Chapter 2
Elena's POV
I cowered in the corner, not daring to look into his eyes. Although he had saved me, I knew I had only jumped from one hell into another.
"Get up. Follow me." He commanded.
I bit my lip and said softly, "Can... can I refuse?"
He stopped walking and slowly turned around.
"Do you think you have the right to choose?" He asked back, his tone terrifyingly calm.
I lowered my head, clenching my fists. "I... I understand..."
Adrian walked up to me and grabbed my wrist without question. I wanted to struggle, but his strength was shockingly powerful—I was as weak as an infant.
"What are you going to do to me?" I asked fearfully.
"Blood contract." He answered concisely.
Before I could react, he had already bitten my neck without warning.
"AHH—!"
Sharp pain struck, and I collapsed weakly in his arms. His razor-sharp fangs pierced my delicate skin, hot blood beginning to flow. Even more terrifying, something flowed into my bloodstream through the wound, burning like liquid fire.
"It hurts... it hurts so much..." I moaned weakly, feeling my consciousness gradually fading.
"From now on, you belong to me." He whispered in my ear. "Without my permission, you can't go anywhere."
When I woke up again, I found myself lying in a strange, luxurious room. The room was large and decorated lavishly, but my mood was terrible.
Was this my new life? Becoming some vampire prince's exclusive blood servant?
"Well, well, our little SLUT is awake?"
A sharp female voice came through, full of malicious mockery. I turned my head to see several girls in blood servant uniforms standing by my bed. Leading them was a pretty girl with brown hair and green eyes, but her gaze was full of malice and jealousy.
"I'm Victoria Sterling, head of the blood servant dormitory." She looked down at me condescendingly. "Welcome to HELL, debt BITCH."
"Is this the WHORE who seduced His Highness?" Another blood servant looked me up and down. "She doesn't look like much—how did she bewitch the prince?"
"Must be skilled in BED!" The third blood servant laughed maliciously. "These lowly types are best at pleasing men!"
I shot up from the bed, glaring at them angrily: "Watch your FILTHY mouths! I never did anything!"
"Oh! She dares glare at us?" Victoria sneered as she walked to the bedside. "A debt blood servant dares challenge us legitimate vampire nobility?"
"I didn't seduce anyone!" I stood up, clenching my fists. "I never wanted to come to this CURSED place!"
"Then you shouldn't EXIST!" Victoria suddenly reached out and slapped me hard across the face.
"SLAP!"
The tremendous force sent me tumbling to the ground, my cheek stinging painfully, blood seeping from the corner of my mouth.
"BITCH, you think because the prince protects you, you can run wild here?" Victoria crouched down, grabbing my hair. "Let me tell you, when the prince isn't around, I'M in charge here!"
"Let go of me!" I struggled desperately, but her strength was much greater than mine. "This is assault!"
"Assault?" The other blood servants burst into shrill laughter. "This is vampire academy, not your trashy human town!"
"Here, the strong rule!" Another blood servant kicked me. "Garbage like you should grovel on the ground!"
I struggled to get up and fight back, but Victoria held my hair in a death grip.
"Want to resist?" She said viciously. "Then I'll show you the price of resistance!"
With that, she forcefully dragged me by my hair toward the window.
"NO! Let go of me!" I desperately clawed at her arms, my nails leaving bloody scratches on her hands.
"FILTHY BITCH! You dare scratch me?" Victoria flew into a rage, kicking me in the stomach.
"UGH—!" I curled up in pain, my stomach churning violently.
"Sisters, let's teach this ignorant WHORE a lesson together!" Victoria called to the other blood servants.
Suddenly, several pairs of hands grabbed me simultaneously. They pulled my hair, tore at my clothes, and kicked my body with their feet.
"You... you PSYCHOS!" I screamed hysterically, desperately trying to protect my vital areas. "I'm telling the prince!"
"Tell the prince?" Victoria sneered. "You think he'll believe a lowly debt blood servant over us daughters of prestigious families?"
She grabbed the pillow and blanket from my bed, throwing them all on the floor.
"From today on, you sleep on the FLOOR!" She maliciously trampled my bedding. "This bed isn't for trash like you!"
"No... this is my room..." I protested weakly, my body in too much pain to move.
"YOUR room?" Victoria bent down to look at me, her eyes full of contempt. "What right does a debt blood servant have to own a room? You should be GRATEFUL we let you stay here!"
She picked up the worn thin blanket from the floor and viciously threw it at my face.
"This is what you DESERVE! Remember, here you're the lowest MAGGOT—never forget your place!"
They left satisfied, and the room fell silent again.
I curled up on the cold floor, my whole body trembling. Not just from pain, but from rage and humiliation.
Tears flowed uncontrollably, and I bit my lip hard to keep from making any crying sounds.
Was this my new life? Forcibly marked by a dangerous vampire prince, bullied and ostracized by other blood servants...
Could I really survive in this cruel vampire world?
