Chapter 1

It was a quiet evening, I had just finished my shift at work, I have a rubbish job, I'm a clerk cashier at a corner store in the centre of town, it's a quiet town but lately there has been rumours of people going missing around the area, 2 people have gone missing, a girl named Adele who is presumed dead because she has been missing for almost a year now, and a girl who only just moved to this town, I never got her name but as far as I know she has been missing 2 weeks now. But the cops said they all went missing around midnight, different nights but it still worries me when I have a late shift, I never really liked the dark but the people missing just made the idea worse. I slid on my jacket, which just so happens to be a nightmare before Christmas one. (Yes it is a fairly old film but I love it.) Today I have my black skinny jeans and a tee shirt. Casual wear is what you want to wear when you work around here cause if you wear something fancy the amount of men that are like 30 come in and flirt, nothing I want really cause I like been a single pringle and I hope I'm going to stay that way, never had a boyfriend, never kissed a guy and never really loved any guys. My sex life so far is at zero. Yes my best friend Ally tries to get me out there but it never works.

"I'm off Tray!" I called to my boss as I walked out of the door into the chilling September night. As I was walking through the streets any sound would startle me, I had to get myself under control. I can't be like this each time I walk home, that would eventually drive me crazy. So I let my guard down as I nearly got home, well that was a massive mistake because once I did let it down and I walked past a dark alley way I felt a hand quickly snake around my waist and pull me into the darkness. I was flailing around trying to get loose, not to mention hyperventilating but before I could get my mouth to scream a cloth was pressed over my mouth and nose, the liquid on it burnt my eyes, slowly, my vision went blurry then I plunged into darkness.

When I finally woke I found myself laying on a stone floor in darkness. Rapidly everything that came back to me, I franticly looked around then down at myself to see a chain around my waist, I tried to slide it off but it was around my waist as tight as it would go. I yanked at the wall bracket but it was firmly in place, with rivets, just great so I couldn't un-do them like I could have with nuts & bolts.

Someone must have heard me yanking on the chain because just then a door opened just a crack, then fully. I got blinded by the instant source of light and had to shield my eyes with my hand. I caught a glimpse of a figure standing in the doorway; they looked about 5'6, with a buzz cut hair style. My first thought was he was going to shout at me for been so loud but when he spoke there was only a soothing tone to it.

"Finally you're awake, enjoy your nap?" I wasn't prepared to answer him, not trusting my voice, so I stayed quite. "I know you can speak. So what's your name?" I still didn't answer. "Look, I need your name and I will get it out of you one way or another." I stayed quiet and got to a comfortable position with my knees raised up with my hands resting in the middle of them, the chain pressed against my back hurt but I was prepared to stay there for a while. "Right. Penny for your name?" He raised an eyebrow at me but I just kept a straight face. "I'll tell you something about me if you tell me your name." I kept my lips in a line. Then decided what to say.

"You are very persistent. That's one thing."

"And you are very stubborn." He knelt down to my height to look in my eyes. "What's your name?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"Now if I tell you, you would have more questions. I prefer to keep you're knowledge to a minimum level."

"And you expect me not to have questions already?"

"Touché, tell you what tell me your name and I will answer any questions of yours. My boss can suck on it."

I kept silent for a moment, reviewing the situation in my head. Nothing bad came to mind but I suddenly became quite nervous of what will happen.

"I haven't got all night you know?"

In a quiet voice I whispered, "Its Kiera."

"See that wasn't hard was it?" He replied with triumph.

"What do you want with me?" I said in the same tone.

"Nothing, I'm just keeping you here until cops stop looking for you then you are getting sent off with a bow on the box." I grimaced at his sarcasm.

"What do you mean?" I questioned.

"Vampires." He said grinning while nodding like a maniac that just got out of rehab. "They like their slaves. What with the blood and sex, me? I hate the idea but to keep me out of the picture I just sell those slaves, mainly girls because the female vamps prefer to get kinky just with male vamps."

"You are fucking insane..." I said in disbelief but then all the pieces were starting to fit together. I realised I was wrong. The girls missing, the 1 year thing until they get sent off, was he the guy that took them? Probably. Now he has me, "Why me though?"

"They like the young ones, they prefer beauty rather than anything else, and if you have attitude then they will deal with you and make you learn discipline."

I peered down at myself, I wasn't anything special, My hair was brown and went down to my waist, no curls just completely straight, my fringe was the same length as the rest of my hair but just went with my parting. My body was slim and short-ish.

His voice slashed through my thoughts and made me bring my head up, "And my job is to make sure you don't escape, but what better way to do that by not feeding you that much." He stared at the ceiling at pretty much nothing.

"Wait, what?" My voice heightened.

He acted as if I never said anything, "Just think, in a year you will be stood on a stage in front of many vampires looking for slaves, if no one buys you, well. It's a gruesome ending for that person's life. Well night. I'll bring you food down twice a week, water every 2 days. That's your schedule. Bye." And with that he walked out of the room leaving me wide eyed staring behind him.