Chapter 8
'Vampire' her mind slurred sluggish in reply. The word echoed in her head in Jerry's seductive purr causing another shiver to travel down her spine. Pulling her arms around herself Scarlet pulled in on herself. Curling her legs closer to her chest and hunching over slightly. She eyed the vampire from under thick lashes and mussed hair, Scarlet tried to recall ever getting out of bed that morning. Or perhaps she hit her head or it was just one big nightmare. But he sore feet and throbbing neck told her otherwise.
Reluctantly coming to the conclusion that she had indeed gotten out of bed that day, she huffed and adorned her best pissed off look she could muster before she hissed at the seductive dark figure "and you expect me to believe this line of bullshit, what you're going to tell me next that you sparkle and only eat animals".
With a sigh of exasperation Jerry shook his head and replied. "We are vampires, dark terrors of the night. Superior to humans in every way, not some teens wet dream" He cooed coolly with a flash of fangs. "And you now belong to me" he finished leaning forward slightly with a dark dangerous look that set her on edge.
'Apparently mister fanged fury didn't like being compared to pussy vampires that sparkled. Well hell how was she to know, she had known mister fangs for all of what three days.'
Unfortunately Jerry's response and declaration of ownership set off the little devil that lived inside Scarlet's head. Rearing its horned little head from the darker part of her brain where all the snark filtered in but not out before it reached her mouth… most of the time..
Now at this point I would like to say that Scarlet being intelligent and open minded. Smiled and welcomed Jerry's explanation with open arms. But what fun would that make the story. I mean come on a character that takes to being told you're a monster from campfire stories and bad *B rate movies. No one believes that crap ghosts, werewolves, ghouls, the boogieman and Vampires! Oh my!
Of all the dumb shit things to be told, I mean would you believe it if some handsome stranger from across the street plopped their ass in your life and told you that you were a creature of the night. Thought not, shit like this just does not happen to normal people. It's meant to stay in trashy romance novels and shitty young adult books. Definitely not meant to show its devilishly handsome face at your front door with a pizza box and a panty dropping smile.
Sighing Jerry shook his head again this was getting him nowhere. It was apparent she was beyond the point of having a productive and adult conversation. But the longer she denied her heritage the harder this was going to become, for him and for her. Running a hand through his thick dark locks Jerry growled. This was most definitely not how he wanted things to turn out, and damn it all it was all because his lack of patience. Planning he could do but holding himself back and waiting out those plans was not one of his strong suits he was coming to realize especially when it came to the spit fire before him. Not one to dance around the truth or to sugar coat it Jerry did his best to remain calm and collected while he attempted to lay it all down before her.
"You my dear Scar, can either learn to accept what I'm telling you as the truth and make things easier on yourself." Not that any of her response to his actions had made things easier Jerry mused with a smirk. "Or things can become very difficult for you and believe me when I say this. It's my way or my way" The dark and dangerous vampire finished with a hard and determined look that made the fine hairs on the nape of Scarlet's neck stand on end.
Licking her lips Scarlet pulled her arms closer to her chest and scooted a little further away from Jerry as she listed to him 'explain' her situation. Still she was finding all this hard to take in and even harder to understand. Growling in frustration Scarlet bit her lower lip in an attempt to keep herself from falling down into that deep, deep pit of female emotions. Sniffing her nose as her eyes began to prickle with tell tale sign of tears. The dark abet dirty beauty went over his words in her head replaying them over and over trying to make better sense of them. Or hell any sense at all of any of the events of this rotten day.
Rolling his eyes at the scent of tears Jerry did his best to remain calm and still. 'Females and their tears' were one of his least favorite things to deal with. Oh he could handle tears of fear and panic and sobs of hysteria. As a matter of fact his blood rushed with excitement at the scent of those things. But this was another thing altogether this was something Jerry the macho vampire was terrible at handling. But he supposed if he was planning on keeping this vixen of a female he would have to learn sooner or later how to heal with this 'emotional stuff' as he so dubbed it. Scooting a little closer to Scarlet Jerry slowly held out his hand palm up in silent offering. After all what was the stupid human saying... 'you catch more bees with honey than vinegar'
Doing his best to keep a calm and soothing voice Jerry took another small step towards her. "But it does not have to be that way, all you have to do it surrender and let me show you, how exhilarating the feeling of the hunt, the delicious smell of fear…. Scooting even closer Jerry moved to brush her messy hair from her eyes. Gently pushing the erratic stands from her eyes and tucking it behind one ear he took another half crawling step closer. "The taste of the night, the smell of its sweet never ending darkness" he cooed his voice taking on a deeper tone.
Cupping her cheek lightly in one hand Jerry tilted her head up a she flinched slightly at his touch, her breath hissed passed her clenched teeth and parted lips. "Release yourself to me and I will show you a dark world filled with pleasure and delight"
Pulling herself together Scarlet jerked her head out of his grasp and slapped his arm away from her. While hissing out between clenched teeth "Don't you touch me"
Taking what little courage she could muster Scarlet made the bold move to kick the handsome devil away from her. Knocking Jerry back onto the balls of his feet. "I still call bullshit" she hissed again her eyes taking on a hard glint. She was not going to have any of it. No smooth talking or sexy smiles where going to prove his right or lull her into his arms. It was all crap, and nothing he said in that moment would prove otherwise. Scarlet quickly shuffled back fearfully until her back made contact with the dirt wall. Not liking how his eyes blackened or how his fangs looked longer.
"Perhaps another demonstration is in order" Jerry lulled lazily as he leaned closed to her. His eyes black as night. She was after all oh so tempting when she chewed her lip in thought and how she wrinkled her nose slightly in anger.
Smiling at her reaction Jerry sighed to himself. This was getting him nowhere it was obvious she was being difficult whether it be intentional or driven my exhaustion Jerry couldn't tell you nor did he really care all that much. All he currently could care about was him getting what he wanted.
Jerry's plan's general went in three steps. Step one seduce the female, step two get her somewhere private, and finally his favorite step. Step three take what he wanted from said female. Well it would seem that this particular female was proving to be out of the scope of his good looks and dark silky voice.
With a chuckle Jerry stood up dusting his dark jeans. Smoothing his dark hair back from his eye Jerry shook his head giving his prize one last dashing smirk and lustful gaze before he Hoisted himself back up over the door jam, Grabbed the handle he moved to close the door. She was in no state of mind to be accepting of his offer. She had made that abundantly obvious by her less than tactful responses and sharp tongue.
"You my prize look exhausted, I think some time to yourself and reflect is in order" He smiled down at her disheveled forum.
Scrunching her face up in a perplexed expression Scarlet choked out "you're just going to leave me down here" Hugging her arms tighter to her chest she sat up a little in attention as the idea of being locked in what in her mind was the equivalent of a dungeon. Though she was afraid of him she was also afraid of the idea of being locking up again only this time it didn't look like it was some place she could concoct another miraculous escape from.
Pulling her feet under her Scarlet braced herself on the dirt wall and moved to stand "Seriously" she shrieked at him a hint of hysteria in her voice. To which Jerry just shrugged in disregard to her question. Gathering what little energy she had, Scarlet quickly hobbled towards the door hissing as pain laced up her legs from her abused feet. " Jerry, please don't do this" she pleaded at the door began to shut, Quickening her pained limp Scarlet made a desperate attempt to make it to the door before it shut with a soft click and the ominous thunk of the lock as it slid into place.
Pounding her fists on the door, in a futile attempt to dislodge the heavy metal door from it sturdy frame. "Jerry please let me go, don't do this" she yelled knowing he could hear her clearly Scarlet's eyes began to tear up in desperation. "please" she whispered resting her forehead against the cool metal of the door her vision blurring with unshed tears.
This was it, hours of emotional turmoil and a near constant flow of fear and adrenalin finally wearing her down leaving her feeling both physically and mentally exhausted. Until Jerry's smooth voice called out from the other side of the door in response to her tantrum. "Sweet dreams my little scar" He chuckled as the soft thump of his boots began to fade from her range of hearing. Rallying her emotions together in an attempt to control the string of tears that brimmed in her emerald eyes Scarlet took a deep uneasy breath that did little to calm her ragged emotions.
Pulling her head away from the door Scarlet roared out "Fuck you Jerry" her chest vibrating with a growl at the surge hot anger that flowed through her in that moment. Slamming her fist into the unyielding door one last time Scarlet slumped her shoulders in defeat. 'hes so fucking dead' she vowed to herself. This was not over, no not by a long shot.
After what seemed like forever Scarlet managed to pull herself away from the door and huddled in the furthest corner from it. The one thing that seemed to be even a little light in the dark was her aching feet seemed to gather a little relief on the cool ground. Placing her arms into her lap Scarlet propped her head against the hard packed dirt wall and gazed around the room. Nothing looked of use to her beyond the only source of light the heavy duty work light standing in front of her. There was nothing she could see that would aid her in a way out or arming herself with to use as a weapon. Sure she could use the lamp but Scarlet was reluctant to give up her only source of light. Eventually she came to the conclusion that no matter how hard she stewed on it nothing save Jerry opening the door was going to get her out of the damned tomb she was in. Three concrete walls a ceiling that was too high to reach and a hard packed dirt floor was all she had at her disposal. Resting her head against the one dirt wall Scarlet closed her weary eyes and before she knew it sleep had overtaken her.
While his little prize slept Jerry set about to play. One of the first things on his agenda eliminating all her possible escape routes. First being if she somehow managed to escape his lair was her car. But with the sun high in the sky that would have to wait. So he set about expanding and locking down his underground dwelling. As he waited for the sun to set and the real work to begin.
Scarlet awoke with a jerk her breath coming is short pant and her heart tried to beat its way out of her chest. Gasping slightly Scarlet's hands fisted into the front of her ruined blouse clutching at her chest. Darting her eyes around the dim room as her memories began to crash around her of the last few hours. The blown meeting the hot drive home, the unwelcome welcome home and of course Jerry. Oh, who could forget about your hot single neighbor who just happened to be a vampire and was convinced you were one as well. Yes, who could ever forget that indeed?
Taking deep controlled breaths Scarlet willed her tense muscles to relax starting with her poor abused feet. Working her muscles back under control and relaxing back against the rough dirt wall she had been sleeping against. Blinking the remaining sleep from her eyes Scarlet tried to gather some semblance of courage into herself in preparation to the day or night ahead of her.
Rubbing her eyes Scarlet winced when her right hand seemed to rub something gritty into her cheek. Drawing her hand back she made out dark flakes against her pale skin.
'Add blood to the list of nasty's I'm going to have to scrub out of my hair' she thought sarcastically. Pursing her lips Scarlet huffed 'if I ever make it out of here'.
Sitting up and stretching her sore back out Scarlet blinked a few times bringing the dim room around her into focus. 'What time is it' she wondered to herself as she leaned back into the cool wall behind her. 'and how long have I been asleep' she mused to herself.