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"Cerys?" Laurent's voice filtered through my door.
"Yes?" I called back. I heard the door open, but I didn't move from the bed. Over the afternoon, evening, night, and early dawn I had moved around the room, trying to find the best places to write in my journal and the just relax. Currently I found myself on the bed almost asleep.
"Were you sleeping?"
"I'm getting there. Don't worry, you didn't wake me up." I said. I stretched and sat up, looking straight at Laurent. "What's up?"
"We were going to go hunting. Tanya and her sisters were going to show me where they like hunting."
"Ok, have fun."
"You're going to be alone, are you going to be ok with that?"
"Wait, everyone is going with you?"
"Yes, did I just say sisters? I meant the entire family. It's a vampire bonding time."
"Alright, go have fun. I doubt I'm really going to move all that much."
"You promise me that you'll be alright?"
"Yes, I promise I won't do anything stupid that will get me killed." I said.
"Alright then, we should be back in a few hours." Laurent said as he retreated back towards the door.
"I'll see you then." I replied. I found my spot once more on the bed and closed my eyes. I was quickly swept into the darkness of sleep.
oOoOoOo
When I started to wake up I had the feeling of someone watching me. Unless Laurent had come back and decided to wake me up like a stalker would wake up their interest, there was something or someone trying to scare me. I cracked one eye open was greeted by two golden eyes, although they looked far more menacing than Victoria's red eyes.
"Who the hell are you?" I asked as I tried to get as far away as I could from the vampire. That ended up having me scurry to the other side of the bed and promptly falling over the edge. I landed on my butt and the new vampire just looked down at me with a smile.
"You are the human that was brought yesterday."
"Uh… yes?"
"Why is he keeping you alive? Why hasn't that new vampire had his fill of you? Your blood smells far to enticing to keep you around this long."
"Um… He respects James too much probably."
"James? Sorry hun, you only came with one male and currently, he's not here to help you." He smiled a predator's smile and I realized even more how vulnerable I was with a clan of vampires. I gulped, but knew if I tried to run he could easily catch me. Instead of freaking out more, I tried to calm down, hoping Laurent would be back soon… or even James.
"Your pulse is slowing down. You've accepted your fate then? This won't be as much fun, but it will still do I guess." This new vampire was now sitting on the bed with his legs dangling over the bed. "How about this, I'll give you a head start, a fair one too. I won't come after you for at least a minute."
"That sounds so fair. I mean, me with normal human speed and you with your super vampire speed."
"Yes well, I am the ultimate perfection of your species." This vampire grinned. "Now, I suggest you start running if you want the extra time to live. I am not the most patient of men in this world."
I didn't wait any longer. If he was going to bite me and if I was going to die, then I would at least try to stay alive. I ran out of the room and down the hall. Now I was regretting never leaving the hall since I didn't know what direction to turn to get out of the house. I quickly found the kitchen and a back door that led to a snowy field behind the house. Trees lined the edges and I switched my course to the closest tree line.
Before I was halfway to the trees I heard the new vampire's laugh from the doorway. As I turned back to look at him, he started running. There was a flurry of snow before I was knocked to the ground.
"You got out of the house, I'm surprised."
"Well I'm glad I could be somewhat exciting." I said.
"Trust me, you were definitely interesting." He said. "But now, you're bleeding and your scent is far too enticing to ignore any longer."
I hadn't noticed that I was bleeding, but I looked down at my arm and sure enough I had scratched it on someone, probably a rock that was below the snow. The vampire flipped me onto my back roughly, causing me to scream out, and straddled my hips while he held my upper arms down to the ground so he could get a good look at my neck. When he decided where he was going to bite, he turned my head and started leaning down.
"Joseph! No!" I heard a voice shout. Whoever just shouted saved my life because the vampire, Joseph, looked up and was thrown off of me. I looked up to see Laurent standing protectively over me. Tanya and a few of her clan members came rushing over, but I scrunched myself into a ball next to Laurent's legs.
"You're protecting her? Why?" The evil vampire asked.
"Because she's in love with my friend and he's in love with her. I promised him I'd protect her until he arrived."
"Is this the James that you speak of? The one she said you respected enough not to kill her for?"
"It is." Laurent said.
"Joseph, what the hell were you thinking? You know we don't feed off of humans!" Tanya said.
"I couldn't help myself. I haven't had human blood in so long and it was just such an appetizing idea. Plus you were ALL gone so she was alone. I was hoping to feed off her and then leave."
"Too bad it didn't work." Laurent growled. He charged after the man and threw him into a tree, forcing it to crack then fall to the ground. Tanya tried to help me up, but I flinched away and waited for Laurent to get back. When I looked back over he had twisted Joseph's head off the body and was holding it in his hand. He let the bloody appendage fall to the ground before returning.
"Did you have to kill him?" A new girl screamed. Now my head hurt, great.
"Lindsay, calm down."
"No! You didn't have to kill him!" Lindsay said.
"You should have been watching him! You knew he wasn't fully used to feeding off of animals. You're the one who brought him here!" Tanya replied.
"But I loved him!"
"Ya, well, not everything goes the way you want. You can either help us or do whatever you want." Tanya said. This other vampire, Lindsay, huffed before storming into the house.
"God, I hope she leaves. That would make our lives so much easier." Eleazar muttered.
Laurent had returned when Lindsay had started screaming now held me in his arms. When Tanya and her family started to get everything ready to discard the body, Laurent started to take me back to the house. "I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise."
"What do you mean?"
"I got into more trouble. I tried not to. I mean, I went to sleep and I woke up feeling like someone was watching me."
"And that's when Joseph showed up."
"Yes."
"You didn't break your promise, Joseph did. I shouldn't have left you completely alone."
"You were hungry and we don't know these people that well, I understand."
"Let's put this behind us. Why don't you go back to sleep. When you wake up we'll go for a walk in the woods."
"Alright, I'll come find you when I wake up and get changed."
"I'll see you them." Laurent said. He laid me on my bed and allowed me to find my way back under the covers by myself. Again, it did not take me long to fall asleep. However, this time I was able to wake up on my own.
Someone knocking on my door startled me, but I was able to keep my head clear enough that I asked who it was first.
"It's me."