The Viewing. I've always dreaded having to do that. They dress you up and put you on display.

I stumbled back into the corner away from everyone. Leon turned around and cupped my face in his hands. "Hey, you're gonna be alright. We'll see each other after this. I promise okay?"

I nodded and he pulled me to His chest, breathing in my scent. "I'll see you in a bit."

By then the Vampires had actually come in the cell and had either of his arms, pulling him out and away from me.

I didnt know what to do. I just stood there feeling so lost. What if we dont see each other again and the Vampires were lying about us being sold together?

"So are you ready or do you need to be dragged out like him?"

I focused on the Vampire waiting at the cell door. He was the one from before.

"I'm Valick, your designer. You are?" So he was the one going to make me into some fancy pet.

"Ezra." I mumbled. Shouldn't he be more forceful? We haven't even left the cell and he's already asking my name. He should have dragged me out already.

Valick shifted his weight and crossed his arms over his chest. "Ezra, you are a little thing aren't you."

If I could back up any further I would. But I was already pressed up into the corner. "Please dont hurt me.." I whimpered.

Valick's expression softened and he took a couple steps closer. "Sweetheart, I won't hurt you I promise. I'm just trying to do my job. Nothing is gonna hurt you. Just come with me and it'll be over sooner."

Wow. This guy is so much better then any other Vampire I met. All the others we're impatient and the get down to business type. They didnt care what it took to get you to do what they needed. As long as they were getting paid.

I slowly stepped toward him and he smiled at me. "Just follow me." Valick turned around and started walking out of the cell. Of course I followed right behind him with another Vampire following me.

Valick occasionally looked behind him to see if I was still following him and I was. If I couldn't be close to Leon then Valick would be the one. Hopefully Valick was keeping his promise and that I wasn't going to get hurt.

We walked down the hallways beneath the palace, passing other cells. Some were empty and some had Nekos waiting to come of age. Some of them were just kids and others were almost of age.

After awhile we turned of that hallway and to one that had several doors spaced evenly one each side. Valick went into the third door on the right side of the hallway.

The room had racks of clothing in it. One wall was a giant mirror. There was a vanity with makeup in the corner. To the left was a door which I assumed was a bathroom.

There were a couple older girls in the corner, waiting to be told their next action.

"Get her in the bathroom. I want her hair soft and silky. Her skin spotless and smooth." Valick ordered the girls.

"Yes Master." Both girls replied and led me to the door on the left.

One girl with black hair and brown ears and tail started to run a bath.

I sat on the toilet while the other girl crouched in front of me. She had white hair with black ears and tail. She had bright blue eyes.

"I need you to strip please miss." She sounded as scared as I felt.

"You dont need to call me miss. We're the same." It was true. We we're exactly the same. Soon I would be doing chores like she is doing now.

"Its how we have to speak miss." I just nodded. I knew all the names for when you're a slave but I didnt know we had to address our kind like that.

"Now can you please strip so we can start preping you for viewing?"

I slowly and wearily stripped my clothing and stepped into the tub. One girl worked with my hair while the other worked with my body.

After awhile the one working with my body took out a sharp blade and glided it across my skin. It didnt hurt but made my legs nice and smooth. She did the same with arms.

Eventually the girls got me clean enough to Valick's description. One wrapped my hair in a towel while the other wrapped one around my body.

I stood in front of the mirror and looked over myself. For once my skin was perfectly clean. My brown hair swept up into the towel. My bluish-turquoise green eyes bright and full of emotion.

Thats when I broke down. I full on cried. I was scared to be sold. Scared of where I would end up, who my Master would be.

"Miss its okay. There's no need to cry." The girl with black hair comforted me.

"Here take This." The girl with white hair offered me a tissue.

I gratefully took it and wiped my eyes.

"Come now. Its time to get ready."