Chapter 3
Deep underground laid a whole other part of the city. A part that was dark and creepy. Many of the vampires hadn't seen this part for years since the war. The dungeon laid here and is where the VHA were keeping Maris. In a cell that she couldn't get out of. She was very weak from losing blood and energy. She sat in a corner, trying to contact Kain mentally, though it seemed she was being blocked. She saw a rat was in the cell with her and she was very hungry. She grabbed the rat by the tail and eyed it over as it tried to get loose and bite her. She smiled at it and grabbed it by its neck with her other hand. She bit into its mid section. The rat screeched as her fangs went in and she began to drain it, blood dripping from the rat and her lips. Maris then threw the dead rat over in a different corner as she licked the rest of the blood from her lips. She then began to sense another vampire nearby. She went over to the wall that was near the other cell. She couldn't see who was in there since there were only walls. But she had a feeling of who it was.
"Jakob?" she said aloud. The vampire in the other cell heard her and sensed her too.
"Lady Maris, is that you?" he asked.
"Yes. I'm glad to see you are alive. Kain and the others thought you were dead," she told him as she sat down on the ground that was near the wall of Jakob's cell.
"If Kain knew I was here, I highly doubt he would come to save me," Jakob told her.
"That's not true. You are one of his warriors. I'm sure he would have sent someone here to free you," she told him.
"Lady Maris, I don't mean to be rude, but Kain doesn't care for us. All he cares about is himself and that sword," he told her. Maris stayed calm at what he said.
"That's not true. He cares for his troops, and that includes us," she pointed out.
"Of course he'll care for you. He made you to be his queen, his lover. That's all. Or did you not know that," he said to her. "I'm sure he's on his way here to free you. As you are one of his prized possessions, just like that sword," he added. Maris didn't like what she was hearing and thoughts began to run through her mind. Images of Kain in battle, trying to take on all his enemies, not wanting help. She decided to change the subject.
"Jakob, have you ever heard of a half human-half vampire?" she asked.
"Yes. Though there were stories of one. No one has ever met him," he told her.
"Could you tell me this story?" she asked curious.
"Well, the story began about 250 years ago. All of Nosgoth were talking about it, even us vampires," he began. "There was this female human who had a one night stand with a vampire. She got pregnant with his child, though the vampire had disappeared and so she had to raise her baby on her own. She had a son who was born as normal human, though it seemed. The child began to have a bloodlust and powers at age five. One of her neighbors had seen the child kill their cat and drink its blood. The whole town went crazy and a mob came to the mothers' house. They demanded that her son die. She told them that she would do it. That she was the one who brought him into this world and that she would be the one to take him out. The towns' people agreed. But she didn't kill him. Instead she gave him to the vampires. She went out late one night when everyone else was asleep. She took him underground and found a small group of vampires. She told them what all had happened and they agreed to take him in, though they didn't like the fact that he was half human and that a vampire had slept with a mortal. Once the child was seventeen, he ran away and was never seen again," Jakob told her.
'Till now,' Maris thought knowing that Andes was the child in that story.
"Did this child have a name?" she asked him.
"I've never learned his name. And no one knew who his vampire father was," he told her.
"What happened to his mother?" she asked.
"They say she killed herself a couple days after giving him up," he informed her. "Why are you asking about this Lady Maris?"
"Just curious Jackob. Just curious," she told him.
Deep underground laid a whole other part of the city. A part that was dark and creepy. Many of the vampires hadn't seen this part for years since the war. The dungeon laid here and is where the VHA were keeping Maris. In a cell that she couldn't get out of. She was very weak from losing blood and energy. She sat in a corner, trying to contact Kain mentally, though it seemed she was being blocked. She saw a rat was in the cell with her and she was very hungry. She grabbed the rat by the tail and eyed it over as it tried to get loose and bite her. She smiled at it and grabbed it by its neck with her other hand. She bit into its mid section. The rat screeched as her fangs went in and she began to drain it, blood dripping from the rat and her lips. Maris then threw the dead rat over in a different corner as she licked the rest of the blood from her lips. She then began to sense another vampire nearby. She went over to the wall that was near the other cell. She couldn't see who was in there since there were only walls. But she had a feeling of who it was.
"Jakob?" she said aloud. The vampire in the other cell heard her and sensed her too.
"Lady Maris, is that you?" he asked.
"Yes. I'm glad to see you are alive. Kain and the others thought you were dead," she told him as she sat down on the ground that was near the wall of Jakob's cell.
"If Kain knew I was here, I highly doubt he would come to save me," Jakob told her.
"That's not true. You are one of his warriors. I'm sure he would have sent someone here to free you," she told him.
"Lady Maris, I don't mean to be rude, but Kain doesn't care for us. All he cares about is himself and that sword," he told her. Maris stayed calm at what he said.
"That's not true. He cares for his troops, and that includes us," she pointed out.
"Of course he'll care for you. He made you to be his queen, his lover. That's all. Or did you not know that," he said to her. "I'm sure he's on his way here to free you. As you are one of his prized possessions, just like that sword," he added. Maris didn't like what she was hearing and thoughts began to run through her mind. Images of Kain in battle, trying to take on all his enemies, not wanting help. She decided to change the subject.
"Jakob, have you ever heard of a half human-half vampire?" she asked.
"Yes. Though there were stories of one. No one has ever met him," he told her.
"Could you tell me this story?" she asked curious.
"Well, the story began about 250 years ago. All of Nosgoth were talking about it, even us vampires," he began. "There was this female human who had a one night stand with a vampire. She got pregnant with his child, though the vampire had disappeared and so she had to raise her baby on her own. She had a son who was born as normal human, though it seemed. The child began to have a bloodlust and powers at age five. One of her neighbors had seen the child kill their cat and drink its blood. The whole town went crazy and a mob came to the mothers' house. They demanded that her son die. She told them that she would do it. That she was the one who brought him into this world and that she would be the one to take him out. The towns' people agreed. But she didn't kill him. Instead she gave him to the vampires. She went out late one night when everyone else was asleep. She took him underground and found a small group of vampires. She told them what all had happened and they agreed to take him in, though they didn't like the fact that he was half human and that a vampire had slept with a mortal. Once the child was seventeen, he ran away and was never seen again," Jakob told her.
'Till now,' Maris thought knowing that Andes was the child in that story.
"Did this child have a name?" she asked him.
"I've never learned his name. And no one knew who his vampire father was," he told her.
"What happened to his mother?" she asked.
"They say she killed herself a couple days after giving him up," he informed her. "Why are you asking about this Lady Maris?"
"Just curious Jackob. Just curious," she told him.