Snippet #2642437

Cas was wandering around the house when Amy caught up to her again. "Look you need to know something. We are all in the same boat as you. All of us. Thing is we don't stay here very long. I've been here the longest. Arturo keeps me around because I tend to organise things a bit better than the other girls. When the girls become unuseful to Arturo he replaces them. Don't try to escape he become more angry and when he is angry he hurts your more...he doesn't mean to You see he's....Arturo...is a.."

An asshole? A nutjob? A certified maniac? An alien? At this point, Cas was willing to believe anything that came out of the woman's mouth. What did he do with the girls he got bored of? What happened to them? Everything she heard about Arturo raised more questions than it answered. Before the woman could finish her sentence, Arturo appeared, blood smeared around his mouth and down his chest. Cas went cold and felt sick.

"A nice guy beneath it all," the woman finished, her voice slightly too high to be convincing.

Arturo smiled and ushered her away "Having a tour? I'm sure you'll love the library. Where else have you been?" He paused and sniffed the air. His face changed and he pinned Cas against the wall, "How dare you go into....that place is forbidden. Anywhere else in the house but not there!" Cas flinched as his fist connected with the wall, just above her head. "This can be difficult or easy, the difficult option plans you in your room, meals delivered and myself or one of my slaves draining you every day. The easy option you have free roam, I was considering letting you out for classes, with limited draining. But you disregarded the rules!"

Arturo snapped his fingers and the woman appeared at his side. He sunk his teeth into her neck. Oh God. Cas's breath came short and sharp. He was a vampire. Cas spread her arms, searching for purchase on the wall.

Vampire.

Arturo stepped towards her, fresh blood staining his mouth. "You have an hour to choose your option, difficult or easy. Life or death."

He walked away and slammed the door behind him. Oh no. He'd messed up. He'd made her angry. He was not getting away with that one. She followed him through the door, slamming it open, "And how, my liege, am I supposed to know where I am and am not allowed to go if you don't bother to explain the rules to me? You never told me which rooms to stay out of. And, more to the point, stop acting like I'm an inconvenience to you. You kidnapped me. If anything, you are inconveniencing me. Did you even think this through? People are going to notice I'm missing if you keep me locked up here the entire time. I have people who care about me, who will call the police. In fact, my friends are probably going out of their mind with worry right now. So unless you want every police officer in the district crawling around, you are going to have to let me go to class. Your choice. I await your decision, m'Lord." Cas curtsied deeply, sarcasm wrapped around her every moment.

Fixing him one last glare, Cas turned and left the room. The dark haired woman was waiting outside, "You're all mad," Cas said in passing before heading back to her room. Her bravery failed her as she crossed the threshold of her room. She closed the door behind her and slumped to the floor. She was dead. He was going to kill her. Her mind crossed to Claire, to her parents, to Ben. She was gonna die and they might never find her. Cas hastily wiped a tear away. She was not going to cry. Cas took a shaky breath and sat on the bed. All she could do now was wait for Arturo.