A Vampire's Bride

A Month Later

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Katherine POV

It has been a month since I arrived here. Nathaniel hasn't been around much because he was only awake at night time. I had discovered a library and spent most of my time there. Me and Nathaniel had gotten closer and closer during breakfast and dinner. During those meal times it was dark enough for him to come out. I was waiting for him to say anything about love because I was a bit shy.

Today I sat in the library with a poetry book next the fire. Lily and James were in the kitchen getting ready for dinner. The days had become shorter so night came earlier. I was wearing a simple baby blue dress with black lace along the bottom of the skirt, the end of the sleeves and the collar of the dress.

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I heard shouts and closed my book and stood up. The door to the library was smashed open and several men came in. I recognized a few as some of my fathers hunters. There were six men in total. My father came in and rushed over when he saw me.

"Katherine! Are you okay?"

"I'm fine father. How did you find this place?" Not even I knew where we were located. Father put his hands on his hips and looked around.

"It was hard. But we found it. Now, where is the vampire?"

"Umm.....well...." I averted my eyes. My father turned to me and narrowed his eyes.

"Well....what?"

"Uh...you see...." I sucked at lying. But I wasn't about to tell him about Nathaniel. My fathers eyes went wide with realization.

"You....you've fallen in love with the beast....haven't you?"

I averted my eyes once more. Father growled and hit me in the head, making me fall to the floor. One of the hunters grabbed and held me.

"Let's move!" father yelled, then turned to the man holding me "When you hear the signal, you know what to do." Then he left.

The man that held me ripped off my left sleeve, revealing my arm. We waited for about ten minutes when I heard a whistle. The man grabbed my arm and put it into the fire. My hand was clear of the flames, but not the other part of my arm. When I felt the heat start to burn my arm I let out a very loud scream.

~~~Nathaniel POV, Five minutes before~~~

I walked along the hall and into the living room with a rose in hand. I was going to give it to Kate before dinner. I sat down on a chair and imagined her beautiful cerulean blue eyes. I loved her eyes and her smile. We had definitely gotten close over the past month.

I stood up and was about to leave when my door was knocked down and two men came in. I knew there were probably three or four more outside the door. I dropped the rose and looked at one of the men. He was most likely the leader. He was holding a double sided ax in one of his hands.

"Who might you be?" I asked

"I am a vampire hunter. Did the ax give it away?" he answered

"A hunter with a sense of humor. Didn't expect that."

He chucked and gave a single nod to his partner who blew on a small whistle. I raised an eyebrow.

"We are going to kill everyone in this mansion. Starting with my daughter."

His daughter? Who's.... no!

I heard a high pitched scream come from the direction of the library. My face turned into a look of horror. KATHERINE!! The man laughed at my expression. He swung his ax and made a cut in my chest before throwing me into the wall. I coughed and growled at him. He simply laughed some more.

~~~Katherine POV ~~~

I slammed my good elbow into the mans face and pulled my arm out of the fire. I took off my shoes and shoved the heals into the mans eyes. He yelled and fell to the floor. I ran out of the room and down the hall.

I grabbed a broadsword off the wall and ran towards the living room. I saw four men outside the door and ran at full speed towards them. I killed two instantly and the last two I had too hit a few more times before they died.

Panting, I ran into the living room and saw Nathaniel with a large cut on his chest and my father standing with a blood covered ax. I ran at the man opposite of my father and ran him through. They looked shocked and Nathaniel passed out. My father ran at me and hit me square in the stomach with a knife. I started and looked him in the eye.

"You are not my daughter." He said to me. I gritted my teeth and stabbed him in the heart.

"Glad I'm not." I said and pulled the sword out. My father fell to the floor, dead.

I pulled the knife out of my stomach and stumbled over to Nathaniel. He cracked his eyes open and I smiled at him. I fell on top of him and I could feel myself dying. I could hear Nathaniel calling my name and something was forced into my mouth. It tasted metallic, yet sweet. Blood. I saw Nathaniel's face one more time, before it all went black.