CHAPTER 6

I WORE my new clothes and brushed my hair a few times when a sudden knock on the door caused me to jump up from my position.

"C-come in." I said softly and the door opened to reveal an unfamiliar, male face.

"My name's Raymond, nice to meet you!" He greeted, bolting up to me in high speed and I gasped when I found one of his arm already wrapped around my waist while the other having a firm grip on my wrist as he pulled them closer to his ears, causing me to inch forward.

"Wa-wait, what are you-"

"Such a cute one, what's your name?" He asked softly, completely ignoring my resistance as I tried to lean away from his face which was only closing in more and more.

"Don't be so rude!" I heard another unfamiliar voice, before Raymond was ripped from my body and pushed away. I was only able to watch him stumble backwards because the next thing I knew, my hand was taken a hold off by another guy, who was now bending down on one knee before placing a soft kiss on the back of my palms, taking me by surprise as I blushed slightly.

"Edward, pleasure to be in your service." He stated softly, parting his lips from my skin and I pulled away before taking a step back.

"Screw you, look who's flirting now!" I heard Raymond snap as he stood up straight and I studied them both, my eyes darting from one to another. Were they here to feed me?

"P-please leave." I managed to choke out and I watched them both narrow their eyes before exchanging glances.

"We're here to escort you to the dinner room." Edward stated, ruffling up his thick brown hair a bit and I looked up to meet his blue eyes. Can I trust them? What if this was a trick to lure me in to the feeding room or worse, what if they were planning to rape me? That wouldn't be surprising either.

"I'm not going." I conclude and Edward simply raised a brow as Raymond chuckled.

"Why not?" He asked softly, shooting up his eyebrows and I hung my head, fiddling with my fingers.

"Because I don't trust you." I stated truthfully and they both rolled their eyes at my pathetic response.

"You're the only one protesting us. The other girls were friendly and so much sweeter." Edward grimaced and Raymond agreed.

"Even so, please leave." I raised my voice, trying to keep up the brave act. Just seeing their face makes me to want to hurl. I don't know why, but vampires made me feel sick to the very core. It's obvious that they were using their charms and good looks to lure in all humans and use them as their personal blood bag.

"Oh come on, you're already late!" Edward complained, bolting up towards me and picking me up in his arms, causing me to gasp.

"What are you doing?! Have you lost your-" Before I could finish, my head started to spin for a few seconds before it came to a sudden halt and as soon as my eyes came to focus, I realized that I was in another room. No, not just any room. It was definitely the dining room.

"Ridiculous. She even has to be forced to attend the dinner?" I heard one of the girls voice as Edward placed me down.

"Ignore her Rhianna." Ferra said, holding the girl's shoulder to calm her down. They were now sitting at the dinner table and my eyes widened when I realized that all vampires were now sitting in their chairs as well, their eyes on me as I squirmed in my position uncomfortably. You ever go up to the stage and get stage fright when you see a bunch of people staring at you? Yeah well, this was a million times worse.

"Got sit." I heard Draven's voice and I gasped before turning to face him. He walked past me and sat at the very end of the table before several butlers walked in, holding the plates of food and bottles of wine. With a pounding heart, I rushed to take the remaining seat, which luckily for me, was right next to Draven. The dinner began shortly and everyone was now chatting and getting to know each other while I just stared at my plate, my eyes glued to the food the entire time.

"Why's she being so quiet?" I heard a male voice and before long, all the attention was drawn towards me again, making me shrink in my seat. Why can't they just ignore my existence and leave me alone, just for tonight?

"Who knows." I heard Draven's voice and I glanced at him, knowing that he didn't like to be ignored or disrespected. I should at least acknowledge his existence. He was now resting his elbow on the table, his chin placed on his palms lazily while the other hand rested on the table, his gaze firmly set on m face and I gulped softly before averting my gaze.

"She's so boring!" I heard another girl whine and some of the males chuckled while the rest remained silent, studying my every movement.

"Irene, leave it. She doesn't even find it in her heart to apologize for being disrespectful and ungrateful." I heard Ferra sneer boldly and I remained silent before pressing my lips together into a thin line.

"I'm sorry..." I managed to choke out and the males cooed at my sudden words.

"Well, isn't that lovely. It talks." Draven taunted and I bit my bottom lip, tears streaming in my eyes as the males chuckled while the girls giggled at his joke.

"She's just shy." I heard Raymond say.

I'm not shy, I'm scared! My inner voice shot back at him.

"She'll get used to it." Tyrell agreed, tilting his head to a side before grinning at me.

I don't want to get used to it! My thoughts retorted.

"Yeah, she'll come to adore and love us soon!" Another male voice said in an ignorant tone, which pricked my nerves more than it should.

I hate you all and that's never going to change.I screamed in my head, blinking away the tears and standing up from my position.

"I'm done." I said and was about to start leaving when Draven's voice caused me to freeze.