Because I had to be

Janessa was never one for sentiments. She would never smile, she would never laugh, she would never cry. Somethingg she remembered her grandfather approving of greatly. He would always tell her.

"Keep a straight face, and people will fear you. You are and Ichijou child, and remember that this family has been known and feared for centuries. You will make a great heir to this family Janessa, remember that."

It was what he would say to her whenever he saw her. She remebered her brother scolding her for being so emotionless, and that showing emotion wouldn't kill her. But he was wrong. It did almost kill her.

She remembered the day she had been kidnapped. Tears steamed down her face. She had never been so scared in her entire life. Those vampires had taken her from her family and were beating her, enjoying her tears. She almost died at that moment, until they had taken her to Rido Kuran.

The Pureblood was that most cruel man she had ever met. And ever since she had got her memories back, she always shivered at the thought of him.

"Janessa?"

The vampire turned to her brother, her stotic expression back into place.

"Yes?"

"The family is downstairs. Mother and father want to know what happened."

Janessa couldn't help the sneer that crossed her face as she started walking down the stairs.

"Do they really? So they want to know how Rido Kuran hierd those vampires to take me? They want to know that those vampires were allowed to do whatever they wanted to do to me, just as long as they didn't kill me? They want to know how Rido Kuran wanted to brainwash me into his weapon to kill his own family? And they want to know that he threatened to kill you and them to get me to do whatever he wanted me to do? Until he figured out that I was too strong minded, found a way to turn me human and sent me to England. My red eye, I have that because of him Takuma."

The girl turned to her brother, a large smile on her face. A false smile. The blond stared at her in shock, tears threatening to fall yet again from his eyes, the other vampires staring at her in horror, even Kaname Kuran.

"But I'm okay. After all, I wouldn't be here if I wasn't."

And with that, Janessa kept walking down the stairs, into the arms of her mother and father. A smile on her face. But of course, it wasn't a real smile. It was just something to keep the family happy.

What she did know, was that her grandfather knew what she was thinking the minute their eyes met. Her false smile turned into a dark smirk as her green eye went as red as her other eye.

"I know it was you."

The elderly Ichijou froze at the false laugh that escaped his grandaughters mouth. She turned to her mother, who smiled at her happily.

"Oh darling, you have no idea how happy I am to see you! Me and your father have been so worried! What happened?"

Janessa lied to her, feeling no guilt.

"Not a lot. I was just kidnapped by a couple of inexperienced vampires. I don't remmeber much else."

Her father frowned.

"But why you?"

Janessa's face went cold.

"Because I had to be."