"You aren't lying are you?" I ask as I squint my eyes at the man in front of me.

"Why would I?" Matthias smiles before looking at me seriously, "Then you should understand that you have to disappear from his life?"

For the first time since I have been confined, I smile at the man, "It will be my pleasure if you can take this thing off," I lean my head back as I point at the collar that is binding me to this room.

He stares at the leather collar on my neck before reaching for it. He trails his fingers on it before sighing. "So troublesome. This collar has been reinforced with Nikolas' powers in it. Looks like we won't be able to take it off without your owner."

Since he is closer to me than before, I can smell him more clearly than before, "You... Smell familiar."

"Really? How familiar?" he asks as he leans closer, so I start sniffing his neck.

"Annoyingly familiar... Yet, it is not the same. Perhaps are you-"

I stop mid-sentence when I hear a familiar and dangerous growl. Looking at the door, I see Nikolas walking toward us. With bloody red eyes, he yanked Matthias by his shirt and growled, "What the hell do you think you are you doing?"

"What? I only came to say hello to your mate. Isn't that right?" Matthias glances at me with a cocky smile directed at the other man.

I raise an eyebrow at him, "No, he was telling me to disappear since you, Nikolas, belong to him."

"Is this one of your bad jokes again?" Nikolas sighs as he let go of the man's shirt. "I do not belong to him nor do we share a relationship together."

"That's so mean," Matthias whines, "I apologize for earlier," he straightens his clothes before regaining his smile, "My name is Matthias and I'm that guy's older brother."

Older brother, that means that he is a Pure too. I sigh, so he was lying and I have been played by this family. First Katie, then Nikolas and now Matthias? I have the worst luck ever. That is why all their smells are so familiar, I have been linking them to Nikolas. This is bad, I am getting attached. I have to stop relating everything to that man.

"What is your business here?" Nikolas asks as he sits down next to me making me move away.

"Like I said, I came to see that mate of yours. Since mom and dad already saw him, I can't be the only one kept in the dark. But he doesn't seem to like you much," the older brother answers as he sits down and reaches for his coffee.

"He has a wilder side, but I am working on it," Nikolas says as I huff. I am not like a wild cat that you can just pick up from the street and hope for me to be licking your feet in gratitude.

"Really?" the older man hums, "I can see that it is working. He may be a little defiant, but it's only a facade," I grit my teeth at his statement since I know it is somewhat true. I will not be tamed nor will I become that man's bitch. I don't need anyone. I will live my life in solitude like I have been doing for the past decades. "Well, I can't wait to see the results. I will be going now, see ya, little brother."

I watch the man leave the room as Nikolas and I stay silent. I can't believe they talked as if I haven't been there. Sulking, I refuse to turn around and face the man. He can sleep on the couch again if he wants since I will not be sharing the damn bed.

"Ania told me that you have eaten everything."

"What about it?" I mutter as I watch a bird fly by the window.

"Do you need blood?" he asks as I can feel his stare on the back of my head.

"I am not going to mate with you if that' what you are implying."

"That's fine by me. Let's see how long you can last."

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How long has it been? I can't take it anymore. My body feels so heavy and breathing is becoming a hassle. I need blood or else... I can already feel my fangs pushing against my gums. I won't be able to last anymore. How long has it been since I had blood? Has it been one week or two?

"Sir Micah, here's your food," Ania calls making me frown in confusion. Food? She means blood, she has blood. She is food. "Sir?"

Her face comes in my line of vision, "G-get away..."

"What? Are you sick?" she asks in confusion before fear clouds her eyes, "Y-your eyes..." she puts her hands on her mouth as she takes a few steps back.

What? So she doesn't know about us? I see... I am very sorry Ania, but I don't think I can control myself anymore. I gasp in pain when I feel my survival instincts push forward.

"M-Micah?" she weakly whimpers as if calling my name will save her life.

When I open back my eyes and I see her, I jump off the bed and lunge at her. She screams, but the chain at my neck pulls me back making me fall back on the ground. Growling, I grab the chain and pulls at it, but it doesn't even budge. A sound makes me look back on my prey and I see her struggling with the door. I can't let her escape!

Putting more effort into it, my scent flows out as I concentrate on her, "Stop and come back here," I grit out with much pain. Ania stops struggling with the door and with her head down, she slowly walks back, but then stop as if she starts to hesitate. I repeat my order as she slowly makes her way toward me, "Kneal."

She does as I say before tilting her neck to the side making me lick my lips. With shaking hands, I grab her hair and sink my canines into her neck. Greedily, I suck the nectar coursing through her veins as we both moan in pleasure. Near the end, I feel her spasm in my arms before going limp. Letting go of her, the body now empty of life falls on the floor.

I need more This is not nearly enough. Again, I try to pull at the chains, but I fail. Annoyed, I lunge at the wall with my fist ready to destroy the it. Without hesitating, I punch it with all my strength creating a hole big enough, so the chain isn't fixed to the wall anymore. Satisfied, I rush to the window and jump out. Landing on my feet, I run out of the house's property. Jumping over the fence, I run my way toward the city.

Inside the woods, I silently run while avoiding the trees and bushes. Then I stop when I hear something on my right. While listening closely, I hear two, no three people laughing. Smiling, I leave in a sprint toward them. In only a few minutes, I can already see my preys sitting on the ground around a campfire. Smiling to myself, I silently walk toward them. I like it when they try to run away but now is not the time. All I want is blood, their gender doesn't matter. I can see and feel their hearts pumping inside their body. Just thinking about it makes me shiver.

I wait in the dark until one of them decide to go to the car. Humming, I follow him and once he is in my reach, I reach for the guy's shoulder before sinking my teeth into his neck. He tried to scream, but I put one of my hand on his mouth, so it only comes out as a muffled sound.

Slowly pulling out, I pant in ecstasy as a whisper to the boy's ear, "Don't worry, it's my first time with a guy too. Don't you find it exciting to try something new?"

Without waiting a second later or for his answer, I sink my fangs back into him making him jolt as the distinctive smell of semen reaches my nose. Done with him, I let his body fall down on the ground as I turn around for the other two. Licking my lips free of blood, I don't bother to hide my presence as I decrease the distance separating me from my two other preys. Since they are too busy kissing their faces off, they don't notice me until it is too late. When they are within my reach, with both hands, I reach for their necks. They start to struggle in my grasp, but I am still stronger than them. I notice that the girl is about to scream, so I tighten my grip on her neck making her gargle before fainting. I let her go and intently stare at the boy.

"You guys are a couple isn't it?" I state even if I already know the answer.

"W-what about it?" he asks back making me smile evilly.

I let my aura out, "Stay still and watch me."

I let go of him as he starts to panic surely wondering why he can't move. Meanwhile, I kneel down reaching for the girl who has fainted.

"D-don't touch her!" he shouts angrily.

"Or what?" I chuckle as I gently push the hair covering her eyes away. "I have to say, you really have a bad taste in women..." I sigh as I let her go. "Somehow, she doesn't look tasty and she smells bad."

"W-what the hell are you talking about? A-are you going to kill me?" the boy asks as I stand up before putting my nose in the crook of his neck. I sniff his scent and... Nothing.

That's strange... Is it because I am not hungry anymore? I smell the guy again, "At least you smell better than her," I grumble before sinking my teeth inside his neck making the boy scream in pain.

What a disappointing taste. Why is it so bland? Still, I need more blood to regain my strength, so I force myself to drain him dry. As for the girl... I might just kill her, I don't want her. Plus, I can't risk it. Leaving no witness is the easier way.

"Micah," he calls my name making me roll my eyes.

Of course, he will find me. He only has to follow the smell of the blood in the air. I retract my fangs as I let the body go. "What? Congratulation for finding me?"

"Didn't I tell you to call for me when you need blood?" he growls as his eyes glow bright red in the darkness of the night. He is mad at me.

"Jealous that I had someone else's blood?" I taunt as I look down at the girl at my feet. "Without you, I can have any human I want. See, I already drained two people and there will be a third one."

"Yet in your state of consciousness, you only chose the two boys. The girl is still alive when it should have been your first choice. Why?"

"W-Why does it even matter?" I grit out.

While walking in my direction he states, "Why do you think?" he puts one of his fingers under my chin before lifting it up. Looking straight into his eyes, I can feel my cheeks heat up and the worse is that he can see it. "It's simple, you just crave my blood."

I push his hand away, "How is it possible? I only tasted it once. I can't become addicted to it with only a drop," I argue back.

He raises an eyebrow at me before chuckling. So annoying, I am so annoying to like this sound so much. "You didn't notice?"

Nikolas kneels down and pulls the girl into his arms. The air slowly becomes thicker with his aura emanating from him. Does he intend to influence her when she's unconscious? Impossible, it has never worked when I had tried numerous times. I watch them intently as the girl slowly opens her eyes and nods at whatever Nikolas is saying. I guess the gap between a normal vampire and a Pure is larger than I thought.

But how is it possible that I have been having his blood? I don't remember taking any. Is it possible that he has given me some in my sleep? No, I will have known. Then, the only way to make me have it without noticing is in my food? Now that I remember, sometimes the meats, the soups or the drinks have been giving me weird reactions as if I have been drugged.

"You... Put it in my... Food?" I ask hesitantly not wanting to acknowledge it.

"I told Ania to put it in your food saying that it was your medicine," he explains before staring at me by the corner of his eye, "You know that hiring a human and keeping it in check with my mind control is a hard job even for a Pure? So losing her is quite troublesome."

"As if I care, she was only a human. If she was a vampire, you wouldn't have had that problem."

"You are going back with me. This time, I will make sure that the wall isn't so weak," he grabs the chain that has been trailing on the ground the whole time. "And don't you think you will be able to get away from this stunt without a punishment," he warns as he pulls me closer to his face making my hand twitch in fear.

"I am not a dog that you can order around!" I shout at him furiously while ignoring my instincts to submit to the man in front of me. "I don't care if you're a Pure or my mate. If you think that I will obediently listen to all your orders, look somewhere else."

"Why are you resisting our bond? I know you can feel it. Usually, mates can't resist each other for this long, so why?" he asks back with an accusatory tone.

"Maybe it's because I don't want to be your mate!"

He squints his eyes at me before sighing, "Forgive me, Micah," he mumbles an apology.

"Why?"

"For this," he states before I gasp as an immense pain erupt in my head and body.

What's happening? I feel as if someone is trying to invade my mind. Gritting my teeth, I push him away from me as I fall on the ground while gripping at my hair. Get out, get out of my mind!

"Don't resist it. If you do, the pain will only get worse. Accept me, Micah. Let me in and I promise that it will be finished in a minute," Nikolas gently whispers as he takes me into his arms.

"N-no, get out of my head!" I gasp as another wave of pain comes through me making me feel as if I have been broken in two.

"Accept me, Micah."

"N-no! I don't want you to see it!" If I accept him into my head, he will be able to access all the thoughts and memories that I have hidden away. I just want to forget them, but somehow, they still haunt my memories. "P-please... Stop," I sob as I feel my consciousness slipping away from me.