All Chapters of BOUND BY BLOOD : THE VAMPIRES POSSESSION : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Violet POVThe pounding began before sunrise.It rattled the iron gates hard enough to shake me awake. I sat upright in bed, my heart racing as another loud bang echoed across the estate."Open the gate!""We want our money!""You can't hide forever!"The voices blended into one furious roar. I threw on my cardigan and hurried to the window. A crowd had gathered outside the mansion, their faces twisted with anger. Some held placards. Others gripped the bars of the gate, shaking them with enough force to make the metal groan.I recognized many of them. Mr. Collins from the warehouse. Mrs. Turner from accounting. The security guards who used to greet my father every morning. People who had worked for the Ashworth family for years."What is happening?" I whispered.A car pulled up beside the crowd, but instead of calming the situation, it made everything worse. The moment Helena stepped out, the shouting intensified."You promised we'd be paid last month!""My children haven't eaten pro

Violet POV I woke to the smell of oil and rust, and for a moment I thought I was still dreaming, still trapped in one of those endless corridors from my nightmares. Then the vehicle hit a pothole and my skull cracked against something hard, and the pain told me this was real. My wrists were bound behind my back, the rope biting deeper than the one Helena had used. A strip of fabric pressed against my lips, tied tight enough to keep my jaw locked. I tried to scream anyway. It came out as nothing, a useless vibration trapped behind cloth. The floor beneath me vibrated with the rhythm of tires on gravel. I was lying on my side in what felt like the trunk of a car, my knees pulled to my chest, every jolt sending fresh pain through bruised ribs. Voices murmured somewhere beyond the metal separating me from the front seat. I recognized none of them. Not Helena's voice. Not Victor's. Strangers were driving me somewhere, and my own family had put me here. I don't know how long the drive