Being back at the house and secluded into the bedroom sure is boring. I am so bored that I have no energy at all. Even this morning, when Nikolas has forced me into wearing his shirt and only his shirt, I did not even put in a fight. If I stay any longer locked into this room, I think I may as well fuse with the bed. All I do is eat and sleep. I did do some exercising, but since I can't go out as often as I would like, I can't find myself to do it anymore. I think I may have become fat. Even the bed doesn't look as big as the first day.

"I want to get out of here," I mumble to myself knowing that no one can hear me.

"I didn't think that I was so boring," someone states making me lift my head up from the mattress.

"Oh, it's the brother..." I sigh before taking back my initial position.

"Hey, that's mean. I have my own name you know," Matthias whines loudly making my head throb.

Since Nikolas is so busy these days, I hardly see him, thus I am used to the silence. Even the housekeeper is a ghost. When I am not looking and it is lunch or dinner time, food magically appears on the table. I can't get blood from someone that I can't see. I hate Nikolas, he always makes my plans fail. Just thinking about that man makes my heart hurt even more.

"What do you want," I groan after pulling the pillow over my head.

"First, I will want you to put some more clothes on. I don't want Nikolas to walk in and go ape on me because I saw you half-naked," the older vampire complains making me roll my eyes even if he can't see it. "The second news is, Nikolas has asked me to come to fetch you."

I perk up at those words with wide eyes as the man starts to laugh. If that was a joke, I swear that he won't have to worry that Nikolas will go ape on him, because I will.

"You're not joking?" I ask while trying to hide my excitement.

"No, so go dress up," he answers as he lifts his arm slightly to glance at his watch.

Smiling, I jump off the bed to walk into the walk-in dresser. Since I am confined to this room, Nikolas asked for the housekeeper to move all my clothes from my luggage to this dressing room. I am quite surprised that all my things fit here since if it has been me, I would have had to expand the closet. No one can ever have enough clothes.

"Where are you taking me?" I ask when I realize that I don't know how should I dress up.

"It doesn't matter," he mumbles while furiously typing on his laptop.

I shrug and go simple. I will go with a white T-shirt and a black leather jacket and a pair of ripped jeans. For the shoes, I am wearing the combat boots again since they are really comfortable. I go into the bathroom to do my business and freshen myself since I surely look like a zombie. First appearances are everything. Who knows, I may meet someone new today. A person powerful enough to take me out from this deep shit. As if this will happen.

"Are you ready? It has almost been an hour that I'm waiting," Matthias grumbles as he steps into the bathroom. When he sees me, he adds, "You're worse than Katie."

"You're grumpy today," I smile as I tilt my head forward, so he can get the chain and collar off. I don't know how since I thought only Nikolas can unlock it.

Once the collar is taken away from my neck, I walk toward the door. Once Matthias opens it, I run toward the balcony ready to jump down. I am expecting the man to do something, but when I land in front of the front door I get quite surprised. Getting up on my feet, I look up to the balcony and see nothing, but when I turn around, I see Matthias scowling just in front of me, nearly scaring me to death.

He grabs me by the arm before growling, "Don't do that again."

"Yeah, sure," I answer with an apologetic smile. He can't really blame me for trying. He knows that I don't want to be here and I did warn Nikolas that I will be escaping whenever I can. It's not my fault if he didn't pass the message to Matthias.

The Pure squints his eyes at me, surely not pleased with my answer. With him still having a hard grip on my arm, he pulls me into his car. I whistle when Matthias literally pushes me into his vehicle. This is truly a baby worth caring for. I wouldn't mind having a car like that. I wonder if he has given her a name. But since my attempt to escape, Matthias has been giving me hateful glares. I'm sure he's thinking what would have happened if I actually escaped. That's what you get after lying to me, sucker!

Wait, I'm not being jealous. Not being mated to Nikolas is a blessing. I can't believe myself! Why did I act so childishly toward that man after he said that he was Nikolas fiancé even though I know he is actually his brother? What the actual fuck brain. This is all his fault. Now that I know that I am ingesting his blood with my food, my brain gets all messed up. I can't believe what's happening to me.

When he parks the car, I notice that we are in front of a small house. This is not really where Nikolas likes to usually go. It's not like I have anything against this two-story house, but it looks old and uncared for. Another thing is that we are in the middle of nowhere. Everything is reunited for a murder scene.

"Don't even think of escaping," Matthias warns me before unlocking the doors.

"Seriously? Where do you want me to escape to?" I grumble at his nonsense. I can only see mountains and trees from where we are. Plus, it has taken more than an hour and a half in car before arriving.

"You're not as stupid as I thought," he answers making me glare at him. Seriously, I hate this man.

We get out of the car as he leads me into the old and mouldy smelling building. I can't believe I walk into a house like this. The last time I did, is I think a hundred years ago when I still had to hide from humans because I killed a young girl in the streets by hunger. I was young and naive since I did not want to kill humans and pushes my feeding time away, but this is not a fairytale. Its reality and reality is cruel. Even if I didn't want to harm them, they will end my life without an ounce of hesitation. Then why should I be showing consideration for them? They kill living things too. So I will do the same and see them as pigs that I have to butcher and eat in order to survive.

As we enter the house, I look around and I am now certain that no one has lived here for a very long time. I wonder why Nikolas wants me here for? When we get into what seems like an empty living room, I notice Nikolas who's standing in the middle of the room, obviously trying to avoid touching anything. By seeing his disgusted expression, it becomes obvious to me that he doesn't want to be here too.

"You better have a good reason to have left me here for an eternity," Nikolas scowls making me chuckle since I really like to see him suffer after what he has made me went through.

"Blame him, he takes forever to put a shirt on," Matthias sighs, obviously leaving out my attempt to escape.

"Why are we even here?" I ask quickly since like Nikolas, I really don't like to be here. I'm glad I did not put one of my favourite clothes today. With all this dust and other unknown things, cleaning would have been a headache.

I hear the older brother sigh before asking us to follow him. While we are walking behind him, I feel Nikolas' arm snaking around my waist making me tense. I glance up at the man beside me, but he seems oblivious to it and acts as if it's the most natural thing to do. I try to get out of his hold, but he doesn't budge and I eventually give up.

Matthias opens yet another door which makes a weird squeaking sound. Unlike last time, he walks in first. I frown but still, make my way inside. When we enter, I am surprised to see a woman tied to an old and rusty chair. Somehow she looks familiar, but I can't quite remember where I have seen her.

"I hope you're satisfied brother," exclaims Matthias in a cheery tone, but his smile is icy cold to the bones. "She was hard to find and gave quite a few troubles to my men," he glares at the woman whose head is hanging down and her long hair is covering her face.

"Where was she hiding?" Nikolas asks without loosening his grip on my waist.

"In a city in China. It was a whole trouble to find her. Not to offence, but I think that all Chinese people look the same," the older Pure answers.

"Who is she?" I ask since it seems like the only one that doesn't know her identity.

Matthias walks behind the abnormally quiet woman. Usually, when someone gets kidnapped or like tied to a chair in an old and disgusting room, he or she usually panic, right? So why is she so calm?

He grabs her hair before pulling it up. I watch Matthias every movement, but I don't know why, but I don't dare to look at the woman's face. They seem to make a big deal out of it, so I am a little nervous.

"Are you having second thoughts?" whispered Nikolas next to my ear making me swallow all the saliva that has been accumulated in my mouth. "Or are you actually scared to face the truth?"

"Face the truth?" I ask nervously slowly starting to understand the whole situation.

Nikolas did mention that Elizabeth bond is getting in the way of our mating. Plus, he has said that he will find her. Am I ready to see her? It has been such a long time. Will she remember me? Does she still care for me, for us? Or were we really just an experiment for her? If that's the case then how am I supposed to react? One thing for sure, I will not beg for her to take me back with her nor will I cry. I have to maintain the little dignity that I have left even if, I really did like her. She was everything I had after my parents rejected me.

I finally gather enough energy to look at the woman's face. I really wish they had found the wrong person, but they didn't. Elizabeth is really here, watching me with the same smile she always had on her lips. I really had to fight my tears back since I won't cry. I can't cry. I am not a dog that will wag its tail for their master after not being able to see him for a long time.

"Well hello my little Micah," she greets with a sweet and gentle tone, but when I don't answer, she adds, "You don't look happy to see me."

"When it needs people to drag you out from your hiding place and tie you to a chair, I will say that you're the one not happy to see me," I retort, happy that my voice didn't crack.

"You can't blame me. These men have been less than welcoming and way too rough for a lady," she complains while making sure to emphasize the last part of the sentence, so Matthias will get a hint and let her hair go. Which of course, he didn't.

"You killed three of my men, so your hairdo is the last of your concerns," Matthias answered boringly.

"Not this isn't a warm welcome, but what do you need?" Elizabeth answers boringly, surely imitating Matthias' tone.

"I will need to break your bond with Micah. Will you do it willingly or not?" Nikolas explains as Elizabeth looks at us before laughing.

"Are you serious? Micah won't mate you unless our bond is broken?"

I can feel Nikolas tense beside me and I start to fear that it will end very badly. Last time Katie made a comment about our mating, it nearly ended in a bloodshed and this time, I don't think Nikolas will be so merciful.

"Your bond with Micah is like the bond of a Preceptor and his first child. Which Micah isn't. This means you are holding personal feelings for my mate," Nikolas accuses Elizabeth, making my blood drain from my face.

"What do you want me to do?" Elizabeth asks with a smile and an attitude even if she is in a rather dire situation.

"It is simple. You have to let him go, so when I break your bond, it won't be too painful for him."

"And if I say no?" the woman answers as Matthias tugs her hair back rashly, but she didn't even wince.

"Oh, I don't think I will have to get there. But I only have to kill you," Nikolas answers making tense as I stare at the man next to me with wide eyes.

He wants to kill her? I can't believe my ears, it is true that she abandoned us, but I don't really know how I will feel is she gets killed by my future potential mate.

"Are you sure? Your cute little mate doesn't look too pleased about it," Elizabeth chuckles making me my stomach churns.

"Then I assume, you'll agree to the terms?"

"I have to admit, I do care for Micah. He's such a good boy so I will be a little troubled to hand him over so easily," she explains as Nikolas growls unpleased by her answer. "We both want him, so let's have a fight. The prize will be Micah."

"Why are you insisting on keeping me if you didn't even bother to come back after you left us?" I ask accusingly.

"You belong to me. We had a deal and I turned you into a vampire which makes you mine. I don't simply give something of mine to someone else."

"So we are possessions."

"You are my most prized possession so far," she corrects but doesn't include the others.

"Why have you been away for so long?" I ask yet another question while swallowing my tears again, which becomes harder as the time passes.

"Oh Micah, if you store away the things you like the most, it'll always look new and untouched."

"So, I'm only a beautiful object to be stored away?" I let out a sob as I put my hand in front of my mouth. "What about the others?"

"I didn't like them much, so I left them there. But you're different, nothing would have happened to you since I had someone to watch over you," she explains as if it should have comforted me.

I can't believe my ears. Being abandoned is one thing, but being thrown away is another. What should I say to the others? We may have been separated, but we care about each other through our bond. Nikolas has been right all along, we are pets, no decorations to her. At this point, I will have preferred for Nikolas to just break the bond even without her consent. Having this constant pain in my heart is just too much.

"So, what about the fight?" Elizabeth asks with a smile as she looks expectantly at Nikolas.

Nikolas looks at me with the same question in his eyes. I hate this pain stabbing at my heart, but again, if he breaks the bond, she will feel nothing. She oughts to feel what we have been through. She can't get away with nothing. If Nikolas can bring this pain to her, I will gladly accept. At least, he isn't treating me like an object. Sure, he has incarcerated me, but he also has taken a great care of me.

I have made my decision and tell Nikolas, "Just make it hurt."