Howdy again! I dearly hope you've all enjoyed this story thoroughly, as
this may be the last chapter, unless R_V feels like adding something after
it. ^_^
I stretched and yawned in my bed. My memory was foggy. What had happened last night? I remembered...seeing something distressing on the news, and being overcome with human emotions. Hmm. Did I feel anything now? I checked deep in my mind. No, I felt...nothing. I was a little hungry, but otherwise quite without feeling. I needed blood. Father would have to teach me to hunt tonight. Father. Lord Kain was my Father.
I smiled, suddenly remembering everything, and rushed to my mirror. A young vampiress looked back at me. She was stunning, with golden eyes, jet black hair, and skin paler than the moon. The human girl I once was had not been particularly pretty. The vampire Lieutenant I was now superceded that stupid child in every way. I looked down at my hands, and frowned. I had not yet evolved the powerful talons of my Master and his sons, but...
I made my hand into a shape like a cat's claws, and scratched the mirror. My nails cut right through the glass. Hard as diamonds, and sharp as razors! How had I ever gotten along before? That weak, mewling, pathetic human in the photographs with her equally pathetic human parents...how was it possible that that pitiful excuse for a being had ever been me? It was insulting! And that stupid human name! Mona? Please, how could Lord Kain's daughter have such a title as that?! I needed a powerful name! Something to strike fear into those moronic cows, humans! Those filthy vermin. We needed to subdue them, that's what. Keep them in cages, maybe! Yes! As livestock! Oh, how glorious it would be!
I smiled at myself, admiring the brilliant white fangs that had now fully replaced my canine teeth. I thanked the Dark Gods that I didn't have the black lips of the other Lieutenants. It was quite ugly, really. Mine were red, like fresh blood.
Hmm. How was the rest of the household?
***
Kain and the Clan Leaders were congregated in the basement. Rahab was reading (A/N- Gee, aren't we shocked?), Kain was sharpening the Soul Reaver, and Turel and Melchiah were playing a blood-and-guts video game while the others watched. Jennifer was sleeping upstairs. Her excuse was that she didn't feel very well because of something that had happened the night before. None of them had seen Mona. They figured she was still locked up in her room. Well, all except Kain, of course, but he wasn't talking.
"Good morning, gentlemen," an unfamiliar voice said. All but Kain turned to see a stunning vampiress standing in the doorway, wearing a long black nightgown. The Lieutenants stared, wondering who she was. Kain looked up and glared at his minions.
"When one of Lord Kain's Lieutenants addresses you," he snarled at them, "you respond."
"Sh-she is a Lieutenant, Milord?!" Melchiah cried.
"Turned last night," Kain answered. "And I believe she will serve her purpose quite well." The vampiress smiled at him.
"Thank you, Father," she said. Rahab continued to stare at her. She looked so familiar... His eyes grew wide.
"Mona?" he asked. The new Lieutenant bared her fangs and hissed.
"I am no longer that human fool you knew," she said dangerously. "You will NOT forget that!" The rest of the Lieutenants began to stare again. This was Jennifer's cousin? The same young girl they had met so many months before? The vampiress standing before them was paler, and had jet black hair, fangs, golden eyes, and a lusty voice, but it was indeed her.
"That will do," Kain warned. Mona bowed her head.
"Yes, Father. Forgive me my outburst."
"You are perfectly forgiven, my dear," the vampire lord replied, smiling (*gasp!*). Then he looked over at his sons. "Turel! Get ready to perform your transportation spell! I must take my daughter to start her Clan."
I stretched and yawned in my bed. My memory was foggy. What had happened last night? I remembered...seeing something distressing on the news, and being overcome with human emotions. Hmm. Did I feel anything now? I checked deep in my mind. No, I felt...nothing. I was a little hungry, but otherwise quite without feeling. I needed blood. Father would have to teach me to hunt tonight. Father. Lord Kain was my Father.
I smiled, suddenly remembering everything, and rushed to my mirror. A young vampiress looked back at me. She was stunning, with golden eyes, jet black hair, and skin paler than the moon. The human girl I once was had not been particularly pretty. The vampire Lieutenant I was now superceded that stupid child in every way. I looked down at my hands, and frowned. I had not yet evolved the powerful talons of my Master and his sons, but...
I made my hand into a shape like a cat's claws, and scratched the mirror. My nails cut right through the glass. Hard as diamonds, and sharp as razors! How had I ever gotten along before? That weak, mewling, pathetic human in the photographs with her equally pathetic human parents...how was it possible that that pitiful excuse for a being had ever been me? It was insulting! And that stupid human name! Mona? Please, how could Lord Kain's daughter have such a title as that?! I needed a powerful name! Something to strike fear into those moronic cows, humans! Those filthy vermin. We needed to subdue them, that's what. Keep them in cages, maybe! Yes! As livestock! Oh, how glorious it would be!
I smiled at myself, admiring the brilliant white fangs that had now fully replaced my canine teeth. I thanked the Dark Gods that I didn't have the black lips of the other Lieutenants. It was quite ugly, really. Mine were red, like fresh blood.
Hmm. How was the rest of the household?
***
Kain and the Clan Leaders were congregated in the basement. Rahab was reading (A/N- Gee, aren't we shocked?), Kain was sharpening the Soul Reaver, and Turel and Melchiah were playing a blood-and-guts video game while the others watched. Jennifer was sleeping upstairs. Her excuse was that she didn't feel very well because of something that had happened the night before. None of them had seen Mona. They figured she was still locked up in her room. Well, all except Kain, of course, but he wasn't talking.
"Good morning, gentlemen," an unfamiliar voice said. All but Kain turned to see a stunning vampiress standing in the doorway, wearing a long black nightgown. The Lieutenants stared, wondering who she was. Kain looked up and glared at his minions.
"When one of Lord Kain's Lieutenants addresses you," he snarled at them, "you respond."
"Sh-she is a Lieutenant, Milord?!" Melchiah cried.
"Turned last night," Kain answered. "And I believe she will serve her purpose quite well." The vampiress smiled at him.
"Thank you, Father," she said. Rahab continued to stare at her. She looked so familiar... His eyes grew wide.
"Mona?" he asked. The new Lieutenant bared her fangs and hissed.
"I am no longer that human fool you knew," she said dangerously. "You will NOT forget that!" The rest of the Lieutenants began to stare again. This was Jennifer's cousin? The same young girl they had met so many months before? The vampiress standing before them was paler, and had jet black hair, fangs, golden eyes, and a lusty voice, but it was indeed her.
"That will do," Kain warned. Mona bowed her head.
"Yes, Father. Forgive me my outburst."
"You are perfectly forgiven, my dear," the vampire lord replied, smiling (*gasp!*). Then he looked over at his sons. "Turel! Get ready to perform your transportation spell! I must take my daughter to start her Clan."