Inject Me Sweetly / Dusk Until Dawn

:Inject Me Sweetly: Chapter Five

            Joel cocked his head to the side. “No…”

            “Yes.”

            “Uh-uh.”

            I narrowed my eyes at him. “Yes, I am, and you’re going to let me.”

            “Actually, I do believe the King would like to see you,” he commented, tapping his chin with a slim, pale finger. “Vincent was sent out about half an hour to retrieve you but I guess he forgot.”

            The King wanted to see me now? What about? I couldn’t stop anxiety from creeping up on me again.  What if they decided the best course of action was to kill me? There was no way I was going to see the King. With that thought, I began to sprint down the hallway again.

            Joel kept up easily. “I can just follow you until you tire out. Vampires have great stamina.”

            Ignoring him, I abruptly took a right, continuing down the maze-like hallways. Unfortunately for me, it led to a dead end. Joel snickered from beside me as I came to a dead stop. Unbelievable.

            “Give up yet?” he questioned, leaning casually against the wall. “Unless you can pull walking through walls out of your hat, I think you’re stuck.”

            After giving him a sarcastic look, I quickly surveyed my surroundings. There was a door behind Joel, but other than that, the only way to escape was to go back the way I came. Joel faked a yawn, putting his arms up to stretch. I took the chance to duck under his arms and leap towards the door.

            “Emily, I wouldn’t go in there—”

              Ignoring his warning, I yanked open the door; looking back to make sure Joel wasn’t right behind me. Instead of meeting my gaze, his eyes shot past me, widening slightly. I turned to see what he was so surprised about, but as I turned back around I slammed into something hard. My head ricocheted off what felt like a wall and I stumbled to the ground, shouting out in pain. What kind of house was this? Who put fake doors in their houses?

            “There you are Vivi!”

            Vivi? I slowly raised my eyes to see Vincent gazing down at me with an amused smirk on his face. So he was the wall I walked into. Flushing, I immediately pushed myself back to my feet.

            “I hope you do realize you were just about to enter my room without my permission,” he commented, snapping the door shut behind him. “You are not allowed to go in there.”

            Swallowing nervously, I used all my courage to glare back at him. “Sorry, I didn’t know it was your room.”

            “Now you do,” he responded simply. “Let’s go.” He abruptly grabbed me by my upper arm, dragging me down the hallway.

            “Hey! Let me go!” I cried, staggering backwards in order to keep my balance. “Vincent, let go!”

            He raised an eyebrow at me. “You remembered my name?”

            “Let go of me!”

            “Nope,” he responded casually. “We have to go see my father. I have things to do today, so I don’t want to have to hunt you down as you try to run away. Now I suggest you keep up or I’ll be forced to throw you over my shoulder.”