Feeding

                        Mr. Kaiba's harsh stare continued, but I simply sat in my chair, unphased. I'd given scarier looks to people.

 

"I don't need your protection," he told me and I could hear him struggling to restrain his annoyance.

 

"My brother begs to differ. He told me that if I didn't come here and save your life, it would affect me. How it could is beyond me, but Darren's never been wrong before," I explained.

 

"There's a first time for everything."

 

'Not when he's been predicting the future for the past hundred years,' I inwardly muttered.

 

"Look, I can't leave if your death will somehow affect me. If it makes you feel better, I'll stay out of your way and keep my mouth shut," I told him.

 

"Get out of my office before I call security."

 

"If you would just calm down and listen to me-"

 

"I said leave!"

 

I frowned, but stood up nonetheless.

 

"Whatever," I muttered before turning around and leaving the room.

 

As soon as I was back in the hallway, I took out my phone and called Darren.

 

"Hello," he answered.

 

"Are you sure this is the guy? He just told me to get the hell away from him before he called security," I asked.

 

"Of course I'm sure, Scarlett. He's the one I saw in my vision. Just hang around him for a while. You're bound to get through to him somehow."

 

"If you say so."

 

"You're going to save him no matter what, as we already know. Now the only thing you need to figure out is when and why."

 

"I already know why. I'm going to save him because I know it's going to affect me. Not to sound self-centered or anything, but if something throws me off as much as you say it could, I might end up revealing us. I'd prefer if that didn't happen."

 

"Then just stick with it. You'll grow on him," Darren said in a calm voice.

 

"Fine, but I need to get something in my system first. I felt like I was going to die on the walk to the building," I told him.

 

Darren laughed at the joke only he and I could understand.

 

"Alright, just don't kill anyone while you're out there," he answered.

 

"You know I won't. I'll call you later."

 

With that, I hung up the phone and walked into the elevator, taking it down to the first floor. As soon as I was on the sidewalk again, I had to hold my breath. I walked slightly faster than before, but still slow enough to go unnoticed. I hailed a taxi and climbed in before shutting the door behind me.

 

"Where to, miss," the driver asked.

 

"The outskirts of the city, if you don't mind," I answered.

 

The man gave me a slightly confused look, probably wondering why I'd want to go out that way, but started driving nonetheless. The ride was far too long in my opinion, lasting a half-hour. If I hadn't been restrained to an average speed, I probably could have covered the distance on foot in the same amount of time, if not ten minutes less.

 

When the cab stopped, I paid for my ride and began walking. I searched the area around me before running at top speed into the nearby wilderness. It didn't take long for me to find what I needed. I stopped running in order to study my prey. There were just a few deer, but they were better than nothing. There were three of them, two does and a buck. I lunged forward, snapping the necks of all three of the deer with ease. I preferred to make their deaths quick and painless; more humane. I sank my fangs into the buck first, draining him in a few minutes, before moving on to the does. The woods around me were dense and I didn't need to worry about someone stumbling upon my feeding. I would have smelled them long before that could happen.

 

Once I had finished drinking from the deer, I was full but my throat still had a dull burn. That was something I had gotten used to long ago. I knew I probably had blood dripping from my lips and swiped it away with the back of my hand. I looked down at my outfit, a deep purple, long skirt with a matching tank top, and was very pleased with myself. There was not a fold in my outfit out of place. That meant I could go back into the city without worrying about any stares. I began running back through the woods, on my way towards Domino City again. I would have to come up with some way to make Seto Kaiba come anywhere near me.