Chapter 9

Once Drake had gotten ready, the royal couple headed downstairs to the first floor. The sun was still up, and it felt good to be out in this time of day. It had been a while since they had done this. Spending time with Genevieve was one of the few things that he wished he did more often with her. Back when they had their kingdom, she would either wonder around the castle or train in the back yard. He was a little ashamed at himself for never spending time with her.

"Are you ready to go? Or do you want to go back into your world?", the Queen giggled. Drake looked at her and smiled. He took her hand, gave it a kiss and started walking.

Both vampires were amazed at the sight of the city's beauty. The buildings were so large and massive. It was nothing like they were used to. Even though Genevieve had been awake during the past three hundred years, she never had a chance to take in the human advancements, especially the current ones. Drake on the other hand, had never seen anything like it. He watched as the humans scurry around, driving their vehicles, no clue to what the world is really like.

"Come why don't we go and search the skyline?"

"You want to spread your wings, don't you?", Drake smiled at his wife. She was looking at the sky above them. There were some clouds out today, floating here and there. He stared up at the sky, then back at Genevieve. He gave her a kiss on the cheek. She looked back up at him to see him nod in agreement.

They headed up to a tall tower near a central park. The vampire couple looked over the park. Genevieve always loved nature. She loved flowers, trees, and the animals that she saw. Drake didn't see the beauty in them, at least without Genevieve. She was gorgeous, but that was an understatement. He loved to see her in nature, in the sky or walking in the grass.

Sun was going down now and the moon was showing brightly. The vampires could feel their senses becoming fulfilled again. Their lust for the night made them even more dangerous, particularly this vampire couple. Genevieve took her jacket off and stretched her arms, releasing the wings again. Drake gazed at his wife's wings, their beauty took his breath away. He rubbed his hand over the soft skin. They shivered at his touch, making her shiver as well.

"Don't do that. I need them flexed if I wan to fly."

"I just missed seeing them"

Genevieve gave him a quick kiss before heading into the sky. She dove down the lake, touching the water down with her hands. She pulled up and went over the canopies of the trees. She found a cherry blossom tree in the middle of a rose garden. The pink pedals of the tree floating with the wind. She flew around it causing the pedals to fly around her wings and body. Drake watched his wife play with the pedals, from a distance. Vampire eyesight was incredibly acute in the night.

She saw Drake watching her, making her blush a little. "Why do you keep starring at me? It's not like I'm a child, Drake.", she thought to himself. She flew to a nearby bush of red roses and grabbed the best one she could find. She flew back to the tower, where Drake was waiting for her.

"How was it?"

"Great, as always. Here I got this for you", she said as she handed her husband the rose she had picked out. He took the rose, gave it a kiss and put it behind her ear.

"And now I give it to you. Come you must be hungry, lets go find some food"

"Yes, let's go. Where should we start?"

"Let's find the poor district of this city, then work out way around, sound good?"

"You're the King."

"Yes I am, but a every strong man, has an even stronger King."

"That is true. Good things I'm a strong woman, because you would be a weak King", she laughed.

"Let's go eat", he said as he shook his head.

About an hour later, they found their way down a dark street. It had started to drizzle a little, but it didn't bother the vampire couple. They walked down the dark street, that only had one or two streetlights working. There were people walking on both sides of the street, but there were no cars.

Genevieve and Drake turned a corner and notice the word, "Dracula" on the window. Genevieve stopped, making Drake stop and turned to the window. Drake's eyes went dark red. He let go of his wife's hand and walked through the door, not even holding the door for her. "Here we go again", she thought to herself. She followed her husband inside the dark store.

Once they came inside and were taking by surprised. The whole store was covered in comic vampire things. From dolls and shirts to fake blood and cereals. Drake walked over to the box of cereal and picked up to study it. Genevieve walked over to the counter to see what was in the showcase. There was a boy behind the counter eating cereal and watching t.v. There was also a girl, in her late teens-early twenties, sitting on a chair watching Drake with the cereal. She got up and walked over to him, asking him if he was looking for something.

"Can I help you, sweetheart?", said the boy. He had put the bowl down and turned the television off. She looked up at the boy, arching an eyebrow at him. He walked over to where their t-shirts were hanging, trying to annoy the boy's gaze. It didn't work. She could still feel his eyes on her. She tried to ignore him and look at the ridiculous vampire attire in front of her.

"Hey, Honey, I asked you a question. Don't want to answer, that's fine. I'll ask you another one then. Why don't you dump him and come with me? I'll show you a good time, I promise. I can take you to an all new high, if you get my drift.", he said cockily. Genevieve turned to face him and smiled. "I highly doubt that, sweetheart.", she nodded.

Drake was standing behind them and watching what was going on with his wife. "I wouldn't worry about her if I were you. He means what he says", the girl that worked here said. She traced her hand over his shoulder and his back muscles. Drake clenched his jaw at her touch. He could hear her blood pumping through her body, making him hungrier by the minute.

Genevieve looked over the boy's shoulder to Drake and smiled. As her smile grew, so did her eyes. Her eyes went all black again, telling her husband that she was ready when he was. He smiled in return, making his pupils turn in to horizontal slits. He nodded over to her and then turned around to the girl behind him. She didn't think much of the eyes. She probably thought they were some kind of cool contacts. He ran her hand over his chest and shoulders, feeling his muscles flex. Drake couldn't take it anymore. He need that blood, and he need it now.

He attacked her throat first and took off the choke collar. He pushed her to the piercing chair behind her. She started screaming, making the boy turn around to see what was going on. Genevieve took the opportunity to sink her fangs into his necks and start her feeding. The boy screamed and tried to get her off of him. She latched onto his body, using her legs and arms. Her left hand covered his heart and sunk her nails all the way down till she could feel his heart pumping. She started squeezing harder, making him scream louder. His screams were getting weaker and weaker after that. He had passed by the time Drake's girl stopped screaming. Genevieve gave on last squeeze to the heart to give a little more blood, then let his body fall to the ground. She wiped the blood from her mouth with the back of her hand. She then licked her left hand's fingers that was covered with the blood from the heart.

Drake let out what sounded like an animal cry after he was done with his food. Genevieve walked over to her husband, satisfied with her kill. His eyes had changed back to their regular red color. So did Genevieve's. The couple walked out the door together and started towards the Phoenix Tower. The night was still young but the couple had a lot to catch up on. And besides, this era in time was a little to boring for the ancient couple.