"Curiosity killed the cat. But curiosity cannot kill Hadeon," the pureblooded vampire replied in a nonchalant tone. "And that cross can be worn only by my serphant and no one else. Anyone else will die in twenty four hours, and to think you were planning to give it to a poor soul. How heartless! Now you do not have serphant's blood, and I doubt you are purely human."
"You sure? You look like you're about to," Hadeon teased, leaning in with a mischievous grin. "With the way you walked, I thought you were going to walk back to the castle. I was almost impressed." After a few seconds, he asked, "You doing, okay?"
"Just because you've collared her doesn't give you the right to mistreat her. She's a person. Forcing and abusing her is hardly ladylike behaviour," Mallory retorted, her tone laced with defiance, provoking the vampiress's anger.