Married to the Vampire King (COMPLETED)

Chapter Thirty-Two

"What?" I said, lifting my head up.

"Sophie, I need to speak you about why I converted you. There's a reason and -"

She paused as the front door opened again. We both turned our heads in time to see Blood walk in. I looked at Sally and saw the colour drain from her face. Was this first time she had seen him?

His dark eyes focused on her, as she stood up from the couch, unsure of what to do. Should she run? Yell at him? Fight him? I watched her face as she frantically weighed up the options in her mind. Blood calmly walked towards her, closing the distance like some dark hellish angel.

"Sally," he breathed, reaching out and gently pulling her into his arms.

Her whole body froze, against unfamiliarity of his. For a second, I thought about jumping off the couch and pushing him away from her, but to my surprise, she relaxed into him and lifted her arms up and wound them around his neck. He held her to him, burying his face into her neck and inhaling her deeply.

"I've missed you so much," he said softly.

"I can't forgive you, but I can't bring myself to hate you either," she replied tearfully.

"I know, baby. I feel the same. I can't forgive you either," he told her, gently brushing her hair.

She paused and leaned back from him, "Woah, what did I do wrong?"

"You left me," he breathed harshly.

"Because you married someone else! How could I stay?"

"You could've stayed because you loved me and understood what I was doing for us - for you."

"Oh my God, I can't believe you're still painting yourself as the hero after all these years! You chose money over love, Blood. You abandoned me."

"Then tell me you don't love me. Tell me you can't stand me and you never want to see me again."

Sally groaned inwardly and sighed, "You know I can't. Leaving you the first time nearly killed me. I don't think that I could pull it off a second time."

"You have no idea how crazy I went the first time you left me. I was ready to burn down half of Port Cressida to find you."

"You know I would have never stayed in the city."

"And that is why I didn't touch it. Although, I did think thinking about letting it burn just for the hell of it. I don't think I've felt any kind of happiness since you left."

"Not, even when you found out that your wife was pregnant," she asked.

He paused, slightly pulling away from her so he could look at her face.

"Do you really believe that I could stand to touch a woman who wasn't you?"

She swallowed hard and turned her face away from him.

"I'd rather not think about it, Blood."

"My God, Sally. My marriage to Gwen was one of convenience. We never consummated our marriage, let alone tried to have a child. Do you really think I would have betrayed you like that?"

She paused, tilting her chin up to look at him.

"You couldn't do it, could you? You tried, but you couldn't do it... You're great plan failed."

"Don't talk to me like that."

"Like what, Blood? Like you're a loser?"

His expression stilled and a humourless smile spread across his face. With one hand, he twirled a piece of her black hair around his finger and said, "You always did enjoy kicking the hornet's nest."