I woke up to darkness, as usual. I had been at Lex's abode for a few days now. I had spent an estimated day on Dante's shoulder as we travelled to where the Morvan Coven were situated. As soon as we arrived, I was taken to a room, where I had spent the last few days, not seeing or speaking to anyone. The room was dark, a small window letting in a minimal amount of sunlight. I was lying on a very hard bed, with rough, thin sheets. The room was quite small and very cold. It appeared as though I was in some sort of cave or mountain in which a residence had been carved into it. I didn't have a clue what time it was, late evening probably, I had lost track of time, sleeping whenever I could to escape the hell I was in. As I stared at the dark ceiling, thinking about how lucky I was to be kidnapped by a nice vampire at first, there was a rattling and the door to the room was opened.

"Get up," came a harsh male voice.

I turned my head. There was a tiny amount of light coming from the open door, but the figure was unrecognisable. I stood up slowly, slightly dizzy from not being fed for days.

"Hurry up," the man spoke again.

I slowly walked to the figure, as I got closer, I could distinguish the males features. I recognised him as one of the men who took me away from Alec days ago. As I got nearer to him, he put his arm around my back and pushed me out of the door. I stumbled slightly, refusing to fall over. The man closed the door and walked behind me. He was holding the tops of my arms, and steering me to wherever we were going at the same time.

"Faster," he said.

Whoever he was, he was very impatient. We came to a door after various turns in the corridor. The corridors confirmed my idea of thinking we were in mountain, because it was cold and dark and the walls and ceilings were made of rock. The guy opened the door and pushed me inside. The room I was just shoved into was fairly big and much brighter than mine had been. There was a woman laying on the bed reading something. She glanced up and seconds later was standing right in front of me. She was definitely a vampire. She had dirty blonde long hair that rested on her tight fitting red dress.

"So this is Valik's link," she said her voice was deep and slick. "Not bad, I don't see why we just can't kill her now."

"You know why, Minnie," the man replied.

"I know," Minnie sighed. "I'll see you later Sheeno."

The man, Sheeno, left.

"Come on," Minnie said to me, closing the door and walking off.

I suppose I had no choice but to follow her, I think I'd hate to see her angry side. We walked for at least ten minutes; I had to half run to keep up with her, which was hard because I kept getting dizzy spells from the lack of food. When Minnie had stopped walking, we were outside, by a large lake.

"Go and wash," she told me sharply. "Here," she said, and threw a towel at me that was sitting on a nearby rock.

I caught it and walked towards the lake. I could feel Minnie's eyes watching me. I stood behind a tall rock and stripped nervously. I walked quickly to the lake and slid into it. It was cold, freezing actually. I washed quickly afraid that I would turn to ice if I stayed in there any longer then possible. I climbed out and wrapped the towel around me hastily.

"Follow me," Minnie said in a monotonous voice and started to walk back the way we came.

We ended up back in her room, where she told me to get dressed in clothes that were sitting on a chair in the corner of the room. There was a simple black dress, which I put on. It was tight fitting and too revealing for my liking, but I guessed Lex wouldn't think so. Just as I had finished getting dressed Minnie came over and started doing something with my hair. When she had stopped her fiddling she spoke.

"Come now."

Minnie walked out of the door and I followed her again feeling like a dog following its owner everywhere. We again walked down a series of corridors until ending up at yet another door. I could smell food, which made my stomach rumble. Minnie tapped on the door lightly.

"Come in," came the drool of a voice I recognised instantly.

Minnie opened the door and walked in, I followed behind her. Lex was sitting in a chair at a desk to the right of the overly large room, which was dark and unfriendly looking. I could not see much in the room, the outline of a bed straight ahead and maybe a wardrobe to the left, lit up slightly by a small flickering candle on the desk. Lex's eyes travelled over to me as I entered the room. His gaze made me feel very uncomfortable.

"Leave," he suddenly said in a harsh tone, his eyes darting to Minnie.

Minnie bowed slightly and turned to leave. I looked at the floor feeling very shy and intimidated. I heard the click of the door as it was shut behind me. I didn't like being alone with Lex, not one bit.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you," he said, sensing my fear, "not if you behave anyway."

Great that made me feel safe.

"Do sit down," he said standing up offering me his seat, in a polite way, which was strange.

I walked slowly and carefully to the chair, hoping it wasn't some sort of trick.

"Eat," he said, which was when I realised that there was a plate of food sitting on his desk.

I glanced at the food, hoping it wasn't poisoned, but then again if it was it would probably save me from the terrors that would befall me here if I stayed alive. Besides I was hungry. I pulled the plate towards me and started to eat its contents. I could sense Lex walking around behind me.

"I've waited a long time for a link like you," Lex said, I'm glad I had my back to him so he couldn't see the look of disgust on my face. I stayed silent. "I've never smelt blood like yours before."

I shivered, feeling him get closer to me. This was it, he was going to drink from me, and I was going to die.