Since it wasn’t still too early, I and Ai decided to cuddle in the bed together keeping each other warm. Well, I was cold because of her body and she was warm because of mine but that still counts right? I hope so. Honestly speaking, I didn’t really care because this felt amazing and I wanted this experience to not end at all. I wanted this moment to not end but then.
"Kazuki-sama, it’s time for you to wake up for your school," Akira said appearing out of thin air and standing right behind our bed startling the both of us. We both quickly got up with a big blush on our faces and stared at the brown-eyed noble and coughed acting as if nothing was happening.
"Ahem, okay Akira. Thank you for that," I said to her and she bowed down respectfully. "Were there any complications last night?"
She got silent for some seconds and we got a bit anxious. She exhaled and we held our breath thinking of what she was about to say and whether we would be ready for the information that was going to be told to us. "There was one vampire who had been at the front door the entire night."
"What?" we both said in unison confused by what was told to us.
If I heard that right, Akira that there was a vampire standing at the front door the entire night. But why? Why did it not try to break in? This is so weird.
"Are you sure about this Akira?" I asked cross-checking with the noble and she nodded.
"Yes, I would never dare give half or false information to Kazuki-sama. I created a wind barrier around the place and I could sense a presence at the front door and have been on my high toes. If things were to get dire, I was already ready to take the both of you to safety but the vampire didn’t do anything. It just stood there the entire night and knocked on the door at midnight and 4:00 AM a couple of times but outside that, it did nothing. Even if it tried to move an inch, I would have noticed but it doesn’t and when the sun started to rise, the vampire just left," Akira explain, and both titled our heads in confusion.
"Any information on the vampire?" I asked and Akira nodded.
"The vampire is supposed to be just an ordinary vampire but even though I could feel it wasn’t that old…the strength of this vampire was scarily immense," she said. "The vampire was strong enough to give a four hundred years old noble a run for their money."
Hearing that, both our faces dropped and we started getting a bit concerned. I didn’t know something like that was also something that was possible. The only option I could think of is the vampire being a half-vampire or a vampire whose parents were vampires. Those are the only two cases I can think of which makes this speculation plausible. I hope that is not the case because if yes, we may be in some more trouble.
Moreover, it will also be right for us to assume that this vampire works under Dominic because if not this is too great of a coincidence. We have been laying low for the most part of our break from the VEO so a vampire appearing at our doorstep out of nowhere isn’t something that we should be expecting.
"Anything else that happened?" I asked her and she shook her head. I held my chin thinking a little more. "Okay, then Akira. You are done for the day so you can go back to your place and rest."
Thank you, Kazuki-sama," she said formally bowing down. "Well then, I’ll be taking my leave. If you need me, feel free to call me. I will appear the moment you call me."
"Okay Akira," I said, and just like that, the noble disappeared before us into nothing. I let out a little sigh and looked at Ai who was looking worried. "What is it, Ai?"
"I’m worried Kazu-kun," she spoke up. "After the attack from that man, we cannot be too careful. I’ve fought him myself and I have seen a glimpse of what we could do firsthand. Never had I felt this helpless like prey just waiting to be killed by the predator ever in my life. It was scary."
Thinking of the things that happened yesterday, she hugged herself tightly her body starting to shake. I could see the mix of anger and fear in her eyes.
I placed my hand on her shoulder and she looked at me, her eyes shining brightly in the still-dark room with the curtains still up. I held her head and pulled it towards my chest. I wrapped my arms around her head and started rocking back and forth gently while patting her head.
"Ai, if you don’t mind. What did Domini- "
As soon as I started speaking his name, Ai started tensing up. She dug her nails deep in my hand making it bleed. I held up to the pain and reframed the sentence.
"What did that man say to you when you were fighting him?" I asked and her body shook up. "What is he after?"
I felt Ai’s body tremble as recollected her memories and she kept silent. I waited patiently for her to respond and hug her tighter. She moved closer to me and now she was hugging me like a koala and I was waiting for her to responding her close to me.
"He…" she started speaking. "…he said that he wanted to capture you and use your blood as an offering for the lord of the night. If she had your blood, no one even knows how strong she might be. She may just be…undefeatable after that and with me…"
"He wanted you for something too?" I asked and she nodded in my chest. "He said that he wanted me to be the vessel to embody the lord of the night she is woken up. After having your blood, her body may not be able to hold onto her immense power and her body will decimate. He had been looking for the perfect vessel for her and…he chose m- Kazu-kun?"
Hearing Ai’s words of what Dominic intended to do to her, my blood started boiling. I started hugging her as tight I could and I held Ai’s in my chest not showing her the look on my face. I could not see it myself but I can only imagine how ugly it was looking since the anger in my body was seeping through me now. I could feel the air around me heating up for some reason. I looked at Ai but she was just worried about me.
"Why is getting hot here?" Ai asked me and I looked at her worried face my expression instantly vanished and so did the heat. Wait, was that me?
What is going on with me?
"Nothing, sorry I lost control of my emotions for a minute," I said to her and she snuggled her face in my chest.
"No, don’t apologize. Kazu-kun got angry hearing what that man intended to do to me and got angry for my sake. It makes me feel so special. Hehehe, Kazu-kun is so sexy when he is angry," Ai said and looked at her confused.
"How is that sexy though?" I asked her and she giggled and I rubbed her back. "Anyways, yes, I did get angry for your sake because I cannot have just anyone take you and use you, however, they want as per their needs. Ai is a person and not a thing. The same goes for me, I am not allowing that guy to do just anything to me. Who the hell does he think he is?"
Ai giggled and I pat her head and then she rests her neck on mine. Her sweet smell intoxicated my nostrils and I held back the urge to push her down and bite her ne-
What am I even thinking?
Is it because of what Ethan said?
Will I really turn into a vampire?
I don’t have any resentment toward being a vampire but only being able to go out at the night seems like an annoying inconvenience. I want to go around anytime I want any way I want since that was something I have been doing my entire life. I don’t want that to be taken away.
Also, of what I may do if I become a vampire.
I know how I have been in the past when I killed one of the killers of my father and how that one event completely changed the perception of how I saw myself. I don’t want to be a monster. I am not one.
I’m not a monster mom and dad, you didn’t give birth to a monster. Even though I call myself that but I’m not one.
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