Twenty
— Where are you, Piter... -I say to myself, rubbing my arms from the cold.
I should have gone with him. - Damn it!
The minutes go by and all I see are the palace lights with loud music. Every second here was torture for my hunger that just grew and grew.
"Enough, I can't take it anymore!"
I get up, clapping my hands on my skirt, which unfortunately was no longer salvageable. Apart from the weed stains, it was also filthy with mud.
"Thomas is going to swallow me alive!"
(?)- Hi Princess! -cold hands come down my back, covering my eyes with their thin fingers. -Guess who is...
Guessing nothing, if I were human I could even play guessing games, but since I'm hungry and still haven't learned how to handle my desires, my body acts by itself, taking all my senses directly to its only core of life.
— That smell... -I comment, making him reveal himself in front of me.
"I knew you liked me!" -she said touching my arm.
- Where is your friend? - I ask dodging my body from his audacity.
- I am here! -He emerges from behind the log.
"Were you here all this time?" - I ask looking at one and the other.
"We managed to hide up there!" She pointed at the tree.
"Y-you need to go!" - I say with fear. -It's not a good idea to disobey the King!
"We are not afraid of the King!" - he said approaching.
"You seem to have…"
"I-I don't!" - I lie, taking steps back.
"Are you afraid of us?" she asked with a mischievous look.
"Stay there!" - I command, analyzing Carl's movements.
"We can be really nice if you cooperate..."
"Pite, where are you..."
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"They're taking too long!" - he commented sitting on the black velvet sofa.
- Who?
— Mila and Peter!
- I didn't understand! -she said having difficulty hearing. -The sound is too loud!
The King frowns and it starts to get attention.
"What is it, Thomas?"
- Anything! -It's thick.
— Speak soon!
“It's bullshit! - she replied. - Silly jealousy!
"Do you mean Mila?"
- Exactly!
"Did she do something to make you like this?"
"No...in fact, I think it did." - is indecisive. -She is very difficult, Benjamin...
"I have to agree on that!" -laughed. -But why are you so bothered?
"Because she left almost an hour ago and it's already driving me crazy!"
"She what?" she asked wide-eyed, taking a stiff pose.
— She and Piter went out with two guys and haven't come back until now!
— WITH PITER? - he said changed.
— Yes... - he began to wonder.
"You let your wife go out with three brats, Thomas?"
— Piter is not a child, he always took very good care of her!
"Too well..."
— I know, I know why he cares! he insinuated, getting to his feet.
- Where are you going?
"See if they're coming back yet!" - she warned leaving the place.
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— Come here, beautiful thing... -he said pulling my blouse.
- For! - Push your hands.
"Play with us!"
I was in the middle of two psychopaths who kept teasing me, dividing and unfairly calculating who touched me next, only so the other could take advantage when I focused my attention on one.
"You're already pissing me off!"
Antony acts abruptly, raising his hand towards my breasts, I defend myself with my arms pushing him into the tree, which consequently makes him fall to his knees, hurting his palm that is pierced by the thin branches.
— ARE YOU CRAZY? - he shouted fallen. -LOOK WHAT YOU DID! He raises his hands to me, showing the scratches.
— I GOT YOU!
Unprepared, Carl grabs me from behind, firmly gluing my arms to my sides. I struggled to get away, however, if my attention continued to be distributed as it was, it would be impossible to use my strength.
- LET ME GO! - I yelled.
- Now you won't be able to escape... -he said getting up from the ground.
— Come on, Antony, it's hard to hold her!
"God..."
— PITER! I scream as loud as I can. -PIT
- SHUT UP! He snarled, covering my mouth with his wounded hand.
"Make her fucking silent!"
I fight with everything I have to break free and run back home.
- STAY STILL!
Suddenly Antony lets out a cry of pain pulling away from me.
- What it was? he asked still holding me.
"THAT BITCH BIT ME!"
"Stop being soft, asshole!"
"I'm fucking serious, look here!" -she said showing the blood dripping on his hand.
"She did it?"
— That son of a bitch - -he doesn't finish talking. -H-carl... -he said terrified.
"What was it this time?"
— C-carlos...the...the...her eyes... -she said shaking, hugging her injured hand with the other.
His friend lets go of me slowly moving away, at the same time I turn to him.
"Wh-what the fuck is this..."
"The feeling that fresh blood causes is simply magnificent!"
Power. Strength. It is as if our body were transformed into an indestructible metal wall. Nothing makes you feel as powerful as that.
- Run Run! - she warned leaving her friend alone.
—CARL!
His mistake was not running to the gates, where he would be in full view of those I need to avoid.
"But he got it right when he ducked further into the garden, leaving his friend here alone and hurt, with me."
— STAY AWAY, BICHO!
I curl my lips into a smile, taking slow steps towards him.
- HELP!
"No one will listen to you!" - I say with red lighting in my eyes.
- WHAT DO YOU WANT? -He's about to piss himself.
— I thought you wanted to play with me, Antony...
"N-no...no...NO!"
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— PITER! - he shouted desperately.
“Carl? -he hears you behind the wall of leaves. -Come here you-
“Piter—thank God! -he releases the trapped air, running to rest his hands on Piter's shoulders.
“What the fuck do you two think that—”
"We need to run!" - he said interrupting him. -She's coming after us!
- Like this?
"Your fucking girlfriend!" - he said euphorically. -She had weird eyes, she got all weird out of nowhere!
— Mila? -he stops to think. -Wait...you...were you with Mila?
"IT DOESN'T MATTER RIGHT NOW, DAMN IT!"
- ANSWER SOON, FUCKING! She snapped, grabbing the collar of his shirt.
- YES! - revealed with fear. -We were playing with her, just for fun, but -
"Playing how?"
"Playing normally, dammit!"
"Did you touch her, Carl?"
He falls silent causing my security guard to narrow his eyes.
- I'll kill you!
"NO, NO, NO!"
Quickly, without being able to imagine, or identify the shadow that passed in front of him, Piter loses the boy from his hands who was brutally plucked and thrown to the ground near the brambles.
"P-Piter..." he sweated his name whimpering. -Help me...
Piter was stuck on the ground, trying to see what was inside the dark corner where his friend was taken. Only a slight shadow could be seen, moving in a crouch.
— Shiu... - I whisper, placing my fingers on his lips.
"M...mila..."
He knew it was me.
His body grew harder with each aching moan his friend gave.
"Mila..." he called. -Let him go, please...
- Okay...
The sound of something being dropped on the ground is accompanied by a black shadow getting to its feet.
— For the first time in my life — — I come out of the dark all covered in blood sucking my fingers. -I feel great!
“G-god!
The wind blows its scent entirely towards me, inducing my dark side mixed with the alcohol that ran through my veins.
"Do you know what I like about you, Piter?"
"Now you like me?" - he said full of apprehension.
- You know that yes... -my voice comes out happy, as I get closer to him.
"Then tell me what it is!"
He's a lot braver than I imagined.
- Your taste! - I assume passing the tip of my nail on his neck. -The sweetness of his tongue when he kisses me, makes me imagine the taste of his blood in my mouth...
— I'm not afraid of you, Mila! - she revealed showing more tranquility. -I've met others like you and I know you're not a monster!
"So that's why he didn't run off..."
"Are you sure they were like me?"
- No! -denied. -They were much worse!
He should have answered something else since I'm not in very good sanity.
"I didn't like your answer!"
I advance around his back, grabbing his neck with my nails like a carnivorous animal does with its food. He folds into my arms as I sink my teeth into his flesh, proving to me that his taste was indeed the most delicious I'd tasted so far.
I take a deep breath to find the right moment to stop, making sure I don't kill him with my poison, or gluttony.
My strength changes with every drop I take, while my security's evaporates.
Even listening to her heartbeat slow down I continue to suck more and more.
"Damn, this is too good!"
Only hard and very fast, I'm pulled with a surreal strength, where thick arms circle my waist trapping me.
"VICENT, GET HIM TO THE DOCTOR NOW!" he ordered, still hooked on me.
I'm trapped like a rabid animal that was too dumb to notice the footprints coming from behind.
"Sir, he's bleeding a lot...
— GO, GO SOON!
"Fuck, I'm in so much trouble!"
He releases me and his face clearly shows all his anger.
— ARE YOU CRAZY MILA? - he yells highlighting his furrowed forehead and demonic eyes.
I didn't have an explanation, honestly, I never had words for this man.
"I COULD HAVE KILLED HIM, EXPOSED YOU AND ALL OF US!" He pointed his finger at me panting.
"H-how did you find me?" - I ask embarrassed.
"Apart from the smell of blood, you also ended up leaving a body lying around!"
- SIR! he called, covering Piter's neck. -THERE'S ANOTHER BODY HERE IN THE SPINS!
"Shit..."
His eyes can get ten thousand times worse when he hears he has a second body.
— B-Benjamin... - I try to explain myself.
"I asked you, I asked you to wait, to be careful!" - she remembered grinding her teeth.
- HELL! She yelled, rubbing her hands over her face.
- I'm sorry... - I say upset.
I was really starting to understand all the fatality I had caused.
"It's only when our adrenaline returns to normal that we realize the damage we've caused!"
- I'm sorry!
I'm torn apart inside, and the devil must surely be dancing with happiness knowing he just won another free soul.
— I'm going to give you two options now and I want you to pay close attention, because the one you choose will be the decision of your future, of all your immortality!
I hate having to make serious decisions when I'm tense.
“If you want to learn to live with it, then come home with me, but if you decide not to, you can stay here and be arrested for these two murders!
"What?"
"What about Mila?" he questioned sternly. -Are you coming, or are you staying?
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