His name was Lucian.
Sonja had ran the lycans name through her mind at least a dozen times now. His image was now burned into her mind.
It was all wrong and she knew it but, she couldn't help it. They had met by accident. It was a chance encountering.
Sonja had been going through her daily routine. She had just stepped outside the castle into the safety of the darkness when she saw him.
She had been a little overwhelmed by him at first. He stood there looking a bit ragged and dangerous. When she had called him over to her he responded like no other had. He had no fear in his voice when he replied when she asked him what he was doing.
In fact he was the exact opposite. He spoke to her with a determined calmness she had never encountered before. It had irritated her at first. Who was this Lycan to speak to her like that! Didn't he know who she was?
She was the head vampire clans' daughter. Vicktors only daughter. Lady Sonja. Judging by the lycans aloofness he was either stupid or he was new to the castle. A newly acquired slave perhaps. For some reason Sonja didn't peg him as being either.
The lycan standing before her had an aura of calmness about him that no new comer would have. This Lucian had also been trained with words. In the brief encounter she had with him he never insulted her directly but, then again he hadn't used her title either. He was definitely a smart one.
He gave nothing about himself away either. The only information she received from him was his name and what he was doing. That was all she could gather before she had to return to the castle.
It turned out he was patrolling the grounds of the castle. As of late there had been some talk of rebellion amongst the Lycans. The higher intelligent lycans that were suited for guards were put into place to keep the others in line.
Sonja believed him but, before she could ask him another question they were interrupted by Kale. Kale was Sonja's personal guard much to her discretion. She had informed her father a multitude of times she had no use for a guard and she was perfectly able to take care of herself. Her father however, refused to listen to reason.
Her guard informed her it was time to return to the castle. She heaved a sigh and gave one last look at the lycan who seemed to smile back at her. She couldn't be quiet sure though since his head was turned and he had his hand covering his mouth part way.
She reluctantly followed Kale back into the castle.
It had taken her four moons before she found him again. She wasn't consciously looking for him. Her feet had just led her into the western side of the castle. In all reality she had been looking for her father, when she spotted him standing against the stone wall.
At first she wasn't sure if it was him or not. He had his hair down and it covered the right side of his face where the torch light touched, leaving the rest of his face in shadows excepted for his lips. Which went from a scowl to a smirk as she approached him. The self assured smirk was a tell tale sign she would later know to associate him with.
She called out to him with all the authority she could muster and demanded to know why he was in the castle. Lucian leaned back into the stone wall and told her he was ordered to stand guard by Krazen. He lightly scoffed as he said his name.
Sonja had to hide her smile. So she wasn't the only one who wasn't fond of the vampire who had seemed to worm his way into her father's heart. They continued talking for the whole night.
Sonja found this lycan to be enjoyable. They shared similar interests surprisingly. They both liked reading and had read a few of the same books which they discussed. The lycan had also proved himself to be quiet knowledgeable in the outside world. He had told her stories of some of the villages and other castles he had been to. She found herself enraptured and wanted to know more about his world. Unfortunately she was pulled away from him when the changing of the guards in the castle began.
At least this time she wouldn't have to search for him. They had talked and decided to meet in the library tomorrow.
She was nervous the next night waiting in the library for him. What if this was a trap? Hardly any vampires came into this tiny library since the newer one had been built. It was only a few hours before the sun would rise. Hadn't he told her he would meet her after he changed with the other guard? How long could that possibly take? Certainly not five hours. It seemed like she was waiting here forever. She decided to wait for him another hour.
She waited another hour and then another and then another. Until she could not wait any longer the sun was about to rise and she only had barely enough time to make it upstairs into her room and change and prepare for the speech she had to give to her fellow vampires about her father deploying more vampires to help stop the lycan riots.
Still she waited until the last possible minute.
He never came.
