Be Careful When You Bite Me

Chapter 32

“Holly,” he greeted when his eyes caught mines,” are you alright?”

I nodded, hoping he doesn’t take another step closer. I could almost feel the tingling on my skin at the

nearness of his body. It made me both nervous and slightly lustful.

“I’m alright, how are you?”

“I’m okay, I just wanted to check on you-“

“I’m okay, you don’t have to do that.”

“Yes I do, I’m the reason you’re in this mess in the first place.”

I didn’t know how to reply to that and so I stayed silent.

“You won’t be here much longer, I’m trying to get a hold of an old friend of mines at the Council-“

“Like that’ll work.”

He’s expression flashed with something like confusion,” I know it feels like you’re going to be stuck

here for a while but I’m trying to find a way that I can help, there’s another full moon coming in a couple

days, if I convince father to preform another ritual-“

I felt the tears sting my eyes as I snapped,” another ritual won’t work Damon! It didn’t work the first time

what makes you think the second time will make a difference?”

I immediately felt guilty but I knew this was my way of trying to explain to him when he wonders tonight

why I had escaped. Before he had the chance to reply, two guards approached us.

“Sir,” they greeted Damon,” your presence is required at the quarters, as well as hers.”

“What,” I looked at them in confusion,” why? For what?”

I didn’t have time to talk to the King and Queen, especially not when I had to find the tunnel and meet

Dimitri in less then an hour.

Their next words send shivers of fear up my spine and I immediately knew that this was it. This was the

bad feeling I had gotten in my chest.

“The Council is here, and they want her.”

The guards bust open the gates to the quarters to relieve the inside where the King and Queen sat on

their thrones as usual. The first thing I noticed was that the room had tons of people in it. Side by side

stood Isabelle, Seth, Matheos, and Elisabeth. On the other side were six new figures whom I did not

recognize and could only assume were the Council.

"Damon, Holly," the King greeted," please come in."

I tried to catch sight of a clock somewhere but couldn't find one. I attempted to push away any nerves

and glanced at Damon who had already begun marching towards the thrones. He hesitated no time in

demanding," father what is this?"

"Damon," greeted a man from the Council, as I got closer I could tell that his skin had a sudden hint of

scales like reptiles and tried not to make a face, "good to see you again."

His pupils were oval and pitch black and I wondered if he was what Asia had called a shapeshifter.

"Under unfortunate circumstances, however," this time it was a girl, she had a high brown ponytail that

ended at her mid-back. She had glowing brown skin and eyes that could hypnotize you.

"Vesto, Ameera," Damon greeted,"what's going on?"

A man stepped out of the group and approached Damon. He had a pitch-black mohawk that was bright

red at the tips.

"Seth and Isabelle told us all about the foreigner you've been holding hostage," his eyes flicked

towards me and back at Damon," I must say, I'm surprised."

Damon's angry gaze directed towards his brother and Isabelle realizing that this was what she had

meant when she said she had something planned.

This did not need to happen right now. I knew the time must be about 7:30 pm but this didn't look like it

was going to end anytime soon let alone with me walking out of here.

"It isn't what it looks like," Damon began " I haven't held her hostage, I'm trying to find her a witch-"

"Kia is a witch," said Vesto, pointing towards a girl with long blond hair and black highlights in the front,

"You could have reached out to us."

Kia smiled a charming simper," I would have happily helped you, Damon."

"I know what it's like to ask a favor of the Council, I would live the rest of eternity paying it back-"

"Now that's just rumors," this time it was a thin and short red-headed girl with the same teeth that Ade

had from the bar. I knew right away that she was a faerie mainly by the mischievousness of her grin,"

we're not that bad."

"What now?" Damon now faced his parents," what's going to happen now, are they going to take her

away?"

I took a step back at the comment.

They can't take me away, he can't let them.

The King remained silent but Damon insisted," father, answer me!"

"Damon, had you come to us and presented your case, things might not have had to be this way," said

Vesto, his scaly skin becoming more visible in the light.

"Give me one more week," Damon demanded," I'll make this right-"

"That's what Xavier said," The King finally spoke," and then he went off and married that witch."

"Watch yourself," Kia snapped.

"Damon, I'm afraid you've run out of time," this time it was the same man with the Mohawk. His

expression looked apologetic but it wasn't sincere.

"Give me one more week, I'll find a witch for her!" Damon's voice was almost pleading now," father,

please, let me do this."

"It's out of our hands now Damon," this time it was the Queen who had been oddly quiet. A sheer look

of disappointment laced her gaze at her son," I'm afraid if you do not submit to the Council now, we

may all have to pay."

Within a flash or a millisecond, someone stood behind me, their snout flicking lightly against the nape

of my skin. I jumped up and gasped out loud. The person held both my hands held in a tight grip behind © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

my back and resumed with sniffing the edge of my hairline from the back of my head. I felt my heart

thunder loudly against my chest and looked up to see an enraged Damon. I looked back at the

members of the Council who were watching the person behind me and realized the sixth person was

gone. It was the only person who had yet to speak and he was behind me. He was tall enough to hover

above me and intimidatingly built.

"Let go of her," Damon spoke through gritted teeth. When the man ignored Damon, he took a couple of

steps towards us and barked out," Aboot, I said let go of her.....now!"

Instead, he gripped my hands even harder, sending a painful jolt up my arm. I groaned out loud and

tried to stifle my terrifying fear.

"Aboot, let go of her," the man with the Mohawk interjected," guards, take her."

Two guards that stood being the Council, both bearing scales for skin and the same oval pupils began

to approach.

Damon stood in front of the guards, blocking their path," No," he demanded," you can't take her, I just

need a couple more days!"

"Damon, get out of their way," the Queens soft and concerned voice held an odd tint of sorrow," now."

The guards pushed Damon out of the way.

I felt Aboot's fangs extend against my skin and lightly poke against the surface. He held a pale hand

out towards the approaching guards. He muttered the words gently against my skin," Kia, come take a

look at this."

He stepped back and I felt myself exhale. My heart thudded even I'm more loudly this time and I saw

Kia take quick steps my way.

She walked past an angry Damon and sent him a slick smile," awfully protective of the human aren't

we."

Damon ignored her but kept his eyes locked on her every moment as she approached me and held my

hands in hers. She smiled and said," you won't feel a thing."

Confused, I looked back at her and as the seconds flew by, I felt myself being entrapped in the gaze of

her eyes. We locked eyes for what felt like a couple of minutes and I couldn't seem to look away no

matter how much I tried. It was the same thing that Luna and Asia had done to me when they declared

me of bearing the Mark of Eros.

Kia suddenly blinked and I was freed of her gaze. Without turning back to face neither the Council nor

the King and Queen, she said," Isn't it funny how much your sons love us witches?" She sent a

malicious grin my way. She turned to face a confused Damon," she isn't a foreigner, she's the daughter

of a witch."