CHAPTER 6:

CATALINA'S POV:

"So Catalina, just let me find out the information and do the talking. Act like the other slaves, basically like you worship me and remember that vampires have excellent hearing, so we won't be able to discuss anything until after we leave," Jaden tells me before we leave the car.

Vampire hunters like myself usually stay far away from vampire clubs, since the odds are against us there. Generally, hunters go out in pairs or groups, because taking on a vampire one on one can be difficult. We roam the alleys of highly populated areas and human clubs, hoping to find a vampire in the act of biting a human. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether or not someone is a vampire, so we have to follow them discreetly to be sure.

As we walk to the club, I feel like I am about to have an anxiety attack. First off, I look like a total skank in my naughty school girl outfit. I've never dressed this slutty in my entire life. Second, I don't know what I'm going to do if I see a vampire kill a human. If I do anything, I'll just get myself and Jaden killed. Third, if I see Jonathan or Daniel, I may have an emotional breakdown. Of course after that breakdown, I'll want to find a weapon to kill them with.

When we get to the club's main doors, there is a large man standing there, a vampire of course. With some of them you can just tell by looking at them. He nods to Jaden and opens the door, totally ignoring my presence. Why would he acknowledge me? I'm just Jaden's snack. I wonder if I come back here another night and just stake him while he's standing out here and run, if anyone will be able to catch me.

As Jaden and I walk in, he has his hand on the back of my neck possessively. When we enter the main area of the club, my eyes go wide in shock. Jaden quickly squeezes the back of my neck to bring me back to myself and I regain my composure.

This is even worse than I imagined. The DJ is playing loud, pulsing music, the walls are painted in dark colors. The place is decorated in an elegant goth style with chandeliers, candelabras, candles, dark colored velvet furniture and all.

But, that is not what is so bad. Vampires are openly drinking off humans. We pass by a couple who is obviously having sex. Thank god the girl is keeping her skirt on. And they aren't the only ones in the middle of a sex act of some sort.

I am keeping my eyes out for Jonathan and Daniel. You never know, we may get lucky and find them the first night. I am also trying to memorize the faces of the vampires we are passing, just in case I ever find them alone. I look especially hard at a vamp that bites viciously into a girl's neck.

I can tell who the humans are and who the vampires are because of the way they are dressed. The human blood slaves are all dressed like prostitutes and strippers, even the male blood slaves. Some of the vamps are dressed like Jaden, but some are dressed like they are at a cocktail party. A cocktail party that the devil is throwing.

Jaden leads us to a to an empty couch and pulls me down on his lap sideways, with the bottom half of my legs bent on the side of his.. With his hand still possessively on the back of my neck, he leans my head against his shoulder and begins stroking my hair. He has his other hand high up on my bare thigh. This submissive role really sucks, but I have to remember to act like the other blood slaves. No way am losing my virginity in a public place, so I just start kissing Jaden's neck.

A waitress comes over and Jaden orders us both drinks. When our drinks come, I drink mine quickly. I need to loosen up because I just saw a human pass out from a female vampire taking too much blood and I want to go kick that vamp's ass. I have to remember that the stupid human probably won't even care when he wakes up.

A good looking vampire that looks around thirty, with blonde hair and his human slave come to sit on the couch next to us. "Jaden, we don't usually see you here. I thought you preferred Star Wars conventions over places like this. Who's your little friend?" The guy obviously knows Jaden. I wouldn't be surprised if the girl who is his human slave really is a prostitute. She is only wearing her bra and panties, with garters and stockings. Did she come dressed like that? I hope he at least let her bring a coat.

Jaden answers the guy, "This is Katrina. Katrina, this is Anthony." good thinking Jaden! That's close to my real name, but not close at the same time. I still have my head against Jaden's shoulder, but I have stopped kissing his neck.

The vampire sees me looking at him and winks. I wonder what would happen if I just kick out my leg and kick him in the face. I would probably be killed, along with Jaden when he tries to protect me. He would protect me, right?

The vampire asks Jaden, "Do you want to trade for a while?" and places his hand on my leg.

Jaden hisses at him and bares his fangs. The guy quickly removes his hand and holds both hands up, "Okay, so you're a little attached to this one. Whatever happened to that one human you used to spend time with, what was her name?"

"There have been so many, I wouldn't know which one you were talking about," Jaden says. I know Jaden isn't cold towards humans, like other vampires, but I know that he could give any human male a run for his money in the player department. I must remember to smack him for that comment later.

The skank sitting next to Anthony starts rubbing his crotch through his pants and he bites into her neck. Hello? We're sitting right here. Thought you were in the middle of a conversation with Jaden. She starts to unbutton his pants and I take that as my cue to look away.

I look up at Jaden and he meets my gaze with lust in his eyes. I'm guessing that he is also thinking about what we did earlier. I lean my head back down on his shoulder and wrap my arms around his chest. He moves his hand from my thigh to my hip and grips it tightly.

I know that the other two are finished with whatever they are doing because Anthony speaks again, "Jaden, are you sure you don't want to trade? Eva here is very tasty. How old is Katrina? She looks fresh out of the schoolroom. Is she always so quiet?"

"Maybe she just doesn't like you," Jaden says.

"It that true Katrina? Do you not like me?" he asks me.

"Call me Kat please and I don't even know you," I tell him.

"Do you want to get to know me better? We could go into one of the private rooms in the back," after he says this, he licks the bite marks on Eva. Ew gross! It may have been turned on when Jaden did that to me earlier tonight, but with any other vampire, it's just nasty.

"No thank you," I tell him and then look at Jaden, "Can I have another drink please?"

"Oh, she's so polite. That's just precious. Well, maybe another time Kat," he says. I don't think so! I'll show him polite. Right after I shove a stake through his heart, I'll be sure to say 'I'm sorry'.

Suddenly, both Jaden and Anthony stiffen and they turn their heads towards the front of the club. I follow their gaze and notice that everyone else is looking in the same direction. Two vampires have entered the club with an entourage of humans and vampires following them. One of the vampires is female and the other is male.

"Who are they?" I whisper in Jaden's ear.

"The master of the city and his wife," he whispers back. Even I stare at them in awe. You can just feel the power radiating off of them. From what Noah and the others have taught me, when a vampire becomes a few hundred years old, they become very powerful, both mentally and physically. It's even said that they can begin to influence other vampires and humans with their minds. I've never met any vampires that old, myself. Most of the ones that I run into at the clubs are freshly made, in the last few decades. Not many vampires make it past a hundred years because either hunters kill them or they get killed in vampire power wars.

When I see that they are headed our way, I quickly look at Jaden, but he doesn't look at me. He continues to stare straight ahead at the approaching vampires.

The vampires stop in front of us and I look up at them. The male looks young, in his twenties, but to be master of the city, he must be very old.

He ignores me and looks at Jaden, "We got a phone call that you were here Jaden." Why do I have the feeling that this isn't going to be good? The man continues, "Your mother and I have missed you."

What? The ? Fuck?

"Well, I didn't come here to see you two. I came here to relax and have a good time," Jaden tells them. Okay, Jaden and I are going to have a little talk after this. About a few things he forgot to mention.

Jaden's 'parents' sit down on the couch across from us. "You haven't come to see us in a long time. Ten years to be exact. But, we are glad to see you here, among your own kind. Instead of living amongst the humans."

"I happen to like humans," Jaden says.

Jaden's mother finally speaks, "Jaden, we understand that you find them amusing, but you also need interaction with your own kind dear."

"Well it was nice visiting with you very briefly, but my I need to get my human another drink, hope to see you in another ten years . . . or more," with that Jaden sets me on the seat next to him and stands up, pulling me up with him. He leads me over to the bar with an arm around my waist. He orders two drinks from the bartender.

I glance nervously over to where his parents are still sitting and now speaking to Anthony, "Jaden, do you think we could go back to one of those private rooms, Please?"

He finally looks me in the eyes and sighs, "Yes, we can." He walks over to a man in a suit that is standing by the front door, comes back with a set of keys and grabs my hand. I follow him to the back of the club and down a hallway. He puts the keys in the doorknob of a door with the number three painted on it.

When we enter the room, I see a bed in the middle, with a black leather couch up against the wall. There is also a large bookshelf with sex toys on it, including whips, handcuffs and other things I don't want to think about.

I wrap my arms around myself and look towards Jaden, "Why do they have these rooms if everyone is going to have sex out there anyways?"

He is looking down at the floor and standing on the other side of the room from me, "Some vampires likes their privacy."

"Jaden . . ." I begin and he cuts me off.

"I know what you are going to say Cat, that you are pissed at me for not telling you who my parents were. I understand that, but you already judge me for being a vampire. I didn't want any more negative marks against me. You know that saying, 'you can't pick your parents'? Well, I know that better than anyone else," he finally looks up at me with a sad expression.

"I'm not mad at you, but I do wish you had told me. I told you I don't see you as a bad vampire anymore. I practically had sex with you for Christ's sake!" I tell him.

He smiles and says, "Baby, we haven't even begun yet." Trust Jaden to return to his pervert ways at a time like this. "I'm sure there is something else you want to ask me, Cat, go ahead."

"What year were you turned into a vampire? I mean, are they your biological parents?" I am seriously confused because they are obviously really old. How is Jaden their son? Adopted?

He lets out an exasperated sound and walks over to the bed to sit down. He runs his hands through his hair and says, "I never wanted to tell you this."

"Why not?" I ask him.

"Because you already call me 'old man'" he says. " I was turned into a vampire in the year 1697, in Ireland." Holy shit!

"Holy shit Jaden! That makes you over three hundred years old. You know when I called you 'old man' I never meant that old! Wait a sec? Ireland? You don't have an accent." Maybe that's where he gets the dark red hair from.

"I've lived in the United States for the past century. We easily change with the times and where we live. The accent has faded, but I can bring it back if I want to," he says.

I sit on the bed next to him, "But you were human once. How are they your parents? Vampires can't have kids."

"They had me before they were turned into vampires. My parents married in 1674. I was born in 1675, but when I was three, they left me with my aunt and didn't come back until nineteen years later, when I was twenty-two. Everyone assumed that they were dead. My aunt raised me and I was engaged to be married. They showed up one night and I didn't know who they were, but my aunt did. She started freaking out because they hadn't aged. They only looked a couple years older than me. I thought maybe my aunt had lost her mind and that they weren't really my parents, until they killed her. They also turned me that night. They thought we would be a happy little family. They thought wrong. I was angry with them for killing my aunt and I was angry with them for turning me into a vampire. I ran away from them that night, but they always found me. I moved from country to country. Ten years ago, they followed me here and I was just tired of running, so I stayed and have avoided them ever since."

I put my hand on his and he looks up at me, "I'm sorry Jaden, for ever judging you."

"Thanks Kitty Cat," he says, lightening the mood.

I squeeze his hand, "I promise not to call you 'old man' anymore. I'll call you 'laddie'. Isn't that Irish?"

He laughs, "Actually that Scottish and please don't call me that."

"Fine, but I'll think of a nickname for you," I say.

He wraps his arms around me, "Thank you for still being my friend."

"I didn't say we were friends," I tease him.

"You're right, we're more than friends," he says and kisses me. "You know, you nibbling on my neck out there was turning me on."

"I was just playing the part, master," I joke.

"Oh, say that again," he says and starts massaging my breast, while kissing my neck.

"Master," I moan.

We lay back on the bed with him laying next to me, propped up on one elbow. He kisses me on the lips and stops massaging my breast. He moves his hand to untie the front of my shirt. He unclasps the front of my bra and peels it off my breasts.

"Jaden!" I say, blushing.

"Shh Cat, I just want to look at you," he says and pulls his head back.

I quickly cover my breasts with my arms, he just smiles, "Cat, you're perfect, you have no reason to be embarrassed."

When I don't move my arms, he sighs and kisses me softly on the lips, "You're so cute." He lays all the way down on the bed and wraps both arms around me.

"Jaden?"

"Yeah sweetie?

"I was wondering, if you have been a vampire almost as long as your parents, why don't you have the same feeling of power and authority radiating off of you?" I ask.

"Because I've learned to shield it," he says.

I quickly sit up, forgetting to keep my chest covered. He takes advantage and wraps his arms around my chest from behind, pulling me up against him in a sitting position so that my back is against his chest. "So it's true? Really old vampires have mental powers? Why do you shield it?"

He kisses the top of my head, "I shield it because even humans can sense it. Why don't we leave this conversation for another time?"

"Okay. You know, we were supposed to come here for information, not to 'get it on'," I scold him.

"Well, I have a new plan," he says.

"And what's that?" I ask.

"Do you remember when I told you that Jonathan and Daniel are under some sort of protection since they've come back?" he ask.

"Yes."

"Well, what I meant by that is that they are working for my parents. I was thinking that I could just pay my parents a visit at their home to get information," he tells me.

"You mean, go on your own?" I ask.

"Yes, I wouldn't want to take you there. I think it was a mistake to bring you here. You had to see things here that you shouldn't have," he says.

"I tried not to look as much as possible," I tell him.

"Still, this is no place for you. Close your shirt, we're leaving," I do as he says. We leave the room and a minute after that, we leave the club.