Her household was only contact she had, although, they only treated her with utmost respect and civility. Her senior attendant, Lady Mayumi, was her confidante/maid. At least she could have a proper conversation with her.
Her parents kept chopping and changing about who they wanted they precious daughter to marry. They were against the senate and all her would-be fiances were all pro senate. The latest fiancé murdered a family of Common vampires and a few humans because he was "hungry" and because "they were there". Apparently, they were on holiday and were native to Japan.
Sara's parents decided to go and break the news to their precious daughter on one of their rare days off. They were having dinner when they were discussing the impossible notion of Sara's marriage. Lord Awayuki sat at the top of the table with his wife at his right and his daughter sat to his left.
"We hope you understand why we cannot let you marry a man like that." Lady Awayuki said.
"I understand." Sara said, with little to no emotion in her voice. She flicked her snowy hair away from her shoulder. She kept her sapphire eyes cast downwards. She discretely played with the soup which she had been served.
"Our line must be kept pure, but your spouse must be for pro peace and monarchy, not pro senate. On the other hand we cannot just hand you over to anyone who claims they share our values like the Tanigawas. They lied. Their son was the cause of the murders." Lord Awayuki informed. Sara raised and turned her gaze to meet her father's.
"They always lie, father, all they want is our money." Sara said quietly, "It's always the same story. Anyway, how many died?"
"Well, about five humans, that included children," Sara's eyes widened in shock at the mention of children, but her father carried on, "A couple of Level C vampires, a few Level D vampires and an aristocrat...all on the same evening."
"That's terrible...such lives lost...I cannot bare to even think about it." Sara said sadly. "Will you have to leave again to see to this after you're done with me?" Sarcasm laced the girl's voice like the lace on her dress.
"Darling, we know it is stressful and the fact that...you hardly ever see us must be upsetting enough. Am I right?"
Sara looked up at her parents and nodded slowly.
"Maybe we should tell her now." Lord Awayuki whispered to his wife. She nodded sadly. "I'm afraid we have been called away on business again. We just recieved the letter before we went in for dinner."
"We're dreadfully sorry, darling, we couldn't foresee this." Lady Awayuki explained. Sara struggled to hold back tears.
"When do you have to go?" she asked calmly. Lord and Lady Awayuki looked at each other and Lady Awayuki chewed on her lower lip nervously.
"Just after dinner."
Sara nodded quickly. "Just go where you need to go. It's none of my concern what you do. You do it for the good of our species, our kind. No need to apologise." Sara said diplomatically. Her parents smiled at their daughter warmly.
"We're glad you understand, my dear." Lord Awayuki said. Sara smiled back, albeit sadly.
True to their word, Lord and Lady Awayuki were leaving. They hated leaving her, but it was their duty to act in the best interests of Vampire society.
"Have a safe trip." Sara waved as their carriage drove away. Little did Sara or her parents know, a danger was lurking somewhere in the shadows, just waiting to show itself.
When Sara re-entered the Awayuki mansion, she went to her room. All of her attendants were making themselves busy. Lady Mayumi walked in and over to her mistress, who was sitting by the fire in her rocking chair. "Sara-sama, are you all right?"
Sara looked up at Mayumi and nodded, almost robotically. "Would you like me to open the French windows, Sara-sama?"
"Whatever you think is best, Lady Mayumi." Sara said boredly. Mayumi nodded but just as she was about to open them, the French windows were suddenly blown to pieces, splintering everywhere. Mayumi had been blown back and lost conscienceness. All of the lights had blown out, only the moon as a viable light source.
Sara stood up and swallowed. She hugged her small body whilst walking, hoping to protect herself from anymore danger. When she walked over to inspect the mess, it completely took her off guard. She felt hand gripped neck before she could react.
"You little bitch," the owner of the hand said, "You broke off your engagement to me!"
Sara struggled to escape from the man's grip. She recognized the voice to be her most recent ex-fiancé, Tanigawa.
"I didn't break it, may parents did! Let me go!" she kicked him in the stomach, but that didn't deter him. He pulled the girl forward and his grip moved fromher neck to her shoulders.
"I am going to enjoy this, my dear." with that, his fangs ripped into her neck. Sara screamed in pain. She kicked and screamed, trying to draw some attention to herself. However, she felt herself getting weaker and weaker, with nobody to save her, things were looking pretty bleak for her. Finally, with out any real warning, he dropped her.
"That should teach you, you little bitch." he cleared her hair away from her face, leering over her. With a wicked smile, he turned away, disappearing into the night. However, before passing out completely, she saw another person bending over her. She had no strength to try to get up as her eye lids were closing. She only hoped that this person would be a friend rather than a foe. Only time would tell.