Laura was speechless. How did he know everything about her?
"I am your first in everything and no other guy can make you feel this way. No one!" he declared boldly.
Laura breathed deeply. "M-May I know your name?"
"Eager to know my name, eh?" he smiled sexily.
Laura blinked. Every time he smiles this way, her heart was melting in her rib cage.
Luke met her gaze. The way she looked at him, makes his heart beat faster. He lowered his mouth again, then he whispered something in her ear that took her breath away. "I love you. Will you marry me and spend the rest of your life with me?" he asked her with a serious face. He looked into her eyes to read her reactions.
She just stared at him, she had that blank expression on her face. Inside her mind... she was thinking about how to go home? While he was whispering sweet nothing in her ears. How can she think of love right now when her family was in danger?
She needs to talk to him about her condition, maybe he will listen this time. "Can we talk, please?" she pleaded. "There is something you need to know about me. My life is complicated and you are adding to my problems," she told him.
He looked at her thoughtfully for a minute. "Okay...go on...tell me...let me hear your problems," he encouraged her to talk for the first time. He twirled a few strands of her hair in his fingers.
Laura took a deep breath. It's a good thing that he was no longer kissing her and touching her body. She can finally think straight. "I died when I was a baby, then my father entered into a deal with vampires just to resurrect me, the deal was to marry me to their son. My parents fled our village to hide me. Then after so many years, the vampire couple that resurrected me found me and wanted to take me away. I asked for ten days to spend time with my family before I'll go with them. To make sure that I won't flee again, they took my sister with them, threatening me that they will kill her if they discover that I escape..."
She paused for a moment.
"Continue..." he said.
"My father doesn't want me to marry a bloodsucker. He doesn't want a vampire son-in-law. So he enters me into another arranged marriage with the son of his friend in another town. I was supposed to go there in that chest!" she pointed at the chest in the corner of the room. "But I was greatly surprised finding myself here inside your room," she explained. "I wonder why I arrived here?" She looked at him wanting to get to the bottom of everything.
A few minutes of silence enveloped them.
"You were taken by my men," he finally said. "Upon my order of course!" he confessed.
Laura closed her eyes for a moment. So, everything was intentional on his part. "Can't you see... if you don't return me to my family the next day, they will die. The vampires will kill them all if they can't find me inside our house. I hope you understand my difficult situation now..." she said pleading for his understanding.
"Why you don't want to marry a vampire? Have you seen the son of that vampire couple yet?" he asked.
Laura shook her head. "I'm not interested in marrying a bloodsucker. I want to marry my kind!" she said.
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