Love Bites (Book one)

Chapter twenty one

*Sven*

I looked at myself in the mirror, making sure that I looked just right. For some reason, I was nervous as hell to have Yasmin in my office. The last time she had been there, one of my harem was running out of the door. s**t. That is not a good way to start things off, although she would have to get used to the idea that I would not be her one and only if she was to voluntarily join my harem.

I had been surprised when none of the women had decided to leave when given the option, sure that some of them did not enjoy the fact that they did not see me that often and were left to their own devices most of the time. But, I guess that a little bit of me goes a long way, which only boosted my ego further.

I had seen the way that Yasmin’s eyes drank me in like a cold glass of water, biting on that plump bottom lip of hers which I wanted so much to devour. She was obviously aroused, I could smell it even with the distance between us, her eyes were like sourcers as they could not seem to stop as they travelled down my body. At least I knew that she wanted me, even if she was denying it to herself, for now. But it would not be long until I made her my offer and she would be all mine.

I headed down to my office, the palace alive with the dancing lights of the setting sun. When I got to my office, I froze as I saw Yasmin already standing waiting next to Michelle. My jaw tightened, noticing that she was wearing an exceedingly short skirt and see-through shirt with only one button done up, her eyes glaring at Yasmin who seemed to be trying to pretend that she was instead standing there alone. Michelle had never looked so ugly to me, comparing her beauty side to side with Yasmin’s and I wondered what I had ever seen in her.

As soon as Michelle saw me coming down the corridor, her expression changed to that of the seductive smile that she usually had plastered on her face, fluttering her over makeuped eyes like she had something caught in one of them. “Master.” She purred, rubbing herself against the wall like a cat in heat.

“Why are you here Michelle?” I glowered, hating that she had been left alone with Yasmin for any length of time.

“I thought that you may need me to brighten up your evening.” She whispered loud enough for Yasmin to hear.

Yasmin rolled her eyes, seeming annoyed by the interruption rather than the fact that Michelle had her hand pressed against my chest and was travelling lower and lower. I grabbed her hands and shoved her away from me like her touch burned my skin. “I did not ask you to come here and I do not appreciate you delaying my important meeting. Get out of here!”

“Master.” Michelle whispered, sending me a hurt look before looking at Yasmin in her work out gear as if she was a foul smell that would not dissipate. I sent her another warning glare and she quickly ran off back towards my tower where the rest of my harem resided.

“I am sorry about the interruption.” I explained as I opened the door and allowed Yasmin to walk in ahead of me.

“It is not really an interruption if we have not started yet. If you need to call her back to see to your needs I can find something to keep me busy for five minutes.” Her snotty comment made me smile for a second, thinking that she may in fact have been jealous of the way that Michelle touched me.

But then the end of her comment sunk in and I found myself grasping her by the waist and turning her to face me, my large form crowding her much smaller one. “Do not forget who you are talking to! We may be working together in training the guards, but I am still the Master vampire and you are still just a guard in my service!” I hissed, my body shaking with anger that she thought so little of my s****l prowess.

I saw a flash of hurt cross her face, and realising what I had said. I internally winced slightly, but it was too late for me to back down now. “Sorry Master.” Yasmin shrunk away, the confidence she had shown a moment ago all but gone.

I walked past her, not wanting her to see me kicking myself as I approached my seat. Why did I have to say that? Why did I have to grab her the way that I did? Of course I knew that it was my ego and my need to touch her in any way shape or form that had led me to those actions. Why was I even questioning myself? Grr, this was not the start that I wanted to have tonight.

I sat in my chair, indicating for Yasmin to sit in the other seat. As she did, she straightened her shoulders, trying to look confident but I could see in her eyes I had already ruined that. “Do you have any questions or ideas before we start planning?” I sighed.

Yasmin fidgeted slightly, before she looked up at me. “Actually I do.”

“Well then…?” I prompted her to continue.

“Well, I was thinking that if Frankie is going to be participating in the training sessions, then the guards assigned to her should participate as well. There will be enough people there so that if anything happened, Frankie would be protected and it seems stupid for them to be stood at the side lines when they could be paricipating.” She explained.

I smiled internally, glad that she had actually been thinking about how the sessions would run. “I agree.”

I could see a look of shock in her eyes for a moment before a small smile appeared on her face. “As there are so many guards, we will not be able to train all the ones that are not on duty every night. Most guards have three nights off and four days in a rotation of five days, from what I have seen on the scheduling. It would be much simpler if we started a seven day rotation and then guards would still have a night off after and before working days.”

“That is not our decision to make. Martyn is in charge of the guards structure, we are only in charge of their training.” I explained.

“But that would mean that the only time guards could train would be after or before a day shift. They are long and draining and if they train before, they will not perform their duties well and if they train after, they will not train fully. I don’t see how we can expect the guards to train at all under these circumstances.” Yasmin sighed.

Shit. She was right. And that right there was probably why the guards had not been trained in such a long time, not having time to, given the rotation of the schedule. I used my connection to Martyn to call him to my office, steeling myself for the argument that I was sure was about to come. There was a knock at the door before Martyn walked in, a stern expression on his face as he stared at Yasmin before his eyes moved to me. “Sire.” He bowed slightly.

“Yasmin has brought up an important point about the guard schedule.” I stated, watching as Martyn rolled his eyes. I could see he was about to argue, but I held up my hand and indicated for Yasmin to explain.

After taking a deep breath, Yasmin explained the issue with the schedule, how it was and how working in training would be impossible as it stood before offering her solution. Martyn’s expression stayed stoney throughout, whereas I was looking at Yasmin with awe. She was loquacious yet to the point, not put off at all my Martyn’s blank stare or lack of input.

When she was done, Martyn stood there staring at her for a few minutes before he turned to me. “I thought I was in charge of the guards schedule!” He gritted out.

I let out a long sigh. “You are Martyn, which is why I called you here instead of just changing it myself. We want your input, but to be honest I do agree that the training cannot fit in the way that the rotation is at the moment and so it will need to be changed.”

He looked ready to argue with me again, but then he stopped. “I will look into it and get back to you as soon as possible. Sire.” He bowed before walking out and slamming the door.

I sighed as I pushed to my feet and walked over to my drinks cabinet and poured myself a large drink. “Do you want one?” I offered.

“I don’t think that drinking is a good idea when we still have a lot to discuss, for me anyway Master.”

She was, again, right. But I needed something to occupy myself so that I didn't find myself thinking about pushing all the papers off my desk, throwing Yasmin on to it and pushing myself deep inside of her, showing her that five hours would not be enough for me to fully explore her body, never mind five minutes.

I sat back at my desk, taking a sip of my drink before turning my eyes back to Yasmin. “So, once the schedule of when the guards will train is sorted out, we need to actually plan what we will do as part of the training.”

Yasmin nodded, her face scrunching up in a cute thoughtful way before she started to speak. “Well, if we split them into two groups, one can work on drills to improve their strength, speed and dexterity while the other works on their battle tactics and then we can switch. But I think for the first few sessions they should just do either one or the other to help build up their stamina and build their trust that I am actually there to tell them what to do. I would also like to take part in the training, as I myself still have a lot to learn.”

“What specifically?” I asked, wondering what she had picked out that she needed to improve.

“Well, for example, when I took your ability, it was so overwhelming that I struggled to control it. The likelihood is that I will be partnered with or pitted against an older vampire in a battle and I need to get used to being able to use their abilities.” She sighed, sounding disappointed in herself.

“How old are you, may I ask? Human and vampire.” I pushed, leaning forward on my desk.

“I was twenty one when I turned and that was ten years ago.”

Fuck. I never expected for her to be so young. She was so mature for a vampire that was only turned ten years ago, most relishing in the blood of the kill and the pleasures that their new form offered to them. Rarely did a vampire of ten years show such restraint and level headedness, which made me want to know more about her. I smiled internally, thinking of all the time we would have to spend together given her new position, and it would only be a matter of time before her position was underneath me in my bed.