Bethrothed to a vampire

It's sunrise already and time for my parents to give me off to the man that every lady would die to be with for just a day except ME!!.

   His name is Darcy. Rumors has it that all his ex-wives, concubines and flings had all the luxury they had wanted. He is known as the devil himself as nobody has been able to beat him before. He is a VAMPIRE!!! The strongest I have ever heard of and Yes that scares the living hell out of me. My brother was killed by a vampire and when my dad tried to revenge his death, his powers were taken from him. Never would I have imagined that he would give me up so easily to the enemies that killed his only son.

   I pleaded with my dad the day before but, he insisted that he has no choice. "We come from a line of ancestral witches", says my dad but I never had any power or traits linked to a witch. According to my dad Darcy has promised to give him back his power and of course give him and his coven an old cemetery to practice their witchy stuff plus, their daughter will have the chance to choose whatever she wants once he gives her to him. They were chased out of this same cemetery by this same man. My dad said once he gets his power back that he will come for me. That's a lie. He knows I cannot escape. No one has before. He is probably getting rid of me because I do not possess the traits of a witch. Don't get me wrong, I tried to cast some spells but none is forthcoming. My mom says I need some time but my dad lacks patience.

Interrupted by my mom knocking, I ran and hugged her wetting her clothes with my tears                             "I don't want to go mummy ,I am too young for this please let me stay" I pleaded.

"It's alright my daughter, it's for the good of everybody besides you will soon be back and everybody will remember what you have sacrificed for this coven" my mom said wiping my tears with her hands.

I was about to say something when my dad walked in and said it was time to leave, I took my bag and left with him, I overheard my mom sobbing silently. In front of the gate, stood Mark, my human friend and childhood lover, he hugged and bade me farewell. He does not know where I am going to but I told him that I was going to stay with a distant relative. I have crushed on Mark since I was a kid and I hope to marry him but that will be when I come back from this horrible journey.

On the way, my dad was just silent all through and I did not bother to say anything to him. We drove until we arrived at the big iron gate in a very secluded area. The gate alone scares me as it looks like one that once you cross it, you cannot escape anymore. A man which I assumed was the gateman and a vampire stopped us and told my dad to leave me at the gate as he is not allowed to enter. My dad did not even hesitate and as he turned to leave, I called out to him and he just looked back at me and left almost immediately. I stood for some time before turning to the man for him to help with my bag                 "carry your bag and follow me" he said and left immediately.