†To forgive a Vampire†

Alex couldn't explain it, but she felt his presence in the room even before he announced himself to her. Her eyes were heavy from all the tears she's just cried, and she can bet that they looked red and puffy... What a wreck must she be now.

"Alex..." came out his voice like a cracked whisper even though he wanted to stay imune to the sight of a broken girl infront of him. He wanted to stay strong and intimidating, but with her - it was impossible. She, as his beloved, was the greatest of his weaknesses and he couldn't do anything about that, since the mate-link between them being destroyed, he started watching her as a hawk it's prey. He couldn't let that happen again, for her to be taken before his own eyes again. And he couldn't keep his cool and cold posture. It was impossible... Especially when he knew that the reason she cried and looks so broken is him.

"What?" she asked annoyed by him already, but even with that facade on her face, she was scared by him. But boy, was she doing a better job in hiding her true feeling then him.

"I..." what the hell was he supposed to say? He even forgot the speech he had and the reason of why she cried so hard. He couldn't apologize properly "...are you mad at me?" he finally asked "Do you hate me?"

"I don't..." his breath calmed "I loathe you" she continued making him suck on his breath. That hurt a lot, but he knew that she had a full right to feel like that.

"I guessed" he mused "How can I make it feel better?"

"Leave me alone" she countered immediately. She didn't want to talk to him exposed in such a weak form of his.

"Can't do... I'm afraid that I don't know what you may do if I leave"

"Escape? You made it perfectly clear that I have no vote in my life"

"You do... And I didn't mean on that... You could harm yourself"

"What could I possibly do to compare it with what you did?" she said getting up in the sitting position.

"Kill yourself" was all he said.

"As if..." she mumbled as he sighed. This conversation isn't leading them anywhere.

"Go out with me" he said. Maybe it's too early to apologize, never did he in his whole life apologized to anyone nor will he do such a thing... But then again...

"What?" she asked with disbelief in her voice, he can't be serious, can he? After all that happened he just asked her to go out with him.

"If it will help with your decision, I'll treat you with a dinner" he added quickly.

"There's no way in hell that I'll ever go with you do some dinner!" she yelled. Ow, that stung.

"Alright..." she is different then the most of female humans he approached in his whole life, so maybe he could try something else, "...then what about an ice-cream?" and with that her eyes gleamed as her ears sparked with newfound information. Screw the hatred she had towards him, ice-cream was much better option right now.

"On my way" she said jumping out of the bed.

"Your new clothes are in the wardrobe, put them on" he said and it was then that she realized her being naked in front of him. Well fùck! But she didn't care anymore about him, the only thing that was on her mind now was 'ice-cream', and she'll eat it even if that means to bear with Caine.

"You're weird... I thought that you'll accept the dinner but you became all jumpy when I suggested the ice-cream. Are you even a woman?" he asked her carefully but she was to happy to eat the ice cream to worry about him.

"Not sure, most of my friends said that I'm a male in female's body, so..." she rambled putting some clothes on.

"Are you crazy?"

"No, do not confuse me with them. Crazy people don't know that they are crazy while I know that something's not right with me, but still am keeping my personality not giving a fùck, so basically I'm insane, not crazy. Ok?" she said just as she finished dressing up and turned around to see him with a dumbstuck expression on his face.

"What the hell..." he trailed not being able to trust his own ears. Why did he get her as his beloved from everyone in this world.

"Shall we?" she said before storming down a hall and waiting for him who took a few more seconds before flashing downstairs to meet her.

"Wow!" was Alex's reaction once she saw a state the house was in. He really did a number on it "So that's what that noise was..."

"I'm pretty aggressive once I get angry" was his reply with a shrug. He can't be serious! But then again, this is Caine she's talking about...

"Okaaayy..." she said "remind me to never be nearby when you get mad" she said and just as she was about to exit the house, Marcus came in with a Saphyr following behind.

"Wow!" he said when he saw the house "This is... Wow!"

"Yeah, that's what I thought, too" Alex added "Were going for an ice-cream, do you need anything?"

He just stared at her as she had grown another head. Caine? Ice-cream? Those two just can't be put in the same sentences! If Caine hates something, then it would be the sweets. It was a huge no-no for him! He glanced at Caine only to see him with pained look on his face, this must be hard for him.

"Hey, Saph, how are you?" she asked once she noticed her.

"Good" was her reply as she hid behind Marcus from Caine's eyes. He was scary and had that 'I'm-the-boss-so-don't-mess-with-me' aura around him, so it was only normal for her to be scared of him... Not to forget the fact that he almost killed her, but that doesn't really matter... Note the sarcasm!

"So... We'll be going.. See you" she said storming outside as Caine followed behind.

"Call someone to clean this mess" Caine told him when he passed next to him "And wash that hair, it looks like you've set it on fire"

"No shít, Sherlock!" was his reply as he grabbed Saphyr's hand and pulled her upstairs to their room. He has a lot of explainings to do about 'husband and wife' thing.

Once they reached his room that luckily survived Caine's wrath who would have usually kill every single room in the house, he told her to wait here until he finishes with a shower to which she nodded. She was wondering, what could he possibly want to do with her if it's not for séx? It's unheard among the slaves that a vampire would buy one just to drink tea and befriend with her, there were always three outcomes of slavery:

*To work as a maid or servant

*To be a blood donor, but that included work as a maid too

*And to be a sex slave

The third one was the reason there were a lot of girls in slavery system, and they mostly came there willingly, so it's not wonder of her curiosity why as to why did he bring her. Maybe the husband and wife relationship is something like blood donor's? What is his real intention?

After she's been waiting for him some 15 minutes he finally got out of the bathroom suite that was in his room wearing only a sweatpants. She blushed and turned around at the sight infront of her that awoke really weird feelings in her belly.

"Please sit down on the bed and I'll start explaining you" he said chuckling at her reaction and she did as told.

"So... What is exactly 'husband and wife' thing, Sir?" was Saphyr's question.

"Marcus" he corrected her "Call me Mark if it will be easier"

"Yes, S-Mark" she mumbled.

"How to explain this... Do you know what a marriage is?" he asked but she shook her head, so he sighed "Marriage is when two people decide to spend the rest of their lives together, in this case that's the two of us. I, a man, will be the husband, while you, a woman, will be the wife. You understand?"

"So, there won't be s-séx between us?"

"There will, but that's because we both will want it, and because we'll need an heir... A child. Or even more of them" she slowly nodded taking in all the informations he's just told her.

"That also means that I won't touch or look at any other women, while you won't look or touch any men other then myself, understand?" he asked.

"Even if other masters wants me?"

"You are no longer a slave" he sneered at her question "They won't have a right to touch you or treat like one. If some guy asks you anything, just say that you're Marcus' beloved and politely leave them" He sure as hell won't share her. She's only his and if someone even tries to touch user, he'd snap their necks in half.

"Do you have any question?" he asked finally as she nodded.

"What is beloved?" where did she live, in a cave? Everyone know what a beloved is... But then again. He sighed, he better let her look through the Internet and books about their relationship then explain her everything.

"Alright, this will be a long story, do you want to eat something?" He asked, but she shook her head. The only thing she was allowed to eat was a bit of bread and water, and she's not really hungry for that.

"You sure?" he asked and she nodded.

"I'll go order a pizza, you're way to tiny,you have to eat" he said before getting up and heading towards his touch phone dialing the number of a good restaurant.

For that time, Alex was sitting on a passenger seat and silently watching the road as Caine drove.

"So... Where do you exactly want to go?" he asked and she shrugged, any place that has ice-cream is acceptable.

"Mcdonald?" she suggested and he nodded "Is that alright for you?" he was the king after all, he sure preferred nice restaurants instead of McDonald's... And yes, they still existed.

"Yes it is, I don't live in a castle with a reason, you know" he said and she nodded. Okaaayy, no need to go all bulky on it.

"Wait, why don't you live in the Castle? It's in Russia, right?" she asked confused. She heard about the Royals living in the Russia, so what the heck is he doing here in Canada?

"My sister wanted to be educated here in America, however our family ties are so great that no one gives a fùck about others, so I decided to come along and protect her. I hate life in there, so it was like killing two flies with one stone"

"Oh" she said once he finished explaining.

"Any questions?"

"Your name?"

"Caine?" he said which sounded more like a question then statement, there's no way she don't know his name.

"C'mon, few centuries old vampire from Russia is to have an American name? Spill the beans!" he sighed. She's smart.

"Dragnyl Van Volkov, 2358 years old, anything else? And I'm not sure that Caine is American name, my sister chose it for me"

"That's a lot of years difference, you'd make a perfect pedo" she joked as he sneered at her.

"Calm down, I was joking, though you have a nice name, mine is weird" she said.

"What's so weird about Alex? It's cool name"

"Can I trust you?" she asked him unsure. Idiot or not, he's her mate so she'll have to bear with him, and the more he know in less trouble he'll be.

"Yes..." he trailed confused by her sudden question.

"That's not my real name..." was her response "No one should know my real name" she mumbled, but he could hear her.

"And your name is..." he trailed waiting for response, this perked his attention.

"Do you know about the lineage of werewolves witches cursed long ago to be humans or something like that, I'm not sure about that cràp, history was never my subject"

"Alne's... There's no a Royal that don't know about them, we're to exterminate one by first sight" well shít, you're not making this any easier Caine! "Why?" he asked and glanced at her that had 'WTF!Are you kidding me right now?' look on her face.

"Actually..." she started but realizing what she wanted to say, he interrupted her.

"Actually nevermind, your real name isn't that important. I understand that you came here illegally from USA, but you don't have to worry about them. And I'll kill that Alne that's been chasing you" he said with a smile as she looked at him confused.

And that's when she heard his voice in her head.
'Somebody's listening to us, keep your mouth shut and copy with my story. You'll tell me later what's this about, and for fúck's sake, I hope you're not one of them'
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Sorry for late update, I thought I already updated while I was on WiFi, but apparently I didn't and I've just noticed that