80 Ghoul Blood

Killian's POV:

I eyed down a male running in the hall, feeling my stomach growl hungrily. I felt my mouth start to water and I went after him, catching up quickly then pinned him as hunger took over and I leaned in towards his shoulder and bit down, starving. He yelped out in pain and squirmed in my arms.

"What the fuck! I should have seen this coming. Get off me- OWE!" I heard him yell in pain. I growled and tore out the chunk, moaning as the flavors made me melt against him. I chewed it then swallowed it before I leaned in for another, a small whine escaping from me. "Are you eating my flesh!?" He asked and I could smell fear rolling off of him. "OH MY SUNS!" I frowned and covered his mouth with my hand then licked his wound before I bit down into him again. I won't kill him.... I just want the hunger to go away! He yanked back and let out a cry of pain before stomping down on my foot and shoved me back. He held onto his wound- his white/silver hair fell around his body, getting stained red from the blood- the color of his eyes. He took off running from me then, looking over his shoulder in fear. I growled then. NO! I ran after him then tackled him before I pinned him.

"Please? I'm hungry... I won't kill you," I promised him, giving him a pleading look.

"You're eating me!" He cried out and gripped his wound that was already healing. I blushed a little then.

"I can't help what I eat," I told him as I sat on him. "You eat blood," I pointed out to him.

"Yeah but I ask if it's from a human or other and I only drink from bottled blood." He shook his head and closed his eyes tightly. I looked towards his shoulder hungrily and looked back at him as my stomach growled again. He groaned before letting his wound go. "F-fine." I widened my eyes in delight then leaned in and bit down more gently, tearing the flesh out as I sat up on him and moaned, chewing it slowly so I wouldn't eat too much of him. He trembled under me and held in a cry of pain. I looked at him and swallowed it, feeling my hunger ease up enough to where I wasn't wanting to attack him quite as much.

"H-here," I whispered and scratched my wrist, wincing as I dug my nails in. "You can have some... to heal," I told him softly, biting my lower lip as I felt bad for eating his shoulder. I put my wrist up against his lips as my blood got on his lips. He grabbed my wrist quickly, holding it with a firm grip and yanked it away from his lips.

"I shouldn't drink from you," he told me as he licked his lips clean. His eyes darkened slightly before he brought my wrist closer and bit down into me anyways, a hungry growl erupting from in his chest. I yelped and trembled a bit as I looked at him. I-is this what my prey feels like when I bite them and growl? I tried to relax and squirmed a little on top of him, holding back my slight panic. He wouldn't drain me... and if he tries, I can bite him and run. I heard a maid gasp and drop something nearby us before the scent of fresh blood filled the air.

"Master Killian.... A'slin...." I heard her trailing. The boy on me looked up with a devilish smirk as he stood up slowly, whipping my blood off his face before he started after her. She screamed and went to run away but he had her pin in a near second... Like he knew her moves. He bit down into her neck and started to drink from her, reaching down to her hips and brought her body close to him. I widened my eyes and got to my feet.

"H-hey, don't hurt her," I told him and went towards them. Oh man... this isn't good.... I looked towards her and my eyes lingered over her exposed arms, my mouth watering again at the sight. I could easily.... No. I need to stop him. I tore my eyes away from her flesh and looked at the boy I had attacked, walking up cautiously. The maid let out a shriek of pain like he had bit down harder from my approach. I heard a roar then- coming directly from a familiar dragon... Toma.

"What the hell is the scent of blood doing in this castle!?" Toma asked as he entered the hall in his dragon form. I yelped and quickly backed away from them, not wanting to be blamed for it. I started to walk away quickly. Nope, I totally didn't bite that vampire.... "Killian!" Toma snapped as he was by me in mere seconds from flying. He bit down into my shirt and picked me up. "What have you done this time?!"

"Nothing!" I told him quickly and held onto his jaws quickly, not wanting to be dropped. "W-well... I may have... bit him? I went to feed him though to help him heal and then he attacked the maid when she showed up!" I gave him a worried look then. "I'm sorry," I told him quickly. "I was hungry!" He dropped me quickly as he roared for Ross.

"ROSS!" He yelled. I got to my feet then went towards A'slin and pulled him off the maid before he could drain her. I could hear Ross coming, his familiar blue dragon appearing at the end of the hall quickly before he came up. "Get fang boy and shark teeth while I take the nurse to the infirmary. Hopefully they'll still be breathing when their daddies wake up and hear about this." Toma bit down into the Maid's dress and started to drag her down the hall. I widened my eyes. Oh... I'm so in trouble. My dads are going to be pissed I bit someone! I laughed nervously as Ross looked towards us. He eyed us down then walked up and scooped us both up in his jaws, starting to carry us off.

"R-Ross, you know I didn't mean any harm," I whispered, going limp so he wouldn't see a sign of struggle. He gave a soft growl, but he didn't sound too angry. A'slin broke out into a small laugh that grew into an insane louder one. I shivered and looked towards A'slin. What the hell did I do?! "Ross, can I walk?" I begged. He snorted and kept carrying us both together. NOOOOOOO!

"Ross? Toma?" I heard Rei calling from what sounded like the front door. He had been outside in the garden. "What's going on? Why'd I hear a scream? Why'd you call for him Toma?" Ross stopped as he heard Rei and turned to go in his direction, taking us to him quickly then sat us down right in front of the Japanese King. Oh crap. I smiled innocently, hiding my nervousness as I got to my feet rather quickly. A'slin got to his before going to his father and pulled him into an apparent hug before suddenly biting into his neck and moaned. Rei's face hardened with confusion as he pushed him off and looked him over. "What.... in.... the.... name of the rice god Inari?" A'slin let out a growlish laugh at him. Oh crap....

"Toma found A'slin biting a maid and Killian was with him," Ross explained and looked A'slin over with concern. "I think Killian bit your son."

"Killian," Rei hissed out as he looked towards me. "What happened?" I yelped and widened my eyes. I'm in trouble.... There's no way my dads won't hear about this....

"I-I got hungry... and I bit him, but I stopped as soon as my hunger was somewhat under control and I offered him my blood... and he went to reject it, but he took it and started to drink from me then a maid showed up and he attacked the maid," I told him and looked at the ground as guilt coursed through me. "I'm so sorry," I told him and fidgeted nervously. "I shouldn't have bitten him...."

"Or fed him your blood," I heard my father Aurelio say from behind us. "Now he's going to have to pay harder for your little slip up." He walked up towards us. "Your blood is infecting him. Rei you better act quick or you'll be dealing with a half vampire half Killian running around. We don't want another Killian." Rei's eyes widened slightly before he yanked A'slin to him and suddenly A'slin's body fell to dust and a crystal was in his father's hand. I widened my eyes as I looked towards the crystal in shock. He... ripped it out.... I trembled slightly and then looked towards my dad.

"He's going to be okay, right?" I asked quickly, worried. Rei looked down at the crystal, starting to inspect it before showing a smudge of black being absorbed into the crystal.

"He's going to get the holiest of holy bath," Aurelio whispered. "Ross, can you go to the nearby church and bring us a jar of holy water?"

"Of course," Ross said and went outside, going past Rei. I heard him take off into flight, going to get it. I looked towards A'slin's crystal worriedly then bit my bottom lip. I didn't know my blood would do that.... Aurelio knelt down in front of me then and grabbed my hand, yanking me to his eye level.

"Repeat after me," he began. "I- Killian Void will never again feed my blood to a vampire." I looked at him with wide eyes and found myself mumbling it. I can't believe I did that to A'slin....

"I- Killian Void will never again feed my blood to a vampire," I told him and glanced past him towards A'slin's crystal worriedly then looked back to my dad.

"For if I were to, I would upset the vampire's nature and make him what I am- a cannibal. That would be dangerous because it would make the vampire hungry and blood binge. Blood binging is bad to vampires and if it ever happened, I would be held center responsible and hanged." I widened my eyes.

"Hanged?!"

"Till death." I gripped my dad's hands then as fear coursed through me. They'd kill me....

"F-for if I were to... I would upset the vampire's nature and make him what I am... a cannibal," I whispered, shaking. "That would be dangerous because it would make the vampire hungry and blood binge.... Blood binging is bad to vampires and if it ever happened... I would be held center responsible and..." I choked up on the word and felt tears coming to my eyes.

"Hanged," he told me.

"H-hanged," I barely managed to get out, holding onto his hands tightly.

"You're lucky you've learned your lesson." He stood up and let my hands go. "When A'slin comes back you'll make sure to tell him thank you and that you're sorry." I nodded and sniffled before I got to my feet and quickly hugged him, burying my face into his chest.

"I'm sorry dad," I whimpered to him.

"I love you," he purred and kissed the top of my head. "Even when you're making mistakes." I looked up towards him and nodded.

"I love you too," I told him then looked past him towards Rei. I should apologize to him about his son.... "I'm sorry King Rei... for hurting him," I whispered to him and held onto my dad tightly.

"Maybe you'll be more cautious about your blood and where it goes when disposing it." Rei gripped his son's crystal as he stared me down. "This is my eldest son and he's heir to my whole fortune. I don't want him to end up dead before my own time." I nodded.

"Y-yes sir," I spoke up. "I'll be more cautious," I promised him quickly.

"Good," Rei purred and gave me a kind smile. "So you were hungry? Did you get enough?" I blushed a little.

"I'm not hungry enough to attack anyone if that's what you're worried about," I told him. I'm still hungry though....

"Well if that maid doesn't make it through the day, you're more than welcome to her." Rei gave a small smirk as he looked towards Aurelio. "I'm sure your fathers would say the same." I blushed and nodded. I heard Ross land outside and then he came in as a human, holding a jar of holy water. He presented it to Rei and gave a smile.

"Here we go!" He purred sweetly. Rei smiled and placed the crystal inside where it started to sizzle. I widened my eyes as I watched and felt curiosity spark in me as I saw the crystal being cleansed.

"That's so cool," I whispered under my breath in awe.

"We'll keep him in there for the day..." Rei trailed. "Killian, how about you be in charge of watching him since this is your fault." He motioned for me to take it. "Pull him out at dusk- if he's cleansed of the black spot. Then pour some bottled blood on him." I nodded and walked up slowly, taking the jar from him. I get to watch this... all day? AWESOME! Oh wait... I shouldn't be excited. I did this.... Uhmmm... what should I say?!

"I will take good care of him?" I said softly then looked down at the jar. This is so cool! I didn't know it worked like this.... I hope he's not in pain....

"Good. I can go back to my tea now." Rei stepped back out through the door, leaving us. Aurelio stepped out to follow after him, leaving as well. I watched them go. Well... I have a jar with a really cool rock crystal life source thingy... and I have pretty much the castle to myself.... I could watch my shows on TV.... I started to walk off but was stopped by Ross.

"Killian, be really careful with him," he warned me then let me go. "Don't let anything happen to him or Rei won't be as forgiving." I nodded and smiled.

"I won't let him get hurt," I promised him. He smiled at me then and ruffled my hair.

"Alright, run along then. Don't let him out of your sight."

"I won't~" I giggled and ran off with the jar then, going to the night room then sat down on the couch, placing him on the coffee table and started to watch my shows and his crystal, switching my attention between the two as I studied how it worked. As the shows passed by, the crystal sizzled away the dark glob clinging to it and the water completely devoured the dark substance. By the time it was dusk, the crystal was cleansed. I reached into the jar slowly and turned off the TV then took him out. I held him in my hands and inspected him closely before I purred slightly. "Alright, let's get you some bottled blood," I whispered to the crystal then got to my feet. "I'll get you lots of bottled blood...." I took him to the kitchen and got out a bottle of blood, setting his crystal on the ground and dumped the blood all over his crystal. I went over to the refrigerator again and got out a few more, setting them down near his crystal for him to drink when he came to then sat on the counter, watching curiously.

A'slin's crystal absorbed every drop of blood that was poured on top before weird roots started to form out of it- quickly spreading and forming his naked body. Minutes passed by before he was fully formed, laying on his back. There wasn't a scar, scratch, hint that I bit him, or that his Crystal had been removed. He was flawless. He took in a deep breath before opening his eyes and looking up at the ceiling. He shivered suddenly before he sat straight up, his long hair falling across his body to hide his nudity. He glanced around before grabbing the bottle of blood by him and waterfalled it into his mouth, doing the same with the rest sitting next to him. He let out a moan when he finished off the last one. He glanced up at me then and shivered. "You could have at least made sure there was a kimono wrapped around my crystal. This floor is freezing!" He stood up just a trembling. He started for the kitchen exit. "MAIDS! I NEED CLOTHES! CLOTHES! IT'S FREEZING! THIS FEELS WORSE THAN AN ARTIC DRAGON!" Whoops, I forgot about that.... I got to my feet and started to follow him, fidgeting a bit with my hands.

"Sorry A'slin, I didn't think about getting you clothes before bringing you back. How are you feeling?" I asked him softly as a maid brought him clothes quickly. He slipped into his clothes and started to braid his hair back out of his way.

"I feel like I just formed a new body," he purred. "We should do that more often." He looked towards me while braiding his hair. "Besides that, it was complete torture being cleansed. I felt like I was on fire. It was worth it.... My new body feels so relaxed." I blushed slightly and rubbed my neck.

"I'm glad you feel better.... What do you mean by we should do that more often?" I asked him curiously as I walked up. He reached over to the maid next to him and took a hair bow off her wrist before placing it in his hair to keep the braid.

"What I mean is~" He looked straight into my eyes then. "I really liked your blood." I blushed as I got caught by his eyes and couldn't look away.

"I-it's not good for you though.... Dad made me promise not to feed my blood to vampires anymore," I whispered to him. "Oh! I forgot to tell you thank you for letting me feed from you." I gave a small smile then. "I'm sorry for what happened to you though...." He pursed his lips before looking me over.

"What are you? A daddy's boy?" He gave a smirk then. "Parents are only there to guide but not boss us around. You're older than me and you're not a vampire. Why would you still listen to your papa?"

"He said that I'd be killed if a vampire was harmed because they drank my blood," I told him softly. "He said they'd hang me for it.... I don't want to die...." I looked down at the ground and rubbed my arm.

"Okay, I guess that would be a good reason to listen to him..." He trailed off into a frown before smiling at me. "Want to go out with me?" I widened my eyes and looked up at him. What did he just say?

"Wait, what?" I asked him. "I don't think I heard you right," I told him and laughed a little. He couldn't have just asked me out.... We barely know each other... and we're not even the same species of supernatural.... Maybe he meant go out to town together?

"To town?" He asked, giving me an innocent smile. "We could go do something fun.... get into something we shouldn't." I smiled then and nodded. That makes a lot more sense.

"Yeah, I don't mind. Let me get my keys," I told him then walked past him to the door.

"No way. We're taking my car." He walked past me quickly. "I'll go get my keys. You'll like my red KIA Stinger GT." I raised an eyebrow.

"Alright," I told him then put my hands in my pockets as I followed him. "I guess you can drive. You did suggest going into town after all." I laughed and smiled happily. At least he's not angry....

"Ok, meet me in the garage." He ran off then to go get his keys. I watched him go before I went towards the garage, taking my time. Still though... if you were bit by someone, would you hang out with them? He did let me though... after I explained I was really hungry.... Maybe he just doesn't mind me... or he thought my blood was tasty.... I rubbed my neck and blushed slightly as I entered the garage then leaned against the wall, pulling out my phone to look at things in town to do incase he was looking to me for ideas. He came up to me after a few minutes, and gave a sweet look before getting into the only KIA in the garage. He turned it on, hooked up his phone to the speakers, and placed a Pandora station on. He looked towards me expectantly.

"Coming?" He asked in a teasing tone. I smiled and got off the wall, putting my phone back into my pocket.

"Uh huh," I said sweetly and walked over, getting in the passenger seat. I buckled up and looked towards him. "Do you know what you want to do in town?" I asked him curiously. This really is a nice car though....

"I thought we would go hang out in this old run down park where all the teens are going to at night as well as young adults. There is supposedly great music there as well as alcohol." I laughed a little and shook my head.

"You're not going for the alcohol, are you?" I teased him.

"So? I'm not a human.... their laws doesn't apply to me. Vampires never made a drinking age law or a drivers age law," he scoffed. Well then.

"Yeah, I know, but I just don't want your dad to glare at me and blame me for you being drunk," I hummed out and started to play with my black hair. "I already made him upset today by letting you drink from me."

"What doesn't kill him," he mumbled. "I've done worse anyways. You want to go someplace nice? We could go visit Egypt." I shook my head no and gave him a sweet smile.

"I'm fine with going to the park with you. It'll be fine if he catches you, and he might not care because of how old he is," I told him and curled up in my seat.

"Really? You don't want to go see a pyramid?" He started to drive us then, taking it smooth out of the gates before taking the car to its max speed.

"I'd like to see a pyramid before I get really old," I told him and laughed. "I can do that some other time though."

"It's a good thing we have google then," he teased. "Just pull it up on the maps."

"I live with a dragon and can convince him to take me~" I purred at him. "I don't need to look it up."

"I don't either. I usually make it to where I want to go before I get caught."

"Yeah, I think I heard something about you being famous in your family for sneaking out and running away," I teased him.

"I don't like staying in a place where there is so much competition and I was living on a small island! AN ISLAND! That was not for me. I'm also being pressured about inheriting a whole lot of land- and a crown or two and who cares? I like my baby KIA right here." He patted her on the wheel. I nodded and watched him quietly. So many people would love to inherit that though.... They always tell stories about it... but I guess the rest of that wouldn't be fun.

"I'm sorry," I mumbled to him then looked down into my lap. Plus I bit him today... that must've been horrifying.... He gave me a cute smile.

"Why? You're Killian Void. You might inherit your dad's throne." He reached over, taking my cheek, and pinched it. I blushed and looked towards him.

"W-well... I never thought about it... and I haven't asked. I don't think I will though.... I'm not a vampire like you. The throne is for your kind... so you can all be on a council together. I'm a ghoul- a cannibal."

"So? You're close to our kind. It's better than a human getting crowned."

"They'd turn the human," I pointed out and frowned before I nipped at his fingers.

"The low class would be in the position of a pureblood's place. Ewe." He smirked as he placed a finger in my mouth and ran it across my teeth. I blushed and moaned slightly at the sensation of flesh, leaning in to him a little. He rubbed my tongue then before taking his finger out of my mouth. He rubbed my saliva off onto my face.

"You're still hungry... How about you kill a human while I feed off of it tonight?" He lowered the music then. I looked towards his finger in disappointment then looked towards him.

"W-well... if you were already going to drain the human... I wouldn't mind eating the remains... but I'm not supposed to kill humans," I mumbled innocently.

"Have you ever tried your own kind?" He asked me curiously.

"Nuh uh, I haven't met another ghoul really," I told him and curled my hair around my finger.

"Okay. If you're going to kill a human tonight then I don't mind draining them."

"I... guess," I whispered to him, feeling my stomach growl a little at the thought of more food.

"Great! It'll be our little secret." He cut the music up then. "I want a girl tonight."

"A girl?" I asked him and tilted my head. "Why does it matter?" Does he get something weird out of drinking from certain genders?

"Because they're more tender."

"Oh, I never really thought about that.... I don't normally get to see the gender of my food," I told him and laughed, rubbing my head. "Dad cuts up my food before I get it, but I know he only gets me corpses that he gets from the hospital before they can be sent to the funeral homes."

"That's sort of sad," he mumbled. "That you don't get to know what you're eating."

"It's sort of like your bottled blood," I hummed out to him then gave him a smile. "You know, you tasted good, and you were one of my first actual preys since I was little and adopted. Not to be creepy or anything, but you did."

"Well thank you~ I'm a pureblood so I expect I do taste delicious. You want more of me?" I blushed and glanced towards his shoulder as the idea made my mouth water.

"Y-yeah," I admitted under my breath then forced myself to look away, rubbing my lips lightly.

"Too bad," he told me calmly. "I don't think I'll feed you this time."

"I don't want to hurt you again though, so I wouldn't have," I whispered to him. "They offered me the maid you were draining- if she doesn't make it that is.... I have food waiting for me at home probably if I ask for it...."

"Just do me a favor... if you start craving my hotness.... let me know." I looked towards him again and blushed.

"Your hotness?" I asked and laughed a little. "I don't know about that," I teased him and looked him over. He is actually... very hot.... I wasn't really looking before, but he's practically sinful.... I blushed and looked back towards the road. Some girl is going to be happy to have him one day.... "I'll tell you though when I get hungry and want to eat you."

"Good, I'll feed you and make you a stuffed pig." He grabbed my nose then and shook it, bringing my head along. I gasped and tried to pull away, uncomfortable. I let out a small growl and then nipped at his hand quickly, knowing he didn't want to be bit. He pulled his hand back and laughed softly before turning back to the road, being careful not to wreck his KIA. I smiled and rubbed my nose then looked out at the road.

"So what do you normally do?" I asked him softly.

"Explore the world when my dad isn't looking." I nodded and smoothed out my pants.

"Sounds fun," I mumbled then looked out the window as I got quiet. He ran his fingers over the wheel, singing softly as he looked it over.

"This car is enough to ground me from going somewhere exotic," he whispered. I laughed and looked back towards him.

"That makes sense," I purred. "You wouldn't want to leave it behind. It really is pretty." I sunk down in my seat and let out a contented purr from the comfort of the car. "It's nice too." He got real silent for a minute before swerving around a deer's corpse.

"That's disgusting," he mumbled and looked over his shoulder. "Someone call the road kill clean up crew."

"Well... I could," I suggested, glancing in one of the mirrors towards the deer. "Or should I leave that to someone else...."

"It's not your problem," he told me as he looked back at the road. "Maybe a werewolf will eat it."

"Maybe," I shrugged, glancing towards him then looked out the window towards our surroundings. I rubbed my neck slightly then massaged one of my shoulders slowly. He looked me over before turning the volume up as the song Wolves by Selena Gomez came on. He started to sing a little with her and slowed down as we came into town. I smiled and watched buildings start to pass by, looking at them in slight excitement as I sat up a little more. Awesome~ This is going to be fun... definitely different than sitting in the castle all day and night.

"So.... I'll drain the female and you eat her," he purred as we came across an old run down park that was being used by a crowd of young adults and teenagers. "Deal?" I looked towards them with wide eyes before I looked at him.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, deal," I whispered and gave him a cute smile. He smiled back at me before parking his KIA a few car lengths away from the park. He placed the keys in his pocket as he slipped out of the car. He reached in to grab his phone before shutting the car door. I watched him then got out, closing the door and began to walk towards the park as I slipped my hands into my pockets and didn't wait on him. He followed after me, locking the car with the keys. He linked arms with me before leaned in towards my ear and purred.

"I can't believe an old guy is hanging out with me.... I hope you can keep up with my game," he teased with a slight growl. "We won't let this get back to the others at the castle- right?" I frowned and looked towards him.

"I'm not that old!" I complained then looked away from him. "It'd be more believable that you don't want it getting out if you said that you didn't want to be teased for hanging out with a ghoul," I muttered. "I won't tell anyone though...."

"I'm talking about our meal tonight.... not that we're hanging out." He licked my neck then and let out a small laugh. "We can't let others know." I blushed and shrunk back a bit, looking towards him.

"N-no... I won't tell about what you planned," I whispered to him then wiped his spit off my neck.

"Great~ Don't leave my side. I don't want you walking home."

"Why would I walk home?" I asked and frowned. What else is he planning?

"You won't because you won't leave my side."

"But why would you think I would try to walk home in the first place?" I asked him and looked him over.

"I wouldn't know because it won't happen." He let me go completely. "Now let's go get a meal." I nodded and watched him before I ran my fingers through my hair and followed after him slowly. He still had a reason about why I might leave him.... He just isn't telling me.... I glanced him over before I looked around and walked off as we reached the park, starting to glance around the crowd to help search (mostly for myself). I walked deeper into the crowd and eventually looked around for him, frowning when I saw I was surrounded by taller people. I glanced around a little more, worry sparking in me as I couldn't see past the crowd. I was lost.... Crap! Well... we both have phones... Wait... Wait, WE DIDN'T EXCHANGE NUMBERS! How the heck did we get separated?! I thought he was following me? Did he not notice me walk into the crowd?

I panicked and tried standing on my tippy toes, a small cry escaping my lips. I'd never been separated from someone who lived in the castle since I was adopted! Never since that night... that awful night. I trembled in fear at the loneliness and panic of being lost as my heart clenched in my chest and my stomach started to knot up. I felt someone brush past me then, knocking me over onto the pavement, and I yelped as I felt my hands get skinned up when I threw them out to break my fall. I winced and sat back on my knees, looking at my hands as blood started to well up on my skin, a small gash running on my hands from the impact and my slight weakness from not having been fully fed for the last couple of days.

"Are you okay?" I heard him ask me. I looked towards him quickly and got to my feet shakily then fell into him as my knees gave out, pain lancing through them from my fall. I gripped him to keep from falling all the way back to the ground and hid my face in him, trembling.

"A-A'slin, I thought you were following me," I whispered under my breath as relief flooded through me, but I could still feel the fear from before. I gripped him tightly and whimpered as I remembered being locked up in a cage for days, being starved in darkness. My hands and knees felt painful too, my knees probably bleeding slightly too... even though I had the pants at least separating me from the pavement.

"I thought you were following me," he said softly. "No biggy. I tracked you like a wolf. Your blood is very strong scented." I nodded and gripped him before I looked up at him, taking a deep breath to steady my nerves. I put more weight on my knees and began to pull away from him, not wanting to engulf him too much in my bloody scent. I'd hate it if someone dangled flesh in front of me that I couldn't have... flesh that I thought I could have. I gripped my hands and held them up against my chest with a wince as my body shook a little as it tried to get used to the pain in my knees. "You're silly for an old man," he teased me. "You only fell. It's not like you were buried underground for ten years, starved to death." I growled at him then.

"You're not like me though. I haven't fully eaten in a few days!" I pointed out to him then narrowed my eyes. Jerk. "I'm not that old either!" I snarled then started to walk off, holding my hands close. "Go find your own food."

"That's mean to say to someone that you were just scared you lost," he purred out from behind me.

"You called me old," I muttered and glared at the space in front of me. "I'll meet you at the car later- ten or something." I pushed my way between two people, getting some humans between us then looked at my hands before I glanced around, searching for a public bathroom. I brightened up as I spotted one and walked towards it, pushing my way through people till I was able to get inside and went to the sinks to wash my wounds. I cleaned them up before I glanced around, wondering if someone else was in here or not. I heard boots clicking on the tile as someone walked in, going straight to one of the urinals and unzipped his pants, starting to whistle.

I wrinkled up my nose and dried my hands, avoiding looking towards the man. Public bathrooms are gross.... I miss the castle.... Maybe I should walk home. I have food there.... I heard him let out a small moan, laying on hand flat against the tilt as he continued to pee, taking his time in dragging it out. I frowned and got a few more paper towels before I wrapped them around my hands and tied them up. I pulled up my pant legs a little before I began to carefully rinse my knees off then dried them up and looked them over. They didn't look that bad... already starting to heal. I smiled softly in relief then lowered my pants legs. He finished up before hitting the flush and zipped up. He walked straight over, eyeing me up and down before moving around me to wash his hands. He sort of had a rough western look about him.

His hair was a short brown mess, he had a five o'clock shadow growing and bright blue eyes. The guy had on an orange and black plaid shirt with blue jeans and the typical western boots. All he was missing was a pointed hat. He breathed down my neck as he moved into my personal zone to wash up. He practically towered over me and was around my age! I looked towards him and felt my mouth start to water hungrily as I caught his scent. I blushed a bit and looked up into his eyes before I looked towards his neck and shoulder, blinking slightly in a daze as I tightened my grip on my hands. No one would know.... I could feed.... He stepped back from me, slinging water off his hands and went for the paper towels.

"Sorry little man," he spoke up in a smooth southern accent. "I didn't see you there until I smelled you." Huh? I frowned then and looked at him closer. What's that supposed to mean? Is he a supernatural or is he just strange? I cautiously smelled the air again, not wanting to let on what I was doing. He finished drying his hands that smelled like raspberries from here and walked up, going to shake my hand. "My names Mason. What's yours?" I looked at his hand and took it then shook it.

"K-Killian," I mumbled and looked up at him curiously as I tried again to smell him. I caught the scent of dirt and woods under the raspberries, reminding me of werewolves. "Are you...?" I trailed off in confusion and looked back up into his eyes. If he's a werewolf... I shouldn't eat him.

"Am I what?" He asked, his face turning into amusement. Crap!

"Are you Southern?" I changed my question quickly and gave him a cute smile.

"Born and raised. I'm visiting my cousin." He winked at me then. "What about you? Are you Canadian?" He teased.

"Nuh uh," I hummed out and shook my head then smiled. "What did you mean by smelling me?" I asked him curiously. "Or were you just teasing me about how much taller you are?"

"You are short," he laughed out and ran his fingers through his hair. "I wouldn't think much of it."

"Uh huh...." I watched him then glanced towards his neck before I felt a small purr start to rise up in me. Does it matter if he's a wolfie? I think he'd have some others with him if he was a werewolf.... I glanced up at him then and smiled. How do I get closer to him without him being weirded out? I don't want him screaming till I'm close enough to end it if I'm going to eat him.... "So what state did you come from?" I asked him, distracting him as I moved a little closer. I started to give him a slightly flirtatious look, deciding maybe the best way would be to pretend I was gay or something.... He'd let me get close, right? I gave him a sweet look.

"Tennessee." He backed up from me then and gave a smile. "I have to go now, but it was nice seeing you.... Uh- Killian." He turned around and started out the restroom. I frowned then. Well... he definitely didn't like me getting close to him.

"It was nice meeting you too," I called out to him and watched him in disappointment. It wouldn't look good if I attacked him.... I groaned as he walked out and heard my stomach growl. "Darn it.... Maybe I should go look for A'slin.... It's better than no food...." I sighed and walked out of the bathroom, glancing around for him. I found him standing next to the bathroom with a girl's head against his neck and his arms wrapped around her waist.

"Oh there you are," he purred. "I hope you're hungry." I widened my eyes slightly and looked towards the girl then up at him. Did he... bring me food? I blushed then and nodded.

"Yeah," I whispered. "I'm hungry...."

"Get the other side of her. She's heavy." He adjusted her and suddenly her head fell back to reveal her bloody neck. I quickly walked up to help him and looked towards her hungrily, the smell driving me a little crazy as I wanted to start eating her right then and there. I tore my eyes away from her and looked up at A'slin.

"Where do you want to take her? In the bathroom?" I asked him softly.

"We can't take her to my car. I don't want to get it messy. We'll take her into the bathroom and lock the door." He started to drag her inside it. I went in with him and locked it behind me before I quickly took the body from him and fell into the floor with it, purring loudly as I leaned into her shoulder and started to tear my teeth into her, moaning in delight as my stomach growled. He stood by the door, keeping his eyes on me with interest. I glanced his way as I swallowed some and then gave him a sweet look before I leaned back into her neck and watched him as I ripped another bite out of her. I haven't been able to eat like this since I was really little! Dad would kill me if he found out I was eating like this! He leaned back against the door before sinking with a hard thunk. I moaned at her flavor and started to devour her quickly.

I pulled back as I finished her corpse off then looked towards him, licking my lips in a daze. I purred and started to crawl over to him, sitting down in front of him as I licked my hands clean then took the paper towels off my hands and looked towards my scabbed up hands that were healing faster now. I smiled then looked towards A'slin. "Thank you for the meal," I purred to him happily. I'm so full~!

"Yeah~ Just don't tell anyone about our little meal or we might end up in trouble. If we keep this a secret then we can do it again whenever you're hungry." I noticed he looked healthier then before he fed off her. I nodded and gave him a huge smile.

"I won't tell anyone," I promised him then leaned in and kissed his cheek before I got to my feet then reached down for his hand to help him up. He took them, standing up quickly. He walked up to the sinks and started to clean himself up. I smiled and watched him before I started to break up the bones and took them to a toilet, dropping a few broken pieces in at a time and began to flush them down. He watched me before breaking one of the sinks, having water spray out to help wash the blood away on the floor. I purred as I watched it getting practically erased then walked over to A'slin. "I'm sorry for getting upset and leaving you earlier over you teasing me about my age. I shouldn't have gotten upset about that. I kinda am old," I told him and laughed, rubbing my neck. "Thanks for bringing me food though... even though you didn't have to."

"Aw, it's okay." He gave me a sweet look before starting for the door. "Let's get out of here and go home. I don't want Nico looking for me." I nodded and followed after him.

"Okay~ We'll go home," I hummed out happily and walked beside him as we left the bathroom then went towards his car with him. "How do you feel?"

"Full," he moaned out as he lead me back to his car. He unlocked it for us before getting in. I got in the passenger seat and buckled up then curled up in it.

"Good... I won't have to worry then about you," I whispered under my breath. "You're practically healed from today's events...." That's good.... His body is new, refreshed, and full. He came out healthier than he was before I attacked him this morning.... He purred as he started to drive us home.

"I should thank you," he muttered.

"Not really.... You fed me twice today," I told him and smiled his way. "You also didn't hold it against me that I bit you... or turned you into a monster for a few minutes.... There's no way I can really repay that... because if you had been angry about the monster thing, you might've been able to have me killed...."

"What? No way. You're family if you like it or not... Well maybe not family but you are my dad's fake brother's revealed brother's adopted son. So I doubt I would have been able to kill you- I mean get you killed."

"I'm pretty sure if the council found out, they'd want my death. They wanted my death when I was nine," I mumbled and tugged lightly at the hem of my shirt as I looked out the window.

"Let's not talk about it," he mumbled.

"Okay," I whispered and then looked over towards him. "So I'm guessing Nico follows you around a lot?" I asked him and gave a small smile.

"Well yeah. He's pretty much like my shadow. He was sleeping though when you attacked me. That's the only time I get free time from him is when he sleeps." I nodded and laughed.

"He's definitely looking for you then if he's like your shadow. They'll be searching for you when we get back...."

"Who cares? They know I'm a runner," he laughed out. "It's what they expect from me now."

"Well, that's true. Even I've heard about your running away episodes," I teased him. "You have one hell of a story to tell though if you want- about being attacked by a ghoul."

"I'm not telling that. It's nobodies business that I was attacked by a ghoul." He scoffed. "I rather talk about a pyramid."

"You certainly like pyramids," I hummed out, laughing. "You've mentioned them twice in one night. I've got you now~"

"You don't even know," he whispered softly. "I'll take you there one day to see for yourself. You might have to deal with a mouth full of sand once or twice..." I nodded and gave him a sweet smile.

"That'd be nice," I whispered to him and sat up in my seat. "You're not that bad A'slin.... I'm glad I met you today."

"I'm glad you attacked me today too," he laughed. "Now I don't just have Nico. I'm going to hide from him sometimes by hanging out with you. He'll never find me."

"Nope, he won't," I told him and busted out laughing. "I don't think anyone would suspect you of hanging out with me like that." He laughed and nodded.

"Not after you attacking me," he mused.

"Definitely not," I purred and shook my head. I smirked at him then and gave him a playful growl. "You might never know when I attack you again," I teased him playfully. Of course I will do my best to not attack him again. He looked me in the eyes then.

"Don't you dare," he warned me. "I mean it. You'll tell me when you start craving me." I nodded and smiled.

"Of course I will. If it helps, I usually stare at your shoulder then look away quickly when I am," I told him softly. "I wouldn't purposely attack you- maybe playfully one day- but not to eat you. It'd have to be a freak accident."

"You better make sure next time will be a freak accident."

"It will be unless I have permission to bite you," I whispered to him and bit my bottom lip. "I don't want to purposely eat you to death.... I like you too much... and my family loves you guys...."

"Aw," he mumbled. "Such family love.... It's heart touching." I smiled and laughed.

"So what are you going to do when we get back? Go find Nico?" I asked him sweetly and ran my fingers through my hair.

"No, he'll find me. I'll just act natural for the most part. I'll probably go to the night room or something." I nodded to him and laid my head back on my seat.

"Sounds fun," I whispered to him. I could go mess with Ross or go to my parents... or go to bed. I smiled and rubbed my cheek a little before I looked out the window. Tonight was a good night. I got food- food from an actual corpse which isn't something that I've been able to do in forever. I haven't eaten straight from my food source since I was really little.... I suck at hunting though~ That guy pretty much ditched me. I wouldn't last very long by myself if I went into the world on my own. I wouldn't be able to find much to eat....