Page 73 of Blood Day
My advisor finally looked at me again.
“So we have a few choices on courses for the next round. Given Master Cedric’s feedback from your outing, I’m hesitant to add more sexual arts to your studies. Of course, you’ve only had two classes, so it’s possible you could improve in time for Blood Day. But maintaining your virginity is also a trait that many would enjoy bidding on.”
I just stared at her. What was I supposed to say to any of that?
“What do you think is the best course, Prospect? Perhaps you weren’t quite ready to please a vampire of Master Cedric’s caliber, but most who go into the harem industry have to work up to that sort of experience. So this may just be an initial setback. Of course, it’s part of your record now, so it may impact placement. Unless you wish to work hard to fix that reputation over the next few months, I mean.”
I parted my lips, my voice failing me.
He’d failed me in fighting.
And also in sexual arts?
All he’d done was bite me and please me. Had he expected more? For me to fall to my knees and suck him off?
The vampire was a walking riddle that I couldn’t seem to solve!
And now he was destroying my marks in areas I felt sure I could perform in.
Everything he did was meant to undermine me, to make me appear less than my worth. And for what? To be cruel?
“Prospect?” Advisor Livia prompted, her dark brow arching in clear expectation.
“I want to try again,” I told her, speaking my mind without thinking it through. “I know I can do better.”
She nodded. “All right, then I’ll enroll you in the next course. It’ll focus more on anal training, as I’d like to keep your vaginal virginity intact for potential use later.”
My heart dropped into my stomach. That was not what I’d meant at all. I’d wanted another chance with Master Cedric, not to take the next sexual arts course.
But there was no correcting her now, her long nails were already tapping away at her tablet.
“And what about your fighting course? Would you prefer a different form of exercise?” she asked without looking up at me.
“I want to take the next class,” I said automatically, hoping that Master Cedric would be the instructor.
She hummed and keyed in a few notes.
“And obviously we’ll continue your service courses since you’re excelling there. We’ll monitor the weight gain as well, just to make sure this doesn’t continue. Otherwise, your food will be adjusted accordingly.” She glanced up at me, her green eyes sparkling like emeralds. “I suggest practicing your fighting sequences as much as possible to help with athletic training, in addition to trying to increase your scores in that area.”
“Yes, Advisor Livia.”
She went back to her notes, humming a little more. “We’ll see how this next round goes, then I may have you partnered again for another off-campus test.”
My heart skipped a beat.With Master Cedric or someone else?I wondered. But I knew better than to ask. I could only hope he’d be the instructor of my next course, then I could ask him myself.
If I felt brave enough to do so.
He failed me.
Again.
Why?
“Right. I think that’s all for this month. Good evening, Prospect.” Advisor Livia ended the call before I could say another word, my fate already set.
All I could do was blink blankly at the wall and wonder at my fate.
But the more I stared at the white space, the more resolute I felt.
