After the SSS Beast Slave Bites the Hand That Saved Him, I Choose to Watch Him Bleed Chapter 08

After the SSS Beast Slave Bites the Hand That Saved Him, I Choose to Watch Him Bleed Chapter 08

Theron closed his eyes and enjoyed the sun for a 

bit, then kept watching me. 

Every few minutes he’d lean over and nuzzle me. 

His ears felt rough, the fur stiff, but somehow it 

was still smooth going with the grain. 

Gideon lay by the window, his eyes full of disdain. 

He let out a cold snort. Then, when I stepped 

away, he said to Theron, “You know why she’s 

keeping you, don’t you?” 

“You’re just a prop to make me jealous. Everything 

she’s doing right now? It’s all to get my attention.” 

“Soon as she gets what she wants, she’ll throw 

you out like trash.” 

“A mangy thing like you? You’re not even her type.” 

Theron shot back, “You’re lying. Scarlett isn’t like 

that.” 

“She’s exactly like that.” Gideon acted like he knew me inside and out. “She’s way colder than you 

think. Why do you think she’s never once asked 

you to stay?” 

“If she really cared about you, would she let you 

feel so uncertain?” 

“She’s just waiting for me to give in. You should 

leave while you still can.” 

I was standing around the corner, and I heard 

every word. 

“Who do you think you are? Don’t talk about her 

like that!” 

“Why can’t I?” Gideon wasn’t scared at all. “Let me 

tell you something. If you lay a finger on me, 

Scarlett Hayes will make you sorry.” 

Theron bared his fangs and growled low at 

Gideon, ready to pounce and teach him a lesson. 

I stepped in and stopped Theron. 

Theron panicked. 

“Scarlett, I…” 

“He’s not worth it.” I took Theron’s hand. 

But Gideon was right about one thing. 

I’d never asked Theron to stay. 

That must have made him anxious. Scared I’d 

abandon him. 

I crouched down. “Do you want to stay?” 

I looked into his eyes. “This will always be your 

home.” 

He froze. Then, after a long time, he said in a voice 

thick with tears. 

“Yes.” 

Not as a bonded servant. As family. 

From the window, Gideon watched us, his amber 

pupils shrinking to slits. 

He couldn’t name what he felt. 

His chest was heavy. He couldn’t breathe. His 

eyes and nose burned. 

After that, every time Theron passed Gideon’s 

window, Gideon would start something. 

Once he almost scratched Theron. 

I tracked down Audrey–who’d been wandering. 

around outside–and dragged her back. Told her to 

control her bonded servant. 

Audrey finally remembered she had a Gideon in 

the annex. 

She unwrapped his bandages and saw the wound 

had turned black. 

From his ankle to his knee, it was swollen like a 

biscuit about to burst, with a dark, sickly purple 

showing under the skin. 

Audrey frowned. “Why isn’t it better yet?” 

She wrapped the bandages back on. 

Loose. 

Like she was already tired of it. 

For the first time, Gideon got frustrated with her. 

“Because you keep putting random crap on it. And you’re never here. You’re always gone.” 

“My leg would be fine by now if you actually did 

your job.” 

Audrey’s mood flipped. “Are you blaming me?” 

Gideon flicked his tail. “You took me in. That means you take care of me. What kind of healer just abandons her patient to fend for himself?” 

“I’m doing this for free, and you’ve got the nerve to 

complain? Don’t like it? Go find someone else to 

mooch off.” 

“I…” Gideon tried to backtrack. “I just wanna get 

better so I can take care of you. That’s all.” 

“That’s rich. Since when can’t I take care of 

myself?” 

Gideon used to say that if he ever got to be with 

Audrey, he’d never make her mad or let her down. 

Now all those promises were gone. All that was 

left was resentment.