Alucard usually listened to her first time, but he liked to test his boundaries, and her patience sometimes. Now was a very bad time for him to do that, so of course, now was when he did it.
Keeping Alucard was like keeping an aggressive dog. Reacting to his challenges by getting angry, raising her voice, showing that it did anything other than weary her with the tediousness, as if it was getting him somewhere, only encouraged him to do it more.
Sometimes he challenged her to challenge him, to find her boundaries, to see what she was willing to sacrifice to succeed, how strong her resolve was. She could shout then, bark orders at him like a sergeant major.
When he was testing her control it was another story.
"Alucard," she repeated, lifting her cup to gaze into its depths as if it offended her more than Alucard's lack of obedience. "What did I say?"
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Alucard usually listened to her first time, but he liked to test his boundaries, and her patience sometimes. Now was a very bad time for him to do that, so of course, now was when he did it.
Keeping Alucard was like keeping an aggressive dog. Reacting to his challenges by getting angry, raising her voice, showing that it did anything other than weary her with the tediousness, as if it was getting him somewhere, only encouraged him to do it more.
Sometimes he challenged her to challenge him, to find her boundaries, to see what she was willing to sacrifice to succeed, how strong her resolve was. She could shout then, bark orders at him like a sergeant major.
When he was testing her control it was another story.
"Alucard," she repeated, lifting her cup to gaze into its depths as if it offended her more than Alucard's lack of obedience. "What did I say?"