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away. “But answer me this. Why didn’t you just kill me in the woods?” I was curious. None of this made any sense. “You didn’t know I was alone until you heard me talking to my mom.” Having many more questions, I started to ask more as he pulled his finger out of my hand and placed it back over my lips.
    He clearly didn’t like my questions but answered anyway. “I surveyed your house out just before dawn on my way to my resting spot for the day. I could hear only two defenseless hearts beating and one of those was a child. I wanted to take you then. To wake you with my fangs at your throat.”
    He reached over with the other hand to run one cool finger down my neck while he spoke, his right index finger still on my lips. Both of his hands were on me as if we were in an embrace. “That is the best time, you know. You would have smelled so much more human after an entire night in your bed before you covered your skin and hair with all of the fragrances human women are so fond of. But I would have been pressed for time. I would have had to spend the day here and I could not take the chance that some nosy human would come poking around, despite the isolation here, while I was incapacitated.”
    He casually lifted his shoulders now when he spoke further like we were talking about the weather. “So I was fairly certain that you were essentially alone. I decided to let you sit and I would come back the next day. Besides, why would I want to kill you in the cold dirt of the woods when I could defile you and kill you in the comfort of your own home?”
    The bleakness of his words startled me and I knew my shock was evident on my face. He was enjoying it. I felt a pit in my stomach, cold and empty.
    What had I agreed to? Giving him my blood, my body, or something more important? Would he drain my soul as well? It took only a second for me to realize I would give up anything for Ellie so it didn’t really matter; he could have it all. Pulling his hand away from my mouth, I whispered, “Defile me then.” In return, he flashed me another predatory smile.
    The chiming of the clock made me jump slightly at the first strike; it chimed five in the morning. The heavy oak that housed the mechanism of the clock gave it an ominous resounding boom that echoed throughout the emptiness of the house. The clock had been in my family for at least three generations, but I had never noticed before how lonely it sounded. It now reminded me of a death knell.
    This hell of a night would soon be over but I still wasn’t exactly sure how it would end and his face still held that smile. A smile that confidently said he had won.
    “So let me explain the rules of our engagement,” he began. “You are mine during the dark of the day, which means you will sleep when I sleep. You will do as you are told without question. Most importantly, you will contact no one and you will not leave this house unless accompanied by me. I expect to not have to repeat myself and, remember, any disobedience will make our agreement null and void. Ending your own life intentionally will also nullify our agreement. Do you understand?” He waited now, prompting me to answer with the full weight of his eyes on me.
    Nodding my head yes, I vaguely realized I did have several questions, but I suppose my thoughts were racing too quickly for them to be coherent.
    “Then I will see you at the setting of the sun.” His voice was low when he spoke.
    He was suddenly standing before I realized his movements and reaching down, he grasped my hands and pulled me quickly to my feet. My head swam with the sudden movement, but I was locked in his grip so I didn’t falter. Leaning down, he placed one cool touch of his lips to the back of my right hand and then he was gone. A second later, I heard the back door close and I was alone.
    With his leaving, I also lost control of my legs and I sank back down to the floor. I knew it had been pure adrenaline that had kept me going for