I am the Daughter

Doing what I do best (14)

I spin the stake in my hand as I watch the vampires circle me hissing occasionally. "Sending a human girl to feed us? Dracula has gone insane. Such an easy win." Says the teenager leaning against the cobble watching and observing me. "Estrella, just kill them already." Sterling begs from the other side of the door. I groan as the vampires stalk closer, I hear one leap before I stab his heart mid jump causing him to land in a heap on the ground. "Next." I say smirking as two come after me.

Before I know it I'm covered in blood, vampire blood as I wipe it off my face and smile at the teenager leaning on the wall eyes wide. "What are you?" He whispers. "A Hunter." I smirk back. "H-how are you in a castle with so many vampires? You should be dead, or in this dungeon with me." He asks frantic. "Well let's just say I have something they want." I wink before I bang at the metal doors for Sterling to let me out.

He opens the door as I exit sending a smile towards the last prisoner before I hear the metal door slam close. "You left him alive, why?" He asks. "Something tells me he needs to be alive." I say giving Sterling my bloody stake. "Do you ever make clean kills?" He mentions as the blood stains his hands. "Only when I'm calm." I say as I begin walking out past the dungeon. "You should go get ready, your father expects you at 7." "Now I would rather not." I say as he stops me. "You really don't have much of a say here. You have much to learn if you become the Queen of the vampires." He states causing me to yell at him.

"You don't understand, I'll never be Queen of vampires, I will never hold a title here. Every chance I get to escape I'll escape, it's in my nature. Being with you pushes my limits to grab that stake and kill you. I don't fit in with you without death floating through my mind. This is against my nature, as a Hunter we are trained to kill, not to befriend. I go into missions, take down the target and go home. I may have just killed most of them but you do realize being here pushes it right? I have the urge to kill you every second of the day." I breath deeply.

"You need to get used to it. We can't just let you walk away, we've already lost you once. Imagine if you would've grown up here, you would've liked us. We would be best friends and I would have watch you grow. I can't let you just walk out, do you realize what will happen if I do that? I might as well be dead." He says throwing his hands in the air. "You're a Prince, you have some rights." I say casually. "When it comes to Dracula's daughter my rights tend to go away. I'm below your status, you will always be on top. The power runs through your blood. Yes I have my own castle, my own kingdom but it's nothing compared to running the world." He says watching me detecting anything off my solid facial features.

"How are you a Prince?" I ask. "My father was the second changed, I was around six at the time, Cyprian was four. We witnessed the pain and suffering he was in when he changed. He looked at us with his ghostly eyes and told me I would be turned when I was twenty four and Cyprian when he was twenty three. And look where we are today." "How many years have you been turned?" I ask. "Not long. 12 years I've remained the same." "How did it spread so fast?" I ask once more. "Ask your father." He says as he continues to walk again leading me towards my room.

He opens my room door as I walk inside and he stands by the door frame. "There's a party tonight if you want to go. Not the typical ball gown shit, a legit party at some humans house. Sela knows a bunch of humans, she's the party girl." He says smirking. "Maybe." I say slowly closing the door. He stops it and looks at me. "You look like a badass covered in blood." As he moves his hand and let's the door close.

I wash all the blood sticking to my skin flow down the drain in a red trail and I sigh at the the warm water as it soothes aching muscles. I wash my hair and I notice claw marks on my thigh from earlier and I groan as I feel the pain while I touch it. "How did I allow it to get so close? I'm becoming weak here, I need to escape." I whisper to myself as I turn off the shower and cover myself with a towel as I leave the steamy bathroom and towards the bedroom. I notice a young women sitting in a white uniform on the bed with two dresses laid next to her. "Princess Estrella." She perks up quickly standing from the bed and bowing slightly.

"What are you doing here?" I ask sharply. "I'm your personal maid." She says as I look for any threats from her words. "Please allow me to do your make up and hair, for it is my job." She begs. "I-I ok." I say giving up as she smiles at me and hands me a robe. I wrap it around myself as I let the towel drop out underneath me. She smiles as she leads me towards a vanity table and sits me down as she pulls out various make up items.

Before I know it my long blonde hair is curled and my make up is done as I look at the two dresses on the bed. I see a white dress with cut outs on the hips with a little poof at the bottom with white heels, then I see a tight black dress with a high collar as lace covers the fabric. "Which one your highness?" She asks. "What is your name?" I ask as she looks taken aback. "I'm Emma." She says shyly. "Okay Emma, call me Estrella. I'm no Princess." I laugh as she nods her head. "I think I'll go for the white one today." I say smiling as she nods her head and hands it towards me.

I slip it on and notice it barely covers my new found claw marks on my thigh and I groan as she notices them. "What happened!" She gasps. "Got too close, it's fine." I say as I slip on the heels and walk towards the door. "Let me at least clean it for you." She says softly. "I'll be fine, it'll heal." I say as I leave the room with her hot on my heels. I notice she takes the lead as she grabs my hand and leads me towards dinner. We eventually make it as she open the door and I see Dracula sitting at the far seat as he raises his eyes and watches me with a smile on his face. "Just as pretty as your mother." He says standing up.