I watch her, the way she calculated her opponent, the way she weighed her options and her opponent's responses every action was deliberate and filled with a deliberate fire of anger. Her opponent was taller and as a male had more strength but yet with her controlled patience and calculations she could block his attack and respond with an attack that was quick and hard, some that left the human male staggering back. Her jet black hair flowed down to the small of her waist when she pulled the elastic out of her hair in retirement for the night. She always fought well; she never gave in, always pushing for a bigger challenge when her anger was burning. Her Aqua eyes searched out the window as she stood at it wiping her face with her towel, she always did this. Just searched in the night but I never knew what or why, she did this so often it was a habit for her just like this fighting she has with the human male.
I remembered the time i first realised Alexandria was really alive, two years ago, just after graduation. Darius the king, her father, came to the academy, with his wraparound sunglasses that so many Royals wore with his long jet black hair. No one had seen the king in years but we had all heard of the killings in Germany and the huge massacre of Fore-shadowers in America but no one was sure if the king was behind it. God I was a SOB back then I wouldn't talk to anyone then not unless it was to give them a death threat or to tell to fuck off or something because they were in my way, how i had changed. The hatred of Fore-shadowers ran and still is running thick through my heart. The hatred of them motivated me to be the best and beat the best over and over until I that hatred anger was gone but it always came back, a constant companion. I am the best in the district, state and several countries as a warrior yet no one wanted their Royal daughters or sons to be guarded by me because of my dangerous personality as many say, although i didn't want to serve any other. So here I was fully qualified and ready to kill and everyone is too scared to let me protect any one, ironic right? Yet Darius came to me "I want you to protect my daughter, your bad ass attitude is what I want and your skill is what she needs" Darius had said, i was pumped and longing for the one thing i anticipated on my whole life.
I went that following night into Chicago with Mercy, Darius' warrior and Darius himself. That was the first time I saw her. The one I want to protect, the one for I craved for the most to protect. I didn't want to protect another except her; she came from the womb of the one which my mother protected, my mother who I lost when I was two. I remember that night vividly. The Fore-Shadowers came in without hesitation, killing the Guardians and the Warriors in surprise, the speed shocked us all. I remember Mercy the king's warrior taking me and Alexandria into hiding. The screams not only came from Alex who I held in my arms awkwardly because of the new found weight but from afar. The screams of the queen, my mother; everyone that was in the mansion were all shocked by the sudden massacre. I didn't move , I didn't want to scream for her safety I sat there in the darkness in the kings wardrobe, hoping waiting for the return of Mercy, the king, the queen, but most of all my mother.
"How did she go?" Tatum asked as she stood beside me in the shadows of darkness to hide the sight of us. The female is one of the few companies I tolerate. She as a Guardian would be assisting whoever will be the princess' warrior and for Fate's sake I hope to hell it is me.
"Had the male in submission four times, he only got her once" I replied "Anything?" I asked her. As a routine check we take shifts on patrolling the human Academy at night as she slept and as a reassurance for Darius.
"Nothing" she replied "How did the human get her this time?"
I shrugged "She didn't have enough strength behind her after the third time" I replied. We both stand in the mist of trees waiting for the human heartbeats to become regular as they go into sleep. I look up at the sky that is blanketed by the cities pollution; back at the mansion you can see every star, the moon tonight full and bright. The blanket of darkness that frames the light of night reminds me of her jet black hair, the moon reminds me of her pale face always glowing in beauty. But nothing in this world can compare to her eyes, framed by thick eye lashes, her eyes wide but the colour of them shows her families power, bloodline, reputation but most of all respect her family holds. Those Aqua eyes when she allows me to see, when she gazes out the windows at night oblivious to my presence stun me. They glow in wonder filled with unanswered questions; they shine in the darkness that now holds her.
"Alright lets go" Tatum says, she walks in front of me in full leather. Tatum's black now purple tinted hair cropped short at the back and long at the front shines as the nightlight hits it. Her black leather pants and jacket frame her strong body. She along with Mercy has reputations of being notorious like me. She was marked two months after graduating for killing three Fore-Shadower's, the mark on her thigh, exotic like all marks but hers swells into a broken rose, I have only seen it once and like others no one knows what it stands for and she won't tell.
We break into the building window with ease; I step into the building and shut the window again. As we walk the halls like silent shadows a strong scent hits me with force "Whoa, what's that?" I ask as I inhale the sweet scent again. Tatum sighs slowly as she exhales the scent.
"Her, she's close to the transition, she's eighteen in less than a month" Tatum answers. I walk in step beside Tatum, I never realised she was this close to the change. I became anxious realising my fate is coming closer than what I thought. "How do you know what it smells like?" I asked curiously
"Because I've smelt it before, I had to be of service for a Warrior" She replied sadly "I had to give myself to him otherwise he wouldn't have made it through the Transition, he was weak from being captured by the Fore-Shadower's. Royals scent is sweeter that's all" I began to process her words. The tale of her was true; she had to give her blood and body to Hades the warrior that protects one of the Royal's. They grew up together and he sacrificed himself to save her, so she gave herself to him in order to repay the debt but from the sounds of her story there was more than repaying debt.
We never really go into the building unless Darius is with us and then only he alone would go into her room. I didn't say anything as we walked closer toward her room. As Tatum kneeled to pick the lock on her room door I finally spoke "What the hell are you doing? Darius is gonna have a fit at both of us" I whispered harshly to her, she turns back to me and grins "What Darius doesn't know won't hurt him, plus since when do you play by the rules?" She asks smirkly "I'm only gonna see what she wears and what size she is, from what I see of her she isn't gonna prance around in those dresses Savannah wears, okay?" I roll my eyes as Tatum steps into the room, the scent of pre-transition Royal hits me hard again, and God it smells good. I give into temptation as I follow Tatum. Without sound Tatum opens the Princess' small wardrobe and shuffles through fabrics and material that fills the wardrobe. I stand in the far corner trying to remain in control as the scent tortures me, the scent too hard to ignore. Now I know why pre-transition Royals stay away from civilisation. My body tenses as it wishes to give the princess more strength but I have to ignore it, the consequences if I did walk over to that bed and take her would be too great. I hold my breath as Tatum clicks the wardrobe shut making a small sound, I look over at the two beds, the human girl sleeping but Alexandria turns, a wave of sweet scent hits me again, I look up at the ceiling trying hard not to obey my body. Then...shit...shit
I look to where Tatum stood, who already has bolted out the open window of her room as Alexandria wakes, her heart uneven and unsteady. She slowly gets up and out of the small bed. I trap myself closer into the corner of the room as she slowly stands upright. I hide myself in the darkness and close my eyes knowing they would catch her attention if she looked this way, her feet pat on the floorboards as she walks over to the bathroom, she doesn't turn on the light but just turns on the taps. I freeze my body and stop my breathing as she turns off the tap and walks back into the room. She doesn't move, she doesn't continue to walk. No she hasn't seen me, no way. I look up...
She stands in front of the full body mirror beside her bed, the light from the street lights are dim but glow on her skin and face. I don't look away; I can't the temptation to strong as I look on hungry at her
What are you doing? I think to myself she's a royal! I look away but a dark thought enters my mind. Who will know? I give in and look back up to perfection. She stands there facing the mirror, her long legs are uncovered, and I gaze up more just after her legs a thin silk gown begins just short of her thigh. I continue to trace her body with my eyes, her ass in every way perfect, then her black hair frames the small of her back, I look into the mirror now at her reflection, the small waist framed by the little material on her body, her arms are folded around her waist as if she is uncomfortable at what she is looking at, but all I see is perfection. I follow her arms up around her long neck, my mouth waters as I eye off her neck but I continue to frame her body, her chin in every way perfect, her feminine lips like the shape of a heart, her high cheek bones, her nose, then her eyes. When I reached her eyes I was standing stunned, when I looked into those Aqua wide eyes I saw the reason why she looked aimlessly out the window. I've seen the look before so many times in my own reflection, loneliness, abandonment, unanswered questions. I wanted to walk over to her and hold her and tell her I can take that pain and feelings away but I knew I couldn't, not now anyway.
She sighs to herself and walks back to bed and before long her heartbeat becomes regular as it once was, i swiftly bolt out the window and join Tatum under the trees once again. "Thanks for the heads up" I grudge to her, she sighs "at least you could contain yourself, i thought you were going to jump her one stage and it would have been hard to explain to Darius that you slept with his daughter" She says sycastically, i glare at her yeah, you have no idea how close i was to actually doing that, i think to myself.
"What are we going to do? We have to tell Darius how close she is" I say as we resign to our positions
"We don't have to say a thing, Darius is going to see her tomorrow night" She replied coolly
I climbed the tree beside me and decided i would watch her from here tonight. As i crouched there i re-visioned her body over and over again. Focus asshole! You're a warrior plus she's promised. She's someone else's, i clenched my fist as this thought entered my mind loyalty is your priority to her, i think to myself.
Loyalty is the first and most important rule as a Warrior, strictly no romances if you are on the job. No warrior and Royal in the history have ever mated ever, it's never been possible. Warrior blood fine, but mating not possible our strength and our lust would kill a Royal easily, the thought of it made my body go limp. A royal would never consider a Warrior as a mate nor a Guardian or a Civilian. Royals mate Royals that's it. Warriors can mate Civilians or Guardians but they soon would have to leave them, to go back to their duty. A picture of my father entered my mind, asshole, i think to myself. He didn't give a rat's ass about my mother's death nor about what happened to me. All i got was a pat on the back and "I'm sorry son" and off he went. I only saw him twice a year when i had break from the Academy and even then it would be for a week at the most But that was okay most kids there were practically orphaned because both their parents like mine were Warriors and they had to go and to their job. Savannah was basically the closest thing i had to family when i had breaks. The last time i saw my father was two years ago when i graduated, only when i killed my first Fore-Shadower's which happened when i went out on patrol with Tatum and got Marked four months later.
Night Falls- Alexandria's P.O.VLooking in the mirror, I saw the exotic mark down my back, starting at my neck then down to the bottom of my spine. Ever since I can remember I have had this mark, but slowly, freakishly it's turning blue. The sisters tell me god blessed me with a beautiful birth mark, yeah right no way is this a normal birth mark and that god has blessed me. I'm an orphan in a boarding school filled with unwanted or rich unloved teenagers. My skin tingles as I took in the beautiful details, me how am I blessed? I look around my room Kristie my bestie is gone so I can't ask her if I'm insane or it's real, my birthmark is changing colour.
I don't have a family, I have been sent here since I was three and on top of that I'm not normal. I dream of blood, tasting it, liking it. I have this mark down my back and on top of that I have started feeling more drained in the day time, my eyes sting and I tend to shy away from it and becoming more restless when I try to sleep at night. My eyes are Aqua that often gets attention from everybody which I hate completely. And on top of all of my weird stuff my eye teeth are beginning to hurt like hell and for some strange reason I think they are going pointy. I'm blessed, yeah ok how?
"Anna" Sister Marys voice called through the thick wooden door. Sister Mary has been the closest thing to a mother I have had in my whole life. She has looked after me since a man walked in with me as a baby into the church and handed me to her. I imagined the man that brang me to her 'He was tall and forgive me lord absolutely handsome, the most beautiful man I have ever seen, jet black hair that flowed to his shoulders, dark sunglasses that he didn't take off that covered his eyes, a strong face showing he could be a warrior' she described him always in those words, always with awe and wide eyes. He handed me to her than spoke to her oddly as she told me 'He said I'm strong, innocent, pure and he made me promise that I would care for you. He said that one day when you are almost eighteen someone would come for you; he showed me a mark on his palm, coloured Aqua like your eyes Anna. He said someone with a similar mark will come for you'. She took me in since that day and when I was three she enrolled me into this school that she taught at. I often find myself wondering hoping that he is or could be my father. "Anna, you ok?" She asked again.
"Coming Mary" I replied, it's before school so I can call her Mary but in between it is strictly yes sister Mary, Of course sister Mary.
I open the door tugging down my white shirt and the itchy black jumper with the churches crest on right side of my chest; I looked up seeing Mary looking annoyed and displeased "Your skirt Anna" she said as her brown eyes looked down at me, I looked down and pulled my black, grey and white stripped skirt down to my knees begrudgingly.
We walked in silence down the corridors and towards the church for morning mass. "Anna, are you ok?" Mary said softly as I walked in step beside her past a window where the autumn sun shined through, I squinted and moved quickly passed it. "Yeah; why?" I asked uncomfortable with the sun."And where's Kristie?" She looked passed me and into the room, Kristie and I shared together.
"She already left" I said stepping out into the corridor and closing the door behind me.
"You look tired again; did you take the sleeping pills I gave you?" Mary's voice is thick with tension and worry.
"I took them but they didn't work, I even tried two more but nothing happened so I stayed up" I shrugged; she sighed loudly but didn't say anything else.
Mary sat in the front with the rest of the Nuns while I took my seat next to my bestie Kristie. "What took you so long?" She whispered to me harshly "I've been tortured for ages, Sister Dread gave me a lecture about self-respect, and you owe me" Kristie and I have been besties since we both started here and haven't left each other's side since. I gave her forgive-me look. Sister Dread is like the principle of this school and the worst teacher to have; we all dread her so that's why we call her Sister Dread "Did you sleep last night?" She asked looking me in the eyes "Couldn't" I replied, Kristie shoved her hand in her skirt pocket and pulled out a sherbet and handed it to me "Have this, I'm not letting you fall asleep while I sit here getting tortured again"
The day passed by like every other day, boredom and little escape from it. I was drained and annoyed I hadn't slept in two days now and it's starting to take a toll. The sun was out and bright today which only made me more annoyed and uncomfortable. I snuck away from my last class of the day; hoping exhaustion will take over me along with the weird dreams that will most likely meet me there. I walk quickly past the windows where the warm sun rays are coming in and towards my room. As I put the key in the door someone near me clears their throat, I hang my head. Great, caught red handed, I think to myself and brace for my punishment maybe the cane if it's Sister Dread.
"Relax Anna" Mary's voice sounds amused but a hint of worry. I turn and force a tight smile on my face, squinting in at the sunlight she stands in a few feet away from me. "Hi Mary I thought you had a class?" I asked her as I unlock the door, blinking hard. God, what is wrong with me? Maybe I just need to sleep.
"And I thought you had to go to class" She said, her shoes shuffling on the stone floor as she walked closer. "Come on, I haven't slept in two nights. I want to sleep, please" I say to her, making her look in my eyes. This always did it; she adores my eyes so she melts, shame it didn't work on any other nuns.
"Fine but; what about your self-defence class with Trent? No class, no self-defence" She asked me, Trent was her brother thankfully not a priest and not really with the church but twice a week he comes and visits and in the Gym he gives Kristie and me a self-defence class, which is really fun. He owns his own martial arts gym and a black belt champion something Mary hates but allows me to learn after a lot of persuasion from Trent, Kristie and me. We've been doing this since we were about twelve and now we are so good we kick Trent's butt, which is fun.
"Ok fine" I walked back to class and as my luck is I had the worst and most notorious teacher, Sister Dread.
I meet up with Kristie after classes ended and we both walked up to our room and changed into our gym gear, black track pants and a singlet. I walked over to the mirror for the second time today to put my hair up, as I fiddled with my long, thick black hair I heard Kristie gasp. I turned around to see her face pale white with her hand over her mouth "Your birth mark it's" She couldn't finish the sentence. She ran over to me and pulled up me singlet "Hay!" I yelled at her "Stop that!" I turned my head to see in the mirror my whole mark was now for sure turning blue. I screamed and jumped back from the mirror. I looked at Kristie as she looked at me. Seconds, minutes passed us without a sound, a word.
"I was going to tell you this morning" I began but she cut me off "You knew!" She asked surprised and hurt.
"No, Yes I thought I was just imagining it this morning and it wasn't this bad" I began to explain
How can this change in one day? What is wrong with me? A knock at the door made us both jump. I looked at Kristie not able to move, but begged her with no words just anxious and scared looks to not tell anyone. She stared at me than at the door when the knock hit our door again. She walked over to like a ghost, she opened it "You girls ok?" It was Trent, Kristie didn't say anything for a second, and I saw Trent look past her shoulder than at me "Anna, you ok?" Kristie looked at me than put on a tight smile "Made you crap yourself, hay?" She said uneasy but Trent bought it. "Jesus girls I thought something was seriously wrong I waited for you guys in the gym for ten minutes but I got worried, your never late" He relaxed at the door "Ready, or are you going to make me have a heart attack first?" He asked jokingly. Thank god Kristie does practical jokes. "Yeah" Kristie turns to me with an anxious smile "We're ready" I moved stiffly out the room and down the corridor, Trent walked a few feet ahead of us so Kristie and I could talk.
"What do we do?" Kristie whispered "That's not normal Anna and you know it. We should tell Sister Mary"
"Yeah, yeah after this, I have been looking forward to this all day, please" I said to her, she nodded and walked beside me in silence for some time.
Trent entered the gym first with a slam of the door, I looked at Kristie dazed. Trent never shuts the door, is he angry at us? Ok why would he be angry? Trent is around thirty five but acts like a child so maybe it's a payback joke. I think to myself we both enter the gym. Something inside me prickled at the hairs on my skin, something's not right. I look around the gym everything is placed as it normally is, I pull Kristie beside me, something is seriously wrong I just know it. Kristie looked at me confused but then her eyes widened in shock and horror. I looked to my left in the corner Trent's body lay crumpled with blood around his neck spilling on the wooden floorboards. My heart races, I hold tighter to Kristie as she lets out a gasp and her whole weight leans on me. In less than a second I'm being thrown to the now shut door where I entered from with a strong, large hand against my throat. I breathe in a short amount of air and get ready to scream but my body is lifted from the ground and the hand tightens around my throat forcing the air out. I open my eyes and see a man with fierce black eyes and dirty blonde hair snarling fiercely at me. "Scream and I'll kill you" He threatens me. I slowed down my heart rate and tried to relax as my 5 yrs of self defence training kicked in, God I'm so grateful I can kick Trent's butt. I looked down at the guy, his tall around five foot same height as Trent maybe I could take this guy. I look down and see a gun in a holster around him underneath his leather jacket. Ok I have to be real quick, I moved quicker than I ever have in my whole life, in a split second my hands went down pulling the heavy black gun out and with the force and strength of my life I pulled the trigger. Blood splatters on both of us, my face smothered in it. His black eyes looked down in surprise and shock then back at me, slowly his hand let go of my neck. He dropped to the floor along with me. I stumble up and look franticly around another guy stood in the room in front of Kristie's lifeless body, her neck to spilling blood. Adrenaline now taking over my body I hold the gun up to pull the trigger again, only to find that he now stood in front of flipping the gun out of my hands and into his and slamming hard so I fly into the far wall. As I hit it I let out a scream of pain, I crumble to the floor, looking frantically for the guy. Suddenly the doors burst open and three tall man run in, one with golden hair that sprints in a dead run my eyes couldn't keep up with. I blink and to the far side of the gym the blonde guy has ripped the guy that killed Kristie head off. I gasp in shock and look around as I crouch in a defence stance. A man with jet black hair that flowed to his shoulders and black glasses is suddenly in front of me "Princess, are you ok?" his voice thick with worry. Another guy with strange eyes and short black hair stands beside him looking a year or two older than me.
The guy with the glasses crouches down and slowly takes off his glasses as he hangs his head "I'm sorry, I should have never left you here" He says softly, slowly he looks up to me. His eyes wide and aqua like mine. I gasp is this the man that left me with Mary? "Princess, are you ok?" The Blonde guy stands beside the guy not much older than me.
I look at them bewildered, they don't want to hurt me otherwise they would have done It now. Why do they call me Princess?
"She doesn't know who we are Darius" The blonde guy says to the one crouching in front of me "We have to be quick; humans will be here any second"
"Do you trust me?" The one in front of me asks holding out his hand, I look at it. His black sleeves are rolled up showing the same exotic mark on my back but wrapped around his palm. He is the one that brang me here!
"Yes I have the same markings" He confirms "Look in my eyes, I'm your father so do you trust me?" He asks again, I hesitate for a second but slowly place my hand in his.
I was lifted quickly but softly off the floor than exhaustion finally set in. Darkness took over me.
I didn't dream of blood, I didn't dream of anything weird just deep darkness that filled me peacefully. I didn't have to dream just relax in peace. For once I found peace.
I heard deep and anxious voices "When will she be awake?" An unfamiliar voice asks, I hear a slow sigh "I hope soon Zsadist, give her time" The voice deep soft gentle. I know this voice, the man that brang me to Mary, the one who has the similar markings to me, the one I hope in fear is my father.
"She doesn't have time" The voice replies "Her transition is in days, we need to prepare her"
Are they talking about me? What transition? Where am I? I feel with my hands a thick soft blanket covering my body; I'm not in my thin bed or in the sick bed at the school's sickbay. I don't remember leaving the school just placing my hand in the man that crouched in front of me who looked a lot like me, hopefully my father as he said he was.
"I think she's awake, Darius would you like for us to leave?" The voice is of the blonde guy
"Yes thank you Mercy, Zsadist go with him" I hear the man reply, shuffles of feet than a door opening and shutting. Darius, that's his name.
"Ok, Princess it's just you and me, I know you're awake" He says, I feel his hands on my hair stroking it.
"Where am I?" I asked not letting my eyes open; he doesn't move away just keeps stroking my hair
"Your home" He answers in a cheerful whisper. In my whole life I have never imagined me being home, having to call a place home.
"Who are you?" I asked trying to remain calm and not freak out. This only happens once, meeting your parents for the first time and I'm not gonna go into a hysterical frenzy
"I'm your father, Darius" He says to me "Princess can you please open your eyes" He asks me, slowly I open them. The room is dark but my eyes adjust, I'm in a magnificent bed with satin sheets and huge pillows. My eyes can see only objects around the room but can't make them out. I tilted my head back to seeing his thick black hair pulled back, his dark glasses framed around his drawn and strong face, he smiles softly to me "That's what I've been waiting for" He says softly
"Can I see your eyes?" I ask; Darius grins as he takes off his glasses "Your mother asked me that always" He said as he looked at me again as he returned to stroking my hair. His eyes, deep aqua like mine.
"Where is she?" I asked him as I pulled out my hand to touch his face for the first time, as I touched his warm soft skin I looked into his pained eyes "Princess your mother was murdered after she gave birth to you" His husky dry voice sunk my heart, I pulled my hand away from his face.
"My name is Anna" I said annoyed I wish he wouldn't call me that.
"Anna I have much to explain to you" He said as he sat up straight and pulled his hand away from me. Dam straight he has a hell of a lot of explaining to do; why did he leave me? Who were those guys?
"Anna, god I hate that name" He began and cursed himself "Anna, you aren't like other ahh teenagers as you must know" I give him are-you-kidding look "Of course you know that, here's the truth. You're not human and neither am I, I'm a vampire"
"That's not funny" I frowned, did he know about those dreams I have? No, he couldn't I haven't told anybody that
"You dream of blood, feel uncomftable in the sun. Anna you're a vampire and you can't change that" He said firmly
"Well there's a logical explanation" I began "The dreams that could be because I feel dizzy when I'm around it. The sun well I never liked it anyway" This is not funny, Vampires don't exist!
My father laughed as he shook his head "You will accept this Princess" He said "Stop calling me Princess!" I yelled at him as I sat up and sunk my head in my hands "This isn't happening" I mumbled to myself, a wave of calm came over me.
"Princess Alexandria is your name!" He replied annoyed "For a real good reason we call you princess is because I'm of Royal blood and so are you. You can't change this Alexandria" Tears began to fall down my face, no this isn't real. Vampires, Royal blood No, no! I want to go back to the church, Mary, I want Kristie! I want to re start the day and have it end up like every other day where I'm in bed in the same room as my best friend.
"You are going to be a full Vampire adult in a few days. Your mark is it changing colour?" I felt his weight come onto the bed in front of me. Something about what he was saying began to make sense, something inside me responded to what he was saying. But I ignored it this is some sick joke, I hope.
"Alexandria this is crucial that you accept this, why would I make something like this up?" He asked me. His right, why would he, the resemblances are just a pure fact he is my father and the mark well this has to have something to do with being Vamp, I think.
"Why do I have this mark?" I asked him as I looked up at him now "Royal, pure blood Vampires have it and it shows what family you belong to and your strength" He explained
"Strength;?" I asked confused
"Ahh power" He began "Every Royal has one, I for example can influence your emotions"
"Ok I can just manage to accept the whole Vamp thing but this... I" Suddenly a wave of joy came over me with a wave of happiness, I began to giggle and laugh "Ok stop, Darius stop I believe you" I said as I rolled around on the bed laughing. It stopped; I composed myself and sat up again facing him. He tried to hide a grin but failed.
"So what do I do?"I asked serious again, he shrugged "we will know after the transition"
"Transition;?" I asked confused again "When you change into a full Vampire" he replied, I nodded. I sat in silence contemplating being one. I know they live forever, and if they go in the sun they turn to ashes and now have powers which is cool, I think but I don't think I could kill anyone for blood "Ahh I don't kill people so I think I'm going to have to go vegetarian" I said, I've read Dracula and I'm not going there, trust me no matter how much I want it.
"We don't kill people or animals Alexandria, we ahh drink from each other" He frowned, his eyebrows furrowing
"Ah ok so who do you drink from?" I asked rubbing my temples
"A female vampire but I don't have relations with her" He says abruptly
"Ok I have more questions though" I begin, trying to take this seriously.
"As you would" He answers
"Does it hurt; the transition?" I ask him
"Yes, the pain is excruciating your muscles burn along with where your mark is, Alexandria can you show me your mark?" He asks me. I bite my bottom lip "It's on my back" I answer. In a split second he is behind me "I'll lift your singlet with your permission" I nod. Slowly my singlet lifts and I wrap it around my chest to cover my bra. I hear him gasp "What's wrong?" I ask worried
"It's so large, I don't remember it this big, it's changing as I expected" He said in awe.
"Is that good?" I asked as I pulled over with him suddenly sitting on the chair next to the bed again.
"Your power will be strong and unique, like no other. You will survive the transition easily" He said proudly "Now your questions" He continued me
"Ah what exactly can Vampires do?"I asked, Darius smiled widely "Well they have speed, better hearing then dogs, stronger than any human" He finished "How did you know I was still with Mary?" I asked him
"I watched over you for years, checking up on you. To make sure you were safe and happy" He replied softly
"You watched me?" I asked shocked "Yes if I couldn't watch you I sent one of the best Guardians to watch you and tell me everything you did, I was so proud about your self-defence classes. No royal female has done it in centuries and when you killed that Vampire I have never been prouder or scared to death in my whole life"
"Who were those guys, Vampires?" I asked "They killed my friends, and nearly killed me, why?" again Darius did that split second thing and he was by my side holding me close to him. He is so large like a mountain but I accepted the affection and let myself be held
"They were Vampires, an enemy; they are selfish Vampires that want to be the last of our race. Alexandria our blood is pure and rare; they're only three hundred of us left and slowly are being killed. They killed your mother so I went to war, I came back after seven years of guerrilla wars with them but came back I have to rule. They came here to kill you, somehow they found you. That is why I took you to that human I didn't want you to be in danger, so that is why your here now and not back at the unprotected church." He answered softly
"I'm sorry about your friends, I wanted to get when I found out your mark had begun to change but" I cut him off "You would have died if you got in the sunlight, right?" I asked him, he chuckled "Not exactly, yes it would kill us if we stay out in the sun for longer than an hour but warriors they can survive for hours but their skin slowly burns"
"Oh" I said blushing "You'll learn, I'll teach you just like the guardians and your warrior will. And before you ask Guardians are Vampires that protect royals, we have two along with the warrior so you are safe, they graduate like Warriors" I nod, Warriors, Guardians Jeesh one step at a time please.
"So I think that's all of the questions I have now, I can only take a little bit at a time sorry" I smiled as I looked up to him "You are a quick learner, you'll learn. I have to tend to some things too but I'll be back before sunrise. You'll get used to the sleeping arrangements" I nodded, cool sleep all day and awake all night what teenager wouldn't like that?
"Darius" I called as he walked towards the door "Alexandria" He replied as he put his glasses on
"Ahh I want to have a shower and some fresh clothes if that's ok?" I ask realising I was still in my workout clothes.
"Everything you need is here" He smiled "Bathroom too"
"Oh thanks" I smile nervously.
"What was my mother's name?" I asked him. As little light shone in the room I saw him smile gently, his glasses to dark to see through gave a warm look, I wish I could see his eyes again. His shoulder broad almost taking the whole with of the door, he looked like a killer in the door way but strangely I didn't feel threatened
"Isabelle" He replied softly before shutting the door behind him.