Chapter 13:
As Wynn climbed in the window, the sun was starting to rise; Darius
backed away as Wynn closed the window and the curtains. When the
curtains were closed, Darius slowly stepped out of his hiding place in
the shadows.
"Wynn, I want to take you somewhere in the castle that I've never
shown anybody. I haven't even shown this place to Gina."
"Oh, well alright. Where is it?"
"The tower. In the older days, when Valen owned this house, the
tower was used to torture mortals until death."
They had begun walking through the hallways and Darius continued to
explain the use of this mysterious tower, but he was interrupted by
Wynn.
"Why were they tortured?"
"Well, Valen would torture them if they found out who, and what, he
was; if they were tortured and lived, no one would know. If they were
tortured and died, nobody would find out."
"Oh."
They reached the bottom of the stairs leading to the tower. As the
began to asend the stairs, Darius continued to explain the
significance of the tower.
"When Valen decided that I knew too much, me and my friends were
brought up here. I was fascinated by Valen; his power, his greatness.
He tortured and killed my friends; when he got to me, I laughed at
him."
"You laughed?! What did he do?"
"He laughed, too. Darling, Valen turned me up here. This is my bith
place, Wynn. I was made here."
Darius walked slowly up the cement stairs and ran his hands along the
cold stone walls. He seemed to be pondering; remembering.
"I can still hear their screams. It hurts me to know that while my
firends were tortured and killed, I was made into one of their very
murderers."
"Their very murderers? You mean you killed them?"
"I killed one of them...but she wasn't a friend. I didn't even know her."
"What did she do?"
"Nothing. She just "knew" it all." He stopped at the door and
sighed a deep sigh. "She loved valen, or, just said she did. Valen
was about to turn her when she told the news reporters that real
vampires lived in the house. He convinced her to call the
investigation off and he said she would die for breaking her promise.
"After he turned me, Valen brought her out and gave her to me as my
first. I killed her Wynn; she was just your age. Anyway, that's
past. Come along. I want you to see up here."
After hearing the story about the girl, Wynn expected to see a dingy,
cold, old torture chamber. However, when the wooden door creaked
open, it wasn't an old stone chamber. Instead it was a fully
furnished and very lavish and beautiful room. Out of all the rooms in
the mansion, this tower was the most beautiful. Wynn was stunned at
the sight of everything.
"Thi-this is supossed to be a torture chamber!"
"No, I said it was a torture chamber when Valen lived here. When he
left and the house was given to me, I hated this room. So, I secretly
furnished it. I ordered furniture, had it shipped by day, and i
'decorated by night'."
"It's gorgeous, Darius! I can't believe this!"
"Believe. Look out the window, love."
Wynn walked to the windo and peered out at the land below her. She
had an almost complete arial view of that beautiful garden and the
fountain, standing ancient and glorious, was the centerpiece of it
all.
"Wow! The garden looks so much bigger than when I walked through it!"
"Wynn, do you really want me to make you immortal?"
"Why?"
"Well, I'm thinking that you won't give up until I give in. You seem
to be very stubborn about this."
"I know. After hearing the story about what happened to that girl-"
"Let me ask you something. Are you going to have reporters come
watch if I say yes?"
"I wasn't planning on it."
"Then you have nothing to worry about."
"What do you mean?"
"Close the window."
Wynn did as she was told and closed the window. After it was shut,
Darius stepped out of the shadows and closer to Wynn.
"What did you mean by 'you have nothing to worry about'?"
"I meant yes. I will make you immortal if you want me to. I love
you, Wynn; I will do anything to prove that to you."
"You-you'll turn me?"
"Do you want me to? I will if you ask me."
"Turn me, Darius!"
Darius walked over and kissed her. When he broke the kiss, she
looked at him with eager eyes.
"You want it that bad?"
"I do!"
"Fine. You want it, you've got it."
Darius pulled Wynn to him and held her tightly.
"Are you nervous?"
"Just a little, but I'm ready, and waiting."
Darius brought his face closer to Wynn's neck and took a deep breath.
In his mind he counted to three; then bit down on her neck. Slowly,
he drew a tiny amount of blood, letting the venom from his teeth seep
into the wound. When he drew away, he bit his wrist and motioned to
Wynn.
"You need to drink this, love. It'll help."
She did as she was told and drank the blood running from Darius'
wrist. When she pulled away to look at Darius, she fainted into his
arms. After picking her up and carrying her to a couch in the tower,
Darius sat in a dark corner and slept.