Chapter 20 - The Four Stages Of Soul Bonds

"T-that....that was...scary...!"

Ying Yue mumbled as she gasped while taking in short intakes of oxygen to calm down her heart that was currently in the sprinting mood.

She was not really that much affected by running like she was being chased by the devil of death. Rather, the reason she was currently gasping and breathing so harshly was because she knew that she had just outsmarted her death..

That dude was just as cold-hearted, deadly, ignorant, and narrow-minded, as he was handsome.

Did he really have to react so coldly? It was not like she purposely chose him as her meal. It just happened and she should not be held responsible for something that she had no power to control.

"And here I thought that you have lost your way in the mountains."

The familiar voice that taunted her from behind, made Ying Yue turn around and look at the familiar figure of Silver.

The man did not miss the way her cheeks were suddenly covered in faint pink blush and her previously dry eyes were now twinkling with a new glow in them. Just one look at her current appearance and he knew that she had finally fed.

Ying Yue watched as Silver folded his hands in front of his chest as he stared at her with questioning eyes. He did not look angry but it was really hard to read his expressions because he knew pretty well how to hide them from her.

A sigh left her lips as she shook her head softly as she answered his unasked question, "I did not plan it. It just happened....I.....I just ended up losing my control."

Her eyes were fixed on the ground as she refused to look at the man in front of her. She was suddenly feeling a little bit ashamed for constantly ignoring his warnings. If she would have listened to him then she would not have ended up losing her control like that and accidentally activating a soul bond with a stranger.

"I know."

That's what she heard in reply from Silver. She could feel his eyes that were still trained on her.

She was silent for the next few moments as she pondered on exactly how to reveal what she had just ended up doing in the depths of the forest.

After some time of deep thinking, she finally raised her head and focused her attention on the man standing in front of her. His dark green eyes were looking at her with such softness that she suddenly had the urge to forget about everything and just hug him.

The two of them had been together for centuries by now, knowing from the very beginning that they were destined to be each other's fate. But their physical interactions were always limited. She always maintained her distance from him ever since they got to know that they were not only each other's destiny.....but also the doom!

She let out a deep sigh as she opened her mouth to explain. However, before she could even utter a single word, he stopped her.

"No need to voice it out. I can already feel it. It's the first stage." Silver spoke as he brushed some loose strands of her hair away from her face, tucking them behind her ear.

She was so lost in her thoughts that she did not even realize that he had walked closer to her at some point and was currently standing right in front of her.

"Yeah! I don't even know who he was. It's just I stumbled across him in that cave and suddenly lost my control. But fortunately, it did not cross the first stage of bonding. As long as we don't encounter each other for the next two months, the mark will disappear on its own without leaving any side effects." Ying Yue murmured as she tried to calm herself down by recalling that her mistake could still be fixed.

Most of the supernaturals had their own ways or rules for establishing a bond with their mates. As for Vampires, the bonding was divided into four stages. The first stage was the initiation of the bond. It was the most fragile stage. Once a bond was initiated, the mates were supposed to stay in each other's company for at least a few hours every single day for a month or so. It helped in providing strength to their bond and in building a deep connection between them.

If for some reason, the mates ended up separating and had no physical contact for at least two months continuously after the initiation of the bond, the soul bond would start disappearing on its own. Since it was just the first stage and the mates had no physical contact with each other for such a long time, it won't be painful for either of them as the bond would disappear.

However, the same could not be said about the rest of the three stages. A second stage bond could still be broken but it was mostly painful no matter whether the mates had any contact with each other or not.

The third stage was not easily breakable but could still be broken by several dark methods that were actually banned back in her previous world. However, it was far too painful for anyone to stand the pain.

And as for the last and final stage, she had never heard about a full-bond breaking due to any reason or by any kind of dark magic.

Since she and that man were only sharing a bond of the initial stage, there was a high chance that it would disappear on its own accord if they succeeded in staying away from each other for the next two months.

It was not going to be that hard to stay away from him. She could do at least that much without fucking everything up. Right?

Only if she knew that it was merely the starting! The future was holding so many surprises for her...