Fangs of Lust (Completed)

Chapter XXII

It was another day after Emma came back from practicing with Kat. She was alone in her room, waiting for breakfast. She would go down to eat with Danielle on a regular day but she was beyond tired to do that. Plus she had always wanted to try how it felt to use the special care she could get at high end hotels. She kept staring at the small box on her bedside table. She was still an amateur, but she was getting used to taking aim with the magnum.

As days passed, she had sorted her thoughts out on a lot of things. She knew more or less about everyone in their group except for Camille, who she doubted would even talk to her. She knew it was more than what seemed to the eye between her and Jean. Her looks were beyond beautiful, and basically surpassed anyone she had ever seen on matters of beauty. Even Eleanor had kind of looked dull compared to her. So why would Jean...?

Her thoughts were cut in half when someone knocked on her door.

"Who is it?"

"Room service."

A shy female voice answered from the other end of the door. Emma didn't know if she was supposed to wait or open the door so she went and did the latter.

"Oh, you didn't have to bother."

"No, it wasn't a bother at all."

She walked back into the room to let the girl inside with the breakfast tray. She quietly prepared the table with the stuff she had brought, just a tad too much to eat for Emma.

"I don't think I can eat this much, you can take some of the food back."

"Ah, it's okay, I'll take back anything you leave on the table."

The girl had dark brown hair that went way down her shoulders, down to her waist. She seemed shy while hiding her face behind her straigth locks. She noticed Emma's gaze and tucked a part of her hair behind her ear, looking up with curiosity.

"Is there anything I can help with?"

"Oh, no I was just..."

Then something caught Emma's eye, it was a bite mark barely visible from the the top of the girl's collar.

"What is that?"

She stood up from her place and took a few steps forward, which seemed to cause the girl to look down. Her hand instinctively went to her neck and she struggled with the words.

"O-oh, it's just the bite marks one of the masters left on me."

"What?"

Emma looked at her surprised. So far she hadn't met any other human that was aware of vampires' existence. There were people like that? The girl seemed taken aback by her wording.

"Did I do something...?"

Her words travelled off but Emma quickly shook her head.

"No, no. I just didn't know there were other people like me."

"Oh." she eyed around the room before speaking again, as if she wasn't used to strangers asking her questions. "Of course, almost every servant in this hotel is the same as me."

"Really..."

Emma was filled with curiosity about her behavior, but also happy that she found another person like her and Danielle. Although the girl's expression looked... oddly broken. She looked at the name plate just over her chest.

"Maria..."

She repeated the name to herself. Then her attention switched back to the girl.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to weird you out."