Soon the castle loomed into view. Her heart skipped a beat. She knew they would sense her fear and that was okay. The lone daughter of a baron should not be too fulhearty. The vampire she was riding with kept sending chills up her spine. He slowly sniffed her occationally taking in the bloody scent on her. The thought that they could kill her and claim everyone had been killed by lycans crossed her mind but she desperately tried to repeat the plan in her head. Get to Viktor, seduce him, weaken him, then get out. As they walked through the castle she heard lycans somewhere in prison, probably going to be tortured for information- that was the only reason they survived an encounter with the vampires.
As the one vampire opened the large doors to the main court room she saw him. He sat at a throne on the far side of the room. Everything moved slowly...was omnicient. He was everything her father had described. Evil seemed to loom around him. She could hear her own breath echo in the halls, being the only person that was breathing in the room. All eyes were on her. The council of vampires all kept their gaze. "The barroness my lord," the one guard said introducing her.
"Craven, I need to speak with her father," he says matter of factly.
"My lord, her family and all their party members are dead. Killed by lycans. She is the only survivor and heiress to her land," he says.
Viktor nods his head. He stands, flipping out his cloak and descended towards him. He was striking. Each of his features were sharp and edgey. She could nearly smell the dark essence that seemed to loam as a cloud around him. "My dear," he says taking her hand. His kisses it gently. She could only think of how cold his lips were and knew she could not stop her heart or him from noticing that her heart had begun to beat faster,"I am terribly sorry for the loss of your family."
"Thank you my lord," she replies cursying. She looks into Viktor's deep eyes. They were intense and for the moment she felt like he was trying to rip her soul from her. With all the concentration she could muster she inhaled then exhaled in a normal fashion.
"We will give you sanctuary for the night and in the morning you can safely make passage back to your land," he says.
"Thank you again my lord, our people and resources are at your disposal in return for protection against those horrible monsters," she says convincingly.
Viktor nods at her then nods to the room and everyone begins to move out. "Baroness, my servant," he says gesturing to a woman vampire coming forward,"will show you to your room. Everything you will need to freshen up, including change of clothes shall be delivered to you."
"You are too kind," Amelia says flashing him her best smile. He gives her the most blood chilling smirk but Amelia maintains her composure and leaves with the woman.