Chapter 1
I had no idea what I was doing here anymore. I mean, when someone offers you a free underground tour of an authentic medieval castle, there are only two ways to react. A. Realise it's too good to be true and walk away . B. Realise this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and jump at the chance. I belonged to group B. Of course, the tour guide's stunning eyes hadn't helped, they were an unreal violet, so beautiful that they seemed to reach into your soul. That's why most of us had said yes. That's why most of us were navigating the eerie corridors behind the stunning woman.
"Here we are", Heidi was speaking. "We're approaching the end of our little journey". Our small goup cautiously entered the huge turret room as by now most of us had realised that something was not right. "Welcome guests, Welcome to Volterra," sang a creepy guy with flowing white hair. Around the room stood people that were just as eerily beautiflu as Heidi. This was not normal, and I turned to leave, only to find that two of the beings had moved to block the doorway. My feelings of panic rose. Suddenly, one of the men lunged forward and trapped a woman in our group between his hands, it looked like he was kissing her neck. Then she slumped forward dead. That's when the screaming started.
I had always been a clear thinker, and I quickly realised that whoever they were they were superior to us. I had no doubt that the door we had come in through was unpassable. That only left the shadowy doorway behind the singing man. Someone else had the same idea. We ran at the same time to the door. One of the vampires noticed. He caught my companion. While he was distracted by the blood I used his death to escape.
I was not proud of what I had done, but my survival instinct had kicked in. Adrenaline flooded my veins and boosted my speed ever so slightly. But not enough. I had barely made it down the corridor when two granite arms grabbed me. I felt the arms tense in preparation for the bite. "Felix wait!" Absurd as it was, I felt a tiny shred of hope. "I see potential in his one. This one's smart, and ruthless." Shame welled up in me. I had not meant to use his death, but I had, and as much as I tried to deny it, I knew that in this instance he was right. And I would use what was left of my miserable life to try and make it up. At the moment the rest of my life seemed like 10 seconds.
"Felix wait" The voice spoke again, this time with a bit more force. "Surely you don't want her," My captor was surprised. "Felix, she has two qualities we like, no one has ever made it this far. I'm intrigued."
"Surely master you are not suggesting that we keep her?"
"That's exactly what I'm saying." I felt something in my neck, and then the fire raced through me.