The Mark of Three (Previously 'Marked by Three')

Chapter Ten

Chapter Ten

-Violet's POV-

Three days have passed since I told Blane I would give us a chance, and we have been busy getting to know each other. Just talking and becoming friends, nothing physical except for cuddling at night in bed. I was first uncomfortable sharing a bed with a male for the first time, but after Blane explained to me how unsettled his wolf would be all night without me, I accepted the silent plea to sleep in his room so he could peacefully sleep.

He also explained in further detail about the whole marking and mating process, the thought of it still made me blush deeply, but Blane was doing a good job making me feel comfortable and more at ease with everything, making it clear that there was no pressure. He also told me everything he knew about the Chosen One and has let me spend all the time I wanted in the breathtaking royal library, reading the few books with information about the Chosen One. I also got distracted for quite some time, roaming the aisles of books and different floors of the library, I had never seen so many books in my life, and the interior design was old but very classy and magnificent. From what I had seen so far of the pack, the library is by far my favorite place, some floors I often had to myself as they required special clearance to be in, and of course Blane made sure I had full access. I had run into only a handful of other werewolves so far, a few even growled at me when they smelt what I was but were quickly silenced by Blane's warning growl in response and they always apologized to us both before hurrying away.

Blane has barely left my side since the second time I woke up since being here, he says he just wants to be around me so we can get to know each other better. But I knew a big reason has to do with his protectiveness of me, since I'm a vampire and werewolves hate vampires, I'm sure he's worried what a pack member could do to me before I've fully been introduced to the pack. Which I am far from ready for, since from that moment I'll have to take the title and responsibility of queen to an entire species, which the thought alone is terrifying.

Another thing in this new world I still wasn't used to, and far from happy about, was that I was required to drink blood. After we finished talking that day I woke up from turning, Blane had to break the news to me that I had to feed, as if becoming a vampire wasn't bad enough. Blane explained to me as a youngling vampire, the first six or so months I would need regular feeding, gradually feedings would be required further and further apart. The first few weeks had to be a few times a week, then it'll go to every other week, until you can go months in between feedings. He also said a vampire couldn't die from not feeding, but the hunger would become extremely painful until eventually we snapped and couldn't control ourselves until we fed. I did not like the thought of any of that, but losing control seemed worse than feeding, so I forced myself to drink blood for the first time, it was a strange experience.

It had just gotten dark outside and we were still in the library, I was enjoying reading another book I had found and Blane sat beside me with his laptop, busy working on pack work that he had fallen behind on the first few days I had been here. The work of an alpha apparently never stopped; I couldn't imagine the work for a king.

Suddenly my stomach grumbled loudly, breaking the comfortable silence we sat in, causing Blane to look up at me from his laptop and chuckle, making my cheeks blush. It then grumbled again louder this time, causing Blane to start laughing, making my cheeks burn even more in embarrassment.

"It's not funny." I mumbled.

"Oh, definitely not." Blane smirked in response.

"Exactly, now can you stop laughing." I pouted.

"It's pretty adorable."

He was still laughing until my stomach grumbled once again, louder than the previous times, making him laugh even louder than before. His laughter stopped when I gasped in pain when my stomach suddenly cramped up painfully, and I was left fighting back tears as I curled over my stomach.

"Oh, shit. I am so sorry; I should have realized you would have needed to feed again today. Come on, we need to get you home now." With that, Blane easily scooped me up into his arms and quickly carried me out of the library and back home.

Within minutes, we were home and he placed me to sit on a stool in the kitchen as he went over to the fridge. He returned to me with a clear pouch like bag with red liquid sloshing around. I wanted to feel sick, but my stomach clenched further in hunger at the sight. Blane quickly found a white styrofoam cup with a lid and straw and poured the contents of the blood bag into it, before passing it to me.

"Here, you need to feed, it will stop the pain."

I'm sure my face looked pale as I stared at the cup in front of me. I wanted nothing to do with it, but it was an unfortunate requirement of this new world I was now part of. Blane noticed my hesitation and reached a hand forward to grasp one of my much smaller hands in his.

"I'm truly sorry sweetie, I wish you didn't have to do this. But you need to feed, I can't stand to watch you suffer. On the bright side, this won't be forever. Once you're marked and gain your wolf, you shouldn't ever need to feed blood again, as regular food will be able to sustain you."

Blane smiled softly at me in encouragement, and with that I grabbed ahold of the cup and started drinking from the straw as fast as I could. Trying to ignore the taste, I knew I should be hating the weird metallic flavor, but being a vampire now oddly made it taste better than I thought, an almost sweet flavor seemed to come through after the initial metallic flavoring.

A/N:

Hey guys, thankfully I managed to get this one done sooner!

I think at this point I need to accept that I'm mostly rewriting instead of merely just editing... Oh well, at least I'm more happy with what I put back onto the internet.

Hope you enjoyed this one too, it'd be sweet if you voted :)

Sabrina <3