Be Careful When You Bite Me

Chapter 19

Luna slowly removed her hands and the crystal ball reverted back into it’s original pitch black colour. I

mirrored her action.

To my surprise, Luna had a slick smile on her face.

“I’m not touching you,” she stated, almost wickedly.

“What, why?” I immediately felt the hope that I had began to shatter,” but you said-“

“What did you see,” Damon was now up and standing beside me, his gaze locked with Luna,” what do

you mean you won’t touch her.”

“I mean I can’t,” Luna’s expression had gone back to serious now.

“Why not,” Damon insisted.

“The girl has the Mark of Eros,” Luna stood up and grabbed the ball,” she didn’t enter The Underworld

by mistake.”

She disappeared into the back and left a confused Damon and I.

I wondered what the Mark of Eros was. Did it have anything to do with the burning sword that had

showed up on the crystal ball. I’ve never seen that symbol before in my life but it definitely resembled

something I had seen in Greek mythology class.

“What’s the Mark of Eros,” I asked Damon,” why can’t she help me, what does it mean?”

He ignored me completely. Damon looked lost in thought and confusion.

Luna came back out and he barked out,” Are you sure that’s what you seen?”

Luna now looked amused by all this,” I’m offended.”

“By who?” Damon asked,” can you at least tell me that?”

Luna stepped closer to Damon and played with the collar of his shirt,” He’s closer then you think.”

“Do it anyway,” Damon breathed out,” Perform the ritual anyway.”

“You want me to upset every god I believe in because you want to get rid of your little human problem?”

“Please,” Damon’s eyes looked almost as if they were pleading.

“Sorry sexy,” Luna turned to walk away from Damon,” you were good, but no ones that good.”

“What do I do now,” he ordered,” how do I take her back to the castle, proving to my father that I failed

him once again.”

Luna shrugged,” Not my problem, and your father should be the least of yours. You’ve got a marked

foreigner on your hands now, you need to worry about that.”

“Tell me by whom, whoever she belongs to, she’ll be their problem too.”

“I can’t give you the hint and the answer as well Damon,” she sat gracefully on the dining room chair

and sipped her wine,” you’ll figure it out sooner or later.”

“Luna-“

“Now get her out of here before someone gets a whiff of her.”

“Luna-“

“Now Damon,” she raised her eyebrows as if challenging him to decline.

Damon looked down at me as if I was baggage and spat out,” Let’s go.”

I scrambled to my feet and ran behind him as he almost tore the door of its hinges and marched

outside and down the stairs. In the distance I heard Luna’s voice echoing with the words,” See you

soon.”

Damon was walking fast enough that I thought he must have forgotten about me.

After ushering for the guards to disperse, he continued marching down the busy streets of Brooklyn. I

wish I knew what time it was and I tried to keep alert for a clock somewhere but it was almost

impossible to do that and keep up with Damon. I knew if he wanted to, he could have been gone a long

time ago but I’m assuming he had to maintain his speed because there was humans around.

Foreigners who have no idea how lucky they are. I was one of them not too long ago.

I wondered about Luna and what she had meant when she meant I had the Mark of Eros.

What the hell is the Mark of Eros? How do I get it off?

Damon had gone into a panic when she had said that. If I was such a burden to him, I wondered why

he wouldn’t just leave me here amongst my people. I could find my own way back home somehow.

I needed someone to speak words to me. Someone to sit me down and tell me exactly what it meant

that I had the mark and why had it made Luna change her mind about helping me.

“Damon,” I called out, struggling to keep up,” slow down!”

He came to a halt in front of a metal door stationed outdoor in between a sketchy looking corner store

and a laundromat.

Damon rattled the door and it opened without much resistance.

We entered into the doorway to be faced with black stairs leading down to seemingly nowhere.

“What is this,” I asked Damon struggling to catch my breath,” where are we?”

Damon spared me a glance for a quick second and mumbled,” you’ll see.”

With that, he began his way down the stairs and I scrambled to follow.

At the very bottom was a small hallway and another metal door.

Standing guard was a big and muscular , taller then even Damon man dressed in an over sized grey t-

shirt and some shorts.

He nodded at Damon as if he knew him already and gestured my way.

“She’s with me,” stated Damon.

The guards eyes went from a chocolate brown to a neon green colour that made me jump back when

they landed on me. He opened his mouth to reveal a thin and forked black tongue.

“This way,” he almost hissed the words.

He lifted his scaly fingers and pushed the metal door wide open. I didn’t hesitate to run after Damon

and was met with neon strobing lights that gave me an immediate headache.

A club? He brought me to a club?!

Damon pushed hundreds past dancing, sweaty bodies. I tried to not get distracted but the people and

focus on not losing my way. I followed Damon through the crowd until we finally reached the bar where

he took a seat and signalled I do the same.

“Damon, what are we doing here-“ I began but he completely ignored me. Instead, he was more

focused on the bartender behind the bar who leaned over the counter, her big and perky breasts almost

falling out of her top.

She had short blond hair and blue eyes that glistened even from a distance. She was tall and skinny

and absolutely breathtaking.

“Hi handsome,” her soft and luring voice could easily have me sitting here for hours just listening to it,”

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She threw her had back and started to laugh and I could notice her teeth now. There were almost

double the amount of teeth someone would normally have and each and every single tooth had a

pointy tip at the bottom like small fangs.

I wondered what she was and wondered what the guard was too.

Damon reached into his pockets and pulled out some cash sliding it to the edge of the counter towards

the girl.

“Double black out,” he ordered, seemingly unimpressed. He turned towards me,” what do you want to

drink.”

I’m not 21.

I remembered how that had gone with Luna and simply said,” A coke please.”

The bartender came back with our drinks and as she handed me mines, I caught sight of her fingernails

that were long and resembled wood. Almost as if she were growing wooden branches where her nails

would be. I gasped out loud and looked up to see that she was already watching me.

“It’s smart to carry a meal around with you,” she looked at me but spoke to Damon,” that way you don’t

get too drunk.”

“Ade, back off,” Damon spoke calmly and I realized he knew her,” she’s a foreigner.”

Ade’s face went from shock to confusion as she turned to look at Damon.

“Why is she here if she isn’t food,” she snapped.

“I need to think , just back off,” he repeated.

She turned her gaze back at me,” watch your back little human,” she spoke through gritted teeth,

looking more horrifying then beautiful now,” this isn’t a safe place for you to be.”

I swallowed in fear, unable to break eye contact. She looked away first and strutted to the other side of

the bar where a bunch of guys where waving her down.

“Damon,” I snapped,” what the hell is this place.”

It was almost as if the music had gone louder on purpose to drown me out because Damon ignored

men.

“Damon, where are we-“

“We’re at an Underworld bar,” he interrupted me, staring into his drink.

I wanted to ask what an Underworld bar was but I already knew the answer. Between the bouncer and

the bartender, I definitely was not in a bar of with fellow humans.

“What...ok, why are we here? Why am I here-“

“There are humans here too, relax,” he said that as if were meant to reassure me and maybe it did,”

they’re called Crones. They are foreigners who know about our kind.”

“Damon, what are we doing here,” I repeated. I definitely did not feel like celebrating.

“To have a drink,” Damon lifted his drink up before bringing it up to his lips to sip.

“What are we going to do? Luna doesn’t want to help me, are we going to go back to the castle, what is

the Mark of Eros, I didn’t even know I had that-“

Before I could finish, we were interrupted by a loud male voice.