Cammile's POV.
" Urgh" I groaned as I strained against the iron chains that held me down. Fuck how did I get myself into this and it turned out I and Zeke were wrong about this mission been a breeze, it was anything but a breeze.
I was caught and trust me I did fight and somewhere along the line I was injected with some kind of serum and I lost consciousness, I would escape I always do. There are footsteps approaching, here comes my ticket to escape town. A man's face appeared through the iron bars.
" The king is on his way to see the hunter who dared to infiltrate the royal empire" he said to which I just smiled, to myself of course.
" Who sent you?" he asked, opening the cell even without me moving a finger, this is so working for me. I mumbled some incoherent words.
" What did you say?" he questioned coming closer, just what I wanted. I mumbled incoherently again and he moved even closer and closer.
" I was sent by-" this time I said more clearly before collapsing.
" No you can't die on me or even pass out, the king specifically said he needed you alive. He would think we killed you out of spite then kill us all for disobedience" he stated panicking and totally falling for it, this was too easy.
Which kind of vampire keeps a vampire hunter alive and conscious.
" Wake up, wake up, wake up" he repeated as he shook me and when he didn't get any reaction from me he proceeded to unlock the chains that suspended me, i just struck lucky. As soon as he unlocked the chains I maneuvered it and tied it around his neck using it to strangle him until he eventually passed out, I then stole the key from him, opened the door then locked it afterwards taking the key with me. I ran down the hall of the dungeon like a maniac before forcefully colliding with a rock, more of like a person built like a rock which made me lose my footing but I quickly regained my stamina as I stood at a defensive stance. I stared into a pair of striking silvery blue eyes as it captivated me but I broke eye contact trying to avoid all forms of distractions because the drop dead handsome hunk in my presence was emanating a very dangerous and powerful aura, I could sense he was someone with high hierarchy. He just stood there looking at me with a bored expression making me look like a fool. I thought of backing away and running then I remembered that the other way heads back to my cell and like hell was I going back there. It's like I don't have any choice but to fight and I'm also wondering what could possibly be his rank. But then again, who cares I just have to get outta here. I lunged but he dodged, we went back and forth, me attacking whilst he dodged, I was already panting and he hadn't broken a sweat which is annoying as hell.
A painful blow to my hunter's dignity.
I went again but this time around he held my wrist and I felt something go through me and his eyes widened but I didn't pay any heed to it and saw an opening and I hit him square in the face with all my might and he stumbled a total of no steps, which is frustrating but I followed it with an hook punch to the neck. Something was wrong, he wasn't fighting back and that shocked me as much as it pained me.
Was I that much of a joke, doesn't my reputation speak for me anymore.
'Quit whining Cammile' I told myself. I stopped attacking and just stared at him trying to steady my labored breath, that was when he came for me stealth, lithe and fast was the attack but I had an advantage since I noticed he was not going to hurt me. Boy was I wrong.
But did he seriously just make me waste all of my strength attacking and he did nothing and when he sees I'm exhausted he attacks, that's low even for a vamp. As he continued his attack on me I still noticed that he was restraining, trying not to go for the kill but however his motive I don't care all I know is that I must get out of here, so as he launched I sucked and we switched position. A dangerous mistake on his side, but I doubt if that concerns him because he may still be faster than I am with his vampyre speed so I need something to weaken him then I remembered my hair pin is coated with verbena but I must not make it obvious, I allowed him to lunge at me and this time as his head was going for my head I moved my head to the side and his hand went right past my head and with a speed considered impossible to human I used the hair pin that I've already removed from my hair to stab him but he was fast at realizing, very fast. He was quick to refract his hand which caused the hair pin to only nib his skin but either way skin breakage on contact no matter how small should do the trick but I would have preferred a much larger injury not like a hairpin could cause major injury but still. I used the opportunity to dart down the hallway but something was wrong. Even if I had managed to use the hair pin on him he would still be able to chase me, just that his ability would decrease at the start before the poison takes full effect and especially someone of high ranking like him would need more than just a nib to be subdued. So why wasn't he following me? And that was explained when I jumped out the dungeon main door which also weird enough didn't have any guards. There weren't any guards in the dungeon and he also didn't chase me because there was a whole army of vampyre staring at me like I was some kind of dessert after dinner ready to do it for me, not that I would be stupid enough to run from this massive army without back up or a bullet proof plan. All I could mutter was 'oh shit'.
" Yeah, oh shit" a voice imitated me from behind and I turned to see that he was the one, before a word could escape me a heavy blow landed on my head from behind.
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" Urgh" I groaned as I woke up, I tried to sit up but fell right back down on the bed– wait bed? A cell doesn't have a bed like this or I'm I back home then I groaned again as I rolled over and felt a banging pain like a persistent terrible hangover in my head but I'm sure I wasn't comfortable with the vampyre enough to party with them then I remembered the heavy blow to my head.
" That son of a bitch" I cussed how dare they and since I could barely move because of the pain I just laid there like a sack of potatoes for what felt like hours after feeling better I stood up and stretched my body then I proceeded with another one of my marvelous plans. I walked to the door and banged on it loud, really loud. Which wasn't really helping me, the pain in my head.
" What" was the sharp response I got, as I thought there were guards there and the guard opened the door the slightest. Couldn't they have opened the door more, I'm not that volatile.
" I'm hungry" I said.
" So?" One of them responded, did he just tell me so?.
" You can't keep a human, hunter or not here for hours, maybe even days who knows without food, we'll starve obviously. We are not like you vamps and I'm sure your king or whoever kept me here doesn't want a dead hunter, where is the fin in that". I reasoned.
" Fine, we would have someone get you food" they replied.
" Thank you" I said back sarcastically before stepping away to explore the room. The walls were painted with cool earth tones which was nice with the mahogany furniture, it's like vamps too have good taste and then I heard a knock, the food is here, which was fast. Time to exhibit my plan.
" Come on in" I said out and the door opened to reveal to my surprise a human girl of around maybe 17 years old.
" I'm here with your lunch" she mumbled, lunch menacing it's noon.
" Oh thanks, set it on the table"
" Okay ma'am " and she walked past me, immediately she set it down. I hit her knock-out point and she fainted. After that I quickly stripped her of her maid clothes. I'm grateful they didn't send a male to deliver the food that would be awkward. After the stripping I put her in the bathroom which was stunning by the way and I also stripped down then wore her clothes as fast as I could. I didn't want the guards wondering why she was taking so long and on my way out I grabbed a sandwich rushing it down then after taking a deep breath I opened the door and walked away as the maid. The guards locked the doors right afterwards as expected and I just continued to walk away. This house is massive with numerous hallways and most of them are identical so I think I'm lost. A vampyre hunter lost in the castle of the royal vampyre empire how ironic and as I was looking around trying to phantom how I could escape I ran into a wall and my maid cap fell off, looking up I saw him. This is the second time I'm running into him. How could I be this unlucky and then he smirked.
" You again" he said, his voice smooth as velvet.
" Well I was just taking a stroll trying to know my environment" I lied taking steps backwards and then I took off running and ran into something again, Him seriously I turned back and saw him again, he is using his vamp speed. Cheater.
" You should head back to your room or would you prefer your cell" he said, his expression darkening but I wasn't going to let him intimidate me irrespective of how handsome he is.
" I would just escape from wherever you put me" I said back and then I was back to the front of the room I was kept in. The guards bowed when they saw him and looked taken aback at the sight of me.
" But she is in-in-inside" the first guard stuttered, pointing at the door.
" Obviously she isn't " the man replied.
" How did she leave, we've been here the whole time" the second guard said.
" Look at her outfit, did you have any maid get her something?" he asked.
" Yes, she said she was hungry and following your orders-" his orders? "- we got a maid to give her foo–" the guards stopped as realization dawned on him.
" She switched their clothes, but what about the maid?" the first guard asked.