Clara
My head feels pretty heavy as if it has been nailed into the ground. I try to lift it but I can’t shift. My eyelids feel like they have been glued together. I open my eyes slowly and immediately look at a ceiling. Wait! This is not the ceiling of my room. Where am I?
I look around the room but all I can find is a single desk and chair, besides the small bed that I am laying on. This looks nothing like my room. There is no windows of anything decorative. It is just a plain, dark and creepy room. This is not Damien’s room either. Where on earth am I?
I try to sit up but my whole body feels numb and heavy. I try to remember what happened before I ended up here. I can remember my conversation with my father and then the run in the woods.
Then I heard footsteps. The footsteps must be the reason why I passed out. Oh, god! I wonder what time it is. Has anyone found out that I am missing? Well, I don’t think so.
Damien was with me this morning so there would be no need for him to check on me. My father wouldn’t even know if I went missing for days unless someone told him. All the other individuals that would care to know hardly check on me all the time.
Oh, crap! Now I will be stuck in here with no hope of being rescued from whoever kidnapped me.
Who could even dare to kidnap me? I don’t have enemies. I am not that wealthy either. Why would anyone kidnap me? My father’s enemies, perhaps?
I need to get out of here. If I am going to save myself then I at least have to be able to get up and stand on my feet.
I force myself to sit upright and then place my bare legs on the floor. Wait a minute! I was in my wolf form when I passed out. How come I am in my human form and dressed in my clothes?
This gets me even more horrified. If this is not some kind of magic them someone must have dressed me up. Who could that have been? Where did he find my clothes? Whoever it was must have been following me from home.
The thought of someone seeing my naked body other than Damien gives me chills. I hope it wasn’t a man because Damien might tear him apart if he finds out.
I hear clicking sounds on the door and then it creaks open. I am relieved that someone finally came to check on me, and at the same time scared of who it could be that has kidnapped me.
“There she is,” a female voice sounds from the other side of the door. A man and woman enter the room and stand in front of me beside the bed. These two are Vampires! Why Vampires?
Well, my father probably made a good number of Vampire enemies. Maybe this is not about my father.
The man cocks his head to one side and studies my face. He smirks and then looks at the woman.
“She is a Werewolf,” the woman tells him.
“Why a werewolf?” he asks her.
“I also have no idea but she is the one,” she tells him.
“Damien’s tastes are surely very confusing. Why his enemies daughter?” he asks her while rubbing his chin thoughtfully. So this is about Damien? Why?
“Are you sure she is the one?” the man asks her and she nods firmly.
“I am very sure about that. Kieran also confirmed it,” she replies. Kieran… Why does that name sound very familiar?
“Okay, I am sure that Damien will be here anytime. He can’t just let the woman he loves be away from him for long. He will eventually come for her,” the man says and then walks around the bed.
What is going on here? Why are these two talking like this as if I am invisible? What does Damien have to do with my kidnap?
“Who are you? Why did you bring me here? What do you want from me?” I finally get the guts to ask the questions that have been boiling in my head.
The bearded Vampire walks back and stands in front of me.
“I know you are very curious and you have a lot of questions in your head right now,” he says.
“Then tell me the answers. What do you want from me?” I ask him.
“We don’t want anything from you other than your cooperation. If you insist on being stubborn then I won’t hesitate to behead you on the instant. You are a beautiful girl, however you won’t look that appealing without your head on, don’t you agree?” he says and then puts on a devilish grin.
“What do you want from Damien? What did he ever do to you?” I inquire from him. They said they are expecting Damien to be here anytime. Will be be coming to rescue me? Are they using mess a bait to capture Damien?
“What I have to do with Damien is not your concern, but I will save you the trouble of curiosity. All you have to know is that Damien owes me big deal and he has a lot to pay for. He is quite stubborn but he wouldn’t play about with his woman’s life. I am well aware of how he is trying to ruin my plans of making new disciples. I am going to make him pay for that too,” he replies.
New disciples? Wait a minute? Does this have to do with the newly turned Vampire that was brought to Damien’s place? Is he the one responsible for that?
“Why would you go around turning innocent human beings and ruining their lives?” I ask out of fury and disgust.
“So you have heard about it? I have been told that four of them have been taken to Damien’s residence. I want them back after I get him and end his stupid plans of stopping me. There is no way he is going to end my mission,” he says.
“Why are you doing all of this? You are ruining people’s lives. Damien is just concerned for them. That is why he wants to stop you from going further to turn any more human beings,” I tell him and he sniggers.
“I am not ruining their lives. Actually, I am making their lives better. Who wouldn’t want to be immortal,” he says with a proud smile.
“They never asked for it,” I tell him.
“l don’t need their permission. I do whatever I want to do,” he says and I mentally roll my eyes.
“I know that Damien is very concerned. Actually he is always too concerned about others welfare, you know. If he doesn’t stop his too much sympathy, he is going to get himself killed because of not minding his own god-damned business,” he responds.
“If he just minds his own family’s business and leave other things that don’t concern him, he won’t like where his life is heading. That is why your father might be the one to end him when he finds out that it is all his fault that I kidnapped you,” he replies with an evil self-satisfied smirk.
“There is no way my father is going to find out. I am not going to let that happen,” I tell him and he bursts into loud annoying laughs.
“What are you going to do about it? Are you going to escape and go back home? Do you have any idea where you are right now? You wouldn’t even be able to trace your way home if you managed to escape from here,” he tells me.
“There is nothing you can do about your situation. Just be a good girl and wait for your knight in shining armor to come and get you. Anyway, incase he is interested in coming for you. If he delays and wastes my time, I will call for Fabian and make a better deal with him. I know he would be very eager to ruin Damien’s life,” he says.
He can’t be serious, can he? He is planning on involving my father in this. If my father gets involved then he will find out the truth that Damien is my mate. I don’t want that to happen. That would be so soon for him to know. He would never let Damien and I to be together.
“Anyway, I have to go now. I have better important things to do other than stay here keeping you company,” he tells me and then turns on his heels.
“Pray hard that Damien comes quickly before I lose my patience and call for Fabian,” he says and then walks out of the room. The woman follows behind him and locks the door.
What on earth just happened? I have been kidnapped, alright, by some Vampires who want to use me as a bait to bring Damien to them. This is the current situation of my life. I have been threatened of being beheaded and my father ruining the life of my mate!
Never in my wildest dreams have I ever imagined this! Well, everything that has been happening in my life lately was never in my wildest dreams. Everything is out of my control right now.
I can’t just sit down here and wait to be saved. What if Damien doesn’t come? What if he doesn’t even know that I am missing? I have got to do something.
I get on my feet and walk to the door. I am sure that the door is locked. There is no way they could have left it open, but you never know. I try turning the doorknob over and over again but the door is really locked. There are no windows, no way I am get out of here.
I am stuck here with no way out. I slide down the door and sit on the floor. I pull my knees to my chest and wrap my hands around them. I bury my face between my knees and let tears of misery flow freely out of my eyes.