“I have a proposition for you.”, he said as he sat back down and crossed his legs.
“And if I don’t want to sign it or have anything to do with you? What then?”, she snapped back. Zoey was the type to always fight back. She was never the type to take a no for an answer.
“Your reputation as a vigilante will be exposed and above all…your father will die at your hands. All because of your stupidity and selfishness of taking up a mask to wear at night yet you don’t even think about the consequences”
“What is the proposition?”, she muttered under her breath gently.
“Oh well, you will stay here with me, in this mansion with me.”
“Why do you want me to stay here?!”, she questioned in confusion.
“Do you remember the night before? On the alleyway, you killed my cousin.”
She choked on her tea as she heard this and tried to hide her laughter.”Oh….I’m sorry…but on a serious note, he was not a nice person. He kidnapped and murdered children.”
He sat next to her and started to talk,” You’re right, he deserved it”, he chuckled.
“Please consider the proposition.”
She stared down at her now-finished black tea and thought of what to do. She felt so sad and contradicted but she knew what she had to do, she had to say yes to Alex to protect her father and friends from her dangerous reputation.
“Okay…I’ll do it.”, she muttered in a quiet and sad voice.
“I’m sorry Miss Zoey Smith but you’ll understand later”, he spoke to her in a sweet and gentle voice. He could visibility see she was sad. ”But you will get used to this life for now and you will be provided with your necessities and I will provide them. You are not allowed to leave the house anymore”
She was shocked by his quick change of attitude towards her.
“Wait!Please!At least….let me see my father for one last time.”, she begged him.
“Fine. But you will tell him nothing of the agreement. Oh-and if you mess the meeting with your father and tell him or even give him a hint, I will kill him by myself.”, he said as he walked away.
“Understood.”
Later on that night
Later on that night, Alex decided that it was best to go with Zoey but also make sure he doesn’t get seen by her father. Zoey dressed up in a name brand dress and applied lipstick which brightens her face and made her lips look small, plump and cute.
Alex waited at the end of the stairs waiting for her. He could hear the clicking of heels leading to him, as soon as he turned his head he was confused and shocked. She left her hair into natural curls and had a pair of glass slippers with short heels. He held his fists into a tight ball and Damien saw it. Damien has never seen Alex so intense, especially when it came to women.
“How do I look?”, Zoey asked shyly waiting for applause from Alex but he said nothing and just walked away from her.
“You look exquisite Miss Smith…”,Damien complimented.
“Thank you so much!”, she added meekly.
This made Alex so angry that he chased Damien away and grabbed Zoey’s wrist to pull her into his car. The rest of the ride was dead silent and she did not dare to make conversation with Alex, especially seeing him so angry even though she could not understand why. He didn’t even compliment her for crying out loud! It made her furious and she started to pout. Alex kept peeping at her and then saw her pouting, he gulped and then looked away and almost swerved off the road but went back on quickly. She didn’t seem to notice it though.
They soon reached her father’s house and she hesitated to even get out of the car.
“Well, are you going to continue sitting your ass down or are you going to get up from that seat? We don’t have all night.”, Alex grumbled as he started to look at his watch for the time, and it was already past eleven ‘o clock!
“Fine…I’ll go.”, she said in an irritable tone as she slammed the door and walked out of the car.
She started to ring the door bell and waited for someone to open the door. Her father brought her inside the house as they started to talk.
“I’m so sorry dad!”, she yelped as she hugged him tightly.
“So you are the Owl... I should have known…but it makes more sense. All the secrecy and entering the house through the window like a thief.”, he joked as he hugged her back.”I missed you, sweetie…Where have you been?”
“I missed you too dad, I….have to move in with a friend”,she said tearing away from the hug.”I wanted to say that I’ll always miss you and I will visit you sometime soon as soon as the case is over or they drop it.
“Is it Lily?”
“No, it’s a guy friend.”
“What’s his name?”
“I can’t tell you much details about anything in case on of the three of us gets hurt dad.”,she said comforting her father.
“Fine…but tell me if he ever tries to hurt you,I will finish him but make sure he’d stay in hospital.”
She chuckled at this comment and added,”Yes!Sure thing dad.I don’t mind that.”
“Oh yes!Wait!Before you go…I need to give you something that your grand mother gave your mom,I wanted to wait for the right time to give it to you so…I think this is the right time.”,he said as he went upstairs.
“What is it dad?”,she questioned.
He came from behind her and placed a chain around her neck,”It’s this.Whenever your mom felt lost or even sad, she would believe that the chain was meant to protect her and lead her to her destiny.So if you ever feel scared and lost, I’m sure you can count of this chain.”
She teared up as she hugged her father,” Thank you so much, dad. I won’t forget this nor you.”
She went back in the car to Alex who was dead asleep even though she opened the car door. He looked like an angel when he was asleep but acts like a devil when he’s awake, she thought to herself. He felt herself entering a trance-like state as she moved closer to him, so close that their lips were inches away from each other.
“What are you trying to do…?”, she muttered under her breath and she slowly pulled herself back.
He yanked her by the hand and suddenly opened his eyes wide as he said,” What did you say?”
“I-eh-nothing!”, she said as she tried to pull back.
“I did not say that you can move without my permission”, he said and then he started to force a kiss on her lips roughly.
She stayed in shock for a moment until she tried to push him off her. Zoey managed to push him off but he came at her again. She slapped him so hard that his pale white cheeks were now red as a tomato.
“Wha…what the hell is wrong with you!!!”, she said as she opened the car door.
“If you ever dare to step a foot out of this fricking car, I will barge right into your house and slowly kill your father and I will make you watch it. So unless you don’t want that, sit in this car like a good girl.”, he said with a cold and indifferent expression on his face.
“Go to hell. All you can do is make threats, you’re a goddamn coward!”, she yelled at him.
“Watch it. I’m warning you.”, he said.
“Or what?Hmm?”, she said as she got out of the car.
He got out of the car too and picked her up and threw her in the backseat and locked the doors. He walked up to her father’s doorstep and just before he could ring the bell, she started to sound the hooter, he chuckled and knew that she instantly regretted what she said. He was too prideful and he knew he could get whatever he ever wanted. He walked back to the car and he drove off, as, for the rest of the ride, they sat in dead silence till they finally reached the mansion.
“Hey, have supper-”, Alex's words were cut off before he could continue. She picked up her heels and threw them at his face, but his reaction was quick enough to catch them.
“Stop trying to dominate me! I did what you asked, not more not less. I HATE YOU SO MUCH!!!”, she said as she made a run for it into her room.
Before she could open the room door of the room that she was given, Alex pinned her to the wall as he held both of her wrists tight.
He kissed her head as he said with a deadly and cold tone, “You will never be able to escape or run away from me.”
She got angry with the tone of his voice and so she hit her head against his face creating an escape for her. She ran inside her new room and locked herself inside, sitting on the floor in a curled-up position right next to the door and trying to hold the tears back. She knew that she was trapped and there was nothing she could do at the moment. She needed to protect her father and friends, but she knew that the only person who could protect her at the moment, was the one and only man leaning on the other side of the door.
A couple of hours later
Alexander opened Zoey’s room door slowly and silently as he peeked in to see her fast asleep on top of the alcove near the window, as the moonlight laid strokes of light on her face on this dark, cold, and twisting day. So he slowly and gently picked her up and placed her on the bed where he then covered her up with a blanket. He brushed her hair aside and walked out closing the room door slowly.
He met Damionand started to talk to him.
“Don’t tell her that I covered her.”, Alex demanded and walked away in the opposite direction.
“No problem sir.”
“Oh…and is there any word of the wine that we are looking for?”, he asked as he stopped in his tracks.
“About that…the Queen Mary The Third did have a child, that the late Mr. Griffin was looking for…so, therefore, she did have a bloodline, if we could track the bloodline down, we can find the wine. This blood-or wine…is well-known to quench all vampires' thirst for life. She was blessed with a gift, blood that was enchanting. Therefore, she always carried a unique scent that made her smell lovely and enticing, only a few could pick up this scent. In the past, only your father could pick up that scent and…of course her husband.”, he explained as he used his index finger to push his glasses up.
“Alright then, that wraps up everything for tonight. Make sure you take good care of the girl and sure she does not make any efforts to disturb me”, he stated as he started walking again.
“I highly doubt she will, but okay…Where are you going, Mr. Griffin?”, Damion questioned as he turned his body around to face him.
“Trust me, you have no idea how she is. I’m going to the study room, don’t disturb me and cancel all my appointments for the weekend, I want to get to know Zoey more.”, he said as he shut the door silently.
“Oh…and is there any word of the wine that we are looking for?”, he asked as he stopped in his tracks. “About that…the Queen Mary The Third did have a child, that the late Mr. Griffin was looking for…so, therefore, she did have a bloodline, if we could track the bloodline down, we can find the wine. This blood-or wine…is well-known to quench all vampires' thirst for life. She was blessed with a gift, enchanting blood. Therefore, she always carried a unique scent that made her smell lovely and enticing, only a few could pick up this scent. In the past, only your father could pick up that scent and…of course her husband.”, he explained as he used his index finger to push his glasses up. “Alright then, that wraps up everything for tonight. Make sure you take good care of the girl and sure she does not make any efforts to disturb me”, he stated as he started walking again. “I highly doubt she will, but okay…Where are you going, Mr. Griffin?”, Damion questioned as he turned his body arou
“You care for this girl… don’t you Mr. Griffin? You have never allowed any women in this mansion before and you’ve changed a lot.” She saw Damien talking to Alexander with his head down which made him look somewhat disappointed. But her heart tingled a little hearing that Alexander treated her special or she thought so, before she went to go back to lie down she froze on the spot listening to the other part of the conversation. “Damien, you’re more naive than I thought you would be. I thought you knew all along! I’m only keeping her so I can use her, I need her blood.”Alex remarked sinisterly and laughed. “I have women throwing themselves at my feet. She means absolutely nothing to me, she is obviously useless and just a little game to play with when I am bored. As soon as she falls for me…I am going to kill her.” ‘CRASH’ The loud sound of a window breaking made Alexander’s and Damien’s heads turn and look back at each other. “Shit! She’s running away! Damien go get a warm room r
Zoey walked around in her room aimlessly fighting with herself whether this was reality or just all in her mind. (Wh…what the hell was that…? Did…did I see things? Is he what I think he is…A vampire..?), Zoey thought to herself as she started to chew on her nails. “Pssh, there’s no way in the world…What if he is…?”, she asked herself stopping in her tracks and then jumping on the bed as she rolled around. “AM I GOING MAD?!”, she yelled into her pillow. (He was kinda hot though when he sank his teeth into my wrist…), she thought to herself and then covered her face with a pillow embarassed. (But that wasn’t it…I felt like there was an awakening in me…like…as if I saw everything different, I could hear every slightest sound for quite a long time, it doesn’t make sense. I felt so energetic and I felt like I had so much strength in me. What is going on with me? Why did I enjoy it…?) Just then Zoey heard a slight knock on her wooden room doors. “Zoey…?It’s me, Alexander…I was hoping t
“Ah yes! Also, I’m so sorry for intruding on your moment with Alex.”, Sabrina said as she barged herself into Zoey’s room. “O-oh…about that I’m so sorry…I felt like y’all had business to catch up on and that I was intruding.”, Zoey said as she mumbled and fumbled around with her fingers. “Well, I should get going, take care, Zoey.”, she said as she dashed Zoey and walked out of the room. “Take care too, Sabrina…”,Zoey said as she waved to her with a plastered smile till Sabrina was finally out of sight.” Argh…What a swine!”, she said as she rolled her eyes and slammed the door. Zoey knew about these types of people and she hated them to the bone. She called them ‘The Swines’, the one’s who get paranoid and make it seem like they have a certain man who loves the but the man doesn’t and they just make other people’s lives miserable. Zoey read enough books and watched enough movies to know about these people, in her eyes…they were ‘pathetic’. Zoey wasn’t planning on stealing anyone’s
(I can smell cookies….I could hear Zoey’s humming earlier on….or was she just making that for Damien…), Alexander thought to himself, but just then he heard voices outside, all thanks to his good hearing. “What do you want Sabrina?You and I both know why you’re here.”, Zoey said as she held the platter tight to her. “Oh…and what is it?”, Sabrina said walking up to her. “You’re using him for your convenience. I just hope he’s not too dumb to not see your plans, it would be a pity for a handsome face like him to be dumb as hell.”, Zoey said as she showed her the best puppy dog face ever and then walked up to her and whispered in her ear, “And it would be my greatest pleasure to see your downfall.” Zoey left Sabrina speechless, Sabrina didn’t expect anything like this from Zoey. “You should try using some makeup Zoey to cover up your pores.”, she said crossing her arms. “And you should try to use less because you look like a damn ghost, it makes sense why he pushes you away.”, Zoey
“Do you know why he wanted to bring you to the mansion?”, Damien asked “No, why?”, she asked, turning her head to look at him. “He’s trying to protect you.”, he said making the mood serious. “And how? By locking me in that house and trusting his ex-swine over me?”, she asked as she scoffed. “There are people…dangerous people who also know you’re secret.”, Damien said as he held the steering wheel tight making his whites white now. “They know what I do…?”, she asked in concern. “Yes. And that’s why he’s kept you there, your father and friends are safe, but…I think it’s best if you talk to him, he would explain it better.” “I...Please just drive me to the airport.”, she said as she turned her body at an angle facing the window while her head rested on her elbow. They reached the airport. “Well…I guess this is it…?”, Damien asked quietly. “Yeah…I guess so, I enjoyed training with you. Goodbye…”, she said as she gave him a tight hug and he hugged back. She was about to leave whe
“What did you find on her father?”, Alexander asked as he exhaled in distress as he clasped his hands together in a demanding position. (Please…don’t let it be what I think it is…), Alexander thought to himself in fear and worry. “So, her mother, nor her family is anywhere in the picture. The father is a normal person but…”,Damien’s voice trailed off. “What?”, Alex asked as he started to pinch the bridge of his nose. “He is a vampire hunter.” Alex’s body went cold. “I don’t get it, what do you mean?” “The whole lineage of the Griffin’s has been hunted and killed by one specific person. Mr. Smith. If the father is a normal human being, that means that…Zoey’s mother was The Great Queen Mary descendant, and I highly doubt that Zoey knows about this. What should we do?”, Damien asked as he started to hold his hands behind his back. “Leave me be.”, Alex said causing Damien to nod his head and leave the room closing the door. But Alexander was left speechless. (If …the mother was a Q
“Hey dad, I’m going off to work now, don’t forget to eat and take care of yourself.”, she reminded him as she kissed him on his cheek and left the house. “Take care too, sweetheart!”, he said. (I’m happy for her…she looks like she’s getting better now. That’s good.), Zoey’s father thought to himself until he knocked against something by mistake and picked up a bag. “Shit…Zoe….you took the wrong bag…”, he muttered under her breath but it was too late to catch up with her because she was far gone. Just then, he saw something that peeked out of the bag. A picture. Leo dropped her bag in shock to see who it was, he even had to double-check his eyes. His jaw ticked. He went down to the basement and stayed there for the rest of the day. Later that evening “Hey dad, I’m home!”, she exclaimed as she sang a sweet lullaby. Leo, her father just sat in the dining room with his arms folded until she poked him to check if he was okay, he got up and went to his room. (Huh…why did he flinch as