William's Night Visit
William exhaled slowly trying to control his breathing. The last thing he wanted to do was visit Victoria's quarter.
"Does Victoria not please you anymore my son," his father asked, picking up on his mood. "If she is not willingly offering herself to you my son then we shall,…"
"She has never denied herself to me father," William said, bitterly repeating "Never,"
"Good," the king said smiling and patting his son on the back. "There was a time many centuries ago where your mother would lock herself in rooms to keep me from…"
"Father, please spare me those details. I shall see you at soon set." He said walking off. He wanted to go to his own quarters but he knew his father would send a servant around to spy. In half a minute he was back inside the castle. He stopped outside of Victoria's room, just three doors down from his own. Their rooms were place so close together in case of an attack.
"Like she wouldn't be able to protect herself," he thought to himself nauseatingly. The two guards at the door bowed as he steeped closer to them.
"Author and Alex" the prince said out loud,. He had always been great at remembering names. The two twins nodded confirming him. Author looked a little smug and the prince smiled harder when he remembered why.
"You two are excused for tonight I will look after my wife." The twins bowed again and turned to leave. "O and Author," he called.
"Yes your majesty," Author answered failing to conceal his annoyance.
"I would like you to see to it personally that Ana is in my quarters when I awake. It shouldn't be too hard of a job."
Author grimaced for more than a second before stuttering, "Ye… ye… yes Sir."
William laughed and walked inside without knocking. Victoria was standing in the middle of the room half clothed. The see through slip against her creamy skin left little to the imagination. It had been weeks, no months since he'd last touched her in a sexual way. He was about to express his pleasure in her looks before she spook.
."You dare to barge into my room unannounced at almost dawn," she rudely said, grabbing a robe from the chair and wrapping it around. "What do I owe this pleasure my prince."
"I would like to be with my wife, I didn't know there was a bedtime on that," he said while motioning the two ladies in the room out. The last girl had barely made it past Victoria when she grabbed her risk.
"Take that with you and dispose of it," She said pointing to a pile of ashes by her fire place.
William stared at the pile of remains alarmed. They belonged to a vampire… a vampire women. He turned back to the queen and she was smiling.
"I'm sure you remember May, my dear. She visited you every evening while you were away," She said watching the girl sweep on the ashes.
"She was a personal servant assigned by mother," he said non caringly. The prince was more bothered by his wife's jealously than the fact that she had just burned one of his newest mistresses.
"And I hear she served you very well," the queen added. "That is enough," she said to the girl sweeping. The girl looked up and caught the prince's eyes for a second before staring back at the ashes. The prince saw her glance and winked. If she wasn't careful she would soon reveal herself as well.
"If you would like to gain a place on my court one day, you'd do well to keep your eyes on the ground."
"Yes, Princess Victoria", she said scurrying out of the room.
"My mother will not take to kindly to you killing the girl may. She had a fondness for her and you know how strongly she feels about vampires taking the law into their own hands, especially against other vampires."
"Yes, she feels just as strongly about a member of someone's court committing adultery."
"She wasn't a member of your court Victoria... Might I remind you that you are not the queen and you have no court. And you would do well to treat them more like your friends than your servants; they are not here to clean up behind you."
"For heaven's sake," she said walking to William. "She was a full blooded vampire and not one of the little half breeds you have running around her. When are you going to grow up? What if you had impregnated her?"
"What if I impregnate you."
"Isn't that the only thing you are here for".
(Scarlett)
I woke up the next afternoon gasping for air, with my hands around my neck. I had dream that Victoria was chocking me. I looked out of the window and the sun had not yet set. I threw the clovers off and hopped across the cold floor to the bathroom. Thankfully someone had adjusted the temperatures, so the warm water worked. After my quick shower I got dress and sat back on my bed. The 4:15 time on the clock sadden me. Barley twenty min had passed since I woke. I decided to check on Lily with my free time. I opened the door as slowly and quietly as possible.
"Hi Scarlett," Lily said.
Smiling I responded. "Well Hello to you to". Lily was sitting cross legged on her bed fully awake. I gladly climbed in beside her. "What are you doing awake Lily".
"Well I wanted to talk to you last night but you weren't here so I looked," She said pointing to her head. "and saw that you would come check on me around this time. So, I set my alarm so I could be awake."
"That was very sweet Lily," I said hugging her. I told her about almost everything that had happen in the queen's quarters. Leaving out the things that I thought she wouldn't like very much.
"Jacob sounds really nice Scarlett."
"He is"
"He also sounds really cute. Give me your hands so I can see if I can see him."
"Alright I", I said laughing and giving Lily my hands. " but I hate when you read me so only look for Jacob."
Lily closed her eyes and within a few seconds there was a huge smile across her face. "Yea, Scarlett he is pretty cute. And you are going to see him later on today. I think he likes you. But…. But…", her face started to sadden.
"But what!" I almost screamed.
"But you should stay away from Prince Williams", she finished.
I angrily snatched my hands away from hers. "I told you could only look for Jacob. Lily you always have to pry." I walked out of Lily's room slamming the door before she could say a word. I knew I was the one acting like the younger sister but for some reason I didn't care. It was nearly five, so I decided to head to the queens room. I was almost to the door when I realize why arriving early wasn't such a good idea.
As the king existed the room both body guards that were at the door followed behind him. I paused they were headed my way and there was nowhere to hide. The king stopped only a few feet from me as I bowed. Trembling I manage to say, "Good even your majesty." He didn't respond but I could tell he hadn't move. I wanted to keep my head bowed until he passed, as was customary for humans to do but my curiosity got the best of me. I lifted my head to find him leaning in towards me. He inhaled deeply then exhaled. There was a puzzled look on his face that he nonchalantly shrugged off before leaving. I didn't make it all the way to the door before Katherine appeared out of nowhere. They seemed to be really good at that.
"Maybe next time you will listen to me." She said knocking on the door. "Its Katherine my queen", before entering. I followed behind her.
Author's Note: I reread this chapter and it was a little slow to me, there is a lot of actions about to happen but I didn't want to break it into two chapters.
I experimented a little with this one keeping it with William… let me know what you think about that.
