slack. "Um, I'

e from you every night." Sh

"Why do you need my blood?" I as

ow else is the prince going to know

ck inside me creepin

orry,

to him." She said as if that explained it. "Sometimes you come across one that just really

taste my bloo

ed in a pantsuit walked in with a smile. "I guess the v

reamed, backing away from the two of them. Fern looked conce

She said with a thick American a

and I made a mad dash out of it, but as soon a

es. I've only seen pictures of caves before, but this must be one. Everything around me was rock and stone. A few yards down the passage from my room is a door, then another and an

I could, she nodded to Fern and she readied the needle. I turned my face away from it as she stuck it into my arm

t is this place?

I could, she nodded to Fern and she readied the needle. I turned my face away from it as she stuck it into my arm

t is this place?

"Deep, deep, deep, under the ground. This

little surprised out how

es

in caves

ousands of years." She told me. "As you know, we have reached out to the upper world now, too. Vampires are in control of it all now. We no longer have to reside below anymor

ol?" I repeat

us." She shrugged and I wanted to vomit. "Your keepers kept you healthy and well fed until the age eighteen when you would have been sold off to the vampire with the

n't chose me?"

your master choses to do with you at that point is no

en or die, huh?" I asked mimicking

lders and stood from

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had been a lie. I squeezed my eyes shut tightly trying not to think of all of the girls I've known for years back at Drighten that will soon become meals, or slaves, or both. My mind wandered to Greer and I wasn't sure what I should feel. Of course I was happy that she wasn't sold, b

red in

ugh my insides were all in knots. "Come in." I called out strongly, even though I wasn't even sure if I get to give permission on

" Fern said timidly as she strode gracefully over to the bed. "Didn't you

hen sighed. "I tried,

ngers to the big bags under my eyes. "The ball will be tonig

bing. "What time is it now?" I asked. I knew it had been s

room with a confused expression for a moment then shrugged. "I'l

the empty racks. Behind them, a man came in holding up six long dress bags, and despite myself and my situation, I could

a chipper voice while I continued watchin

your best." She cooed

it very i

nce like me, or die

wall and typed something into it. As she turned back to me, I jumped when the water began to slosh into the tub, but instead of coming from a faucet or overhead, it filled from the bottom out of the small jets. When the water was nearing the top, Fern

sly as the surface of the wate

She said tapping her hand on top of her pocket. "I figured it couldn't hurt to give you a little edge, not that your beauty doesn't give you one already." She

ever thought before what the sun should smell like, but this is how I'd imagine it. "It does smell good." I

y, so this opportunity to take an actual hot bath was not tarnished at all by a complete stranger being in the room. Not even a vampire one. Soaking my body in the hot, silky feeling water was the nearest to heaven I'd ever felt. After forty-five minutes of