Chapter 1: Sacrifice and Seduction

Some strange man had taken my arms behind my back and pushed me to the ground, holding my head down with his foot. I growled and shoved his leg away with my arm. A tall slender young man, handsome, yet creepy looking walked and up stood before me. He was not much older than me, maybe two years older at the most. As he opened his mouth to speak, two long pointed teeth were shown.
“Sad...such a beautiful girl...” he said rather disappointed. He stared at me, then leaned down and lifted up my chin with his long bony hand. I swung my head away and glared at him. “Sassy too…but what’s done is done.” He stood up and turned away.
“Who are you! Why is it that you brought me here!” I said rather crossly. He stopped walking and chuckled a bit. He walked back over to me and stared coldly at me.
“Me? Why, I am Demetrious. You…Kitara is it?” I nodded. “You were brought here to be executed tomorrow. First thing before dawn.”
“Executed! What have I done!” I heard slight laughs between some of the spectators watching me.
“You haven’t done anything…”
“Then why am I being executed!”
“You have your parents to thank for that. How they hid you for 18 years I’ll never know. But you see…” his teeth shown bright as he gleamed. “We are vampires.” He opened his arms wide turning around slightly to each of his sides, showing the crowd that gawked at me. “As for you…unfortunately you are just a bastard half child.”
“Take it back!” I screamed.
“I speak the truth. You are only part vampire. You see your mother was a mere human, while your father was a vampire. It was their fault that they disobeyed the laws of love between vampires and humans. For that…we have you.”
“But…” I chocked on the lump that swelled up in my throat. He stared at me with a cold gaze.
“I’ve grown tired of looking at her, take her away for now.”
“Let’s go bitch!” The man pulled me up by my long black hair. He held my arms once again and led me to a small cell in a building. He pushed me into it and locked the door. I sat in one of the darkened corners huddled in a ball. I tried thinking for a while, but nothing helped me get my mind off of the dreaded dawn that lies ahead.
The next day crept in slowly, it seemed to take forever. I was barely asleep when I heard the rattle of keys and then the cell door swing open.
“Let’s go!” shouted the man that had brought me here yesterday. I got up and dragged my feet slowly towards him. “Get a move on bitch!” He slapped my ass and I turned around and glared at him coldly. As we neared where we had been yesterday, I could see rows and rows of people and vampires that had formed a large ring in the middle of the street. They cheered and shouted with raised fists in the air. A man who resembled Demetrious so remarkably had walked over to us at that point grinning.
“What a lucky child you are.”
“Who are you?”
“I am Neumonous, Demetrious’s father.”
“What are you talking about?” I growled at him.
“Your parents decided to let us torture them, just as long as you could live. Stupid thing to do, but I got quite some enjoyment from it.” He pointed to the large crowd. I shook free the tight grip of the man and made my way to the large crowd. As I approached, they all cleared the way so I could see. I gasped and stood frozen staring at the revolting sight. There were my parents, tied by their necks and waists to large posts. Their arms and legs were cut clean off by a rather ugly looking vampire holding a large sword. He caught sight of me and laughed coldheartedly at me, raising the sword to lick blood off of it. Their eyes had been gouged out and their throats slit as well. Two humans had walked up with long wooden crosses, driving them into my parents hearts. The dusty colored ground had been turned to a crimson sea of blood. I couldn’t even find the will to cry, I just stood there with a blank stare in my eyes. Neumonous walked up behind me laying a hand on my shoulder.
“Beautiful, isn’t it?” He grinned in delight. I stood there not believing what he had said. My hands in tight fists down at my sides.
“Beautiful…beautiful! You think what you did to my parents is beautiful!” I lost total control and swung around punching him in the face. Some of the spectators ran over and grabbed me, restraining me from him. The man that had led me around had went over to help Neumonous up. He wiped a splotch of blood away from his mouth. He unexpectedly grinned at me.
“Quite a punch there…” he said getting up off the ground. Demetrious ran over to us shooing away the people holding me back.
“Let me deal with her father.” he said grinning.
“No Demetrious.”
“Father I won’t do anything wrong…I promise!” He stared at his son.
“As you wish, but don‘t be doing anything that would be getting you into trouble,” nodded Neumonous.
“Come on,” he smiled and grabbed my wrist tightly leading me off to God knows where.
We neared a large and gloomy looking house. Weeds of all sorts grew on the black iron fencing and up the house. Dead bushes and trees were scattered about the yard. The earth was dried and cracked.
“This way.” he said opening up the door. Inside the house was immaculate. Long drooping red curtains covered the windows. The carpeting and furniture had matched the color of the curtains. There was the slightest bit of lighting through out the house. I wasn’t even able to be amazed at the rest of the house, before he escorted me to a room far off the end of the hallway. He pushed open the door and shoved me in. “Sit down my dear.” He pointed to what seemed to be a king sized bed with, who guessed it, a satin red comforter. I was afraid of what he would do, so I followed his orders and sat down. He paced around the room with his hands inside his pockets.
“Why are we here?” He stood in front of a window and stared out. As evil as he was, I had to admit he was quite handsome. He turned around and walked over to me.
‘You are quite a remarkable girl.” I stared at him.
“Don’t think your charm will work on me you arrogant bastard…” He laughed slightly and stared at me deeply.
“I like you…even if you were born a half bitched child.” I looked at him frigidly.
“Your point?” He smirked at me, revealing his long pointed teeth. He walked closer to me, practically hovering above me, and ran his hand over my face and through my hair. I smacked his hand away making it clear that I did not want him touching me.
“You remind me of someone.”
“That would be?”
“My old girlfriend,” he said cleanly. “She was the most beautiful thing I ever saw, but with beauty came her attitude.” He looked saddened a bit.
“Well…what happened to her?” His eyes closed slightly and he looked away. “Sorry…I shouldn’t ask such things.”
“No, it’s fine.” He walked over the a large oak dresser and picked up a picture and handed it to me.
“Is this her!” He nodded. “She’s gorgeous!” He smiled closing his eyes and walked back over to the window.
“Yes…she was.”
“Was? Wait!” I stared at the picture again. “She’s a…a human!” He smiled.
“She was indeed a human and she was executed.”
“Executed!”
“Yes, because she was with me.”
“But…I thought you hated humans.”
“I never said that…’ he said slightly smiling. I smiled back at him, surprised.
“But, how come you treated me so foul! You acted as if you hated me…doing all those things to me…”
“It’s called acting my dear. If I showed the slightest bit of sympathy for you, father would surely have my head for it.”
“So different…”
“What do you mean?” he said confused.
“You’re your fathers son, but yet you are both opposites.”
“That’s a wonderful compliment, thanks. Truth is I hate my father. He’s so forbidding about what I do and who I am with. It’s sickening. As much as I want to get away from here I can’t…no…more like I couldn’t. I’d never have the strength to leave on my own.” He stared back at me. “I’m sorry to be bothering you with my pity story.”
“No, it’s no problem at all. My parents…” my voice then trailed off.
“I’m sorry…”
“It’s not your fault Demetrious.” I sighed. “My parents always said it’s better to have a friend to be able to share all your deepest darkest secrets with, but unfortunately for what I am I never experienced that.” He stared at me a bit surprised. “What?”
“You said friend…”
“Yeah, so?” He smiled.
“You think we’re friends?”
“Well it’s just you opened up to me and everything, but if you don’t want too…”
“No! That’s not it at all! It’s just…I’ve never had a friend before.” His face turned a slight red in color.
“Don’t worry, neither have I.” He smiled warmly at me and I smiled back. He uneasily took a few steps towards me and stared at me. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say
something, but couldn’t. “What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing…” he answered quietly.
“We’re friends now…so whatever it is you can tell me.” He smiled.
“Yeah…” His glance turned away from me for a moment, but then quickly came back to meet mine.
“What’s the matter Demetrious?” He took a few more uneasy steps towards me and was now hovering above me again. My eyes opened wider and he stared into my gaze deeply.
“Kitara…do you believe in what’s called…” he trailed off and he broke his gaze.
“Believe in what?” He stared at me again.
“Do you believe in love at first sight?” I gasped slightly and he turned bright red. But I then realized what he said was right.
“H...huh?!” He narrowed his eyes a little then smiled kindly. He did again what he had done earlier. Demetrious slide his hand over my face and through my hair, but this time I didn’t smack his hand away, instead I placed mine on top of his. Despite what had happened, something deep down inside had told me his was different, that he was…ok. He smiled, blushing. His hand slide down and his fingers brushed over my lips ever so lightly. I quivered slightly at the touch of his fingers. He leaned in towards my face, our faces only inches apart. I could feel his warm breath on my face as his face grew closer. The next thing I remembered was the feel of his warm lips pressed to mine. He broke the kiss and smiled at me, seeing my surprised stare.
“First kiss huh?” I nodded just a tiny bit.
“Yeah…” I whispered. He smiled.
“Nice, huh?” Again I nodded a little.
“Yea…” I whispered. It was if I was in a trance or something. He leaned in and kissed me again, this time longer and deeper and I returned his kiss back. I felt his chest press against me slightly and then his body hovering over mine as he lied me down on the bed. The hand that had been placed on my face was now laced into my fingers, as was the other hand also. He huffed slightly and he stared down into my eyes deeply. Everything at that moment felt so unbelievably right.
“Kitara…let’s run away.”
“We can’t run away Demetrious!”
“Why the hell not?”
“They would find us eventually.”
“Who cares, it’s worth a try.” He smiled. I knew he was right, it was worth everything to me to risk it. I finally found someone who loved me other than my parents and most important found a place where I thought I could finally belong.
“I’ll do it.” He beamed at me. “But when?”
“Tonight.”
“Tonight!”
“Yes, they’ll most likely take you back to the cell, so I’ll come back for you and get you out. We can go get a few of your things and then leave. We’ll be far gone by the time they find out we’re missing.” I nodded.
“Ok.” He smiled and kissed me again. Just at that moment we heard footsteps. He grabbed my hand and pulled me off the bed to the somewhat large balcony. We sat in the chairs just as Neumonous walked in.
“What are you doing son?”
“We’re only talking father, nothing more.”
“Yes sir.” I said quietly. He nodded and proceeded out the door.
“Guess that means that it’s time for you to go now.” He helped me up and pulled me close to him kissing me. “Now, remember our plan.” I nodded.
“Yes.”
“I’ll be there around 1:00”
“I’ll be waiting.” I slipped out of his embrace and then walked out the door closing it quietly. I saw Neumonous in the kitchen making tea. I stopped and stared at him and he nodded his head once to tell me to leave. As I walked outside, sure enough the man was there waiting for me, so he could take me right back to the cell. For the first time in two days he gave me food to eat, although it was mushy gray oatmeal stuff. I decided not to eat it as hungry as I was. What good was that stuff going to do for me? I didn’t eat that. I was getting a craving for blood.
That night I waited for Demetrious to come. Just like he had promised, he came at exactly 1:00. I heard him jingle the keys and unlock the cell door.
‘Kitara.” he whispered. “Let’s hurry up and go while the close is clear.” I hurried up and ran out of the cell. We had gone back to my house, which was not far away at all, and gathered some of my clothes, money, and a few other needed supplies. We then hopped on his motorcycle. I placed my arms around his waist, pressing my body against his. He was so warm and I was so tired from lack of sleep in days. I fell asleep holding onto him. We then sped off to our whole new world.

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