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"Those vampires are dangerous you know."

I often rolled by eyes whenever I heard those words. Being raised by a vampire, I thought that there was no way that vampires could be all evil, for the man that I called my father was one; and he was greatest man I knew. Those people who spoke ill about vampires were only speaking out of ignorance; they feared what they could not understand.

What I was realizing now, however, was that I too was being quite the fool. Because while the others were wrong of thinking that all vampires were bad, I was wrong in thinking that all of them had some good, due to my only ever meeting the good vampires.

"Move it, bitch."

I bit my lip to keep myself from making any sounds of pain, as the man grabbed a fistful of my hair and roughly pulled me back; before throwing me to the ground.

"Ugh, pathetic human," The male voice grunted in disgust.

"Can't we just kill her now?" A female voice asked eagerly.

I used my arms to push myself up, breathing heavily and mentally trying to come up with a plan for my escape. Though I hated to admit it; an escape from three vampires was highly unlikely.

"We can't," A third male voice cut in, "He wants to kill her himself."

I looked over my shoulder at the three; though I could barely see now in the dark, I knew what they looked like from when I had first seen them; right before they had kidnapped me.

The woman was tall, and unusually skinny, with pale skin and long blonde hair, and what I had first noticed was the obvious bloodlust in her eyes.

The first male was short for a man; no taller than five foot seven. He had short, curly light brown hair and blue eyes. The second male, the one who appeared to be the leader of the trio, was wearing a leather jacket, his blonde hair was slicked back and his hazel eyes were filled with disgust the moment they laid eyes on me.

"However," The leader continued, and the next thing I knew his hand was wrapped tightly around my throat, and I was slammed against a tree trunk, "That doesn't mean we can't have some fun."

I began gasping for air the moment he released his hold on my throat, before he slapped me forcefully across the face, sending me to the ground again on my knees.

"Run," He hissed.

"What?" The female voice cut in, "Peter, what are you doing?"

"A game of cat and mouse," He chuckled darkly, "We'll just have some fun before handing her in. He did say we could do whatever he wanted to her as long as we brought her in alive and not too bloodied up."

He bent over, and whispered into my ear. "You have one minute to try and get away; after that, we're coming after you," He grinned evilly, "If you manage to outrun three vampires in one minute; then you deserved to escape."

I was breathing heavily as I gave him a heated glare. "You're going to regret this."

He raised an eyebrow, looking rather bored as he glanced down at his watch. "You have fifty seconds left."

I didn't need to be told twice, ignoring the pain in my body, I forced myself up and began running through the woods. It was dark, and I could barely see anything, but I kept going.

I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that an hour ago I was walking home from work; and that now I was running through the woods for my life.

"I told you. I told you vampires were dangerous. Foolish girl; why didn't you listen?"

"Oumph!"

Tripping over a tree root, I landed roughly onto my stomach, and I could immediately feel the tears building in my eyes as a wave of defeat started to take over me. I was given a chance to escape, an unlikely chance but a chance nonetheless, and I blew it.

"Found you!" A male voice sung.

He grabbed me by the back of my shirt, throwing me onto my back before trapping me underneath his own body. "That was easy," Peter grinned down at me.

The two other vampires arrived exactly at that moment.

"I found her first," Peter said, licking his lips, "So I get to play with her first."

"Fine," The girl huffed, "But I'm next; and I really want to taste her blood."

"Her blood's not what I'm interested in right now."

I began screaming and struggling as he unbuttoned my jeans, laughing the entire time as I continued trying to escape. "Shh," He reached his hand towards my face, squeezing my cheeks together to silence me.

"I bet you wish you would have listened to me now, don't you?"

I never thought I'd be the type to give up. I thought I'd be the one who fought until the end, but instead I found myself unable to fight back, both emotionnally and physically, and I gave up my struggles; wishing death would hit me right then and there.

If this were a movie; I'd be rescued by now.

"-What was that?"

Peter, who was sitting on top of me, tensed, while the other two began looking around nervously. I didn't know what had happened in those few seconds where I had decided to give up; but it obviously had these three vampires both curious and worried.

"Go check it out," He growled.

The two vanished in an instant, but he remained on top of me, his gaze lowering to mine once more and a cruel smile forming at his lips as he unzipped my jeans. "Now, where were we...?"

"You have only yourself to blame."

My eyes open when I heard a strange sound, and the weight on top of me was immediately lifted. I blinked, looking around in panic and using my elbows to push myself up.

"You, what are you doing here?"

I could hear Peter's voice in the darkness, sounding both angry and perhaps a little scared, but I couldn't see him. A painful scream suddenly echoed through the woods, and I winced as I covered my ears.

"You're next, you know."

"It's alright," A pair of hands gently grabbed each of my own, and lowered them from my ears, "You are safe now."

I hesitantly opened my eyes, surprised to find myself staring at a young man, too young. I knitted my eyebrows together in confusion. "Who...?"

A swooshing sound came from behind me. "Hollie!"

I couldn't believe it when I heard a familiar, male voice calling my name. I pushed myself up to my feet, again ignoring the pain, my mouth fell slightly open at the sight of my father, standing a few feet away from me; but I was still too shocked to say anything.

Did everything that happened; really just happen?

In an instant, he was right in front of me, his arms wrapped around me as he pulled me tightly against his chest, whispering comforting words into my ear. "You're safe now, you're safe."

"When you're hanging around vampires; be prepared to die at any moment."