studiobondurri Chapter 6: Mine
Chapter 6: Mine
Chapter 6: Mine
The Vampire King's simple gesture stirred unfamiliar sensations within her, making Mineah's heart race in a way she had never experienced before.
She flinched when he then suddenly held her hand and slowly drew it up to his mouth, kissing her knuckles where the blood ruby ring was with his soft lips.
"This ring is very special to me so you must not remove it from your hand," he hummed as something glistened in his eyes.
Mineah gulped as she tried to wet her dry throat. She tried her best to not falter and keep her composure as she ignored the fluttering feelings inside her.
"Is that so, my lord?" she naively murmured.
Nikolai moved to sit beside her, wearing that same stoic expression he usually had aside from when he was talking to his friend, King Darius, a while ago.
"Calling me 'my lord' sounds too formal. We're husband and wife now, tied by the red knot of fate," the King pointed out with a shrug.
"If I recall correctly, humans prefer calling their spouses casually or sweetly, right? Using terms of endearment or calling each other by nicknames? Knowing that, how about we try and get comfortable with each other by calling each other as such?"
Get comfortable? Right, the time was ticking so she should start focussing by now.
"Then enlighten me, my lord," Mineah replied with her timid smile. "What would you want me to call you?"
"Hmm, whatever you want to call me..." Nikolai hummed.
"Lai?" she nonchalantly huffed.
Mineah kept her expression blank, simply nodding while staring into his eyes. However, she still failed to read his thoughts despite all her efforts. She tried her best to read Nikolai's facial expressions instead, but nothing came from it as well.
Unfortunately for her, he shared the same stoic disposition she did, making it hard for her to get a glimpse of what he was really thinking.
'This is annoying,' she inwardly hissed. It was the first time she failed in reading someone else's mind. It had worked perfectly on any other being she tried it on, including other vampires and werewolves. So why won't it work on him?!
She raised a questioning brow at him, not minding how close their faces were to each other at the moment as she challenged him, "Are you scared of whatever my curse is? I thought nothing scares a powerful vampire like you..."
His gaze lowered, settling on her neck as he asked back, "How about you? Aren't you scared?"
Mineah gulped as she unknowingly tilted her head sideways, his hand now caressing the side of her neck as if wanting to grab her.
'Is he going to feed on me? But he doesn't drink human blood or at least that's what we've been told?' she warily mused as she tried to control the erratic beating of her heart.
Was that why he looked interested in her from the start? Why did he claim ownership over her? Because he wanted to have a taste of her blood?!
She frowned as she firmly answered, "Why should I be scared?" She was disappointed at her own judgment of him when she wondered if he was only interested in her because he wanted to taste her blood.
"Well, most humans are scared of our kind. Humans are the easiest prey and the best meal for most vampires," he hummed the ugly reality. "And I don't need to elaborate as to why, do I?"
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A/N: So Nikolai pronounces Mine as 'mayn'.