Okay, so I posted chapter four quite soon because I had planned this one out thoroughly and I felt like I owed you for taking a long time to post chapter three. I'm actually quite proud of this chapter...it's the longest one so far. Enjoy!

"What was that for? I thought you weren't interested," he asked with a slight smirk as I stepped back, sliding my hands into the pockets of my red hooded jumper. I took a while to reply, wondering if I should tell him about the prophecy or just lie and tell him that I liked him - which I didn't. I just shook my head and laughed a little.

"Were you not told? About the prophecy?" I looked up at him, my eyes meeting his purple ones.

"You mean the one about the vampires and vampaneze going into war?" he asked, his eyebrows furrowin into a frown. I shook my head and leant against the nearest wall.

"No, the prophecy about the Vampaneze Lady..." I trailed off, feeling slightly embarrassed about telling him that we would have to be a couple, whether we likes it for not. I didn't like the idea at all. I didn't want to be in a relationship with someone I didn't love - I wanted to find the right person. That was probably a hard thing to do considering I was a vampaneze and every other vampaneze (apart from Steve) were many years older than me. I'm sure it didn't really matter, considering full vampires aged at one tenth the rate of a normal human, and half-vampaneze at one fifth of the rate.

"The Vampaneze Lady? What's that about?" he chuckled and shook his head, leaning against the wall also, "Who's that meant to be? And I'm assuming they're supposed to date the Lord?" he folded his arms and continued laughing under his breath.

"W-well...we don't know for sure, but...who's the only girl vampaneze?" I sighed, unable to look at him, my face turning a light shade of red. I had never been so nervous in my life.

"You are." he said, his voice barely a whisper when he realised who the Vampaneze Lady was. I nodded my head slowly, keeping my eyes focused on the ground, unable to face him. Even though I kept focus on the ground, he kept his gaze on me. I didn't enjoy being watched, but I wasn't surprised that he was looking at me. After all, I had just told him we were supposed to be a couple. "Elle, are you serious?" he finally asked after a long period of silence. I told him I was serious and that was the reason that I was blooded. He seemed slightly disgusted by that fact: the vampaneze had took my life away for the sake of their own. I had always thought I would be able to undo what was done and go back to being human, but how would I explain it to my family? Through my twenty years of being a half-vampaneze, I had finally came to terms that I couldn't go back to my human life, and I was to live the next few centuries as a blood drinker.

I jumped slightly at the sudden touch when he lifted up my chin, his eyes meeting mine. We shared a moment of looking into each other's purple eyes, never breaking the connection. The hand that was on my chin moved to my cheek and he gently caressed it. With his other hand, he brushed a strand of my dark hair from my face and leant in close, ghosting his lips over mine. Before I could kiss him back, we were interrupted by a low cough coming from behind us. I turned around swiftly, finding Murlough and Gannen standing at the door. Murlough was chuckling darkly, whereas Gannen was frowning, annoyed at our actions. I took a step forward so I wasn't so close to Steve.

"Sorry, Mr Harst...and Murlough."My mentor shook his head and motioned for Steve and I to go over to him. We did so and the two adults pushed us through the door. I wondered why they were awake during the day, especially when it was still light, but they didn't plan on going outside. When we were in the building, Murlough shut the door and locked it.

"There's a meeting with the rest of the vampaneze, they want to discuss Steve." Murlough said, guiding us through into the corridors which lead to the main hall. Steve looked at me before following, wondering if everything was alright. I nodded to him, letting him know that everything was going to be alright. The corridors were dark, but there were small candles on the walls to light it up slightly. The journey was silent and neither Steve or I dared speak.

When we reached the entrance to the main hall, Gannen - who was in the lead - stopped and turned to face the rest of us. "Elle and I will walk in first and take our seats at the table. Murlough, you walk in and introduce Steve as their Lord, then Steve will enter. Everyone understand?" We all nodded and prepared ourselves for walking in. I pulled of my red hooded jumper to make a more formal approach; underneath my jumper was a plain black t-shirt. From the pocket of my skinny jeans, I pulled out a hair bobble and tied my hair back into a high ponytail and left my fringe free. I nodded, letting Gannen know I was ready to go in, and we proceeded into the main hall. Gannen pushed open the door and led me over to the long, mahogany table that situated itself in the middle of the room. Several other vampaneze were sitting at the table waiting for us. There were four seats free: one for me, Gannen, Murlough and Steve. The seat that was saved for Steve was at the head of the table and was more comfortable than the others. My mentor and I sat down beside each other at the table. I had been instructed to sit at the seat nearest the head seat (probably because of the Vampaneze Lady prophecy).

Next, Murlough walked through and stood at the door. "Fellow vampaneze, let me present...the Vampaneze Lord!" Everyone turned their heads to the door as Steve walked through. He entered confidently and stood at the door for a few seconds before Murlough led him to his seat at the head of the table before sitting down at his own seat. Steve sat and smiled when he saw me sitting beside him and the meeting began...

We were the last to exit the main hall after the meeting, but we didn't leave the same way as everyone else. Gannen and Murlough had planned to take us out at night into the forest nearby to train; they wanted to see how Steve's skills were coming along. There was a large door at the back of the hall, which lead out into the open. We all walked through quickly, excited to train. When we reached outside, Gannen and Murlough broke off into a flit then so did Steve and I, following the two older vampaneze. We all came to a sudden halt when we reached the forest, but it wasn't the sight of the forest that caused us to stop. It was the Cirque Du Freak's lights.

Steve growled when he saw the Cirque and the rest of turned to face him, slight confusion on our faces. Yes, there was a vampire in the Cirque, but why would that bother him? Gannen placed his hand on my shoulder. "Stay here, Elle. You too Steve. Murlough and I will go check that no-one is going to bother us." And with that, the two of them disappeared into the darkness, leaving Steve and I alone.

"What's wrong?" I asked Steve curiously. He turned to me, frowning.

"That's the Cirque Du Freak...there's a vampire in there."

"I know, but if he doesn't bother us, we'll be fine." I reassured him, placing my hand on his shoulder. He shrugged it off and turned back to look at the Cirque.

"He's not just any vampire, he's Vor Horsten, or more commonly known as Larten Crepsley. I asked him to blood me into a vampire, but apparently I have bad blood, so he refused. I promised one day I would hunt him down and kill him," he said rather angrily "I wanted to become a vampire because I absolutely hated my life, the only good thing in it was Darren, and then he died." he looked down once he had finished his story and I could understand why he was angry.

There was a moment of silence as we both looked down, but then our heads snapped up at the sound of rustling bushes. Both Steve and I kept our eyes focused on the bushes ahead of us (which was where the sound came from) and when nothing emerged, we turned to each other. I placed my finger to my lips, telling Steve to remain quiet. "Stay here." I whispered and then walked closely towards the bushes. There was someone hiding in them - from what I could see - but their red jacket gave them away. I stopped when I was an inch away from the bush and pushed some of the branches aside. Then whoever was trying to hide in the plant, jumped out at me.

They tackled me to the ground, but I rolled us over so I could have the advantage. What I didn't expect was for the person to be a teenage vampire! I knew what he was from the moment he jumped out at me because I caught the sight of his fingertips - the scars that were left after someone was blooded into a vampire or vampaneze - and their scent. He pulled out a knife from his jacket and stabbed me in the leg with it. When I let out a loud cry of pain, he pushed me off him and pinned me down with one of his arms, the other held up above my chest, the knife pointing down to my heart...

Ooh! Cliffhanger. XD I didn't have one in the last chapter, so I put one in this one. Review and tell me what you think will happen!