Chapter 2

• She has these wicked nightmares pretty much every night. It's kind of hilarious once you get used to it. She's even known to start screaming or crying in the middle of her dreams." he finished, laughing silently to himself.
• The man shifted his line of sight back to me.
• "I'll take her," he said.
• I'm pretty sure my heart just stopped then and there, but at the same time, it started racing.
• Why did he want me? I DIDN'T WANT TO BE WANTED!
• My breaths began to speed up as well, the tight collar making it sound like I was gasping for air.
• "Wait, really?" the pet master questioned, "Why?"
• The man paused for a second before he stood back up, flashing his fangs with a smirk.
• "I like a pet that knows how to scream."
• I thought I was about to throw up.
• "Fair enough." the pet master said, grabbing an old leash out of the many that were hanging near the cages.
• I pushed myself impossibly further against the back of the cage, working through the stinging pain as he began to unlock my cage.
• No. This couldn't be happening!
• I turned my head away as his hand approached me, hoping that this was just another sick nightmare.
• As soon as he had clipped the leash on, he practically yanked me out. I immediately became a gasping, shaking mess on the floor, trying desperately to get a decent breath through this God forsaken collar.
• Every movement caused pain to ring from my back.
• "Dammit get up!" he yelled. A choked gasp ripped from my throat as he pulled upwards on the leash, not even giving me time to obey his order. I instinctively grabbed and pulled on the leash, trying to situate it so that I wasn't completely choking.
• Bad move.
• The Pet Master hated it when I tried to do something against him.
• "You little.." he mumbled, raising his foot.
• I tucked my head down, bracing for impact. What I wasn't expecting was for the man to take casual a step in between us before the pet master could kick me.
• "I prefer my belongings to be intact." He said plainly, extending his hand towards him.
• Both me and the pet master stared at him.
• The pet master sighed, regaining his business composure. His eyes quickly glanced to the sides, making sure that no one else saw what he did.
• "Right, sorry sir." he said, placing my leash in the man's hand, "Please come with me to the front."
• With that, the pet master turned on his heels. I stayed there on the floor, trying to process everything.
• The world was moving too fast. I looked up and shrunk back as I was met with those penetrating eyes.
• He gestured with his head in a 'let's go' kind of way and lightly tugged on my leash. I stood up as quickly as I could, not wanting to be choked if he decided to pull harder next time.
• My legs began to shake as I stood, both from the pain and because of the fact that I hadn't actually used them in a while.
• The man waited until I was steady, noticing my struggle before he started walking.
• This vampire was weird.
• The pet master would have just started dragging me if I took that long.
• It made me uncomfortable.
• I made my best effort to keep a good amount of distance between us. Enough that the leash had some slack in it, and that there was no question on whether I was walking behind him.
• I almost ran into him, not realizing that he had stopped.
• "Do you need anything else today?" the pet master said as he gestured to the assortments of collars, leashes, whips, muzzles and countless other things that I wasn't sure I wanted to know the uses of.
• The man looked down at me before looking at the selection.
• I avoided eye contact at all costs.
• "Yea, I'll take those," he said, pointing at something that I couldn't see.
• "Excellent choice." the pet master said, retrieving whatever the man had asked for.
• The uncertainty made me shift uncomfortably.
• "Are you sure that you don't need any whips? You might need it with that one," he said, pointing to me
• The man shook his head, making my nerves calm down ever-so-slightly.
• "Nah. I already have one," he said.
• Nevermind.
• I kept that same distance as we walked out of the shop, my leash in one of my new Master's hand, and a bag containing who knows what in the other.
• I squinted my eyes as we stepped outside, the unfamiliar sunlight hitting my eyes and skin for the first time in what felt like forever.
• I looked at my Master as we kept walking, trying to get a good look at him without risking getting yelled at.
• As if he was sensing my stare, he turned his head. I quickly avoided my gaze, looking down.
• I've been told that some Masters don't even like their pet to look directly at them, and I really didn't want to get hit or whipped, especially after last night.
• The warm concrete felt nice against my bare feet.
• The realization hit me, a lot later than it should have.
• I had a Master now. My entire life just changed, well whatever's left of my life.
• That uncertainty of that now lies in the hands of the Vampire that's holding my neck by a string.
• Quite literally.
• He held the authority now to do whatever he wanted with me. He could rip my throat out and drain me of every last drop of blood I have right here and right now.
• This time, I did run into him when he suddenly stopped.
• His emerald eyes trapped mine as I began to step back.
• "I-im sorry Master!" I nervously sputtered out, only to cover my mouth with my hands as soon as the words came out.
• I've learned not to speak unless spoken to from the Pet Master.
• I squeezed my eyes shut, ready for Master to hit me or yank on the leash or something, but he didn't.
• He did, however, take my wrist in his hand and lead me into the back area of his car.