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When I was a vaet what I wanted Kyle’s face entered ht about hiirl who appreciated him

"My, my, don’t you look … delicious" Lucian s room

I returned his smile with an aard one of ht No one here is going to hurt you"

I bitmyself not to reply with a witty response What would happen if he wasn’t around and one of his ‘pals’ got hungry? What if I accidently cut myself? It could start a frenzy I doubt even Lucian was strong enough to take on a swarry, frenzied vampires My eyes scanned the roo heart,above my heart "I didn’t hurt hied to keep fro If I had any food in my stohtly war he’d just fed

"There are soback slowly A fewon vampires in the spacious room

"Yes Most of them are feeders and the others are servants They stick around in hopes of beco immortal"

"And do they?"

"No" Lucian chuckled "They’re merely disposable help The lot of the that, but I couldn’t be These humans chose to be here They were either addicted to the bites or hoping to become immortal It was stupidity at its finest

"Ahh, Mr De Luca, just in ti behind me

I turned around anda tuxedo I’d never seen him so formal I drank up his appearance as he crossed the roo a collared, white shirt His long black pants were tight, not too tight, but tight enough to ht more difficult for hiht in As he walked toward erous etblack tie

"Not really, no Did you?"

"No" The corner of his htly and his eyes war off hinore

"Well, if you two are finished, I’d like to discuss the plans over dinner" Lucian led us away from the room I tried to relax It was evident by now that Lucian wouldn’t hurt me but I couldn’t trust hi roo dark wooden table rested in thethe span of the table I fell into step beside Eli,on the silver, unlit candelabra that decorated the table, and then onto the food There were s, etables My storowled I hadn’t eaten since Eli and I had stopped off at the diner

"Please sit"

Lucian dashed over to the seat at the head of the table It was bigger than the rest of theuided me to the opposite side of the table Another servant sat Eli down across fro us?" I asked

Lucian clicked his fingers and a short Middle Eastern wolass of red… wine? Blood? I couldn’t tell

"I don’t like to share the details of my plans with too many people"

"But there’s soEli’s face over the salad

"Eat what you can The rest will be disposed of"

I couldn’t help but be a little sad There was so much starvation in the world and yet here I sat with literal in?"

As Lucian spoke, servants scooped piles of food onto our plates but I was past the point of hunger Nausea was thein my sto"

"I don’t need training"

"You need training," Eli interrupted "You’re impulsive, uncertain, and scared Not to mention you have no idea how to use the elements properly nor do you have any control over your Heelian side"

"But I --"

"You need to train"

Eli wasn’t playing around, he was serious His usual bright green eyes were dark and they narrowed in on er along his top lip, watching us intently "Good It’s settled, Ruby you will receive training and we just happen to have --"

"I’ll train her"

Lucian chuckled "No, that isn’t going to happen"

"I wasn’t giving you an option"

Lucian leapt from his chair in a blur too fast for my eyes but Eli was ready for him Lucian came to a stop and they were inches apart Varowling Lucian raised his hand in a gesture for theuardian I will decide what’s best for her," Eli warned hi on Lucian’s chest, directly above his heart In the heat of it all, I hadn’t realized I had risen from my seat as well

"Eli can teach me how to defend myself and you can sort out who helps ic Deal?"

"That’s fine withhis eyes of Lucian

"I suppose that would be okay" Lucian grinned<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>