Chapter 27 - A Devil

"Aah....!"

Before Jiang Ying Yue could realize what was happening, it was already too late. She found herself plastered against the same wooden door which was burning just a moment ago.

Her eyes stared at the handsome man who was standing just a breath away from her. His hands were holding hers in a tight grip against the door and his body, which was trapping her between him and the door, had sealed any of her chances of running away.

There was very little space between their bodies and she could already feel his warm breath fanning the left side of her cheeks. His face was too close to hers. Close enough for her to just tip her head upwards and their lips would have ended up touching.

The good thing was that she was wearing her veil that gave her lips a little bit of protection, though it was not much to be fair and It also did not last for long enough because the very next second she felt her veil getting loose and before she could react, it was already slipping away leaving her face bare to the man's intense eyes.

"What are you doing?" She asked as she tried to keep some distance between their faces. It was a surprise that her voice came out so calm and collected when she was feeling completely opposite of that.

"I want to see the face of the person who dared to set my favorite manor on fire in my absence."

His voice...It sounded like a siren's call to her ears. It was smooth, pleasant, and something magical was present in it that called out to her soul.

It took her hazy mind a little bit of time to process whatever he had just said.

"Wait! Y-you are the owner?" No idea why she was asking something so obvious but the question slipped out of her mouth before she could stop herself.

The man just arched one of his eyebrows as he looked at her with a little twitch visible on his lips. 

Damn! He looked so hot at that moment.

Ying Yue shook her head hurriedly to get rid of her thirsty thoughts. Something was seriously wrong with her. Since the previous day, she had been acting like a horny teenager who could not stop her lewd thoughts towards every handsome man that she encountered.

"I-I'm really sorry about what just happened. It was not intentional at all. I was just..." She trailed off when she realized that she did not have a good excuse for her actions.

She found him releasing one of her hands but it was only so that he could hold her chin as he made her look up at him while he spoke, "I let you and your companions use my back garden for your secret visits to the city and instead of being thankful...you set up my manor on fire. How rude of you..."

Rather than paying attention to his words, Jiang Ying Yue was busy fighting a battle with herself. The man was dangerous. His looks, voice, touch, and even his smell, everything was making her lose her calm and surrender to him.

The man noticed her beautiful raven eyes staring at him as if he was the only person who existed in their world. Unconsciously, he found himself closing the distance between their bodies, and as his body came in contact with hers, he could not help but inhale her intoxicating scent. 

The same thing happened with Ying Yue and her condition only worsen. As soon as his scent entered her system, everything went out of her control. She felt her throat drying up as an intense hunger started making her body burn. She found her fangs beginning to enlarge as the need to feed immediately settled in her.

Her current condition was totally weird. She used to feed only once in three or four months back in her world based on the fact that she was a senior vampire. However, she had already fed the previous day, and her body still reacted like it was in dire need of blood.

Before she could completely lose her mind to her hunger, Jiang Ying Yue succeeded in pushing the man away as she hurriedly put some distance between them.

"I...I-I'm sorry...but...I s-should...leave..." 

She was determined to leave the place before it could be too late. Something was telling her that her body was reacting in such a manner because of the man himself. Something was not right about him and that was exactly what's making her lose her control.

Regardless of her determination, as soon as she took a couple of steps away from the man and towards the direction of the back garden, she found darkness appearing in front of her eyes as her body started feeling tired and heavy.

Not only head was spinning but she could not even take a single step forward as suddenly there was no energy left in her body. 

The man who had been standing against the wooden door while observing her keenly, finally decided to react. Within the blink of an eye, he was behind her. One of his arms wrapped around her waist as he pulled her back against his front, stopping her body from falling on the ground at the perfect timing.

He let both of their bodies settled down on the steps leading to the porch of the courtyard. Ying Yue's body calmed down a little as it felt surrounded by his arms and scent.

"Didn't you fed just the previous morning? Then why are you in such a condition now? Is it because of me?" The man whispered those questions next to her ear only to close his eyes with a soft groan when Ying Yue, unconsciously, moved her face closer to the crook of his neck. Her lips were almost touching his smooth throat.

A small smile made its way to his lips as he whispered, "They did warn me that you are a devil. I can finally see why....!"