CHAPTER 7

KAELYNN's POV

My whole body hurt and I felt dizzy. I held my head and opened my eyes.

I looked around the room and saw sir Darren sitting on the edge of the bed.

He’s frowning. I touched my neck and all the things that happened that day came flashing on my mind. Suddenly, I could feel the fear coming back to me. I pulled the blanket and covered my whole body with it. Monsters! Those three were monsters! Wait, how about sir Darren? Is he like them? A monster too? What about the child sitting in front of me?

I gulped and my whole body’s trembling out of fear. They’re vampires, not humans. They’re monsters who only live by blood and scared of the sunlight.

That’s why this whole place is always dark and why they only leave the mansion at sunset.

Once again, I looked at the child slowly approaching me. He hesitated and was about to cry. He was also about to cry but he suddenly ran to me. I was shocked when he hugged me tightly.

He cried and I just stare there, dazed with everything that’s happened, I can feel his fear and I know he was worried about me.

I hugged him back and cried once more. Why is this place like this? The one I thought to be a better job turned out to be the most dangerous one

How am I going to leave this place? Will I be able to escape? How about this child? Am I going to take him with me? If yes, then how! How can we leave this hell!

"Luno al you otey?" I nodded at him and smiled then I wiped our tears. I’m still not that okay when the door suddenly opens and the twins entered the room.

They we’re both shocked when they saw me but then it vanishes quickly.

"You’re already awake kaelynn? How are you?" my body went numb because of too much fear. I hate these times when my fear is eating me up.

My body’s trembling but sir Darren hold my hand and he looked at me straight in the eyes.

It’s he’s telling me that nothings going to happened to me because he’s with me, I tighten my grip to him too.

"You’ve been unconscious for three days already," Danrious said which surprised me.

"Good thing you recovered your strength already Kaelynn" Daniel said in a happy tone but I know he’s just pretending in front of me and he’s just like his twin. Not just the two of them but sir Daryl too.

"Time to get down now" suddenly a voice from the door said and it’s Mila, I looked at her and I think I know already on why she still looks young and strong, it’s because she’s a vampire too.

"Luno, let's go?" I nodded at him and tried to get up, Daniel offered to help me but I refused and forced myself to walk.

Now, I’ll try my best to last here and plan a better way to escape, also I still need to gain their trust so that I will be able to observe this place and everyone else here.

I looked at sir Darren who’s still holding my hand.

If it wasn't for him, I would’ve given up already or maybe I’ll get crazy because of what happened

But he’s here, holding my hand tightly.

Like he’s saying that he’ll protect me. That’s why I promise you Darren, we’ll get out of here alive.

••*••

We went to the dining area and I settle sir Darren to his original chair, far from his brothers. I just ignore them all.

Even though I’m still wearing my pajamas, I never paid attention to them and walk directly to the kitchen to wash my face and prepare sir Darren’s breakfast.

It has been three days that I was unconscious, I still feel a bit dizzy and my body’s still weak, but I need to work, not for the money but for us to be able to escape from here.

I blink my eyes a few time since my head is spinning, I tried to hold the butter but I suddenly lost my balance.

I was surprised when someone catches me and it was sir Daryl, he has a serious look on his face and I don’t think I will like what that look means

"Rest for now, I’ll order someone to take your meal to your room and don’t worry about Darren, the twins will take care of him until you have fully recovered your strength," he said then assisted me to my room. The three siblings are just looking at us so I just smiled at sir Darren.

We enter a room near sir Darren’s room and it looks like they transferred my things here already. This room is much bigger than my old room behind the stairs.

"Rest for now. I’ll order Mila to take your meals here" he said and I frown, at first, I thought he’s the one who’ll help me but then he ended up sucking my blood too. Why sir Daryl?

"Sorry Kaelynn" he suddenly blurted out while his back is facing me.

"We can’t live without the mortal's blood," he said then left the room, I felt a sudden pain in my chest. I know that he’s words are sincere when he apologized.

I hold my chest, why do I feel like this? Even though I know that he’s a vampire, I still have this admiration for him.

I lied down in this soft and big bed, I looked at the ceiling and remembered that night, I touched my neck and it feels like Danrious’ fangs are still plunged into it.

*tok tok*

I looked at the door and when it open, Danrious came in with a bored expression on him.

Speaking of the devil.

"Eat so you’ll recover your strength" I diverted my gaze to the other side of the room and it looks like he got pissed.

"Do you really want this the hard way?" he said and I shook my head as a no, I realized that I don’t have the strength yet to fight against them so I’ll just do whatever they say for now.

I forced myself to get up but my head is still spinning, I was astonished when he placed his one hand on my elbow and the other on my back then help me sit.

I looked at his face which is inches away from mine, he also looked at me and I don’t know why but I smiled.

"What are you smiling at?" I shook my head. Even though he has this strong and arrogant look he still looks like a bored cat, because of his eyes.

"You still have the nerve to smile huh," he said in an irritated tone and I giggled. Is he getting pissed off again?

"Hahaha, what’s wrong with smiling?" I said and he just rolled his eyes on me and I laugh again since I can totally imagine a cat rolling his eyes

Hahaha, he’s so ugly, but I noticed that right now, this is the first time that I wasn't scared of him. Among the four of them, he’s the one I am most scared of.

"You know what, just stop thinking already and eat so you can have your strength back and take care of Darren already, it’s not our job to take care of you two tsss" he said and I just nodded at him. If only this at ease feeling with him will last every time he’s near me then I’m sure my work here will be easier.

"Yes, yes master," I said and took the meal and I was shocked when I saw toasted bread with butter and a glass of milk as my meal.

"Who made this?" I ask him and he just scratched his cheek.

"Mila did," he said but I was confused. If it was Mila, then how come the other side of the bread is overcooked?

"Mila, doesn't she knows how to cook?" I ask him and it looks like he lost his patience with me already and took the bread out of my hand.

"Don’t eat if you don’t want to! I’m already serving you and you're still acting like this! Tsk!" I was surprised by his reaction and I think I know already who made this.

I don’t know but I feel happy and can’t contain myself from smiling then ate the meal he prepared.

••*••

Two days before I finally regained my strength so within those five days, I feel like I’m being treated like a princess.

Good thing it’s vacation now and the school is closed, but sir Daryl is still too busy with their family business.

Just like what we agreed, they allowed me and Darren to go out to their backyard but we still can’t manage to escape since the whole place is full of bodyguards.

So if we’re planning to escape, we can’t successfully do it because of too many guards? I need to think of something else as an escape plan.

They never order me to do the shopping so that the plan would be too difficult and they will not allow Darren to go with me. If we’re going to pass through the backyard where a path leading to the city is found, it will surely require us a vehicle.

What can we do? Especially now that we’re not just surrounded by guards but the twins are with us too.

"What’s so enjoyable here under the sun?" Danrious asked while doing his best to hide under the trees and covered with clothes

"Can’t you see Rious? The beauty of nature!" Daniel said and Damrious hugged him.

"Let’s go back inside. It’s too hot in here and that sunblock you applied to me is too sticky” Danrious complained.

"Rious don’t say that, it was hard for me to apply the sunblock on every part of your body," Daniel said. Ugh, their conversation is getting nastier so I and sir Darren left them and walk to the seashore.

We walk barefooted. It’s still 3 pm but the sun is about to set already.

Sir Darren and I are making sandcastles and he’s so happy every time we finish making one. The twins joined us too and it looks like this is their first time making a san castle since they look like children whose so happy with their works even if it’s not that great.

Me and sir Darren laughed at their work. I don’t know but I don’t feel any hesitations with interacting with them. Is it because of the sincere apology of sir Daryl? Or maybe because of the twins’ kindness these past few days?

Wait, the plan is for them to trust me, not the other way around! But what’s happening to me? Why do I feel pity for them? Is it because they can’t live a normal life just like us?

Why? Why am I feeling this way? Before it was just sir Darren but now, now I want the four of them to feel happy, even just for a while.

What am I thinking! There vampires Runo! Right! The only thing I need to think about is how can I and sir Darren escape from here.

But why do I have this feeling in my heart that I also want to help them, all four of them? Arrrrrgh! My mind is too occupied by these four siblings and I think I might get crazy because of them. I’m still not over with their secret and here I am, trying to solve another problem

"Kaelynn! What are you thinking?" Daniel said and hug me again then rub his cheek on mine. This pervert is too clingy.

"Nothing," I said and pushed his face away from me using my hand covered with sand.

"Aww now I got sand on my face, give me a bath later okay?" he said and I just rolled my eyes on him and walk away from him. I sat down beside Darren and Danrious.

"Unfair! Now you chose to sit beside Rious than me! Why? When did you two get so close?" Daniel said and I looked at Danrious but he looked away from me.

"Huh? I want to sit next to sir Darren. Right, sir Darren?" I said then hugged him and pinch his cheeks but it looks like he’s on his having a PMS again.

"Your hands are dirty eww," he said and he’s right so I wiped the dirt off using my skirt and carried him to sit on my lap.

"There! So you won’t get any dirt to your shorts" I said to Darren but he’s too busy playing with the sand.

The twins suddenly looked at each other then looked at me with a playful smile.

"What? What’s wrong with you two?" I asked them and sir Daniel approaches me.

"Us too Kaelynn. We want to sit in your lap too" he said and my face flustered. I grab a handful of sand and throw it to him

"Go and burn in the sun" I said to him and they just laughed then get back to playing in the sand again.

They both soaked a handful of sands in their hands and throw it at each other. They seemed to enjoy and when we get back to the mansion...

"What did you guys do! You’re really making it hard for me to wash your clothes" Mila said to us in an angry tone.

Oops!