Chapter 32: feelings part2

"The mark which I will give you will keep you alive but you will be stuck with me till your death" Fear, panic, hate and many other emotions started swarming within Zoe, but she casted them aside. She needed to live for her mother's sake, maybe there might even be a chance of survival and revenge if she stayed alive. He raised his hand before she could refuse, "Don't jump so quickly to conclusions. Think about it carefully. It's your life on the line"

"Is that equal to breaching the mind?" Master Eliot already had a hold of her life when it came to freedom. Though when she thought deeper about it, there were only advantages of being next to him than surviving by herself.

"It is going to be good for you than for me. I gain nothing from it," he smiled, his eyes twinkling looking at her.

But Zoe knew somewhere that was not all to it. This mark, a vampire could put any mark as they wished.

"Wait," A smile came to form on Eliot's lips. It was a scheming smile which only his shadows had seen at rare times.

"Did you decide?"

"This mark, what other things does it do? Can you explain it to me?" She asked him to make sure to know what she was getting herself into.

"Hmm. Apart from you being stuck with me till you die, I will still be able to find you. That is all it is when it comes to the mark I will place on you. The bond between you and me."

The way Eliot smiled at her right now, a secretive smile that didn't exactly breakthrough his lips but there was certain secrecy as he looked at her which made her wonder how much she could trust this man. Trust was broken in ways that she questioned if it was possible to trust a person again but at the same time, she couldn't stop to ask if the man had broken his word until now.

"It will bind you to me," he said, his eyes turning gradually cold and serious.

"Bind me as in forever?" she asked him. Zoe knew with her being under Eliot's shelter now, there wasn't going to much difference where she would have to continue serving him. At the same thought, she asked him with doubt, "Master Eliot, will I not be allowed to have a family of my own?"

Eliot let out a hearty laugh, "Of course not. You can take me as your family. I am your master and you are my pet. It is the best family one can expect to have."

Was Master Eliot being serious? Did this mean she would never have her own family and she would grow old as a lady and she would still be serving this vampire while he will still be looking like a young handsome man?!

"Master Eliot, I will grow old," Zoe said when Eliot started to play around with the strands of her hair, "I will grow old and will wither away."

"Don't worry. I will make sure that you will last longer than you think. I won't let you die in the meager years of the humans. You will be mine" Zoe didn't know but she could hardly try to imagine what that could be with Eliot standing close to her. Sharing the same breathing space which made Zoe's heart hitch up and down. He paused to see her bright red face making him grin suddenly, "Why do you look red? Caught a fever?" he asked, bringing his right hand and placed it flat on her forehead "you seem fine to me" Eliot said observing her bright red feature.

Before Zoe could speak or object Eliot had Zoe in his arms with his hands hooked securely under her knee joint, carrying her bridal style he gently laid her softly upon his bed.

Her heart thundering in her chest as if she was his meal and she wasn't going to live through the pain. He asked her, "What's got you so scared?"

"It's going to hurt," imagining about his fangs cutting through her skin only spiked her fear.

"Do you know, Zoe? Even pain can turn to pleasure," he said as he leaned close to her, placing one hand of his next to her head.

'The person must be truly mad to think pain is a pleasure,' Zoe thought out of nervousness.

Eliot hummed, looking at how nervous her pulse grew under him with her eyes that started to dilate, "If you haven't experienced it, you haven't experienced anything at all," in her case she hadn't experienced anything at all. The lack of communication when it came to the opposite sex in terms of relationship and intimacy was null, "Don't be so tense. I haven't bitten you once. A little time shouldn't be much difficult. You will get used to it and it would be a lie if I said I haven't been hoping to take a taste out of you," his whisper was enough to stiffen her. She was the opposite of being relaxed now.

He ran his finger across her pale looking neck, every touching raising the goosebumps on her skin which only thrilled the vampire, "How would you like me to bite you, little kitten?" Zoe blushed furiously at the question he posed in front of her. What sort of question was that?! This vampire was shameless but did he think she was shameless as well? "Your resistance will only excite me further to bite into you."

"M- Master Eliot, y- you are being very strange," 'yes master was strange' she complained. Maybe getting the bond wasn't a good idea.

"I thought I was always strange." He was being stranger than the normal times. He looked into her crystal blue eyes that looked at him. Her cheeks had turned red and he didn't have to know that his words affected her. It only made his mind claw to do more things that would embarrass her, "You have such a dirty mind. I wanted to know how you wanted me to bite you and here you are thinking naughty. Who knew my little kitten had a fantasy," Eliot hummed making it worse for the girl who laid beneath him.

Unable to keep her gaze on him, she turned her head to look away.

Zoe knew that speaking back to him was what he loved as it gave him the opportunity to dig and make this more embarrassing for her.

"I thought there is only one way to bite," she said not meeting his eyes.

"Sure... what I meant was if you wanted me to be gentle?" the last word fell as a whisper. She could feel readying himself as one of his hands went down her neck, raising it so that he could bite into it without any hindrance, "Painful with the pleasure or gentle?" he asked her.

It felt nothing less to a trick question. What if the door which was supposed to be gentle was not actually going to be gentle? Thought Zoe to herself. With a person like Eliot, there was no telling what was waiting on the other side of his mind.

"Anything you feel might be less painful," answered Zoe. She closed her eyes feeling his breath on her warm skin.

"You know," Eliot spoke right above her skin making her shiver, "Have you noticed that this is the second time you are giving me the option to choose when I ask you to choose something."

Zoe anticipated the bite which didn't come right away. She wondered why Eliot was elongating the torture of the pain as she wanted to get over with it quickly. His breath made her shiver, his lips blew air on her skin as if only wanting to tease her. When he placed his mouth on her neck, Zoe closed her eyes automatically. His lips were soft on her neck.

For several seconds he didn't move until his fangs finally sunk into her neck making her flinch and tighten her hands into a ball of fists. The deeper he sank his teeth the more she tried not to think about it but it was hard not to with the pain that was excruciating and bursting from her neck. Licking the blood that had oozed out, Eliot pulled back to look at Zoe who had shut her eyes close tightly.

"Is it over?"

"Yes," he pulled back to sit straight, giving her a hand and helping her to sit upon the bed, "How do you feel?"

"Normal?" she asked not sure if that was how she was supposed to feel.

Eliot placed his hand on top of her head, "Normal is good," and he stood up, walking to his closet and picking out clothes that didn't look like house clothes but as if he were going somewhere.

That was it? Thought Zoe to herself. With all the hype talk Zoe was anticipating something more which made her think what was she hoping? With her own self-realization, she shook her head internally.

It looked to Zoe as if Eliot was preparing to leave 'as always. This might be a chance of escape! I'll wait until the time is right then I'll run away from this accursed place, so I can have my revenge' Zoe thought to herself, Eliot suddenly spoke causing Zoe to snap out of her dazed state "Stop day dreaming, when I'm gone you can keep yourself distracted with some books I left for you on my table, and if you're feeling sleepy you can rest on my bed" "really!?"

Zoe said in excitement but used her hands to cover her mouth as she realized her actions "I'm so- sorry Master Eliot". Eliot let out let out a hearty laugh in hearing her speak, it confused Zoe but Eliot found her actions to be cute 'I am going to make Zoe mine no matter the consequences, I'll make her fall for me even if it's the last thing I do' Eliot thought to himself as prepared for his departure 'this surely is a weird morning' Zoe thought as she blushed to herself bashfully.