Chapter 37

I remember Ralpha left telling me to stay in the house. Before leaving, as an escape route, he removed the stone from the entrance of the tunnel. He told me if anything happened. I could escape to the tunnel. Find a chamber room and lock myself in or hide in the mansion. I nodded, grateful for an escape I can rely on. He told me to call him if I can, if anything happens.

That was a few hours ago. He said that he was going to arrange with Fredrick and the Hofer family our trip to Germany. He needed to prepare the vampire counsel of my presence as well. He said that not everyone would be on board with a human being included into his world. He said that if they knew I am intending to one day change and become queen that would settle them down.

He said there has not been a vampire royal couple. King and Queen since his parents. His parents were killed six hundred years ago during the Middle Ages. Humans during that time were more aware of vampire creatures and were not accepting. There were manhunts on vampires, witches, werewolves and demons. Along with other creatures. His parents fought to live peacefully with everyone. Humanity never accepted it, especially after his uncle Vigo started to slaughter human villages. All that did was stir human hatred for the supernatural even more. Humanity only saw them as one thing ‘an evil demon that needed to die.’ They never saw the difference. How there’s good and bad in every species. Humanity only ever saw the evil in anything that wasn’t human. Such is the nature of human arrogance.

I was cooking lunch when I heard a knock at the door. I thought it was Ralph coming back. I thought he would call first. I was smart enough to check the ring camera. I became paralyzed with fear when I saw who was on the other side. I immediately tried to padlock it. I didn’t get the chance he broke the door down. I immediately ran towards the entrance to the tunnel. I was just about there when he grabbed my ankle, just like before I face planted hard, knocking me into a daze.

“Hello, honey, you miss me!”

“Fuck off!” I snarl and I get up limping. He’s quick to catch me.

“Now, now, now, lets not do anything rash. After all I still haven’t gotten to claim you!” he smirked. I smirked back. I spit my blood in his face. He shook his head then he bitch slapped me hard. I flew into the table.”

“That’s no way to treat your fiancé, you little bitch” he roars at me. I spit in his face again. I am not going with him without a fight. This is also bad. I am not at an airport surrounded by humans to help. I’m alone in my house, in the French countryside. This is Gabrielle all over again.

“Fuck you, Silas!” I sneered at his real name. understanding dawned on his face. The most twisted smile formed on his face.

“So, lover boy told you the truth, well too bad. I would have rather had this go the right way but, I will not make that mistake a third time. You are special, I fucked up. I won’t do that again!” he snarled as he picked me up and without warning bit hard into my neck I screamed in fear. He wasn’t drinking. He was taking Ralph’s claim away. I felt his essence filling me. It felt dark and cold, like his black heart.

 I screamed and grabbed for anything I could to stop him. I found a pan and smashed it against his head. He groaned and dropped me. The hit caught him off guard and dazed him for a second. I held my neck as I got up and ran towards the tunnel entrance again. I just open the door to get inside when something hits me hard over the head. I fall to the floor in a daze when I see him grinning. He picks me up.

“Where were we!” He says as he carries me out of the room and into my bedroom. I crawl away from him, and he pulls me right back.

“All you had to do was be a good little fiancé and let me fuck you, let me claim you! No! you had to be a bitch! Just like Gabrielle! Now you’re going nowhere, and I am taking what’s mine! Before I kill you!” he says as he throws me on to the bed. I am screaming as he ties me to the bed. He snarls at my screams before punching me in the face, knocking me out.

When I awake, I have no idea where I am. My head is throbbing really badly; it hurts so much. I reach for my head and realize I can’t move my hands. I pull but, I am still unable to move. I tried harder, all I hear his metal clank against metal. I try looking around but, everything looks so dark like it’s nighttime. I feel my feet. The floor feels like dirt. There is a rancid smell in the air. I also smell water, and something musky, I think its mold. The only thing I can think of a is a medieval prison cell.

“Where the fuck am I” I whisper to myself.

I feel something crawling on me. I can’t move my hands to brush it off. I kick and jump my body. It falls off, I hear it crawl away.

“What the fuck was that?” I scream out in a shrill.

I feel more creatures crawling up my legs this time I hear a squeaking sound. Fucking shit! That better not be rats or mice! I start trying to do anything I can to kick my feet and back away from it. I know there’s nothing I can do. I am certain at this point I am chained to a wall.

“HELP ME!!” I scream. Tears are streaming down my face.

PLEASE! GOD! SOMEONE HELP ME!”  I scream in terror to the emptiness of the room.

As I am kicking and screaming, I feel like I something right to me. I hear a rolling sound, and it stops right near my hip. I look around in the darkness trying to see what it is. A light shines from somewhere outside of the cell like light from a hallway. With what little light I can make out, I realize I am sitting on the floor chained next to a skull. Which means next to me is the skeletal remains of a person who had been hear for God knows how many centuries in this room with me. Seeing the severed head which looked like it was still rotting, I let out a blood curdling scream of terror louder than I have ever done. I was so frozen in shock and horror, I did even notice the person who entered the room. As I continued, maniacally screaming, someone shouted. “SHUT THE FUCK UP!” something heavy struck me straight in the face and I slumped over drifting into darkness.