Chapter 42 – A Deal for Help

Chapter 42 – A Deal for Help

*** Alzi ***

"It has been three days already; let me see Mai!" I scream out, everyone in the kitchen stares at me, but I just keep yelling. "You're hiding her death, aren't you! LET ME SEE HER!"

"Alzi, I told you this will take time. You will see her, give me a month. I can't bring someone back from the dead or build a body, ok. If I promise you'll see Mai, then that means she is alive," Yuki repeats, "please, stop yelling at me. I'm running myself ragged for that girl, and all you do is yell. Mai is doing fine, just isn't ready for visitors." She wraps me in a hug, trying to keep me from screaming. I haven't spent this much time away from Mai in five years.

"Please hurry, I need to see her. I can't sleep. All I see is her drained body; please let me have a new image." I say, breaking down in her arms.

"I know, Mai's doing better than we thought. She's able to drink normal blood already. Your blood is still too attractive to her right now. If you were in the same building as her, she would do everything in her power to bite your neck." She whispers into my ear, gently rocking my towering figure. "Now, what we need to talk about is your destructive behavior. I'm not willing to come back here to that scene again. I'm taking care of Mai right now, I don't have time to take care of you as well."

"It makes me forget about her. Makes the scene disappear for a few hours. I don't want to, but I just see her then; well, I decide I don't want to see that."

"Alzi, you need to be stronger. Your kids..."

"Bastard. They aren't my kids; I won't see them ever. This birth will take just as long. I'll be asleep for days after I push them out; plenty of time for the damn Duchess to sweep them up." My anger flared up again.

"They are your kids, always will be. Your Mother has talked about how they run up to her. Your blood will always connect them to you. Don't hurt them, don't hurt yourself. You just got the ability to say no to that kind of play, and now you're jumping in head first? Stop, I can't take seeing you and Mai like this. Focus on how happy Mai will be when she comes back. She'll be blaming herself if you go too far and get hurt by a client."

"I know, I try. It's just so hard. Now, I've even started blaming myself. Why else would they attack Mai? Everyone knows I like her and that she has no affinity. They targeted her because of me. Who did I hurt?"

"Nobody. You aren't at fault. This is Mistress's mess, not yours. She is in charge of security and handling these types of problems here. You didn't do anything wrong; you simply saved your friend's life."

"Doesn't make the thoughts go away."

"You have to try. Mai will need you to be strong when she comes back. Now I really do need to visit her. I can't leave her in Nakuma's hands for too long. Promise me you won't have sex during the massages, even if a divine woman walks in."

"I promise," I force out. I wish I could keep the promise, but deep down, I know I'm going to throw myself at each girl who walks into that room, hoping to forget that day.

Yuki gives me one last squeeze before heading out. Her tails hang low, showing her worry. Her appointments have been in the brothel for the past few days. I think she's taken over the scheduling of them now, giving her some time to spend with me each morning and letting her get to Mai faster.

I sit down and slowly eat the bland lunch, wishing to stall my bad decisions as much as possible. But there is only so much time eating can take up, especially when you have a beautiful collar that will make you finish.

Soon, I'm walking to the counter. Once there, I just stare at the dark wood countertop. Constantly reminding myself I promised to be a good girl tonight. Promised to just massage the bodies that come to me today. Then, the first comes in. A familiar face, one I just recently got pregnant. About a month ago, I accidentally made her think I wanted her; I figured out I had an increase in power the day before, which I didn't control correctly. She was fun; it would be fine to fuck her. I've already done it once, and it was a good time. Nothing for Yuki to get mad about.

"Up, time for what I paid for. You've made this pregnant Lady do way too much work."

"I'm sorry, My Lady," is all I can say before heading straight to the table. Wait, why am I going to the table? I need to get the oils; she should be getting onto the table.

I only make it a few steps before the other presence freezes me in place. The Lady just circles me with a careful eye, looking for something. She makes three circles before I feel two holes appear in my neck. I try to scream out, but the presence has me completely frozen. The Lady wraps me up in a hug as she sucks my blood out, hand rubbing my bump. After my initial panic, I find this position relaxing, forgetting about the terrifying presence holding me still.

For ten minutes, I'm at her mercy, my blood slowly leaving me to feed the pregnant vampire on my back. She ends by giving my wounds a little lick before I close them with my mana. I expected them to free me after she had her fill but they keep there, the Lady still hugging me.

"You made a vampire, didn't you. That is what happened to Mai, right?" she whispers into my ear, her breath tickling me.

They freed my mouth so I could answer her. "Yes, someone tried to kill her. I wasn't able to heal her, just keep her alive as she slowly bled out. Yuki said making her an undead was the only option." I whimper. Are they not going to let another vampire exist in the city?

"You made a rogue. Kind of bold, don't you think. I mean, do you know how to take care of a new vampire?"

"No, Yuki seems to know. She had a friend come to the city to help. But could you help Mai? I'll pay you back when I'm free. I have less than a year before this collar falls off. I'll pay you back if you can help Mia. I'm worried about her. Yuki said she may get an affinity that sounded scary." My mouth moved as fast as possible to beg for help.

"How are you going to pay me back?"

"Kids. I can help you have kids. Vampires struggle with that, right? I got you pregnant. I'm sure I can get your wives pregnant."

"Deal. If we ask, you'll get any of my wives pregnant," a new voice says. This one is sweet and sultry. Intoxicating, I could listen to her talk all day. What would she sound like moaning underneath me? Wait, why are there two girls here now?

"Who are you. Only those that have paid are allowed back here!"

"I'm not in the room. I'm Countess Esmeralda Silvana. You've met my wife, Quintella. Thank you for getting her pregnant. We would be happy to correctly train a new vampire. It has been much too long since we've seen a girl not from our family. Now, Quintella, stop playing around. Get your massage and get ready to leave. While you were right that we needed to come here again, I'm not happy risking you outside." the voice calls out.

"Yes, dear. But I won't accept you smothering me this much for the next eight months. I'll need to live a little. We just got access to more kids. This won't be our last batch," Quintella says back, her exhaustion at being followed everywhere evident.

"Don't care, hurry up," The countess calls out, her presence fading into the background.

"Bitch, I come with good news, and this is what I get. Hmph, hurry, slave, we don't want to feel her wrath."

They let me move again so I quickly get my oils as Quintella gets on the table. I waste no time working over her body. No erotic touch this time, just my passive soothing touch to ease her aches.