Chapter 4
The tension Leighton felt between her and her girlfriend changed drastically to a different type of tension that was palpable between the twins. Elinor had briefly mention Oliver but it was clearly a sore subject so Leighton never pushed her luck. But she had eyes, and it was clear there was bad blood between them.
“Tate” Leighton whispered, trying to get her girlfriends attention, “I know you won’t let him hurt me. Come on. Let’s go upstairs. “
Elinor had planted herself between Leighton and Oliver, her posture clearly indicating that she was ready to protect the girl she moved behind her. The man had a sick smile on his face. Leighton couldn’t tell if he was playing with Elinor and purposefully trying to piss her off or if he really wanted to hurt her. She wasn’t scared, her trust in Elinor was 100%, but she could tell Oliver was a wild card. The sound of a door opening and closing took Leighton’s attention away from the silent battle in front of her. A woman with curly hair and dark skin strolled into the house, greeting Oliver with a smile. (Were all the Fairmonts associated with beautiful women?? Leighton would have to ask Elinor their secret).
“Babee” the woman purred, “I got tired of waiting. Did you grab the human yet? I’m ready to play.”
Oliver chuckled and wrapped his arms around her. “No, not yet. My sister is being…difficult. What do you say Elinor? Why don’t you let us initiate your lovely girlfriend there into the family.”
Leighton only had time to blink before Elinor had grabbed Oliver and threw him across the room. This fight looked a lot like the one between Elinor and Cal earlier but a lot more personal. The blonde knew better than to intervene but she didn’t know what else to do. Oliver’s girlfriend was staring at her in an amused way and Elinor and Oliver had fought their way into the woods far beyond the Fairmont house. She didn’t know what to do so she ran upstairs, hoping Carmen didn’t have vampire speed too.
“MRS FAIRMONT-“ Leighton yelled as she barged into the woman’s room. Margot turned from her vanity to look at her, eyebrow raised into a perfect arch. Leighton cleared her throat and adjusted her shirt. She had better decorum than that. “Sorry. Mrs Fairmont. Um. Your son is here and I think he wants to kill me?”
Margot sighed heavily and rolled her eyes. “Is Carmen here?”
“Carmen?”
“Yes. Oliver’s girlfriend.”
“Oh yeah” Leighton chuckled “she’s here. I think she wants to kill me too.”
Margot nodded as she stood and made her way towards the door. “And I can assume Oliver is currently occupied?”
Leighton nodded and nervously bit her lip. “Yeah they’ve been gone for about….10 minutes.”
Panic flashed through Margot’s eyes but she quickly replaced them with her usually steely daze. Her next words made Leighton nervous.
“Leighton. Listen to me very carefully. Go to Juliette’s room with Cal. Stay there. Carmen won’t hurt you in there. Juliette and I will go retrieve my other children. I’ll send Elinor for you once we solve all of this. But please, and I cannot stress this enough, do not leave the other room do you understand?”
The mortals heart was pounding in her ears. Was Elinor in danger? Did Carmen actually want to kill her? Would all of these vampires decide to turn on her and she’d never go back to Essex? No. That’s not a thought she can have. Elinor would never let anyone hurt her, ever.
The world around her seemed muted as Margot ushered her into Juliette’s room and explained the situation to the younger girl and her girlfriend. Leighton saw Jules nod and quickly kiss Cal goodbye and she saw Cal discreetly adjust the weapons she kept on her person. Leighton had no idea what was going on but she needed her girlfriend. She needed Elinor.
In her daze, the blonde tried to run for the door before she felt strong arms wrap around her and put her on the bed. Whoever was holding her was so much stronger than she was but that didn’t stop her from trying to escape their grasp. She was struggling so much it took two people. She couldn’t make out who it was but the last thing she saw before things went black was a head of blonde hair and…fangs?