I can't believe that I have left you with that cliffhanger for this long. I am so sorry! To catch you up, Paige has met the rest of her house mates. After having breakfast, and some of the residents of Mary's mansion went to work, Paige sat down for a bad 80s slasher movie with AJ and Alex. After the other girls fell asleep, Paige began to explore the house. Upon going into the basement, she found a feral male vampire, chained to the wall. She is about to stake him, just as Cody appears in front of her, begging her not to. That is where we'll be picking up.


Chapter Four – Mary and the Rhodes Brothers.

Cody had been letting Alex have a girl's night with AJ, and their new friend. He didn't mind at all. The vibes that he had gotten off of Paige really said that she could use some friends. So he was more than willing to loan out his wife for the night. A couple of hours after parting ways with the girls, Cody felt a strange chill. He paused Hyrule Warriors and dashed down to the basement. He saw Paige at the end of the hall, getting ready to stake the vampire who was chained up. If it were possible, Cody went more pale than he already was and quickly got in front of Paige, holding his hands up and pleading with the young vampire.

"Please don't," Cody pleaded with her. "I can explain."

"But he's obviously feral," Paige argued, "the rules..."

Cody nodded, carefully removing the stake from Paige's hand. He then tossed it aside, moving closer to the other vampire in the room. "Paige, this is Dustin." He then took a deep breath as the older vampire looked up, a perpetual sadness in his eyes. "He's my brother."

Paige looked from Cody, to Dustin, then back to Cody again. She sighed as she leaned against the wall. "I take it Mary got special permission?"

"Of course," Cody nodded as she got Dustin's special blood bag out for him. "First thing you must know, he doesn't feed as much as we do, and never human."

Paige nodded in understanding, knowing full well that human blood made them stronger.

Cody sat down as he fed his brother, who was noticeably a lot more docile now that Cody was with him. "I've known Mary my whole life. Our parents were friends. She was supposed to be promised to Dustin, and wed when they were about sixteen. They knew that they would never get along as a married couple, since we look at her as a sister. So the wedding never happened."

"Kaitlyn said that Mary is about four hundred and fifty years old," Paige looked up as Cody paused.

Cody smiled, "I think that's about right. She and Dustin were born the same year, then I was born about six years later."

"She was sired first though, right?" Paige tilted her head. "You do appear a tad older than her."

Cody smirked, nodding. "When she was twenty-one, and I was about fifteen, she was attacked by a drifter, making his way through our village. She was raped, beaten, and left for dead. Her sire captured the bastard and sired Mary in order to save her."

Just as Cody was about to continue, Mary walked into the room. "Telling our story without me?" She smiled as she walked over to the brothers. She caressed Dustin's cheek lovingly before kissing the top of his head.

Paige observed as Dustin looked to Mary with a subtle passion. Much like Cody had mentioned, it wasn't a look of romance between them, but rather a very close sibling type bond that had kept them together for centuries.

Mary then sat on the other side of Dustin, still caressing him. "Dustin, this is Paige. She is going to be living with us. She is still very young, and doesn't fully understand everything just yet."

Paige smiled as Dustin nodded, noting that he didn't speak at all. "I'm sorry for trying to kill you, Dustin. I'm just glad that your brother got here in time."

"He understands," Cody smiled. "He knows that under the rules, he should have never been sired in the first place."

"Come on," Mary stood up. "We'll tell you the rest of our story upstairs."

Cody nodded, cleaning up. "Hearing it again will just get Dustin riled up."

Paige waited for the two elder vampires to pass her before slowly walking back down the hall and back upstairs. After checking to see that Alex and AJ were still sleeping before taking the women up to his room that he shared with Alex and sat down on the bed. After Mary sat down on the bed with her friend, Paige found a chair to sit in as she prepared herself for the story.

Mary took a deep breath. "For ten years, I was able to hide my secret from even the brothers."

Cody nodded, "we just assumed that she had aged extremely well."

Paige chuckled, "well, I would assume that ten to twenty years would have to be the maximum that you could get away with it."

"Depending on the age you were when you were sired, yes," Mary smiled.

"I was twenty-five when it happened," Cody bit his lip, looking down for a moment. "Dustin and I were kidnapped. It was completely random. Two men tied up Dustin and forced him to watch while I was tortured."

"They thought that you were gay," Mary looked away.

"Wait..." Cody blinked. "I mean, looking back, and knowing everything that I do now, that would make sense, but..."

"I'm sorry," Mary sighed, turning back to face her friend. "After everything, I just didn't think to add that part in."

"I guess that's understandable," Cody nodded. "Go ahead and tell her the next part."

Mary nodded, running her hand through her dark brown locks. "I sensed that Cody was in trouble. Much like just a few minutes ago, when you were in the basement."

"That one is actually new to me," Paige tilted her head.

Mary smiled, softly. "Maybe someday, you'll find someone that you truly connect with like that. It's a great feeling." She paused before continuing, "anyway, I found them just as Cody was about to die from his internal injuries and blood loss. Without even thinking, I brutally murdered the ones who did it to him. Then I untied Dustin and knelt by Cody. I looked up to Dustin and told him that I could save him. He pleaded with me to do whatever I had to in order to save his brother. So I sired Cody right then and there. Once Cody awoke in his new state, I told them everything."

Cody nodded, continuing, "because of how much we love Mary, we accepted her, as well as our new lives. We continued living in our village for the next four years, until Dustin grew ill."

"It was one of those diseases that can easily be cleared up like it's nothing now," Mary shrugged. "I'm sure you know all about medical advances and whatnot."

Paige nodded, "like something as simple as a cold killing someone?"

"Exactly," Mary chuckled. "Anyway, Cody and I just couldn't bare to live without Dustin. So I sought out the elders. Remember how I mentioned Matt Hardy's wife, Amy, earlier?" She paused as Paige nodded, "well, it was her and Trish Stratus that came with me and overlooked the whole thing. We just had to promise to take care of him."

"If at any time, we no longer feel like we can do that, we both know what we have to do," Cody added.

The three looked up as they heard sniffling in the doorway. Cody chuckled as he held out his arms to his wife.

"Sorry," Alex laughed softly as she walked into the room, sitting on Cody's lap. "That story gets me every time."

"Anyway," Mary smiled as Cody and Alex got comfortable. "Once Dustin was sired, we decided to leave our home. It was the hardest thing we've ever done."

Cody frowned, "I still miss my sisters."

"I left my younger brother and sister, as well," Mary sighed. "But we all stayed close. We still check in on our grand nieces and nephews to this day."

"Do they know?" Paige inquired with an innocent curiosity.

"Some have over the years," Cody nodded. "None currently, though."

Paige nodded, "understandable."

Mary slowly stood up, looking to Cody and Alex with a smirk before motioning for Paige to get up and join her.

Paige looked over to the couple, seeing that it was time for her to leave. She smiled, following Mary out of the room. She followed Mary down the hall, getting some of the other bedrooms pointed out to her along the way. Once they got to the spot between the wings on the staircase, the young vampire looked up to her very courteous host. "I probably won't stay long..."

Mary shook her head, "don't say such things, child. I already told you that you are more than welcome to stay as long as you like. You don't even have to get a job, but you may eventually get bored with just walking around the estate. Even if something comes up where you need money, and you don't have any, don't be afraid to ask any of us. We all share here." The elder vampire walked her arms across Paige's shoulder as Corey appeared at the top of the stairs, "we share many things."

Paige eyes went wide as Mary moved a little closer to the young girl.

"That's enough, Mary," Corey chuckled as he came down the stairs. "I was hoping to steal her, anyway."

Mary pouted, "fine." She then disappeared in the way Corey had just come from to rejoin her husband in their bedroom.

Paige tilted her head, "steal me?"

"I was hoping to take you out. Even for a walk around the grounds," Corey flashed her a sexy smile, holding out his hand to her.

"I think that I could go for that," Paige nodded, taking his hand.


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