My eyes flutters open but doesn't stay open. As my brain begins to comes alive, so does the familiar ache in the side of my head. I hum and try to rub my head but it feels like every other part of me is dead. It's not as if I can't feel anything but I'm feeling too much.

I open my eyes again and make a bold choice to keep it open but I regret it immediately. My eyes connects with a rotten corpse that's upside down. I think my brain is still in the process of waking because I can't smell shit and this body looks like it's been dead for years.

Where am I? How did I get there?

Closing my eyes again, I try to remember the last time I was conscious. What did I do before–?

And just like an acid flashback, the memories comes flooding my head. Caleb. My date with Caleb. Talking to Alicia about what I'd found out and the magic crystals. Caleb finding us.

Oh shit! Alicia!

Opening my eyes, I try to make out where I am because I wasn't fully awake before but now I am. Looking ahead, I see what looks like a cage behind the rotten corpse but why is it upside down? Why am I seeing things upside down?

Turning my head to the side, I wince at the pain that explodes in my neck but that's not the most painful part. I see my hands up but I just woke up, I don't remember raising it up. I bend my head down and see my skin exposed with the lack of my dress, just my underwear. My eyes widens when I see the chains wrap around my ankles that's connected to the floor but how is it possible? I can fly but I'm still wearing the bracelet, I shouldn't be able to use my powers except–

I yank my head back and see the cemented floor first before the two iron buckets placed directly below me, not far apart. The drop of water, dripping into the bucket is what makes me look, moving my eyes to the corner to see that the water is indeed my blood. My wrist has been slitted and I'm suspended in the air with the chains holding me upside down.

Panicking, I move my head around the room frantically, ignoring the pain throbbing in my head. My eyes widens in fear as it connects with more corpse, some fresh than the other. Oh God, please don't let Alicia be part of them, I–

"You're awake, good." The sound of the familiar voice interrupt my thoughts.

"Ca-caleb..." I think the amount of the blood that has flooded my brain is affecting my speech. "What is... What is this?" I manage to ask.

He walks towards me, looking more devilish in an all black suit. "You know what this is," he answers, shoving his hands inside his pocket as hhe shrugs.

I actually don't. He kills people but we never got to the part to find out the reason he actually kills them. People don't just wake up and start killing others, they have reasons and I believe he does too. He stopped killing twelve years ago, so why start over again? Why start with me?

"Caleb, please I–"

He cut me off as he steps closer in front of me, he squats to be on the same eye level as me, and he admits that, "You know, Cami, I really liked you. I really did, even before I met you, before I knew what you look like. You reminded me of my sister and she was the last woman I loved that I had to kill to save another woman that I liked."

That is... I don't understand.

He gets up on his feet and walks back to lean against the wall. "How did you know?" I ask, feeling my nose blocked, which causes a strain in my tone. I sound like people do when they have runny nose.

"I'm a vampire, I have super hearing," he shrugs and pouts his mouth.

I freeze.

A vampire?

Out of all the creatures in this world, a vampire? So they do exist. Wow, wonders of the dark world, I guess.

"You never gave me any of your time after the incident that happened in Damian's class, and I admit that was my fault." I rub his hand over his chest. "My reactions to it was unexpected, I should have reacted better but I guess your behavior showed how unstable you are. After what happened you stopped talking to me, well, you weren't nice to me before but you were okay. Over the weeks you changed again even your best friends were suspicious of your actions. I never planned on listening in on your conversation with Alicia but I liked you and wanted you to like me back, imagine my surprise to hear that you think I'm a bad guy but turns out you're right, I am the bad guy.

"You could have just asked, I would have told you the truth but you didn't, you even brought the crystal. I was looking forward to spending that time with you but you were just searching for answers. So now I will tell you about myself and why I'm doing this because I know you're curious. He warned me about that, said you are as curious as the word itself."

What's happening? Am I dreaming? Feels like a dream to me because there's no way in hell I'm living this.

"I know what think of me. I know what you've read about me and it's mostly true but you missed the entire point. Claire wasn't the bad gemini or the superior twin, it was all me but between she and I, she was rough and an easy target for the vultures. I started the fire that killed our parents. I started the fire at the foster home. I killed Copper because she couldn't keep her mouth shut about what she knew. And then I killed Claire because she was annoying and I wanted her powers. I didn't want to depend on her for the rest of our lives, so I solved the problem."

He sighs and continues. "Anyway, I didn't know they were rules that says never to kill your other half, doing so would make the dead one unrest, thus making her spirit plague me for eternity. You see, I thought I've won but she was still screwing me even when she was dead. Her ghost disturbing, demanding all sorts of things, I had no choice than do as she asked. I brought her back using dark magic but the magic was too strong that it affected both of us, giving the fact that I already stole her heart. So we became one again except this magic came with such big price. Forty five sacrificial lamp, well, humans.

"I am killer but not a stone cold one. I never wanted any part it until her ghost started plaguing me. I had no choice but to do it. We killed the first set of humans and drank their blood. It made us powerful and restored us but it also made us into a monster, a blood sucking monster. It turned us into a vampire. We grew stronger with each blood we drank but I was stronger than Claire because she was depended on my heart, half of the one I stole from her. She got a new body with every sacrifice and she was content but she was always in my way.

"The killings went on. I hated that part but I loved the thrill of a challenge. So when we transferred to our last school, I knew no matter what happened that I wouldn't do the sacrifice that year because that was the first time I saw her, Sofia. She was the most beautiful girl I'd ever seen but she was human, she was weak. I never expected her to show up at the party, she wasn't supposed to be there, but I knew it was my only chance to speak to her without Claire seeing us, so I talked to her, I shouldn't have. We were having fun until Claire came in and ruined everything. I had to kill my sister and also damage Sofia. The police were getting suspicious because I never changed my name. I saw a way to close that part of my life and still be powerful, so I consumed my sister and made the police and everyone else blame Sofia. It was the hardest thing I've had to do."

Is that regret I hear in his tone? Ugh... I don't know how long I've been like this but I can feel the drowsiness taking over me.

"I never pegged you for a talker, Sinclair." Another familiar voice said from my back. I freeze at that voice, the one I thought I would never hear. Sebastian Holmes.

"Hello, Cami. Have you missed me because I've missed you." His smirk is the first thing I see when he comes to stand in front of me. "Don't look so shocked to see me, Cami, you of all people should know that I would come back one way or another."

My eyes slowly moves from him to Caleb. They are working together.

"W-why?" It's taking everything in me to speak.

Caleb leaves the wall and comes to stand beside Sebastian. "We want to bring back my father using your blood," he answers.

"Sebastian asked me to come find you, he doesn't like you very much and I never wondered why after I saw you for the first time. You're a brat who thinks she's better than everyone else. You think you know better than everyone else but you know nothing. You are just a kid, a stupid child, and your stupidity is what's going to get you killed." He promises and faces Sebastian to ask, "how many more blood do you need?"

Sebastian looks down. "I think this should be enough," he replies and bends down to grab the buckets. "You can drain the rest from her, don't be in a hurry. I want her to die screaming."

No!

"It would be my absolute pleasure." Caleb smirks.

I never imagine myself dying like this and I know I should hold out hope that someone is coming to find me but I know no one is. I'm alone and I can't even do a damn thing about it.