3 Blood Oath

"What are you doing with MY Talisa!?"

The 'my', the 'mine', those are words which indicate possession, to own.

William's face scrunched up in such a way where his rage was the only emotion written over his once refined and handsome appearance. Even as a mere 18 year old man, he seemed to resemble more like an evil witch.

"Oh? Nothing much, William." Violet smiled in response, in a business-like manner, hiding her heart's true emotions.

"Are you bullying her?! MY woman?"

"Pfft! If you were nearly as possessive with me as you are with Talisa, I'm afraid my heart would have fluttered~" It was a joke, a mockery. Violet would never have loved the man in front of her. She may have considered the fact that she would have to bear his children, but she would rather have a prostitute do the dirty work of crawling into the arrogant man's bed.

"Are you mocking me?! In front of MY woman?" Violet's eyes furrowed as she heard the word, 'my', again and again. A human is not a possession, slaves are illegal within the empire; surely William should know this.

"I do not know so much as bullying… however, Talisa did give me peck on my red lips… I fear my lipstick is smudged with her own… How am I supposed to fix this?" The halls were filled with Violet's faint laughter, a mocking expression to her ex-fiancé.

"I wish you could be more grief-ridden from the engagement being annulled, yet you are still laughing. Do you think you can be the winner after I left you?" William's glare darted at Violet, rather potent in the intensity of the gleam.

"I'm not so sure… perhaps I have already gotten over that little shrimp you call a penis? I never touched it, but I sure never wish to. I wonder if Lady Talisa would make a comment on the length?"

"..." Talisa did not say a word, afraid of angering any one of them more than she already has.

"You see, she says nothing. Therefore, you have nothing. At this point, it would be better to be a woman than having nothing there. Maybe that is why she indulged herself on my lips~"

"SHUT UP!" A fist came swinging from William's right, coming straight at Violet.

"Worthless."

A near transparent blue bubble suddenly formed around Violet, receiving the hard impact of William's assault.

CRACK

"AAARGH!"

"Might and magic, you can use might to beat magic, but you don't have any might in the first place."

"You were always too busy… socialising with your friends, and meeting women behind my back. From what I can tell, you have not gone far with any… your personality perhaps? No. It's your friend down there, not even the slightest bulge in your pants. No wonder you were so desperate." Just when William thought Violet had finished mocking him, she continued. Every word was filled with malice, leaving William scathed.

"For instance, you like this girl a lot. I wonder how she thinks of you? She must obviously love you so much for letting you play with her despite the lack of equipment on your end… what do you think, Talisa?" Violet turned her head and grinned devilishly at Talisa.

"I… um- I like William." Much to Violet's alarm, there was a hint of unwillingness in Talisa's tone.

"Talisa, I know you are the one for me! Now get away from the witch, she will break your soul if you stand close. I am sure she must have coerced you into kissing her…" This in fact was false, Talisa was the one to kiss Violet. But William did not need to know.

"I didn't sleep with him." Talisa affirmed.

"Oh? Yet another girl that won't come to your bed~" Violet let out a taunting chuckle, unable to stop herself from mocking the man before her.

"But you must obviously like her. You want to keep her don't you? I wonder why? What is so good about this girl? She seems just like any other beauty, don't you think?" Violet did not hide her animosity towards Talisa either.

PAT PAT

One hand patted Talisa on her shoulder softly.

"Miss Hale, this man must obviously love you. Even though you dare to shamelessly kiss me, going behind your lover's back, he still wants you. However, you are nothing. We both know your family only has the status of a count. You are not even that amazing. Sure you might be beautiful, but aren't there many beautiful women in the world? You even admit that I am most beautiful…"

"It makes me wonder if your useless scheming self is untrustworthy by nature. Perhaps you will crawl into my bed next? Despite me being female, you might assault me in my sleep and steal my virginity! You have already taken my first kiss, but will you stop there? Such a predator~"

If one was to be asked who is the real predator, they would not be able to comment. While it may be true that Talisa made the first move, however, Violet may have planned all of this from the beginning.

"Don't you dare say such-" William was unable to finish his sentence.

"William, I think I want your lover. She seems like a nice pet, what do you say? Lend her to me as an attendant, you know I will have my way." The demand was heavy. On one side, Violet did not believe in the possession of a human, but on another, she wanted a just revenge.

"Of course no-"

"I heard your import business in your duchy has been drying up as of late. All of your major importers seem to have left… I wonder why?" This was one perk of studying everything. Violet knew the empire like the back of her hand, even the businesses within William's house's domain.

"Did you have something to do with that?" William clenched his teeth in rage with his fists gripped onto themselves like valves.

"Who else? Not even your father can steer the merchants like I do. So will you give me your lover as an attendant?"

"Fine."

"Make a blood oath then." Violet quickly instructed.

SLIT

"I, William Alexander, give Talisa, my lover, to Violet Silvre, as an attendant."

The blood he had cut from his finger magically dried, as if nothing had ever happened.

"Yes, the blood oath is complete. Talisa, follow me now." Violet gestured her hands, prompting Talisa to hopelessly go to her.

"What about the businesses?!"

"What about them? You should be smarter when you do blood oaths, William."