Allure Of The Night

Music Recommendation: Left Behind Bars- ASKII

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In one of the forests where people didn’t come to pass, four carriages entered the place and stopped where the trees were dense. The men from the carriage quickly stepped down from it. Unsteady of carrying the unconscious people who belonged to the wealthy family, those people were dragged on the ground before tying their hands and legs.

On seeing a woman with silver hair dragged by her hands, one of the abductors questioned, “I thought we were only going to abduct children.”

“She caught sight of us and we couldn’t leave any witness behind. We picked up nine children. Four from Skellington and the rest from other places like Woodlock,” informed another man, who finished tying one of the unconscious girl’s hands to the iron pole.

There were twelve men who were part of the abduction. As they finished tying the victims, another person stepped out of the shadows who had not accompanied them in the quest of kidnapping the children who belonged to the high society. The man wore a scar on the left side of his face that ran deep. His nose was sharp, and he had a constant frown on his forehead with a scruff on his jaws as he stared at the children.

“The time has finally come to retaliate against the people of high society, who think they can look down at us as if we are nothing,” said the man with the scar on his face. His lips were turned down, and he continued to speak, “Tonight they will realise people are missing, and tomorrow we will send a proof of what we have and show them who is in power. One day we will have the same credibility as them. Money, status and power!”

“Yes!” Came the chorus words of his men.

One of the men who worked for the man with the scar asked, “Do you think the council and the members of the Inner circle will agree to our demands, Hellion?”

Hellion clenched his jaws before unclenching it. After two seconds, he said, “It is because of their refusal to fulfil our demands that it has come to this. We will not sit back and receive their insults and injustice. I am sure none of you have forgotten how your families have suffered because of the disrespect.”

The men there nodded, anger in their eyes towards the entire high-status family, even though they were wronged by different men and women of the wealthy families. The elites. One of them said,

“We have to repay them for what happened to my wife! Clara worked for the family for five years without a break and when she fell sick, she was thrown out and my son died in my arms because I couldn’t afford to pay for him to be treated!”

“They have more than enough resources but refuse to help us! We must teach them a lesson they will never forget!” Said another man in the group, wanting the outcome to be quick and ready to put the people of the high society in their place.

Hellion raised his hand and calmly said, “For all the injustice that we have faced and suffered, they will be paid back twice. To let them know what we humans are capable of doing.”

With the snow all around the place, the weather was chilly. Hellion and his men huddled inside the hut and fireplace to keep themselves warm while leaving the children and Katherina to freeze outside in the cold weather.

As the night continued, the breeze in the forest increased. It picked up some of the loose snowflakes on the ground to move across the forest ground, where some of them came to settle on Katherina and the children.

A young Vincent tried to move his hands that were tied behind his hand. He tried to use all his force to free his hands, but the metal around his hands was strong enough to bend.

“Vincent!” He heard his mother’s voice, who was tied one pole away from him.

“Mother!” Vincent shouted back, “Where are we?”

Katherina shook her head, “I am not sure. It must be somewhere far away from the towns that we know of,” her voice trembled because of the snow that had come to settle on her and her dress.

Vincent turned his head from where he was and noticed a small hut a few distances from them. The hut glowed from inside, light spilling from the windows.

He quickly looked around him and caught sight of other children around his age tied to different poles.

“Marcie! Marcie!” His mother called his sister’s name, who was still unconscious. The young vampiress finally woke up after several minutes and looked confused about what had happened.

“W-where are we, mother?” Marceline looked left and right. She tried to bring her hands to her side, but like Vincent, her hands were tied too. “What happened? Why are we here?” She looked at her mother in worry.

Katherina had no answers, as she hadn’t seen who had abducted them and brought them to an isolated place. But having a faint idea, she wondered if it was the group of humans who were attacking only the people of high society.

She offered her daughter a reassuring smile and said, “Don’t worry, everything will be okay. Your father must have already noticed us missing and he must be looking for us.”

The young Vincent had no idea where they were or what time it was now, or how long it would take before they would be rescued. He tried to listen to the men’s voices from the hut over the high wind.

“Why did you catch so many children? They belong to families we have nothing to do with,” said a male voice.

“They might belong to families that don’t concern us, but that is why we need them. There’s no point fighting with the people who are arrogant. Getting random children, their family will start to protest and pressure the council so that we can come to power like the other people from high society.”

Gifted with good ears, Vincent tried to listen to more of their conversation. Some of the children tried to free themselves, but nothing else happened apart from the metal clinking against the pole.

His eyes moved to his mother, who shivered more than he or others did. She had closed her eyes, trying to take deep breaths. Her skin was turning dry, and her lips cracked and had turned slightly purple because of the harsh weather.

It affected Vincent’s mother because she was no pureblooded vampire, unlike him and his sister. She was a human. Before the woman had married and turned into Katherina Moriarty, she came from a wealthy human family, where she was Katherina Hollands.

Thankfully the next morning, the heavy clouds made way for the sun’s rays to fall on them. They somehow survived the night but were weak with hunger and hadn’t been able to sleep in the treacherous cold.

“How are you doing?” Katherina asked her children and the others who were now awake.

Vincent nodded and asked, “How about you, mother?”

“Perfectly well,” Katherine tried to smile, but her body felt frozen. She tried not to show her weak side so the children wouldn’t lose hope. “It is good that it’s morning. Just a few more hours.”

The woman knew that if help didn’t come quickly, she would have to do something to help them to escape. But with her hands bound, there wasn’t much she could do. She used all her strength to free her hands, but it was of no use and the metal only bit into her skin.

One of the young vampiress started to shout in hopes someone would listen and said,

“I am going to tell my mother and father about this! Making me suffer in the cold! AHHHHHH!” Shouted the vampiress, and the human abductors reached there to scold her,

“Stay quiet! What are we going to do with this one?!” Questioned one of the men.

As if one child screaming wasn’t enough, a few more, including Marceline and her friend Maxwell, started to shout and call for help.

“I want to go back home!” Shouted Marceline, “Let us go, you pathetic cowards!”

Maxwell shouted along with her, “Get us out of here if you don’t want to be hurt!”

“HELP! HELP!!!”

The first vampiress who started to protest warned the abductors, “You will be punished if you don’t let us go right this instant. My father will not be happy about it!”

The men tried to shut them up verbally, but seeing it was of no use, one of the men who stood near Marceline came to stand in front of her and slapped the vampiress across her face. The small girl was left shocked and stopped screaming as no one had ever slapped her until now.

A young Vincent glared at the guards, but knowing the position they were in and the disadvantage they had, he tried to assess the situation.

The other children didn’t stop screaming, making it hard for the abductors. After a minute, Hellion appeared in view, making his way to where the wealthy children were tied. The men stepped away while Hellion, the man with the scar pulled out a glove.

“Marceline! Quiet!” Katherina tried to hush her daughter when her eyes fell on the glove the man put on his hand.

The glove the man wore wasn’t ordinary. The back side of the glove had claw-like metal. While the small vampiress continued to shout, Hellion stepped forward.

“You humans deserve to stay away from us. Wasteful—”

The next second, the girl stopped talking as Hellion ran his hand through the vampire girl’s chest and pulled out her heart, dropping it on the ground. Blood dripped down the dead girl’s body, turning the snow around her red. The children who were earlier screaming and shouting suddenly turned quiet.

Hellion turned to look at the others and said, “Anyone else has something to say?”