When I came to my head was splitting and my eyes felt puffy. I can't believe I cried like a little kid in front of everyone... I slapped my hand on my face and groaned. What am I going to do with this mess?
"You can start by agreeing to peace." A deep melodic voice supplied, making me jump.
"Fuck, you could have said you're here!" I accused the Vampire King, who was currently staring at me unimpressed, from the armchair next to my bed. Did I have that armchair?
He raised a brow and remained silent. I blushed as I let my eyes roam his stature freely. He was tall and lean, with long black hair cascading his face that looked extremely silky and shiny. His eyes were a deep black that bore into your very soul, like the night sky, with no end. Mine... The sudden need to get lost into them was ignited in me only to be washed away and replaced with a burning need to connect our skin as my eyes wandered to his lips. What would kissing him feel like?
"Why don't you find out?" He told me, breaking me out of my thoughts, but putting me into a different type of trance.
Like a magnet, I closed my eyes and leaned in, my lips touching his. Fuck... A million sparks flew behind my closed eyelids and my body heated up instantly. Nothing mattered in this world more than keeping this contact, this feeling.
When I slid my tongue into his mouth and tasted him, I shivered all over. I wonder if he enjoys this just as much as I do. I opened my eyes to check on him and he had his own eyes open, staring. I flinched away, breaking the kiss. Who kisses with their eyes open?
"We should talk about arrangements." He said while crossing his legs.
I pulled myself back, since I was practically on his lap, blushing. "What arrangements?"
"There is a peace treaty for Vampires and Werewolves being made as we speak." WHAT? Who said yes to all that shit? Who told you, you could do this? "And also, we should talk about our marriage and plans for children." He smirked at my gaping face.
"You want kids?" I asked surprised.
"I want to stop the killings of my species and you want a mate and children. Is this not a good deal?" He shrugged.
"Do you even like me?" I whispered. No one is good enough to put everybody else over his own happiness.
"You are very attractive, but no, I do not like you and never will. You diminished your chances a few hours ago." He said, looking outside the window.
"Sasuke..." The image of the beautiful boy clutching onto his bloody neck while reaching for his brother flashed before my eyes and I did not feel as satisfied as I did then of my doing.
"You are not allowed to think or speak my brother's name, if you want me to remain by your side. This is the last time." My mate's eyes were on me, piecing me with such hatred I didn't know a person could possess. Mate hates us, fix it! My wolf supplied. What about what I want?
"This is not a fair trade. I want to kill all vampire pests until there is none left! They took my parents from me!" I growled, my blood boiling.
"In case you have forgotten, I am also a vampire. And their King and without me you will die." My mate crossed his hands over his chest. Good point...
"So, this is blackmail?" I accused with narrowed eyes.
"Call it what you like. If we are done here, I shall ask someone to bring the contract and run over the details of the treaty with you. I do not know how involved or how big you want the wedding ceremony to be, so I've hired a wedding planner, who will be here shortly. I'll make my leave now." He got up and started walking towards the door.
"Wait!" I stopped him. He did not turn to face me as he waited for me to continue. What am I supposed to say? What about our marriage? What about sex? I sound deranged and not like myself. My mate will think... wait, I don't even know his name!
"Itachi." He said, turning his head slightly so that our eyes met. "My name is Itachi. We can talk over marital obligations later this evening at dinner. Our families, or what is left of them, will be dinning together." He left me frozen like a statue.
This man came into my life and changed everything. This is not how I thought finding my mate would be. I got up slowly and realized my clothes were different. I blushed at the thought he had done it, and already saw me naked before I could. I slapped myself. What the fuck? Am I a virgin? See me naked, who cares? Is that what mating does to you? Make you dumb?
"My King?" Maki whispered from the half-opened door, looking inside.
"My King? I don't think you have ever addressed me like that. Come in Maki." I urged. She came in but stood by the door, biting her lip but remaining silent.
"Close the door and come sit with me." I ordered. She lingered for only a few seconds, before softly closing the door and joining me on the bed yet keeping a distance. I sighed loudly.
"I am still the same. I may be mated to a filthy vampire, but it is still me. I hope you don't hate me now." I said as I stared up to the ceiling. I was thinking of making her into my mate before all this, so I felt soft and vulnerable around her.
"No, of course not. My love for you is not that shallow, sir." She said urgently and touched my forearm.
I smiled sadly to myself. "You can tell me what you are thinking. You know I would never punish you for your opinion, since I value it. We have fought together many battles."
"Sir, if honesty is what you want, I think you are the most beautiful man I have ever seen. And I thought you would be mine, so I waited. I know I am selfish, but I want you more than I have ever wanted anything in my life. And he came and took you from me, so yes, I feel that this is unfair. And you, you don't deserve such fate. Having to do what the man wants and mate with the kind that killed your parents!" She said, tears running down her face. I used my hand to wipe them, but they never stopped coming. "Yet, I can see he is the perfect match for you. He knows how to treat you and he is your equal in position, posture and looks." I laid back down on the bed. We match huh?
"Why are you here for then?" I asked.
"The others have decided to honor you as their King and are willing to make peace if that is what you have decided but, they have lost all respect they had for Sasori the Red." She held my hand this time.
"And you?" I asked looking back at her face. She gave my hand a squeeze and let go, standing up.
"I have decided to leave and become a lone wolf. Travel the world maybe. Anything to forget about you sir." She answered looking out the window.
"If I am that easy to forget, why do you need to leave?" I asked searching for her gaze.
"I am afraid you are not easy to forget at all, but that is my best chance. Besides, there is no war, so you have no need for a commander." She smiled.
"Maki, I need you here, I cannot go through all this by myself! You are my only friend!" I pleaded, so many new things I do today.
"I will not be able to forget about you Sasori. So, this is goodbye." She said and ran out the door, leaving me there frozen for the second time today.
I stayed in bed longer than usual. I sat there and wallowed in self-pity. All of my dreams were stolen from me by fate. I just can't come to terms with my mate being a vampire. Why me? You know why... My wolf supplied. Yes, I do. Maybe years of running around enjoying bloodshed with no restrain came around to bite me in the ass.
A knock was heard on the door, not hard yet not soft. I sniffed the air; a vampire.
"Come in." I ordered sternly.
The vampire came in carrying a document. He left it on the bed next to me and hurried away, closing the door behind him. Almost cute. I took the document and read through it. Blah blah blah, peace, blah blah blah, wedding, blah blah blah, heir, blah blah blah? Wait what? Heir? He has contracted our children as well? Tears welled up in my eyes. I really mean nothing to this man!? My wolf whined as we both felt a pain we had never experienced before, rejection. I kept reading the document.
After the marriage both parties will choose one of two castles to leave in and build upon a society were both kins are equal. On the first wedding night as tradition says, the newlyweds will consummate their marriage. Sexual encounters will happen once or twice a week, after scheduling it. After the first successfully born heir, all sexual activity between the two parties will cease, unless they decide against it.
A dream I had flashed behind my eyes, when I was young my parents always told me I would be happy with my mate. I had dreamed of a figure with no face, yet so much kindness and gentleness that always told me of how beautiful I am and how no other man will ever be more beautiful than me. And I would blush and smile and look over to our child, a boy with red hair calling my 'daddy' as he ran around chasing a ball. I thought I would be happy. So this is my life now? Whatever is written on this page of paper? A contract instead of love?
My wolf whined again and the pain I felt became dull. I got out of bed and changed into proper attire for dinner. My legs felt wobbly as I left my room and walked towards the dining room, bringing the contract with me. When I arrived, my heart leapt into my throat as it kept hammering against my ribcage. My mate was sitting at the head of the table sipping what I could only guess was blood from a very intricate glass. Stupid vampires, drinking from a glass like it's wine...
"Would you rather I fed from a human as he thrashed around on the table?" Itachi asked smiling at me.
Fuck you
"I believe that will happen very soon too." He smirked at my blushing face.
My heart ached as I had to remind myself that this was all fake. I sat down next to him and noticed my grandmother and another woman were seated with us. I looked over at her examining her. She had long black luscious hair and some wrinkles around her eyes, didn't know vampires could wrinkle, she looked like she had smiled a lot in her lifetime. She was beautiful so she must be related to Itachi.
"And you are...?" I started but Itachi responded before she could. "That is my mother, Mikoto." He sipped some more blood and stared at me unimpressed.
"Right..." I sighed. I can't even talk to my mother-in-law, how nice.
"You can, my son would never prohibit it, but I do not think we have anything to say." Mikoto spoke. What pretty voice. Despite the negative sentence, her voice was extremely warm, it reminded me of mom...
"Remember you place dog! How dare you thinking of me like that after you killed my baby!?" She said vemon lacing her tone.
"Sasori, what is this? Are you okay with all that?" Chiyo asked me, practically vibrating from anger in the seat.
I stood there looking from Mikoto's eyes to Chiyo's, without knowing what to say. I looked over at Itachi to find him completely uninterested looking at me as if I am stupid.
"I..." My voice could not come out. My dull pain spiked, making me realize it had never left. I felt like a completely different person that yesterday as my head and heart split in two. As I tried to remember who I was, and the feeling of killing, an image of a bloodies Sasuke crossed my mind.
Mikoto's eyes widened with fury and that's when I knew I fucked up. I turned to Itachi to apologize but he slapped me across the face before I could make a sound.
"I thought we had an understanding." He said, tone stone cold.
I nursed my cheek with my hand, eyes widened at what had just happened. Mate mad, fix it! My wolf ordered. No, mate will never love us, this is our fault, we cannot fix this... I answered making my wolf howl in pain. The wolf became hysterical as the pain intensified until something in me snapped. The wolf became silent, and the pain became lesser. Still there yet dull, as a constant reminder of my fate from here onwards. I deserve this...
I cast my eyes downwards as I slowly placed the contract on the dining table and signed it, sealing it with a drop of blood and slowly pushing it towards Itachi.
"No special requests? You found it to your liking?" Itachi asked as he also signed it.
"I do not need a wedding..." I lied through my teeth. I have always wanted a big wedding with lots of family and guests but, I don't deserve it...
"Then it is done, we are now officially mates in the eyes of law as well. May we have a peaceful reign."