34: Bare It

They appeared in the middle of the woods where fireflies gathered and lightened the area. It revealed the old ruined structure of a mansion where old burned woods were now covered with moist grass and wild vines on the cemented walls.

"Where are we, babe?" Sabrina wondered as she looked over the scenery that she was not sure if she was going to feel sorry about it or not.

"This place was a ruin from an old past." ICE sadly said even though there was a smile on her lips.

"Old past?" she was curious about what her vampire lover just told her.

"Yes, this is one where the Ervantes family lives. It was their villa. Their rest house where they could retire from being busy vampires. But those happy moments were being tested by some vampire political issues yet, they were all dealt with smoohtly. Not until this very mansion became a ruin when a group of jealous nomads came and destroyed everything around here." ICE started by sharing a brief story about the ruins where they are. She even walked around as if she was following the old tracks of the ruined mansion making Sabrina follow her trail.

Carefully guiding her lady lover, ICE made sure that every step that they were taking was all shared truthfully and had no sense of secrecy any longer. She made sure that every old track was being shared with her beloved Sabrina who was willing to listen to the old past story that she stored for her.

"They trashed everything around here. From stealing the wealth of the servants, ruining their innocent minds by forcing themselves on them or even making them lose their dignity until nothing was left but dead bodies." ICE clenched her fists as she recalled the fresh sight of innocent vampires who were being toyed with and raped non-stop before they were killed.

"Even flames started to engulf everything while in the background the pleas and cries as blood and clashing swords mixed up all together. But sadly, nobody was safe. Everyone died and only a few managed to run away from dying including the last heiress of the family." She continued as they stopped on a pond where tons of fireflies were gathered silently. It was once ICE's favorite spot in the Ervantes mansion when it was still standing.

"The heiress of the family ran away with all of her might with a few of their servants. She even suggested that they needed to part and survive at all costs. She even promises them that she will come and collect them again. When they all parted from each other. She prayed that they would be saved by good people. She almost reaches the main road until she loses her remaining strength and only to be wake up in the custody of two humans." ICE might be continuing her old story with bitterness from recalling her painful past but for the sake of her beloved Sabrina, she has to share it with her.

"They were good people who took care of the unknown teenager. They clean her up and even give her shelter to start again…" She smiled when she recalled the moment when she was very cautious about getting close to the Marques couple. But she knew that they were the only humans that she could trust and lean on.

"Are they…" Sabrina began to guess and ICE clarified it with a nod.

"Yes, they are your parents. They took me into their custody and even looked for traces of where I came from. It was difficult because my kind, vampires, or any other supernatural creatures around here were not a fan of showing themselves up to the public. But Lexie Cole came into their doorsteps to tell them everything about me and the vampire's existence." ICE cleared causing Sabrina to roll her eyes from hearing Lexie's name again.

"Why is she included in the story?" she bluntly asked causing ICE to chuckle.

"Because she's the loyal servant of the Ervantes who was sent to do a business trip among the humans. Lexie is the family lawyer and a secret knight who only appeared whenever she was needed on the spot. And she's the one who's been watching me through her connections that soon I inherit." ICE cleared the inclusion of Lexie in her story.

"In short, my parents sent her to prepare everything for me and she is still doing that even now by serving me and your family." She added causing Sabrina to think about it carefully.

"But you were more human when I first met you." She wondered what confused her a little about ICE.

"I am because my family could only be turned into a vampire by awakening transition. Meaning, the Ervantes family had unique blood in a vampire awakening. The vampire blood in our system had to reach its maturity before we could be a vampire. Some were born as a vampire, some turned when they puberty in human language and some were like me, only be awakened when a soulmate has been found." ICE cleared what confused Sabrina.

"Ohh…then since you are a vampire…do you have any soulmate?" Sabrina asked when she suddenly wondered about ICE's soulmate. ICE smiled at that question because Sabrina was curious about her soulmate.

"I do. My vampire instincts always kick in whenever she's around me. I really wanted to make love with her thoroughly and love her the way she deserves because she's worthy of this burning love that I am having for her." ICE honestly answered while looking at her. Sabrina was not happy about hearing it and just didn't look at her.

"D-do y-you meet her already?" she stuttered because she was holding some tears that were forming in her eyes. ICE could tell that already but she wanted to hang a little and see how Sabrina would react when she learned who it was.

"Yes, she is cold but warm. She's beautiful physically and her heart was the one who kept me alive after all those things happened to me." ICE said in her very affectionate voice causing Sabrina's heart to ache too much. But she needs to hold her tears there.

"Ohh…lucky her…" Sabrina sadly said. ICE heard it clearly.

"She's indeed lucky and do you want to know who she is?" ICE agreed but wondered.

"Are you going to tell me or even show me where is she?" Instead of answering it, she answered another question thrown at ICE. ICE chuckled as he shook her head.

"Neh, because she's already here and listening to old past secrets that I'm scared to share with her. But to be honest, she kept reassuring me that she won't judge me or even leave me…" ICE was obviously referring to Sabrina who was just quietly listening to her.

"...Sabrina, you're my soulmate and I won't exchange it for anything. You have all of me but I have to be patient because you're a human. I have to control myself from forcing myself to you…" ICE pulled Sabrina's face to meet her eyes seriously and confessed to her who was her soulmate she was referring to.

"DAMMIT, CAINE!" Sabrina exclaimed as she collapsed on ICE's chest crying out loud. She could not hold the tears that she kept holding up while listening to her.

"What? What's wrong? Did I say something wrong, baby? Sorry if I did." ICE chuckled but she still asked in her carried voice.

"No, you didn't say or do anything wrong…" Sabrina was wiping her tears but failing miserably.

"Then why are you crying?" ICE wondered as she wiped those tears away for her.

"I thought I'm not that person you're referring to. I don't want you to be in anyone's arms. Dammit, I will kill that person and I don't care if it was a vampire or whatever creatures it might be. You're mine." Sabrina possessively demanded that ICE only belonged to her and nobody else. ICE chuckled as she pulled her lover into her arms.

"I know you're possessive through the pull of the mate bond but now, I could definitely tell it was not about it anymore." ICE kissed Sabrina's temple with so much love and affection.

"You're right. I love you so much." Sabrina snuggled into the crook of ICE's neck causing ICE to shiver.

"I love you too ever since we've met." ICE reciprocated with the same amount of love between them.

As they were having their loving moment, ICE began to feel the heat all over her body and wanted to be one with her beloved Sabrina. But she knew that she could not jump on it without considering Sabrina's feelings regarding it. ICE just kept smelling Sabrina to calm her needs but it was not happening. She wanted to pull away because she didn't want Sabrina to feel something that might disgust her.

"Shall we head home?" ICE carefully asked as she featherly kissed Sabrina's neck.

"Yeah…but, are you okay? You're burning." Sabrina smiled at her sweet gesture but she realized that ICE was hot. Temperature wise though.

"I know that I'm hot." ICE teased. Sabrina sighed but smiled.

"I'm serious, Caine. Your temperature is too high, are you sick or something? I mean, does the vampire get sick?" Sabrina went into her serious facade and worried about her sudden temperature.

"No…unless being poisoned." ICE answered while looking lovingly at Sabrina.

"Then what's going on with you?" Sabrina worriedly asked.

"I'll be fine. I just need to be covered with a block of ice back home." ICE shakes her head and wants to go home.

"Then…" Sabrina sighed and was about to get up when her hand accidentally pressed something between ICE legs.

"Argh! Sab, that hurts…a lot…" ICE groaned in pain because of what she received from the sudden move of her beloved Sabrina.

"Sorry…I didn't mean…wait, you had it?" Sabrina quickly apologized and suddenly blushed after realizing what she just accidentally touched.

"Let's talk about it later…I need help…please…" ICE smiled in pain and asked for her beloved's help before they could talk another secret back home.