"Walk faster." Rido demanded in a booming voice, Kaiya fumbled helplessly behind the intimidating man, she scurried towards the male as fast as she could without showing any of her distaste for him. With each step she took the fear inside of her grew, she hated being around his presence it was excruciatingly hard to remain calm within it due to how suffocating it was.

The golden sun was beaming brightly across the entire garden, giving it an illuminating glow, despite it irritating her skin slightly Kaiya couldn't help but revel in its beauty. The emerald green grass stood in uniform, each blade was in equal length to it's companions, the azure sky complimented the golden sun and the emerald green grass perfectly. Everything looked perfect. Kaiya was still uneasy due to her lack of knowledge of the outside world. She glanced curiously at her surroundings like a lost puppy. But nonetheless she enjoyed every minute of her recent venture outside.

She wasn't sure why Rido had asked her to accompany him for a walk, but whatever the reason was she was glad he did. This was the first time since she came here that she felt somewhat happy.

"They're beautiful, aren't they?" Kaiya came to an immediate halt as she peered up, from the ground that she had decided to look at throughout most of the walk, her eyes were greeted with the sight of her estranged uncle delicately holding the stem of a rose.

It was an odd sight. One Kaiya was not used to seeing, she wasn't sure how to respond. So instead she just stood there motionless, her mouth slightly agape and her eyes wide with unease.

Rido twisted his head to the side his heterochromia orbs pierced through Kaiya's dainty form like a knife. A cruel smirk danced on his lips as he continued to examine her.

"Come closer." She couldn't disobey him, so instead she forced herself to comply.

Step

Step

Step

It wasn't long before they were both facing each other directly without a gap between them, Kaiya gazed up at him whilst Rido stared down at her, like a predator making sure his prey was up to his standards.

Riso swiped his index finger across an extended thorn that sat on top of the rose's stem. A stream of crimson liquid leaked out from his slender finger and ran down to his palm. Without any hesitation Rido slammed his hand onto Kaiya's pale pink lips and smeared his blood across them harshly.

Kaiya gasped in shock, the taste of his blood caused a ripple of terror to wash over her. The bitter sweet liquid gushed into her mouth in huge waves, despite Kaiya's reluctance to consume it her mouth was overwhelmed with the acquired taste and seemed to want more.

"Does it feel good knowing a part of me is now inside of you?" The cruel smirk on his lips broadened, a mischievous glint twinkled in his eyes as he inspected Kaiya's reaction.

Her hair was sprawled across her face covering up most of her features. Her lips were parted, drops of blood ran down her chin hastily, her left eye was wide open and filled with disbelief.

"..." No words escaped from her mouth, all she could do was stare.

"Now it's my turn." Before Kaiya could comprehend the situation her pale neck was once again being penetrated by sharp fangs. A feeble gasp escaped through her lips but Rido was too preoccupied to care.

'Oh god! Oh god! How is it possible for such a fragile being to have such an addictive taste? It's nothing like Juri's, in fact it's even better than hers. How is that possible?! To think I wanted Juri all this time, but instead I was granted with something much better. Kaiya let me hear you scream out in anguish, scream! Scream! Scream!'

"Come meet your baby sister." Juri beckoned the two brunette children who stood next to each other hand in hand to come closer.

The siblings walked anxiously towards their mother who held a bundle of pale pink blankets in her arms, inside of those blankets lay a small innocent child.

Kaname was the first to set eyes on the newborn child, he wasn't able to have a clear view of her face but he smiled nonetheless at her dainty form.

"Would you like to hold her?" Juri asked with a genuine smile playing on her lips. Kaname nodded eagerly and waited in anticipation to hold his younger sister. Juri gently placed the child into Kaname's arms and watched the two children interact with each other lovingly.

As Kaname set his burgundy eyes on the child something inside of him snapped. It was a subtle change, but Kaiya took notice of it. His previous carefree demeanor was replaced by something much more... solemn, it seemed as if no one else had seen the change in Kaname that had occured. Juri and Haruka were far too wrapped up in their happiness to notice. But Kaiya knew something was different.

And it was on that day that everything changed.

"Argh-cough-ghh" Kaiya's eyes peeled opened with great difficulty. Her throat was parched, a burning sensation had bloomed in her lungs, she cautiously brushed her fingers against her collar bone only to find fang marks littered all over her neck.

She shook her head of the memory she just remembered and instead decided to forget all about it. Assuming that was possible.

"How are you feeling?" Rido stood near the door, his head was held high, an air of superiority was shrouded around him, he was reveling in all his glory.

"... I-I want to see my f-family..." Her raspy voice and weak demand only caused Rido to be greatly amused.

"My poor niece, now tell me how is it possible to see people who are nothing but ash?" His amusement seemed to only intensify as he spoke the words that caused Kaiya unbearable pain.

'No! He's lying, they're not all dead. It's not possible!'

For the first time since she got there Kaiya decided to no longer let her fear of Rido control her, and it wasn't long before she threw herself onto him in weak attempt to hurt him.

"Now, now Kaiya. It's rude to attack your fiance so viciously." Kaiya's face contorted into a look of mortification as the words he spoke sank into her mind.

'Fiance?!'