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I should turn back. Something tells me that once I go forward, there is no unseeing. I’ve come to like Julian, perhaps even love him, and the thought of him keeping more secrets guts me on an unfathomable level. Voices in my head scream for me to give him the benefit of the doubt.
“Go back!” Maggie screams, but I push her away.
Tired of the warring emotions and needing to see for myself, I put on a brave face, straighten my shoulders, and open the door. Narrow steps tilt steeply down a dark and dank passageway. I take a deep breath and descend carefully. The farther down I go, the louder the voices become.
At the bottom, there’s a large metal door separating me from the people yelling for help. I’m about to go through when heavy footsteps sound behind me.Someone’s coming down the steps.I duck into a dark corner to the right of the door, slinking as far back as I can, out of sight. Moments later, Bash is standing at the large door.
He raps three times and the heavy door creaks open.
“What took you so long?” a deep voice says, questioning Bash.
“I had work to do,” he says gruffly. “With Julian in town, someone has to guard the entrance.”
The unknown man scoffs. “And that’s always gotta be you?” the man challenges.
“I’ve earned his trust,” Bash replies coldly. “Why is everyone yelling down here? They’ve got the staff on edge.”
“They’re hungry. They need to eat, Bash.”
“Katina is working on it. She’ll be down soon.”
They move farther into the room, so I come out from the dark corner and get as close to the entrance as possible, wanting to see what’s going on.Needingto see who they’re hiding.
I wait for a few long minutes until it appears the coast is clear and peek my head around the door.
The basement is lined with cells, much like the auction facility. The voices stopped as soon as Bash made his entrance. I can’t even be sure they’re still in this room.
“Psst. Come here,” a honeyed voice calls from a cell midway down. I crane my neck to try to see the woman, but Bash’s husky form plods my way, forcing me to hide behind the door once more.
“Whadya want?” he drawls.
“Come closer,” she prods. “I want to tell you a secret.”
Her lovely voice is hypnotic and calming. For someone trapped down here, she doesn’t sound distressed. She couldn’t have been the person screaming.
“There’s nothing you could say that I want to hear,” Bash replies, blowing the woman off.
A shrill scream echoes off the walls and damn near blasts my eardrums to shreds. My hands come up, covering my ears in protection from the horrible sound.
“Help,” the woman screams.
I stand corrected. She’s definitely the culprit from earlier. Chancing a glance, I look around the door and see her. Hands wrapped around the cell bars, she continues to screech at the top of her lungs, thrashing wildly. She looks possessed, animalistic.
“Stop that,” the other man commands in a booming voice.
The woman slinks back, dirty brown hair hanging in her face.
“Are you done?” he asks in a much softer tone.
A hiss sounds from the woman’s mouth and she bares a set of canines.
Vampire.
“I’m going to piss, and then I’m grabbing lunch. I’ll be back in an hour,” the other man says to Bash, who merely grunts.
I quickly hide back in my corner until he’s ascended the stairs. A few minutes later I return to my post, only to hear Bash snoring loudly. Seeing my only chance to research, I step inside.
“Come closer, girl. I can smell you,” the freaky vampire woman says shrilly.
