Owned ~ Ongoing

Chapter 8

Elizabeth's POV

Jesse had come into the room with a variety of eats on a tray. I was glad to see her. I'm so confused. What is his deal?! Am I food or a plaything?! Maybe I'm both. That's why I was glad to see her. I needed to clear my head for the moment.

"Thank you" I said to her while she placed the tray down in front of me. She smiled at me and nodded. It was the first time I actually looked at her properly. She had dark blonde hair that was shoulder length and bright blue eyes that lit up with her smile. She was quite pretty and her kindness amazed me. She seemed happy and it looked as if she was treated very well. Her body showed no evidence of her being mistreated in any way.

"How are you getting on?" She asked.

"I'm... ok, I guess." was all I could bring myself to say.

"You will be just fine sweety" she replied. "I will be back later again to help you with anything you may need and we can talk more then ok?"

"Ok." I said as she quietly let herself out. My mind went back to the eyes that were looking at me as I stood in the bath. Was that Liam? If so, how much of me did he see? How long was he there? It must have been him. I could feel my face start to burn at the thought of him watching me naked. I have never been naked infont of a man before. When we were hosed at the keep it was done with our clothes on and we were left alone to change. So the thought of being seen naked, especially by Liam, was a strange and uncomfortable idea to me. I am very self conscious. I always have been.

My stomach started growling at the the delicious aromas rising off of the tray. Yes that's right,... I need to eat. I need to regain my strength before tonight. That's what he said. He will be hungry. Was this going to happen every night? I really would appreciate a few days to recover as I was feeling really weak.

Why can't they just draw blood from us weekly or something. Oh right... you would have to have a sense of human decently for something like that!

I picked up a strawberry from a small bowl of fruit and shoved it into my mouth. It tasted amazing at first bite but then a strange taste started forming in my mouth. I quickly spat it out into my hand and tried to examine it.

"Its vitamins!" Liam's voice sounded from behind me. I turned in the chair to see him leaning against the closet door with his arms folded. He wore a white towel around his waist and the rest of him was in full view.

"V..ita..mins?" I chocked, trying to hide the embarrassment in my voice.

"Yes" he said with a smirk. "Its a special concoction vampires feed to their pets to help replenish their blood."

"Is it on all the food?" I asked now looking down at the tray.

"Here, let me show you.." he said as he slowly approached me. His hands were now at his sides. I could see his bare chest still moist with water droplets that ran along the curves of his muscles. He was ripped!!.... and pale... so pale. Gosh I'm gawking! I turned my head down as he leaned over the tray and picked up a blueberry.

"Open up" he said as he brought it to my lips. I opened my mouth and he put the berry inside making sure to let his finger linger on my lips for a moment before he moved it away.

"Now chew it slowly and swallow" he instructed in a hushed voice.

I did. It tasted sweet with just a hint of a lemony aftertaste.

"Now stand up" he told me as he pulled the chair to face him. I stood up slowly as he was right in front of me. He didn't move. He stayed where he was and put his hands on my shoulders. "Now how do you feel?" he asked.

"My head still hurts" I responded while bringing my hand up to my neck.

He moved a step closer to me. This automatically made me nervous. I'm not ready to be fed on again. Not yet.

"Give it a second" he whispered to me, his hand now finding its way to my lower back. I closed my eyes as tight as I could preparing for another bite to my neck.

He pulled me in closer to him. My hands balled into fists now up against his bare chest. His skin was cool and still damp.

"We are leaving in 10 minutes Little Lizzy." was all I heard before he stepped back completely and went back into the bathroom.

What the hell was that? Is he insane?

And how does he know I prefer Lizzy to my full name???