Both Sariel and Will locked their eyes on me, anticipating my reaction, but I wasn't sure how to react. Half of my heart jumped for joy that I had something valuable to give Sariel, but the other half kept screaming that I had already been in this kind of situation. I hated being an item, someone's priceless possession. An owner would never have feelings for his "thing", no matter how precious, and at that moment I felt like I became literally a blood bag.
"Wow… I have never fought that I would become someone's energy drink…" I muttered, smiling bitterly.
"Lilith…" Will sighed, his hands reaching out to soothe me. "That's not—"
"You don't get it, Lilith, do you?" Sariel burst out, cutting Will off, "You are the only one with my mark. You are my woman." He gazed confidently into my eyes.
Once again, half of my heart called for a celebration, while the other half treated Sariel's words as another reason to be restless.
"I just…" I sealed my lips, trying to find the right words, then took a deep breath, "I've been treated like a thing because of my DNA. You cannot blame me for being restless when I find out something within me is valuable for a reason," I stated nervously.
Sariel stormed from his bed towards me. Then he leaned over me with his stare, disallowing any disobedience. My whole body submitted to him in an instant. His hand grabbed the back of my head while his lips were aimed at mine. He caressed my soft, pink skin, grazing it slowly as if it was something amazingly fragile. He sent me a tickling sensation that made the corners of my lips move up, forming a faint smile. Then he used that moment to slip his tongue and stir up passion within me. I didn't know how long our kiss lasted, but we certainly had exhausted Will's patience. He interrupted us, ostentatiously clearing his throat. I flinched, embarrassed, and moved my head back, escaping Sariel's lips. Sariel wasn't bothered by Will's actions at all. He kept his eyes on me the entire time, then he grabbed my hand and pulled me towards his bed to sit there beside him.
"Everything will change from now on, you'll see," Sariel claimed, while a mischievous smirk appeared on his face.
I was almost confident that things would be different from that moment. I just wasn't certain if I was going to like that change…
After I had reluctantly acknowledged my new situation, Will told me more information he had found out about my blood. One thing was a little comforting… I learned that my bone marrow produces blood cells much faster than any normal human body would. That was the only reason I was still able to stand on my own two feet after being drained by Sariel the night before. I also started to wonder if it wasn't the only reason I was able to cure Sariel's poisoning and survive his bloodlust attack.
"You actually regenerate quite fast. I think it's this tiny werewolf thing in you," Will speculated. "I'm also pretty sure the blood Sariel gave you recently made your body stronger. If you agreed, I would love to test your-"
"She won't be giving you more blood any time soon." Sariel glared at him, "Lilith needs to rest so that I-"
"Could you please not decide about my blood on your own?!" I hissed at Sariel, "I'm not some kind of object that belongs to you!"
"But you do belong to me." He smirked, putting his hand around my waist.
I became speechless… annoyed but speechless. He kept making me flustered and unable to talk back as if my brain melted each time I looked at him. Will burst out laughing. Unlike me, he found our quarrel absolutely entertaining. I looked daggers at him, barely restraining myself from bursting out. Fortunately, he understood my intention quickly and sealed his lips, although I could still see his eyes filled with hilarity.
"Anyway…" Will did everything he could to stop his lips from forming a smile, "Let me know if anything happens."
"Do you expect anything else to happen?" I asked nervously.
Will took a deep breath while painting a serious, doctor-like expression, then gazed at Sariel.
"The amount of silver in the bullet you got shot should have killed you. With this kind of poison, even if you emptied ten or twenty blood bags, you would have been dead. This is only a guess, but I think that no other blood except Lilith's could have healed you," he stated.
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