Prey

Chapter 5

He kept his word. He didn't touch me for the rest of the day.

Of course, that might have just been because I did absolutely everything that I could to make sure that I stayed out of his way.

He kept his almost uncaring demeanor around me, but I didn't dare let my guard down.

So instead I kept myself in the corner of the room, sitting near the cage and just watched him.

The cage that I assumed I would be spending a good amount of time in.

Or maybe very little time since apparently I wasn't going to be his for now.

I was actually surprised that he hadn't put me in there by now.

He did say something about not knowing what to do with a pet, so maybe that had something to do with it.

Or he was trying to get me to let my guard down...

Either way, when the day came to an end, he did make me sleep in there.

He rarely spoke and when he did, it was almost always about that girl he likes.

In fact, that's all he talked about while at lunch, dinner, and then breakfast the next morning to his brother who seemed to care about anything but what my Master was saying.

His brother didn't seem to care about... anything really.

Being in Master's lap during meals was extremely off-putting.

Every once in awhile I'd feel his breath against my neck and my heart would immediately start racing in fear that he was going to feed from me again.

Regardless of what he said, that fear still lingered.

At least the food they gave the pets was good...

"So I told Layla to meet me in the gardens so I could give her her gift, pretty romantic right?" My Master said.

Nico's brows furrowed as he gave my Master a sideways glance.

"Gift?" He questioned.

I guess he didn't know.

"Yeah," Master responded, gesturing both of his hands to me.

I shrunk back uncomfortably.

Nico just lazily shifted his gaze between me and Master.

Despite the lazing, his eyes held a sharpness to them that made a chill run up your spine just looking at them.

Maybe that's why Dahlia always looked so tense.

Well, that's how basically all of the pets in this dining room looked like that.

"You bought her... for Layla," He spoke as if asking if he heard my Master right.

"Yup," Master responded, leaning back into his chair with a stretch, "I figured since she killed her last one so quickly, I could get her a new one myself. To show her I care, y'know?"

Both Dahlia and I blanched at his words, Dahlia sending me a soft look of pity.

My next breath came out shaking.

I don't know why I got my hopes up about Layla keeping me alive.

Maybe I was different, since Master did say I was the perfect pet for her.

I kept telling myself that to stop myself from completely breaking down.

Nico just stared at him for a moment, before continuing to pick at his remaining food.