Sire Bond (The Vision)
Chapter Seven
The Object of his Attention
Tristan emerged from his room and looked around. He saw the king's manservant watching him from the opposite balcony. Before he could decide what to do, Trevor sped over to confront him.
"Were you not told by our Sire to stay in your room?"
"I was. And I would not venture past this point without his permission. Why don't you go ask him if I may walk around the compound?" He spoke with an air of superiority that Trevor was familiar with. Before he was turned, Tristan DuMartel was a member of the noble-class of Europe. Trevor, on the other hand, was a nobody turned into a vampire-servant.
"I wouldn't dream of disturbing him for such nonsense," Trevor spat out in reply.
"Fine, then I will ask him." Tristan began to walk towards Elijah and Hayley's bedroom. Trevor quickly cut him off. "Don't you dare approach his room."
Tristan began to ask why not but then they both heard the reason. With their advanced vampire senses they could not fail to recognize Hayley's cries of pleasure. Tristan was immediately filled with rage and jealousy. He already hated Hayley because of her close relationship with Elijah, and hearing the evidence of that closeness almost sent him over the edge of sanity. Trevor knew he had to do something to diffuse the situation even if he would be punished for it later. "I'll show you around the compound," he offered.
Tristan had to fight against himself to take advantage of the opportunity in front of him. Rather than wallow in his misery he needed to push ahead with his plan. And a tour of the compound would allow him to do just that. So he took a deep breath, tried to steady himself, and replied to Trevor, "Excellent idea, let's do that."
After a brief, but very satisfying round of love-making, Hayley gathered up her daughter with enough clothes and supplies for several days and headed out to find Jackson. Her wolf pack had been living in the French Quarter for many months, sporting moonlight rings that Elijah had procured for them. They were all grateful to the king of the vampires, and loved their queen even if she was a hybrid. Jackson would be more than willing to take on this important task for her.
Trevor and Tristan returned to his room before Elijah had emerged from his own. "That's it, you've seen everything there is to see," Trevor informed the other vampire. Tristan shook his head. "No, I haven't seen the family rooms."
Trevor looked at him through narrowed eyes. "And why would you want to see those?"
Tristan tried to be nonchalant and shrugged. "I was simply correcting your statement." He then turned, went into his room, and shut the door. While he hadn't been able to find the object in question he did gain some valuable information. It was not in the public areas of the compound, so it must reside in one of the private rooms. Now, he just had to find a way to gain access to them.
Trevor immediately headed to Elijah's bedroom. After pausing to ensure there was no more activity occurring between his king and queen, he knocked on the door. "Enter," came the reply. He went in and prepared to confess his latest transgression.
Elijah read the look on his face and immediately asked, "What's happened?"
Trevor explained how he found Tristan wanting to walk around, how he escorted the visitor around the public areas, but not the private, and how he couldn't interrupt his Sire at that time to ask permission. Elijah wasn't pleased. "You could have, however, insisted he remain in his room as I commanded."
"Yes Sire, forgive me," Trevor implored.
Elijah didn't indicate if he forgave Trevor or not, but asked instead, "Why did he want to see the compound, and was he interested in the private rooms?"
"He didn't give a reason, but yes he did also want to see the private rooms. I wonder if that weapon he spoke of is here Sire," Trevor offered.
"Precisely my thought," Elijah agreed. "But we have nothing here resembling an arrow or a weapon of any kind here because of Hope. I think I need to speak with Mr. DuMartel again. Fetch him for me."
Luckily for Tristan, he finished an important phone call before Trevor came to retrieve him. "It must be in one of the family rooms; I checked all the public areas. I will do what I must to retrieve that object. Sire is keeping a close eye on me, but I will find it. It's just a matter of time."
