Chapter Two
The servants set down plates of food in each set place. Alexandria smiled down at her food, "I adore scones and blood sausage."
"I'm glad you like it, milady," the servant girl said. The servant girl, Samantha, set down four glasses of blood for each member.
"Samantha, would you be a dear and go fetch the boys? They should be awake already. Plus they have to go to school in a half hour," Alexandria spoke after a sip of blood.
"Yes, m'lady," Samantha curtseyed respectfully and then left the room.
"Have you heard the news of the livestock being killed on farms around the village?"
"Yes, there were reports of whole herds disappearing," Draven said after he took a bite of his breakfast.
"There are rumors going around that it is wolves."
"I was thinking about telling the boys after school," he said, referring to the previous night's conversation.
"Well, when did you plan on telling them?"
"This morning."
"Oh, wait till after school, dear," Alexandria said just as the boys walked in. Draven nodded and then smiled at Damion and Jasper.
"Eat quickly and then head off to school; you don't want to be late."
"I do," Jasper muttered, gulping his drink and not touching his food. Damion rolled his eyes but said nothing. Once both the twins had finished their food, they grabbed their backpacks.
"Boys, there is something I need to tell you after school today," their father called as they walked out the door.
The school day seemed to fly by and it was soon time for students to make their way home. It usually didn't take them very long to get home, even though they lived a fair distance away.
Once Damion and Jasper had gotten home, they tossed their backpacks in their room and sought out their father. They found him in the study by the fireplace reading.
"Father, you said you wanted to tell us something after school?" Damion asked hesitantly as they approached.
"Yes, come here and have a seat." They sat down on the floor and looked up into Draven's piercing eyes.
"I know you know that you are princes and that you are vampires; but you area also something else; something rare; something different; something dangerous."
Both boys waited patiently for him to continue.
"You know Light and Darkness, correct?" When his sons nodded, he continued. "Imagine those two things as actually beings. Gods, if you will. They take the form of a physical being. A person. Twins." He hinted. It took a moment for the information to set in, but then their eyes got wide.
"Are you saying that we are….?" Jasper trailed off.
Draven nodded, "Yes. Damion, you are Light. Jasper, you are Darkness."