The Hunted

Chapter Two

Coming back to my senses, I was in a dark room, tied to a chair. I looked around, my eyes instantly adjusting to the dark, and I saw a man sitting on a chair in the corner.

"Hey! You!" I called out, sitting down comfortably on the chair. The man whipped his head around and came to me.

"Hello." He purred into my ear. He looked at me in the eyes and licked his lips.

"Are you going to tell me where I am, or are you going to stare at me until I die?" I ask, glaring at him.

He chuckled and snapped his fingers. Instantly the lights turned on, allowing myself to see the whole room. "I'll do whatever I like."

I roll my eyes and look around the room once again. It was a white padded room, no door for exiting or entering, which I assumed you had to shape shift in order to get out. Easy. The man continued to stare at me, his gaze burning into the side of head, making me want to face him. With all my might, I attempted to resist to look at him, but the will was too strong. Giving in I turned my head to the man and stared at him. He smirked and walked towards a wall out of the four.

"I suppose you want to know why you're here." He speaks, never turning to face me.

"No, totally not." I reply sarcastically.

He laughs to himself and turns around. "For starters, your dress is lovely."

I glare at him before looking down to see in still in my dress. I mentally made a sigh of relief, and continued my glare.

"It was hard to tie you up with you beautiful dress in the way." He smiles.

"Just tell me." I snap, still glaring at him.

"Fine, fine." He starts. "You were trespassing."
He walks closer to me.

"How?!" I explode confused. I live in the neighboring city!"

"You entered without permission." He smiles once again. I'm getting tired of his stupid smiles.

"But since you're a female, I'll let you go." He purred again.

"Untie me." I demand, moving around in the chair.

"Not until you give me a reward." He says, walking super close to me. His scent smelled of strawberry, it was almost enticing. I was lost in my own world just smelling his scent that I didn't realize I was staring at his face. He smirked again and grabbed my chin.

"Vow yourself to my city." He smiles again, but his smile was more wide this time. I stared at his perfect teeth. My eyes widened as I saw fangs.

"You're a vampire?!" I ask, completely confused.

"And so are you." He makes circles on my shoulder while walking around the chair I sat on. "I can't smell your blood."

"Why didn't I realize it before?" I whisper to myself, looking down. I look up to the man and stare at him. He slowly walks in front of me and leans forward again.

"You're hated. No one likes you. Why would you go back?" He cocks his head to the side.

He had a point. No one did love me. I looked down and thought for a second.

Before I was able to vow myself to his city, there was a loud crash, and Kyungsoo entered.

Enraged I stared at him, "Why?! Were you following me?!" I fight against the ropes. The ropes started to scratch my skin, causing my skin to be bruised from the burns.

"Oh, don't move to much." The man said worryingly, putting his hands on my shoulder to stop me from moving.

"If I let you go, you'll fight him off, right?" He whispered in my ear from behind. I looked up to him and nod. I was under a trance. His scent filled my nose, opening my nose up, allowing me to breath so much better.

"Good." He smirks and cuts the rope. I jump up from my seat and run towards Kyungsoo.

Kyungsoo runs towards me and jumped up. I slid under Kyungsoo and ran after him. The man sat on the seat watching us, smiling.

Kyungsoo fell on the floor and tumbled in front of the man. The man pushed him back towards me and I jumped onto Kyungsoo. Kyungsoo hit my head with the end of his sword, and I fell. The last thing I heard was the man sighing. I closed my eyes and felt myself be levitated. I levitated up to the roof and passed through the ceiling. Levitating through the city, my dress hanging down, I passed. I ended up at the forests beginning and came tumbling down to the ground. Opening my eyes, I saw the forest. Immediately I attempted to run back to find the man, but I was pulled into the forest and back into Minopla.

-

"Are you stupid?!" My father yells, his mistress glaring at me. (To which I kindly returned the gesture.) "Why would you go into Dolphia?" He screeches.

"I don't know, maybe because you despise me!" I scream back at him, throwing my hands up. "No one in this whole country likes me, so that's why I went to Dolphia."

"You're so incredible you stupid." Kai butts in, coming from behind my father. He crosses his arms and smirks at me.

"You keep your head out of my business." I point at him, raising my voice higher and higher. "Why do you care if I left?"

"They're the enemy, Nari!" My father screams, his face started to turn red. "They want to end us."

"Maybe I fit better with the enemy. I'll love to see this city be destroyed." I say, glaring st my father and Kai. My father is clearly taken aback at what I said. You could practically see the smoke come out of his ears as he processed what I said.

"Leave!" He yelled pointing towards the door.

"Gladly." I respond and exit the throne room. I entered my room and started to pack my clothes.

With a straight-face I grabbed my bag and left the palace.

-

Walking the streets of my city, I felt like I left something behind. Something I needed. I would've called myself stupid if I realized it later. His scent. I craved his scent, like I addicted to a drug. I needed his scent, I needed to always be around it. My nose started to hurt as I haven't smelled the scent in a while, my feet started to walk towards the forest.

He left a spell on me.

{End of Chapter Two}