Be Careful When You Bite Me novel Chapter 9

I gripped the cellphone on the dresser and hurriedly punched in my mother's number. Hot tears streamed down my face and I felt the sudden urge to scream out loud. I heard the line ring on the other end before my mother's soft and familiar voice spoke," Hello."

I couldn't speak. I didn't know what to say. I was never good at lying to begin with but this...this was impossible.

"Hello? Is anybody there?" My mom was still on the other end. It almost hurt to hear her voice again.

I felt my body shake with silent sobbing and brought the phone down from my face.

"Hello, Holly?" I heard my mom's voice a mere whisper now and hung up the phone.

I fell to the ground and brought my knees down to my chest, and for the first time since I had gotten here, I let myself sob. I didn't care that my puddles of tears soaked my shirt and I cried and cried about all the horrible things that life has handed me recently. Minutes or maybe hours passed but I had lost track of time and my tears were running dry.

The door rumbled and in walked a maid placing a tray of food on the dresser, not once acknowledging my presence before exiting the room.

I decided to see if my legs still worked and to my relief; they did. I walked over to the tray and unveiled another sandwich, an apple, and a glass of water. Hardly tasting anything, I fed myself, almost disgusted by the mere sight of the food. I glanced towards the doors.

Wait, did she lock the door?

I ran over to the double doors whom to my surprise were left unlocked.

I headed through a dark hallway that led to a set of stairs. Desperately, I searched for an exit or an escape. I went down the stairs and heard faint voices. I tiptoed some more and realized it was Damon's voice.

"Father gave me a new punishment, therefore I must leave," he said almost nervously. I peeked inside the doorway from which his voice was coming from and distinguished it as the kitchen.

I wondered if vampires need a kitchen or were it merely the construction.

"When do you have to leave?" asked a soft seductive voice. I stood on my toes and peeked further to see him standing with his back facing me, with Isabelle.

"T-tonight I guess," Damon stuttered.

"There has to be a way," her big eyes almost pleaded Damon," You have to talk to him again."

I wondered where Damon was going. I had remembered that he had to keep watch of the dungeon but for some reason, I had thought that it would be at the castle, perhaps the basement.

"I deserve this," said Damon weakly," I have no choice but to fix this."

"You can ask for a lesser punishment, you can watch the dungeon some more, I'll be there, or you can-"

"I can't challenge my father."

Isabelle placed her hands on his chest,"You do not have any potential to be King if you cannot challenge your father on this."

"Isabelle-" I watched as Damon softly and slowly took her hands into his," We can't."

I began to wonder if what I had seen the other day with her and Seth had been a fragment of my imagination. Isabelle leaned forward and planted her lips on Damon's. At the sudden movement, I jumped back and stirred the curtains. They both quickly turned to my direction but I was already gone heading back up the stairs.

When I heard his footsteps hot on my trail, I ran faster through the maze-like hallways, hoping he wouldn't catch me. It didn't take long before I felt Damon's hand wrapped around my arm and pull me back and against the wall. I flinched at the impact and struggled to breathe at how close he had his face to mine.

"What do you think you're doing?" he hissed out loud but I wasn't yet ready to form words. I was still held captive by the shock that was his eyes. Instead, I stared at him, my lips slightly parted, trying to pace my breathing.

This time he spoke through gritted teeth," Answer me."

"W-why did you save the guy?" The words surprised me more after exiting my lips and I realized my body had done that without my command.

"What?" Damon spat out the word and loosened his grip on me," What are you talking about."

"I know," I whispered," That you saved that man, and now you're leaving because the King has punished you, I just want to know why."

Damon's fists made an impact with the wall, millimeters away from my face and I couldn't help but let out a soft whimper. I heard the shreddings from the wall hit the ground and pressed my back deeper into it. Seconds passed by with nothing but silence until his facial expression changed. He now stared at me with an evil smile and said," You're coming with me."

"What do y-you mean?" I stuttered.

"I-I won't tell anybody, what I saw," I stuttered," I'll forget that I saw you and Isabelle-"

He seemed to have trouble controlling his anger and I shrunk down, fearing what's coming next. All of the sudden, Isabelle appeared at the end of the hallway and with a smirk playing at the corners of her lips.

"You found it."

"She was lost," he turned away to face her," She was just leaving."

He turned his face to mine as if to tell me to leave. I didn't wait another second before rushing out of there and back down the halls.