Book One- Dandies Victorious

Chapter One-A Debt Owed

Being out on the city streets at night was not a wise thing to be doing. Especially with all the vampires waiting to suck the blood out of the town's pretty women, especially pretty women like Francesca DeVille.

Francesca had just moved to this strange city only a week ago so she did not know that. She was all alone and didn't even have a place of her own yet. She noticed that nobody went out at night and she wondered why. One day she overheard someone talking about vampires, but she didn't believe them. Like there are really vampires. She thought to herself. I guess there must be something in the water here. That or everyone's on weed.

Suddenly someone grabbed Francesca's arm and pulled her into the dark alley. It took her several moments before realizing that the ten or so men around her were vampires.

"Look what we have here." said the one who grabbed her "A pretty young woman to drink from."

The man bared his fangs and Francesca was too scared to do anything. Am I going to die? She thought to herself. Someone please help me! Within a second someone had appeared. Did he read my mind? She thought to herself.

"Yes I did." he said to her. Then he turned his attention to the group. "All of you leave this young woman alone! If you do not, I will be forced to intervene."

"Sorry Sir." the man who held Francesca said immeadiately taking his hands off of her. Who was this guy? Francesca thought.

"We never meant to hurt her Baron."another said.

"It's The Baron." he said slightly angered "Now get out of here."

Within a minute all ten of the punk vampires were gone. Once they were gone The Baron turned to Francesca and she got her first good look at him. He was about six feet tall, wore a nice suit with a fur cape. He also wore a white bowler hat over his mid-length brown hair. He had the most handsome face Francesca had ever seen.

"Thank you so much Sir." she said.

"Please miss," he said "call me William. And may I ask, what is your name?"

"Francesca DeVille." she replied.

"You are a beautiful woman Francesca." he said. And when he smiled she saw his fangs.

"You are a vampire too!" she said. Francesca tried to run away, but the Baron got a tight hold on her arm.

"Not so fast, Miss DeVille." he said "You owe me something for saving your life. Now let's go back to my place so we can discuss it further."

Francesca had no choice but to follow William. If she would try and escape from his strong hold, he would surely kill her on the spot. And anyways, she was intrigued by this strange man. Francesca found herself staring at him. Strangely, she was drawn to this man.

He caught her staring at him.

"I'm so sorry." she apologized.

"Don't be my dear." he said.

"Ah, home!" he said a few minutes later.

Francesca was amazed at the beauty of the house. It was a giant, three-story Victorian mansion and was definitely the nicest house in town. It sat atop a small hill that looked down on them and the rest of the town. The two approached the gate and the two guardsmen opened it for them.

"Good night Sir." one of them said. He was a porky man, but a vampire nonetheless.

William ignored him and led Francesca up the path to the house. The doors automatically opened and he led her inside. Francesca noticed that there were about twenty men inside the house. They all wore fine suits and white fedora hats. They looked at Francesca but said nothing. William whisked her away to his three-story library. He sat down on a red leather armchair behind a glass table and instructed Francesca to take a seat across from him.

"Before I tell you what you owe me," he said "I would love to know more about you."

He asked her age, where she was from, why she was here, if she liked it and where she got those stunning looks from. She replied: nineteen, Ohio, randomly selected from a map and her mother.

"And I bet you're wondering who I am." he said "I am William, but most call me The Baron or Sir. I am the leader of the Dandies, the group who now controlls the whole city. And I am a vampire."

"I already knew that last part." she said "Now what do you want from me?"

"I was thinking you'd forget, but it seems you haven't." he said "I want some of your blood Francesca. I want to feed on you."

"My blood?" she asked shocked.

"Yes." he said casually "I think that's a reasonable request for saving your life Francesca."

Reluctantly, Francesca agreed to let William have some of her blood. He walked over to her and it looked like he was kissing her neck, but instead she felt his fangs sink in. Francesca felt something she didn't know how to describe. She started losing her strength as William sucked more and more, even though he did it slowly and with class. She started to go limp but William's strong arms held her up. Francesca enjoyed William holding her so. Once he was done she passed out.