(Amelia's POV)
Amelia slowly came back to consciousness. First she regained her sense of touch. She could feel that she was laying on something soft. Next, she realized that she could hear people talking around her in hushed tones. Finally, she opened her eyes and sat up slowly.
When she finished rubbing the sleep from her eyes, she was shocked by what she saw. She was laying in a bed and was surrounded by five vampires. The events that happened before she blacked out flashed in her mind.
"Well, it looks like our little captive is awake. Morning princess, how are you feeling?" asked a vampire with shaggy black hair.
At once, Amelia shot up and tried to make a run for it, but when none of the vampires made any effort to stop her, she stopped of her own accord, confused.
"Aren't you guys going to try and stop me?" she asked.
The five vampires shook their heads.
"You might be our prisoner, but there's nothing keeping you here, per say," said a vampire with an Australian accent.
"Why, then? Why go through all this trouble if there's nothing keeping me here?" she asked
"It's all a part of a game, dear," said a vampire with brown hair.
"Are you hungry? We could always go and make you some food," offered the black-haired vampire.
"Sure, that would be great," Amelia said, skeptical.
"I'm sure you probably don't trust us one bit. Well, just remember this: Judge us not equally. We might be vampires, but we are, first and foremost, gentlemen who know how to treat a lady," said the Australian vampire.
"My lady, what do you think?" Amelia asked, consulting with the demon.
"You might as well accept the offer. A vampire who is kind is rare. I would take advantage of it."
"Now that you mention it, I'd love some food," she said with a smile.
Two of the vampires nodded and went to go make some food.
After eating her fill, Amelia drifted off to sleep again. She was still wary of the situation but she was honestly too tired to care.
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She awoke the next day, feeling quite refreshed. For most of the day, she lounged around the house, keeping mostly to herself. The vampires tried talking to her, but she refused to talk to them. They might be treating her well, but she still didn't trust them. She was sitting in the library, reading a book. The five vampires were there too. She could feel their eyes on her, watching her every move. Just as she was going to drift off to sleep in her chair, the door to the library was thrown open! In rushed the Spanish-speaking vampire.
"Gabe, what's wrong?" asked the black-haired vampire
"It's Wiliam. He's in trouble."
"What happened to him?" asked another one
"Well, he went back to find that hybrid girl and some unexpected company showed up, in the form of a Lycan and several of his friends. He's outmatched and needs our help, and I'm jumping in because my game's ended, I've got nothing else to do," he explained.
The vampires nodded.
"Adam, I want you to stay here with the girl. Take her upstairs and whatever you do, DO NOT let her out of your sight. Understand?" asked Gabe
The vampire named Adam nodded. The other four vampires disappeared with Gabe and Adam led Amelia to the room where she had slept.
For a while, they sat in an uncomfortable silence. Finally deciding that he wasn't as dangerous as the other ones, she struck up a conversation with him.
"So, your name is Adam?" she asked
He nodded. "What's your name?"
"Amelia."
"How old are you, Adam?"
"About 125. You?"
"23."
Another silence.
"This is going to sound strange, but I know that a lot of vampires have special abilities. Do you have any special abilities?"
"Well, yeah, I do. I can see the darkness that lives inside of people and I can use it to make people go insane. Pretty much anything that has to do with darkness, I can do it."
This got Amelia thinking.
"Oh really? How interesting. Tell me, Adam, what do you see when you look at me?"
He sat up straight and looked her in the eyes. Almost at once, his face contorted into an grimace and he looked to be in pain.
Amelia smiled to herself. She knew exactly what he was seeing.
After a few moments of staring into her eyes, he broke eye contact and stared at the floor, apparently in some sort of daze.
"Well, that was easier than I thought," she mused to herself.
She walked through the house, looking for an exit. Once she had found the door, she opened it and ran as far away from the mansion as she could.
(William's POV)
After the wizard had left with the Lycan and his friends, William knew that it was in his best interest to leave. He begrudgingly went back to the mansion and sent his two second in commands out to hunt, though he knew he'd eventually be back to check on AJ, who they'd left in her room after they'd managed to get her out of the destroyed wall she'd been under.
When he walked in the house, he could tell that there was something wrong. It was too quiet, and he could only sense one other presence.
He made his concerns known to Gabe, Michael, and the Butcher. They all immediately went upstairs and found Adam sitting in the corner, slowly rocking back and forth.
Since Adam trusted him the most, William approached him carefully.
"Adam? Adam, are you all right?" he asked quietly, not wanting to scare him.
At the sound of his name, Adam turned to look at him, his eyes wide with fear.
"Adam, what's wrong? Where is the girl?" William asked
When he had mentioned the girl, Adam flinched as if William had physically struck him.
He knelt down next to the scared vampire and put a hand on his shoulder. The moment that he did this, Adam muttered to himself, "No, not her. Anyone but her."
"What's wrong with him?" Gabe wondered
"I don't know. Michael and Butcher, search the house for any sign of the girl," William commanded. They nodded and left the room.
"Adam, where is the girl? Did she do something to you? Is that why you're scared?" William asked, trying to get Adam to talk.
He nodded slowly.
"What did she do? Did she hurt you?"
He shook his head no.
"Did you use your ability on her?"
Another nod in affirmation.
"Did you see something that frightened you?"
A nod.
"What did you see?"
After a moment of silence, he said only one word: "Evil."
"Can you explain what you saw?" Gabe asked.
"I saw evil. I saw something that I should have never seen. So much darkness, so much hatred and anger. I saw it all. I saw how she killed those people. She ripped them apart. So much blood. So much pain and suffering," he muttered, but it made no sense.
Michael and Butcher returned and reported that there was no one else in the house.
"Who caused so much pain? The girl?" William asked.
Adam shook his head. "No, not her. The demon."
"The what?"
"The demon!" Adam yelled, which startled everyone. "That girl wasn't normal! She wasn't even human. She was a demon, and I saw it! I saw every horrible thing that she ever did, every unspeakable act that she committed! I'm scared now. Please, don't make me see that again!" he begged
William looked at his men. He told Butcher to take Adam to his room to try and calm him down.
Once he had left, he turned to look at the two remaining vampires.
"So, it seems that our little captive wasn't exactly what we thought, and now, she's escaped."
"What should we do?" Michael asked.
"Find her, and bring her down. She will not be forgiven for causing Adam so much pain," William replied, and he left it at that.