Chapter 70: Chapter 70

70 Chapter 70 : Take as much of me as you need

Amidst the panic to resuscitate Ella, Adam stumbled backwards and the palm of his hand land on a piece of wood that he had trailed into the tent with him. The piece lodged itself into his flesh making the prince flinch in pain. Adam quickly pulled out the piece of wood and tossed it outside, not really minding the injury he had incurred, he had more critical matters at hand right now.

The prince rushed out of the tent to grab a canteen of water, hoping that hydrating Ella would help somehow, he looked up at his men who were anxiously awaiting any update on Ella’s condition.

“Anything we can do your grace?” Roland asked the man who was clattering their utensils around in search of the water canteen.

“Please warm up some soup, and find me some sage or maybe some tarragon,” Adam spoke in a panic as he stood up to head back to the tent, “hurry!”

“Your grace your hand,” Beric noticed the blood that had stained the canteen of water and Adam’s shirt, “you’re bleeding.”

“Don’t worry about me right now,” the eleven prince urged his men, “if anything happens to Ella all this would have been for nothing!”

Those were the words that escaped Adam’s lips, but in reality he was afraid of losing the woman he loved again. He had only just gotten her back, he had to save her somehow.

Back in the tent, Ella shot her eyes open and briskly sat up. Her sapphire blue eyes slowly turned red and her fangs grew an inch longer. Her nose wiggled slightly, picking up the sent of blood that made her stomach flip instantly. She licked her lips eagerly as the sent grew stronger and stronger with every passing second. What was that?

When Adam walked into the tent and the sent filled Ella’s nostrils to the brim, she was absolutely mortified. That was Adam who smelled so delectable? No, that couldn’t be!

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In as much as Ella was looking absolutely horrified, Adam on the other hand beamed with relief and happiness when he saw the beautiful woman sitting up and looking at him. “Ella, oh thank the gods!”

The man inched closer to her but with an inhuman speed, Ella backed away from him and covered herself with the fur she was lying on.

“Ella whats-”

“Stay back!” She screeched, “just stay right where you are.”

Adam looked at the girl, he was confused as to why she was acting this way. “Ella, you’re not feeling well and I’m trying to help-”

“If you come any closer I won’t be able to control myself!” Ella screamed. Adam’s heart ached when he saw tears flowing down her cheeks, “please Adam, I don’t want to hurt you. I won’t be able to forgive myself if anything happens to you, so please just go and leave me, it’s too dangerous for me to be around you.”

“I’m not leaving you!” Adam responded stubbornly, he took a step closer to Ella leaving only a few inches of space between them, “never again, no matter what happens.”

When Adam tried to extend his hand towards her, Ella released a bone chilling screech, her eyes glowing red and her fangs in full display. Adam was sure she was going to lunge at him but instead, she stumble further backwards until she reached she corner of the tent. Tears trickled down her face as he plunged her fangs into the flesh of her arm, trying hard to control herself.

Upon seeing Ella bite herself in trying not to hurt him, Adam was completely torn. He could see how much she was suffering, she must have had to subdue that side of her all this time in fear of hurting him or anyone else. It must have been torture, akin to denying a thirsty man water for weeks in a dessert while all the while dangling gallons of fresh aqua in his face.

The words Zander had spoken the first time they had talked about Ella’s condition replayed in his head. ‘What if she needs to feed?! What happens then?! If we keep her like this she will die!’

Adam put down the canteen of water and dashed towards Ella, wrapping his arms tightly around her body. The woman screamed and kicked as the smell of Adam’s blood short circuited her brain. It was getting difficult to control herself with him so close to her, his scent was so intoxicating it was making her drool at the mouth.

“Adam!” Ella screamed desperately in a tone she could barely recognize as her own, “I won’t be able to hold back much longer, please get away. Run!”

Adam shook his head, he brought his hands to Ella’s face and cupped it lovingly, his eyes were glimmering in adoration and love, and there was a bit of anguish within them, anguish from having to see the woman he loved like this.

“No Ella..” he spoke gently

“Please..” Ella was sobbing despondently at this point, her eyes flashed between shades of red and blue. “I can’t hold back much longer please Adam..”

“You don’t have to,” the elven prince responded, “I’m going to keep you alive Ella, no matter the cost. You know why, because I’d rather be dead than lose you.”

Ella’s eyes widened when Adam unbuttoned his shirt and coked his head to the side, exposing his muscular neck. The veins running up and down his necked were all too visible to the beautiful nosferatu, she could literally hear each pulse of blood as it flowed through them. It was maddening.

“Go on,” Adam encouraged her, “take as much as you need.”

Ella licked her lips and gulped as she eyed his saculant neck, she was dying to have a taste of that blood, just a little drop. She grabbed Adam’s shoulders and inched closer to him, making the dark haired prince squeeze his eyes shut and take a deep breath.

When her fangs grazed his skin lightly, a little blood trickled from the wound and the smell filled Ella’s nostrils making her mouth water. She swallowed and licked off the blood that had stained her fang, gods! It was heavenly.

As she was about to sink her teeth into his neck, flashes from the past flooded her mind. The night of the banquet, the night she had lost her entire family to bandits. And the night she had lost him. What if she bit him and killed him in the process?! This was the man she loved, she couldn’t do it.

Ella tried to pull away but Adam had a firm grip on her, “nothing will happen to me Ella, please just feed off me.”

“How are you so sure?” The woman responded, her voice was shaky and her breathing was heavy, “what if I won’t be able to stop myself and I suck you dry?!”

“You won’t.” Adam pulled Ella’s face closer and kissed her gently on her forehead before cocking his neck to the side once again.

Ella held on to his shoulders and took a shaky breath.

“I love you..” Adam whispered

With those words acting like a trigger, Ella sunk her fangs into Adam’s neck and drew in streams of blood. She was surprised at how incredibly delicious this man was, it was like nothing she could explain, she was feeling revitalized and energized almost immediately.

Adam winced and bit down on his lip, squeezing his eyes shut as he felt weakness slowly creep up on him.

Ella released a muffled groan as she continued draining Adam’s blood, she felt like she couldn’t get enough, he tasted so good it was almost ridiculous. When Adam felt his strength reach a drastic low, he lowered his hands to her shoulders and whispered her name. “Ella.. you can stop now.”

But the red head had not had her fill yet, she wanted more, so much more that she felt she would never have enough.

“Ella... don’t you think you should save some for later?” His voice was strained, he was feeling himself slowly losing consciousness. Adam knew if Ella kept this up he would be dead in a few minutes, but somehow that didn’t seem to bother him, as long as he was of use to her in the end and she would be okay after.

When Ella felt Adam’s body go limp, alarms started going off in her head. Gods what was she doing?! She had to stop or else she was going to kill him. She tried getting herself to let go but it’s like her mouth had a mind of its own.

[No! Adam!]

~Just take as much of me as you need..~

Even his thoughts felt faint, she was losing him. She had to stop now! Finally with one strong wave of all the will power and restraint she could conjure, Ella retracted her fangs. Adam collapsed and the blue eyed woman let him fall onto her body, using it to cushion his landing.

She then rolled him over and inspected him. Her throat went dry when she saw how pale his handsome face was. The two bite marks were still bleeding so she hurriedly tore a piece of her shirt and covered the wound with it.

“Adam! Adam wake up!” Ella screamed. Seeing that he was not responding, she turned her head towards the exit of the tent and screamed for help, “Help! Someone please help me!”

Tears rolled down her face uncontrollably as she turned back to face the unconscious prince. She had seen this site before, and the memories made her shudder, “Can someone come in here and help me please! Anyone! Zander! Ivan! Anybody!”

Ella was crying and hiccuping uncontrollably when Zander rushed into the tent, he froze in place when he saw Adam laying on the floor looking as pale as a ghost and the redhead putting pressure on his neck. It didn’t take long for him to figure out what had happened.