Accidentally Married To A Demon - Mila Young Page 0,14

to help pass time."

I blinked, looking around. “How long will it take for someone to walk from here to the closest village?”

“I don’t recommend that, Nilsa,” he said, his voice deepening to a serious tone.

A shiver crawled up my spine. “And why’s that?”

“There are things in the shadows out here, and the walk is close to a day. Time has a funny way of stretching out in these parts of the woods. I’d recommend you stay at your vineyard where you are safe.”

Safe? I highly doubted living with a demon was safe, but I also didn’t like his implication of there being something dangerous in the woods. I glanced around at them behind me where shadows danced amid the enormous trees. Without any street lights, I assumed the landscape got extremely dark at night out here.

“Do you know Rog well?” I asked, turning back around.

He shrugged. “He was always kind and thoughtful to the previous owner. I keep to my own business and don’t like to stick my nose where it doesn’t belong. My goats keep me busy plenty enough. You want goat milk anytime, you come over here.”

I glanced over my shoulder to the dirty road I’d walked down to get here. If my auntie had lived there, then it couldn’t be all bad, right? Or better yet, I could try to find out more about the Rog. Surely my auntie left things behind since she was curious about Rog. Plus, if the demon wanted to hurt me, he would have done it by now, right?

And at the end of the day, the vineyard was mine. So, if I did some digging, plus worked out what in the world the blood contract constituted, then I could make a proper decision on how to break the contract then sell the vineyard.

“Some tea, then?” Bram asked.

“Maybe next time,” I answered, staring back his way. “I should head back.”

All he offered me by way of response was a huff as he headed inside and I could hear the clattering something coming from inside the house.

"You wouldn't know anything about Rog, would you?" I asked the dog.

Dracul simply watched me, and I sighed.

"I didn't think so."

Chapter 5

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There's really no two ways around it. The supernatural caught up with me, despite everything that I put into keeping it in my past.

And now, here I am, just a stone's throw away from Dracula's actual castle, caught up in a contract with a demon that won't let me leave, bound to a place that I was about fifty percent sure was a fictional place. The fact that I'm tied to a vineyard of all places just makes it that much more surreal.

It looks straight out of a storybook. Farmlands of various types fill up the landscape, and the people are used to the simple life. They've gotten used to tourists coming to visit the Dracula castle, but aside from that, it looks like a little village that time forgot.

Maybe that's a little unfair. The houses have electricity, running water, and a lot of them even have Wi-Fi. There are a couple of cell towers too.

But despite that, people around here are determined to keep themselves in a simpler time. Considering that literal demons walk among them, I can understand the impulse. I'm feeling it a lot too.

In a world where literal monsters lurk, there's no need to be reminded that too many of them are human in nature. Staring into the eyes of the monster made me fearful. But at the same time, it excited me. I stopped practicing because it felt like a drug, and I didn't know if I would be able to control myself like my mom and her family did. The fact that she never told me who or what my father was might be an indicator that my abstinence is a good idea.

But I don't really know what to do about that. I don't know any way to break my bond with a demon with magic, but there has to be a way. Even if I am making friends with the local goat-herders and their dogs.

I'll keep you all updated on my progress, but that's it for me right now.

Lots of hugs,

The Candiest Kane around.

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