Vampires of the Sun by Kathyn J. Knight
Author:Kathyn J. Knight [Knight, Kathyn J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-06-27T05:00:00+00:00
Mauve didn’t come back. She left Norah alone to eat her food and live her life in her prison cell. Labelling it a prison cell was what came naturally after her conversation with Mauve, even if it was overly dramatic. Realistically, it felt that way since she couldn’t leave or escape. Thankfully she wasn’t being drugged anymore, even if she tried to fight them but they weren’t opposed to using tactics that wouldn’t bruise her, like throwing her in the shower and turning it on freezing cold or shutting the lights off and leaving her in complete darkness for days at a time.
With renewed resolve, she continue to do what she could to show that she wasn’t going to just be some pawn in whatever game they were playing. She wasn’t a part of it and deep down she knew that if push came to shove, there wouldn’t be any hesitations to hurt her.
Sometimes with Norah’s meals, a note was left for her to read. It was the biggest concern for Norah that she could see because it was like a countdown but she didn’t know what it was counting down to. Hand-written from Mauve, the note detailed how her parents were on their way and the expected arrival date until it finally became the day of their arrival.
When she woke up, the clock said it was a little after six p.m. Norah didn’t have a normal sleep schedule anymore. It switched from day to night and rotated depending on when she was bothered by others. Today she was woken by one of the goons coming in through the door with her food and a dress in a plastic dry-cleaning bag with a note attached. It simply told her to put it on with an elaborate M signature. The female that sometimes watched her in the bathroom if she was there too long came through the door and stayed with Norah while she ate and made sure Norah cleaned up and got ready. When Norah sat back down on her bed, the lady still hadn’t left, taking a seat on the couch and staring at her unnervingly as Norah preened in the mirror.
The dress she’d been given was beautiful. It was white and while lower cut than she preferred in the chest, not as revealing as she would have expected. The hem line skimmed the tops of her feet if she slumped and the dress itself had an intricate embroidery running throughout it. If she had to place the era it was designed after, it would have been Regency era with the empire waist tie and lace work.
Wondering what was about to happen, Norah didn’t have to wait long to figure it out. After half an hour of waiting around, the male goon she’d bitten and the one who’d held her arms down came through the door. She didn’t cower or run from them this time, only gave them each a defiant look that didn’t even seem to register. Taking up one of her arms each, they picked her up and she was forced to start walking forwards.
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