she sighed as the many women around her primped and prodded at her form. "ow! thats quite enough do not you think?" she asked, her tone a little terse. she didnt understand why they were going to all this trouble when they didnt expect her to come back or even last that long, for you see she was to be the next virgin given up to save the cowardly villagers from the dammned vampire that haunted her home town. she didnt like it but there was not much she could do about it so she went with it, at least she was until she could find a way to escape, hopefully with her life. she was simply but prettily dressed in a white gossamer gown that hugged her curves in a way she absolutly loathed but did look nice. there was a gold cord wrapped around her neck and chest to make a design on the simple shift, and her hair was done up in curls with white roses intertwined in it. they had bathed her and blessed her soul then were prepairing to put her on what she called "the platter" which was actually a decorated board of mohogany and pillow to deliver the sacrifice on. she sighed and sat down on it, "might as well be comfortable." she grumbled and waited to be lifted and carried off to the vampire. as she mused over the last of her short life she only had one regret, that she never fell in love but just as that thought crossed her mind the board was lifted and she nearly fell out. at the end of the long journey she gulped at the sight of his estate looming over her, dark and forboding to a young girl of only nineteen.