The terror we had felt the first time we had visited this vampire den didn't repeat this time.

The Professor and Taehyung led us into the same room as before, where the blonde Mistress was once again sat at the head of the table with the other guard behind her. Taehyung moved to her as well and Hannah sat down at that end of the table.

"Please, sit," The blonde spoke, lifting a small hand and gesturing to the seats at the table. As before, we all sat huddled together and as far away as the table would allow us. It was pretty damn obvious we were nervous.

"I assume you have come to a decision?" The Mistress spoke, her smooth, normal voice unnerving me.

"It depends," I answered, clearly seeing the other guys sigh with exasperation.

The Mistress became deathly still, like a predator hunting it's prey. Just like the vampire she was.

"What does it depend on, Park Jimin?" Her voice was a little colder now.

"We want proof," I said, "We don't know if we can trust you - we know nothing about you. We don't know why you'd even want to stop the demons or whatever,"

Without looking away from me, she directed a question at the Professor.

"Did you show them the Demon's Prophecy?"

"Yes, Mistress," She said, "They took a translation with them,"

There was more terrifying stillness. I could literally feel all of my body sucking in on itself.

Finally, she spoke.

"I am the Guardian," She said, "I have to stop it because it is my job and I will die brutally if I don't,"

More silence.

I took a moment to try and remember the prophecy we were shown, but couldn't recall much.

"Guardian of what?" I asked finally.

"The mouth to Hell," She replied, "I was entrusted with this after my first death,"

"How did you become a vampire?" Jin blurted from beside me, "Because we found an article about your death but it doesn't make sense,"

I felt my muscles tense with fear suddenly, and found myself unable to move. Bee's eyes were on Jin, looking as cold as ice.

"It is rude to ask me such a thing," She said, "You do not need to know. Will you accept my offer?"

My muscles relaxed and I tried to breathe a sigh of relief without being noticed. I didn't want them to see me out of breath or see my sigh as an insult.

"What exactly do you need us to do?" I asked, trying to seem cool and unbothered by the fact that this old vampire girl in front of us could control our fear.

You will help us protect the mouth to Hell," She said, "But we need you to be our eyes during daylight hours. We need you to find the demons and report to us so we can dispose of them,"

"We don't know anything about demons, how are we supposed to find them?" Namjoon asked, his tone polite despite the phrasing of the question.

"Taehyung and Hannah will teach you," She said, "And they will remain with you... for your protection and mine,"

There was yet more silence until the blonde stood. Hannah immediately stood and without realising it, my friends and I also got to our feet.

"Do you accept my offer and my protection?" Her voice seemed to echo around loudly in my head and I found myself nodding.

"Then I swear upon my life that you are all under the protection of me and mine. Be it Demons or outsider Vampires, we will fight to keep you safe. I ask, do you accept my promise?"

We all glanced at each other but once again, I nodded.

"We accept,"

"Please remain umoving," Bee's voice was soft, commanding my muscles to relax. So much so, that when I blinked and she appeared in front of me, I barely flinched.

She lifted her hand to her mouth as her top lip curled, revealing her sharp, white canines. She pressed a dainty forefinger against the point to the point of bright red blood welling and running down her finger.

She then ran the finger along my forehead in a circular motion before moving to Hoseok.

I watched, my body still relaxed as she drew a crescent moon in blood on my friend's foreheads.

"You have been marked," She said, "Other Vampires will know that you are under my protection, even after you have washed the blood away. Now, if you will please excuse me,"

Without another word, she left the room, almost gliding on her small feet.

All of a sudden, my muscles tensed and I took a deep, gasping breath as my friends all did the same.

"That's freaky," Yoongi muttered. I completely agreed with him.

However, I got myself under control and turned to Taehyung and Hannah, who were stood at the other end of the room with Bee's other guard, Jungkook.

"What now?" I asked.

"Now is time for you to go back home to bed," Hannah smiled, "And tomorrow, we begin lessons,"

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AN: anyone else so busy that they can't take it anymore? 🙃

In other news, this is Diego

He's growing fast... left pic is 9 weeks, right is 16 weeks. Big boi