CHAPTER 2- Pineapples, lemon and cats.

"You injected too much in her..." I heard a feminine voice saying.

"She talked too much" a masculine voice grumbled.

I couldn't react, whatever they injected into me had full effect on me. My head was pounding like crazy and I felt so weak. I tried opening my eyes but they were too heavy, I tried one more time and my eyes managed to open half way. I saw a blurry vision of a woman talking to a man whose height I could recognize to be that of the man that pushed me into the car earlier. They turned to look at me.

"She's getting conscious" the lady said.

I quickly shut my eyes back as a form of pretence.

I felt a strong arm grip me.

I've never been good at acting.

"Get up!" His rough voice yelled, raising me up roughly.

"Be careful with her. A rare type isn't easy to come by these days". She said.

The man scoffed. I tried to stand up but my limbs were too weak.

"She's still weak" the lady said.  "We can't take her for auction anymore. You caused all these, now we can only present her picture and some other information. You know weak pets are not allowed at the auction hall. You should have been more careful ". She scolded.

Someone carried me roughly, obviously the rough male.

What if he wanted to kill me?! No-no-no I wouldn't let that happen.

I started hitting his back with all my strength, that is, the little strength I had in me and you know what? He didn't even budge. I gave up when I became tired but I kept my eyes alert though it hurt but my life was precious so-

He threw me on a sofa and left. I looked at the lady, she was a pretty blonde with hair packed in a tight bun. Her skin was pale though.

A lady with black hair came in with a suitcase, she put it beside the chair and left. The lady looked at me with a warm smile.

"You can have your bath if you want to". She said.

I'd have loved to, if only my legs wouldn't give up on me. Well, one try wouldn't hurt.

I tried to stand up but no way! My legs were too weak, I just sank down back into the sofa. She smiled again.

"What's your name ?"

"Brittany. Brittany Riele"

"Age"

"Fifteen".

She had this look on her face but she dismissed it and scribbled the information on a book and continued.

"Allergies"

"Pineapples, lemon and cats"

"Any physical or emotional scars?"

"Why do you want to know?" I questioned.

"Answer the question". She commanded.

I found myself yielding to her command.

"Yeah. My mom's death and my dad's betrayal really affected me". I said hesitantly.

She scribbled on the book again.

"Change your clothes, you can leave the jeans on". She ordered. "Put this shirt on".

She tossed over a shirt to me.

Foolishly, I expected her to leave.

"Go on, take it off" she said with a smile plastered on her face.

Embarrassed, I took off my jacket and took out my mom's picture. To keep it safe, I tucked it in my jean pocket.

"What's that? She asked.

"A picture of my mom".

"Let me see it".

I handed it over to her. She looked at it and gave it back to me. I kept it back in my jean pocket. The fact that I was yielding to everything this stranger told me to do made me angry but somehow, I couldn't express my anger.

"You look just like her, she's just an older version of you". She said.

I nodded.

I took off my tank top. Her eyes raked through my body and she subconsciously smiled. My cheeks heated up.

'This lady looks like she's going to rape us'. My stupid subconscious said.

I ignored it.

I quickly put on the pink shirt that revealed too much skin. It was backless and showed off a large amount of cleavage. My hands quickly went up to cover it. She smiled.

"Why are you covering yourself? You look good". She said.

I was confident in myself but I didn't like the way she looked at me so I still used my hands to protect myself.

" Don't. Cover. Yourself. Again ". She said, spacing each words with authority before plastering a sweet smile on her face.

"Now I'm gonna do your hair". She said.

She stood up, applied some things to my hair and started styling it. Then she did my makeup. She didn't let me to look in the mirror so I had no idea what I looked like.

"Perfect!" She said and dragged the full size mirror in front of me. I could hardly recognize myself.

Did I look more beautiful or what? Okay, I'll admit, I did. The pink shirt showed my curves in the right places and my jeans looked tighter than I thought. I should have looked in the mirror before going downstairs to behold the news of living with my so-called aunt.

Speaking of which-

"Is this my so called aunt's home? I don't think I need to be dressed up like a barbie doll because I'm gonna be meeting my mysterious aunt". I said. "My step mom sent me here to live with her- Wait a minute, are you-"

She chuckled.

"No darling". She said as she cupped my face in her hands. I flinched at her touch, her hands were cold.

"This isn't your aunt's home dear, you were sold to us".

Realization dawned on me. My step mom sold me, that bundle of money!

How could I be so stupid not to realizee that?!? Did dad know about selling me?

"Do you have a cellphone?" I found myself asking the lady.

She nodded.

"Can you give it to me for a minute, please".

She hesitated for a while.

"Sure". She finally replied. "But you have to let me listen in on your conversation and spare the details of your location or I'll be dead meat".

I nodded. She handed it over. I punched in my dad's number and dialed.

"Britt! I've been waiting for your call for days! Are you there already?" He asked.

"Yeah".

"I'm really sorry for...."

"No time for apologies. I just wanted some answers and please, try to be honest".

"Okay, go on".

"Do you know this mysterious aunt you sent me to live with?"

"Um, yeah"

"How well do you know her?"

"Um, I've seen her once before I got married to Evelyn- She seems really nice though".

"Only once?" I asked, I was starting to get angry.

"Dad, do you remember that you denied me going camping with my friends, the people that I knew so well and now you let some people take me to an unknown aunt's home?!?!?"

"She's my wife's sister Britt,"

"Oh yeah? Wife? Seriously?!?"

"Look Britt...."

The lady signaled at me to end the call.

"Last question. Do you really think I'm safe?"

"Of course! Why-"

"Thanks very much, that's all I wanted to know". I said, cutting him short.

I hung up and deleted his number before handing over the phone to the lady.

"He doesn't know" I said and began to cry. "He fucking believes that I'm safe in with his 'wife's sister'".

She didn't deny the fact that I wasn't safe and this made me cry harder.

I knew I wasn't supposed to cry but I couldn't help it.

"I'm sorry". She said, patting my back.

After a few minutes of crying and consolation, the lady adjusted my makeup and glued a little picture of me by the side of a document. The man from earlier came in.

"Is it ready?" He asked dryly.

"Ehm, yeah, we'll be ready in thirty minutes". She said, smoothening the surface of her black knee length dress.

"Her file" he demanded.

She handed over the file to him. He looked through it and smirked.

They exchanged glances before he finally left.

"There's just enough time to retouch your hair and makeup". She said.

Again?!?

"You have to look flawless". She said.

She adjusted my hair and make-up and looked at me, obviously satisfied with what she did.

"You must be really hungry" she said thoughtfully.

I looked at my belly, realizing how hungry I really was. I nodded.

"I'm sorry, I'm not permitted to give you food but the earlier you're sold, the faster you'll fill that empty belly". She said, pointing at my belly.

We waited for a long time but there wasn't a clock in the room.

"Are you selling me to someone else?" I asked.

She nodded absently.

"Is this some kind of slave trade or what?"

"No. We only sell pets to vampire dignitaries. Noble vampires get their pets from pet shops. You're lucky that you didn't get shipped to a pet shop".

'Vampire' and 'Pet'. These were the only two words that stuck.

Wait, I was shipped?!

"Vampire?" I asked.

"Yeah"

Okay, this was a joke.

"C'mon, everyone knows that vampires do not exist- vampire dignitaries and nobles? What to That's so ridiculous".

"They do exist, you're speaking to one right now".

No freaking way!!!

"You really got me there". I laughed, waiting for her to laugh and say she was joking but she didn't.

She didn't bother convincing me further and I wasn't going to get convinced either.

'Maybe she's not joking'. My stupid subconscious said again.

'Shut up!'  I said in my hear, silencing my annoying subconscious.

"Bring her out". A voice called from outside.

The lady stood up.

"Are you strong enough to stand?" She asked.

I tried to stand and this time, my attempt was successful. She took me by surprise when she hugged me.

"I really enjoyed your company, I'll miss you".

I was confused. We didn't even talk that muc. I admit, she was the nicest person I'd spoken to since I got sold, I was probably going to miss her too.

"You've been bought". She said.

"B- by who?"

She shrugged.

"I dunno". She said.

I sighed.

"You should have bought me. You're like the only person that's been nice to me since I got here. I like you".

Was that really necessary? Are you-

No, no- I'm not gay. I'm a hundred percent straight!

'The fact that you had to-'

Shut up! Stupid subconscious.

She smiled.

"I can't, I can only sell pets to vampire dignitaries. I don't even have enough money to buy you". She said.

Noooo! Pet?!?

What's their definition of the word pet? A dog or something? Well most people like dogs so it shouldn't be that much of a problem, right?.

"I'm sorry but I have to do this" she said and handcuffed my hands.

I felt hot tears run down my cheeks. She didn't say anything, she just opened the door that lead to the hallway.

I felt so vulnerable.

We got outside and she put me into a limo, I had never ridden in a limo but the pain in my heart made me oblivious to that fact.

I was the only person sitting in the back seat but soon a man with blue eyes joined me. He sounded as harsh as the man that threw me into the other limo earlier, it's just that he was more handsome.

He looked at me coldly and then turned to look outside. I got bored so I slept off.

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An arm tapped me continually. I rubbed my eyes and found myself in another room filled with other girls. Some looked older than me and some looked like they were my age while others looked younger and guess what?

They were all freaking naked!!

They looked weak and tired. I bet that was how I looked when I woke up after I was injected. I definitely look better than most of them 'cause none of them had a hot pink shirt on with their hair done and faces caked up with makeup.

Two hefty looking men entered the room.

"That one's awake" one of them said. "but why does she have her clothes on?"

So you expected me to be naked, huh?

"She's prince Cole's new pet". The other man replied.

"So what's she still doing here? Take her in". The man ordered.

The second man walked towards me and grabbed my arm.

"Stand up". He ordered.

My legs were a little bit shaky but I could manage to stand up. I stood up and went away with the man. We walked towards a big mahogany door, he knocked on it three times and the door opened before he could knock it again.

"Prince Cole's pet". The man said and the door opened wider.

A man dressed in a suit came into view, I realized he was one of the guards. We walked into a big room.

A girl of about my age walked towards us and bowed.

"Take her to her room, the remaining process will be completed tomorrow" he said and left.

She stared at me.

"Follow me". She said irritatedly.

Hello, have we met before? Did we have a fight or what?!?

I laughed inwardly.

Probably some frustrated brat.

We walked down the rather sophisticated hallway. It had different pictures hanging on the walls. They looked so fragile and cool. I wanted to touch them but I couldn't. I was afraid I'd break them.

She brought out a key and opened a door that led to a large sophisticated room.

"This is your room and these are your keys". She said curtly and left.

I took in the beauty of the room. A queen sized bed at the far end of the room, white walls all over, a full sized mirror, a glass table , a wardrobe, a night table, a vanity and two other doors, must be the bathroom and closet doors. I was tired and famished. I lay down on my bed and recalled the day's events till I drowned myself in another world simply called 'sleep'.

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