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The Artful Match

Brielle is one of the few female hunters at the association. Dealing with useless trainees every six months, she has a low tolerance for bullshit. She no longer believes in love, and nothing will change her mind after what happened to her. She believes that the only thing she can love and trust is her job, where she helps protect the defenceless by killing those who use their abilities to get everything they want. Hunting is a thrill that she enjoys more than life itself. Having a minimalist life, the only thing at home she cherishes is her painting. A vampire that refuses to choose a partner for his sister. Ketan will do anything to protect his loved ones, even kill those that threaten his livelihood. Usually, he is calm, gentle, and collected. He stays hidden away from everyone when he does not want anything to do with individuals until the day he is captured and locked away in a dungeon. After that moment, his life changed for good. Cursing the blood that he drinks, Ketan fights against the pull of drinking more blood from the person that donated the blood. An Excerpt from the book: Brielle throws her arms around Ketan’s neck. “I was so worried about you. I did not know what you were going to do or if you would survive.” Ketan smiled and accepted her hug. “I am sorry for worrying you. I had to do what needed to be done. Besides, I knew that this was going to happen and be as painful as it was.” Brielle starts sobbing in his embrace. “I think that you should take what you need from me, Ketan. You will not be able to stand the bloodlust soon… will you?” Pushing her away before losing control. Ketan moves away from her weakly. “Stay back. I am not in control of myself right now. You should not even be here right now. Leave me alone!” Ketan holds his hand out to stop her from coming closer to him. “I can hear your pulse racing; it’s deafening.” “You were fine a moment ago; now you are you pushing me away, Ketan? I can help you.” Brielle leans down towards him and gently pulls him into her arms. “No, stop. I can’t control myself, and I would never be able to forgive myself if something happened to you. I am not a sedated beast; I lust for every drop of your sweet blood that I hear pumping through your veins, but I must resist. Otherwise, I will harm you in the worst way possible.” Ketan pushes her back and teleports deeper into the cave. “Stay back before I begin to acquire a taste for your blood. It is a deadly thing to tempt fate once again.” Brielle continues to walk into the deep dark cave towards him. “Ketan, I trust you more than I have trusted others. I know that you will not kill me. Just look at how fearful you are right now.” She finally reaches him again. Crying, Ketan grabs her from behind, sits her in his lap. One arm wrapped around her waist, the other in her hair, pulling off the right exposing her neck. Slowly he lowers his lips to her neck, licking the surface testing the flesh. His fangs rest at the hollow of her neck before carefully breaking the skin. He starts to drink her blood deeply, but as he drank, he slowly stopped and lifted his face up, crying while holding Brielle against his body crying. Blood leaking from the bite marks while some drips down his chin. Her body was being held up by Ketan, and her eyes were now closed. Her body seemed lifeless in his arms. She started to slide forward as a deadweight. Ketan catches her and holds her princess style in his lap, rocking back and forth. Crying fresh tears.

Shirokitsune · Fantasy
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55 Chs

1 Recovery of the Child

Tossing and turning on the bed Brielle, fought through the dream. As she woke up, her body was covered in sweat, with her heart racing. She looks around the room and sighs when she sees the painting on the wall. She pulls the blankets off her body and walked towards the painting. Brielle reaches out her hand and touches it. 'It was only a dream.' She looks out a deep sigh, and she closed her eyes, slowly shaking the dream away. She turns back to the bed and looks at the time, and sees that it was early but good enough to start that day. Slowly she walks to the bathroom and showers, quickly trying to wash the dream from her mind. When she comes out with the towel wrapping in her hair, she sees her phone blinking. She opens it and sees a message.

~Sorry that this is early, but there is a target that is on their way nearby your place. He has a two-year-old girl as a hostage. I know that this is a lot to ask since you are just coming back after having been in the hospital, but you are the closest to the target at this time.~

Seeing that message, Brielle quickly replies to the message. ~Roger. I'm on it.~ She throws the phone on the bed and quickly gets dressed in a revealing black and grabs all sorts of weapons that she stashed all over the house. After gathering, she picks up the phone and scours the attachment to the text message and looks at the car in her driveway and shakes her head and starts to walk to the lactation she sits on the bench in the park and darts to cry, looking pitiful.

The vampire that was on the run with the little girl stops and listens to the lady crying. He whistles and tosses the girl on the bench next to Brielle. "Hey, Beautiful. It is so early in the day. Do you want to come to my place with my daughter and I?" he points to the girl that was unconscious on the bench.

Brielle looked at the vampire and started to wipe her eyes. "No, that is okay. I was just saddened this morning from a nightmare and thought some fresh air would do me some good. Would you like to come to my place instead? I am sure that it would be nicer than you staying out here in the chilly morning." She lifted her skirt a little and showed him more skin as she tilted her head.

"Oh, Baby, you know how to make a guy happy. Let me grab my pr-daughter, and we can go to your house." The vampire picks up the girl, follows Brielle to her house, and steps inside before getting too light outside for him. "Baby, let me get a taste of you."

"First, let me make your daughter comfortable in the spare bedroom, then you can take me to the basement, and then we can play." Brielle held out her arms. Once she felt the girl's weight in her arms, she let out a small sigh. Quickly she took the girl to her bedroom and laid her down in the bed. She slides the cardigan down her arms as she walked up to the vampire. Sneakily, she gabbed the stake hiding in the sleeve, walked up to him, and stalked up to him. Gently placing her hand over his heart,

The vampire shivered from her touch. "I hope that you are as excited as I am, Baby?"

Smiling, she quickly staked him in the heart. "I am not your Baby, and thank you for giving me your prey, you filthy vampire." She wanted as he became a pile of dust on her floor. Then picked up her phone ~Target eliminated. Package retrieved safely. Please send a ride over.~

~On its way to your location. Clean up crew will be there shortly as well. Thank you for your hard work.~

Brielle went up the stairs, changed into her usual work clothes, and picked up the little girl. "You are a cutie, and you do not need to be afraid anymore. The bad man is gone."

The girl started bawling and clung to Brielle. "I was so scared!"

"Shhhhh, I will take you to a safer place, and then you will be able to go home." Brielle picked up the girl, carried her to the bathroom, washed the girl's face, and brushed her hair. She opened the drawer in the bathroom, pulled out some strawberry ponytails, and tied the girl's hair in pigtails before picking her up. "There, look at how adorable you are."

"So pretty. Thank you, big sister." The girl hugged Brielle as she carried her down the stairs.

Brielle watched as the girl smiled, and she patted her on the back as she carried her through the door and went to the waiting car. She climbed in and held onto the little one.

Will turned to look into the back seat, and before he could say anything, Leo, who was sitting next to him, pinched his leg. "Ouch! Leo, you are as savage as ever."

"Good Morning, Brielle. I see that the package has been retrieved safely. How are you doing?" Leo looked back and saw the girl bury her face into Brielle's shoulder.

"Make sure that Will keeps his eyes on the road. I do not need to go back to the hospital. I am recovering slowly, and I know that you understand what I mean." Brielle glared at Will and then looked at Leo, and her eyes softened a little. "Will I am sorry that I could not attend your engagement party. I am sure that your fiancé is absolutely stunning, unlike yourself."

"Sam is the most gorgeous girl I had ever seen. I understand that you could not come, and I would never force you to do something like that." Will looked at her in the mirror and examined her and saw the dark colour under her eyes. "On the flip side. This idiot let a female slip from his fingers." He focused back on the road when Brielle glared at him.

“I felt lethal, on the verge of frenzy. My nightly bloodlust overflowed into my days and I had to leave the city. My mask of sanity was a victim of impending slippage. This was the bone season for me and I needed a vacation.”

― Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho

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