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"Zephyr, do you have a moment?" The voice called as we turned around.

A dark-blond haired man came and stood in front of us. He narrowed his eyes at me and I looked away in discomfort.

"What is it, Edgar?" Zephyr asked the man.

'So Edgar is his name.'

"Sylvis disappeared again. Do you happen to have seen her?" The man named Edgar asked, moving his eyes from me onto Zephyr.

"I did see her walk through here a few minutes ago."

"Oh, then will you go look for her? I have some business to take care of. But leave the girl because I wish to talk to her." Edgar said as he glanced at me.

"What business do you have with her?"Zephyr asked him, frowning but Edgar didn't seem to care.

"It's nothing important. It'll only take a minute and mind that I'm leaving Sylvis in your hands, Zephyr." Edgar said and Zephyr looked at me before walking in the direction where we last saw the white cat.

"Sorry about that." The man said after Zephyr left.

"It's fine," I replied.

"I'm Edgar, one of the eldest of the vampires here. I've heard about you from Lucas. You're Irina, aren't you?" He asked.

"Yes. It's nice to meet you, Edgar." I bowed politely and he smiled back.

For the next few minutes, we both kept silent for a while before I broke the silence out of curiosity. 

"Edgar, Is Sylvis that cat that I just saw?"

"Yes, she belongs to Lady Eleanor, wife of Lucas. She's so reckless and disappears very often," He grinned and continued, "Enough about that now, are you getting along well with Zephyr?"

"We're not exactly getting along but I'm surviving," I smiled wryly.

"Good, I asked you because I saw you both arguing."

"Oh, we were just getting heated up on our job." I turned away to hide him from seeing the emotion on my face.

"Well, I should not be saying this, but you shouldn't get too close to Zephyr," He said in a low voice and I looked at him in surprise.

"Why?"

"He's an old acquaintance of Lucas and that's how he started living here. Nobody knows anything else about him except his name and the fact that he's a vampire." He said and looked in the direction where Zephyr went.

"But you trust Lucas?" I asked.

"He's been a good friend to me all these years. I don't see why I shouldn't trust him. Anyway, keep in mind what I just told you." He said and walked away as I nodded back.

 I spent a while there, thinking before going somewhere else to look for Zephyr. I found him walking down the stairs and me being curious about his silent attitude, tiptoed after him. 

Not too long after, he walked into the library with me following behind quietly. He stopped near one of the bookshelves and grabbed hold of the sides of the shelf while I watched him carefully from behind another bookshelf. Then to my surprise, the shelf moved away and there stood a wooden door carved with an Elvish rune which read 'Prohibited'.

Zephyr opened the door with a slight push and stepped inside and I looked around the library to check if anybody was there. After making sure the area was clear, I stepped into the room after him, careful not to make any noise.

As we got in, I lost sight of him as the room was dark and eerie. A small presence of moonlight shone through one of the open windows and I used it as a guide to look for Zephyr.

 I traced my fingertips over the wall and felt a photo frame. I took the frame from its holder and brought it to the moonlight to have a closer look at it. But before I could do so, all of a sudden, someone grabbed my arm and snatched the frame forcefully.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" The voice shouted angrily and I flinched at the voice which I recognised quickly.

"Zephyr..." I gulped.

He swiftly came in front of me and my heart stopped, forgetting how to breathe as I looked at him with fear visible in my eyes. He gave me a death stare and dragged me outside with him with me struggling to get away from his hold.

 But that only made him angrier as he held me tighter and made me walk alongside him. He stopped to open his room door and he pushed me onto the floor when it opened. The look of lust was visible in his dark eyes.

"Let me go...Zephyr...please..." I said slowly and he bent lower to reach my face, staring at me with his evil smirk.

 I slid back from him quickly and ran towards the door. But in a quick flash, he was there behind me, grabbing my arm with one hand while the other held my waist. His dark eyes were penetrating my soul while he held my face softly and brushed his lips along my neck.

"Get away from me...Don't you dare touch me..." I said in fear. 

My tears started to flow non-stop which made him grin wider and wipe my cheeks. 

"I'm telling you to get away!" I shouted at him weakly and pushed his hand away in disgust.

"Well, I told you to leave, didn't I? But, no. You had to snoop around and poke your nose in others' business." He whispered in a deep raspy voice and pinned my hands above my head onto the sidewall.

"Nobody can save you from me today. I'll show you what happens if you try to mess with me furthermore." He exclaimed and bit into my neck, sucking it roughly.

"Stop it...please!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and tried to push him away.

"Do not resist me!" He growled in anger and dug his fangs deeper as I stood there, crying in pain.

He didn't show any mercy towards me. He kept on ignoring my pain and screams as he continued satisfying his lust. I couldn't move due to his strength, and neither could I defend myself. My tears gave him pleasure and my weakness gave him many more reasons to break me. The feeling of being helpless was killing me inside.

I didn't know how many minutes passed, my energy had almost ended. My throat was all dried up and my breaths were going slow. I couldn't feel myself as he kept on sucking my blood while I stood there, slowly drifting into unconsciousness. The only thing I could feel was my soul drifting away from my body. He was sucking the life out of me, I was dying...