Copyright – 'Trust Me' belongs to Undercover Blonde (this is my alias on ). This is an entirely original story and has not been based on any previous published novels.

Chapter 25

It must have been morning when I woke up because there was a tray of food and a note. It was from Con; I recognised the writing;

My lovely

This morning I will call on you

and hopefully your attitude

will have changed.

Constantine

I grinned as I ate; my attitude will knock him off his feet. He will be proud.

When he came I greeted him and we sat down; immediately I took up my act.

"Con; you tell me before I do anything, why should I help you and what do I get out of it?" He looked at me then broke out into the most charming smile I have ever seen,

"Cat, my lovely, what you will get out of this other than having life made easier; you will be a big part of my life. You will go to parties on my arm; meetings and social events we will be seen together. You will be there if I need anything to be gotten for me. You will dote on me and then when I believe you have forgotten what it used to be like then I suppose you and I could have some fun; and you would be on my mind every night." I felt like slapping his smug face; but remembering Richard's word I smiled my most seductive smile and moved closer to him and whispered.

"Well I guess then my best bet would be to do whatever you say, Con." He smiled; he knew he had won. He took my hand and took me to his room. He opened the cupboard and brought out two hangers and gave them to me,

"One is casual and the other is what I want you to wear tonight at the get together. It will be your first debut. I walked to my room and opened the casual hanger's cover. It was a lovely velvet pair of pants and a green top that when I put it on it clung on my curves just right. I hung the other hanger in the cupboard without opening it. I had a bath and did my hair; after eating I got dressed in the other hanger's clothes which turned out to be a cocktail dress of a beautiful deep purple.

I walked out the house on Con's arm and off to Ruvan's house. We were greeted with enthusiastic grins and comments. Ruvan clapped Con and Zev on the back congratulating them. I saw Richard and smiled at him and he gave me an encouraging smile back. We all sat down and the vampires started talking about matters that were boring to me. Zev got up and excused himself and said he would take me to walk around because I look like I was going to fall asleep. Once we had passed out of the range of which we could hear them laughing inside. Zev walked me to the garden and sat down with me;

"Well human I'm glad you have changed your attitude, because you are much too beautiful to waste." He caressed my cheek with his fingers and I shivered; he mistook it that I was cold so he put his jacket over my shoulders; I smiled at him and pulled the jacket on properly, I lent over to him and spoke in his ear;

"Well with two handsome men to take care of me how could I not come to my senses sooner or later." He looked at me and smiled,

"I'm glad it was sooner. Lets go back." We stood up and walked back to the house. I'm sure you are you horrid vampire! We went back in and the meeting had finished and Con stood up and took my hand from Zev; I paused to take off the jacket and gave it back to Zev with a grateful smile. He took it back and gave a little bow. We walked into a main hall; or so I presumed because all the vampires were there all dressed smartly. Con was soon surrounded and of course so was I. I felt hands through my hair, fingers over my skin. I felt Con spin me out and heard music playing. I took the lead and danced with him; I was then passed to Zev and we danced; then I was passed to Ruvan, who decided to be different and pick the beat up, so I danced to a faster beat. I was now tiring and soon I was passed to the next vampire. I heard Con's voice ring our saying what a beautiful dancer I was, this was followed by applause. I must have danced with about twenty vampires before I was passed back to Con. He smiled and whispered in my ear,

"Nicely danced my lovely."

Soon after that I was brought back to Con's house. After undressing and washing my face I fell asleep. I was in a light sleep and was woken by someone sneaking in my room. I thanked my lucky stars I could act and rolled over in sleep. Opening my eyes slightly I saw it was Richard. I sat up and whispered to him,

"Richard, what are you doing?" I heard his gasp then saw him make his way to my bed.

"Cat, sorry but I had to talk to you, you were amazing tonight. The other vampires are impressed. But there is a problem." I heard the strain in his whisper. I looked at him and took his hand,

"What is this problem, Richard are you okay?" He shook his head and I felt his grip on my hand tighten.

"Cat, I'm changing, it is two and a half weeks since I was bitten and I, I, I get a feverish chill sometimes and my teeth grow for no reason. Ruvan has been watching me carefully lately and I think he is looking for this but what does it mean?" I could feel him shaking, I was at a loss, what did all this mean?

"Richard, I'm going to help you, go back and behave as normal as you can and above all don't let Ruvan see any difference." He nodded and gave me a hug, I think it was more for stability than anything else. He stood up and disappeared. I lay back down thinking. I thought of the book Con had shown me, something about the contents page, I'm sure there was something in there about young vampires. All of a sudden I remembered the gate at the top of the stairs; I had forgotten about it. Could the book be there? It would be a good a place as any. I made my mind, I would get into that room and find that book. I was still wondering how I would get away from Con and Zev to get into the room behind the gate when I fell asleep.