Snippet #1975000

Why can't I move? I should be getting up by now.... Daren tried to will his limbs into moving, to get the fuzzy sounds around him to move into focus. He could vaguely hear his piano being played, a sound that was soothing to him and almost lulled him back into sleep before it stopped abruptly. There was some conversation as his mind went blank again.....

Abruptly he sat up, looking around for the source of the noise that had long since become silence. It was well into the night now; Lara, who was normally nearby when he awoke, was nowhere to be seen. He leapt from his sleeping place, pulling a shirt over his head as he went from room to room, looking and calling for her. Human servants stared at him as though he had lost his mind as he tore through the mansion in search of her. His throat burned with bloodthirst, but he forced the feeling from his mind as he headed outside, thinking maybe she had gone into the gardens, but once again he found nothing. Where did she go? She's always somewhere around the house.... He paled as the thought occurred to him:Did someone find out? Almost instantly he was back in his room again, forcing himself to slow down and think. He looked around the room; her scent was here. She had been the one playing piano, the scent was a lot stronger there so she had been sitting for some time. Another scent, one he vaguely recognized, was by the door. This second one had to have been the one who had been talking. A few things were knocked about, now that he was taking time to look around and analyze his surroundings. There was a struggle.... Furious now more than frightened, he followed the scent out of his room and down the stairs, everything he saw tinged a faint red......