The Bride Of The Vampire King

A few minutes into closing her eyes, Mila felt the bed she was sleeping in, move slowly but steadily.

It seemed like Aaric was going to take her somewhere else. But, where? To that padding room again?​​

Mila didn't understand, but she said nothing and did what Aaric asked her to do.

After passing through several alleyways and greeting a few people, then door after door that creaked open and closed, Mila felt like being surrounded by a lot of light and this made her forehead wrinkle a little because the lighting was too glaring for her own comfort.

"Don't make any suspicious movements, otherwise the two of us will be finished."

Mila heard Aaric's voice again, it sounded soft to her ears and so low, that she was sure only the two of them could hear him.

After they passed that room filled with bright light, Mila could relax again when they entered another room with less lighting compared to the earlier one.

"Keep your eyes closed and pretend to be asleep."

Aaric's voice came back, and needless to say, Mila did well. There was no problem following his lead, when all he asked was to close her eyes and pretend like a dead person.

"Whatever I do next, just stay still and don't make any movements." Aaric, again, warned Mila. "We're being watched."

At this point Mila wanted to scream into this man's ear that she got it, since he kept repeating the same statement again and again, but just like before, she didn't do anything.

At first Mila didn't think much of it. Maybe, Aaric would just pretend to give her something again.

But, when Aaric's hand moved over her chest and Mila started to feel a cold wind blowing on her bare skin, she breathed sharply.

Seeing this, Aaric returned with his warning. "Calm down. I'll just change your clothes."

What? Just 'change my clothes'?!

For some reason, Mila began feeling utterly conscious when Aaric started stripping her clothes one by one. She felt every inch of her skin heating up, imagining this man staring at her nakedness, but Mila could only bite the bullet and do nothing. She didn't know what consequences the two of them would face, if her pretense was exposed.

Regardless, it was nothing compared to the thousands of questions that were swarming her head at this instant. If she couldn't see Aaric again, then who else would be willing to answer her questions?

Therefore, by trying to divert her mind to something else, Mila tried to stay calm.

Now she was sure, whatever drug was injected into her, it should have an effect that made her unconscious, so she didn't have to feel this awkwardness in a conscious state.

But if she think about it again, Mila's first memory was her being on the roof of a building, and even then, she didn't wear a single thread that could cover her nakedness in front of six men.

At that time, Mila didn't mind it, but now she felt troubled with only Aaric staring at her. Strange…

Mila could feel Aaric's hand deftly rubbing every inch of her body, caressing her skin gently and quickly, as if he was being rushed for time.

Then, having done all that, Aaric put Mila's clothes on and trousers. And what Mila didn't expect was; this man combed her hair as well, as if Mila was a doll the size of a human.

Aaric did everything in silence. There was no interaction between the two of them at all. But, the intimacy of his touches felt real. It was as if this man had known every curve of her body very well.

Who exactly was this man? And what secret did he have that Mila should know? Why didn't he just start talking now?

This curiosity almost made Mila go crazy.

It didn't take long for Aaric to finish everything and take Mila to another room.

This time, before Aaric left, he whispered back to Mila. "Count down from a thousand, after which you can open your eyes."

And Mila was left alone again...

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Three days have passed since Aaric left Mila, and during that time, she never saw him again. Not even his shadow.

During those three days, Mila just repeated her daily routine; taking medicines, because she couldn't avoid them, taking injections, because she couldn't refuse and after that, Mila wouldn't be aware of what those people in white were doing to her because she would be in a dreamland where everything looked white. Not even able to realize what they were doing to her body.

Maybe, they're just doing what Aaric did, or they were doing something else.

But, none of that mattered to Mila, because every time she woke up, she would be in this padding room again, feeling lightheaded.

She wasn't sure how she felt, but she certainly didn't feel like she had enough strength to even push open a door.

Until today.

Aaric came back, with his usual smile.

The man opened the door to Mila's room, while carrying a bottle of water and two pills that she had to take every few hours.

"Miss me?" Aaric asked with a big smile.

Seeing Aaric looking so relaxed, even though he knew about the CCTV, made Mila unconsciously stare at the corner of the room, the place where the damn thing was.

"No need to worry about it, I've already taken care of it, otherwise, there's no way I could talk to you like this," Aaric said while sitting in front of Mila and handed the girl a bottle of water.

Mila looked at the water bottle suspiciously and Aaric laughed at her reaction.

"This is just ordinary mineral water, it will be okay if you take it with this too," Aaric said sarcastically, then lifted the two pink pills in his hand and crushed them into dust, which then fluttered in the air.

"Can I ask you a question now?" Mila asked, she then grabbed the water bottle in Aaric's hand and drank it to freshen up her foggy mind.

"But, you have to answer my question first." Aaric looked at Mila with his red eyes.

"Which question?" Mila didn't remember Aaric asking her any questions since he stepped into this room a minute ago.

"Miss me?" Aaric repeated, grinning at Mila.