Blood Debt

First to Draw Blood

Carlo’s words snapped me out of my anxiety attack and I sucked my emotions back. If I was going to figure a way out of this, it would be by focusing and not panicking. I met Carlo’s cold dark eyes again. I could see where Pierce’s brothers got theirs.

“Who are you? And what what do you want with me?”

“Tsk. Such a poor listener.” He turned to his sons “You will need to teach her better listening skills.” He turned back to me and began his introduction again.

“As I just said, my name is-“

I cut him off. Anger slowest replaced my anxiety and I felt more confident “I know your name. I mean are you some serial killer family? Am I being kidnapped for money? If so you picked the wrong-”

Now he cut me off. “Look around you. Does it look like I need to hold you for ransom?”

“Then what do want with me then?” I demanded.

He walked to me and pulled a folded piece of paper from his inner suit pocket. He unfolded it and handed it over to me. I scanned the document as he spoke.

“Well as a matter of fact, until your 18th birthday, I want you to live under my roof with my sons and learn to behave. I am your legal guardian now after all.”

As Carlo spoke, I read the fine print of the court document he handed me. It was a transfer of guardianship with Daniel’s sloppy signature at the bottom of the page. The panic started making its way back into my system.

“Why would he—“ I asked.

“Pesky thing debt is. Sometimes you just get in with the wrong guy and you get in a little over your head. Well, lucky for Daniel that he had you.”

“This doesn’t make any sense. A teenage girl can’t be worth more than the money he owes you. Hell, I’m sure his organs are worth more than I am as some slave for your sons!”

“Ah, but here is the thing Ms Connors, you are the family member with the right type of blood.” Carlo answered, almost excitedly.

This conversation was taking a darker turn than I expected. “How do you know what’s in my blood?” I asked.

I internally cringed at the fear that came with that question. Carlo’s smile widened. It distorted his attractive face to look deranged.

“It’s crazy the information you can get on people when they spit into a tube to learn about their genome, especially when you own the company.”

I stopped breathing. I took in the room again, and it finally clicked. I was defenseless, naked in a room with five able bodied men. I tried stepping away from the butler but he reached out and locked his grip around my upper arm.

“What do you want with my blood?” Panic laced my voice as I tried to calm my now racing heart.

“Great question. Boys come here and taste Ms Connors. You can explain it to her.” The twins, Zade and Noah, smirked at me and made their way over to me.

Holy s**t. I was about to be sexually assaulted. And probably dead. During the last 4 months of my life, I thought I wanted to die. to stop feeling the soul crushing pain I woke up every morning in my sad existence. But now being faced with my mortality, I wanted to live.

So I fought with all the strength I had. I thrashed against the butler’s grip, but he held on like steel. If I couldn’t get him off, I would be keep the brothers off me. My heart raced and my legs kicked out, but it merely caused the twin with the white streak to rush my space and push me against a wall.

White streak effectively immobilized me while the other twin came up to our side. He was clearly taking pleasure from the scene unfolding in front of him. His eyes gleamed with excitement as he watched his brother pulled my hair from my grip and behind my shoulder.

I was panting from fear as White streak sniffed the column of my neck before sinking his teeth into the fleshy spot where my artery sat.

What the hell?!

I bucked against white streak’s body trying to get him to release me. Searing pain radiated his bite but then began morphing into something else. Something so much more confusing.

A wave of euphoria hit and I gasped when the sensation tugged in between my thighs. My sudden arousal was squashed with panic because what the hell was happening to my body?

The experience lasted marked ten seconds by the time White streak licked the spot one more time and pulled his face away. I was almost grateful he kept his body pressed against me to hold me up. My legs were shaking and my mind was trying understand what when down.

Carlo brought our attention back over to him.“Well Noah, notice anything?”

White streak— Noah stared at me with dilated pupils as he answered his dad “I have never tasted blood like this. She tastes like honey. Like her blood is missing the iron in it. How is this possible? How is she alive?” His bass tone full of confusion.

“Oh I assure you son, her blood does contain Iron. She is human after all.”

The other twin— Zade eagerly pulled Noah away to take his place. His body pressed me against the wall when I tried to run during the transition.

“Hello pet.” His voice was as deep as his brother’s and yet they sounded different to me. His tone had underlying playfulness while his brother’s was more serious.

Knowing I was trapped, I looked away and fisted my hands to my side as Zade wrapped his hand through my hair. He was less patient than Noah and bit into my neck without any teasing. Again, after a moment of insane pain, that tug pulled at my core. My nailed dug into y palms as I tried to see unaffected.

After Zade finished, he stared back at me and brought his face very close to mine. “What are you?” He sounded almost angry when he asked.

His eyes were dilated like Noah’s and lost their lightness. It was clear he wasn’t moving away until I answered. “Now whose bit listening. I’m a human. What the hell are you all? Cannibals?” I yelled. I was shaking because I was scared but my adrenaline pushed me to fight. What was going on. Why were these men drinking my blood?

“Ms Connors it’s the 21st century. Come now you must have consumed some form of media to give you a hint in who sucks blood” Zade replied condescendingly still staring at me.

“Vampires aren’t real.” I met his eyes, and he gave me a cheeky smile.

Before I could respond, Carlo called to Pierce “Come Pierce, all three of you will be responsible for her.”

If Zade’s body hadn’t been pushing me into the wall, I’m sure I would have collapsed on the floor. Vampires, them? No way. Vampires didn’t exist. They were cultural lores that capitalism turned into plots for movies.

As my head reeled, Pierce reluctantly made his way over to me, keeping his eyes on the ground. Next to his brothers, he was maybe an inch shorter but more broad then either. He looked angry when he stepped up next to Zade and refused to look directly at me.

Pierce gently grabbed my hand and turned it to expose the blue veins of my wrist.

“Little brother, you could be so much more creative with your location.” Zade said, trying to egg his brother on.

Pierce didn’t respond to his brother. Just took a breath and finally looked up at me. He was as beautiful as ever, but he nearly broke my heart with how remorseful he looked in that moment.

The resemblance between the brothers were there. Same hair color, same nose and lips. But he looked at me like he wished he could be anywhere else but there. If he seemed this broken up, why didn’t he help me?

“No no, please let me keep her propped up as you eat.” Zade continued, pressing into my body harder. I felt his erection through his pants and my body when rigid.

All the while, Pierce broke eye contact with me and bit into my wrist. I felt like my arm was being ripped off one moment, and the next, Like I couldn’t breath without Zade’s body pressed against mine. I couldn’t help but press into Zade when pressure built. I didn’t mean to grind, but the slightest movement had his eyes on my face. A smile played over his lips before his tongue wet his bottom lip.

He was too much when I was feeling this way, so I looked at Pierce. At this angle, I saw his two canines shrink and puncture his tongue to make him bleed. He licked my wrist mixing out blood but also instantly healed the two puncture wounds my skin.

His eye brows were raised in shock when he looked back at me. Before he could say anything, the butler took my arm and dragged me past Pierce, over to the stairs.

A black terrycloth robe waited on the banister, and he handed it to me. I instantly slipped it on and tugged the tie as tight as I could. It wouldn’t be much help against vampires but it was my only defense for now.

Carlo, seeming pleased with the night’s events spoke “Urvic will take you to your room. It is on the third floor. To get out of the house, you would need to sneak past all of the boys rooms and make it down two flights of stairs. The door is never locked because if the boys can’t stop you from leaving, or are foolish enough to look away, you deserve to leave.”

For a second I felt actual hope I could get away and go to the police. Then Carlo provided this tidbit of vampire information. “With your blood in my sons’ systems, if you decide to try and run, know they will know exactly where you are until you blood runs it’s course through their system.”

Clearly seeing the hope I had burn out to nothing, Carlo seemed satisfied and fished by saying “Welcome to your new home.”