I looked to the stairs to see Eric, Ace, and someone I had never seen before. They stood on the marble platform the stairs met at.
"I'm not Angelica!" I yelled.
"Your birth certificate says otherwise." Ace retaliated.
"Where the hell am I?" I yelled once more.
"My place. So try not to break anything. I know all about your anger issues." Eric spoke. He descended the staircase and made his way to me. I backed up with ever step he took towards me until I hit the pure gold door behind me.
Eric loomed over me, brushing my flyaways down.
"Derek is toxic. Let me protect you." His rhythmic whispers danced circles around my ears. I was melting too soon.
"I can't trust you without any proof." I whispered back.
"He killed your brother," is all Eric said before walking back up the stairs to meet with Ace and the stranger.
"What do you mean?" I questioned Eric as soon as he got to the others.
"Come up here for more details. You can trust me, I promise." I internally sighed to his words and ran up the stairs to meet with him.
We entered a room similar to the main entrance. The floor was marble and the door was pure gold but it had an office desk with chairs and un-dusted book shelves.
"Duchess, Malachi, you may leave." Eric said taking a seat behind the desk. His back facing a large oval window, very church like. I however, sat in front of it.
"What did Derek do to my brother exactly?" I sniffed.
"He told me he slit your brothers throat and drank his blood, then left a note pretending that he killed himself." There was a long moment of silence.
"How could he do that?" I whimpered.
"I-." I couldn't bring myself to finish the sentence.
"Come here." Eric told me. I did as told. He stood to hug me and I cried into his shirt.
"Listen. I'll protect you from now and on, only if you let me. You have to trust me." I nodded in his chest.
"I'll make sure you're okay."
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True Blood
VampireHe was a monster. The kind of monster that everyone feared. The kind of monster that SHE feared. But that didn't stop him from loving her. That didn't stop him from getting what he wanted. He was willing to do whatever it took to keep her forever. E...
