CHAPTER TEN
"Sit." Eric said as he walked behind the desk. Kisa nervously walked over to the chair facing the desk and sat down. Eric sat back in his chair and just stared at her. She stared back at him for awhile before turning her head away from him. She looked down and bit on her lip.
"How long do I have to stay here?" She asked, ending the silence.
"Do you have somewhere else to be? You do know you have to inform me of every step you take."
She looked up at him, "No. I don't."
"Sure you do. Remember the agreement…or do you want me to rupture your friend? Both of them. The other one, Emma I believe, insulted me. I could have done away with her right then and there."
"Why didn't you?"
"Would you have liked me to?"
"No. I don't wish death on anyone."
"Not even an enemy?"
"Who isn't an enemy to a man like you? And unlike you, I have a soul and a conscience." He smiled, "And I don't?"
"No. None of your kind has a soul or conscience or emotions. You're all zombies."
"You think of me and my kind as zombies?"
"You may not be as mindless as a zombies, but you are cold and unfeeling. You don't have a care in the world. You don't have a heart."
"I don't?"
"No. You may have one but it no longer beats."
"Maybe if you could get my blood pumping…it'll beat again."
"I haven't gotten your blood pumping?" She asked.
"Not in the slightest."
"Am I not good enough for you?"
"You aren't what I typically go for…but you will have to do considering Laura is your friend," He eyed her, "Are you seeking my attention and or interest?"
"Absolutely not." She said quickly.
"You said that a little too quickly my dear."
She looked at him and he looked back at her. As she stared, she felt as though his clear blue eyes were piercing through her being and peering into her soul. The intense gaze was only broken when the ringing of her cell phone pierced the silent air. Kisa opened her clutch purse and with shaky hands, grabbed her phone and flipped it open.
"Hello." She said.
"Kisa, you need to come home." Francis said.
"Why what's wrong?" She asked.
"Ryan Jennings is here looking for you."
"Mr. Jennings?" She asked, "What does he want?"
"He said he needs to speak with you in person. He mentioned something about paying for the next semester of his daughter classes with you."
"Okay. Tell him to wait, I'm on my way." Kisa then closed her phone. She looked at Eric, "I have to go." She said standing.
"Go? Where?" He asked.
"There's someone at my house waiting for me."
"I have not permitted you to leave."
"I'm going." She said turning and walking over to the door. She opened it and walked out.
"Laura." Kisa said walking up to the bar, "I have to go."
"Where?"
"I have to go home. Ryan is there."
"Oh?" Laura smiled.
"He's there to pay for his daughter's classes for the next semester."
"Oh…well how will I get home? You're my ride. You can't leave."
"I'll go and see him then come right back."
"Okay."
"I'll call you." She said before heading to the door. She walked out of the bar and headed over to her car. She looked down and unzipped her clutch to get her keys.
"You are a repeat offender."
She looked up at the voice, "I said I was going. I have to go. Shouldn't you be working?"
"Pam is more than capable. You are not free to roam or leave my presence when I have requested you not to."
"I'm not a child."
"You offered yourself to me."
"No I didn't, I had no other choice. You were going to kill my friend. If the night hadn't ended the way it did, I wouldn't even be back here."
"If you insist on leaving, I'm driving." He said taking her keys from her hand. She looked at him but didn't protest.
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"You do understand that you are not allowed in the private presence of man without me."
Kisa looked at Eric as he sat in the driver's seat of her car, "I don't understand actually."
"You will learn to understand."
"I don't think I will."
"You want to test me?"
"How would I be testing you? I'm not your type. You said you don't typically go for someone like me. What do you typically go for?"
"An irresistibly stunning, leggy blond waitress by trade."
"Basically the polar opposite of what I am."
"Yes, that's quite clear."
"Then why make the agreement with me? Why not Laura? She's a stunning, leggy blond who is now a waitress because of you."
"I told you before she's not my type."
"But you just basically described her. I could switch places with her. I could work for you for free and she could belong to you." She stared at him waiting for his response but he said nothing.
"Maybe I should discuss this with Laura, I think she would enjoy more than I ever would…"
"If I had wanted it to be that way then I would have made it so. Your friend angered me by killing one of my own, I could have killed her."
"You still could." He smirked,
"Indeed I can."
"Not if I killed you first."
"You would be dead before you can even think about killing me darling."
"Would you then kill Laura?"
"Not right away…slowly. I may even chain her up."
"And torture her with rough vampire sex?"
"Rough vampire sex?"
"Yes. I've seen some things about vampires and their sexual habits."
"Would you like me to give you a demonstrations?"
"Of course not!" She said.
"Your precious friend could tell you how good it can be to be a vampire's lover or pet."
"What category do I fall in?"
"Neither."
"Good because I don't plan on losing my innocence to a vampire."
Eric just smirked.
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