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Started July 03, 2020 by @Star_Girls_puppers_was_attacked

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James watched her a moment in silence. He was resting his hands on the table and began to tap them ever so softly and gently, "You're not going to eat?"

"Oh It's just I don't fully trust you all and I've had a bad experience with… everything" she said with a sigh

"I understand," James nodded once more as he stayed in his seat. He thought for a moment, "Would it be better if one of my staff ate a bite of food from your plate?"

"No it's just my brother he'd beat me if I ate" she said looking back down at her plate

"Oh, well I'm not going to do anything like that," James waved at her as he relaxed into his seat, well relax is an extreme term for what was really just a small motion, "So feel free to eat, please."

" maybe later" she said pushing the plate back a bit " What is it you wanted to discuss?''

"A few things," James told her cryptically. He liked having a few cards to himself and eventually decided on what he was going to disclose to her first, "But first, do you have any questions for me? I'm sure you must have some given some of the… Rumors surrounding me and my court."

" since I was fifteen I've tried to stay away from all this so no I don't really know anything" she said

"I see," James paused as she spoke. The girl couldn't be much older than sixteen, seventeen, so it must not have been that long, and yet she knows nothing about him. Fascinating, "Then I suppose the first thing I should tell is that in exchange for me helping you, I will require you to do a task for me. Nothing difficult or life-threatening, I swear to you, however that is simply how I work. Knowing this, I already have a task for you, would you like to hear it?"

" first off I don't care who you are I won't do anything against my will I Will leave or you can kill me so sure what's the task" she said

"Respectable, but understand this task does require you to be willing," James told and after a dramatic moment of silence he, very bluntly, very simply, said to her, "Marry me. That's it. That's the task."

" I'm sorry What?" She asked with an arched broke bit believing what she just heard

"You heard me. Marry me," James repeated the words sounding strange saying them a second time. They had felt strange the first time, but they felt even weirder saying them again, "That is all I ask of you."

" look you don't know me so my guess is that I'm your mate and you need to marry me to gain full power?" She asked. " But your asking me to just marry you and I will never get to fall in love because I know you'll marry me then throw me away like garbage"

"Oh? And why are you so sure about that?" James' voice was filled with slight curiosity. That would be what happened, but she was curious as to where she got her information from.

" because I know how it works you'll treat me like garbage" she said standing up" if I wanted to be treated like garage I would've stayed with my brother' she said beginning to walk away

James stood up and with unnatural speed moved so he was in front of her before she could get very far, “You’re comparing me to your brother, someone I can only suppose is the devil himself? My dear, I may not pay much attention to you after we would wed, but I would certainly not hurt you intentionally. You would still be welcome to stay here in the castle with me and have food, company, whatever else you want provided for you. Is that treating you like garbage?”

" I don't want that I want love and compassion I don't care if we're mates or not I will not marry you" she said " Thank you for the hospitality but I'll be leaving now" she said walking around him

James reached out and grabbed her wrist. The grip was firm enough that she couldn’t slip out of it, but it was gentle enough not to hurt her. When he spoke his voice was cold and had an edge to it, “That wouldn’t be a good idea. My proposal was the first thing I wanted to talk about, the second involves what it took to keep you alive yesterday and how it’s going to effect you from this point on. Don’t you want to know what I have to say about that?”

She looked at him "No you didn't" her eyes welled up with tears as she spoke " tell me you didn't" she said tears now running down her face

“Quincy tried her best to not have it come down to that, but there was no other option,” James told her still keeping his grip on her wrist. Her tears caused his chest to ache and he pushed the feeling down as he said in possibly the softest most empathetic voice he could muster, “I’m sorry.”

She slid down to the floor sobbing, bawling her eyes out she never wanted this she wanted to be a human not one of the supernatural the thing that killed her father

James let go of her wrist and stood there. Awkwardly. He didn’t know whether to comfort the girl or not. So he, the king of the vampires, stood awkwardly next to the bawling girl silently hoping that Quincy would come and know what to do.

She cried and cried " No No No" she cried shaking her head " im so sorry Dad" she sobbed out