I slept all the way through the rest of the night, and the rest of day, till the next evening when I awoke in the dark room to only see 2 very blue eyes starting at me.

" Lestat. Is that you? "

" Yes"

He lit up a candle so I could see. Not sure why he wasn't turning on the light. I remembered what had happened last night. I couldn't believe I let him do this to me, I could believe even less that I might have enjoyed it. I really didn't want to admit that one to myself. A bit like my readers' feelings when they read my stories; I thought to myself.

Right now, I wanted to play nice, get dressed and go home. And if I were smart this time, I might never agree to see Lestat again. Although that is probably not too realistic of me to think so. But for sure, I'd never do this sex thing, or whatever it is we did, with him again.

The silence was awkward so I began to speak first.

" Could I please take a bath or shower before I go home?"

" No need, I already cleaned you, " He said with his little mischievous smile on his face.

I wanted to argue but he was scaring me a bit now. I just wanted to get out of here. Last night was absolutely crazy and I don't think I can even be with another man and experience good sex again after this but I'm not ready to die just yet.

" Okay..I'll just leave you be then. Wasn't planning on spending that much time "

" I know. Neither was I. But it happened." He said it just like that, like it's no big deal, it's done and over with bla bla bla. Maybe for him it's routine as usual but not for me.

He moved towards the bed now and sat beside me. I was naked under these covers, not that he hasn't seen every inches of me but still, I wasn't comfortable.

He put his face close to mine and grabbed my head in his hands. I was scared now. What was going on?

" Who are you? Last night, when I drank your blood, I saw myself in you. That has never happened to me before"

" I…I don't know what to tell you. You know who I am, we've been spending an incredible amount of time together."

" Did you ever notice how your last name is similar to mine? Lyons, Lioncourt?"

" I have but I didn't really pay much attention to that. Many people have the same last names and ours aren't even the same exactly"

"Have you ever done any research on your family's origin? "

" No, I haven't. But my dad has. He's given me a book but I never …"
He got up quickly and said.

" I must see that book. Get dress and let's go now. Here are some clean clothes..the dress well, it had some blood on it. " he said with a smile of satisfaction " I'll have to buy you a new one. Tell me, did you enjoy it as much as I did, or more ?"

" Cannot say, don't know what pleases you and how much it pleases you. But I can say that I enjoyed it too much. I will not do this again"

And I just got out of bed, naked, turned my back to him and went to the washroom to dress up.

What he looked like at that moment, I don't know. But I can imagine he had a smile on his face. Lestat would not have loved or appreciated something that would be so easy to get and I knew that much. We were very similar in many ways. I understood him so well, it was scary. Both caught up between the good and the bad inside us. I made a business out of understanding people, and relating a story from their point of view. Understanding him was all the more easy.

I fell coming out of the washroom. Lestat quickly took me in his arms and put me on the bed with a pillow under my feet.

" I'm so sorry, I should have thought about this. You must eat something. I drank a lot of your blood last night; more than I.." He stopped himself.

Well, I guess he wasn't intending on killing me after all, he just happened to not stop in time. What a relief; what a joke that I felt relieved.

He went to his kitchen and managed to find some booster drinks he had. I guess that was for his guess, morning after sorta thing. He also had iron pills, vitamin B12. Not sure why I was surprised. Did I really think I was the first one? What an idiot I can be sometimes.

I drank the booster drink and took the vitamins. We waited about 40 minutes and left for my place.

I didn't want to speak, had too much to think about, and he seemed to be comfortable that way too; so we didn't speak a word till we got there.

When I showed him the book, he recognized the Lioncourt armoury right away.

" This is the armoury of the Lioncourt Family " He said looking at me, studying me.

" Is it ?" I had no idea. I never looked into these things.

Lestat opened the book and spent the entire night studying it, and the entire day too, hiding in a dark room in my house, not sleeping. It was a very intensive family research that my dad had someone do for him. It dated as far back as 1400, which is pretty amazing.

By now, I had a feeling I knew what he was after, but somehow, I wanted to believe he was wrong. But at the same time, it would explain a lot about the emotions between us. Sometimes talking with him felt like looking into a mirror, the mirror of my soul. I always felt like an outcast with most people but with him, I felt right at home. I constantly had to remind myself that he was a vampire, a vicious and dangerous creature. Being with him was like seeing pass what meets the eyes, I was able to see him for the person that he was, the person he had been, not the vampire that was standing there.

Many times I wanted to detach myself from wanting to be with him but I just couldn't. And now, he was about to tell me how we are related by some distant cousin I guess..something like that. When he spoke next, I didn't expect to hear what he was about to tell me.

When Lestat came out of his hidey hole I was sitting by the fire with a glass of red wine in my hands, thinking. He pulled a chair and sat in front of me, looking at me for a little while. Finally, he took the glass of wine out of my hands and put it on the table. Then he grabbed both my hands in his and said

" I know why we both have these feelings when we are together, feeling of being right at home when we hardly know each other." So he felt it to. Well, I didn't know an old vampire like him could feel anything like that still. I was impressed.

" Let me guess, we are related somehow?"

" Somehow, yes. More than you would know. " That statement surprised me and I wasn't sure I wanted to know, but he was going to tell me no matter what I'd say, that much I am sure of.

" Many years ago, before I was made into a vampire, I had many affairs."

I laughed a little " Really, I'm shocked to hear you say that Lestat. Who would have thought."

" Anyways. One of the girls from the theatre I was particularly fond of. To make a long story short, we made love once, about 2 weeks before Magnus snatched me away from my life. Apparently, according to this book, she got pregnant. Not knowing what to do and remembering all the good things I told her about my mother, she must have gone to her for support. Her family would never give her any. Of course, my mother must have arranged something to help her out since she would have loved nothing more than to have a little child of mine now that I was gone. Why she never told me however, I have no idea. I definitely will have to speak with her to find out what happened really. The book only says that Eric was born of Armandine and beloved husband, Lestat. That son lived. He had 7 children who in return had children and so on so forth. Through the century and marriages, the last name eventually changed to Lyons, and" Lestat was now looking at me and I must have had this petrifying look on my face. I really never ever expected that before. " And then you came along. Unless you tell me that you have other brothers and sisters, you are the last descendant of my direct blood line."

I didn't know what to say. We starred at each other for a long time until I couldn't look at him anymore. This was incredible. I thought I came from a brother or cousin of his or something like that but a direct blood line ? Well I guess that explains a lot.

" How can anyone be sure that this child was yours?" was the first words out of my mouth.

" She wasn't the kind to sleep around. I was her first lover, that much I'm sure. She didn't even want to do this that night but, I can be persuasive." He said with a little smile, looking at me straight in the eyes as if to say …wouldn't you agree ha ha….

" if she went running to my mother claiming I was the father, I'm almost 100% convinced that I was."

" Still, you cannot be sure" I quickly replied.

" No still, no buts, I know this to be the truth." He was getting upset and I didn't want that. After the other night, I had no idea what else he could do but I know he could kill me in less time than it would take me to count to 10.

" Damn, I had sex with a great great great great …grand father.. that is insane"

He laughed " yes I suppose it is..but not as insane as what I'm thinking about right now."

" Ho, what did this devious mind of yours think about now..and it better not be what I'm thinking you're thinking." But it was…

" You don't understand. This is incredible news for me. Never in my wildest dream did I think this was even possible. I spent years, centuries, many life times wondering what kind of a father I would be. And when I look at you, I see perfection. Nobody could have made you more perfect. You are a true soul mate. Conflicted with a range of emotions and morals that only I can understand. "

" Okay please stop. This is enough. I am the last descendant okay fine. I admit that it makes sense that I'm your descendant and it's all nice and everything but I am not your child and the bloodline stops here because I'm not having any kids anytime soon."

"Well, that's where I come in."

" You cannot have children Lestat."

" No, but I can find the right mate for you."

" What, are you crazy? No way, over my dead body, I suck at relationship and I don't want any. What the hell are you thinking."

" Who said anything about a relationship, I only want a child or 2 or 3, nothing else. I don't want anyone being with you or raising the kids"

" You are insane Lestat. A vampire raising kids now well, I've seen it all." I was really mad at him now. " You and I, even if you were not a vampire, are not parental material. We will drive these kids crazy, they'll be fucked up for sure."

" What are you talking about, I couldn't think of a better mother than you "

" Lestat, please go home. I need to sleep and digest all this. Take the time to get this idea out of your system. There will be no children, I'm sorry"

He got up and walked to the door but before he left, he gave me a big hug and kiss and said " We'll see mon enfant"

I was so upset. I threw my glass of wine in the fire. I wanted to kill him really. I expected him to tell me we were related somehow but this, I didn't expect. Than man, the thing, whatever he was, was crazy. I'm not having children, not now, not ever, that is final. I drank some more so I could calm down and sleep, then I went to bed.