The two stop in front of a big gate in the middle of the road, with brick barricades covering the sides. It looks like it's blocking a gated community.
All though it's really foggy and dark, Amber noticed she didn't have any more trouble seeing.
"In here. Come on." Jayleen says to Amber while she was taking in details. Jayleen begins pressing numbers on a keypad until it beeps, a smaller door opening next to the gate on the sidewalk.
Amber hurries along through the door with Jayleen before it closes, then looks up the drive way.
On the edge of the road is a bunch of tall pine trees that almost entirely covered the sky, while below them are neatly trimmed rose bushes coating the inner side of the brick barricade.
As Amber and Jayleen go higher up the path, dozens of similarly designed houses are lined up, each with a well kept lawn and flower bed.
If it wasn't for the fact Jayleen took her there, she'd have assumed it was a regular high end neighborhood.
The vampire leads Amber deeper through the complex, a simple winding road that went upwards lead to an old manor.
All though it's not even close to sun rise, there were some people outside, either weeding their gardens, sitting on a porch or sweeping out their garage.
They all seemed to wave to the pair, Jayleen giving a friendlier "Hello!" to them than Amber ever got.
"Great. A community of vampires. How do we even have people left?"
Amber finally stood in front of the large manor with Jayleen in front of her, still walking to the door. She was in awe at all of the details of the building and gardens.
Around each flower bed is a small ring of water, each with a little stone bridge. They all seemed free of weeds and the water was clear of any mulch that could possibly fall in from the gardener's maintenance.
There even is a big ornate fountain in the middle! It has carvings of people around the base while at the top is a gold water spout. "These people must be rich."
Jayleen distracts Amber by shouting, "Get over here and come in!" She was already half way in the door, propping it open for Amber. She quickly rushes to her, quietly saying "Sorry!"
The inside of the manor is just as amazing as what little detail Amber had the chance to actually take in. She stands right next to Jayleen who takes her shoes off by the door.
Amber does the same with her slippers that are covered in mud, her eyes locked on the expensive looking carpet in front of her.
The vampire leads Amber to another room. It looks like a well lit living room with a roaring fire place. Light bulbs in candle holders mounted on the wall light the room, giving off an old time feel.
"Hello, Father. I'm home." Jayleen says while Amber's attention shifts to a man sitting on a recliner.
He looks like he's in his twenties and has short black hair. The man takes his eyes off of the tablet he was reading, looking to Amber.
"Who's this?" He asks as he slips the tablet between the cushion of his chair and stands up.
Now that Amber could see, it didn't look like he was as dressed up as Jayleen is. All he wore is a t-shirt with some reference that she didn't recognize and a pair of denim jeans.
"This," Jayleen says while holding her hand towards Amber, "Is my slave! She's of the church!"
Amber and the man exchange an awkward smile before looking back to Jayleen.
"Uh-huh. She definitely looks like a nun. Good job provoking the church." He says before laughing while looking at her pajamas.. "But really. Who is she?"
Jayleen begins to pout while she sits down on a couch. "She.. She's someone who attacked me. I thought if I drained her enough, she'd black out and leave me alone."
Amber holds her hands at her lap while she stands and continues her awkward smile.
Jayleen's father gives Amber a cold frown before focusing on his daughter again with an even more disappointed look.
"It's a full moon, Jayleen. Do you know what your mother's going to say when she finds out?"
The Victorian dressed girl sighs and rolls her eyes, "She'll skin us alive.."
While the two's exchange becomes more and more grim, Amber begins to frown.
"Quite. Let's just.. We'll say she's a daughter of one of the humans I've fooled around with. And that their mother died."
Jayleen shoots her father a disgusted look, "Dad!"
Then he looks to Amber and back to Jayleen. "She'll be your half sister."
Amber and Jayleen both shout at the same time, "What?"
Amber, Jayleen and her father all moved to a large dining room. The table is long, it looked like it's for big parties or a family get together. There's at least twelve seats.
The girls sit beside each other while the man sat apart from them. In front of the Amber was a wine glass, filled just below the brim with what had to be blood.
Amber stares at the glass in a mixture of disgust, fright and curiosity while Jayleen and her father spoke.
"You haven't introduced us properly, either." He says while Jayleen looks to the ground.
"This is my father, Damacus Ba'al." She says while looking at Amber, "And.. This is..." Jayleen pauses after, then awkwardly frowns. "I.. Never asked her name."
While Damacus palms his forehead and sighs, Amber looks up and replies, "I'm uh, Amber.. Nice to meet you, sir."
He turns to her with a look that just said "I'm so sorry."
"Hey! What's with that face?" Jayleen complains at her father while Amber quietly laughs.
The girl couldn't quite pry her gaze away from that glass.
"Amber. If you've been fed on to the point of passing out, you need to drink that. I don't want you passing out again tonight without it." Jayleen's father says with concern, while Jayleen rolls her eyes.
"Since she's half human, I'll use her for feeding instead of the cattle."
Amber's eyes widen at that and her head cranes to the vampire girl's direction.
"You're going to do that to me again? "
The memory of Jayleen biting her neck rushes back to her, making her pale right up.
Looking back on it, it didn't really hurt, but it felt so weird. She'd be lying if she said it felt bad, which made it that much worse.
"It just.. Didn't feel right!"
Damacus laughs, "That's magic we use to relax the cattle. You'll get used to it quickly."
Amber whines and then grabs the glass in a fist, working to down the entire liquid to get it over with. It had a sickly sweet flavor, another thing that didn't feel natural.
After, Jayleen stands up and yawns. "It's almost dawn. I'm going to bed."
Amber found her self lead to a cozy looking bedroom. The floor has a bright green fluffed carpet, there are several posters of bare shirt men on the walls, and a big bean bag chair in front of a short desk.
Before she even had a chance to comment, Jayleen was already changing out of her dress and into silky pink pajamas.
She catches Amber being startled and quietly laughs. "What, never seen a girl before?"
Amber quickly shakes her head while her cheeks burn up in a blush. "No! That's not it! I just didn't expect it!"
Already changed, Jayleen rolls her eyes while holding a folded sheet towards Amber. "I'm not sleeping in a dress."
Amber takes the sheet and rolls her eyes, then spreads it out over the floor. The back of her head is hit with a pillow. "Hey!"
The vampire laughs while she climbs into her bed. It has a deep person sized cavity in the middle, almost shaped like a coffin. She pulls a fluffy blanket over her self and closes her eyes.
Amber laughs a little bit while she crawls under her blanket as well and rests her head on her pillow.
Jayleen complains, "What?"
"Nothing. You just look really silly in that."
"You look silly on the floor."
She closes her eyes and begins to sleep. Everything felt like a cruel joke.