Kirin's POV
Gasp! Darren! I'm not in the Hall of Princes, I'm in my room. I look up to see the face of Arwyn.
"What…what happened?" I ask.
"Listen, we need to talk. Before that, though, come quickly."
Arwyn hurries me off somewhere. I lift my hand to my neck. At my touch I feel a jolt of pain. Wait! Now I remember! Arwyn's brother and I were fighting and…black.
Arwyn opens the door revealing several stretchers with wounded vampires. I had never been here before…it was like a hospital.
"Arwyn why are we here?" I whispered.
She doesn't answer, but grabs my hand and pulls me to a stretcher in the back with Arra in at. Mr. Crepsly at her side, and Darren.
Her stomach…
"Arra?" I stutter.
"Kirin? Oh, I'm so glad to see you."
Her voice is quiet. Tears now flow freely down my face. I sit down on a chair beside her and take her hand.
"I need to tell you something. You've always been a daughter to me and I'll never forget the day I found you in the woods 24 years ago. I wish I could be here more. I-"
"-No!" I cry, "Arra don't talk like that, of course you'll be here with all of us. I need you here!"
A single tear runs down Arra's face. Her attention turns to Mr. Crepsly who is also crying.
"Larten? Will you teach and train Kirin for me?"
"Arra of course, but you'll be here to do that! You have to hold on! You'll make it! Everything is going to be ok!" he grabs Arra into an embrace, "You can't leave!"
"…I love you…"
Mr. Crepsly pulls her away. A lifeless face stares at him.
"NO!" I scream.
Kuroi's POV
I'm in a dark cave. I think someone knocked me out as I was being taken away. I try to push myself up, but metal chains bind my hands. Damn that vampaneze…DAMN THEM ALL! A thick piece of tape covers my mouth. I can't see anything.
I'm finally up right. No one is here. I move my feet around and find them in chains too. I hear someone coming… the vampaneze that kidnapped me.
"You're awake."
He moves in front of me and rips the tape off my face.
"OW!" I scream, "Take me back to Vampire Mountain!"
He didn't say anything. After I make my request again he says:
"You know, you talk too much, Maybe I should tape your mouth shut again."
"Maybe you should take me back to Vampire Mountain…" I grumbled, "What do you want? Why did you kidnap me?"
He sighed in frustration.
"I needed a way out without your boyfriend causing any trouble and you were kind of just standing there, so I just put two and two together."
I rolled my eyes,
"that's a great reason…can I at least know that name of the vampaneze who kidnapped me?"
"…Steve Leonard. AKA Lord of the Vampaneze."
He was the Lord of the Vampaneze?!? Wait…Leonard? Isn't Arwyn's last name Leonard? No…that couldn't be. But at the same time Vancha's brother is the one who protects Steve. He's a Vampaneze.
"Is your sister a vampire?"
Steve raised an eyebrow, "maybe. She means nothing to me though."
"So…yes. Is her name Arwyn?"
"Not only do you talk to much, you ask TOO many questions! Especially about things that don't concern you!"
He was getting irritated. Good! If I drove him crazy then he might abandon me somewhere and I could get back.
Darren's POV
Kirin has stayed in her room for a day and Mr. Crepsly hasn't been himself. I've tried talking to Kirin, but her door is locked. I can hear her sobbing,
Kuroi's been kidnapped and the other Princes and I need to talk with Arwyn about her connection with the Lord of the Vampaneze. I still can't believe that Steve is a vampaneze, ½ vampaneze that is, and that he tried to kill me. My right shoulder is bandaged up and so are the other wounds he gave me.
