My Vampire Love

Yesterday was one of the worst days in my life. It was my dad and step mom's anniversary.

I had to do almost everything because my step sister, though she's sweet and nice, she doesn't like to do too much work. You can call her lazy but she's one of those girls that dream about becoming a fashionista.

After washing the dishes, I went to my room. I was so tired that I didn't bother to change into my PJs.

*

I woke up with my head aching severely. I had my bath and put on a black tank top and jean pants with a black jacket to match. I was about to open my room door when I heard hushed tones from downstairs, I recognized one of the voices as my step mom's. Half of me wanted to eavesdrop and the other half just wanted to curl up in bed for some time. Before I decided on what to do, my step mom called me

"Britt!"

I put on my slippers and went downstairs.

I saw my step mom with three men, they were all wearing suits. I saw an evil grin playing on my step mom's face which she quickly replaced with a fake smile when she realized that I was looking at her.

"Sit". She said, patting the space beside her. I sat and studied the men.

Like seriously?!? How could men look this hot and still lack essential nutrients?!?

I'm saying this because the men looked so pale and yet so hot.

Enough drooling, I have to focus on why they're here.

Is one of them Claire's boyfriend?

(My step sister's name is Claire)

" You're gonna be living with your aunt,". My step mom announced. "These men came to pick you up so get your things ready and meet us here in twenty minutes".

Wait, what?!?

I don't remember having any aunt that'd want me to live with them.

(They don't really like me)

You must be kidding!

I wanted to shout at the top of my lungs and tell them to fuck off cause I wasn't going anywhere but I still wanted answers to some questions.

"Does dad know about this?" I asked.

"He totally supports it". She replied.

Oh, really?!?

If that's true then he's definitely not the dad I knew in the past years. Dad doesn't let me stay with my friends for more than three days not to talk of living with my aunt. Someone I don't know or hardly know.

"Stop staring, go and get ready" she said.

Till then, I didn't know that I was staring.

"She doesn't need to get ready. All the things she needs are there". One of the men said.

Everything about him screamed authority.

No, not yet.

"Wait, I need two minutes. Just two minutes please". I pleaded.

The man nodded.

I ran up the flight of stairs and closed my door behind me before letting the tears fall down my cheeks.

I picked up my phone and dialed my dad's number.

"Dad?" I said with weak voice

"Britt? I'm listening".

"Do I really have to go to my aunt's home?".

He sighed

"I'm afraid, it's true".

"Really? I know you really want to get me out of your life so you can enjoy your 'marriage' with Evelyn (my step mother)but you could have easily murdered me". I said, sobbing.

"I'm sorry".

"Don't tell me sorry". I snapped. "Well, it's a good thing to finally get rid of me. Thanks a lot. Bye".

I hung up before he could say anything.

I sat on the floor, hugging my knees tightly. I pressed my mouth against my knees so my sobs wouldn't be heard. I brought out a picture of my mom and kissed it.

I never really got to know my mom cause she died when I was a little girl... About seven months old or something.

That was the only picture I had cause dad put away all the pictures of her since her death left him traumatized.

I wiped my tears and kissed the picture one more time before keeping it in my jacket.

I went downstairs and saw that my step mom was having a deep conversation with the man. After some minutes, she finally looked up and saw me.

"She's ready". She announced to the men.

They stood up and the man that spoke earlier walked up to me.

He was so tall...

"Ehm... I'll take this" he said and took my phone from me.

What the heck?!??!?

"Wait a minute,". I said, my anger elevating. I'm going to live with a fucking aunt and I'm not allowed to take my phone or even my clothes?! I yelled.

They all turned to look at me like I was a psycho. I had truly lost it at that point.

He put my phone in his pocket.

This dude really had a death wish. What the heck did he think he was doing?

" We have to get going now" he said, handing over a huge bundle of cash to her

"Are you selling me off?" I asked suspiciously.

"Fool, do you think anyone would want to take care of you for free?". My step mom asked.

Oh, really?

I'm really not going anywhere without a good fight.

"I'm not going" I blurted out

"And why not?" My step mom snapped.

"Because I can't leave my home for an unknown person's home"

I didn't know the aunt I was going to live with because I heard my step mom had three sisters but I'd only seen one and dad had only one sister and she was dead.

"We'll do it the hard way then. I've got no time to waste". The same man said.

I was ready to lash out my anger on him but a strong arm grabbed me by the arm and pulled me outside.

He pushed me into a black car and then it zoomed off at an incredibly fast speed.

I was so ready to give him a very good lashing.

"You idiot. How dare you treat a lady like that?! Listen, I'm not a trash bag that you can just throw around the way you like. I'm a human and you should treat me like one! Next time you treat me l-"

"You sure do talk a lot". He said, bringing out a syringe.

"You want to inject me with that thing?" I asked.

I was actually getting scared.

He shrugged and then inserted it into my skin

I felt completely normal until like two minutes later.

I yelped when I felt a sharp pain in my head.

I tried to talk but I was too weak to talk.

Black dots started filling my vision and then everything went blank.

***

"You injected too much in her..." I heard a feminine voice saying.

"She talked too much" a masculine voice grumbled.

I couldn't react, whatever they injected into me had full effect on me. My head was pounding like crazy and I felt so weak. I tried opening my eyes but they were too heavy, I tried one more time and my eyes managed to open half way. I saw a blurry vision of a woman talking to a man whose height I could recognize to be that of the man that pushed me into the car earlier. They turned to look at me.

"She's getting conscious" the lady said.

I quickly shut my eyes back as a form of pretence.

I felt a strong arm grip me.

I've never been good at acting.

"Get up!" His rough voice yelled, raising me up roughly.

"Be careful with her. A rare type isn't easy to come by these days". She said.

The man scoffed. I tried to stand up but my limbs were too weak.

"She's still weak" the lady said. "We can't take her for auction anymore. You caused all these, now we can only present her picture and some other information. You know weak pets are not allowed at the auction hall. You should have been more careful ". She scolded.

Someone carried me roughly, obviously the rough male.

What if he wanted to kill me?! No-no-no I wouldn't let that happen.

I started hitting his back with all my strength, that is, the little strength I had in me and you know what? He didn't even budge. I gave up when I became tired but I kept my eyes alert though it hurt but my life was precious so-

He threw me on a sofa and left. I looked at the lady, she was a pretty blonde with hair packed in a tight bun. Her skin was pale though.

A lady with black hair came in with a suitcase, she put it beside the chair and left. The lady looked at me with a warm smile.

"You can have your bath if you want to". She said.

I'd have loved to, if only my legs wouldn't give up on me. Well, one try wouldn't hurt.

I tried to stand up but no way! My legs were too weak, I just sank down back into the sofa. She smiled again.

"What's your name ?"

"Brittany. Brittany Riele"

"Age"

"Fifteen".

She had this look on her face but she dismissed it and scribbled the information on a book and continued.

"Allergies"

"Pineapples, lemon and cats"

"Any physical or emotional scars?"

"Why do you want to know?" I questioned.

"Answer the question". She commanded.

I found myself yielding to her command.

"Yeah. My mom's death and my dad's betrayal really affected me". I said hesitantly.

She scribbled on the book again.

"Change your clothes, you can leave the jeans on". She ordered. "Put this shirt on".

She tossed over a shirt to me.

Foolishly, I expected her to leave.

"Go on, take it off" she said with a smile plastered on her face.

Embarrassed, I took off my jacket and took out my mom's picture. To keep it safe, I tucked it in my jean pocket.

"What's that? She asked.

"A picture of my mom".

"Let me see it".

I handed it over to her. She looked at it and gave it back to me. I kept it back in my jean pocket. The fact that I was yielding to everything this stranger told me to do made me angry but somehow, I couldn't express my anger.

"You look just like her, she's just an older version of you". She said.

I nodded.

I took off my tank top. Her eyes raked through my body and she subconsciously smiled. My cheeks heated up.

'This lady looks like she's going to rape us'. My stupid subconscious said.

I ignored it.

I quickly put on the pink shirt that revealed too much skin. It was backless and showed off a large amount of cleavage. My hands quickly went up to cover it. She smiled.

"Why are you covering yourself? You look good". She said.

I was confident in myself but I didn't like the way she looked at me so I still used my hands to protect myself.

" Don't. Cover. Yourself. Again ". She said, spacing each words with authority before plastering a sweet smile on her face.

"Now I'm gonna do your hair". She said.

She stood up, applied some things to my hair and started styling it. Then she did my makeup. She didn't let me to look in the mirror so I had no idea what I looked like.

"Perfect!" She said and dragged the full size mirror in front of me. I could hardly recognize myself.

Did I look more beautiful or what? Okay, I'll admit, I did. The pink shirt showed my curves in the right places and my jeans looked tighter than I thought. I should have looked in the mirror before going downstairs to behold the news of living with my so-called aunt.

Speaking of which-

"Is this my so called aunt's home? I don't think I need to be dressed up like a barbie doll because I'm gonna be meeting my mysterious aunt". I said. "My step mom sent me here to live with her- Wait a minute, are you-"

She chuckled.

"No darling". She said as she cupped my face in her hands. I flinched at her touch, her hands were cold.

"This isn't your aunt's home dear, you were sold to us".

Realization dawned on me. My step mom sold me, that bundle of money!

How could I be so stupid not to realizee that?!? Did dad know about selling me?

"Do you have a cellphone?" I found myself asking the lady.

She nodded.

"Can you give it to me for a minute, please".

She hesitated for a while.

"Sure". She finally replied. "But you have to let me listen in on your conversation and spare the details of your location or I'll be dead meat".

I nodded. She handed it over. I punched in my dad's number and dialed.

"Britt! I've been waiting for your call for days! Are you there already?" He asked.

"Yeah".

"I'm really sorry for...."

"No time for apologies. I just wanted some answers and please, try to be honest".

"Okay, go on".

"Do you know this mysterious aunt you sent me to live with?"

"Um, yeah"

"How well do you know her?"

"Um, I've seen her once before I got married to Evelyn- She seems really nice though".

"Only once?" I asked, I was starting to get angry.

"Dad, do you remember that you denied me going camping with my friends, the people that I knew so well and now you let some people take me to an unknown aunt's home?!?!?"

"She's my wife's sister Britt,"

"Oh yeah? Wife? Seriously?!?"

"Look Britt...."

The lady signaled at me to end the call.

"Last question. Do you really think I'm safe?"

"Of course! Why-"

"Thanks very much, that's all I wanted to know". I said, cutting him short.

I hung up and deleted his number before handing over the phone to the lady.

"He doesn't know" I said and began to cry. "He fucking believes that I'm safe in with his 'wife's sister'".

She didn't deny the fact that I wasn't safe and this made me cry harder.

I knew I wasn't supposed to cry but I couldn't help it.

"I'm sorry". She said, patting my back.

After a few minutes of crying and consolation, the lady adjusted my makeup and glued a little picture of me by the side of a document. The man from earlier came in.

"Is it ready?" He asked dryly.

"Ehm, yeah, we'll be ready in thirty minutes". She said, smoothening the surface of her black knee length dress.

"Her file" he demanded.

She handed over the file to him. He looked through it and smirked.

They exchanged glances before he finally left.

"There's just enough time to retouch your hair and makeup". She said.

Again?!?

"You have to look flawless". She said.

She adjusted my hair and make-up and looked at me, obviously satisfied with what she did.

"You must be really hungry" she said thoughtfully.

I looked at my belly, realizing how hungry I really was. I nodded.

"I'm sorry, I'm not permitted to give you food but the earlier you're sold, the faster you'll fill that empty belly". She said, pointing at my belly.

We waited for a long time but there wasn't a clock in the room.

"Are you selling me to someone else?" I asked.

She nodded absently.

"Is this some kind of slave trade or what?"

"No. We only sell pets to vampire dignitaries. Noble vampires get their pets from pet shops. You're lucky that you didn't get shipped to a pet shop".

'Vampire' and 'Pet'. These were the only two words that stuck.

Wait, I was shipped?!

"Vampire?" I asked.

"Yeah"

Okay, this was a joke.

"C'mon, everyone knows that vampires do not exist- vampire dignitaries and nobles? What to That's so ridiculous".

"They do exist, you're speaking to one right now".

No freaking way!!!

"You really got me there". I laughed, waiting for her to laugh and say she was joking but she didn't.

She didn't bother convincing me further and I wasn't going to get convinced either.

'Maybe she's not joking'. My stupid subconscious said again.

'Shut up!' I said in my hear, silencing my annoying subconscious.

"Bring her out". A voice called from outside.

The lady stood up.

"Are you strong enough to stand?" She asked.

I tried to stand and this time, my attempt was successful. She took me by surprise when she hugged me.

"I really enjoyed your company, I'll miss you".

I was confused. We didn't even talk that muc. I admit, she was the nicest person I'd spoken to since I got sold, I was probably going to miss her too.

"You've been bought". She said.

"B- by who?"

She shrugged.

"I dunno". She said.

I sighed.

"You should have bought me. You're like the only person that's been nice to me since I got here. I like you".

Was that really necessary? Are you-

No, no- I'm not gay. I'm a hundred percent straight!

'The fact that you had to-'

Shut up! Stupid subconscious.

She smiled.

"I can't, I can only sell pets to vampire dignitaries. I don't even have enough money to buy you". She said.

Noooo! Pet?!?

What's their definition of the word pet? A dog or something? Well most people like dogs so it shouldn't be that much of a problem, right?.

"I'm sorry but I have to do this" she said and handcuffed my hands.

I felt hot tears run down my cheeks. She didn't say anything, she just opened the door that lead to the hallway.

I felt so vulnerable.

We got outside and she put me into a limo, I had never ridden in a limo but the pain in my heart made me oblivious to that fact.

I was the only person sitting in the back seat but soon a man with blue eyes joined me. He sounded as harsh as the man that threw me into the other limo earlier, it's just that he was more handsome.

He looked at me coldly and then turned to look outside. I got bored so I slept off.

***

An arm tapped me continually. I rubbed my eyes and found myself in another room filled with other girls. Some looked older than me and some looked like they were my age while others looked younger and guess what?

They were all freaking naked!!

They looked weak and tired. I bet that was how I looked when I woke up after I was injected. I definitely look better than most of them 'cause none of them had a hot pink shirt on with their hair done and faces caked up with makeup.

Two hefty looking men entered the room.

"That one's awake" one of them said. "but why does she have her clothes on?"

So you expected me to be naked, huh?

"She's prince Cole's new pet". The other man replied.

"So what's she still doing here? Take her in". The man ordered.

The second man walked towards me and grabbed my arm.

"Stand up". He ordered.

My legs were a little bit shaky but I could manage to stand up. I stood up and went away with the man. We walked towards a big mahogany door, he knocked on it three times and the door opened before he could knock it again.

"Prince Cole's pet". The man said and the door opened wider.

A man dressed in a suit came into view, I realized he was one of the guards. We walked into a big room.

A girl of about my age walked towards us and bowed.

"Take her to her room, the remaining process will be completed tomorrow" he said and left.

She stared at me.

"Follow me". She said irritatedly.

Hello, have we met before? Did we have a fight or what?!?

I laughed inwardly.

Probably some frustrated brat.

We walked down the rather sophisticated hallway. It had different pictures hanging on the walls. They looked so fragile and cool. I wanted to touch them but I couldn't. I was afraid I'd break them.

She brought out a key and opened a door that led to a large sophisticated room.

"This is your room and these are your keys". She said curtly and left.

I took in the beauty of the room. A queen sized bed at the far end of the room, white walls all over, a full sized mirror, a glass table , a wardrobe, a night table, a vanity and two other doors, must be the bathroom and closet doors. I was tired and famished. I lay down on my bed and recalled the day's events till I drowned myself in another world simply called 'sleep'.

***

An arm continuously tapping me coupled with an headache woke me up.

"I'll be up in thirty minutes" I mumbled.

"I'm not your mom, okay?...." A voice that I could quite recognize said.

"now get ready and meet me or anyone else downstairs" she said and left.

I rubbed my eyes and groaned. I sat up and looked outside. I groaned again when I couldn't see anything clearly because of the rays of the sun.

I looked around and got up only to discover that I wasn't in my cozy room.

Was I teleported to wonderland?

I was shocked for a minute, not until the memories came flooding back. I sighed and stood up, I walked towards two doors and opened the first door, it led to a luxurious bathroom.

Is this bathroom mine or someone else's?

I chuckled like a fool and undressed without even thinking of the consequences of having my bath in an unfamiliar bathroom. Someone could walk in for crying out loud!

I turned on the shower, enjoying the cold bliss on my skin. I applied shampoo on my hair and left out the conditioner. After my bath, I tied a towel securely around my chest and went back to the room. I opened the other door and was met with an empty closet. I sighed.

What was I supposed to wear now?

Don't tell me I have to wear that stupid pink shirt again.

I was still pondering on what to wear when someone knocked on my door.

"Come in" I said and the door opened

A lady of average height wearing a knee length white and black dress came in.

"I'm sorry for the delay ma'am". She said

She dropped a pile of neatly folded clothes on my bed and left.

I put on the rather revealing red dress and went out into the hallway.

All the doors looked similar and I was so confused. I just continued walking till I bumped into someone.

"Sorry" we both apologized and went our different ways.

I continued walking till I got

to the dead end.

"You lost?"

A startling voice said from behind. It was the girl that I bumped into earlier.

She was an averagely pretty girl with dark hair, ocean blue eyes and well tanned skin. She looked like she was in her teenage years.

I nodded.

"Come with me". She said, holding my hand like I was her long lost friend.

We walked for sometime and went down a flight of stairs.

She took me to a place I suppose was the kitchen. Three heads turned to look at me.

"Stop staring guys, this is Brittany, Prince Cole's new pet" she said.

Wait, how'd she know my name?

"Hi guys" I said.

"Brittany, this is Sonia...." She said, pointing at the mean girl from earlier.

The real me would have said something rude as a pay back for her mean attitude but I decided to play nice.

"We've met right?" I said with a sweet smile.

"Yeah" she said. She was surprisingly nicer this time.

"Kyle," she said, pointing at a guy with hazel eyes.

"Hi" I said.

"Hi, nice to...."

He started talking but the girl cut him off.

"And that's Andrew" she said pointing at a guy that was busy doing what I didn't know.

I couldn't see his face because he had his back turned to me but I could see his messy brown hair.

"What's your name?" I asked remembering that she hadn't told me her name.

"Oh, sorry, I was busy introducing you to others- I haven't even introduced myself". She said.

"I'm Chloe"

"Nice to meet you Chloe" I said and smiled.

She made herself busy by arranging plates with food in them into two trays.

After arranging the plates, she put glasses of abnormally thick red wine into the trays.

She looked up to check the time on the wall clock.

"One more minute everyone" she said.

They all covered the food and stood in a straight line. I stood behind Chloe and firmly held the tray that she handed over to me.

"Follow me". she said.

We climbed up the flight of stairs and walked down the hallway. We stopped and she turned to look at me.

"I'll see you later" she said. "The information on the tray will tell you where you are going to and who you're going to meet"

With that, she opened a door and walked inside closing the door behind her.

I sighed. I searched for any information on the tray and saw.

'Room 020. Prince Cole' written on it.

I assumed I was to give the tray to Prince Cole who stayed at the twentieth room. Chloe had gone into the room that had an inscription that said '09' on it.

I still had to walk further down the hallway.

~~~~~~~~~~

I took in a deep breath and knocked the door gently. I knocked the door again but there was no reply.

Just as I turned to leave, someone opened the door. I looked up to see the person.

My jaw dropped. A freaking Greek god was standing half naked before me with his towel hanging loosely on his waist. He looked hotter than Adonis himself.

He was a tall blue eyed guy with pale skin that looked kinda tanned and well defined muscles.

"What do you want?" He said, rolling his blue eyes.

He probably caught me staring at him so I closed my mouth and cleared my throat.

"Do you know anyone called Prince Cole?" I asked.

"What do you want?" He asked.

Stop repeating the same question!

"Uh, I came to give him this tray".

"Who are you?"

He was starting to annoy me. He was asking too much questions.

"Stop asking me questions. I came here to give this tray to Prince Cole, not to answer stupid questions....."

"Who do you think I am then?" He asked as if I wasn't even making sense.

"We've never met before so how do expect me to know who you are?"

"Huh, you're such a dummy. You came here asking for Prince Cole and this is obviously his room so who does that make me?"

Shit! He was Prince Cole!

I mentally scolded myself for being so stupid.

I gathered enough boldness to continue talking.

"Y-you should have told me you were Prince Cole instead of asking questions"

"You know you're wrong so stop defending yourself".

"You should have told me" I still defended.

"Just apologize and stop defending yourself". He said in a bored tone.

I didn't respond.

"Well, now that you know that I'm Prince Cole, who are you?"

"Brittany"

"Just Brittany?" He asked.

He was obviously doing it on purpose.I glared at him before speaking again.

"I'm Brittany Riele"

"You're new here, right?" He asked.

I nodded and he smirked.

"That's my breakfast I guess" he said looking at the tray.

I nodded.

"What's in it?" He asked.

"I dunno" I replied.

"Who served the food then?" He asked.

"Someone" I replied.

"Come in" he said and opened the door so that I was able to fit in.

I walked in then he closed the door behind us.