Kidnapped by Vampires? But it's My Time of the Month!

36- Capitulated

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"It has begun, sir."

I frown at the body lying motionless on a hospital bed in the room on the other side of the glass. How pathetic. A vampire who can't even control human-like desires does not even deserve to be alive. But since his blood is still tied strongly to Dylan, I can't kill him just yet or else Dylan will have the same fate. So this is the alternative.

"The drug is usually lethal to humans and even vampires, but at such a low dosage it will strip him of his powers while slowly weakening his body. If continued, by a couple decades Dylan's sire to him should be weak enough for him to be disposed of."

I nod my head as the doctor explains to me how this is going to work.

"Good work. I would've wished to avoid this but Dylan is too important now to let him die. Once I learn more on what he has become I'll contact you to begin testing. He's very dangerous right now and I won't let any other mishaps happen to me and what's mine." My mouth forms into a hard line as I stare at Saylen's chest lifting up and down. In only a couple decades I'll never have to stare at this mistake ever again.

"Of course, sir. Then..."

He bows his head and backs out of the room without looking into my eyes. I suppose I do look a little intimidating right now. I already know my eyes are not shining the vibrant green color that I normally have because I have yet to feed in several days. Before I return to Lilly's side I must extinguish the fire in my throat or I don't know what might happen if we are alone. I'm not ready to turn her yet.

Suddenly my phone vibrates in my pocket and I frown at the interruption.

"What?" I answer harshly.

"We've got a problem. Dylan's gone."

My eyes go a deep red as I stare at my reflection in the glass window and the room shakes in my anger. I feel the young vampire wince.

"Find him. I'm on my way." 

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Time feels like it has come to a stop and my breathing slows as I stare into Dylan's once green eyes. Which freakin hurts when my head is at this angle. No way am I going to let him bite me like this. I struggle under the weight of him and try to find my breath.

"Daniel." I try and say my brother's name but it comes out almost as a whisper. My throat has gone dry at the stupidest of times. I try again with the same result. It's when Dylan starts pulling down the neck of my shirt that my vocal cords finally kick in.

"Adam!" I scream as loud as I can as Dylan's grip on me tightens.

In almost an instant the weight is gone and so with it the gloom on this household. In its place is my brother's undeniable rage. I feel the foundation of the house shake and a window shatters as my brother throws Dylan at the wall on the opposite side of the room. Wide-eyed, I stare in disbelief at my brother who up until just now, had never shown any sign of absolute strength whatsoever.

I feel an arm snake around me and pull me up off the couch.

"Are you okay Lilly?" Derrick examines me as he sets me down onto my feet. Just before I can say anything Derrick pushes me back down and I feel an object fly over our head at such incredible speed that my hair whips around in my face. A millisecond later and one of the recliners lies destroyed on the ground, half embedded in the wall.

I glance up and almost miss what happens next because of the pure speed at which it is done. Dylan tears off a leg from one of the chairs and lodges it into my brother's abdomen. I scream in horror and Dylan pauses to look at me. This gives my brother enough time to pull out the splintered object and slam his hand into Dylan's chest near his heart. Blood spurts from Dylan's mouth as he struggles to grab at my brother.

Times slows as I stare into Dylan's eyes again. No, really. Time literally slowed down. I look over with difficulty and see Cai walk hurriedly in the room at pretty normal speed. He sees me on the floor in a total state of disarray and I notice his eyes get darker from the bright red color that they are currently at. His look alarms and comforts me at the same time.

Whipping his head back to my brother and Dylan, time speeds back up. 

"Enough." His voice slithers across the room and permeates every pore in my body.

The two boys are slammed flat into the floor, ten feet apart. Several men run into the room and gather Dylan up, dragging him away. I scramble over to my brother.

"Dan..." I glance over at Cai who smiles at me gently. "Adam. Are you alright?" He sits up slowly, wincing.

"I'm fine Lilly." Adam gives me a small smile and pulls me into a hug. "Are you alright?"

Almost out of instinct I start to pull away from him but I stop myself. How long has it been since I let someone in my family just hug me? My dad's been dead for a while, now my mom is dead. Why am I being like this? For the first time since I've been in this house with Adam, I hug my brother back just because. Tears spring to my eyes and I tighten my grip on his shirt and bury my face in his chest. All the emotions I had been pushing away from myself since my mom died come welling to the surface as I hold onto a brother I didn't even know I had till recently. Why didn't my mother tell me what happened?

I feel Adam smile and reach up to smooth down my hair. I cry softly for maybe a minute more until I feel Adam's grip on me loosen. I would've thought this was normal until he fell to the floor unconscious.

"Adam!" I look down at my shirt and pants and see all the blood from his wound that got on me. Before I open my mouth in a scream, I'm in my bathroom, in Cai's arms.

"It's okay. He's going to be fine. I promise you." His voice washes over my mind and I instantly become limp in his arms. 

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"Get Eleanor up here and ask her to run Lilly a bath while she sleeps and get her something to eat. I have to go deal with something." I tell one of the fledglings.

Going to where I told them to take Dylan, I walk up to one of the vampires I put in charge.

"What's his status?" I question.

"He's completely healed. His heart was almost removed but he's already healed without blood. He seems unfazed by anything. Emotionless. We still can't tell if the attack was on his own or if he's being told. It might not wear off until Saylen is weaker."

"He's being controlled. Saylen wants to turn her. Whether its him or someone sired to him. Watch Dylan closely. Starve him if you have to for a little while. We don't know enough about his kind to know what he's capable of. A born vampire being turned? No one even knew it was possible. I may want to know what it is he became, but I won't stand still if he tries to hurt her again. I don't care if it's not him doing it."

"Yes, sir," the vampire replies.

"And please, do not let anyone escape again. I've been far too patient with all of you. It would be wise of you to know that because of your negligence at the old house I was almost killed. And you know what happens when I die."

I leave as quickly as I came and head back to Lilly's room. I smell Eleanor downstairs cooking food and Lilly's gentle breathing. Laying down beside her, I slip my arm around her and sigh. If only everything could be this simple. Smiling down at her I study her face as she dreams. She's still very young in human years. But my body is only a couple years older in all actuality. The woman who turned me liked her men young. I scowl at the memory. I know she's still alive. I would have felt something if she died.

Lilly groans in her sleep interrupting my thoughts. I sigh again and pull her in closer, waiting for the sound of Eleanor to finish Lilly's meal. Yes. I wish life was as simple as this.

But I've lived for centuries and know for a certainty, life is anything but. As I think this, the fire in my throat flares to life and I realize what a horrible mistake it was to come straight here. As I look down at Lilly, self control is the last thing on my mind.