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Ch 11 Initiation dinner

Lestat watched Fred eat the real food that she was used to mixed with the blood from the goblet Neill had offered her after she had asked for it. It usually took weeks to persuade the new vampires to drink the blood but Fred looked as if she was enjoying it. Lestat knew she was special that first day in the castle when she had killed that man for him. He didn't regret taking her instead of his intended victim.

She smiled at him and he smiled gently back, he really believed this girl loved him more than anyone he had changed before. Most of them betrayed him, Neill was the only one that stuck around and he was becoming less involved with Lestat. Fred looked like the kind of person that would stick around for a long time, much to the joy of Lestat who had never liked being alone. He finally had what he wanted.

Lestat just sat there watching in fascination at the woman he loved. He was enthralled by her, for some reason he felt like she was the one he had been looking for for so long and he was both relieved and a little frightened that this was the person he had put so much effort into finding. He was going to have fun training her he knew it. He couldn't wait to get started, there was a lot for her to learn and he wanted to teach her everything right then so they could wander together and do everything he had ever dreamed of doing with his wife.

Fred was also fascinated with where she was. At first she had been afraid but now it was cast aside by the urge to understand more about Lestat and what she had become. There was still something inside her that told her that she missed her old life, her friends. But they had betrayed her, at lease Bob had. She didn't need them anymore. She had Lestat and he would look after her for the rest of her life. Life. She was unsure whether she should call it that. She wasn't really living after all. She knew everything would work out all right in the end.

Lestat was still staring at her and although she didn't feel frightened around him she did feel slightly uncomfortable under his gaze. It was as if her were looking inside her and trying to figure out what she was thinking.

"I have so much that I wish to teach you." He finally said, breaking the silence.

Fred looked at him suddenly hypnotised by his soft but firm voice. It didn't make any sense to her but at the same time she understood everything. It was so confusing. She didn't know what to think but was almost certain that she would be alright with Lestat. He seemed sure that she would do what he wanted her to do and she would of course comply with what he said. After all he had rescued her from her life and she was pleased about this more than he knew. No more working as a slave. No more having to sneak off hoping to be alone for five minutes.

"Like what?"

"Oh there are so many things that I have to show you. There is so much that you have to see."

"I want to see them as soon as I can."

"You must be patient. You will get to see everything in time." He smiled at her. "Are you ready for your first lesson?"

Fred nodded. Lestat called to Neill who came out of the kitchen dragging a young girl behind him. Fred looked up at Lestat in shock. She had some idea of what he wanted her to do but she didn't know whether she could do it. It was one thing to drink blood from a cup but to drink it out of what was once a living, breathing human being.

"I was going to save this until later but I think you are ready and willing now." He nodded. She only looked at him in return.

Neill placed the girl on the floor next to Fred who realised she was still breathing, she wasn't even dead. Lestat wanted her to kill an innocent young girl. She got off the chair and bent down next to the young woman. She looked uncertainly up at Lestat who joined her on the floor.

"She is already dead, there is no way she could recover from this. You should put her out of her misery. Go ahead, you wanted to be one of us, think of this as your initiation as well as your first lesson."

Fred looked at the girl once more and bent down to her neck, she wanted to do it so much but she was frightened. She decided that Lestat was right, the girl was probably suffering and she would be doing her a favour. Fred took a bite of her neck and drank her blood. It tasted so good and she kept going until Lestat forced her to come away.

"Not too much." He looked at her but he was not angry, his face looked proud. Fred was pleased that she had managed to please Lestat and quickly kissed him transferring some of the blood left on her lips to his mouth. Lestat seemed very pleased with the evening's events. Neill however, was not. He didn't like seeing people getting so close to his master as usually people hurt him rather than helped him.

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Bob was sat silently at the table when a maid brought the food in. She stared down at the plate at the food that had been placed in front of her. She couldn't believe she was still upset about being here, she had great food and a roof over her head but she still felt so guilty about what she had done to her friends.

This was not what she had been expecting when Edward had promised her a carefree life. She didn't even like him and he seemed to stay well away from her whenever possible. He didn't seem pleased to have her there and always looked put out when he had to be with her. She had often seen him dragging some maid or woman he had found in the village up to his private room and she wouldn't be surprised if he had promised them marriage as well.

There was nothing she could do about her situation anyway, they had made a vow and she couldn't break it. She only wished she could take back her promise and leave Edward and all his habits behind. She had made a big mistake and regretted what she had promised.

She would have to live like this as long as she lived. Or he lived.