Dark Heart.
Chapter Forty Nine.
While Sam healed and the pack were off hunting down Quinn, Lord Castiel had a surprise visitor… his brother Lord Azriel. He and his fledgling had been travelling and had missed all the events of the last few months. When Lord Azriel had heard whispers of what had happened upon his return, he decided to go to see his brother to hear the truth of what had gone on in his absence.
Castiel and Azriel had always been close, closer even than Gabriel and Balthazar were to Castiel. So when Lord Castiel heard the very familiar voice of his brother call out "Now that's a pretty fledgling" as he and Lord Dean walked from the stable to the castle, he turned around quickly a huge grin on his face as he replied "Prettier than yours".
Lord Azriel chuckled as he moved to hug his little brother.
"Az when did you get back ?" asked Castiel as they embraced.
"Only yesterday Cassy and already I hear some very interesting things" grinned Lord Azriel.
Castiel puts on a fake pout "So you came for gossip… not to see me".
Azriel feigns a frown "Gossip is far more interesting than you".
Before either vampire can start laughing as they usually would both hear a low growl and turn to the source. Lord Dean stands glaring at Lord Azriel, fists clenched tightly at his sides.
"Dean, My Love… Az is joking. We tease each other all the time" says Castiel quickly as he moves to wrap his arms around his mate.
"He'll get used to it Castiel" says a fourth vampire as he puts an arm around Lord Azriel with a grin.
Castiel turns his head and smiles "Hello Dain, how are you little brother ?".
"Glad to be home… Az may like to roam but it's not my thing big brother" replied Lord Dain with a grin.
"When did you loose your manners Cassy ?" asks Azriel with a grin of his own.
"Brothers this is Dean… My mate, the love of my life. Dean meet Azriel and Dain" replies Castiel.
"So this is the ex human all the fuss is over ?" asked Lord Azriel playfully.
'They say you have talent little one' thinks Dain directly at Dean.
'Do they ?' Dean thinks back.
Lord Dain grins and gives a nod "Your fledgling is strong brother".
Lord Castiel grins "Dean is many things Dain".
"Yes we can see that" grins Lord Azriel as he looks Dean up and down.
Dean frowns but before he can say anything Lord Dain is smacking Lord Azriel in the back of the head with a low growl of "Stop that before you offend our brothers Az".
"Thank you Dain" says Lord Castiel with a frown at Azriel.
"Well now Cassy… you do have it bad, don't you ?" grins Az.
"Like you don't ?" replies Castiel.
"True… I apologise brother" said Azriel with a dip of his head.
Dean is still frowning as Castiel says "Come, lets go inside and you can tell us all about your adventures".
Dain removes his arm from around Azriel as the older vampire moves to wrap an arm around Castiel, who has let go of Dean.
"Not til you've filled me in on all the gossip Cassy" grins Az as the elders start toward the castle.
'Forgive my sire Dean… he and yours have always been very close' thinks Dain when he see's the look on the others face.
'How close ?' thinks Dean with a slight growl.
Lord Dain chuckles 'Not THAT close… I wouldn't allow it' he thinks back.
Dean nods and starts to follow the older vampires inside, Dain falling into step beside him.
Lords Azriel and Dain spent most of the next week with Lords Castiel and Dean and the fledglings soon became good friends. If any other vampire had befriended his lover Lord Castiel would not have been very comfortable with it but he knew that Dain had eyes for Azriel only so it did not bother him at all when they went riding together or went into the village to drink or shop. He trusted Dain, knew the young vampire was completely besotted with his own mate and simply wished a friend his own age.
Dain even helped Dean break Destiel in.
"Trust me… put something that smells like wolves in the stable and after awhile she'll get used to the smell, even begin to associate it with safety" grinned Dain.
"Yeah ? How do you know so much about horses Dain ?" asked Dean as they walked to the stable.
"When I was human, my father owned the largest horse stud this side of the Danath range, I grew up with them" grinned Dain.
Lord Dean smiles at his new friend warmly "Great you can teach me then, we only had one horse and I never really had much to do with him… Sam helped our father with him more than I did".
"Be glad too, Castiel got you a beautiful horse Dean… she just needs a little work" replied Dain.
Besides horses Dain was also teaching Dean exactly what a vampire of his strength and talent could do. So it was Dain who first realised Dean had gotten Castiel's telekinetic abilities, only stronger.
"So have you tried moving things with a thought ?" asked Lord Dain.
"No… what makes you think I could ?" replied Dean.
"Castiel… has some telekinetic talent, sire's often pass their ability onto their fledglings, especially with a first turning" said Dain.
"I didn't know that… should I try it ?" replied Lord Dean.
"May as well" said Dain with a smile as they entered the stable "Try moving that barrel" he added as he pointed to the water barrel.
Dean looked at the barrel, took a deep breath and concentrated his thoughts on lifting it… within moments it rose off the floor.
"Now move it closer to Destiel's stall" said Dain softly not wanting break his friends concentration.
Dean willed the barrel to move and it slowly floated over to where he wanted it and with a thought he set it back on the floor.
Lord Dean turns to Lord Dain with a grin.
"Well done… I thought you'd be strong enough to do it" grinned Dain.
"That's just awesome… can't wait to show Sammy that" replied Dean happily.
"He's turning too isn't he ?" asked Dain.
"Yeah once he's healed and Lucien's back to over see the bonding safely" replied Dean.
Dain nodded and chuckled "Lucien should start charging for it".
Dean laughed and smiled at his friend "So what gifts did you get from Azriel ?" he asked.
"Oh Az is an amazing telepath and he can move faster than most of his brothers. He's an exceptional fighter too so I got all of that" grins Dain as he places the blanket covered in wolf scent near Destiel's stall.
"You'll have to teach me some moves then" said Dean.
"Sure, I'll make a fighter out of you yet little brother" grinned Dain.
Lord Dean rolls his eyes and says "Bite me Dain" with a grin of his own.
"Uh fuck no… Castiel would have my head" grinned Dain.
The two vampires laugh together and start grooming Dean's horse.
*All reviews welcome. There will be a few vampire only chapters before we get back to the wolves so bare with me… Az and Dain have a large part to play in the oncoming events and needed to be introduced here. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and as a visual reference Lord Azriel is played by Dani Filth (lead singer of Cradle of Filth) and Lord Dain is played by Aidan Turner (Mitchell from the UK version of Being Human). *
