Chapter 10
Previously
At that moment a dark aura surrounded me, all I saw was the same disgusted look I had seen five years ago the markings appeared again and felt this rage build up in me and thought, 'What's going to happen now'?
Light's POV
I looked at Tepes and I saw the same condescending disgusted look. All I felt was rage and resentment but suddenly the look on Tepes changed, for some reason, from disgust to a look of interest but I could tell he was still looking down on me. I couldn't take it anymore and I snapped. The wind started to pick up and I felt the blood in my body change and it felt like my body was ripping in two. I fell to my knees, black waves of energy started to whirl around me like a whirlpool and as quickly as it started it was over and the last thing I remember was everything around me getting dizzy and I blacked out.
Tepes POV
I saw Light laying on the ground, the raw energy dissipating, and all of a sudden the room was full of chatter, curiosity, confusion and worry coming from the whispering all around.
"ENOUGH! I'll explain everything to you all after I take care of this." I said, picking up Light off the floor and turned to take him to his room. "Meet me in the meeting quarter in fifteen minutes." When I arrived at Light's room I put him on the bed and waited for him to awaken and wondering what that was. 'Could that have been his ability awakening? Five is a little young still…' I was kicked out of my thoughts when I heard rustling of the sheets. "You're awake, follow me. There is something you need to know." I walked towards the door and waited.
Light followed Tepes down the stairs to the meeting quarter. The rest of the clan including the children were waiting, whispering among themselves. It got quiet when they arrived.
Yuko, a silver haired werewolf and Priscila's husband spoke up, "Leader, please. What is all this? Why didn't the child behind you leave with Angela?"
Light's POV
I was standing behind Tepes listening to the silver haired werewolf speak and thought, 'What the heck am I doing here? Who cares if I'm your kid, you abandoned me five years. Geez just let me go.' I gently sighed and looked up. Tepes was looking at the rest of 'his' clan with that same annoying glare; as long as he wasn't looking at me it had no effect. And then he spoke and with what he said next I don't know if I wanted to kill him or myself.
Five years ago
"It started when I was searching for food one night and I ran into a young woman who was wounded. She was a very sharp woman and she could sense my presence before I could hide. I could sense *mana* in her she was most likely a human *mage*. I walked over to her and when she saw my red eyes she showed no fear or hatred. All she did was asked if I was going to kill her and if so just make it quick. I could tell she was just in a fight with some werewolves, her *mana* was dangerously low and she had claw marks on her leg. I had debated on it and then heard a noise and saw a werewolf come out of the nearby bushes. He was in his animal form and he had blood on his claws. The smell was the same as the human woman's. "Leave Now!" I ordered the werewolf. He backed off and was gone in an instant.
I walked past the woman and gave her a warning, "You should go home before more return, human mage." I got a response though I wasn't expecting an angry one, "First, my name is Florian and second, I am the number one mage among the humans. I can take care of myself vampire," she said as she got up on her one good leg. "I took out five werewolves. If it wasn't for that one who got the jump on me it would have been an even six." Florian turned and walked in the opposite direction then suddenly stopped, "Thank you." and went on her way. "Huh, what a strange woman. I'll have to find something to eat." Later that night after I got something to eat I was passing the human village and the villagers that are asleep, except for one. There was a dim light outside a mid-class house and there she was in a white night gown with a blanket wrapped around her, she was cleaning her wounded leg.
Her long brown hair flowing in the wind. Something about her amused me was the way she fought and her mana. I despised humans and this woman was no exception. I definitely didn't feel any romantic feelings towards her. I walked over to her, "Shouldn't you be in bed by now?" She looked up and went back to finishing her bandaging. "It's you again, I will in a minute. What can I help you with? Am I your dessert?" She started putting her things away. The wind blew and I caught a certain scent, a smell I knew all too well. I smelled it on a lot of young women it was the scent of a virgin. Then I thought of Carmilla's last words "Tepes, I'm going to separate the humans and vampires." Knowing Carmilla as I do, she did that to end the war between the two races and to protect the vampires from their weaknesses but above all to protect the humans she loved the most.
And because of this love hundreds of years ago to keep the peace, the vampires and humans made a contract that they could not bring *new blood* into the world. Yes, of course humans and vampires have fornicated many times but nothing happened. No new blood was created so I smiled and thought 'She may not be able to produce new blood for me but I can make an example of her and inflict pain on Carmilla through this girl... And as she was the only scent I smelled she was alone, night had just fallen all I had to do was get this girl to fall for me and in the morning I would be gone and she would be a broken crying mess.
*Mage* -Female Magician
*Mana* - Supernatural force that dwells inside all vampires and rare humans that allows you to use magic
*New Blood* Vampire Offspring
Please enjoy Chapter 10
Credit to my Beta reader April Huang
