404 Royal (1/2)
His fangs were already out and he almost salivated from imagining the taste of her blood on his tongue. He could tell from the smell of her blood that it would taste like heaven, and would possibly be the sweetest thing he had ever tasted.
He bent down slowly, caressing her neck with his breath and touched his nose on that sweet spot where her pulse was most visible. He inhaled and he felt like he had been kicked in the guts as her sweetness hit him. It was so good. He opened his mouth and a second later, his tongue escaped and he licked her, savouring the taste.
Abigail's body shivered from the sensation. That part of her neck felt so sensitive because all her attention was on that one spot, anticipating his lips on her skin and his teeth sinking into her. She closed her eyes as she saw him bend down further and she bit her lips. This was it.
His teeth scratched her skin and just as his fangs were about to pierce through her skin, Alex's hand flew like lightning to grab Zeke's collar, pulling him in without warning, and in a split second, Alex's fangs pierced through Zeke's skin.
The world seemed to have stood still.
Zeke's men saw what had happened but there was nothing they could do. They never expected that something like this would happen! Shock was too weak a word to describe what they were feeling at that moment.
Abi also opened her eyes when she felt herself being sandwiched between them. The shock on her face was evident when she realized it wasn't her that Alex had bitten, but Zeke.
”Shit!” Zeke groaned. He had utterly been caught off guard. He did not see this coming. No, he did see Alex's hand reach out towards him but Alex was just too fast. That was probably the peak of Alex's speed that Zeke had witnessed until now. That move surprised Zeke that it took him a bit longer to register what was happening and in that split second, Alex had already grabbed him and pulled him in.
He could only curse within him. This was bad!
Zeke was aware of the many different stories about Alex's past. He had read them from the many books that were written about him and also through the previous king's stories. Alex never talked about his past but Zeke believed that the stories about him were real. He was even able to confirm it through the witches about a hundred or so years ago.
It was said that during Alex's reign, he had turned the vampire's royal family into his servants. One of the reasons why he didn't execute them, despite his hatred of the royal family back then, was because of their blood. The royal family's blood was like a magic potion back then and he desired their blood because he considered it like the most luxurious wine for him. And unlike humans and common vampires, where Alex only liked women's blood, the royal blood, whether it was men or women, tasted the same to him.
When Alex finally left his throne and started to seek his death, he stopped drinking royal blood because he didn't want to become stronger. He made a pact with the royal family and since then, Alex hadn't consumed any of the royal family's blood directly, although there were times that he did ask for a glass or two of it occasionally.