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"Aren't you going to ask me what it is that I'm going to announce?"

"I was fairly sure you were going to tell us anyway" Nathaniel sighed boredly as he took a large swig of wine spiked blood.

Damon rolled his eyes dramatically but the smile stayed intact on his face.

"We're going to be hosting a party tomorrow" He said grandly.

Those words sent the tension and eerie silence flying away, and they were replaced by loud groans and long streams of profanities.

During our outburst, Damon sat, content, contemplative, and invisible at the head of the table, hands folded together as he rested his chin on them; a dark glint in his eye.

"This is utterly ridiculous" I sighed, turning away from the mirror to face Gabriel. He was leaning casually against the wall behind me with a predatory look in his eyes that made me shiver all over with pleasure.

At least he liked the dress…

"Like it?" Gabriel repeated in a silky voice "Not at all. It covers way too much of that beautiful white flesh of yours"

I looked down at the dress, pouting slightly.

The gown was strapless, with a, green silk plunging v-neckline and a form fitting taffeta bodice that hugged tightly to my curves and pushed up my breasts. At the waist, it separated off into a large, black bottom that reached my feet. It was hardly what I would call "conservative"

(Author's note: There's a pic of the dress on my profile. I suck at descriptions)

"Spend a little more time with us vampires, and you'll understand" Gabriel said as he bent to kiss my hand. "Now, let's get downstairs. My brother is getting antsy"

"Which one?" I asked curiously.

Gabriel cocked his head to the side, as if he were listening to something I couldn't hear before turning back to me with a small smirk.

"Both" He muttered, before trailing me down the stairs.

"Try to keep your pet close by, Gabriel dear. Some of the folks attending tonight aren't very hands-off when it comes to the delicious company you keep" Damon teased playfully, a wicked grin gracing his pale face.

"Yeah, you would know all about that wouldn't you, Damon?"

Damon's eyes met mine, and I felt a small shiver roll down my spine at the intimate thoughts the small glance held. Slowly, Damon turned back to Gabriel, his fangs fully extended- he laughed aloud.

"You have no idea, brother. No idea at all"

Gabriel frowned at Damon's back as he walked away.

"Shall we?" Nathaniel asked- literally appearing out of nowhere.

God, I was starting to hate how they kept doing that.

"Yep"

"Let's get this over with"

We walked into the main hall where Damon was already greeting guests. Pale, beautiful, guests in pretty dresses and tuxedos.

"Not what you'd expect from vampires?" Nathaniel asked, probably in regards to the surprised look on my face.

"No. This is exactly what I'd expect. I just thought there'd be a little more…diversity" I replied.

Gabriel chuckled beside me "Vampires like to keep to themselves. We don't get along with most of the other supernaturals."

"Ah" was my small reply. Right now, there was a particularly gorgeous vampire woman walking towards us. Looking at her made my insides twist with the greenest form of envy.

Why couldn't I look like that?

"Because, you're not a vampire." Gabriel replied mentally. I flashed him an icy glare as he smirked at me.

"Gabriel and Nathaniel Felling- it's been awhile" The woman said, completely ignoring my presence.

Bitch…

Gabriel squeezed my hand in warning and I rolled my eyes.

"Rebecca, it's good to see you" Nathaniel replied, casting wary glances between Gabriel and I. "I'd like to introduce you to our house guest, Chloe"

Rebecca's eyes traveled slowly over me and she laughed aloud, flirtatiously touching Gabriel on the shoulder. I raised my eyebrows but kept quiet.

"My god" Rebecca sighed "I thought she was another slave"

My eyebrows raised higher and Gabriel grabbed a glass of wine from the waiter, taking a deep sip. A slave wearing a ball gown and being accompanied by two of the three Felling brothers?

I take back my last comment. She's not a bitch. She a vindictive, mentally-challenged, poop sucking, whore with eyesight problems.

Gabriel spit out the blood-spiked wine as he laughed. He looked at Rebecca and nodded "Yes, Chloe gets that all the time. Excuse us please"

Gabriel pulled me towards the least populated area of the ballroom, leaving behind a peeved looking Nathaniel.

I stared at all of the twirling figures with something along the lines of awed contempt.

Stupid, arrogant, beautiful, blood-sacks.

My hate fest was cut short by the feel of cool lips against mine. Strong arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me flush against a strong chest. I deepened the kiss, stepping onto the tips of my toes and wrapping my arms around Gabriel's neck as he caressed my hair gently.

"May I cut in?" came a familiar, silky voice.

Gabriel and I broke away from each other and turned to Damon. There was a small, smirk on the vampires face as he looked between Gabriel and I. Apparently, he found something amusing about all of this.

"Chloe" Damon called "Dance with me"

I rolled my eyes as Damon's cool hand pulled me towards him. Gabriel raised an eyebrow but said nothing in reply to my innocent shrug before Damon pulled me onto the dance floor.

"You don't seem like the dancing type" I remarked as Damon led us into an intricate form of the waltz.

"Are you kidding? I love to dance" Damon replied "And I enjoy it even more when my partner is the love-interest of my sniveling younger brother"

I glared at Damon smacking him lightly over the head "Watch it, buddy"

An uncomfortable silence fell over the room and almost everyone froze- except for Damon and I. He twirled us through the frozen crowd with ease, his eyes smiling.

"Why is everyone staring at us?" I asked in a hushed voice. Damon leaned in, his mouth brushing my ear. That simple gesture, sent shivers through my entire body as I remembered last night- when he had drank from me.

"Humans don't usually get away with hitting vampires, or giving them commands" Damon said lightly.

"Why do I get away with it then?" I asked, a small smile on my lips.

"Well isn't it obvious?" Damon answered. When I only raised my eyebrows, he sighed in exasperation. "You get away with it, Chloe. Because I like you" he drawled.

I rolled my eyes "Mkay, vampire boy"

Damon chuckled and twirled me around as everyone went back to what they were doing, casting curious stares in our direction.

"So how are we going to break it to my brother?" Damon asked, raising his eyebrows maniacally as he smiled.

"You lost me"

Damon pulled me against him and growled low in his throat.

"I want you" He whispered vehemently. I pushed away from him, scowling.

"Well that's nice, but just because you want me doesn't mean you can have me. I'm a human being, damnit." I stammered

Damon took a step closer "Silly, naïve, Chloe. If I wanted you that bad- I'd have you already. I just find Gabriel's humiliation when time after time his girlfriends choose me over him, far too amusing to give up on it now. So I'll let you play house with my brother for now, but when you feel like gaming with the big boys- you know where to find me" He whispered against my throat.

I shivered and took a step away from him, somehow still managing to glare.

"I don't want to dance with you anymore"

"You'll come around, soon enough" Damon flashed a 100 watt smile.

"No she won't" Gabriel's voice came from directly behind me, making me jump.

I turned to see him glaring at Damon with furious, red eyes.

"I want you to leave her alone" Gabriel continued in a snarl.

"You see Gabby, that's your problem. You always assume that I somehow seduce them into it with my constant badgering. The truth is, you're boring. I can't help that I'm simply better than you in every way"

"Don't call me that."

"Boys, stop it" I demanded

"Call you what? Gabby?" Damon coaxed, completely ignoring me.

"Damon, I'm warning you" Gabriel growled

"Stop it now, both of you!" I hissed.

"Gabby, Gabby, Gabby, Gabby"

"Damon, you're acting like a child. What the hell is wrong with you two?" I shouted, moving between them as they glared each other down.

"You know what I hope?" Damon said in an eerily calm voice as he stared at Gabriel "I hope she does choose you. And I hope that you love her more than any other girl before. Then, I'll snap her neck and throw her into the dumpster out back so that you can smell her decaying body from your bedroom. Maybe then, you'll know what it's like to lose something worth more than your own pathetic life. To lose something good, and full of the integrity that you could only dream of having, to lose something completely innocent."

"Damon" I gasped. He roughly shoved me aside and got into Gabriel's face.

"You could feel sorry for yourself all you like. But it would only be karma, it would only be fair. You killed her before she even stepped foot into this house. You killed her, because you killed Jonathan, and no matter how much time you spend in your room begging for forgiveness- you will always have his blood on your hands and the blood of all those you love. I told you that I would make your life unbearable and I plan on keeping my word Gabriel Felling."

"That is quite enough, Damon" Nathaniel roared, pushing Damon a good few feet away. "If Chloe is harmed in any way at all while staying in this house, I will personally see to setting your bitter ass on fire- do I make myself clear?"

Damon raised an eyebrow before taking a goblet of blood and raising it to Nathaniel.

"Whatever you say, older brother" Damon muttered. Nathaniel snarled, his eyes flashing red and he growled low in warning. Damon rolled his eyes, flicking a dismissive wrist.

All the while I was still soaking in the older brother thing. Nathaniel was older than Damon and Gabriel?

I suppose it would make sense. Nathaniel was probably younger when he was turned and then Damon and Gabriel were changed some years after, maybe.

Again, everyone was staring at us. After an awkward silence, every vampire's head snapped up and turned to the northern window of the ballroom- every face contorting into a malevolent snarl with fangs and glowing red eyes.

What the hell?

The sound made it to me a few seconds later.

It was a long, drawn out, howl. A wolf.

There was another long silence in the ballroom before total chaos broke out.

And the wolves broke in.

Large, furry figures crashed through the windows in every direction and began devouring vampires left and right.

My head whipped from side to side as I tried to comprehend what I was seeing. Jesus Christ, why did they have to pick the one night I was wearing high-heels to charge the damn castle?

"Chloe!"

I turned to the caller and found Gabriel's worried eyes on me as he fought off a giant werewolf.

"Chloe look out!"

I followed Gabriel's horrified gaze to see a giant fucking beast of a werewolf charging at me with the kind of force that would probably break my spine on impact. There was a deep, bloodlust in the wolf's eyes as it charged closer.

I felt like everything had gone into slow motion, and now it was all speeding back up.

Realizing that I was actually in some deep shit, I did the only thing a sane person would do in that situation.

I screamed.

I stared in the wolf's eyes- still screaming- and a little part of me seemed to falter

Sweet Jesus. I was going to become dog food.

That realization made my screaming rise in pitch and volume.

Soon, it drowned out every other noise.