Love Bites (Book one)

Chapter seventeen

*Sven*

I wake from my slumber, hearing cries for help coming from the hall outside my room. I have flashbacks of when my maker was attacked, my body going into fight or flight mode as I shot out of bed, electricity surrounding my body as I gripped the handle of the door, ripping it off its hinges to find Frankie running in her nightdress down the corridor.

“Help! Please!” She screams as she approaches my guard.

They look at me as if asking for my permission, making me roll my eyes and storm out. “What is it, Frankie?” I asked, worried that she had been attacked.

“Please, sire, you have to come and stop him.” Frankie begged, reaching out for me but stopping when she saw the electricity surrounding me.

“Stop who?” I pushed, but Frankie had already turned, running back towards her spire, towards whatever danger there was there. I took off after her, following her through the door and coming to a stop as I took in what was going on before me. Yasmin and Nelson were fighting each other. Nelson seemed to be ripping at her clothes, exposing her to everyone while Yasmin was fighting him off, kicking and punching him with strength that no Sedvey had.

Yasmin got the upper hand, pounding her fist into Nelson, over and over as he cried out for her to stop. I reigned in my power, heading over to grab Yasmin off him but she struggled out of my grip, latching herself back onto him as she hit and kicked him like he was a punching bag, screaming loudly. How could she break free of me with such ease? I looked down to the small Sedvey, feeling my attraction and curiosity of her grow, but now was not the time.

I grabbed her once more, looping my arms around her tiny waist as she kicked out and screamed. “I am going to kill him, the rapist bastard!” She spat as she grasped out as if trying to reach him before her body started to send sparks of electricity everywhere. Realising that she had taken my ability and that given her heightened state of emotion at the moment, she was a danger to everyone except me, I dragged her into Frankie’s room, closing the door before pinning her against it. My ability was strong, linked with my emotions and had been a chore for me to try and learn to control when I was first turned, nevermind for her to try.

I ignored the sparks that flowed through my body at our skin touching, not from the electricity, but from my immense attraction towards her that I could not seem to contain. “Let me go!” She gritted out, pounding her fists against my chest.

“No!” I yelled back, absorbing as much of the electricity as I could that was flying from her, trying to minimise the damage she was causing. “You have to calm down!”

“Calm down! That fucker just tried to rape me and you want me to calm down?!” She screamed, tears starting to roll down her face as the electricity stopped flying around the room and instead just fizzled around her, making her skin seem to have a mystical glow about it.

I leaned my head against hers, hating myself for what I had done to her. I insisted that she be paired with Nelson, Martyn even tried to warn me that this would happen to her and I ignored him, only thinking of my only selfish need to possess her. To think that that need had almost caused something so unthinkable to happen to her, made me want to tear apart this whole kingdom that I had built.

She took a few deep breaths, her body shaking before her eyes finally looked into mine. “D-does this mean you will send me back to Antonio?” She stuttered out, looking at me with fear.

I sighed, closing my eyes, unable to see what I had done to her. “No, it doesn’t.” I stepped back, looking Yasmin up and down, feeling my c**k swell in my pants as I noticed one of her breasts was exposed as well as her taut stomach, the button and zipper on her pants beyond repair. f**k, she could not leave here like that, not when I could bearly keep my eyes off her when she was clothed. I walked over to Frankie’s closet, pulling out a shirt before throwing it to her. She pulled it over her head, her cheeks turning a slight shade of red which made her look even more attractive, if that was possible. “Have you calmed down enough now?” I asked her.

“Yes Master.” She whispered, a hiss leaving my lips at her using my title making my member stand to attention.

I pulled open the door, finding Martyn, Drex and Charles had also arrived. Nelson sent a dangerous look at Yasmin behind me. “That b***h needs to be put down!” He hissed.

“You tried to rape me!” Yasmin gritted out lunging at him again but I managed to grab her and place her behind me out of his line of vision where she would be safe.

“There is no law against what I did, but that psycho could have killed me.” Nelson pointed out, making my anger at myself and him rise even more.

“Well there is now.” I stated, my voice dangerously calm. “Martyn, get this piece of s**t out of here. He has disgraced the uniform that he wears and the entire kingdom with his actions.”

“What?” Nelson gasped, looking around wide eyed when no one argued against my ruling. “You are protecting a f*****g Sedvey woman over me? She should be working in a w***e house, not the guard!”

I took two steps forward, standing right in front of Nelson, watching as he questioned his words, but it was too late, he had gone too far. In one swift move I plunged my hand into his chest and twisted his heart, watching as he crumpled on the floor. I watched in sick satisfaction as his grey skin aged and withered before my very eyes, glad that that piece of s**t was out of this world.

Looking back to my sons, I could see that they did not begrudge my judgement. “Where is Frankie?” I asked.

“Safe in my room.” Drex shared.

“Good.” I nodded. “Martyn, get someone to clean up this mess and I want you to find a new partner for Yasmin, one that will not try what that fucker did. Drex, I want you to write up some new laws for me to oversee. No woman should be forced to pleasure a man against their will, and women have the right to leave a vampire if they no longer wish to be with them. Charles, I want you to go and get Frankie and bring her back here. I will watch over them until the next shift comes to take over.”

“Sire.” The three bowed before they turned and walked down the corridor.

I let out a long sigh, turning around to find Yasmin staring between Nelson’s body and then back to me. I stepped towards her, glad when she did not back away from me. “Are you okay?” I whispered, brushing her tears away with my thumb.

Her breath hitched in her throat, her eyes widening as she looked at me before she nodded her head. “Yes Master.” She breathed out, her voice sounding more like a needy pant than venomous rath that she was feeling before. She pulled her bottom lip between her teeth, nipping on it slightly and I had to drag myself away. She was vulnerable right now and I would not take advantage of her, not like this.

Luckily, I did not have to battle with my urges for long as Frankie came barrelling into the room, throwing her arms around Yasmin and pulling her into a tight embrace. “Oh Yasmin, I was so worried. I didn’t know what to do.”

“It’s okay Frankie. I promise I am okay.” Yasmin sighed, her body seeming to relax into Frankie’s.

To say I was not jelous that Frankie got her to relax when I couldn’t would be a lie. I wanted to be the one to comfort her, I wanted to hold her against me and stroke my hands through her soft hair listening to her breathing even out until she fell aslepp in my arms. “Yasmin…”

“No, no! She is staying here.” Frankie argued, placing Yasmin behind her protectively.

“That is what I was going to suggest!” I hissed, not liking how she was stealing my thunder. “Yasmin, stay here for the day, get some rest to get over your ordeal. You have the night off and then you will have a new partner.”

“Yes Master.” She nodded, sending me a small smile that made my heart skip a beat. She was so beautiful, so pure. How could I have been so selfish with her?

I turned and walked towards the door, wanting to leave them in peace. “Sire.” Frankie called out, running up to my side. She grasped my arm and got on her tiptoes, placing a quick kiss on my cheek. “Thank you.” She whispered, before turning back to Yasmin and moving over to her side.

I took that as my queue and walked out, closing the door behind me to find my guards returning and Nelson’s body gone. I slumped against the wall, feeling the strain of being awake when the sun was out. I looked out the window, noticing it was already past its peek, knowing that I would be able to stay awake, for Yasmin.

I had not felt this way in all my days, as a human or vampire. I had been a mighty warrior in my life, fighting for the honor and safety of my family. Back then, you could get a wife by having a simple negotiation with her family, the women did not have a say in the joining and had to grin and bare it. I could see now though, that those ways were outdated. It seemed barberik that women were being treated like property and even as second class citizens.

How had I allowed this to happen? I suppose my own need to possess women, to have them as my own sparked me to allow other men to do the same. The thought that some of my harem may leave due to the new laws did not phase me as it once would have. If they did not want to be with me, then they were free to find someone else to make them happy.

Vampires could live for an eternity, and yet in my long life I had been standing in one place, stuck in my ways that were taught to me as a boy. But I was not a boy anymore, I was a man. The world was not the harsh place it once was, we now had electricity and power that could not even be dreamed of in my human life. I had to move along with the times and make sure that everyone of my vampires was treated fairly and equally.

Drex appeared just as the sun was disappearing over the far wall. “I have the new laws for you to look over.” He stated, passing me a piece of paper for me to look over. “I don’t think there will be much back lash within the kingdom, but we may find some of the districts are not best pleased.”

“If they have an issue, then we can replace them. We need to ensure that my word is followed.” I gritted out, not happy that I knew he was right and with the growing unrest that there already was, this could mean trouble in the long run. I looked over the new laws, checking that they matched how I felt before taking a pen from Drex and signing it. “See that these reach the districts as soon as possible. Make sure they understand that they come into play with immediate effect.”

“Yes Sire.” He bowed, taking the paper from me and leaving. As the sun completely disappeared from sight, the guard to take over from Nelson and Yasmin arrived, the woman looking worried as she saw me in their place. “Yasmin is fine. She is with Frankie.” I found myself explaining for some reason as I pushed off the wall, noticing the look of relief flooding her face.

I headed to the hall, needing sustenance after being awake during the day. Would I have done that for anyone else but Yasmin? Probably not, and that was unsettling. I need to know more about her, learn what her life as a vampire and human were like, what she was like. Maybe then when I offered for her to join my harem, she would be more amenable to the idea. That put a smile on my face. Yes, I didn’t have to force her out of the guard when it would be so much sweeter for her to decide to be with me of her own accord.