Chained To A Vampire (ON HOLD)

Chapter Sixteen

Authors note

I am so sorry i've been so quiet for so long, this whole lockdown really threw my creativity. Fingers crossed i have it back now as i've really missed my writing and all my readers. Hope you have all been coping to the best of your abilities in this trying time.

Sweet Nightmares

Lilitha

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Releasing Sapphires shoulder, licking the wound closed i lean up staring down into her dazed eyes, once they were a stunning blue, now they look like red black opals. Shining stunningly, hauntingly beautiful, her eyes clear and she focuses on me intently, her head tilting like a wild animal would. Her face is covered with splatters of blood, her skin is flushed, her skin is still warm to my touch, the cuffs connecting our wrists are glowing slightly with gold. Sapphire's body writhes against mine, causing my body to stir, forcing down my urges i focus deeper on her, i know she has changed, she made a portal, she drank my blood but she still looks like her, she still smells like her with a new smokiness entwined, her blood still tastes like nectar of the gods, addicting.

"Sapphire." I whisper reverently, her brows furrow, her lips pursing.

"Sapphire?" Her voice is husky, like someone who has smoked too many cigarettes.

"Yes, your name is Sapphire. Do you remember?" I ask, her gaze goes distant as if searching her mind for answers.

"Paul? ..." Her gaze comes back to mine, i breathe a sigh of relief.

"Yes i am Paul, youre Sapphire. What happened to you?" I whisper, stroking a tendril of hair from her face, her flinch does not go unnoticed, anger blossoms in my stomach.

"Eihort." Her single word has my rage boiling, fire burns brightly in her eyes, her fangs lengthening, twice the length of mine, another pair of smaller fangs neighbour them. 

"Where is he?" Her gaze jolts back to mine.

"Dead, i killed him." Her voice is void of emotions, i drop my head to my chest, thanking whatever gods are listening, pride for Sapphire swells in my chest. Standing slowly i grip her cuffed hand, pulling her to her feet, her gaze finds the cuffs and i feel the immediate change in her, her body tenses, lips pulled back as she yanks against the cuff.

"You dare chain me!" Her voice screeches before her fist aims for my cheek, but to my complete surprise her fist hits a shimmery golden barrier before reaching me, this only infuriates her more. She fights like a wildcat, hissing and scratching but the barrier holds firm until her shoulders slump, tentatively i reach for her, only to gasp in surprise as she sinks her fangs into my wrist, spinning her i trap her against my body as i let her feed from me. Her body melds against mine perfectly, just the way she was meant to be. I feel my body's warning so i sink my own fangs into her neck, connecting us in a full circle as she keeps feeding but i feel her body softening, heating at my touch, eventually she releases my arm, her head laying back on my shoulder, panting, as i slip my fangs from her neck.

"You came for me." Her voice whispers in wonderment.

"I will always come for you Sapphire." Twisting her in my arms she rests her palm against my cheek, tears in her beautiful eyes.

"I don't know what i am anymore Paul. Theres a darkness in me that i cant control. Eihort forced me to take his blood, then i killed him and the demons by drinking their blood. What am i?" She asks, scared, i pull her tight against me, our cuffed hands entwined as i hold her head against my chest, kissing the top of her head.