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Chapter 2
Mystery man and a cure
About four months had passed since Alexander has died. Viktor rode weekly to see how Amelia was holding up. But at this point in time his illness had struck him also. His lungs felt like they were kept in a vice grip, making it impossible to breath. He was blacking out over the burning sensation he felt and lost most of his strength. His council was watching him like vultures. His heir his beloved daughter and wife had died a few short weeks before Alexander. Leaving his kingdom without an heir, the council had agreed to vote one of them to take his throne. He would rather leave his entire kingdom to Lady Amelia at least in her hands he would rest in peace knowing she would protect the lands. Thought he tried to present the idea to his council they immediately rejected it. Tanis voted on his side but the rest simply pushed it aside insulted that a foreign ruler would take his place.
A pounding on the door woke him up from his haze.
"My lord there is a stranger here, he says he has something you might find interesting" one of the palace guards said.
"There is nothing I want that anyone can give except maybe the devil himself." His voice sounded hoarse from straining it too much.
"My lord he insist on speaking with you"
"Fine let him in" he grumbles while he made himself look regal in his bed even if he was dying he would not go down looking weak.
In came a man wearing a traveling cloak. He seemed to be at an average height around 5"10. He was neither to muscular nor weak. Silently he removed his hood. Viktor could only guess this was one of the Corvinus children no one else matched this man's description. With bright blue eyes similar to his own but not the exact shade also the man had bright red hair and beard.
"I assume you are from the Corvinus clan" Viktor spoke clear not letting the man think he was completely weak. Even though he knew he was dying.
"Yes my Lord I am called Markus. I am here to propose an alliance…" with this he looked to Viktor who looked mad? He was trying to form an alliance and here was a dying warlord looking mad at him surely he must have been seeing things.
"You have no kingdom to propose an alliance. Your kingdom fell some 10 years ago, Alexander Corvinus took his entire lands down with himself and here you are trying to form an alliance? What will you give in exchange and for what?
"Well I could give something not even the devil can give." He presented a small grin with this.
"A young man like yourself, who we also can assume he has not lived yet and has no kingdom, is going to give me something even the devil can't give? Boy, don't make me waste my time. If you have something else to say I suggest say it of not leave.
"Would you like to place a bet My Lord? I win you will aid me with your army. If you are unimpressed with your gift I will leave." Markus knew well that he would not loose.
"Alright boy let me see this gift" Viktor was now ready to strike the man for trying his patience. But he still needed to be just.
Markus was quickly on top of Viktor in one seconds notice. Before Viktor could scream out his annoyance, Markus bit the side of the neck were Viktor's jugular was slowly pulsing. He knew the man was dying, he also knew with his army he could bring William under control. But getting his army to obey him would have been very difficult so he did the next best thing get the warlord and you get it all.
Viktor's head swam do to the ache in his neck he felt every ounce of his blood being drained from him. it seemed like years had passed when it only was a minute or two. Then the pain in his body started. Markus by this time had sat on the chair near the bed and watched as he twisted and turned in the bed.
Viktor felt unbelievable pain shot through him, whether he managed to make a sound for his guards to come in or it was him screaming in pain in his mind he did not know. He only knew he felt like he was dropping in darkness. A few minutes had passed and his eyes shot open, all his senses were sharper than ever before. His hearing was more than perfect he could hear the guards clearly even the ones three floors down. His eyesight was countless times better than his normal vision he had managed to spot ever crack in the stone walls and on the oak door of his chambers. What impressed him the most was his strength, he leaped from his bed like nothing as if he was as weightless as air.
"Now for that alliance" Markus quickly cut Viktor's exploration of his new powers short.
"What am I?" realization hitting Viktor now he traded his soul to now owe a debt to this man a debt he did not fully comprehend yet. Something told him he might regret later on in his life.
"We are "vampires" creatures of myth. We cannot walk in the sun we will die, we drink blood, we have incredible speed and strength and also we are immortal. Our bite is like a poison some people survive the bite and become like us while others die painfully. Now you are my child I die we all die." Markus slowly explained.
That last little snip of information angered Viktor "A child? I am your child?" Viktor clench and unclenched his hands feeling the urge to throttle the man,
"Yes my child" Markus amazement he thought he would take it better knowing he would know be in charge what he did not count on sire or not he would retaliate.
Before Viktor could believe he had Markus by his neck up against a wall. His snarls even surprised himself it did not quite sound like his human self he sounded more feral demonic even. "I am no one's child I will help you with my army but you need to tell me what is it we are up against.
"Follow me" With one last snarl Viktor let him go and proceeded to walk out the door in his robes. To all this surprising all the people who saw him walk to his throne room.
