Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight

I tried to manoeuvre throughout the large house without being detected by anyone else. God knows who else lives here.. WHAT else lives here or what they were capable of. If he thought I was so weak and fragile... Why did he bother to kidnap me? Why did he bother with ‘’humans’’ in general? This was all so trippy. I still couldn’t 100% believe that this guy was a vampire. It was bloody crazy! 

Walking through the house, trying to find Belle, was a mission in itself. This place was a maze, I had no idea where anything was! So many doors, all of them closed. He had told her to go and clean his bedroom, so I felt confident going upstairs was ideal. 

As I climbed higher, the smell of wood and polish hit me. I was definitely going in the right direction. 

Getting to the top of the stairs, I was in the middle of a long corridor. I didn’t know which way to go. Left or right? Deciding it didn’t really matter and the odds of me finding where I needed to be were slim, I went left. 

As I walked further, I could hear talking and froze, scared that it would be someone else who wanted to cause me harm. The voice was getting closer… in fact, it was voices, more than one. Shit, shit, shit. I pulled open the nearest door and prayed it wasn’t an occupied room. 

For once, the gods were on my side, It was just a cleaning closet. I dived inside and pulled the door behind me, Not closing it all the way, but enough that, hopefully, no one would see me. 

‘Constantine, I told you, I don’t know, but I have to get back to work!’. I knew that voice, it was Belle. Relaxing a little when I saw her round the corner with an attractive but pale guy. He was clearly ‘’one of them’’.

‘Why is he interested in you so suddenly!’. He asked. He didn’t snap... But he didn’t ask politely. 

‘I don’t know... But.. I-I couldn’t exactly say no to him, Could I?’ She asked, looking down at her feet. What was going on? 

‘I know. I’m sorry, love’. The vampire pulled Belle into his arms and placed a small kiss on her lips. I gasped, Was she dating a vampire? 

As soon as I sucked in the breath, his head shot around and I backed away from the door, praying that he wouldn’t come over... But of course, he did. He pulled open the door and I backed away even more. Scared at what he might do. Belle walked over to see what was going on and looked just as surprised to see me. 

‘Well, well, well, what do we have here?’ The vampire asked, amused. 

‘I’m so sorry, I was looking for Belle’. I explained quickly, hoping my explanation would suffice. Neither spoke, While he stood in front of me, I took in his appearance. His clothes are new and fresh, but stylish. A tight grey T-shirt, Skinny jeans, sneakers. Very different to the quality of clothes she was wearing. Being so close to him, I could really see his features and there was absolutely no doubt in my mind, he WAS a vampire. He lived here... But he clearly didn’t have the same mindset as that other freak... Not if he was involved with Belle. 

‘You should get going before Cole realises you haven’t started work yet. We will continue this later’. He told her, rubbing her arm, affectionately, before he smiled at me and walked off. Ok.. weird. 

‘What was that about?’ I asked, curious, but she just shrugged. 

‘Come, we have to go to Master Cole’s room. He will be expecting it to be cleaned!’. She told me, hurrying off the way I had just come... I guess I was going in the wrong direction after all. 

Before we reached the room though, I heard a familiar sweet voice; 

‘Ginny?’ I stopped and turned around. ‘Oh, Ginny!’ Maggie came running over to me and wrapped her arms around me. It was strange, It was like a maternal instinct kicked in and I dropped to my knees and hugged her back. 

‘What are you doing here?’ I asked her, pulling away and holding her at arm’s length. 

‘Has Cole hurt you?’ I shook my head. 

‘No, No of course now’. I lied.. And I could tell she knew it. ‘What are you doing here?’ I repeated. 

‘I live here. Cole is my brother’. My insides went ice cold. 

‘So.. you’re a..’ I couldn’t even say the word. 

‘I’m a vampire too’. She confirmed. I dropped my hold and moved back slightly. Instantly, I saw the hurt and rejection on her face but before I could do or say anything, she turned around and ran away. 

‘What was that about?’ Belle asked. I just shook my head and mumbled ‘’it doesn’t matter’’ before I got to my feet and we carried on to where we needed to be...