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After two weeks of being in the mansion, I slowly got to know the siblings more and more.
"Roan, Seff, Alec, Yuki, Zephyr, Nate! Dinner's ready!" I called while setting up the table.
"Alice." I heard Yuki say weakly. I turned to see her covered in cuts and scrapes.
"Yuki!? What happened!?" I said, gently cleaning her cuts. I then heard Alec and Roan come into the room.
"Yuki, what happened!?" I heard Roan say, rushing up to us and looking at her wounds.
"Roan, I'm okay. Alice was helping me. I just fell while in the woods," she said, looking down. I then saw Nate and Seff enter the dining room. I then noticed they were also scraped up.
"You two were supposed to be watching Yuki. How could you let her get hurt so badly?!" Roan shouted angrily at them.
Seff shrugged, "It's not our fault she chose to wander off! We told her not to go off on her own!"
Nate nodded in agreement while adding, "She's not that hurt, plus she needs to learn how to be careful." I gently picked up Yuki as the guys argued.
"Make sure you're careful when you're in the forest. Promise you won't wander off like that again?" Yuki nodded in agreement.
"Good," I said, smiling sweetly at her as I put her down. As I began to set the table, I realized that Zephyr was still missing. "Where is Zeph?" I asked as I began to serve them their plates. Nate pointed to the ceiling.
"He might be on the balcony."
I nodded, "I'll be right back then." I said covering his food with a napkin.
"Where are you going, Princess?" I heard Alec say as I headed for the stairs.
"I'm going to get Zeph." I walked up the stairs and down the long hallway. It was dark but you could only see the light of the moon from the open balcony doors. As I got closer to the door, I jumped at the sound of a gunshot and stopped in shock.
"You don't have to be scared, I'm just practicing." I heard Zephyr's voice from outside. I stepped out onto the balcony and saw Zephyr putting his gun away.
"What do you want?" he said coldly.
"I came to get you. Dinner is ready." I said as calmly as I could. Zephyr walked up to me slowly,
"But my dinner came to me," he smirked as he held my face in his hands.
I backed away, "Zephyr, no stop," I said as I tried to push him away, but he pinned me against the pillar on the balcony. I winced as he bit me,
"Someone, please help me!" I screamed in my head.
 ~*~
Seff's P.O.V.
I began to eat as I watched Alice leave. I then watched as Yuki and Roan began to happily play while Nate and Alec were talking about training after dinner.
"So what do you guys think about Alice?" Roan asked.
"She's really sweet and kind. I-I called her mommy by accident recently." Yuki looked down as tears filled her eyes. Roan gently hugged her.
"It's okay, Yuki. We miss her too." I sighed and stopped eating when a familiar scent hit me. I looked towards Nate, and we made eye contact.
"You smell that too?" He nodded.
"There's no doubt about it. That's Alice's blood." I thought as I quickly ran up the stairs and to the balcony. I felt my blood boil as I saw Zephyr had Alice pinned against the pillar. She opened her eyes and saw me.
I heard her weakly say, "S-Seff..." I grabbed my dagger from my boot and held it up against Zephyr's neck.
"Zephyr, let her go now," I said angrily. He stopped and held Alice close to him,
"What, Seff? You jealous I had some of her blood." I gritted my teeth and growled as I watched him lick Alice's neck where he had bitten her. I pushed him away roughly and quickly caught Alice gently. She opened her eyes slowly
"Seff..." I heard her say weakly.
"It's okay, Alice, I got you." I set her down gently on an armchair and growled at Zephyr.
"What the hell were you thinking?!" Zephyr slowly cleaned Alice's blood from his lips,
"I was hungry. What else did you expect?" I watched as he got his gun out and pointed it at me.
"Why the hell do you care? She's just another plaything to us." He shot his gun, and I quickly dodged the bullet with ease and ran at him, swinging my dagger. He blocked it with his gun, then threw me away from him. I slid away from him a bit and ran at him again, hitting the gun out of his hand and held my dagger to his neck. I was just about to slit his throat when I felt someone embraced me from behind. I looked over to see Alice, her blue eyes had tears flowing,
"P-Please... Don't..." she said weakly. I sighed, putting my dagger away, and gently picked her up. I then carefully rushed her to her room and laid her down gently on the bed. She was weak and cold, so I carefully covered her and got the juice from her fridge. I watched as her eyes fluttered open,
"S-Seff?" I sat next to her on the bed as I handed her the juice.
"You alright, Alice?" I asked. She nodded and drank her juice slowly. I was so glad she was okay, I got up from her bed,
"I'll be back with your dinner." I then made my way to the kitchen.
 ~*~
Alice's P.O.V.
I watched a Seff left my room. I felt so weak,
"Zeph must have been really hungry." I then felt my cheeks get warm when I realized,
"Seff saved me." I thought to myself.
"Alice?" I heard a weak voice call me. I looked at the entrance of the door to find Yuki standing there.
"Oh! Yuki, it's you what's wrong?" I asked her, slowly sitting up. She walked to my bed and collapsed. Yuki was extremely pale, she had a huge bloodstain on the side of her dress.
"Yuki!? What happened to you? Is this still one of the wounds you had when you got lost in the woods?" I asked her as I quickly drank all the juice and held my wrist to her mouth.
"Drink, sweetie, you need it." She nodded and bit my wrist gently. It stung a bit, but it was okay, with my free hand, I carefully checked her side and watched as the wound slowly closed and healed. I then looked up when I heard a knock at my door. It was Seff with a plate of food in his hands, he glared at Yuki, and was about to get mad.
"Seff, it's okay, I let her." I said quickly. He then shook his head and nodded.
"Alright." I then smiled and took the plate with my free hand and placed it on the bedside table. "Here, let me help you." Seff said, carefully getting a spoonful of food and holding it to me. I blushed a deep red, and I could tell he was blushing too, though he tried to hide it.
"T-Thank you." I said eating the spoonful of food. It was so good I smiled.
"How are you feeling?" Seff asked, gently moving my hair to the side, revealing the bite mark Zephyr had left.
"I'm okay, it just stings still, but I'm fine." I smiled, then watched as Seff grabbed a first aid kit from my closet. He then grabbed a giant band-aid and carefully placed it on my neck. I then blushed a deep red when I realized how close his face was to mine. We stayed like that for a bit, our lips almost touching, when I suddenly felt Yuki move a bit. I looked down at her to see that she had fallen asleep. Seff blushed a deep red and backed away.
"S-Sorry, I should take Yuki to bed now." I nodded, then realized that the bite Yuki gave me was still bleeding.
"Ah, shoot!" I was about to grab a band-aid when Seff gently grabbed my hand and licked the blood off.
"Mine." I heard him say softly as he planted a soft kiss on the bite before grabbing the band-aid from my hand and applying it. He then picked up Yuki carefully and left the room. I could feel my whole face heat up again, and my heart pounding in my chest as I held my wrist.