Chapter 7-Nobody's Home

-Josef's Apartment-

Josef took a long sip of blood from the glass his maid handed to him. He looked up to see Mick walking down the stairs.

"Well?"

Mick sighed. "I stopped the bleeding in her leg, and she's gonna have a pretty nasty bruise from where I had to knock her over the head...but other than that she's fine..."

Josef nodded.

"Please, for you two's sakes, tell me she's handcuffed to the bed."

Josef and Mick turned their attention to Xandra who was standing on the other side of the room quietly. Xandra had ran into Mick at The Onyx, and told him what was going on, she didn't realize that this vampire that Cecile was attacking was one of Mick's friends. As soon as she told him he rushed over to the apartment.

"Yea, she is, don't worry." Mick replied with a small smile.

Xandra shook her head. "I'm not worried about me, I'm worried for you two..."

Josef scoffed. "Yea well, just think what she's going to do to you when she finds out that you were the one who ratted her out...her supposed best friend.."

Xandra glared at him. "Yea well this 'supposed best friend' just saved your undead ass, so shove it."

Mick laughed and Josef glared at him which only made him laugh harder.

"I guess bitches have to travel in packs..." Josef said with sigh, he put the glass in the sink and rubbed his chest that had just healed.

"How's the chest?"Xandra asked as she walked over to him. She moved his collar so she could see where the wound used to be. Josef smirked down at her.

"Well someone was never taught personal boundaries."

"Sorry, I just find the way you guys heal amazing...I've seen it done so many times, but it never gets old..."

Mick looked at her funny. "How have you seen it so many times?"

She gave him a sheepish grin. "Don't tell Cecile but...my um...boyfriends a vampire...we've been dating for a few months now...he seems to always be getting shot..."

Josef laughed. "Well, doesn't that sound like a rejected sitcom, the vampire executioner living with the vampire lover..."

"Oh fuck you."

He smiled. "Okay, but I don't think your boyfriend would like it..."

She shook her head. "Can you ever win with him?"

Mick shook his head. "Nope."

She sighed. "When can I take Cecile home?"

Josef laughed. "Not anytime soon..."

She looked shocked. "What?"

Josef continued to smile at her mockingly. "You don't just expect me to let her go like nothing happened do you? She needs to be taught a thing or two..."

"You're not going to hurt her are you?"

"Only if I have to..."

"Okay, I know, she can be a massive pain in the ass and all you want to do is shoot her and put yourself out of the misery, but please don't kill her..." She said it in one breath.

Josef laughed. "I'm not planning on killing her...just...teaching her..."

Xandra nodded, the worry written all over her face. Josef put his hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, I'm not going to purposely hurt her..."

Xandra nodded again, and a tear slid down her cheek. "She's going to hate me..."

Mick walked up behind her and grabbed her hand. "She'll get over it..."

She smiled up at him. "Would you give me a ride home?"

He nodded. She turned back to Josef, he gave her a small smile.

"Thank you Xandra, I probably would be dead by now if it wasn't for you..."

She smiled back. "No thank you..."

"For what?"

"With the way she's going, she'd be dead by the end of the year..."

Josef nodded and watched as Mick led her out. He rubbed his hands over his face and looked up at the stairs. Well, it's now or never.

-The Bedroom-
(Cecile's POV)

I woke up to the feeling of a wet rag on my forehead and someone rubbing their fingers over my cheeks. It felt so good that I didn't want to open my eyes out of the fear it would stop.

"Cecile...wake up..."

I tried to move my arms, but I couldn't, I felt cold steel against my wrist. I tried moving my legs, but I felt the same thing around my legs. My heart started racing when I realized who the voice belonged to.

"Calm down, it's okay,I can hear your heart, it's about to beat out of your chest."

I opened my eyes and it took them a minute to adjust to the dimness of the room. I made eye contact with him,I just smirked.

"I see your chest healed up."

He smirked. "I see your leg didn't.."

"Fuck you."

He smiled. "Well you know, you are tied up, I just didn't know you were that kinky."

"I'm sorry, I don't fuck corpses."

He smirked. "See that's your problem Cecile, you always focus on the negative..."

"I'm tied to a bed, with a monster sitting at my right, and you tell me not to focus on the negative...Gandhi couldn't find positive in this situation!" I suddenly felt disgusted by the fact that he had even touched me.

"Well find something, because you wont be leaving this house until you have a different point of view."

I looked at him in shock. "You're going to keep me here?"

He nodded. "It's either that or I kill you...your choice really..."

"Then kill me, please."

He stared at me silently, when he spoke it was soft. "You would rather die than be in the same room as a vampire?"

"I'd rather be dead than even touch a vampire."

He stood up and looked down at me. "Well get used to it, deaths not an option.

He turned and walked out. Why does he care so much?