<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"You wouldn't have said yes if I did not give you what you wanted, Karie,"</span>Galos said, a bit of a smile playing across his lips as she displayed herself trembling. He did not bother replying as Karie said what she wished to on the matter, before her hand began to wander. He didn't bother turning around until he felt her touch getting softer and less lingering. He assumed what she was doing was what he witnessed, and he had to resist putting his foot on top of her head as she prostrated herself in front of him.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"Raise your head and listen carefully, Karie,"</span>Galos said, before turning to the house and whistling.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"I was not expecting this level of devotion this early on. But... it is welcome, even if you are ruining a dress to show me."</span><br/><br/>A servant hurriedly arrived next to the two of them, a glaze in her eyes and a lazy smile on her face.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"You will show your devotion to me now, Karina,"</span>Galos said, biting into his finger. He nearly bit clean through, but the gash left behind was massive, to say the least. However, he seemed to be in no pain whatsoever. He offered the bleeding appendage to Karie where she was still kneeling.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"Drink," </span>Galos commanded, this time giving her no option.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"Do not touch me in any other way until it is over."</span>When she began to do as she was told, Galos chuckled a bit, before clearing his throat.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000"> "At my feet lay the conquered. The one that chose their sanity and their life over their freedom. As they consume the blood of Tenebrae, bind them to the host, so that they may live longer and healthier lives in service to their lord."</span><br/><br/>The servant trembled slightly next to Galos as the sky began to darken and the wind brought a chill through the air. Galos's voice ran with crystal clear authority as he stared down at Karie.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000"> "Repeat after me, Karina."</span>Galos commanded.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000"> " <i>'May my life be forfeit below the conqueror's heel. May my service remain loyal and my heart stay true for as long as I draw breathe. May this shell of Terra become a vessel of Tenebrae, emboldened and empowered by the will of my Lord.</i>'."</span><br/><br/>With that, Galos removed his finger from Karie's mouth and withdrew his presence from her slightly. But he did not stand patiently by. He had a wound to deal with. The servant was grabbed roughly by the arm and yanked close to Galos. His fangs buried deep into her neck. She moaned erotically, curling into his grasp as he continued to drink and feed off of the servant as Karie recited her lines. When the final word left Karie's lips, Galos closed his jaw, ripping clean through the servant's neck. The climatic expression stayed on her face, even as Galos left her side. With a simple flick of the wrist, the servant's limp body was tossed into the rough center of the moving vines, immediately causing a frenzy -both of sounds and actions- as the Mancatchers finally was given meat instead of a trickle of blood.<br/><br/>Galos cleaned his face quickly, spitting out the hunk of neck shortly before ruining a handkerchief with the former servant's blood. Once he was clean and presentable, Galos extended his hand down to Karie, the same that held the now completely healed finger that she had drank from.<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#ff0000">"Rise as Elena Tal'ren of House Saryn," </span>Galos commanded, his voice distorting in a beautifully majestic way as the supernatural tugged at the souls of both of them, locking them together with these final words.