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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 176 Bliss
The gentle breeze blew to the inside of the quiet room, causing the curtains to sway and flutter gently.
On the couch, Sebastian was lying there, his head resting contentedly on Elle's lap while she was looking down at him, her palm covering his eyes. It was as though she was using her palm as an eye mask to block out the light that would otherwise disturb Sebastian from resting.
The picture of them together on the couch was so peaceful, so warm. As if they were in a moment of nothing but serene paradise, enclosed and without the presence of anyone else.
She had somehow managed to lead him to the couch and made him lie down. He did not protest nor said anything to stop her from leading him over. He simply followed along almost robotically.
He seemed so worn out that the moment he laid his head on her lap, he silently took her hand and covered his eyes with her palm. As if he wanted nothing more than to be close to her and to feel her touching him, even with the most basic of touches like covering his eyes.
They stayed like that for so long that it might have already been an hour. Elle did not move until she was certain he was finally asleep.
Ever so slowly, she took her hand off his face. His brows creased a little but when Elle lowered her palm again, though this time she had placed it on his forehead, he relaxed again. Breathing deeply and peacefully, his entire body relaxed further into the couch and Elle could feel even the muscles at the back of his neck loosening.
Elle let out a silent, almost shaky breath as she stared down at his incredibly handsome face. Her gaze traced his enviably thick dark lashes, to his brows, his perfect nose, and then his... seductive lips. At that moment, he looked so vulnerably beautiful that Elle felt as though thousands of sharp needles viciously pierced her chest.
She could never forget that tortured expression... that haunted and tormented look that kept lingering in his eyes. Never. She could not believe it. She never once thought it was this bad. She had never thought that this... that this powerful, dangerous, and beautiful man was so damaged on the inside. Looking at how he carried himself so confidently with much self-assurance outwardly, no one would think that he carried such vicious emotional and psychological scars within himself.
No matter the whole story behind all this, that look she saw in his eyes was enough to tell her that he must have gone through and endured something unspeakably depraved. Sebastian was most of the time impassive. It was rare to see him letting his emotions come to the surface, except when he was really angry, that many might even believe he was not capable of showing emotions aside from anger.
The emotions she saw were nothing but shocking and... it hurts. It hurt so badly. Because she could not even imagine what kind of damage had to be done to a man like Sebastian to be that haunted and horrified.
"I'm so... sorry..." she mouthed, fighting her tears as she caressed his handsome face as gently as she could.
...
When Sebastian opened his eyes, the very first thing he saw was the face of his angel filling his entire sight. Her eyes were closed and her red hair was cascading down over his head.
He reveled at the sight and situation he found himself in for a long while. Until everything that had happened came rushing back to him.
Shock and then awe flashed across his eyes. Shock, that he was actually right here, resting his head on her lap instead of going on a berserking rampage somewhere, most probably in the dungeon. And awe of her reactions and to the fact that he even actually fell asleep and now everything already seemed back to normal. It was as though the nightmare had never happened. It was... unbelievable.
Carefully, Sebastian shifted so he could move away without waking her up. He never thought he would be the kind of man who would like the feeling of sleeping with his head on his lover's lap. He remembered she had offered it before, but he had been an a**hole and rejected her good intentions. He was truly stupid to reject such bliss before.
But he was worried that she had hurt her neck or something. How long had he been sleeping? He was worried his head was too heavy for her and her legs might be numb by now.
Just as he was lifting his head off her lap, Izabelle opened her eyes. Their eyes met as he froze right in the middle of the act.
Suddenly, she placed her hand on his forehead and gently pushed his head back down, causing his eyes to slightly widen as he looked at her.
"It's not even an hour yet." She whispered and Sebastian almost relaxed against his newly found best pillow if he did not remember the issue about her throat. "Please rest a little more a���"
"I told you not to talk, remember?" He covered her mouth with his palm as he sprung up. "What do I have to do to make you listen to me on this? You're not going to heal at all at this rate!"
She only blinked, not repentant at all, causing him to smirk at her with mock warning. "I'm warning you Izabelle... if you talk once more, I'm going to..."
She gave him one slow blink, her long lashes fluttering innocently yet at the same time seductively at him, that it had him forgetting what he was about to say. His smile widened in disbelief as his dimple appeared. "Yes baby, I'm going to punish you if you talk once more. And no, I'm going to glue my hand over your lips like this... do you know what I'll do?" his grey eyes gleamed with something wicked and naughty. "I'm going to take your panties off you place them here... in your mouth..."
Her eyes instantly flew open so widely that he could not help but chuckle at her reaction.
However, he looked at her seriously and whispered. "I'm really going to do it so if you don't want that... then don't try me, and just listen to me. Are we clear, baby girl?"
HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 177 Did You Know
Elle's hand was on his cheek, pinching his skin hard. She couldn't believe what he had just said. This man was truly... she couldn't even find the right word at the moment. It was truly making her speechless how fast his emotions shift like this. Or was this him just distracting her and acting like nothing had happened again? The thought that this must be the case made Elle feel her heart constrict. Because she understood it too well a��� this feeling of trying your best to act like everything was alright now when it wasn't.
"Hmm... so is this your habit when you get pissed or mad, hmm, Iza?" his deep voice pulled her from her thoughts. "Pinching huh... unsexy but quite adorable." He added, smirking.
Finally realizing that she was actually pinching him, Elle's eyes stretched slightly wide. Her ears turned hot as she slowly retracted her fingers off his cheek. Oh lord, she just actually pinched Sebastian Reign and it seems she's going to get away with it unscratched! He even looked like he's amused! Was it because he's now in a good mood?
"What do you want to do today?" he asked, his palm was still over her lips, securely covering her mouth to keep her from talking.
For a few stretched moments, they just stared at each other. Until Sebastian gave in first.
"Alright," he moved to stand. "Don't forget about my warning. Don't speak or else... you know what will happen next." He warned and then he finally retracted his big hand from her face.
Elle could only watch him as he sauntered towards the table, picked up a notebook and pen before returning to her.
"Use these from now on." he gave her the pen and notebook. "Now tell me what you wanted to do. I'll make sure to fulfil any request from you as long as it won't require talking exhausting you."
Quickly, Elle opened the notebook and started scribbling.
'I'd like you to tell me more about vampires.' were written at the notebook when she lifted it to him.
Sebastian already looked bored just by reading her request but he sat next to her and responded. "What do you want to know? I thought you've already learned a lot from that library."
'The books I read are old and most of what I've read were about the history of the vampires. I want to know about the vampires in today's world.'
His brows lifted a little upon reading her note. "Alright. Go on."
Elle enthusiastically wrote her first question. 'Do vampires still drink human blood today?'
He stared into her eyes quietly for a few seconds that Elle wondered if her question was something she shouldn't be asking. But she honestly thought this question shouldn't be something forbidden for her to know anymore, right?
"Yes. But only the royals, us." he finally answered, causing Elle to quietly breath in relief. "The modern vampiric law doesn't allow any vampire to drink directly from humans though. We have human donors who donate their blood to us."
Elle didn't looked shock. Instead, she just looked awed at knowledge she's learning. So those red wines she always seeing must be blood...
'Why only the royals can drink blood?'
"Because we needed to maintain our real strength. We are the rulers so we need to be in our best shape in case there's serious trouble that is needed to deal with."
'You mean if vampire royals will stop drinking human blood, they will weaken?'
When Sebastian simply nodded, Elle scribbled down again. This time, she took a little while as she seemed to be hesitating with her next question.
'How about the other vampires? They don't drink blood anymore?'
"They do. But the modern law of vampires only allows them to drink from fellow vampires, only with consent, of course. Also, from wild animals. That's why hunting is still not prohibited in this country."
Elle's lips formed a small 'o'. The books she had read from that library were old so these modern rules are a surprising information to her.
Resting his head on his knuckles, Sebastian stared at her with searching gaze. A small smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "Glad you're not grossed out about this topic."
She blinked and then slowly opened her mouth. But she halted and just shook her head.
Biting her bottom lip, she scribbled fast on the notebook. 'I'm not. I told you vampires don't scare me.'
Sebastian's expression changed. The peaceful gleam in his eyes suddenly turned into something really serious, causing Elle to crease her brows at him. She wasn't expecting him to react that way. In fact, she was expecting him to react positively. So why? Why did it seemed like he didn't like that she wasn't scared?
"Come here." He held her wrist and guided her towards him.
Elle could only follow along and when she stood right before him, she waited curiously only to get momentarily stunned when something in him turned almost dangerous as he looked up at her. "You should." He told her. His tone absolute. "You really should. I'll tell you why... first reason is because you're my wife."
Not knowing what to even say, Elle just stared at him with questions in her eyes. She really thought that should be the reason why she shouldn't be afraid. Because she was the wife of the vampire's crown prince.
"No matter how peaceful this country is in your eyes, bear in mind that there are individuals who despises me to their bones. And because you are my wife, they will go after you." Before Elle could even react from his statement, he immediately continued. "Second is because..."
He turned her around and pulled her into his lap. His hand crept around her neck. r
When he pressed her head against him and his face nuzzled bellow her ear, Elle couldn't help the sharp intake of breath that escaped her. "Because you're... you don't have any idea how inviting everything about you are, Izabelle." His voice became a hot whisper. "Did you know that the first time I saw you I had wanted to... taste you? Not just your lascivious body but your blood too...?"
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HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 178 Like Drugs
Elle was not aware she was holding onto her breath until Sebastian whispered against her ear, chuckling a little. "Breathe, Iza...".
She tried to look at him but he held her in place. And then his other hand moved over her lips, causing her to close her mouth again before any words were able to escape. Lord... must he need to do it this way while telling her all those things?
He took a long, drawn out inhale against her skin as if taking in her scent. "Have I ever told you that you smell divine, Izabelle? You must know that the only reason no one jumped on you yet is solely because of my scent that's all over you... yes, Iza... since that night, you've been wearing my scent like a perfume."
Elle struggled to turn and look at him. She was starting to feel hot from all his touches, the heat of his body and his utterly seductive voice right now. But her curiosity was far stronger this time and even though she was being seduced by him, her want to know won out. She wanted to know more about what he was talking about.
"Stay still, baby. I'm not done with you yet. I need you to understand the dangers of you being so fearless towards the vampires." He continued, holding her still.
Not wanting the topic to change before she could get any more explanation, Elle struggled again within his hold, worried that she would not be able to have the chance to ask about this matter again if she just let it go this time.
However, Sebastian's arms were a steel vise she could not even shake off even for an inch. After much struggling and still being stuck, she was feeling frustrated. And so, she bit his hand. It was not hard but she made sure he would feel it.
He clicked his tongue and finally craned his head over hers and looked down at her face, not bothering to remove his hand off her mouth.
"Now what's this, hmm? Izabelle?" he drawled, looking amused at what she was doing. This man... why was it that he seemed to be enjoying this so much? She was already dying of frustration because she had wanted to speak so bad and just ask him a series of questions right now!
Creasing her brows, she let go of the finger she was biting on and huffily scribbled on her notebook. She did not bother to keep her handwriting neat. They were indeed scribbles, as long as she could get the message across. 'What do you mean that your scent is all over me? Which night are you referring to?'
He took a short pause before answering. "I'm talking about that night we first met."
Her eyes widened. She truly had not been expecting that. She had thought he might be talking about that night when they first had sex.
"Your scent is maddeningly distracting, especially when I'm close to you inside a closed up space. So I had to do something about it. If I hadn't... I might have bitten and drank from you that very same night."
Her eyes circled wide.
"Don't look at me like you doubt it. It's true. When you came to me, especially when I held you, I had to fight myself for self-control. For the first time, I felt unconfident with my self-control so I decided to do that. Which ended up as the best move I've done, in fact. I can't even imagine the danger that might have befallen you the moment other vampires come into close proximity with you." He shook his head after saying that.
'What did you do?' Elle quickly wrote another question. Now all his answers were getting her dead curious. What did he do? How could he even do something like that? She had read that vampires were not like witches who had magic.
"It's not much of a big deal, Iza. Don't worry. It's just a bite mark right here." He traced a circle at her back, just right below her shoulder blade. "I didn't draw blood as I didn't use my canines, but my teeth marks are always here. It won't heal for a long while, so my scent in there will linger. Though it's only vampires who will be able to scent it out. I've been biting you here without your notice every time I had a chance before it could begin to heal."
'But I don't remember you biting me there at all!'
"Of course, you don't. Because I made sure it's painless. It won't even sting because it's not a normal bite mark. I'll have to bite you there again soon though. Your own scent is getting stronger and would soon overpower mine because it's been a long while since the last time."
'Do vampires usually do something like this?'
"Not anymore in this era. It's an old practice. Back then, vampires did this to their human sl..." Sebastian's words suddenly trailed off but Elle already knew why. She had read that long time ago it was legal for the vampires to have their very own human slave to supply them fresh blood whenever that they wanted. It was something Elle was so glad that it was no longer being practiced and that vampires now were treating humans as their fellow living beings and not as food supply or slaves.
'Slaves?' she wrote and Sebastian could only nod.
"Yes. It's their way to put their scent on the human so everyone will know that the human already has an owner and that she's now off-limits. It's like a personal mark of possession on the human that they consider their belonging."
'Is the effects different if it's a real bite where the vampire drinks blood?'
"It's the same. But when vampires drink from a human, they need to have the wound heal as fast as possible or they'd bleed to death. So, if they want the scent to linger for a longer time, the teeth marks are much more efficient."
Elle's lips formed an 'o' as she nodded. Fascinated by every tiny piece of information she was learning about the vampires, she found herself thirsting for more.
"You must know that just with your scent alone, is enough to drive any vampire to break the law no matter the circumstances - all so that they could just taste your blood." He continued. "This is why... you need to have a healthy dose of fear for vampires too! And never let your guard down just because you think they are kind and not scary. You can't possibly know what's the motive of others, so it's better for you to always be wary. Do you understand me, Iza?" his voice seemed to drop even deeper as he said that last line.
'But you said your scent on me is-' before Elle could even finish writing the sentence, Sebastian, who was already reading as she was writing, spoke. "My scent on you is not enough as a deterrent, if the vampire has bad self-control or does not care about the law. The male vampires who have been close to you all these times were trained. If you had come across with a rogue..." the edge of his tone hardened into a flinty quality. "Some rogues are crazy for human blood. It's like drugs to them. And yours... it's one of a kind, Izabelle."
HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 179 Who
Creasing her brows, Elle stared curiously at him. She somehow could not believe him. And she could not help but wonder if he was just exaggerating. And why was it so? There was no way her blood was that special... that one of a kind. She was just like everyone else. A human. Elle truly could not think of any reason why her blood would be that special. She thought that perhaps, this was just his way of scaring her. So, she would develop some fear and be more wary of the vampires.
Elle wanted to write the words, 'You must be the only one thinking my scent or my blood is one of a kind.' She believed that even though she was another country's royalty, there was really nothing special about her compared to other humans. But he did not give her a chance to write the words.
"So, I'm warning you once again, Izabelle. From now on, you need to be wary of any vampires, even the ones that you think are harmless. Are we clear?" he whispered firmly as his eyes shone with an intense light.
And when Elle remained docile in his arms, he suddenly latched his mouth onto the side of her throat. If his hand was not covering her mouth, Elle was sure a gasp would have escaped from her throat.
"Answer me, baby. Did you understand what I said?" he asked, and she could feel something sharp grazing her skin. She immediately knew that it was his fangs.
Her heartbeat raced like crazy but not because of fear. Instead, she felt thrill and curiosity. It was crazy but it was happening again, this feeling of wanting to experience everything that he could do to her. It was crazy because this matter should really scare her even for a bit, not excite her.
However, she immediately realized that it must be because she had just automatically believed he would never hurt her. There was one thing she had never ever doubted about Sebastian and that was the fact that he would never do anything that would risk her life. Never. It was something she could not explain but she had always felt that she could trust Sebastian with her life, maybe ever since the very moment she met him.
She heard him click his tongue and then curse under his breath when she did not even bother to nod.
He lifted her and as though she was nothing but a rag doll, he shifted her around. Now facing him while straddling him, Elle stared into his mouth. Her gaze searched for his fangs that were hidden. She could not help but be curious about it. She had always wondered if vampire fangs were as depicted in the pictures she had seen in the books.
"Did you hear me?" his eyes slightly narrowed. "Or is this you blatantly telling me you don't want to listen to my words today?"
Elle finally gave him a response by shaking her head.
His brow lifted a little before a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips. "So, this is you trying to be disobedient because you are finally deciding to get back at me?"
Elle blinked while he slowly curled his lip up between his teeth. "You really know how to rile me up, Izabelle." He uttered with a disbelieving tone when she moved, placed her notebook over his broad shoulder and wrote something.
'Can you show me your fangs?' She then lifted the notebook with the question and held it right below her chin, all the while showing him her large eyes, sparkling with excitement and hopeful anticipation.
The question made Sebastian lift a brow at her. She looked like a child, excitedly waiting to unwrap a present.
'I want to see it.' She had quickly scribbled this statement after seeing him not saying anything.
"Why?" he questioned blandly, looking as though he could not quite figure out why she would even have any interest about his fangs of all things.
'I'm just curious. Let me see, please?' Elle's large blue eyes blinked at him slowly as she showed him her written words.
Sighing, Sebastian eventually gave in, causing Elle to smile brightly.
Without any preamble, Sebastian's eyes turned red and when he bared his teeth at her, she watched his canines grow longer.
Elle's jaw dropped as she watched in fascination as it happened before her eyes. Though she was seeing it happen, it still felt somewhat unbelievable.
She lifted her hand to touch his fang but halted. Her gaze flew at him and when he looked like he was giving her the permission to go ahead and touch, Elle continued reaching out, holding her breath at the same time.
She studied it with utmost curiosity and she seemed to want to explore more. But Sebastian gripped her wrist after a while and then his eyes turned back to his usual gray hue and his canines slowly returned to normal.
"Fangs shouldn't interest you, Izabelle." He told her and she pouted before she quickly wrote something down in her notebook again.
'When was the last time you used your fangs to bite anyone?' Elle was curious about this. Since he said the law had forbidden vampires to drink directly from humans, that means they could still drink from glasses or other things now.
"I've never stopped using my fangs, Izabelle." His soft answer came.
Elle's eyes widened. Not waiting for her to write her question, Sebastian explained. "The only thing forbidden is drinking directly from humans. We can drink from our fellow vampires directly anytime as long as they are willing. So, I have always used these fangs of mine, Izabelle. Unlike most of my family, I'm not very fond of drinking from the glass." And he scrunched up his nose after saying that.
Elle had read that male vampires like to drink from females because it was tastier and vice versa. This must only mean that...
She hesitated. Something in her told her not to ask. But right now, all the restraints and fear she had always been feeling whenever she wanted to know something from him was gone. Perhaps because he was so approachable and not so brooding today. Right now, she had a feeling that no matter what she asked, it would be alright. And thus, she wrote the words anyway. 'Who are you drinking from?'
HELLBOUND HEART
Chapter 180 Image
"The castle's servants and nobles." He replied in an instant after reading her question.
'Just any servants?'
"Just the ones who are willing. We can't just grab them and drink from them. They need to give us permission too, as per the law. But for the nobles, it's their duty to serve us. So they come to us without excuse when we need them."
Surprised, Elle quickly scribbled the question down. What she wanted to know were the details. 'The nobles are assigned to serve you?'
"We choose them. Though most of us no longer need them as almost everyone's already married."
Elle's brows creased as she looked at him with questions in her eyes. And before she could write her next question, Sebastian continued talking. He could already read the question that was burning in her eyes. "It's because once a vampire is married, the couple will drink from their spouse's blood. And most don't find it morally acceptable for a vampire to still drink from another woman when they already have their wife and vice versa." He explained rather casually as if he was talking about something as mundane as the weather.
But to Elle, the topic quickly caused a certain unwanted disturbance within her. This meant that Sebastian too, had his own chosen noble. And since he never drank from her despite them already being married... it means he was still drinking from another female a��� that noble he chose to serve him. And it somehow struck her with a wrong note as she thought of it.
Elle already learned from the book that she read in Whitefalls that the vampires always drink from the opposite sex. And that information did not bother her at all when she first found out about it... until now.
The image of Sebastian drinking from another woman flashed in Elle's mind. The picture should've atleasy looked a little scary but the image she saw in her mind was... so intimate and... the awful feeling within her worsened.
A soft knock echoed and Sebastian's attention was pulled towards the door.
"What is it?" his voice echoed.
Elle could not quite hear nor understand the faint voice coming from outside the room but she knew Sebastian did.
"Send her away." Sebastian responded in a low tone. "Tell her to come back next week."
When he returned his attention to her, Elle quickly dropped her eyes down to her notebook. She did not want him to see her conflicted feelings at the moment that were being reflected in her eyes. Though he was being so relaxed and open with her, she was not quite sure if he would be as accepting of the feelings that were running through her right now.
"Any more questions?" he asked, looking at her lowered head.
Elle hesitated once again but after just staring at the blank paper for a few seconds, she eventually moved her hand and wrote, 'Who is it?' She decided to go ahead and be brave to ask. She might as well do it since she was already asking questions anyway.
"Who... the one I sent away?"
She was actually asking about the female noble who he chose to serve him, but she nodded anyway as she belatedly regretted asking about who it was. She was glad that he had misunderstood her question.
"It's Kana, the noble I chose to serve me. Today's her scheduled time..." he trailed off and his head snapped towards the door again.
Elle's fingers clenched around her pen upon hearing what he had said. A sharp lancing pain spear through the region of her chest. Ahh... so the one he had sent away had been the one who served him as well? So, Kana was the name of the female noble he had chosen. She had been the one he was biting and drinking from...
"Lucas. Didn't you hear what I said?" Sebastian's hardened voice made her follow his line of sight and saw Lucas standing at the threshold, holding the door slowly open. He had an apologetic look on his face as he explained further.
"Your Highness, Lady Kana said you also didn't meet with her on your last scheduled feeding time. I'm afraid I need to make sure you will not neglect yourself since I heard you haven't..." Lucas glanced at Elle for a while before he continued after clearing his throat, "had any proper meal for days."
Sebastian shut his eyes closed in exasperation, hearing what Lucas said. But he took a deep breath and ran a hand through his hair.
"Fine! Now get out, Lucas. I'll be there in a minute. Have her wait for me in the living room." He ordered with a growl. Lucas immediately nodded and once the door was closed, Sebastian then stood, scooping Elle up into his arms.
The moment he put her down on the bed, the door opened again and a white furry wolf emerged. It was Snowhite!
"Come here." Sebastian looked at the furry white wolf as he tapped his hand on the space next to Elle.
Snow immediately obeyed and hopped into the bed, lying docilely right next to Izabelle. His furry and large body thumped heavily on the sheets.
Elle kept her gaze on Sebastian as he talked to the wolf, telling him to behave in a way like he still had a bad impression of Snow but he just did not have a choice.
When Snow just looked away as if he was so done hearing the long list of commands, Sebastian returned his attention back to Elle. The stern look that he had used on Snow had now softened into a gentle smile as he looked at her.
He tucked a stray lock of her hair to the back of her ear and said gently. "I'll be back in a while. Be good and wait for me here with the wolf, okay?"
But as he turned to leave, Elle quickly shot her hands out and grabbed his hand in a tight grip.
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