The Vampires Pet

Chapter 24: A new job

When he came home that night I was already in bed, I was too embarrassed that he would mention me spying on him again. He never did mention it, thankfully, and it was almost time for him to leave. A year had gone by fast since I’d first met him in Zedric’s castle and nothing else eventful happened after Zedric’s death.

On the day of him leaving, I hugged him tight, and he smiled, “we will meet again, you are my pet after all, and anytime you need me or feel in danger you can reach me through our bond.”

He was right, so I stepped back and let him go. It was hard watching him get in his car and drive away, I had gotten used to him living with me, looking after me, and now he was gone. I cried for the first few days and really struggled with how much I missed him, usually pets lived with their masters, but Amdis wasn’t your typical master vampire, he couldn’t very well drag me around on all his jobs with him.

I spent Christmas Eve with Michelle, she was seeing family on Christmas, so we celebrated a day early together. When Christmas passed, then New Year’s Day, I still hadn’t anything from Amdis. Easter passed by too, then the summer, with still no word. Even without him near me, I still went into heat for him, it was awful, and I dreaded every month, it was painful and I would get so sick.

I tried reaching out once or twice telepathically, but he didn’t respond, I couldn’t feel him at all, and I realised he had closed the bond between us, not cut it, or I would have certainly felt the pain of that, but he had mentally closed himself off from me.

That hurt, and then I grew angry about it, Francesca still saw me and therapy had helped tremendously over time, I was much stronger than I had been, I acted more mature than I had before, sort of, I was still me, I still loved my stuffed animals and my Disney movies, I just hid it more and only let my childish side out when I was alone. I was working at a shop in the town, a bakery shop and slowly the pain of Amdis got a little easier, I still hated him for just leaving me like I was nothing, but I was doing ok now, I didn’t cry every night anymore.

I said goodbye to my boss, who was a nice older lady, with white hair and kind brown eyes, and made my way home. I was making myself a pizza in the oven when my laptop pinged with a new email.

I went over and opened it up. It was from the company Amdis worked for. It had been so long I had forgotten about applying for a job there, I opened it up and almost fell off the chair when I saw they accepted me, they wanted me to go to their building next week to have an interview and see if they thought I would benefit from their training programme.

Woah! I was both excited and scared. I had kept up with my training and everything Amdis had taught me, I was in a good enough place mentally too, that I knew I’d be ok facing vampires, but I wasn’t sure how great I’d be at fighting, I felt a little better when I saw they mentioned as I was human I would be required to be partnered up with a supernatural.

I was so nervous to look, but going on their webpage, I searched for Amdis. He was still there, and it said he was unavailable, so he was protecting someone else right now?

I wondered what she was like, it was probably a she, I wondered if they had grown close like me and him had, did he take care of her the same way? Was he as soft with her? Did he stroke her hair when she was afraid?

I shook the thoughts away before I started to cry again, I needed to be over him, he didn’t want me romantically and never would. I think the hardest thing for me was being in love with someone who was so kind and gentlemanly and sweet, it made it hard to hate him and certainly didn’t help me love him less.

The rest of my week was normal, wake up, eat, work, sleep, repeat. On the Sunday I had packed a bag with some clothes and other essentials as the email had said I would be staying at their base, yep, they had a base there apparently.

I was so nervous on the Monday, and my nerves only grew as the taxi drove me closer to my destination. They were based in London and I looked in awe at the giant beige building, how had I never noticed it before when I had lived in London?

It was a long drive, and I was so glad they had paid for my travel expenses. Being on the motorway seemed to take forever, but I didn’t mind too much, I enjoyed car rides and there was a long strip of woods to look out to, once or twice I even saw a bunny.

The taxi driver pressed the intercom button when we arrived and when someone asked who it was he said, “I have a miss Hansley here for an appointment, she says.”

The big black gates slowly opened up, and he drove me up to the main entrance. “Thank you,” I said and got out of the car with my heavy bag.

I went inside the building and suddenly lost my nerve seeing the receptionist desk, it was posh and fancy and the two ladies there looked beautiful and perfect. I was so not equipped to be some cool heroine badass. I slowly backed up until my back hit someone’s solid and muscular chest.

“Careful lady,” he said, ice-cold and cruel.

I turned and looked up at him. “Kane?”

Kane looked at me in surprise and said, “s.hit, I didn’t know it was you babe, what the f***k are you doing here?”

I ignored him and grabbed him into a big hug. He awkwardly patted my back and looked around at other badass looking people who obviously were staying here too, and he said quietly, “as much as I love your hugs, let’s not do it in public.”

I pulled back and asked, “why not?”

“It’s not cool, I have a reputation to uphold.”

I rolled my eyes and muttered, “fine.”

“Why are you here?” He asked.

“I have an interview.”

He rose his eyebrows. “What? You’re not f.ucking working in this job, you won’t last two minutes.”

“Yes I will, Amdis taught me a lot, therapy has helped me a lot too, I won’t have another flashback or anything, and they offer a training programme here.”

“You should go home, I’ll drive you if you want”.

“No!”

“Rochelle—”

“Kane! I’m staying, this is my life and my choice.”

He stepped back and looked me over. “You really have changed in the last year. Alright, miss stubborn stay, but Amdis won’t be happy.”

“I don’t care what he thinks.”

“Woah, what happened, I thought you were all head over heels in love with him.”

“He just left me like I’m nothing, I haven’t heard a word from him since.”

“In over a year?”

“Nope, nothing, I thought vampires treated their pets better than this?”

“They do, but this is Amdis, he isn’t exactly your typical vamp.”

“Have you seen him?”

“Not recently, I think he’s due back here in two weeks, though.”

I nodded, ignoring the butterflies in my tummy at the thought of him being here soon. I walked past Kane with new determination and let the receptionist know I was here.

“Thank you miss Hansley, I will let the boss know you have arrived, if you just take a seat in the waiting area he will be with you shortly.”

“Thank you,” I smiled and went to sit down. Kane frowned at me and muttered, “I can’t believe you’re doing this, but good luck.”

I gave him a sarcastic smile, and he shook his head and walked away.

The boss was hot, he looked like he should be at some model shoot. Messy blonde hair, blue eyes and a muscular build under the suit he wore. He was definitely a supernatural, I wasn’t sure what, I think werewolf, but I was only human, so I couldn’t really tell.

He called me in to his big office, it was fancy, it had wooden flooring with a red rug, the walls were basically built in bookcases and filled with books. There was a chandelier on the ceiling that was shaped like tree branches, his desk was a warm brown wood and his chair was a cream cushioned soft leather, as was the chair opposite which I took a seat in. The window behind him had pretty white nets softly blowing from the breeze that came from the slightly opened window.

He was polite and to the point and didn’t seem all that interested in my background, he just wanted to know how reliable I was, if I could fight and whether I was willing to work with others, I had to give him the information of any history or ongoing mental health problems too but thankfully he didn’t seem to mind that I was having therapy as long as I believed I could cope with the job he was happy.

I nodded, and he said I would need the training programme, and then he called someone in to show me to my room.