All Chapters of Dark Bargain: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

How did I get here? That’s a good question. One I have been asking myself for the last half an hour or so. How did I get here indeed, in this dump? Well, it wasn’t a dump per se. On the contrary, it was majestic and if I wasn’t here against my will I might have enjoyed the view that was bestowed on me.The floors were of black marble, the chandeliers were grand and sparkled even in the dim light, and the curtains in a dark red were draped beautifully from the ceiling to the floor framing the long and narrow windows. Huge, dramatic classical paintings in big golden frames hung on the walls, portraying people I did not know of.Probably some lord of a long time ago, I thought.I couldn’t stop my body from shivering as I stood in the middle of a ballroom in front of what it seemed to be a throne. It was a weird setting. Why would anyone have this in their home? I kept thinking as I couldn’t stop my body from moving. I didn’t know if my shivering was caused by nerves, fear or just the pla

How I ended up in a beautiful manor, started down by a lord (of what I didn’t know) with questionable features while fighting for my life, I didn’t know. Or well, I only partially knew.My answer starts with my grandfather, David Irving. He had a business empire and had some blue blood left in him, gifted by his mother who was related to some duke a while ago. Therefore making his standing in the world of the rich and noble both strong. His empire stretched over the globe and David was highly successful.From his first marriage, he obtained only one child, a girl called Mary. An unoriginal name if you ask me, but David’s wife was highly religious and wanted nothing more than to name her daughter after one of the most famous figures in the origin story of Christianity. Unfortunately so for David, as he desperately wanted a son to hand over the business to – he was a conservative man.After years of trying to conceive another child, it seemed David’s wife wasn’t able to gift him any mor

The thing I noticed as I stood there in that sitting room, was the absence of the noise of rain. It had cleared up it seemed as if only the moon was to be seen. I saw in the distance the last few clouds drifting away when I heard a snap.My eyes shot right back at the person in front of me. I had no idea why my mind got distracted by something so silly as the weather. Maybe because he was silent for a while.“I appreciate it when my pet only focuses on her master, only her master. Do you understand, pet?” Dimitri repeated.My eyes snapped to his figure. He looked refreshed after I saw him earlier this evening. His hair was styled back, and his slight stubble was gone. He wore a three-piece set suit in a dark grey color with a black dress shirt under it with a matching black tie. It was clear to me that there was a preference for dark colors in this household.Now in front of me and better clothed his beauty became only more prominent. I couldn’t stop staring as I never had seen such a

The pain I felt in my body by the endless kneeling I had to do that evening was almost worse than being pushed down the stairs. My half-sisters, Clair and Clara (how horrible to name your children with such similarity), weren’t too thrilled when I entered the Irving household.They were twins and one unit against the world, so to share the house with someone else was something hard to register for them. This resulted in bullying me whenever the chance arose. I often didn’t mind them as I hid away in the attic, but one time, when I was mere months away from my mother and present in that cold home (and didn’t know of the dangers the two demons caused), they decided to try to get rid of me by pushing me down the stairs.I fell rather unfortunately leaving me with a concussion, a broken leg, and several bruises. I felt sore for weeks, but that was nothing compared to how my knees felt as I heard Moira keep asking questions about how idiotic and pathetic my father was.All of a sudden, eve

Pain. Pain was all I felt.I couldn’t even feel the steel grip of Darius on my body to keep me from struggling against Dimitri. I had no idea where I got the energy or strength to fight against them, but I bet it was the primal instinct deep down in me that fought to get away from the source that gave me such intense pain.It was seething hot, as if hot lava was poured down my body. My whole body burned from the inside out. I was screaming, begging, and crying for them to stop.Then, finally, Darius loosened his grip and Dimitri retrieved his fangs from my neck, licking his lips while doing so.My legs couldn’t carry the weight of my limp body and I fell onto my knees. Tears kept pouring from my eyes as I just sat there, a blubbering mess.“What did you do to me?” I asked when I finally found the strength to speak.Dimitri took a swig of his drink before answering, “I marked you as my property.” His tone was cool, not being swayed by my distress.“Property?” I asked in disbelief.“The