Chapter 111: The Last Lesson (Part-1) (1/2)
“S-So, you gave her permission to drink your blood?” Rebecca asks stutteringly, looking scared out of her wits.
“Yeah, she kept begging to me so I allowed her to drink just a little bit. But look, you cannot even see the wound anymore,” I answer, showing her the area of my neck where Zakira bit me earlier.
“O-Oh, I see… That’s a relief…” She says, not really looking much relieved.
“I am truly sorry, Rebecca. I should have told you and Layla about this before taking Jacob upstairs. It’s just that I had a sudden craving for his blood and I couldn’t control myself,” Zakira lies with an apologetic look.
As Rebecca doesn’t know about the Blood Bond between me and Zakira, we cannot tell her about the real reason why Zakira brought me upstairs. To be honest, I would rather not scare her or Layla more than they already are— and the news about a probable interspecies war will do just that.
And anyway, it’s not like Zakira wasn’t craving for my blood so, in a sense, this cannot be branded as a complete lie.
Hmm… On a different note, I thought Zakira is really bad at lying. She sounds quite convincing to me now.
[Maybe she’s bad at it only when she’s lying to you? After all, you’re her master, buddy.]
Oh, this might be the case…
“No, you don’t have to apologize. If Jacob gave you his permission, then I believe that this… this thing you did was not dangerous, am I right?” Rebecca asks.
“Yes- yes, you are!” Zakira answers quickly.
“Then I don’t have anything to say. It was a matter between you and Jacob,” Rebecca says solemnly.
Zakira seems pretty impressed by how calmly Rebecca is taking this, and so am I. Obviously, this wasn’t the case at the beginning. Seeing the bloody scene, Rebecca was almost about to follow up after Layla as well— tears were already streaming down her pretty face like a waterfall and she was shrieking madly.
But fortunate, before anything could happen, I shouted out on top of my lungs, telling Rebecca that I am fine and that there is nothing to worry about.
“Anyway, shouldn’t we wake up Layla?” Rebecca asks, looking at the fainted figure of Layla lying on the bed next to us.
“No, let her get some sleep. After our conversation downstairs, I was pretty sure that she wouldn’t be able to get proper sleep tonight. Considering that, what happened was somewhat good,” I tell her.
“Yeah, you’re right,” Rebecca says with a nod.
“Anyway, I will go downstairs and prepare some dinner for guys. It will be too late if you wait for Layla to wake up. Zakira, can you give me a hand?” she asks, standing up.
“M-Me?”
Startled, Zakira looks up at Rebecca. Being a Vampire, a race that doesn’t need food to survive, I am sure that she doesn’t know anything about cooking. On the other hand, I also don’t think that Rebecca is oblivious to this fact.
Then why would she ask her for help? Maybe she still doesn’t feel comfortable leaving her with me after what happened?
Well, no matter…
“If I remember correctly, weren’t you getting late, Rebecca?” I ask.
“Yeah, Aria must be home by now. But I think she can wait for a couple of hours, I will quickly prepare something,” she tells me.
“There is no need for that. I will order food from outside, don’t worry. Both you and Zakira should leave,” I say.
“Well, that’s as an option as well,” Rebecca says thoughtfully.
“Ordering food… I wish I could do that with Jacob’s blood,” Zakira mumbles jealously.
“You said something Zakira?” I ask with a frown.
“N-No, nothing. You are right mas— Jacob, I should be leaving as well!” Zakira says, standing up with a jerk.
“Thank you for your tasty blood, Jacob. It was really nice meeting you, Rebecca. Bye!” she says, waving her hand.
“Tasty blood… Hey! What kind of goodbye is that!?”
I retort but she doesn’t give a reply.
“It was nice to meet you as well, Zakira. And Jacob, do call me when Layla wakes up, okay? Bye then!” Rebecca says.
“Yeah, sure. Bye!”
And like this, I see both of them out of the house before going back to my room to look after Layla.
…
[Yo, buddy]
Hey.
[We are finally alone, huh?]
Yeah, so?