Chapter 11

Coveted

Oleta was frustrated, Reiji gave her a large amount of cheap tea cups to try and hold without breaking. She broke half of them before she was able to hold one properly. Then she had to learn how to move without zipping all over the place and some of the others laughed as she looked surprised at her own speed. Reiji looked at her with pride. She had turned out so beautiful, more beautiful than Yui in his opinion. He was even a little smug about it to Ayato who scoffed and told him he was 'full of shit'. She needed to feed and he took her to the special building where they went. To Oleta it reminded her of a hotel, there was a clerk that welcomed them and who was a vampire as well, she looked confused...Oleta smelled… Immediately Reiji said, "she's been next to humans all day, she's a newborn and I had to teach her."

"Oh! That explains it then," the clerk smiled. "Here you go dear, just fill out your favorite blood type, the kind of diet you would like them to have. The better the level of diet such as a vegetarian or vegan diet is more of course."

"That's not an issue," Reiji stated.

Oleta filled out the paperwork and she picked vegan or vegetarian and they waited a moment while the donor was prepared. Finally she went in with Reiji, because she was a newborn, the donor was informed to let the sire know to stop her if necessary. He made it known that he wanted a female, no males which they complied with. The woman that came in was a brunette and plain looking but she smelled very healthy. Oleta covered her nose at first, she smelled so good and looked up at Reiji, "is that what I smelled like?"

"Yes, now...you must feed," he said smoothly. It was curious to him that she didn't attack right away, he was more than prepared to save the donor but instead Oleta was very careful and had extreme control. She even introduced herself and sat down with the donor, talking to her. Then Oleta fed but the moment the donors heart started to slow, she stopped. Again, Reiji was amazed by this. She couldn't get used to her strength just yet which was common anyway among the turned, but she was able to stop drinking if she felt her donor was in danger. Once she was done, Oleta went to him and smiled, "I'm fine now." They thanked the donor and left.

…

Shu sat with Reiji as well as the others. Shu laid his head back, "she didn't attack like Yui tried to. That's interesting."

Kanato hugged his teddy, "I can smell her from here, it makes me thirsty."

Reiji sighed, "don't even think about it. Oleta is the one thing I will not yield on no matter how much you cry, Kanato."

"It's not fair! I want one too!" he disappeared. Then he found Oleta resting on Reiji's bed, "you're so pretty." Then she yawned and stretched, making cute small sounds. Kanato was looking at her fangs as if puzzled. Then Oleta saw him and made another sound of surprise mixed with 'ooh!' and backed up against the headboard. "Awww, you're so cute…," Kanato crawled on the bed. "Don't be scared, I just want to see how you work. I want to make one too."

Reiji pulled him back, "you will do no such thing! Keep your hands off my woman!"

"You're not being fair, Reiji! I want just to see what happened so we can make more! All of us can have one!"

"The process can't be replicated! It depends on the human, Oleta is unique and that's all there is to it. I found her, I brought her home and I turned her...she is my progeny, Kanato and you will not 'see how she works'!"

Kanato looked at Oleta, "I should have found you! You should be mine, too, but Reiji won't share!"

Oleta didn't know what to do but to go to Reiji, "am I doing something wrong, Reiji?"

He looked down, "no, Kanato just likes to throw tantrums when he doesn't get his way." Kanato stuck his tongue out at him and disappeared again. Reiji sighed heavily, "childish." Then he turned to her, "this reminds me, I have something for you." He gave her another necklace, it still had the symbol of the house but there was a stone, "the stone means you're promised to me." Oleta looked at it after Reiji put it on her, it was beautiful. "It will also keep you safe when we are out among vampires such as Aristocrats or purebloods. The turned are viewed as...to put it delicately, not much better than humans."

"So I'm still property," her voice was sad.

"Yes, but you will be coveted property. I will have to put you up often because once it is found out about you, and eventually it will get out because we have to entertain a certain amount, I will have offers to just to taste you….and you are not going to be loaned out like a library book. Then you will be considered warm and it will be assumed that you will be pleasurable and you are not a whore either."

Oleta blushed, "I didn't realize how complicated this would be for you."

"I can deal with complication, I am proficient in fighting but hopefully everything will remain civil."

"Are we really going to get married or is this just to protect me?"

It was a reasonable question and it was reasonable to assume that he was putting the necklace on to protect her but…, "yes, the necklace is to protect you but that would be easily done without the gem. So yes, I am going to marry you. It is already assumed you are my mate."

"I know, I feel I am yours on every level but..."

"But?"

"I'm probably being silly...I just thought there would be more romance to it."

Reiji watched as Oleta fidgeted, then he caressed her arms, bent down and kissed her while lifting her up. Her hands went through his hair, "you're mine, Oleta and we are going to marry." They were on the bed again and he drank from her and they made love in such a way that they both orgasmed intensely. There was blood on the sheets from both her and him, Oleta slept on her stomach. Her body partly covered as Reiji sat across from the bed and stared at her, his upper body leaned forward, supported by his arms. He was drunk on her blood, there was no other way to put it. She was like a drug, her blood was addicting, her body was addicting. Most of the time Reiji had to control his impulses around Oleta, stop himself from practically devouring her both sexually and physically.

Finally he leaped onto the bed and smelled her, making sure she was alright. She needed to be fed so he ordered a donor to come to the home. He put certain ones she liked on retainer, this was more efficient than constantly going to the 'blood bank' as it was known amongst their kind. Once she was woken up, she was fed and then Oleta took a bath, which Reiji had taken upon himself to join now. He liked her to bathe him and he liked bathing her. The sheets were changed by their servants and they were now down in the living room where some of the others were. Laito was reading his school book, "did you two have fun?"

Oleta blushed, Reiji narrowed his eyes, "pay him no mind, Oleta."

"We could hear you, little Oleta. You're quite noisy."

"Laito!" Yui snapped. "That's none of your business..."

"You have your own affairs, Laito. You shouldn't be worrying about what Oleta and I are doing or how we're doing it," Reiji sighed and then held Oleta close and made her look at him. Then his eyes turned to Laito, "but if you must know, she makes me scream just as loud or hadn't you noticed?"

Laito growled. Ayato grew irritated, "do you two mind?"

Yui grabbed Oleta, "let's go cook something!"

"Sure!" she was more than happy to get out of the tense situation.

Yui looked back to find Laito and Reiji standing toe-to-toe. Reiji was straight faced as always but was clearly ready to fight, "you need to get your jealousy under control. She belongs to me."

"You stole her!" Laito snapped.

"I'm going to tell you like I told Kanato, I saw her first, she waited on me at the French Bistro I ate at. I'm the one that made sure she went to our school and I am the one who has taken care of her and made her my progeny. You simply tried to sleep with her and she paid you no mind. From the very beginning she belonged to me."

"Laito," Shu stood up. "I really don't care to deal with a duel. She is Reiji's progeny, even if you kill him she won't forgive you, she will feel a space in her heart that will never go away, she may even let herself starve to death. In the end you may even kill her yourself for the simple fact she will reject you or even try to kill you because you killed her sire. You really don't want that mess. Besides, chances are Reiji will best you anyway, he is the best fighter in our clan besides myself."

Laito had to calm down and think about what he was doing. Shu was right but he wasn't going to let it go without saying one thing, "I'm going to steal her from you, Reiji. One way or another."

"On that day, brother, you will die," Reiji said plainly. "And I won't spare you like our father did Richter."

…

Yui and Oleta were having fun in the kitchen, Yui made traditional Japanese meals for the boys but Oleta liked to do Italian and French cooking. She made bruschetta and fresh salad with different herbs and a homemade dressing. The house filled with aromas that made the boys salivate. Subaru took a deep breath, "man, what are the girls cooking…?"

Then they heard Yui, "okay guys, dinner is ready!"

They were at the dinner table and there was a literal buffet of good food, from Japanese to Italian. Ayato waited for Yui to serve him which she crossed her arms, "are you serious?"

"Yes...I want you to serve me! Look, Oleta is taking care of Reiji…," he whined. Laito quirked an eyebrow in annoyance as Oleta made Reiji's plate and then kissed him gently on the cheek. That bastard had such a smug look on his face, Laito could rip it right off his skull. Shu rolled his eyes and sighed, Subaru did the same. Kanato was piling his plate and then shook his head, waiting for the others.

"Fine," she sighed and made his plate and sat down.

They ate quietly, Subaru really liked the bruschetta, "this is really good. Yui's is really good too."

"Thank you," they said in unison.

Laito finished, wiped his mouth, got up and left. Reiji looked ahead annoyed, "Laito, you should really say something about their cooking."

The redhead stopped and looked over his shoulder, "dinner was good." He disappeared after that.

…..

Oleta was curled up in Reiji's lap while he read, his other hand petting her hair. Oleta looked up at him, "why is Liato so angry with you? Did I do something? I feel like every time I'm around him there's tension."

"He's jealous. That's all there is to it. He wants you and he can't have you. I made that quite clear tonight. Keep your distance, that is not a request. Do you understand?" he felt her nod in his chest.

….

Laito found a girl that reminded him of Oleta, seduced her, killed her, frowned and then said, "you are not good enough to be my own Oleta, plus you didn't taste very good." He sat on top of a roof after he got rid of the body and waited until the sun came up. Her scent, Oleta's scent made him crazy and he wasn't the only one. Shu had more control as did Subaru, Kanato was dealing with it. Ayato, his loyalty laid with Yui and didn't seem to affect him at all. Laito finally returned home and opened Reiji's door, but Oleta and Reiji weren't sleeping in their bed as normal, they were in a large coffin this time. Reiji was being smart, he was keeping her in a secure area. Chances are he had his arms and legs wrapped around her enough to know if anyone was trying to take her from the coffin, it would waken him quickly and Reiji would attack without prejudice. It was humorous in a way, of all the things Reiji would treasure the most, a turned human. Laito could picture himself or even Shu to do such a thing but not that type A personality, anal retentive tightwad. It was almost disgusting in a way.

A small grin went across his face, Shu had received a letter. Their father, that person, would be here soon. Let's see how Reiji likes his pet to be examined by Karl Heinz. He's always been fascinated with love and dying, little Oleta had both. Reiji yield to her like play-do did to a child. She brought him happiness, she loved him. Yes, let's see how Reiji liked her poked and prodded by him and perhaps even taken? If Laito couldn't have her, then what was the point of her even being here?