First Aid Kit

Xiran's POV

My eyes grew wide in shock as I saw her plunging that nib into her thumb. The impact resulted in breaking her skin and blood gushed out like a small fountain. The smell of her blood was even more intoxicating than I had imagined. I took a step back from her.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?" I asked her, trying to control myself from lunging forward and drinking the oozing blood.

"The contract is about blood so it's only feasible that I sign it with it." She replied ever so calmly like she had no care in the world. How was she so calm? It irked me, I had never seen a girl not get affected by my charms and here she was sitting in front of me playing with her blood like it was no big deal.

She then placed her thumb on the place of signature and moved it smoothly to sign the contract with her blood. Once she was done, she got up and walked over to me and handed over the contract. "Here, officially my blood is all yours now." She spoke without any emotions being reflected on her face. As I took the folder from her hand and threw it casually on the bed, she extended her wounded hand toward me.

"You can taste it now." Her deep turquoise eyes were fixated on me. I hungered deeply for her blood, the elven blood was known for its exquisite taste but it was very rare to come by now. And, yet here was this elven girl standing right in front of me offering me her blood.

"If you say so," I answered her with a smile as I took her hand which was soft as velvet to touch and placed her thumb in my mouth and sucked lightly so as not to pain her already injured thumb. I didn't lower my gaze and she held onto mine, without blinking her expression sombre making it impossible for me to read what she was thinking.

"Sssss," she winced slightly as her lips parted a bit but then she clenched her mouth shut as if not to show me she was in pain.

As her blood entered my system it seemed to have filled my entire being with warmth. I had never tasted anything like that before, although I had drank elven blood before but never directly from an elf. It was so luscious as if I was savouring a fine wine, only that the taste has been enhanced a thousand times. I didn't want to stop so I closed my eyes and savoured her as she stood there silently observing me.

If I wasn't careful I would drain her and I knew better than that. So, after a few minutes, I reluctantly opened my eyes and slowly pulled out her thumb from my mouth. She was still watching me closely as if trying to read me. My senses had heightened and I felt this surge of energy coursing through me. What was this sudden surge of power within me? Was it the effect of her blood?

She tried to remove her hand from mine but I didn't want to let go of her yet. So, I pulled her closer to me and held her by the waist. Her face was inches from mine. "Thank you," I whispered to which she just nodded without saying anything. I could feel her heartbeat had picked up the pace, it wasn't as steady as it was a few moments ago. I did have some effect on her.

I slowly caressed her small round face with the back of my hand. "You should let me go now," she asked me softly.

"Why?" I asked her lazily as my body wanted to be in close proximity to her.

"I don't want intimacy with you and your charms won't work on me." She answered flatly.

"Then why is your heart beating so fast?" I asked her feigning curiosity as I traced her collarbone with my nose. Her heartbeat had become so fast that it was thundering in my ears.

"Let go of me," she shouted and pulled herself back harder this time, the immense power she applied surprised me. I had no idea that a girl like her could show such strength. I smiled and let her go. "Sorry, I wasn't trying to take advantage of you. Just seeing how your body reacts to my touch. Seems like your heart likes me but your mind doesn't. I wish you would synchronise them so we could have more fun."

"Your definition of fun is extremely different from mine. Sorry, to disappoint you but that will never happen." She took a few steps back from me and was rubbing her wrist. I might have held her hand too tightly.

Sighing, I went toward the bathroom, where we kept a first aid kit, taking it out from the cupboard in the bathroom I brought it with me. She was standing there between the chairs and the bed looking bewildered when I walked out with the first aid kit.

"Sit," I ordered her pointing to the chairs. She sat down reluctantly and I sat beside her on the other chair. Taking out some antiseptic ointment, bandages, scissors, and cotton, I placed them on the box.

"Your hand," I asked her as I extended my hand toward her. She placed her left hand in mine. I took cotton and placed some antiseptic ointment on it and cleaned her wound with it. Then I cut some bandages and wrapped her thumb in them.

"Are you always so reckless?" I asked her curiously. "Maybe," her eyes were fixed on her injured/bandaged thumb. I sighed and got up.

"This is your room. I would have shared the room with you but since you don't want any intimacy you can have it on your own. No male beside me will be allowed in your room. So, you can relax. No one will hurt you, as long as I am here and you adhere to the rules. Don't come out of the room until and unless I call you. If you need anything, let me know. Frila, my assistant will help you with everything, though. Food, clothes, accessories, whatever you need, she will provide for you. If you have any hobbies you want to pursue let me know. I can arrange for that too." I explained to her all the details.

"I need canvases, paints, brushes, palettes and a sparring partner. Since my hobbies are painting and martial arts." She replied calmly to me leaving me speechless once again as I tried to comprehend what she had just said. ...