are in so much trouble, Tabatha does not appreciate one of her goods being damaged."

"Yeah who is she?" I mumbled, my words were hard to form while my cheek was being squished like a stress ball.

"She is the keeper of my slaves, she handles their punishments and their basic needs. She makes sure they do their job. I couldn't bother with it, but now you went ahead and mutilate Elaine!" He let go of my face rather roughly while pushing it to the side. "On the bed, on all fours." He then said.