Hellfire
Henry groaned as he heard the doorbell ring and had to stand to answer it. Vlad stood on the porch and they said their hellos as Vlad joined him on the couch. The night was turning out the same as any other night.
"I hate that we don't have any classes together." Vlad sighed in annoyance.
"Yeah, I miss hanging out and stuff. I feel like I practically never see you!"
"I know, I'm sorry. Where's Mina? I thought she'd want to hang out?" Henry gave Vlad a looked that Vlad didn't catch as he turned to look around the house. All Vlad saw was Mrs. McMillan in the kitchen and Greg rummaging through the refrigerator.
"She has a date tonight, she'd getting ready." Henry said as he scanned the TV screen for movies to watch.
"A date? Mina is going on a date?" Vlad asked in confused disbelief. He examined Henry's expressions and he just nodded casually.
"Yeah, why not? You can go on dates, why can't she?"
Vlad felt a stab of regret as he listened to Henry's slightly harsh words. He didn't know what to say or what to ask first and Henry let the silence drag out. Had Mina told Henry what had happened in Siberia and how he decided to be with Meredith? Or was Henry just assuming that Mina is in pain from the fact that he is dating Meredith to begin with?
"Who's the guy?" He muttered softly, Henry shrugged.
"No idea, I haven't met him. She said she met him when she went out to party with Lucy and Amelia yesterday."
"And she's already going out with him? She hasn't even known him for over twenty four hours!" Vlad stated rather loudly and turned to fully face Henry. Henry sighed and closed his eyes while shaking his head.
"You can talk to her about it, if it bothers you." Before Vlad could answer the doorbell rang. Vlad closed his mouth as he was about to speak and watched as Henry opened the door. In the doorway Vlad had expected to see a tall, dark, boy his age who was the ultimate bad boy.
Instead, Vlad saw three young and handsome boys at the door. One was tall with sandy blond hair and a wide spread smile. The second seemed quiet, dark, and moody with black hair over his face and brilliant blue eyes. Finally there was the brown haired one with bright green eyes who immediately searched the room for signs of Mina.
"Hi, I'm Henry...I'm Mina's cousin. She should be down in a second. You can come in." Henry closed the door after them and the three boys stood around near the door. The darker one leaned against the wall and met Vlad's eyes with a suspicious look. The others stood silently as one tried to look up the stairs to find Mina and the last one stared shyly at the ground.
Vlad closely inspected every single one yet he was caught off guard when the blond lifted his left arm to scratch his head. A black symbol was embedded in his wrist that read "D.D." in Elysian. Vlad felt a chill run through the room.
His eyes flashed to the darker one and noticed that he was pale, like himself. The other had his back toward Vlad yet his hands were clasped behind him and he also held a symbol on his wrist. It read "W.D."
A door upstairs slammed shut and Mina came scurrying down the steps. Her black dress swirled just above her knee in silky tumbles. Her hair fell in dark, thick curls down her back as the red strands were pulled back in a clip of a black and red rose. She looked so simple yet Vlad felt his fists clench at the looks the three boys was giving her. Mina smiled widely through her blood-stained lips and said hello to the five boys in the room.
Henry whistled and grinned jokingly. "Well don't you look hot, cousin?" Mina rolled her eyes.
"You are hilarious!" Mina rolled her eyes. "So...are we ready to go?" She grinned charmingly at the three strangers to Bathory. Vlad tensed and stood up then rushed toward her and dragged her into the kitchen. Matilda had left the kitchen and at a look and shrug from Mina, Greg did as well while he decided to forget about finding a snack. "Sorry Greg!"
