Dinner...

Acelen held out his hand and spoke.

"Let us go to dinner."

Bonnie's heartbeat sped up as Acelen's actions just seemed to grow bolder and bolder by the day. Really, she couldn't handle this.

"Oh- r-right!" She said as she took his hand. ACelen smirked because he could already detect her heartbeat before she even acted. Being a vampire sure did have its perks...

***

'Perks. Perks.' Acelen tried to remind himself as started to regret his words. As that was guidingly sat. The tense air was as clear as day as they all ate. Acelen's mother left as she went to prepare her 'special' preparations that she spoke of earlier.

It was Lydia's choice (Acelens mother) that Bonnie was sat directly next to her. Acelen didn't disagree but felt as if something unknown to him was about to happen. He couldn't help but be on edge. Bonnie sat peacefully and gracefully as she silently ate her serving.

Even though Zythe felt as if he was only going to pursue her for the sake of surpassing his brother, he couldn't take his eyes off of her. It was as if she was capturing his gaze by force and had no plans of releasing him. He needed something to prevent his gaze and distract him.

Right as he was beginning to think of the possibilities and choices he had, his mother approached. Gratefully, he kept his gaze on his mother.

Bonnie took note of the men not eating, but then she couldn't help but wonder why not. Then she figured that they'd rather not join in on something that has no benefit to them whatsoever. However, bonnie continued to enjoy her well-made meal just as Lydia entered.

Lydia gracefully walked into the room just to have all gazes on her. 'What fun would it be to teleport?' She thought.

"I think it's about time to serve the centerpiece and drinks along with it! We shouldn't wait and have the extravagance spoil, should we?"

No response was made in terms of answering her spoken question. She smiled fulfillingly as she stood tall. Then she gracefully rose her hand and snapped her whitely gloved fingers.

3 maids exited the left of the kitchen in sync. They each carried a tray and a bottle of a red liquid? Maybe red wine. At least that's what Bonnie assumed. Before they knew it, the maids were to their sides and had already placed down the empty glasses.

They each poured the 'red wine' to the brink of spilling before they respectfully bowed their heads and exited to the right of the dining room. Lydia's smirk was still present, maybe even brighter as they did so.

Acelen however, was not having it. He knew the smell of blood even if it was tainted by water to 99%. He glared at his mother wondering what she could be planning in that twisted mind of hers. He was wrong to think that this would go accordingly and decently. Still, he took the glass and sipped it, he was starving after all. He hadn't had a filling in 2 weeks. Furthermore, he held his composure.

Bonnie took small sips of the 'red wine' as the metallic taste intruded on her tastebuds. The red liquid stained her lips as she did so. Reflexively, she wanted to gag, but she didn't want to seem unpleasant to Lydia or Zythe.

Zythe on the other hand had downed his glass in a matter of seconds. He wasn't particularly starving, but never once turned down a filling. He was slightly upset that his mother had wasted such pure blood on a human who had no clear interest in cannibalism. What a waste he thought of it to be.

Lydia was still holding the centerpiece as she stared at Bonnie's reaction to the blood. She enjoyed the sight of discomfort when it came to humans. She couldn't resist but instead asked, "Was it up to your taste, human?" even though she knew the answer and Bonnie's name as well.

Bonnie obviously lied and nodded her head as she cleared the scowl formed on her face from previously tasting it. She put the glass down and waited for the grand introduction. Zythe and Acelen could sort of smell it, but they weren't positive if it was what they thought it to be.

Lydia spoke again. "Well, I'm sure you've all been anticipating the centerpiece of today's meal. Rest assured, I will reveal it now." She said smirkingly.

Lydia placed her hand on the top of the cover-up and once again, gracefully lifted the top.

Acelen and Zythe's eyes immediately transitioned to the bloodshot eyes that their mother loved oh so much. A bit of drool could be seen leaving Zythes lips as he stared.

"Now, now boys. I told you to feed yourselves regularly. What's with this sudden outburst of hunger?" Lydia taunted.

"Especially you Acelen, you clearly haven't regularly fed considering the intensity of your eye color. Why is that, when you have such a fine specimen by your side?" She spoke tauntingly again.

"Bonnie," Acelen said while he still had slight control over his actions. However, Bonnie was not listening. Her eyes were set on the 'centerpiece' of today's meal, also known as the shaky butler's mutilated body spread all over the pan. She knew it was him because his head was on top of it all.

She had no desire to eat it at all, really she wanted to throw up the food she just now had ate, but she was frozen in place. One second she was here, the other she was not.

***

The darkness of the room had swallowed all of everything around her besides her own limbs. As she stared at herself into the shattered mirror reflecting her tattered appearance. Her long, now bloodily-stained, ash-blond pigtails were taking the color of red as she stared.

But she was not stained with the blood of herself, but the blood of her parents who lie on the floor a few centimeters away from her, with their heads unattached from their bodies and placed carefully onto their backs.

The tall figure stood with a smile and blood dripping from its bare hands, which it previously used to behead her parents. It bent down in Bonnie's face with blood dripping from its razor-sharp teeth as it muttered two meaningless words, fleeing bits of blood falling upon her face.

"Happy birthday~," it said with a twisted smile as it crushed the parents' spines on its way out.

***

As Bonnie came back to, Acelen was really struggling to hold his composure. He was physically trembling while trying to hold back, his bloodshot eyes giving off warning signals with every glance. Zythe was prepared to pounce as well, not as intensely because he actively ate, but still ready.

"B-Bonnie! Go! Go to our room and lock yourself in, try to cover your scent once you do...quickly." He spewed. Lydia's wicked smile just grew as he attempted. The shock from her sudden flashback had her disoriented.

Still, she took Acelen's word seriously, and undoubtingly ran away from the table.