Ruby Red

Twelve+

“You look worse for the wear, Miss D’Arcy.” He says looking at his fingernails.

My voice is scratchy and barely audible as I reply, “Really? I thought I looked ready for the prom?”

He chuckles but it’s a haughty noise, “Still amusing even as you lay near death, how reassuring.”

I don’t respond.

He drops to one knee before me and I turn my head away from him but he uses his strength against me and forces my head back making my neck snap painfully. He smirks at the noise before almost lovingly brush some of my stringy hair from my face. He grips my chin in his thumb and pointer finger so I have to look at him and I’m happy the lights are dimmed, because my eyes are still stinging.

“I have big plans for you, Darling. Big, big plans.” He whispers. “So prepare yourself to be the star of my show.”

I can smell the blood on his breath. My stomach churns; my throat burns and my lungs squeeze in want and lust for the real deal. I wheeze out a breath and Andrei makes a face of disgust again at my state before standing up.

He makes some flippant gesture and a beautiful mocha skinned woman with hip length black hair and piercing green eyes enters the room. She’s obviously Spanish in descent and such a lovely contrast to Andrei and his albino appearance that I welcome the sight. She’s also the first female vampire other then the distasteful Natasha I’ve ever seen. And this woman doesn’t disappoint.

In summary, she’s beautiful.

“Esmeralda, get her washed, fed, and dressed. She has to look presentable tomorrow for the ceremony.” Andrei orders before leaving the room.

Esmeralda comes over to me followed by two other women but they leave too quickly for my to register them. She lifts the crotched sleeve of her thigh length white dress and brings it to her lips before I hear the familiar crunch of skin breaking open. The monster inside my head springs to life quickly.

Take.

Devour.

Feed.

Esmeralda doesn’t bring it to my mouth but instead lets gravity do its job as it drips from her wrist into my agape mouth. I’m greedy as I feel her taste, a sweet almost fragrant taste, hits my tongue. She does this for about ten minutes and I feel my skin begin to heal completely by the time she’s done. She licks her own wound and I watch as it closes up almost instantly. I feel better, not as great as I could but not as near death as before.

She takes a wet rag from a porcelain basin one of the women had brought in and begins wiping my mouth and my face from all the sweat and dried blood that I’m guessing the past days, have left behind. When she’s done with that she turns me onto my back, I’m not wheezing for breath anymore but I’m still too weak to move, so she moves me herself to unzip the back of my dress.

Her hands are soft, quick and precise as she undresses and the redresses me. My eyes are closed most of the time just trying to ignore the ache in my bones as she moves from the position I’ve been stagnant in since the last interrogation. I don’t know how long that’s been either.

Time, in this room is an illusion. A trick of the mind because nothing is as it seems. With the starkness of the light against the blackness of the walls and the floor no natural light comes in. no sky is visible and after a while everything just becomes one long day you wish desperately would end.

Did I wish for death?

Yes, yes I did.

“The master will make a lesson out of you.” The twirling accent of Esmeralda breaks me from my own bleak thoughts. “He will have you meet the sun.”

“I figured as much.” I whisper, my voice still dry and cracking.

She looks me in the eye for the first time. Those spring green eyes so intense I would think the woman was reading into my soul, if I had one to be read of course. Considering recent events, I can’t be certain anymore.

“Are you not afraid?” She asks.

“Sweetheart.” I say with a small smirk. “I’ve been dying since day one. Your master isn’t doing anything more than speeding up the processes.”

The truth could be so depressing couldn’t it?

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Sadly, one more chapter after this. Will Ruby meet the sun? Will Kale save her? Will anyone save her? What is Andrei's big plan?

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