Anna woke the next morning at eight in the morning. She rolled over and turned the alarm off on her phone. She closed her eyes again and went back to sleep. This is why I start trips in the afternoon, she thought.
The sun was setting by the time that Anna wore up again. She got up and jumped in the shower. As she got out of the shower she ran a towel through her hair trying to decide what she wanted to do. As ran a brush through her hair she heard the music from the nightclub. She smiled and started to dig through her bags. She found a pair dark blue jeans and a red off the shoulder shirt. She pulled her half dry hair back into a ponytail and grabbed her red heels. She grabbed a few bills out of her purse and her ID and walked out of the hotel room.
Eric sat on his throne bored, as usual. He had the usual fangbangers at his feet worshiping him, and he ignored them as usual. The song changed and the people on the dance floor started gyrating against each other.
Eric walked out of his home. Standing in front of him was Vega. He smiled and walked towards her, but she held up her hand. Erik stopped walking and frowned.
"Vadärfel,älskare?" asked Eric. (What is wrong, lover?)
"Jag lämnar,Eric.Jaglämnarinnanjagorsakadigalltför mycketsmärta," replied Vega. (I am leaving, Eric. I am leaving before I cause you too much pain.)
"Du kanaldrigfå migsmärta,Vega.Aldrig.Gå inte," said Eric closing the gap between the two. "Jagvill att du stannarvid minsidaochblimindrottning." (You could never cause me pain, Vega. Never. Do not go.) (I want you to stay by my side and be my queen.)
"Jagvillstanna.Jag villvaradindrottning,men jag måstegå!" said Vega. (I want to stay. I want to be your queen, but I MUST leave!)
Vega leaned up and placed a kiss on Eric's cheek before she turned around. She pulled her hood up over her head and climbed back on her horse. She glanced at Eric once more before she kicked her horse and took off into the woods.
Anna walked up to the front of the line. There was a blonde woman checking Ids, she looked rather bored. Anna handed her ID card over and waited.
Pam was bored standing at the door. She would rather much be inside. Pam took the ID card from the girl at the front of the line. She glanced down at the year of birth quickly figuring out the girl was over twenty-one. As Pam went to hand the card back she caught a glimpse of the name: Annika. Pam quirked her well-manicured eyebrow at the girl.
Anna got a little nervous when the lady looked up at her. She shifted on her feet as the lady kept staring at her. A guy behind her in the line shouted something obscene. Anna heard a click and looked up. The blonde had fangs. This was a vampire bar. Guess the name Fangtasia should've given that away.
"Here you are, Annika. Such an unusual name," said Pam.
"Family name," said Anna as she took her ID back and walked into the bar.
Anna made a beeline for the bar. She ordered a Guinness and a shot of Jack. She slid the money across the bar and downed the shot, following it with the beer. Pam walked into the bar and over to where Eric was sitting. She walked up behind him and bent over and whispered something in his ear. Eric's eyes jerked up and started to scan the bar. He was fixing to stand when the front doors of the bar swung open. Standing in the door was the Shreveport Police.
Eric growled and jumped from his chair, "Find her!"
Pam nodded her head and made her way to the bar. She came up next to Anna and grabbed her arm and pulled her from the chair and towards the back door.
"Hey! Let go!" shouted Anna trying to pull free.
"Stop or I'm going to break your arm," said Pam.
Anna stopped struggling and let Pam drag her to a black car.
"Get in," said Pam.
Anna hesitated until the back door swung open again. She jumped in the car and Pam floored it out of the parking lot. Anna held on to her seat belt with a death grip as Pam sped around the curves.
"Relax, I'm not going to kill you. Unless you want me too," smirked Pam.
Anna closed her eyes tight for the remainder of the ride. Pam stopped the car and climbed out. Anna opened her eyes and saw that the car was sitting in the driveway in front of a very large house. She watched as Pam walked up the front steps. She slowly climbed out of the car and walked towards the house.
"Hurry up, human," said Pam as she opened the door.
Anna quickened her step and walked through the open door. Pam walked past her and into the living room. Anna followed her and took a seat when Pam motioned to the couch. Pam turned around and walked out of the room, leaving Anna alone.
Anna took in her surroundings. Every window in the room had plywood over the windows and the curtains were covering them. There were no pictures on the walls, no decorations of any kind.
Pam walked through the house she shared with Chow and Eric. She walked over to a steel door and opened it and descended the stairs. At the bottom of the stairs in the living room was Chow. She walked past him and down the dark hall to Eric's room. She knocked lightly on the door.
"What?" said Eric.
"She's upstairs," said Pam.
Eric jerked the door open and ran past Pam. Pam turned around and followed him up the stairs. She closed the steel door and walked into the living room. Anna was still sitting on the couch while Eric had taken up residency in the armchair and was staring at her. Pam rolled her eyes and walked over to where Eric was.
"Detta är hennes?" asked Eric. (This is her?)
"Ja," replied Pam. (Yes.)
Eric cocked his head to the side as he watched Anna. Anna shifted in her seat while Eric stared a hole in her. Eric smirked every time she shifted on the couch. Pam watched the exchange between the two and almost laughed.
"Lämna oss, Pam," said Eric. (Leave us, Pam.)
Pam disappeared out of the room, leaving the two of them alone. Eric leaned forward in his chair and looked at Anna.
"What is your name?" asked Eric.
"Anna," she replied with a shaky voice. "What am I doing here? Am I in trouble? I've never done anything to the vampire community, I swear!"
Eric chuckled, "You are not in trouble."
"Then why am I here? Your friend just drug me out of the club," said Anna.
"Pam is harmless, sometimes," said Eric. "Anna? Is it short for something?"
"Um, yeah. Annika," she said.
"Scandinavian," said Eric.
"Yeah. My mom's family is from there," replied Anna.
"Why not just go by the whole thing?" asked Eric leaning back in the chair.
"Not many 'Annika's' in Little Rock," said Anna. "Can I ask you a question?"
Eric nodded.
"Is that why I was brought here, so you could question me about my lineage?" asked Anna.
Eric smiled. He was fixing to reply when Pam walked into the living room.
"Hatar att bryta upp denna kittlande konversation, men du behövs på Fangtasia," said Pam. (Hate to break up this titillating conversation, but you are needed at Fangtasia.)
Eric growled and disappeared from the room, mumbling something to Pam on the way out.
"Follow me, human," said Pam walking around the corner.
Anna stood up from the couch and followed her down the hallway. At the end of the hallway Pam opened the door. Anna looked in the room. There was a bed and a dresser and a full-length mirror. There was a door for the bathroom and the closet.
"Good Morning," said Pam.
"Wait, what?" said Anna.
"Take a nap, do something," said Pam. "Just go in there. Eric isn't done talking to you."
Pam disappeared after than. As Anna was closing the door to her room she heard another whoosh of air. As she peered out she saw Eric disappear down the steps behind the steal door.
What have I gotten myself into, thought Anna climbing into the bed.
