The big clock had played six in the morning waking me up from a strange dream I was having. I sit slowly on the soft bed and touch my neck like something had bitten me there. It was hurting really badly.
Slowly I get up walking to the private bathroom feeling like my energy was completely drained. As I reach in there, I walk to the mirror looking at my neck, searching for anything that could explain that strange pain. Suddenly, a small flash back make my head hurt like something was trying to open it up.
«Run! You shouldn't be here! Hurry! They will find you! » A strange female voice appear echoing inside my mind making me kneel down groaning in pain. The female voice seemed that it was gasping for air, like she had ran away to my meeting. Has the voice started to fade away, the pain happened to do the same.
"Wh… What was this?" I ask to myself looking up while I get on my feet looking again to the mirror seeing someone behind me. I turn around and… there was nothing but emptiness. I shiver a slight scared about it. "No! I'm still sleepy." I think turning to the bathtub opening the faucet and tried my best to take a warm bath and prepare for work.
Yet, even having such a warm and relaxing bath, I couldn't stop thinking about what I had experienced and who's that voice belong to. But it's soon the clock play six and half in the morning making me rush out and dry myself and dress the new servant uniform. I clean the bathroom I've used and then walk out to the big corridor decided to see my father first. As always, he would be resting at this hour because of the long hours of reading. I walk in and give him a light kiss on his forehead feeling so calm by his warmth. Slowly, trying not to wake him up, I get out walking to the kitchen.
The other's two employees where already cleaning the other places and organizing the books and even separating the good roses from the dead ones. I great them all but no answer. Embarrassed, I walk to my destiny in silence trying to be like them.
When I reach the cold kitchen I notice a small table with breakfast with a piece of paper under the glass of water. I pick it up and it was saying, Morning little Yuki. I hope you had sleep well tonight. Here is your breakfast actually made by me has a gift. After you finish your meal properly, here you have your first chores: clean all the swords and armors in the house; prepare breakfast to my sons, invite and of course to your father; wash the dishes and try not to cut yourself. You can stay the day with your father till the six p.m. where you will have to make a rose tea to my son Reiji-sama and help Yui Komori in her chores. And finally, prepare the dinner and you can do whatever you want. Have a great day, and don't forget… anything you need just ask. Have a great day." After reading it, I take a taste at the piece of the cake and flinch surprised by the sweet taste of vanilla. It made me recall how my mother used to bake her cakes, always with the slight taste of vanilla. I sit down and keep taking small pieces of it enjoying the sweetness and keeping that small memory fresh in my memory. "Thank you Mister Karlheinz." I whisper tightening the small paper to my chest.
I finish my breakfast and walk to the living room and approach to a big armor. Even thought it was too big for me to dismantle it from the head to the feet, I didn't give up. I go grab a chair and get on top of it, rolling the hamlet. "Gh! It's stuck!" I groan trying to pull it off. I try a bit harder when suddenly it gets off making me lose balance. I felt the gravity pulling me down not giving me even a moment to think or act.
When I thought I was going to fall down, someone caught me pulling myself to them. As I look up, I meet with this light red eyes staring down at me while his shade of purple-black with lighter purple-gray gradients locks of hair feel slightly on my face. His pale skin and cold gaze made my heart shiver by noticing who he was. I slightly pull him away and bow politely, "I… I'm sorry, Reiji-sama." I blush slightly ashamed for the trouble I had caused.
Not exchanging a word to my apology, he walks away one of the employees, "Clean the armors. We don't need any more accident." He says still in a cold way glancing one more time and then walking away. Meanwhile I hand to the other the products, ashamed I walk to the kitchen doing my next chore. I clean my hands and start preparing then the breakfast for the young masters. I couldn't stop thinking of that powerful gaze directed to me, like he was grabbing my heart and pulling it off. "What am I thinking?" I yell to myself shaking my head embarrassed and try to focus on cutting rightly the fruit the fastest as I could.
Before the clock play the nine in the morning, I've placed the table and the food in their right places. Not wasting a minute more, I rush to my father's room with a tray with two toasts, coffee, grapes and water, like he always like it. As I come in, I notice he was still asleep and to not disturb his peaceful rest, I place the tray next to him on top of a chair. Once more, I walk out not making a single sound. When I close the door behind me I was a bit anxious, he never had slept so much has today.
"Yuki, are you okay?" Asks Mister Karlheinz approaching me with a tender smile.
"Mister Karlheinz." I bow politely, "Ye…Yes. I was about to go to my next chore." I say trying to look useful, after all, one of the chores he had gave me was unsuccessful.
"I see. How's your father?" He asks grabbing a small lock of my hair and let it slide through his index finger.
I blush softly looking up at him noticing that Reiji-sama and boss had the same eye color and gaze, "He is sleeping. It's… the first time he oversleep. I… I'm a bit… heh?!" Suddenly I'm surprised with mister Karlheinz wrap his left arm around my waist and pulling me closer to his body. "Mi…Mister…?" I look up at his warm gaze and feeling embarrassed I try to pull myself away from him but he grabs my left arm pulling it away from his chest, pushing myself to the cold wall, "… er…" I groan in slight pain, feeling him crushing my wrist, "Yo…You hurting me…"
"Yuki, you have such a dangerous smell." He licks my right cheek with some malice, "Long time I didn't meet someone with such a strong smell that would make me feeling like devouring like an animal." He says smirking when suddenly I notice those large fangs.
"Ple…Please Mister… let me go!" I whimper trying to get away from him.
He leans closer to my right ear and licks it gently, "Call my name, little one." He says almost begging, "Call me Karl." He kiss my neck making me flinch.
"NO!" I regain strength and pull him away, walking inside the room of my dad locking right away the door. I put one chair under the door handle and get slight away. I was grabbed the nearest sword when suddenly the chair fall down and the door slowly opens. I was prepared to strike right on the chest when suddenly I see it was Reiji-sama.
"Yuki, don't use a sword when you don't know how to use it." He says coldly while approaching me.
"Get away from me!" I yell using my both hands to firm the sword against his chest. I knew something wasn't right, he was a demon too. He keep his straight face, but he slowly reach his glasses down and place them on top of the nearest chest of drawers and then glances at me again.
"Once again…" He grabs the blade of the sword and pull it away from his chest and pull me again near his chest just like before, "… don't use a sword when you don't know how to use it."
I was amazed, his eyes weren't alike to his father, he had a glint of a dark desire, he wanted something he want to achieve even if it take his life. I'm getting scared. I wanted to go away, "Please let me go." I whimper trying to hold back my tears, "Please, let me go."
"You should've thought that before getting yourself and your dad inside this house." Once more, the cold tone of his voice spoke the truth.
I should've stayed in my house with father and live safely there in our happy days, instead I brought him to a monster cavern. How fool could I be?
"I can protect your father if you want." He says still staring down at me, "You only have to give yourself to me and do what I say."
"Wh… What?" I couldn't understand, I didn't want to understand what he wanted to tell me.
He chuckles with a slight smirk, "Don't get me wrong. Humans are nothing much but blood containers."
"N… No… I won't give you my blood." I scream forgetting about by father. Suddenly, Reiji turns me around bending myself to the soft bed while sliding his left hand to my crotch, "S…Stop!" I try to pull his hand away but he pull my chin up making me look at my father still sleeping.
"Even thought, I wish to give you more pleasure than anyone." He whispers lovingly on my left hear and slips his hand inside my pants stroking me tightly.
"… gh… no… Reiji…" I hold my groans and moans inside as I feel his wet tongue travel on my neck, licking the vein spots meanwhile undoing my shirt. My energy seemed it was being sucked up but I had some left and pull him away. Turning around quickly grabbing my shirt up, gasping.
Without any warning he slaps me hard, making me fall on my knees, "KNOW YOUR PLACE, HUMAN. I WILL NOT TOLERATE DISOVEDIENCE!" He grabs me from my right hand pulling me up, hurting me like his father was, "Learn to fear me, more and more!" He smirks changing his whole personality. He pulls me closer to him and once more makes me look at my father, "Are you willing to let your father die because of your foolishness?" He whispers keeping his smirk on, "Do you want to watch the blood of your father being take away?"
This time, I couldn't hold back the tears. They slowly fall down my cheeks as I bow my head in defeat, "I…I… don't want that to happen…" I whimper trembling all over, "So… So please…" I look up at him with tears falling down my face like small rivers, "TAKE ME AS A SACRIFICE FOR MY FATHER'S SAFETY!" I beg hopeless and pitifully.
His smirk widen has his eyes in pure joy. Without any hesitation he bites me near my windpipe. I groan in pain, tilting my head to the side so I could see my father sleeping peacefully. Slowly my consciousness started to drifted out, yet the same pain I had felt in the morning was resembled to this I was experiencing right now. No, it was the same. It was presage of what would happen. That voice who came to me, was a messenger, an angel, and I ignored it.
"God, please, don't leave me."