At first, Tempest could just see shadows for the first few seconds. She opened her eyes. Then her consciousness began to hear the humming sound of voices whispering. Slowly, the sounds became understandable as words. Tempest thought, I must have been struck pretty hard. I need water. As her eyes began to widen, and she took in the surroundings around her, Tempest could tell they were in some sort of underground sewer system. She had never heard of the underground tunnels being under the town. She wondered how elaborate they could possibly be. She could feel water nearby. They knew not to put it in her room. However, they really did not know much about her powers. As long as Tempest is hydrated or if water is near, she can use it. Tempest's eyes lit up, as she easily controlled the water without even the need to see it. She used it to cut open the lock on her door. Tempest opened it quietly and walked out of her confinement. The underground space consisted of several tunnels, Tempest h
Tempest realized quickly, Alucard was a man of his word. He wasted no time in pardoning the wolves the following morning. He also made her spend the whole day, helping them gather resources to build the group home. Alucard also watched as he carried out Tempest's punishment. Tempest did not realize she was kind of spoiled. She had not done this tough of manual labor ever and to top it all off. Alucard was a perfectionist. If any brick or wood panel was even the slightest out of place, he made her redo it. Tempest found it infuriating. So, by the time, Alucard finally let Tempest finish. Elena had to call three ladies in waiting, to carry Tempest up to the bath. While Alucard and Anton discussed future plans with each other. Tempest noticed even though Alucard came and got her, and he did not tell anyone, what she did. He seemed even more secretive than before about discussing politics in her presence. So, Tempest did her best to keep her mouth shut and work rather than make things pos
Tempest looked around. She did not want to just be sitting on her horse looking lost. So, when she noticed Cyan drinking by the fire, Tempest came and sat down next to her. Cyan handed her a glass. Tempest nodded, " Thank you, what is it?" Cyan giggled, " They call it the tears of Lilith. It is a moonshine made from where I am from. It smells terrible but has a sweet taste and will have you drunk as fuck." Tempest smiled shyly. She said, "I have never had moonshine before." Cyan sat up, " are you serious? Then only drink half the cup. It will help with the pain tonight and give you a little courage." She looked confused. She said, "Pain? So the ritual is painful? That is a bit concerning. Werewolves bond always seems like nothing but lovey dove words and rainbows." Tempest threw the whole mug down. She gasped," Oh that is gross! The sister was vague and talked about so many things. About vampires being pervs, how to be feminine, and everything else. Cyan, really I have no clue, what I
Tempest looked at Alucard. She looked confused, " What is this?" Alucard chuckled. He gestured at the glass. " This is a connection mirror. You are currently looking at the Elder Council of Vampires. These are vampires that have been around for a very long time. They make laws and regulate people like me and Anton. They are going to sanction and witness our spiritual merger. In the morning, we will have to follow up with them. Then I will be able to marry you without penalty." Alucard addressed the council. " You look well today. We are doing this merge on the road heading to the northern villages. So excuse us for the different setting. We cannot take the castle to go, unfortunately." One of the women from the council spoke, " Already? You are quite the ambitious one, Alucard. You are making some very wise choices. That's what we like to see. You are walking the path of your ancestors. They would be proud. This is a great choice since we passed the law. This is the type of partner we
Alucard searched the forest with a fine tooth comb. He was kicking himself mentally. He should not have left her side. If I had not left her alone. She is not even conscious to protect herself. Now she is in danger and I cannot track her. He was coming near a stream when he heard a whistle. He had a teleconnection pop into his head. It was Jacques, he said," Master. I have found her in a cave to the north. These vampires must be awfully hungry because I was able to catch up quickly. I will keep her from being bitten, but come quickly. Alucard gave off an animal call as he headed toward the connection of his sire. When Alucard picked up his pace and got closer to the battlefield, he felt anxious. He clinched his teeth as he urged his horse to ride faster. He just hoped she was safe. He reached a clearing. He could see Cyan and Sevant had arrived to assist Jacque. He glanced at the battlefield. There were several vampires and some rejected outside working as a team again: Jacque, Seva
The vampires smirked and ganged up on a lone Alucard. The latino vampire clapped and from a back room came a group of feral-looking rejected. He smirked, his black mustache moving with his lips. In a thick latin accent he said, " They are starving I am sure anything will do." They attacked with 3 rejected throwing vials of holy water and 7 attacked along with the head vampires. Alucard's eyes widened. He dipped back, his platinum hair catching the wind. He was dodging them effortlessly at first, weaving in and out while they were attacking. Alucard was fending them off when another rejected threw another vial of holy water. Alucard saw the vial out of the corner of his eye. He panicked, " Fuck I cannot dodge that one." He thought. He turned his cape to try to cover the impact, but he never felt it. He whipped around quickly to see, and saw the vial was still floating in the air. He heard shrieks that sounded like dying crickets. Alucard turned around 3 of the head vampires, had ice
When Alucard made it back to the camp. He did not address his soldiers, like he blamed them for her abduction. Amethyst could not help but to feel jealousy. As she watched, Alucard headed straight to the tent to lay Tempest back down, so she could rest. He has never been that gentle with any of us like that. When Alucard brought her in the tent. He lied Tempest back down on the bed. He was worried from biting her, if she was ok. He wasn't sure if he had taken too much blood. However, Alucard didn't want to give her anymore blood since she lost so much. There is a fine line in turning and creating a chavalier. He did not want to chance it by giving her more of his blood. Alucard looked down as Tempest tossed and turned. She had sweat pooling from her forehead. Alucard covered her in furs and put a cool rag on her forehead. He called Elena, " Please bring some more clean rags, please. She seems to be running a fever." Elena hurried in with a few more rags. " I can change them out sir.
Tempest could not believe it. The only boy who treated her with kindness. Was standing right in front of her. She had not seen anyone from her past in years. She was confused, "Kwame, why are you not with father and the pack?" Kwame reached out and grabbed Tempest's hands, "I never thought I would see you again. You grew up beautifully. The other werewolves behind me are from the pack too. Your father, when he left, took the strongest werewolves, leaving this city and many others along this trail virtually defenseless. In the end, our numbers dwindled. There are a few strong wolves who couldn't leave their families that hid during the raids, but other than that, we have a lot of half-wolf children, since your father always hated half-breeds, ironically. Then we have the elderly and women. That's all we have for defense. We have a lot of new babies now as well. So we have been getting hit the hardest by random rejected armies and these stray vampires finding need ways to attack us, so
Alucard could not believe his eyes. He was staring at a younger Tempest. All of a sudden, he felt a presence next him, It was a present day, Tempest. She said quietly, " This is before my eyes turned the blue, that is so coveted by others now." Alucard looked in amazement at her. This was an upper class skill to be able to show flashbacks like this through a bond link. He asked, "When did you?" Tempest finished his sentence while raising her right eyebrow, " Learn how to do this?" She began to follow the kids, taking Alucard's hand to guide him. She continued passing through the barren looking town. It was nothing like the place Alucard had seen. You could hear the cries of the people that were being hanged. The streets were dirty and poorly taken care of and at the top. The Castle stood in magnificent glory. How disgusting, Alucard thought with a disgusted look on his face as he looked at the condition of the town. No wonder. No resistance had grown in this land. Look how poorly they
Alucard and Tempest had been living among the people of Saint Francis for a little over a month. Tempest was getting the hang of not being weakened by creating small barriers, but anything larger than a building still managed to put stress on her body. This was the fourth time, Alucard had to watch her lie unconscious in their home. The more he saw her in this state, the more he was against her fighting. Despite that, as soon as she was up. She would be right back to training. He had lost her before. What if constantly practicing these barriers leaves her exposed for Calypso to take over her body? Alucard did not want to admit it, but they had not progressed far in their relationship since the night they kissed at the festival. He has not even gotten a chance to kiss her again since then either. Alucard was looking down at her with worry in his heart. He scoffed, Damn her, did she not care what happened to her? Why does she keep trying to learn? He thought. ALucard looked up when he s
When Anton, got to his room, he was already dreading this meeting with the council. It has been a month since Alucard went missing. However, Anton could tell Alucard was not dead. He sired him, and he would feel great loss. So Anton was aware that Alucard was finding a way not to make his presence known. What Anton could not figure out was why. Could it be the woman, he thought. Anton immediately dismissed the idea. He was pacing around the room. When he stopped in place and found himself saying aloud, " Well, she was the last person who he was with. Maybe he decided he needed that time with her." Anton remembered the young boy he raised into the man he was today. Anton sighed. it was so hard for them to be loyal to the council and keep the interests of Alucard in mind. The older he gets as a vampire. Anton never thought he would become attached enough to a human after everything humans had done to him. He never ceases to amaze me. I guess, I got to buy him some time. If he still hasn
When Tempest woke up, she was in a warm room. The wood-paneled walls looked welcoming, and she was covered in the softest of firs. She looked out the window and it was still late night. She thought, Did I fall asleep? A spiritual awakening is draining. Who would have thought? All of a sudden, the door opened and Alucard had walked in. His black button up was halfway unbuttoned, and he had wood chips on his clothes. He dusted his hands off, and he said, " Oh, you are awake? I was putting some wood on the fire and Rosa brought over some leftovers. I put in the chill box. It is some of her leftover chili. If you are hungry, I can go get it and heat it up for you." Tempest let out a sigh. She said, " You are exhausting. You just woke up. If anything, I should be asking you that. " ALucard chuckled and sat down on the corner of the bed. He said, " I know, I know. It just feels like I have slept for forever. I feel like there is so much to do. So much to improve to make this suitable for yo
Alucard was not expecting Tempest to allow a kiss, let alone be the aggressor in continuing it. He could taste the sweet white wine on her breath. When she pulled away, she stopped millimeters from his lips. She looked from his lips to his eyes and said, " Thank you for saving me, Alucard." Alucard smiled, stroking her face with his thumb. He said hoarsely, " I would do it again, to see you in this. When I got out of the carriage, I could have died ironically from getting choked up from seeing you in that dress. You almost made all your effort in saving me useless." Tempest could not help but to laugh. Alucard had such a strange sense of humor, but she understood it. She asked quietly, " With your sires dead, how will they find us." Alucard shook his head. He said, " My sires are not permanently dead. They escaped as soon as they thought they were killed. That type of injury will take a while to recover. So I do not care about it right now. This is the first night, I have got to spend
Alucard spent the rest of his day, trying to make their home presentable. All he could think about is how she chose to save him. Tempest would have been free from him. Everyone saw that he made that choice of his free will when he jumped off that cliff. Something in his heart at that moment. As Tempest lied in his arms, lifeless. Alucard mind quickly turned to the option of turning her to save her, but he could not do it. He wanted her to have a choice in being turned, he did not want to turn to the easiest way. At that moment, he heard a whisper, it told him, go to the water. Alucard's body moved without even thinking that day. He had made peace with dying if it meant saving Tempest. He had grown close to her quicker than he could realize. Her feisty attitude, her grace when she fights, and how now when she talks to him. She does so fearlessly, looking directly into his eyes. Just thinking about her, Alucard's heart yearned to see her. He went out into the forest and chopped some woo
It felt like Alucard had been walking aimlessly on this other plane for what felt like years. Trapped in the middle plane is strenuous to the spirit. Imagine walking along a desert without even the littlest dirt getting in your mouth. So, you could at least feel like you ate something and even though there is no sand. Your mouth feels as if you have been chewing sand for a millennium. Every time Dracula takes over, Alucard is sent here. In the hope to weaken Alucard's spirit. He has normally been able to come back, but this time, Alucard. Did not make it back before Dracula was forcibly controlled by Tempest. However, Alucard started to feel a small tingle of warmth. He hiked for what seemed like weeks till he felt closest to it. All of a sudden, he woke up in a warm log cabin. He sat up slowly and took in his surroundings. There was an old woman cooking by the stove. The cabin was warm, and he was lying on a makeshift pallet, with a blood iv bag connected to his body. The woman seem
The battle carried on, Alucard was badly damaged. However, he would not stop trying to attack Tempest and the villagers. Tempest was worried because her ice attacks were heavily effective on Alucard in his current form. So every time she attacked. She left massive damage to his body, the holy water making it to where he could not recover the wounds anymore0. Alucard breathed heavily. He said, " I am not ready to let go. Not yet. My wife. All humans must burn for what they did to her." Tempest looked across at him with sad eyes. She said, " This is no longer your time. Do not make me hurt my husband anymore, your kin. That is not your body. Please go back to rest. Please do not take my partner too. " Alucard struggled against the blood's urge to eradicate everything around him. He started to fall to his knees, shaking his head. Almost as it he was going to have a meltdown. She could hear Alucard for a moment. He said, " I can control it. I am trying to hold back. Hurry and put the seal
Cyan leaped from tree to tree in search of Tempest. She could smell her familiar scent the closer she got. When she noticed a trailer transporting a woman. It was Kwame riding with Tempest. Cyan landed in front of him and snarled. She was aware he betrayed them. However, she quickly calmed down when Kwame put his hands up. He instead pleaded with Cyan, " Can you take her to Alucard? She is very weak. I can not let her die." Cyan looked from Kwame to a weakened Tempest. Cyan picked Tempest up from the trailer. There was anger in her eyes when she looked up from Tempest at Kwame. Cyan let out a slow breath, calming herself down. She then jumped up with Tempest in her arms. Cyan leaped from tree to tree quickly, with Tempest on her back. She tried to be gentle, but she needed to move quickly. Cyan was worried about Tempest's unresponsive body. It can not be good that she could still rest through what Cyan was doing now. Cyan had hoped she could make it in time, but even still, how was s