Vampire King's Pet

Avery's POV "On your hands and knees" Involuntary my knees went weak and I was on them, but my whole being refused to get on my hands with so many people standing in this throne room. The looks of disgust I got from the women and the ones of lust from the men made my skin crawl. How could a man of his status treat someone this way in front of his own people? I have done nothing to any of them, he has even told me he enjoys how it makes me feel. I hate giving him the satisfaction of seeing me suffer. "I said get on your hands pet." He pushed me forward. I barely caught myself before I hit the floor with my face, and when I sat back up on my knees the gasps of his people filled the room. The old council members that came to assess some changes he had made stood by and enjoyed the show he gave. I guess they were used to men treating young girls tbis way. His people saw how bad he treated me but did nothing to help. So, the fact that I was fighting him back after two years of his mental abuse was surprising. Whispers and murmurs filled the room, and I could feel his aura try to wash over me, but it wasn't working this time like it normally would. "Avery," he warned in a low tone. Alexei only called me by my name when we were alone. He referred to me as his 'pet' for his people's satisfaction. It hurt so much more than the names he called me; he was meant to be with me not against me. "You're not my King, Alexei." My stomach churned with what spilled from my mouth. The spell that his friend used to bind us together almost made me sick as I ignored every feeling and emotion, I had for him. "You are my kidnapper. Remember?" "You stole my youth from me." The weight on my chest made me feel lightheaded as I saw someone coming up from my left. Urgency hit me as my bottom lip trembled and I shook my head once at him. After Daniel died, I didn't think I would care for someone the way I do for this man that's trying to get himself killed now. I care for both him and Alexei deeply, but I actually love him so much more....and Alexei knows this. Yes, this bond I share with his King will always be with me. But I can't help what my heart does and who it wants to love. Alexei knows I have been with another many times, but he hasn't asked me who. I can tell he wants to know, but out of some kind of respect for whatever boundary he has given me, he lets me keep him to myself. A secret boyfriend Alexei has given me, a secret I know that once it comes out it will end in tragedy if he is ever given his name. One for me and him to have for ourselves, because eventually we both know that my feelings for Alexei will grow, and I'll have to leave him behind. The way his deep blue eyes are gazing back at me, he knows why I'm suddenly fighting back. I can't let him die too and it will break me if he gets himself killed because of me. I've lost too much already; I can't lose anyone else. I took a deep breath and straightened my back, if he wanted a pet then he should've gotten a human to be his plaything. Not someone as powerful as me. He knew that the day we met, just ask Genevieve. "Avery don't do this." I felt my boyfriend force his voice into my head like I taught him to. It was like a mind-link that werewolves had, but this was a witch's mind-link. I used a spell to connect our minds together and taught him to focus his thoughts on me when he wanted to speak privately when others were around. Unfortunately, I did the same with Alexei and he was also in my head. Alexei would reassure me when Marcus wasn't around when he had to make me feel like s**t in front of powerful men and council members. It always helped with him in my head but now with them both I was getting a migraine. I reached up and grasped my family talisman, the only thing that's keeping me still going, I lifted it to my lips and tears pricked the backs of my eyes. "Daniel, I'm coming home baby." I whispered and ripped the necklace off. The Moon Goddess never told me I would suffer if I stayed, they took my magic and was only given simple spells to help me heal faster when Alexei got too carried away. "Nonoo" Someone yelled. My heart felt like it stopped the second I took the talisman off, I was told never to remove it. Even the binding spell that was placed on me and Alexei would break if I removed it, yet it still felt intact. Arms scooped me up before my head hit the stone floor. Blue eyes that I love and gazed into just an hour ago after he made love to me, stared at me with fear. "He killed.." I coughed suddenly feeling breathless. I told him already, but I never told Alexei what he did. It was an accident I know, but he killed my baby. He kicked me to hard when he was proving a point to his warriors about discipline. That was something I couldn't forgive him for, dispite the bond we had. "This isn't the time. You are not leaving me. We can try again.." His deep blue eyes looked up and tears fell down his cheeks. "King Alexei, please. I will leave her, just save her please?" "Mark..." His name was half a growl and a snarl coming from Alexei's mouth. He was my guard, he trusted him to keep me in my room and he took advantage and started a relationship with me instead. Alexei cleared his throat and balled his hands into fists. "I, King Alexei Petrov Nikolson banish you Marcus Ivan Sorensen from The Petrov Kingdom of America and Russia. I hereby, sentence you to death for treason for raping the King's ward and impregnating her." My heart almost stopped at his words. So he knew I was pregnant and still continued to hurt me the way he did? That bastard. "No Lexi don't do it..." I gasped for breath as I reached for his hand. I felt a hands lift me up and out of Marcus' embrace, and suddenly my gaze even though hazy I made out the specs of baby blue in his irises. Alexei's baby blue eyes always held so many emotions in them, but currently all I saw was hurt in them now. My Vampire King's baby blue eyes had never been so hurt before. "Take that scumbag to the dungeons." He ordered and i stopped breathing as he and I continued staring as one another. I didn't get to sit and beg for my boyfriend's fate as I felt suddenly Alexei's fangs pierce my skin and enter my neck. He has only fed off my by the wrist or the opening of my leg, but this was different. He wasn't just feeding off of me. He was marking his claim on me in front of everyone in attendance at court today. "Alexei" A soft moan came out when i felt his emotions hit me full force. Anger, hurt and betrayal was all I felt from him and it made me whimper. Not only with his emotions but the realization of one other thing... He marked me. He reinforced the bond that Genevieve had originally placed on us two years ago. And I hated him for it. "Now you can't ever leave me. Even if you tried, I would always find you now." He murmured into my hear and it was then I felt him slip my talisman back around my neck. "Don't ever try that again." He warned before darkness filled me and I succumbed to it.