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This chapter introduces us to our new character! I hope you all like him!
Again, this chapter HAS NOT been Beta Read, grammar errors are due to communications breakdowns between me and my Beta Reader today. Forgive me.
Thirteen - Under New Management
When I reached the throne room, I entered expecting to see Galina, sitting in the throne. Instead, I saw Dimitri, and he was talking to a well tanned dhampir I didn't know. When I reached them, I set the two Moroi corpses on the floor, by which I mean I threw them. I then turned to Dimitri, "Where is Galina, did she finally head to the sub-levels?" "No.", Dimitri looked amused and satisfied, "She was killed during the fight. And by killed, I mean this guy here staked her for me.", he motioned toward the dhampir, who had his eyes shut. I looked him over and noticed he was thinner than most dhampirs, this guy didn't look like he ate much. I knew this was the guy who had turned on his allies in the battle. I decided to speak to him, "You are really thin for a dhampir, what do you eat." He opened his eyelids to reveal eyes that weren't just ringed in red, they were like rubys. He also spoke in an accent I couldn't identify, "Non-Royals and humans, mostly. Sometimes I take the corpses of fallen guardians." He had a sadisitic smile on his face, and I asked him, "Okay. What in the hell are you?" "Dhampir.", he replied in a low, mysterious voice. "You drink the blood of others, you are no dhampir.", I replied. He smiled, "Oh, I am a dhampir, but I carry no Moroi blood. I carry the blood of your kind." I stared in shock, how could this have happened? "How were you made, I mean I don't understand how that could happen." His smile somehow grew even larger, "When I was awakened, the idiot who did it failed to drain all of my blood, I when I was given his Strigoi blood, it burned away the Moroi blood in my body, but left the human blood intact. I kept my resistance to sunlight, but gained the increased strength and speed, as well as the fangs. And I don't just drink the blood of victims." I was shocked, this guy was a half Strigoi half human dhampir, not only that, but he was canabilistic!. "It isn't as disgusting as you would think. I actually enjoy the taste. I've also learned that I can eat normal food. Plus, eating the flesh of others gives me more of their strength than just drinking the blood." I had no idea what to say, this guy was superior to me and Dimitri in many ways, but as I soon learned, we could do things he couldn't. "I can barely use compulsion at all, and I don't have the sort of endurance you do, so I can't run for very long. I also have no access to the black magic you can use." "Well, what should we do with him Dimitri?" Dimitri had been quiet thusfar, and was thinking of something, probably a plan of sorts. "Well, he knows how to make others like him, why don't we make ourselves some spies and assassins, we could use some insight into the royal court, that way we will have an advantage for an attack." I thought about this, and decided that it was the best plan. "Well, we have lost our queen Rose, why don't you take her place, and give our new friend here your old place?" I was shocked yet again, I had no intention of giving up my posistion as field commander for our troops. "I would be glad to take Galina's posistion, but perhaps he should take a different posistion, maybe we can make one for him? Such as commander of the new Royal Guard?" He smiled at those words, and I was guessing he hadn't expected a posistion as commander of anything. "It would be my honor to serve and protect you, my new Queen, and may I say that your taste in fighting style. Is excellent." He nodded to Mest', which was on my back. I smiled, "Well, perhaps we should have a ceremony for this. By the way, what is your name?" He smiled, "Sarojev Sivrisko, you can call me Saro for short." "Very interesting name, although I must ask, where are you from?" "Belgrade, in Serbia. Although I have no clue where my parents are from. My mother died when I was young, and I never knew my father.", he spoke in an unregretful tone, it was cold and he obviously didn't care for his family. "Well, I believe an appointment is in order.", I spoke in a slow tone as I unsheathed Mest' and Saro lowered himself to one knee. I tapped his head, then each shoulder and spoke, "Sarojev Sivrisko, I now appoint you to the newly created posistion as Commandant of the Strigoi Royal Guard, with all the responsibilties that go with it. you may use the title of Commandant in service, if you wish." He stood, and reached out with one hand, I took it with my gloved hand and shook it, "I am looking forward to serving under you, my queen, and may I say I am anticipating the day when we finally crush the foolish Moroi royalty." I smiled, I knew he would be loyal till the day he died, and I hoped that, for his sake, he was as effective in combat as everyone else here was.