Chapter 14

For those who didn't read Chapter 13, Victor did manage to free Seiliez and Damien, and Seiliez rushed them through one of his always-convenient secret passageways into his dark lair. He then sent Victor off to sleep and invited Damien to stay in his room for the night. The next morning, Damien and Seiliez had some intimate fun together. The start of this chapter is going to backtrack a little so bear with me.

Victor had walked to his rooms and sensed another vampire's presence near him. He knew it wouldn't be any of the female serving vampire; they rarely came near his rooms….That left only one vampire: Sandra. Sandra. Just hearing and thinking her name gave Victor shivers of pleasure, although he wasn't sure why.

In his view, Sandra was rather pitiful in her actions and often times her speech. Yet…he found her beautiful, quirks and all. He didn't much care for the fact that she was a former vamp hunter, but he, like Damien, thought he could change her opinion of vampires, but unlike Damien, he planned to do it through real caring and tenderness. He wasn't a master vampire yet, but he could still show her things that the two Princes couldn't.

He went to sleep and woke up the next day with Sandra on his mind. He could still sense her above him, and despite the fact that he was sore, he began digging in the direction that his senses were pulling him, and after five minutes he came upon Sandra's sleeping form. He gently pulled her into his arms and dug his way to the surface.

Once he reached it, he gently shook Sandra. She groaned and opened her eyes slowly. At first, she stared blankly at Victor, then it dawned on her too bad this is dusk, ha-ha…sorry, bad pun…. who he was and her eyes widened. In fear, she began babbling, "What're you doing here? I don't want to go back to Damien; you'd better not take me to him. I don't want to see Seiliez either. How'd you find me? I--"

"Sh," Victor replied amusedly. "I'm not here to take you to Seiliez and Damien; as far as I know they're not even awake yet. I was able to find you because you burrowed right above my rooms. Also, I just figured that I could take you hunting then show you a little bit more of vampire life. It's really not all that bad."

Sandra looked at Victor suspiciously, but could see in his eyes and manner that he wasn't lying. She relaxed, not realizing she was tense and smiled. "Sure, I'll go with you. You seem to better than the two pompous jerks."

Victor laughed lightly and Sandra felt her heart flutter. "They're really not that bad," he said. "The two of them are some of the best sires in this country." He stood up and offered Sandra his hand; she took it and he pulled her to her feet, not letting go of her hand. "Shall we go hunt?"

Sandra was surprised by Victor's manners and was even further surprised to find that she didn't mind that Victor was still holding her hand. She smiled again and replied, "Yes, let's go hunt."

Seiliez had looked all over his lair for Victor and couldn't find the fledgling. After he finished his second trip around, he ran into Damien, who grabbed him and pulled him into a tight embrace. "Relax Seiliez," Damien whispered softly into his sire's ear. "You can sense as well as I can that he's not here. Sandra's gone as well; don't you suppose that the two of them are together?"

Seiliez immediately relaxed and pulled away from Damien. "You're right," he replied. "Neither of them is here." He then became angry again. "And now they're both dead for running away."

He tried darting up a passageway, but was once again stopped by Damien's strong arms. Damien smiled and rolled his eyes playfully. "Once again Seiliez, relax. It's okay. Let's just go have fun hunting and then we'll find them later. Just let them think that they've escaped us for now."

Seiliez furrowed his brow in thought. He then smiled devilishly. "You're right of course, Damien. I'm glad to have sired such a brilliant fledgling." Damien sighed and rolled his eyes again; Seiliez chuckled. "Come my pet, let us go hunt." Damien nodded and let Seiliez go, then the two of them left to go hunt.

Victor and Sandra had come upon a small town and stopped on the outskirts. Victor frowned slightly and said, "Well, I don't see an offering; I guess we'll have to go in the town."

Sandra looked curious. "Do the towns and cities have offerings every night?"

Victor blushed and looked sheepish. "I…I don't know. I don't hunt for humans everyday; only when I go out with Seiliez. Every time I'm with him, there's always an offering."

Sandra looked confused. "You mean, you don't drink human blood everyday? What do you drink if not humans?"

"Animals. Rabbits and mice and such. We need human blood, but we don't have to have it everyday."

"Oh, I see." Sandra made sure to store that in memory for future reference. She then remembered something that Damien had done when she first met him. "Can't we just blend in with the townspeople and hunt that way?"

Victor looked thoughtful. "Yes, I suppose we could. That must be what Seiliez does when he takes trips to Las Vegas."

Sandra smiled and nodded; she had no idea who, what, or where Las Vegas was. "So…let's head in."

Victor smiled at her. "Yes, let's." Hand in hand, they walked into the town and were greeted by the hustle and bustle of the town preparing for a party. They stopped just inside the entrance to the town and watched the goings-on. "Wow, no wonder there's no offering," Victor remarked in awe.

"Cool. It looks like they're setting up for a party; let's see if we can help."

Victor looked confused. "Why?"

Sandra rolled her eyes playfully. "So we blend in of course. We can't just waltz in and do nothing."

"That was my plan."

Sandra laughed, causing Victor to smile, then she walked up to a nearby townswoman and asked, "Pardon me ma'am, but what party are we preparing for?"

The woman turned to her with a smile. "Why dear child, you look so very pale….We're preparing for the Festival of the Desert; it lasts two days."

Sandra felt nervous after hearing the pale remark but brightened as the woman didn't inquire about it further. "Thank you. What may we help with?"

The woman thought for a second before replying. "The cooks need the most help in the kitchens. Just follow the people with food and you'll get there no problem."

"Okay. Thank you."

"Thank you child."

Sandra drug Victor off and they easily enough found the kitchens. They were quickly put to work fetching ingredients and taking finished dishes to the eating area. Victor didn't like going without making a kill right away and he didn't like being pulled away from Sandra, but he did it because she wanted to.

Seiliez had taken Damien to Las Vegas to hunt, and they stood outside the city now. Damien smiled. "It's been awhile since I've been here," he mused.

Seiliez grinned. "The most beautiful city in the world," he replied.

Damien chuckled. "In your opinion anyways." Seiliez gave Damien a sidelong glance, causing Damien to chuckle again. "Let's just go hunt."

Seiliez grinned again. "Follow me, I know of a club swimming with people we can prey on."

"Lead the way."

Seiliez led them down the Strip and to the Bellagio. They made their way around the first floor until Seiliez found the club he was looking for. They got in with fake ids and went and found a table to sit at and watch for potential prey. After they had been there for fifteen minutes, two beautiful women walked in and Seiliez's eyes lit up. "I'll be right back Damien," he said distractedly.

Damien smiled and waved Seiliez away. He watched the older vampire walk up to the two women and begin enticing them to where Damien was sitting. The threesome walked back smiling, and one of the women ran forward to Damien. He put out his hand and said, "I'm Damien. Who might you be my lovely lady?"

The woman giggled and shook Damien's hand. "I'm Layla. It's nice to meet you," she replied.

Damien smiled and invited her to sit on his lap, to which she complied. He noticed that Seiliez and his woman were doing the same. "It's nice to meet you as well," Damien said, trying to disguise the hunger in his voice. "How old are you? If you don't mind my asking."

"Nineteen."

"Me as well," replied her friend.

Seiliez smirked. "Mm…delicious," he said, not bothering to disguise the hunger in his voice, which caused the two girls to giggle.

Seiliez immediately began making out with his girl, caressing her body as she was sucked into his trick. As his luck went, Damien got stuck with the girl who wanted to talk about every single problem in her life. He could have swore that Seiliez did it to him on purpose. Damien tuned out most of what she was saying, nodding his head and making remarks in the right places.

After ten minutes of this, Damien's hunger was beginning to drive him crazy, and the scent of Layla, along with the sound of her heartbeat, were making his mouth water. He cut her off mid-sentence with a passionate kiss. Layla looked surprised at first but then returned it to Damien's relief. Once she did so, Damien began pushing his tongue against her lips until she parted them and gave him access to her mouth. As soon as he had this access, Damien took control of Layla and began feeling his hands around her body, causing her to moan softly into his mouth. He smirked and moved from making out with her to kissing her neck. This caused Layla to moan again, and as Damien was getting her worked up, he sank his fangs into her neck, causing her to gasp and attempt to escape. Damien easily pinned her against the table, drinking her blood with great pleasure.

Once they were both finished, Seiliez wiped his mouth and said amusedly, "That's always fun."

Damien wiped his mouth and nodded in agreement. "Yes. What do we do with the bodies?"

Seiliez smirked. "We leave them here. This is a vampire club."

Damien laughed at himself. "Ha-ha; that explains why it's swimming with stupid people to prey on and why nobody questioned what we were doing."

"Yes. Come, there's a small town nearby celebrating their Festival of the Desert. I have a feeling our fledglings are there. I also believe that we should dress as coyotes."

Damien smirked. "Oh yes, let's dress like coyotes and go have some fun."

"That's the spirit!" The two vampires left to go get themselves costumes. Once they did, they headed to the town having the festival.