Slave To The Darkness - Chapter 281

“Why wouldn’t it be? This is my house and what I say goes. You can have a shower or bath through the door beside the closet. I know that you do not have a lot of things. I will get a maid to bring you some toiletries. But, for now, you might as well get some rest. It has been a long day, and I can tell you are getting exhausted.” Cedric leaves the bedroom, and Iris walks by. “Perfect, Iris, can I trouble you to do something for me?”

“Of course, Master. What can I do for you this evening, or I should say this early morning?” Iris smiles and waits for the command.​​

“Can you please bring a set of toiletries for a male to this room here and there should be some medium to large clothing that is brand new in the closet by the laundry room. So bring some of that with you too, please.” Cedric smiles and looks at Iris.

“Of course, I can, Master. Is there anything else that you need from me?” Iris waits to be dismissed.

“Yes, go to bed after you are done with that task. After that, there will not be anything that I need you to do.” Cedric waved her off then went to his bedroom. He found Nao and Yuki lying on the bed. “Will you be sleeping here?”

“Yes, I was so very lonely today, and you have things that you have to get done, do you not?” Naomi snuggles into Yuki’s arms and closes her eyes.

“Yeah. I will leave you two alone.” Cedric left the room and closed the door quietly before going to his office. He picks up the book that needed to be translated and got to work, cl_i_c_k_i_n_g away at the keyboard. About four hours later, there was a knock on the door, “come in.”

“Sorry to disturb you, Cedric. I just wanted to check in with you to let you know that I have finished looking around the house. I didn’t find anything suspicious, but I saw that you brought a human here with you. Do you need me to watch when he and Yuki interact?” Adam leans on the door.

“Come and have a cigar with me.” Cedric opens the humidor and lets Adam choose one, and he uses magic to cut the ends and light it up. “Thank you for doing all of this. I know that I can trust you. That human you are speaking of is Nolen. He was chosen to be a companion of sorts for Yuki. We will need to make sure that she doesn’t kill him. Other than that, whatever.”

“You seem to be handling that well. I thought that you would be overprotective and jealous, but you are taking this in stride. Is there a reason behind this?” Adam looks at Cedric and c_o_c_ks his head to the right.

Sighing, Cedric blows out a puff of smoke into the air. “Yeah, there is something that I can’t do along, and that is sedate her thirst on my own. With her being a bearer and royal, well, that makes her needs different. Royals can take blood from others. Their life partners are not their only source. Ryan and Luna both had others on the side, but they were hidden away from the public’s eyes. I witnessed it and saw that they were happy. Ryan would dote on his wife, and mistress like you wouldn’t believe. When they died, so did the mistresses. There wasn’t a strong normal blood bond, but feeling their Masters turn into nothing made their hearts break, and they willed their bodies to burn.” He picked up his glass and drank the entire contents.

Adam leans against the wall, smoking while listening to Cedric. “Ah, I understand, but did they ever tell you that it would happen? That you would have to share her affection? Not that I should be saying anything. I am attracted to two beautiful ladies.”

“They did. I accompanied them one morning to a room deep within the castle while the Princess slept without a care in the world. That was when I learned the truth of the matter. I watched as they loved each other but also taking care of their blood servants. Although they definitely looked more like mistresses to me. Once I asked about it, Luna walked up to me with her blood servant and let me talk to him.” Cedric looked back and goes into more detail.

~Cedric Telling the Past~

Luna and Ryan lead Cedric to a room that he had never been in before. He looked at them puzzled, causing Luna to chuckle before opening the door. “Cedric, met Demetrius and Artemis. These are our blood servants. Although we are closer than that. As you may already know, bonded vampires cannot get blood from anyone but their bonded partner, but it is different for royals. Royals can get blood from others without any issues.”

Ryan walked up to Cedric and sat him down on the couch. “A royal’s bloodl_u_s_t is stronger, and the older you get, the easier it is to control, but that takes many years. So Luna and I came to an agreement that we would find one other partner each that we agreed upon.”

Artemis walked over and placed her hand on Ryan’s shoulder. “I choose to join them of my own wishes. I was a human, to begin with, and the Master and Mistress have been nothing but good to me. Therefore, I do not expect more than what they can give. Furthermore, I will not interfere with their union, but I will satisfy either one of them.” She looked over at Luna, giving her a heated look.

Cedric sat there looked at the group, “so it is like you have secondary partners for everything? Does Yuki know about this?” He watched as Demetrius hugged Luna from behind and kisses her neck.

“We are happy here. I know that if anything happened to these two, we would not survive. But, to get so much from this fated pair is a blessing. I would rather perish than be left behind.” Demetrius looks up at Cedric.

“Our daughter has seen these two, but she does not know what goes on behind these closed doors. It is not something that we can tell someone so pure and innocent. Besides, you are the one that will help her find the right subject once her memories start to get restored. Of course, you could handle her bloodl_u_s_t by yourself, but in order to do that, you would have to eat those chocolates you so much despise, not that I blame you.” Ryan pats Artemis’s hand.

Nodding, Cedric looked around the room. “You are right about the chocolates, I would rather not eat them, but I will have to complete the bond before she goes into a frenzy. Having a human there will only result in their death.” He watched Luna walk up to the couch, and she sat down on the couch. “It is a royal’s nightmare, not getting all that they need.”

“You are right about that. I am sorry that we broke the growing bond between you two so many times. It is just not the right time. You know that we are under attack by someone.” Ryan looked down at Cedric sadly.

Cedric shakes his head. “Please don’t worry about it. I know what I am getting myself into. The punishment is fine as long as she is okay. I would hate for her to suffer any more than she already is. How much longer do you think it will be?”

“We don’t know, but there is a lot that we need to discuss another time. We need our blood partners, and you are now free to go. Thank you for listening to us.” Ryan smiled and let Cedric’s shoulder go.

Getting up, Cedric went to the door and bowed before existing.

~The Past Told~

“Oh, so that is the real reason Artemis and Demetrius were around. I always wondered about that.” Yuki peeked her head out around the corner. “Is that why you agree to keep Nolen around?”

Cedric held out his hand and waited for Yuki to come and take it. Once her hand was in his, he pulled her into his l_a_p and snuggled her closely. “You know that is exactly why I agreed, or at least you do now. I knew you were lurking around. Did you get Nolen all settled?”

Feeling his chin on her shoulder, Yuki kisses his cheek. “Yes, Nolen is now resting. It has been a very long emotional day for him. As soon as his head hit the pillow, he passed out. We checked in on him but left him to rest, Then came down the hallway and heard you start the story and couldn’t leave without hearing the whole story.”

“I am not mad; I am happy that I do not need to repeat it again to you. It was something I asked about later on if I was allowed to tell you when the timing was right, and they said that would be perfect. Luna also mentioned that since you had Nao, it might not be as bad because you could get blood from her as well.” Cedric kissed Yuki’s b_a_r_e shoulder.