Viktor’s POV

His taste, his smell, everything about him is sweet.

My mind repeatedly played the scenes from last night, where I have that stranger in my hands—shuddering for me . I actually sniffed him not on purpose, solely just so I could intimidate him not to tell others about my identity. Yet it took a devastating turn after that, when he smelled delectable which is quite strange for a mere human. But one thing that irks me the most last night was the fact that I bleed too much my blood scent almost masked his body’s scent.

I wish I could clean his body from my blood so I could smell him more.

I glanced at both of my hands—one that held his small wrists and another one that felt the warmth of his skin when I caresed his back; they were  trembling vigorously from getting addicted to him. We parted ways just a few hours ago, not even a day, yet I long for him in my arms. I want to kiss him, ! want to hug him, I want to-

“Master?”

The voice of a woman shook me from my daydream.

I tilted my head up to see my secretary, alias my foster little sister, and alias my Beta, Zhena Froststriker staring down on me, her expression was as cold as ever despite that concern in her tone.

I gave her a signal that I was listening, and with that, she began to flip a paper inside the file she held.

“Regarding the culprit who ambushed you last night, we managed to track them down. Here are the informations.”

She handed me the file.

When I opened the file, only at the first page, I know exactly who the culprit was when I saw their names.

Bloodikar Clan.

They were one of the werewolves clan that took care of one of the regions in this country. Though, suddenly they went rogue not too long ago and started invading the neighbouring region, attacking other clan members as they did.

My clan also included.

What really happened last night was me getting attacked after our scout group got ambushed. Mysteriously, despite gatting attacked endlessly, I can’t feel the enemies presence except only one presence.

Does that mean only one person attacked us last night?

But that is impossible to do considering our moderately large numbers and my presence. But with an Ultima, maybe...

“Master?” Zhena called again, probably noticing my deep thoughts.

I shook away from my daze and glanced at her before giving her a head shake, telling her that I’m fine.

“How about the other members that were injured?”

“Yes. Luckily they are doing fine now and are recuperating.” Zhena replied.

I responded with a nod while heaving a relieved sigh.  

After the ambush, I told my other members to flee while I became the bait, and for a duration that I didn’t know, I somehow managed to disappear from the enemy’s tracks. However, my wounds were too deep for me to be able to return back to the clan base, so I fell unconscious somewhere. That was when I met that doctor.

Talking about injuries...

“Hmm?” I inspected my body that is clean from any injuries. That... is odd. I was supposed to meet the clan doctor today but there were no injuries at all.

“Zhena, do I look fine to you?”

She narrowed her eyes and scanned me.

“I am surprised by it myself too, You came back unscatched, as if that ambush had never happened.” She commented.

Indeed. In additional of my external wounds recovered, I also didn’t feel any internal pain. Suddenly I smirked.

“What happened, Master?” Zhena probed, despite looking like a statue her eyes displayed the every bit of expression she has. She is curious.

“Zhena, maybe I have found a living elixir.” I caned my chin on the armrest of my workchair

“Living elixir...” She paused before looking at me, eyes looked surprised. “But a living elixir is...”

“Yeah.” I nodded. Seeing the solid evidence right in front of my eyes, I realized that something is there inside that delicious smelling male. I couldn’t put where but if he is what caused me to heal, then I have to get it.

Rishan’s POV

I groaned and massaged my head. The pain eased a little bit when I laid down on the sofa, but it was still there. Deciding that I am really not in a good condition now, I took out my phone and dialed a number.

“Hello?”

I said when the other recipient picked up.

“Mister McKenzy? What can I do for you?” 

“Elliot, hi. I am sorry but I don’t think I can come to the clinic today. I suddenly got a headache.”

The nurse named Elliot mouthed an OH.

“It’s okay, sir. We really appreciate your effort of pulling a 16 hour shift for one week straight in the clinic, so you may rest as much as you want.”

I chuckled.

“I’m just doing my part as a doctor.”

Elliot paused.

“A doctor is also a human, sire.”

Her tone changed to a more snide one.

“Now take a rest for a few days and I will inform all the other employees. Have a good rest, Dr. Mckenzy.”

She ended the call.

I noticed from her tone that she was angry at me, but I knew it was for my good. After all, even doctors need a healthy life to be able to treat patients. I guess pulling a long shift continously really did take a toll on my body, I thought while pressing my throbbing forehead.

My peaceful morning were interrupted when again my phone rang. I looked at the number.

“Hmm? Why is she calling me again? Did she forget something?”

I raised my eyebrows to see her number on the screen.

I quickly swiped up and placed the phone near my ear.

“Elliot? What happened?”

“Hello, doctor. I am sorry for calling you again when you are resting, but apparently someone demands to see you. He is waiting in the hall.”

I blinked several times in confusion.

Did I promise an appointment with any of the patients? I don’t think I currently have any.

“Who is it?”

“I am not sure. They come in a group of seven, all clad in casual outfits, but something about them is unsettling...”

Were they a member of a cult?

Gosh, did I mistreat their members that they came for revenge?!

Suddenly the end of the line went quiet.

I heard a distant chattering and some shuffling sound before it got quiet again.

“Elliot?”

“Hello... doctor.”

I immediately froze.

That voice...

“You...”

I stopped, at loss of words.

I heard a coughing sound for a moment before the other person spoke.

“Can we meet, like, right now?”

Rishan’s POV

I don’t know what had gotten into me.

In one moment, I was talking with some strangers on the phone, and in the next moment, I was sitting beside that very stranger. I didn’t even know why I agreed to meet them. Well, he might not be just a stranger, because he was that werewolf man that I saved just a few hours ago.

“What do you want?”

I urged, my headache got worse by the minute.

He frowned at me for a quick moment, probably thinking why I sounded rude before returning to staring at the empty sidewalk. It was already nine in the morning and the sidewalk is empty? Hah, of course they would. Not everyone wanted to ruin their morning by stumbling upon a group of scary looking people in the park located just beside it.

It took him a couple of minutes before he uttered his first words.

“My name is Viktor Froststriker.”

I didn’t need to hear that didn’t I?

“...Why are you introducing yourself to me now?”

His fingers tapped on his crossed legs, as if thinking.

“As a matter of procedure... I guess?”

He said in a slightly mischievous tone.

It was unfair how he got that appealing deep voice going on for him. As for me, if not raspy, my voice sounded like a teenager that just hit puberty.

“What do you mean by that?”

I returned back to the topic.

“Ah, yes.”

His tapping stopped.

“I want to request something from you. Think you can help me?”

Absolutely, NOT.

Was what I wanted to say but the stares of all the other members beside him was killing me inside. My head throbbed, this time even stronger than before.

“...Alright, if it is within my capabilities.”

I massaged my temple.

He smiled.

“Fantastic.”

Then he motioned towards the others and two of them left the formation. I didn’t inform this earlier but they were guarding me and this Viktor guy in a circular formation, two at the side and four at the back. The front of me and him was empty.

The two from the four on the back disappeared somewhere, before they returned while driving two cars. My eyes widened as it paced between Viktor and the car.

“W-Where do you want to bring me?”

I said frantically.

“For now, follow me. I will explain it to you after we reached the destination.”

He pulled me towards the car.

We drove until we reached a place, which was a huge looking mansion.  He opened the car door and told me to enter the mansion first.

“Wait for me in the main room...”

He glanced towards the door.

“...Edward will the show you the way.”

On the front door, there was an old looking butler with a stoic appearance. He bowed down to me before politely motioning me to enter the mansion.

“Please come in.”

He said and led me towards the said room.

Viktor appeared after being gone for a few minutes. In his hand there was a knife.

“Alright, this is just an experiment.”

  He pressed the palm of his his other hand onto the sharp edge of the blade and it bled.

“Wha-? What are you doing?!”

My eyes widened in suprise.

“Okay...”

He showed me his wounded hand, blood was dripping from it.

“Do you want to help me heal this wound?”

Of course I DON’T want to, because he hurt himself. But as someone who swore the Hypocratic Oath, there is no way I could ignore an injured person, be it their own fault or not.

“...I do...”

I said hesitantly.

Okay, he brought me to this unknown place, and now he wanted me to heal him?

What in the world?!

“Then...”

 He suddenly took off his jacket with one hand.

“Take off your clothes.”

I stared at him agape.

Did I heard him wrong?

“For what?”

He didn’t reply. Instead, he pushed me down onto the king sized bed behind me and began peeling off my clothes.

I was baffled by the sudden turn of events that I was caught in  atrance for a moment. Luckily my hands were able to move and grabbed his wrist the moment he took off my coat.

“Wait! What is all this about?”

He cast his eyes down on me.

“This is included in the procedure...”

He gazed at me for a few moments before leaning closer to me.

“You don’t have to do anything. Just stay still, I promise I won’t hurt you.”

I gazed at him reluctantly. After what had happened before, his words were hard to believe. Even so, I shifted my head to the side and stayed still.

“...be quick.”

Rishan’s POV

“Ngh!”

I groaned and fastened the grip on the pillow when his nose poked my nape. Just like last night, he was sniffing me, mainly around my neck and shoulders. The only difference was his unwounded hand were carressing my back while his wounded hand rested at the close side of my face.

I gasped when his hand moved up to my upper back, and once again when he breathed on my nape, tickling my skin.

He kept his promise in not doing anything beyond just sniffing and touching allowed places, but is cornering still not an extreme action? I peeked down to our touching parts that was covered by only our trousers. Our bodies were so close it felt so hot. My throbbing head felt woozy from the heat and my legs just gave up on his waist.

I flinched again when he pecked the area below my ears.

“Viktor...”

I mindlessly blurted out.

He froze for a second and retracted back a bit to look at me. I don’t know what face he made when he did that, because I was facing to the side while I grabbed his wrist, trying to hide my face near his clenching  hand. I tried to stabilize my rugged breath.

“Heh...”

I heard him chuckle.

“If you became like this just from our bodies touching, what would happen if we proceed further?”

He slowly pulled his hand that was on my side and glanced at it. Then, his eyebrows rose slightly. I was too drained to see his next reaction, and my headache overpowered me.

So in that moment, I fell unconscious.