Chapter 92: Satisfying His Thirst (2)
"Satisfying your thirst?" Madeline blinked in a daze as she was able to grasp a little bit of what he meant by satisfying his thirst. The way he stole glances at the nape of her neck already gave her signs as to the meaning regarding his statement, and her eyes widened slightly at the sheer thought of him biting into her flesh.
"You want to bite me?" She blurted out whilst trying to maneuver her way from his clutches, but no matter how hard she tried to slip from his grip, it all amounted to failures as he could already guess her next move before she even took them into action.
"You offered me your blood from the very beginning, and I intend to stick to your blood." He smiled temptingly before proceeding to say. "It’s an urge that I can’t control, it’s an appetite that is within my power to hold back, and if I can’t have your blood, I’ll go for someone else’s, and becoming one of those creatures is inevitable unless I’m ready to kill my_"
"Don’t... don’t complete what you had in mind to say. I don’t want to hear you speak of death in front of me." Madeline expressed her concern as she interjected his phrase, stopping him from spitting out that particular world that had haunted her since childhood, and Cassian couldn’t help but feel touched by her sincere concern.
"Fine, I won’t say it since you don’t want to hear it, but are you prepared to help me control my thirst?" He questioned, holding her gaze with his so she could see just how serious he was regarding this topic. "Will you let me have a taste of your blood whenever I need it? No matter the location or situation we find ourselves in, are you ready to face this with me? And me only."
As much as he wanted her to be the only one he seeked, he’d rather have her give him an honest answer, an answer that came from her heart. He wouldn’t want to force her into doing anything that would make her feel uncomfortable since it was clear a lot of things in their life would change, and right now, he wanted nothing except to gain her honest response regarding this issue.
He stared at her face, watching the lady whose expression turned perplexed as she tried to come to a decision about becoming his blood bank. It was going to be another agreement that sounded so absurd, and Madeline would never believe that a time like this would come in her life when she’s faced with not only ghosts, but vampires as well.
She’s lost her parents to one of those vile things, and now her husband is forced to become one of them even against his own will. She wanted to know exactly who the murderer of her parents was, and it feels like fate had planned it all for her, because if Cassian remains a vampire, he might just lure the killer of her parents out of the shell it presently hid.
Knowing this, she doesn’t think she’ll be able to stand losing another person who has cared and sheltered her. She already promised to stay with him and offer him her support, and his current situation wasn’t going to make her change her mind.
"Have you....have you ever bitten... someone?" She asked while summoning up her courage, her cheeks turning into the softest shade of pink as she looked into his eyes that bored right into hers. "I....I mean, have you ever..."
"We learn everyday, don’t we?" Before Madeline could grasp the meaning of his words, he suddenly buried his face against the nape of her exposed neck, and a shocking gasp tore from Madeline’s lips when she felt something sharp sink into her flesh, like a skin that got pricked with a needle.