Kaiden's POV
I got out of the bathroom and looked up to check the wall clock. I discovered it's already 7:20 p.m.
I got dressed in the lord's attire and vanished to the dungeon where the prisoners are being kept.
They all looked startled on seeing me vanish into their presence. I guess none of them can do that yet.
They look like they're going to die anytime soon. It's not up to 24 hours yet, and they already looked this weary.
I doubt if these vamps would actually be useful; I expected this to happen since I didn't turn them myself.
I vanished to where Damon was kept and found out he's yet to be conscious.
"What a weakling," I thought, and vanished. I appeared outside and sniffed in the breeze as it caressed my face.
All of a sudden, at my standing spot, I perceived a strong smell of her blood.
My mind went to the party, and I vanished there instantly. They all bowed immediately upon seeing me.
I roamed my eyes around the building and couldn't find any of them. I traced Daisy's and Jimmy's scents and found out they're both near.
I vanished outside and appeared just right at their front. They bowed immediately upon seeing me. I nodded in response and signalled to her to speak.
"He took her, and Alex vanished away with..."
Before she could complete her sentence, I traced his scent and vanished to her room.
There, I met her curled up on the bed, shaking, while he stayed by the door, staring at her.
I immediately got into her mind and found out she was only scared of him hurting her-nothing more to get from her subconscious.
I moved to Alex where he was standing, and vanished with him into the thick forest.
"How dare you touch what's mine? I yelled angrily at him and landed a heavy punch on his face. He staggered back a little and held one of the tree branches for support.
"You never told me she was yours," he said, smirking.
"Don't you dare go near her again!" I said, moving close to him and drew his collar.
"I'm sure she's going to fall sick soon, and you're going to need me. Your pride won't let you treat her yourself." He said, and smiled devilishly.
I glared hard at him and vanished to her room, leaving him alone in the forest.
There, I met Daisy, trying hard to make her calm, but to no avail.
"Leave her to me," I said, and she instantly walked out and left with Jimmy, who had been by the door.
I stared at her in bed. She looked so scared, like never before. I wonder what he has done to her.
I sighed and approached her.
"No, please, don't hurt him; I'll do it." She keeps on saying things I don't understand.
I tried getting into her subconscious again but the same thing happened. I have no clue of what's going on in her head.
"What has Alex done to this blonde?" I sighed and thought deeply.
I saw that she might still remain shocked even in the next 2 to 3 hours and decided to manipulate her to sleep.
I raised her head and stared into her emeralds. She fell asleep instantly.
I placed her properly on her bed and covered her with her mini bedsheet.
I summoned Daisy in my head while still in the blonde's room and vanished to my study after that.
A few minutes later, she came through the door and appeared in front of me in the study.
"Sit," I said to her, while she nodded and sat on the chair facing me.
"Can you start now?" I demanded from her.
"He suddenly appeared and took her with him before we could move an inch. I'm so sorry." She said and looked down, feeling guilty.
"She's not allowed to go to any party from now on," I said and asked her to leave.
She stood up from the chair immediately and bowed before taking her leave.
The mystery behind this blonde identity is being revealed bit by bit. Alex has never crossed my path since the death of our parents.
For him to have been really interested in this blonde, it's so sure that she's really connected to the underworld, and he must have discovered something about her. If not, he wouldn't have tormented her memories.
If her father was truly a vampire, he must have been one of the powerful ones; he hid her well.
I was still thinking and trying to solve the puzzle around the mysterious blonde when Daisy suddenly vanished to my front panting.
Before she could speak, I knew it was the daring blonde and immediately vanished to her room.
I met her rolling and shaking on the bed. I touched her head to feel her body temperature and discovered she's running on a very high one.
I withdrew my hand from her forehead and moved a little bit backward from her.
I furrowed my brows at her and stared at her in bed. Knowing I have no other choice and don't want her dead yet, I moved closer to her, scooped her up in my hands, and then vanished to my room with her in my hands.
I made her sit up in bed while she used my chest as support. She's really burning up; her condition keeps on worsening.
I gently tilted her head to rest on my left shoulder and pulled up her top. She's still unconscious.
I unhooked her bra top and tossed it aside. I closed my eyes immediately and groaned in gritted teeth, trying hard not to succumb to my beast.
I moved to her waist line and drew her skirt and pants down at once. Getting her undressed slowly might really get her into trouble when she finally wakes up.
I went to the bathroom and prepared warm water in the tub. Just by touching the water with a finger of mine, it warmed up instantly.
I came back into the room and scooped her up in my arms. I carried her into the bathroom and gently placed her in the bath tub.
I brought out the dagger from my robe and slit my left palm with it.
I dipped my palm into the bathtub and allowed my blood to mix with the warm water.
After proper diffusion of the blood in the tub, I withdrew my hand from the tub and cut a part of my robe to tie my palm.
I looked at her and felt her temperature drop gradually.
I moved to her back and started bathing her, making sure the blood-mixed water touched all her body parts.
I finished healing her using the vampire-blood-bathing technique and dried her body before carrying her back into the room.
I placed her gently in bed and headed to my closet. I came back to the bed with one of my black shirts and put it on for her.
She's still yet to be conscious. She seems to be sleeping now.
I made her lay properly in bed and covered her up with the bedsheets.
I sat beside her in bed and stared at her face as she slept.
A lot of thoughts about her won't stop making me perturbed. I wonder why she makes me feel so much distress whenever I'm with her.
A part of me wants to torture her, and another part of me also feels sorry for her.
It's normal and usual if a part of me wants to keep torturing her. After all, she knew the consequences before trespassing.
But what I don't get is a part of me pitying her. I wonder how she got to make me like this.
I sighed and blocked all the thoughts. At least, let me worry less about her until I find out the truth concerning her from Damon tomorrow.
I drifted closer to her and, unconsciously, landed my finger on her cheek. I caressed her face slowly and stared down at her as she slept.
She moved her eyelashes a little and suddenly flashed them open. Her eyes met mine as she opened them.
Fearfully, she instantly sat up, making my hand fall freely from her face to her bare lap. She shivered from the contact and bowed her head, looking down.
"Is my touch now that effective on her?" I thought and furrowed my brows at her.
She suddenly raised her hand to the back of her neck, like a flash. She must have remembered something.
"It's no longer there," I said calmly to her, knowing she was searching for the wound from his fangs.
She unconsciously looked up to stare at me and tried to lower her head again, but I stopped her and asked her to keep staring at my face with those emeralds of hers.
"So now, let me know about all Alex did to you." I demanded from her in a relaxed tone.