Bradford Manor

V

She had gotten her blood sucked by a vampire for the first time and it was Amaimon.

"How was school?" Luther asked as they walked through the door. "It was fine." Arie made no eye contact with Luther while holding Amaimon's hand.

"Same as human school." She sighed. "I'm going to bed." Arie sluggishly went up the stairs.

Arie lied in bed and tried to go to bed but kept waking up hearing weird noises around the house and windows.

"Dinner time!" She heard Mila shout.

A seat was saved next to her by Cassius beside Laos. Their cups were filled to the rim with blood from god knows where.

"How was your first day of school?" Mila stabbed into her barely cooked steak. "Good. I made a friend. Amelia." Arie watched her take a sip from her cup and lost her appetite.

"Did Amelia give you that ferocious bite mark? You should be careful going to an all vampire school." Mila smiled a little. "Yes mam' I will." Arie turned red from embarrassment and glanced at Amaimon who was enjoying it.

After dinner Arie avoided Amaimon and went to go take a shower. Arie then closed her door and tried to get some sleep.

She tossed and turned in the night her neck throbbing from being freshly pierced.

She grabbed her blanket and went down the hall to Amaimon's room who was sound asleep.

She called his name and he rolled over squinting from the sunlight peeking in through his blinds. "Can you come check if there's anything in my room. I keep hearing noises and I cant sleep." She scratched her head.

He got up and went and looked around her room. "There's nothing here Arie it's just an old house." He yawned.

"Thanks." She said as he walked back out. "I cant sleep in here I keep having nightmares about the hellhound Arie thought.

Arie got up again and walked into his room. "Um.. Amaimon." She went up to his bed and whispered.

He woke up and the one thing vampires hate more than mortals that look down on them are the ones who wake them up.

"If stay in your room with you will you stop waking me up?" He folded his arms. Arie hesitated before nodding.

Arie waited for him patiently while he slowly got up and made him hold her hand as they walked back to her room. Amaiomon looked down at her tapping his foot as she wrapped herself in all her covers. "You're not sleeping in my bed." Arie looked over at the one sided couch on the other side of the room.

"You're funny Blossom." He crawled over her and got into her bed wrapping his warm arms around her.

"How are you so warm?" She pressed her body into his. "I'm cold blooded not cold." He said and she could feel his chilling breath on the back of her neck so close to her other bite mark it sent chills down her back.

When Arie woke up the next morning* evening Amaimon was gone.

There was no school today since it was a Sunday. Arie walked downstairs and saw the boys teleporting all over the house.

"Why is it such a rush today?" She walked up to Gabriel sitting in a chair by the fireplace reading a book. "Today's our father's anniversary hence why you weren't greeted by Mila this morning." He closed his book.

"Everyone here takes it very seriously and the boys are running around getting ready. I have everything together so I don't have to get dressed till 9." Gabriel picked up a cup of tea.

"I believe Mila left her closet to you." He sipped a bit. "Thank you Gabriel." She bowed and walked off.

Arie went back up to her room and brushed her teeth and washed her face before walking to finda Mila's room.

She found the biggest bedroom in the house and opened the door. It turned out to be storage. Antiques and scrolls. Jewels and diamonds. A gold mine.

She left the door open and looked around. "Wow." She walked over to a golden flower decorated box with a rose for a handle.

Arie opened the box and saw a beautiful diamond necklace. "I wonder if it's Mila's?" Arie took it out of the box.

"Couldn't hurt to try it on." She took the necklace out of the box and wrapped it around her neck and turned around to the door mirror on the wall. The diamonds shone through the dust and cracks of the mirror.

"How beautiful." She marveled as it sparkled in the moonlight. "What do think you're doing?" Arie jumped at the sudden sound and dropped the necklace seeing a few pieces break off.

"Hasn't anyone ever told you not to go snooping where your nose doesn't belong! Look at what you done you useless pathetic mortal! I don't know why Mila ever agreed to take in a burden like you!" Amiamon yelled at her.

"Just go and stay out of rooms that are closed, they're closed for a reason." Amaimon bumped into her walking over to pick it up and put it back in the box.

Arie felt a tear roll down her cheek and she walked across the hall finding Mila's room.

"Why? Anywhere but here." Arie sobbed. "Arie. You're...crying." Savonn stopped by the door. "I hate it here!" She wiped the tears from her eyes.

"I wish I could say it'll get better but honestly I believe not." Savonn sighed and walked off.

Arie searched through her walk in closet before finding a dress. A red satin dress with rhinestones at the hem and neckline.

In the living room...

The guys sat around the living room waiting for the limousine to arrive in silence. "What did you do to Arie?" Cassius scowled at him.

"It's none of your business." Amaimom sat up in his all black suit. "If you kill her dad will definitely kill you." Gabriel chuckled.

The doorbell rang and Cassius got up to get it. "Ugh. It's Franklyn." Cassius slammed the door in the face of the boy with short brown hair and freckles on his cheeks and nose. His eyes weren't red like the Bradford's but a bright emerald green.