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ripped her old dress off and pulled on
the new one.
    It fit perfectly, it had thin straps and hung to the floor.
The slit bothered her though, it went beyond her thigh and she would have to be
sure the dress hung how it was now all night or everyone would get a peep. They
set to work immediately on her hair and put it in an up do, they applied almost
no makeup and they covered her back with some type of cover up powder very
gently.
    Neither seemed surprised at her back. It had to look like
criss-crossed rail road tracks. The brunette beamed at her the blonde gave her
a half smile. “Alright, I think you’re ready, you’re supposed to go to the
foyer now.” The blonde told her walking out of the bathroom.
    They all walked down the stairs together. She went into the
foyer and Caedmon was already there. He eyed her slowly up and down his eyes
roaming her body when they reached her face he smiled at her. “You are
beautiful, you look gorgeous.” She smiled up at him. “Thank you.”
    He reached for her hand and wrapped it through his arm. “We
have a show to watch.” Her stomach turned at what was to come.
    They went into the stable through a private entrance she
had never seen until now and into an elevator she also had never seen until
now. The doors opened into a large lounge type room he walked through and out a
glass door.
    This was the balcony he always watched from. The view was
of the whole arena and the crowd on either side. A long bar ran behind the long
cushioned bench sofa. Piper was already here looking amazing in a black
strapless gown.
    He sat her beside Piper and he sat on the other side of
her. Cieran was on the opposite side of Piper. They were soon joined by
Lorintha, a pudgy older man, a man her age, a very attractive man named Garreth
and another woman named Hannah.
    The announcer’s voice boomed out of the PA after about five
minutes. A very large vampire was holding the end of a chain, attached to it,
was what she assumed was another vampire but something was wrong with it. It
was like a mutant or something.
    It had regular skin but a bit pale, it was crouched down
like a dog on its haunches, slobber ran down its face and his eyes were like
black holes. His teeth were large and jutting from his mouth as sharp rows of
points with two huge fangs at the top and bottom.
    It was making a weird growling sound and had a thick gold
plated collar around its neck. The announcer said his name was Buck. How was
someone supposed to fight this thing? It turned out they couldn’t.
    The first set of girls into the arena were clearly newly
kidnapped they had the confused look and took in the room together. Then they
froze looking at Buck who was wiggling like an excited dog as he watched the
two girls.
    The man holding his chain reached down and unclipped it.
Buck sprang forward on all fours barreling straight into one of the girls. She
gritted her teeth and put her hands in her lap as the girls face was shredded
and her screams filled the room. She fought to keep her face impassive.
    Piper had gone still beside her. The other woman was
freaking out like anyone normal would but that cost her, her own life. Buck
launched in the air from the first girl to her, landing on her like a
grasshopper. She was dead within seconds.
    The crowd went wild. She didn’t understand how they could
get a rise out of this. Then the thought occurred that could have easily been
her and Piper if they would have even made it this far.
    The next round was a set of identical twin men. The first
men she had ever seen here that weren’t vampires. They held up a little better
than the previous victims but they both were killed in the end.
    She swallowed the bile rising in her throat. The trucks
came in to remove the bodies and do the sawdust switch. “Would you like a
drink?” Caedmon said from beside her. She gave a forced small smile and nodded.
She wanted the whole damn bottle.
    He was handed a small glass that he handed to her. Coke