The Fallen Vampire

Chapter 134 : Inadu Spends The Night

Taira was surprised that none of the girls had woken up when they sensed Inadu suddenly enter their chambers.

Though they were generally hard sleepers, he almost figured that the arrival of another woman around their precious husband would have set them off.

Inadu was getting dangerously close to him and when her hand touched a particular part of his body that wasn't his leg, he sat up in a hurry and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"What are you doing?"

"...I am expressing my thanks to you for your kindness so far. I have no money or anything of value, but I can... do this for you, if it will bring you pleasure."

Taira showed Inadu a rare smile as he wrapped her in spare blankets from the bed.

"A kind offer, but one that I will have to decline."

"...Am I unappealing to you?"

Taira didn't really know how to answer that.

When it came to other women, it was like he was effectively moving through life with a pair of sunglasses on.

He was only capable of seeing the beauty of the women that he was already in love with, making him relatively insensitive and indifferent to the feelings of other women.

Something his friend Aja had already pointed out in kind numerous times.

As such, he was trying to be as thoughtful as possible in how he responded to her inquiry.

"You... are not. But I have commitments I will not betray."

Inadu seemed to be thinking about something rather seriously for a moment before she had some sort of realization.

"I see... you are a good husband to them... I had also wished to be married to someone like you when I was younger."

"You speak as though it is an impossibility. You are still young and beautiful. I am sure you will have many men who will be vying for your hand once you step into the world again."

Inadu smiled wryly as she reached to touch Taira once again.

Though instead of reaching for anything inappropriate, she took both of his hands and placed them on her forehead and the area right below her belly button.

"Kuvunjawa... chafu." (Broken, dirty.)

Though Inadu had her body healed in the waters of the former sect, there were certain things that it could not make better.

The trauma from her experience had still rendered her mind unstable.

She had lots of nightmares, more than a few fugue state episodes, and even just trouble looking at herself in the mirror.

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She couldn't see herself as the strong and capable woman that she once was.

All she could see was what they made her.

And Taira felt terrible that this was the first time that he realized that she felt like this.

He was only just now seeing that Inadu still had so much more that she actually needed to overcome.

Without fully understanding the reason why, Taira delicately cupped Inadu's face in one hand and placed his open palm over her heart.

There was so much negativity running rampant through her mind that it almost made him of all people sick.

'You'll have to forgive me for this... all of you.'

"Dream Devouring Art : The Edge of Harmony."

Lifting Inadu's head ever so slightly, Taira just barely grazed his lips against her own.

A dense, dark smoke passed out of Inadu's lips and into Taira's.

She let out a soft yet sweet exhale of relief as a single tear fell from her eye and her body immediately relaxed.

Taira let out a sigh as his eyes temporarily flashed black, then back to red.

He felt movement stir from behind him, and his heart sped up when he found Aveena fully awake, and appearing to have seen and heard most everything.

"You look frightened, darling. Did I scare you?"

"I..."

"It's okay, my love. I am not upset with you."

Aveena sat up on the bed with her beautiful and powerful body fully exposed from underneath the covers.

She nestled close to her husband and Inadu and ran her fingers through his luxurious silver hair as they stared at the new woman sleeping in their bed.

"We... truly did her a disservice by leaving her here by herself. It was a careless thing to do." Taira said.

"That is an understatement I fear.. but we will make it right in the future however we are able. Whether that is as her friends or... more."

"You know that the likelihood of that is..."

"Yes, I'm aware of the risks. But whatever happens, I don't want you to have any regrets about the road not traveled."

Taira felt himself suppress a dry chuckle as his eyes slowly met Aveena's.

"As always, you have given me much to think about."

"Is that not what being married is for? Having someone keep you on your toes when you least expect it?"

"Among other things, I'd have to say yes."

Aveena leaned in gently and placed a soft kiss on the cheek of her husband before resting her head on his shoulder.

Together in the dark room, the two of them watched Inadu sleep for a little longer without saying anything, as if they found her to be the most interesting thing in their world.

"Tell me... what does she dream about?" Aveena finally asked.

"I decided not to pry." Taira admitted with a shrug. "But whatever it is... I take comfort in knowing that this is the first time she has rested peacefully for several years."

Aveena felt proud to see her husband expanding the circle of people who he was capable of providing compassion to.

In fact she was so proud of him that she unconsciously let words slip that she had only ever thought to herself until now.

"I think... you would make a wonderful father."