The vampire and the assassin

nto my skin, and if I moved too much, they would rub and then cause my skin to begin to bleed. The last thing I wanted was another vampire deciding to use me as a snack because they could smell th

was a choice between him and me, I had to put myself first. However, the vampire had none of it and would tell me that I did know where Liam was, and he would angrily bite down on my neck and drain me of blood, leaving me with just enough to survive, but he'd drain enough that I'd pass out. He would then bring food and water and allow me to have my arms freed for that reason, but

ddess was listening to me. Clearly, I really had screwed up if none of them were willing to at least help me in some way to get out of this situation. I let out a small sigh as a thought came across my mind. If there's any god or goddess listening to me right now, I promise that if you help me out of this house and out of the way of that crazy vampire, I'll get my act together and turn my life around

chairs to scare me. I'm not going to lie; it did scare the crap out of me, but I wasn't going to let it show. You see, the one good thing I did learn from Liam was that when you showed fear, people played on it and would terrorize you with that fear, and I knew firsthand about that; that was how I'd gotten into so many fights when I was bullied, as I let my fear of the teasing get the better of me and I'd lash out. When I'd put on a brave face and acted like I didn't care when he'd broken the two chairs, the vampire had stepped up a level and had thrown a piece of wood at the windo

he'd done and what he'd said, but I'd put on a brave face to face him

he most. The sound of a car pulling up meant that tonight I was in for some punishment. I'd begun to wonder if it was because he'd fallen out with his mistress again. A grin crossed my face at the idea of asking him if he

had in store for me tonight; it must be something fun if he brought friends along with him. Maybe tonight he really was ready to end me, and his friends would help him get r

nd let her free." His tone made me move my head to look at him as we locked eyes for a moment, and a cold, cruel smile crossed his