Hunted

✨CHAPTER FIVE✨

We were escorted to the dinner table and it was so big.

It had a big diamond chandelier dropping down and a long table with the biggest demon (I assumed the king) and a female demon at the top of the table while the brothers at the sides, some with pets some not.

"Father." Master gave a small bow and the king nodded.

He sat next to Idris who gave him a small smirk.

I sat on the floor between him and another demon who I didn't recognise.

Sanguis wasn't one of the serving demons and I didn't see Lily anywhere.

I hope Sanguis treated her nice.

He gave me an impression of a good owner.

Master tied my leash on a hook on his chair.

"What a beautiful hybrid, how's her blood?" the king asked Master.

"Brilliant, it's perfect for me." Master answered.

"Good, good, hybrids with bad blood shouldn't be alive anyway..." he chuckled, stroking a hybrid who was also a blue fox like me.

She was shivering badly as he stroked her.

Poor hybrid.

I could see various bite marks that were around her neck.

I wonder how long she had been here for.

"Cerulia...stop shivering." the king said with a soft dangerous voice like the one Master gave when he was wanting to drink my blood or when I misbehaved. 

Cerulia stopped, glanced up at her Master and looked down quickly again.

There was one more seat left and at last, the demon who was suppose to sit on it arrived.

"Nerii, you're here at last. Come, sit next to your mother." the king said happily.

A princess???

Nerii had beautiful locks of blonde hair and was with a male hybrid.

I didn't see a male hybrid for quite a long time.

All the ones I seen in the pet shop were mostly just half cat or sheep but he was different.

He had small patched of brown scales all around his body with eyes identical to Emerald, green.

His hair was blonde, much like Nerii.

He didn't look scared.

He was around my age and he stood confidently.

Nerii was probably a good owner.

It was a wonder that she found such an exquisite pet.

My palms were sweating and my cheeks were hot.

What was happening to me?

The scaled hybrid looked at me and I looked away in discomfort.

"Ophiuchus, sit."Nerii said gently.

I realised he didn't have a leash.

He nodded and sat on the floor, looking at me from under the table with his eyes.

Ophi what? 

I tried to pronounce it under my breath and saw Master staring at me with a weird look.

I stopped and looked down.

"You really should keep that serpent hybrid on a leash, Nerii dear." the king chuckled.