THE AUCTION

I awake in the middle of the night. I cannot sleep. Draco is lying in the bed beside me and sleeping so sound. I have not seen him sleep this sound in a very long time. He deserves the sleep. Even though they are no longer human, Vampires still need sleep occasionally. It is a myth that they do not sleep. They do not need as much sleep as humans or hybrids, but they do not need some sleep here and there. Draco has always cuddled me at night, even if he does not sleep, but seeing him sleep so peacefully gives me a lot of comfort.

I check the hotel room mini-fridge for a water. I want something, maybe a coke and some ice. I grab the ice bucket and quietly slip out of the room. I walk down to the ice machine and start filling up the ice bucket when I hear a strange noise and a yelp. It almost sounds like a person, but it is weak. I listen for a moment, and the sound stops.

I take the ice bucket, walk over to the Coke machine, and get a coke out of it. I start walking toward my room when Renae runs into me. "Did you hear that noise?" she asks me.

"Yeah. I was getting ice. Why are you up?" I ask her.

"Lester snores, I forger that man snores. Fucking hell, I am just getting some fresh air and maybe a coke," Renae says to me.

"Come on, Let's check on Ronica, Jessie, and Natie," I suggest.

"Are you armed?" Renae asks me.

I look at her funny. "I have an ice bucket and a coke, but I am sure I could kick someone's ass if I needed to," I say.

We walk to Nettie's room first. We go inside, using the master key Ronica gave me, and see Natie as well as Jessie sleeping. "Jessie," I say to her softly. She wakes up and sits up in the bed.

"We heard a strange noise. We wanted to check on you and Natie," I say to her.

"Nothing from us. We are both sleeping," Natie says.

"Come deadbolt the door so that no one can get in here. We are going to check on your mom and then wake up the men," I say to Natie.

"I can call their room if you want me to call the room," Natie says.

"Okay," I say to her.

Renae and I go out of the room. I wait until I hear her deadbolt the door before I move away from the door. After I hear the deadbolt, Renae and I start walking back toward the front. "I am scared," Renae says.

"Maybe we should get Lester and Draco," Renae says as she walks behind me.

"We can do this. We are badass women," I say to Renae. This seems to calm her, but then when we make the corner to go into Ronica's room, there he is and her too.

"Tara," Renae says.

"Samuel," I say.

"Well, you made this easy," Samuel says.

Renae rushes toward Tara. "Don't! Run Renae, back to Lester!" I scream at her. It is too late. She starts running toward Tara. Samuel and his men grab her. I have to decide quickly. Do I help Renae or run for Draco. I cannot run away from a fight.

I throw the ice bucket at Tara, hitting her in the eye. I run as fast as I can toward Samuel. He might take me, but I am putting up one hell of a fight first. And when Draco comes for me, he will die!

Samuel grabs me by the neck as I rush into him. He lifts me off of the floor. I have no weapons, nothing. I smile at him and lift my arms up, trying to break free from him. It takes me a moment of fighting and struggling until I am finally able to break free. I look over and see Tara pulling Renae out of the side door. There are more vampires coming.

"Hello Bitch" I hear someone say from behind me. I turn to see who it is, and everything goes black!

I know I am moving. I can feel my body moving and shaking. I cannot open my eyes. I feel someone touch my hand. "I screamed a lot Tatina. Someone had to hear me," Jessie says.

I manage to open my eyes and look at her. "Be ready; we will not go down without a fight," I say to her. I see Renae holding Ronica close to her.

"Mom is afraid," Jessie says.

"You are not afraid?" I ask her.

"No, I am ready to fight. They already took everything from me. I can never have children, and they took my sight; I cannot walk without a cane. There is nothing else they can take from me, Tatina. I will not go down without a fight," Jessie says.

She is so brave. I am terrified, but I cannot let them know I am scared. What can I do? They have already drugged me. "What did they give me?" I ask Jessie.

"I do not know. They wanted you out so you could not fight," Jessie says.

"Well, I am tougher than I look," I say to her.

"I know, Tatina. I know you will save us," Jessie says.

Renae and Ronica move closer to us. "You okay, Tatina?" Renae asks.

"I think so, and we cannot let them win," I say.

Renae touches my hand. "We will not. Draco and Lester will come for us," Renae says.

"I know," I say back to her.

The van stops. The door opens on the van. Samuel and his men are at the van door with Tara. She is happy and laughing with them. She seems to be very interested in Samuel. Hmm, that must be it.

The men grab a few other women and me. I see another group coming with breeding boxes. They hold Renae and put her in a breeding box. She begins screaming as they put her into the box. Tara walks over to Renae and hits her hard to shut her up. This infuriates me. I start crying and trying to get to her. One of the guards grabs me and starts to shove a needle into my arm.

"Wait! Put that bitch in a breeding box; no drugs yet. I want her awake for what I am about to do to her," Samuel says.

The men bring over a breeding box. I fight them, but ultimately I am strapped to the box and taken through the front of the house. Renae and the others are taken somewhere else.

A man pushes my box into a back room. Samuel comes inside and looks at me. "We are going to have a lot of fun. Tatina, I will make you my personal toy. I am going to hurt you real bad every day for the rest of your fucking life," Samuel says to me.

"Bring it on, Mother Fucker," I scream at him.

Samuel comes closer to me. "I am going to give you something to make you cooperative, but you will still feel and know everything that is happening to you. I want you to feel all the pain I am about to give you. I want to see tears come down that pretty little face of yours, and I want you to know that it will never stop. This is your life now! You are my little fairy slave now, Tatina. I am going to make you pay," Samuel says.

He sticks a needle into my arm. My body goes limp, but I am still awake. He begins touching me. He pinches my nipples and then moves his hand over my body. He is going to rape me. The door opens, and one of the men comes into the room. "You want to watch her hurt?" Samuel asks.

"We have a small problem," the man says.

"Then handle it. I am busy," Samuel says. His hands moving over me, touching me, pinching me, and getting ready to take me as his slave.

"We need you, sir. There are authority members here," the man says.

"Fucking hell! Grab that little bitch Renae and make sure no one can find her either," Samuel says.

"Want me to keep her company until the authority leaves?" the man asks, almost drooling.

"I think it would be good for Tatina to see what is going to happen to her. You can bring Renae in here and give Tatina and me a show after I get rid of the authority," Samuel says.

There is nothing I can do. I am stuck here, helpless and afraid.