Be Careful When You Bite Me novel Chapter 20

“Damon is that you?”

Damon turned back to look at the approaching man. He was tall and lean, with spiky jet black hair and matching eyes that had no pupils.

Beside him was a girl with the same hair and eyes as him. She was almost as tall and lean with skin as white and smooth as porcelain. She looked like someone but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.

“Mathoes, Elisabeth,” Damon greeted, his body tensing up immediately.

I sensed the aura change as if something bad was suddenly about to happen.

“What are you doing on our side of the woods,” the girl voice was slick and smooth.

“Came to visit an old friend.”

“A fellow Cold One, or was it a witch like your brother does,” Matheos smiled as if enjoying himself.

“How are you Matheos,” Damon didn’t sound like he let that comment effect him,” you haven’t come by the castle to visit your cousin in a long time.”

“How is our dear cousin,” Elisabeth said,” are you and Seth keeping her busy.”

I immediately knew that they were talking about Isabelle and it clicked in that that’s who Elisabeth resembled.

Matheos’s eyes lingered my way and he lost his smile, his expression turning predatory.

“I didn’t peg you for the type that needs to play with his food before he eats it,” his fangs were slightly more extended now and the neon red lights reflected directly off his hungry eyes in a way that made me nervous.

I felt Damon’s sudden hands clamp around the bottom leg of my stool and pull me closer to him.

“She’s a foreigner,” his voice was calm and he didn’t sound as cautious as I knew he felt.

Elisabeth skimmed her eyes over my neck, no doubt examining the scars,” So then who’s been breaking the law.”

Damon chucked,” As if you care about the law.”

Her unamused eyes flickered back towards Damon,” I care about the council who’s going to have a hard time believing your side of the story when your human has more bites on her neck then a villager-“

Damon’s voice was angry and authoritative when he snapped,” I’m handling it.”

I felt my throat clamp up and struggled to form the words that were at the tip of my tongue. I leaned into Damon’s shoulder and whispered,” I’m going to go find a bathroom.”

Damon nodded without looking at me,” be quick.”

I scrambled to my feet, well aware of Matheos and Elisabeth who had their eyes glued to me.

I headed towards the end of the bar where Ade was pouring drinks and leaned in towards her,” Hi, can you tell me where the bathroom is?”

Her eyes lit up in amusement and she smiled,” what’s in it for me?”

I stayed silent, wondering if she was serious.

She placed the newly poured drinks on the table towards a group of guys. One of them leaned towards me,”she’ll never tell you, she’s a faerie, keep going this way, it’s down that hallway, first door is the one for humans like us.”

I quickly left the bathroom and wondered if every human thing I decided to do from now on would be as scarring as this. I couldn’t even go to the bathroom without being traumatized.

I shivered at the thought of what could be next and began to head back towards Damon when I caught sight of an exit door.

It was wide open, at the very back of the bar, the red Exist sign flickering as if alerting my focus. It was unsupervised and I could see the outside from here. I could tell it led to an ally, I could see the bricks from the other side and they were almost inviting me.

I looked ahead of me to try to catch sight of Damon but there were too many people in the way.

I remembered what I had thought on the way over here. I needed to be home, I needed to get out of this life and forget I

had ever been exposed to it.

I took a step towards the door, and then another and another until I was finally walking at a brisk pace and before I knew it, I was face to face with the fresh air.

I left my feet do the thinking because my mind felt a twinge of quilt that I couldn’t understand.

I stepped out and took in the breath air that tasted like freedom. I looked to my right and left and wondered which way to go.

Was I running away?

No....just going for a walk.

If I happen to get lost....well.