Riley groaned, waking up a bit. He heard Virgil mutter something softly and Riley's mind felt hazy suddenly. Virgil smirked a bit before getting up and picking up the smaller prince once again. Virgil's eerily calm voice was as clear as the sky outside against Riley's hazy mind, "The corruption will take a while to take effect on you. If you manage to escape the castle even for a second, you will most likely be free from the corruption haze." Riley's eyes widened in panic and he opened his mouth to speak but no words came out. Virgil's blood red eyes glistened as a psychotic grin spread across his pale face. Virgil spoke in the same eerily calm voice, "Don't fear the darkness, my dear... embrace it and let it engulf your soul..." Riley meekly shook his head as he grabbed tightly onto Virgil's shirt. Riley noticed the hallway he was being carried through filled with covered up frames. Riley weakly asked Virgil, "What's under the covered frames?" Virgil glanced down at Riley and smirked slightly. Virgil then answered Riley's question, "Mirrors. I can't look in them because I have a horrific reflection no human should see... but your corrupting hazy mind might be able to handle it." Virgil walked towards one of the covered mirrors and took the white sheet off of it. The reflection was certainly horrific. Virgil's arms, neck and the entire left side of his face in the reflection was pitch black. Sharp claws were gripped around Riley's body in the reflection. Riley's eyes were clouded over and darker then they used to be. Virgil calmly covered the mirror back up. He continued carrying Riley down the hall before entering an empty dining room. Virgil gently sat Riley in one of the dining room chairs. Virgil's eerily calm voice turned stern suddenly, "Stay here or else." Riley knew better then to argue. He didn't want to run away anymore. He didn't know if the corruption was getting to him or if his feelings for Virgil had blossomed. Virgil walked out of the dining room. Riley said softly to himself, "I bet it's both my love for him appearing and the corruption..." Riley contemplated to himself on why he suddenly didn't want to run away anymore. Virgil soon came in with food for both of them. Virgil's voice was eerily calm again, "I made this for both of us." Riley smiled meekly at Virgil, his clouded over eyes had a slight glisten in them. There was an odd bottle of a blood red liquid on the tray as well as all the food. Virgil sat down at the table next to Riley and placed the tray on the table. Virgil glanced over at Riley and asked, "Am I going to need to feed you at all?" Riley shrugged slightly. Virgil sighed and spoke, "I'll feed you just in case." Virgil poured the blood red liquid into two cups before grabbing a fork. "I know you probably feel like a child, being fed and all, but I don't want to risk you spilling everywhere with your weak body and hazy mind." Virgil scooped up a bit of food on the fork. Virgil fed Riley until Riley started denying the food. Virgil sat down the fork and sighed, "Are you thirsty, Riley?" Riley nodded and Virgil grabbed one of the cups of the blood red liquid. Riley quickly realized after taking a few sips of the liquid that it was actually blood. Riley felt terror rise up inside of him but he kept drinking until he didn't want anymore. Virgil sat the half empty cup on the table before eating his half of the food. When Virgil finished eating, he chugged down his cup of blood. Riley stared, a bit afraid but mainly intrigued. "How can you handle drinking someone's blood?" Riley asked weakly. Virgil smiled a mysterious smile before answering, "My parents raised me to drink someone's blood. It's apparently tradition that the demonic child in a family has to drink nothing but blood." Riley had more questions but he was quickly picked up and carried back to the bedroom. Riley ended up dozing off in Virgil's arms, almost against his wishes. Virgil's voice was quiet and soft in Riley's ear as Riley was laid down on the bed, "It's alright, my dear... the corruption makes everyone tired..." Virgil gently kissed Riley on the cheek before laying down next to him and falling asleep.