The Vampires Pet

Chapter 22

I was relieved to be away from the judgemental eyes of the villagers and hidden back in the carriage as it rolled away from the village. A few of the villagers stepped out of their homes and watched as the carriage departed with angry eyes. 

I sighed and turned away, looking at my hands in my lap. The words Karter spoke still echoed in my mind. Hunters and the plan to get rid of the vampire race for once and for all. Was that even possible? I wasn't sure of the statistics but I was sure there was a bigger percentage of vampires than humans in the world, so how would we kill them off? 

It seemed like a suicide pact to me but I couldn't ignore the small amount of hope that shined in my heart. The vampires were the problem, if they were no longer around then our world would go back to being almost normal, minus the other supernatural creatures that littered this earth. 

I would no longer be a pet to Nicholas, I wouldn't be controlled and belittled by them. A life like that, it seemed bright and it was one I wanted. No vampires and no Nicholas. 

But that world seemed far off, though I had hope for it to come, I wasn't sure it would. How many people were actually apart of this 'rebellion'. I think I heard Nicholas say that the witches were helping the humans make something that was dangerous for vampires. Maybe there was a chance if the witches were behind it all but could they be trusted?

Anything supernatural could no be trusted in my opinion, witch, werewolf or vampire. But it was common knowledge that there was a hatred between vampires and witches. If I had to pick a side, I'd have to pick the witches. 

"What are you thinking about?" 

I snapped my head up, my eyes meeting Nicholas's. "Nothing." I mumbled. 

If Nicholas knew what I was thinking, he'd kill me on the spot. There was some guilt building up in me for not telling him what Karter told me, some part of me felt that he needed to know total destruction to his race was in plan. 

But I couldn't bring myself to tell him. 

"Nothing?" He raised his eyebrows ever so slightly. "I don't think it is possible to think of nothing, unless of course you are a brainless fool." 

Despite my blank expression, my heart rate was rising with the possibility of Nicholas finding out what I was keeping from him. He always seemed to have some sort of strange precognition, as if he knew my every thought before I did. That frightened me. 

"The villagers." I said quickly when he noticed my heart rate. "They gave me horrible looks. I'm even more outcasted than I was before." 

He studied me silently. It wasn't a lie, I was thinking about that too but more about the possible impending doom to his species. He let silence consume us, which only made the worry and fear bubble inside me more. When he finally spoke, my body physically relaxed. 

"I don't think you'll ever be accepted by their kind Faye. They fear what is different and out of their control, that has been you since the moment you turned up at the village." He spoke the truth but somewhere locked away inside, it hurt. "Let them fear you. Don't feel upset because you're different, relish in the fact that they see you're special." 

I stared into his eyes, searching for anything but all I found were pools of blood staring back at me. His words lit something inside of me but the light was overshadowed by my doubts and fears. Some part of me wondered if he was still talking about me, or himself. 

"I am not like you Master." I said. "I don't think I could be happy with the fact that they hate me, they outcasted me so I belonged to no species but you." 

"You belonged to me the moment you were brought onto this earth Fairy." His tone was final, leaving me no room to think or say otherwise. "If they want to fear you, become something they really will be fearful of." 

Something they will be fearful of. Sometimes I wanted to show them up, to really show them something to fear and hate but I was just a human. The outcasting pricked at my heart, we were the same but a small difference made me anything but the same. I wasn't sure how I was suppose to become something to make them fearful, I was a weak human who was controlled by a vampire. 

A powerful and arrogant vampire. He knew his strengths and had no weaknesses, that I had found at least, everyone feared him and he loved it. The fear from humans and vampires alike, it fueled his black heart. So I should become like him? That's what he was saying, but I hated him, I wanted to be nothing like that monster. 

But maybe, I didn't need to change. Maybe I already had what I needed to instil real fear in others. I had Nicholas. He was possibly one of the best weapons one could wield, but he was the one who controlled me. I wasn't sure how I could use him, but I had time to think of ways. 

"Now what are you thinking about?" Nicholas smirked slightly. 

"Nothing." One side of my lips lifted up, almost matching the evil grins Nicholas did all to often but mine didn't reach my eyes, it was superficial. 

He raised his eyebrows but didn't speak. 

The carriage soon came to a stop at his house. We went back inside, heading straight to his room as usual. When we entered, I noticed the glass was gone. Huxley or another maid must've come and tidied it up while we were out. My body shivered at the memory of the rage behind Nicholas's eyes this morning, Nicholas must've noticed because when I looked up he was studying me. 

I cowered from his stare and looked at the floor again. I suddenly raised my head again, my eyes locking with Nicholas's that never left me. I had felt it, it was weak and barely noticeable but I had felt the sudden prodding of the intrusion on my mind. 

"Clara is here." I spoke suddenly. 

Nicholas smirked. "How did you know?" I saw pride and a bit of wonder flash through his eyes. 

I brought my hand up and tapped my finger against my temple. His smirk widened, almost reaching his eyes. My eyes widened slightly at the genuine look across his face. Then the door opened and Nicholas looked to it. 

"Right on time." Nicholas said. 

My eyes remained on his face for a moment longer before I turned and looked at Clara. 

"Nic." She smiled. "Faye." 

"I felt it." I said. "I felt you try connect." 

Her smile widened, it brightened the whole room. She was like a ray of sun, it warmed me. "That's wonderful Faye. I was down the hall when I did that, you really are learning quickly." 

I wanted to smile with her but I couldn't, though a few superficial ghost smiles had graced my face before, ever since the day my grandmother died, I had stopped being able to smile. Smiles and laughs were scarce from the day my parents died but my grandmother always knew how to get them out of me, but when she died, they died with her.  

I was happy and proud that I was getting better at detecting intrusions in my mind, this would help with protecting myself against the monsters, yet I wasn't happy enough to genuinely smile. After all this was just a small feat, I was still stuck in the grips of a monster. My fate was chosen for me already by said monster and it wasn't a fate I agreed with, my smiles would never return under those circumstances. 

"I am actually quite surprised." Clara started. "I didn't think you would be able to notice an intrusion from that distance but you really have improved at a rather fast rate. It does seem your mind really doesn't want anyone in there." 

I glanced at Nicholas who was busy staring at Clara. His expression changed at the mention of her words, he looked like a detective, trying to figure something out. The day progressed with Clara and I doing our normal training, she would leave and connect from the hallway or room next door sometimes to test the distance my mind could sense the connection. 

Throughout the day Nicholas stayed silent, his methodical eyes studied me the whole time, suspicion hidden behind the red pools of blood. I wasn't sure what Nicholas was thinking, I never really was, his mind seemed too elaborate for me to understand. I thought of Phantom, wondering if he could understand Nicholas mind or just his soul. 

Phantom had suddenly appeared, sauntering to me to settle on my lap with a look on his face like he was saying 'Ask and you shall receive.' 

He stayed on my lap while we trained my mind, comforting me from the weird air that had started to surround me due to Nicholas. By the end of the day I was exhausted, I hadn't realised how tiresome it actually was training your mind like that. Clara had trained me harder due to my mind responding well to everything, leaving me with a small headache and a weak body. 

My mind seemed to be training harder than I was pushing it, it was instinctively defending itself from the intrusions. As Clara said, it seemed my mind really didn't want anyone in there. That idea not only caused Nicholas's quiet and odd mood, but it piqued my curiosity too. It was my own mind, yet I didn't exactly know why it was so instinctive and reactive. 

Sure it could be because of my distaste of their kind, perhaps my thinking is what has made it shielded but I felt that didn't quite explain it all. It was more than just reacting to my negative feelings towards vampires. It was almost as if my mind had been like that since birth, I was sure I hadn't received any prior training to get it like it is, it is more natural. 

It was peculiar, not only to me but to Nicholas and to Clara. Though she cared less about the why and wanted to use it to our advantage, Nicholas seemed suspicious of me and it was beginning to worry me. If he thought I was something else, he would kill me or torture me to get answers I didn't have. I wasn't sure what else I could be, I clearly wasn't a vampire or a witch. Highly doubted I was a werewolf, I wasn't particularly hairy. 

I knew there were many different supernatural species that I didn't even know about. I had heard of Fairies, but never knew if they were real or just a folk law. I was simply born as a human and grew up as a human, it was that simple but at the same time Nicholas didn't think it was and I was beginning to think that way too. 

I was certain I had no encounters with supernatural species growing up. With my parents, we lived secluded and it was safe. Nothing we never wanted there would turn up, fathers friends would sometimes come by but I was sure never a vampire or witch turned up. Granted my memories of those times were a bit choppy, I was young so some things I can recall and other things my mind goes completely blank. 

It was the same with my grandmother, some memories when I first moved there were a bit irregular. I always put the trauma of losing my two parents to the blankness my mind would have if I thought back to that time, their deaths took a toll on me afterall, I was just a kid. Grandmother was a normal human, she grew her own vegetables and herbs, she was often called the village doctor due to her natural medicine knowledge and her need to help others. 

My life for the most part was normal but after being with Nicholas I had started to notice how some things were less 'normal'. It wasn't like anything was supernaturally abnormal but some things just no longer made complete sense. As much as I hated the creature Nicholas was, he had opened my eyes to things I was oblivious too and in doing so I started to see the irregularities that were surrounding me.  

Everything was starting to be brought to question by Nicholas and myself, it was now a race to see who could figure it all out first.