Infirmary

I was about to live when suddenly Doctor Wilson holds my wrist stopping me to walking out of her clinic.

“Dc.?”

“I’ll tell you one thing,” she said in a serious tone. “If you ever meet whoever gave you that mark, don’t let him do what he wanted. Don’t let him take off your mark.”

“What? Why?”

“It will cause your life.”

Harriet’s apartment

“I’m here to ask you to let me take off the mark that I gave you.”

I’m a bit surprised from what he just said, though if it isn’t what Doctor Wilson told me before I live the infirmary, I will gladly agree to him.

“No.” I plainly answered.

“What?!” he surprisingly answered.

“You heard it clear.” I said as I shrug off.

“No, you don’t even know what that mark means and yet you answered me ‘no’?”

“I know I don’t have any idea about this mark, still I know if I agree to take it off right now, it will cause my life.”

I know and I see into his eyes, he was surprised knowing that I do have the knowledge about taking off of my mark.

“How did you know that?”

“A friend told me.”

He became silence for a meantime then, “I don’t care whatever they told us, because all I care is to take off that mark out from you.”

He is too persistent and I cannot tell whether I will believe from what Doctor Wilson told me or I will just agree to what he wanted.

It took me a lot of thinking before I finally decided. “Alright, I’ll agree to take off the mark that you put on me,” and besides I don’t like the feeling of this mark on me. It feels like, it will soon burn me to death.

“Are you sure?”

What! Is he asking me that question? Really? I sigh heavily and shake my head.

“What? Now that I agree, you’re asking me about it? Isn’t it the answer that you’ve wanted to hear right?”

He takes a sigh before coming in front of in just a blink of an eye. Now, I finally believe, the Vampires are real.

“You don’t have to worry, this won’t take long.” He said before pulling me closer to him and once again, he laid his head at my left side and he begins it.

I can feel it as if he was kissing my bare shoulder slowly he sucks out the mark from my skin. At first, I feel fine but as he proceeds, I slowly feel like there is something coming out of me. The burning sensation slowly devours me and like fire, it begins to burn my skin literally.

I scream as I tightly grab him, burning him together with me even though I know it was only me who will die in the process. Funny, I will soon die just because of this stupid mark that he gave me. If only I just listen, maybe…

The next day, Thursday

I quickly woke up, almost catching up my breath.

“Where--” I look around and I realize I’m at my apartment. “But, what happened? Am I alive?” I surprisingly asked as I rose up my both hands in disbelief. I keep looking at it without noticing there is someone standing at the edge of my bed.

“Satisfied?” he coldly asked me.

I quickly turned my gaze up to him, “wh-what are you doing here?!” I surprisingly asked him as I quickly hold my shoulder from where he marks me.

“It is still there.” He simply answered.

“What!”

“See for yourself,” he said and throw me a mirror.

I quickly took it and without hesitation, I pulled down my shirt and look at it with the mirror he was given me.

“God! It is…” I couldn’t believe it, the mark was still there. And finally it shows a shape, it is a phoenix flames and like a fire, it glitters like a true flames. “B-but… how could this be?” I asked turning back my gaze at him.

“You’ll die if I take it off.”

I blink my eyes twice before I finally give up a sighs.

Oh, I feel really, really tired. So close my eyes so tightly and I really don’t feel to move or do anything else. I just want to take a good rest, that’s all.

“You have to come with me,” he suddenly announces.

“Ha? What are you talking about?” I asked opening my eyes to look at him.

“You’re my wife now.”

“What! W-wife! A-are you serious?”

In the afternoon

I’m still in daze after an hour of explaining about the meaning of his mark.

“Hey, are you alright?” Nys asked me.

Nys Tanda is a hunter and a half blood Vampire. She was the one who explained everything to me because Chisuke Aviaq the name of the man who mark me, find someone to explain it better than him.

I took a deep breath. “Okay, in short I am his wife after having this mark, right?” she nodded.

Then, he is also comes from the Royal Blood Lines.

Ah! I wanted to scream! The entire knowledge that I suddenly learned today makes my mind to explode. This is too absorbed and I couldn’t take it anymore.

“No.” I intently answered. “I won’t come and I decided to stay here.”

“But it won’t be safe if you’ll stay here.” Nys answered.

“I already decided. I will still stay here, where my comfort zone are.”

“But--”

“Nys!” Chisuke finally speaks up and he just to stop Nys for forcing me to agree. “Just let her.”

“But it will be harder for you to protect her if she’ll stay here. Rather than if we bring her to the mansion, she’ll be safer there and we can also help you to protect her.”

“I know.”

“Then why?”

He stares at me longer than I expected and there’s something within his crimson eyes that I cannot explain.

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