"Are you excited?" Victor asked his son as they stood ready for his acceptance.
"Should I be father?" Ray asked "This is not my choice, its only because I am your son that I'm forced into it?"Victor laughed and slapped his shoulders "You are to become the prince of darkness son, I'm still the king! Your duties are to live as freely as you dare, find yourself a woman, maybe two, maybe more, you can have as many as you want""I'm not interested in a harem of females father, I merely want one""The soulmate type hey? There are loads of draculina out there who has eyes for you, even before you where to be the prince""I have noticed them""And? Have you found a suitable one?""No, they all, how do I say this..." Ray said and looked at Victor "Maybe too pale?""Pale!? Son all vampire women are pale, we have no life in us after all""I have not said they're not beautiful father, they are by all means breathtaking, but I don't want to make my choice now, I feel the right one is only the next town away"Victor smiled and walked to the curtains "Very well my son, come, let me show you to our kingdom"Ray walked out with him to the moonlit sky, roars of cheer came when Victor rose his hands, then lowered one to place it on Ray's shoulder "Presenting! My son! Ray Vladimir, the prince of vampires!""That was boring..." Ray said after the introducrion ceremony, sitting on the throne next to Victor and his wife Mishka, Victor bellowed with laughter and leaned back watching the mascaraed ball in front of him.
"Atleast the kingdom saw you, from here on out you are free to choose, free to go, free to do, what ever you want, all I ask Ray is you dont challenge the werewolves"Ray looked at him with only his eyes "Why?""You underestimate them and it will mean the end of you, they are powerful, strong, move in packs, and they fear us not""I'd like to meet a wolf one day""Then by all means go!" Victor said smiling "As long as you don't challenge them as I said"Ray took his chin off his fist and sat upright "Was there ever a treaty between us father? Did at any point in time wolves and vampires stand together for any reason?""No, we have our side, they have theirs""Isn't it true vampires can control the minds of Omegas?""Yes, weak willed ones, not just any"A woman came round neatly dressed and served them a goblet of blood "This is?" Victor asked."My own your Majesty" She said with a bow."Thank you Sara, I will enjoy this""It warms my heart" she said and left.Ray looked over his shoulder at the woman who disappeared behind the throne curtains, then looked at the goblet of blood "Her own? Why did I feel such an odd vibe from her father?"Victor was taking a small sip of the blood then clearly his face expressed he enjoyed it "Sara is an Omega wolf, she chose to serve me""She... Drained her blood for you? Did you manipulate her mind in doing so?""No son, as I said, she chose to serve me, she was a stray, and her pack was hunting her""Stray? That term to wolves means?""She deserted her pack for one or another reason""Did she say why?""That's her business, I don't expect her to tell me, all she promised is to serve me, by my side, in anything I need of her""So you request her blood?""Take a drink, you'll see why I enjoy it so much"Ray looked at this blood, this is wolf blood, not human, his mind mauled over it for a while and somehow it didn't appeal to him, he can't drink the blood of a carnivore, especially not that of a werewolf, regardless, to keep his father happy he took a sip, but the taste overwhelmed him! This was the best blood he has ever had!"This...!?" He said shocked."Different right?"Ray drank the blood away in one gulp, then found himself baffled with the realisation it wasnt enough! He needed more!"Calm yourself son" Victor said seeing his face "It should be considered a delicacy, I'm warning you, to us their blood is addictive, to them our flesh is heavenly, that's why we have such a hard time being in each other's company, we want to tare each other apart"Ray placed the goblet down and stood up, his mind still entranced by the taste."Ray stay away from Sara, if I hear you touched so much as a hair on her head, you will be exiled""Understood father" he said walking off.Deeper in the castle Ray walked with his hand subconsciously streeling the wall, he needed that taste again, he needed that blood over his tongue... "No!"He held his head 'You are beyond the control blood has over you Ray!' But the blood of a wolf... He needed to find out if it was because she was a female? Or does males have the same taste!? Is it because she was omega? Does an Alpha have a different taste!?He looked over his shoulder, his red eyes scanning the distance of the hall, his sharp ears listening, that smell reaching his nostrils, she's coming this way! Why would she!? Did Victor send her!?Sara came around the corner from another hallway but stopped when she saw Ray's eyes looking at her, she already knew why he had that deranged face about him, she walked to him slowly."Calm down my lord" She said and he flinched."Stay away from me!" He screamed but she didn't budge."The taste of wolfblood tickled your tongue, your father offered me sanctuary, therefore I'm eternally grateful""Get to the point wolf, there is a limit to my restraint! Your blood made me realise that!""I do not have an unlimited supply of blood my lord, but I regenerate my blood a lot faster than man..." She said coming close to him, Ray stood back from her his back slamming the wall."I will kill you!""No you won't..." She said and came even closer, then tilted her head sideways "Drink my lord, when I've had enough I will push you off""You cannot just push me away wolf! I'm not merely just any vampire! Do you know who you are talking to!?"She smiled, her head still tilted "Drink your fill...""Be out of my sight!" He yelled and backed from her "You might not care, but my father has warned me not to touch you! If you dare offer me your blood again... Then..." He couldn't find a threat so he walked off.Sara bowed at him tipping her dress "Your self restraint is better than you think my lord"Relaxation, or stress relief, many gets it in many ways, but Tala found it in the work she does with wood.She slowly placed the carving knife down sideways, then allowed it to glide over the now smooth whitened and barkless stump, at each end she had the tips sharpened, one to stick into the ground, the other to point up into the air, in Vietnam they called them Pungi, a cluster of these sharpened poles in a hole, and if one steps in there it's serious injury for sure, sometimes death.Tala placed the knife down and blew away the wood shavings but the pain in her mouth made her wince, her fangs not completely healed yet.There was a knock on the door and she stood up from her work bench, brushed more shavings off her lap and removed her apron.Tala opened the door to find Mike standing there, she folded her arms."I hear you started a brawl with Sabrina?"Tala turned and headed to her work bench again, leaving the door open naturally so Mike can enter.
"Father!" Ray said bursting into the throne room, it was now quiet, the ball over, all that remained was servants to clean up."You still high off that wolfblood son?""No! You told me to stay away from Sara, and I did, but she came and offered me her neck""And did you drink?""You told me I'll be exiled!""Not if she offers, if she so much as wink the idea that you forced her neck, then that's exile"Ray was still rattled up, that blood, he wanted it so badly, but Sara clearly doesn't understand what he meant by 'killing her'"Dad..."Victor frowned and sat forward on his chair "You are severely bothered calling me that?""I will kill her... She will die by my fangs""Are you sure? She offered her neck to me once and when she felt it was too much she effortlessly shunted me away""You!?""Yes..." Victor smiled at him "Next time drown yourself in it, it's not the amount you take, but the amount she doesn't allow you
Tala had two bags over her shoulders containing the many wooden spikes she has made, in her one hand the shovel, in the other a torch, some areas under the trees of the forest are so dark not even her night vision can reveal it."You're late!" She said as Helen joined."Yes, I met with the Omega scouts to find out where the invading wolves were spotted"Tala realised that's valid "Good work then""Let's head out, we check the south of the compound, the scouts are looking for the invaders north""Understood"The two set off down the slopes, not too fast, not too slow, they were only two and had loads of ground to cover, but couldn't move too fast, otherwise they might trip one of their own traps, or miss something.Tala stopped and scanned, this part has a flat section before the slopes rise again "Wait quick"Helen stopped "You see something?""No, cover me, I'm setting a new trap"Helen took high ground as Tala started digging
Her hand reaches the door but the thud that shook the ground under her feet made Tala shriek and turn.Mike lifted himself from his landing hunch and she followed his eyes as he rose, her face felt hot, he was hot, Tala couldn't get over how good looking Mike was."M, Mike""Save it" He said just as the rest if the Alpha's landed behind him "Go in" he gestured and she opened the door of her small one bedroom house.She stood in deep allowing the three main Alpha's to enter, Mike stood first, then Sabrina the freshman, and third was another male named Nathan, her poor little house barely big enough to fit the three wolves."Now, slowly without your stutter, calmly, and clearly! Explain what happened to Helen!"She dropped her bag of spikes and folded her arms "Don't fucking start this with me Mike! You Alpha buggers are probably glad she's dead! Who wants a female that can't produce pups anyway right!?""Silence!" Mike roared making Tala regret her
Rest was never needed, Ray admitted he could go to his dark hole to close his eyes, but it was not sleep, maybe just rest. He picked up the ring of Sol and placed it on his finger, the other ring he had was the ring of Luna, one to be given to a werewolf so the moon goddess has no power over it, why on earth would Victor give him that one?He pocketed the Luna ring and left his room, the sun was high now, so naturally all the curtains were closed, but Ray halted at a small line of sun that made it's way through at a window.He slowly approached it, he has touched the sun before and it was the most horrible feeling ever, not just burning the skin but boiling him from the inside out.Lucky his mother saved him, but that made him learn his lesson, stay out of the sun.He looked at the ring of Sol, it was supposed to allow a vampire to tread in sunlight, Ray never believed in such superstitions.The tiny light got doused by a servant who came by closed the curta
Out in the lush gardens of the castle grounds there was the smell of different life, Ray found it odd, he has been in this garden many times but now as the sun basked the flowers it seems to shed a new scent, it smelled as beautiful as it looked."Why is it so different? Sure the colors are more vibrant, but the smell, everything now seems more alive?""It's called photosynthesis" She said touching a rose "I cannot smell it my lord, only know what it means, I sometimes wonder how magnificent something like this would smell to someone like you?"Ray touched a rose as well, then brought it to his nose, the smell was deep and sweet "Photosynthesis?""The sun's rays falls on the flowers, photosynthesis is where flowers or plants takes the ultra violet light of the sun, ubsorbs carbon dioxide and turns it into oxygen, then releases it back into the air"Ray watched her as she explained this to him, her eyes never left that red rose, such a beautiful woman, explai
Mike came into the Alpha's meeting and the room died down, his eyes scanned the faces as he passed to the front, and he couldn't see Tala anywhere, it shouldn't be hard to find her as she should know, front and center, this meeting was for her after all."Where is she?" He asked, they all knew who he spoke of and looked round."We are ten alphas, and twenty omegas in this clan! One of you should have seen her enter!?"No one answered, left and right of him sat Nathan and Sabrina, they also shrugged "That pup! Someone go get her! She probably overslept again!"The far back alpha stood up and ran out, they waited patiently for him to return but he came back quicker than he left "She's gone!""What!?""Her house is empty!""You made sure she's not probably taking a bath or something!?""No Alpha, she's nowhere!"Mike balled his fists angrily "Call the Omegas!"A few alphas left and not long after that the meeting hall was full, the enti
Victor patiently waited for his son to join him at the main doors of the castle, he took in fresh air through his nostrils and breathed out a long sigh."Father" Ray said coming in next to him."Let us go..." He said descending the stairs "How did the ring of Sol treat you son?""It was a new experience, in fact, it is thanks to that I want to go see a highschool""Maybe then it wasnt such a bright idea to give it to you?""No father, today was a great day, I am thankful"Victor smiled "I see""Then what of the Luna ring?""Its a pair, the two rings are like brother and sister, giving you just the one doesn't complete the collection, so do with the Luna ring whatever you want""I'll maybe give it to Sara...""No, she is happy with her wolf, she won't accept it""Then...""The right wolf will probably come son, give it time"They reached the staff quarters and Ray saw they were exquisite, well built and lux to a degree,
A dark corridor only lit up by faint light so weak the distance between them still darkened out, this was the path Villa took almost her entire life.With Rachel gone many years ago the only thing that drove her to continue was respect to the woman who rose her, taught her not only to be a huntress, but how to be a woman as well, and to make peace with being a hybrid.She was here for her last time, after Ray and Tala married she spent more time with them, got to know them, secretly still a huntress gathering information, but then the day came where Ray and Tala asked her a question that turned her world upside down.The greatest respect ever given to her, no reward, no kill, no trophy ever came close to it, a gift, a blessing, it made her open her eyes and see a brighter future, one free of blood.She first did a tour to ease her heart, and the first way took her to the Yard, where the silver test was conducted, the most horrid form of punishment, if you survive it, the
She's seen two castles in her life time but this one felt warmest even if it belonged to a vampire. Tala looked at herself in the mirror as Annette brushed her hair, never in her life has she felt this beautiful, always there in the forest, what leaves and trees wants to see a pretty werewolf? Mike also never cared of how she looked, and no other alpha even bothered.Annette saw how Tala bit her lip and smiled "Are you worried?""No, not worried..." Tala said and blinked "Am I, beautiful enough?""Is that a trick question?""You vampire women are the pretty ones, us wolves never cared about beauty, the males always wanted us to be strong, smart and fertile, never really caring about looks, so... I never cared..."Annette blushed at her view over it, then shrugged "You care so much about how you look, do you consider yourself beautiful?""Uh~ sort of?""Have you ever looked this pretty for anyone?""No""Then think of it this way, he found
The scent of him dragged her to a stop and her nose twisted around to make sure that was what she smelled.Ash stopped seeing her muzzle in the air with ears flat "What is it?""It's, its Ray, he's here!""Ray? Your vampire boyfriend?""My vampire fiancée!" She snarled at him."What will you do?""I'm going back""You heard your father! He told you to stay away from there"She didn't listen, not in full sprint as to knowing the dangers there she headed back, listening, her nose still taking it in, she came closer and closer, until just beyond the trees she saw them fight."Stay here" Ash whispered next to her, it was clearly a fight of epic proportions since no one else interfered, it went on for long and Tala's urges to join grew.The dim night started fading as the sun made its presence known, this made Tala worry, Ray showed clearly he didn't have a ring if Sol on, he fought like a true vampire, alongside her Alpha self, ho
Vlad and Tala engaged again, she swung a claw but he grabbed it and threw her, as she left his grip Ray came in and struck his face sending him back as Tala did.On the front foot Ray kept the attack going, he jumped up and landed in Vlad's gut but it was a mistake, Vlad grabbed his leg and stood up with him hanging, before Vlad could deliver a kick Tala had his arm in her jaws and pulled him from his feet, swinging and taring, managing not only to free Ray but tare away Vlad's arm and leaving him screaming.The two stood side by side watching the red in his eyes as he glared at his own bleeding stump, then his leer came to them "Don't get your hopes up just yet, you think this is the first time in lost an arm?"Both Ray and Tala felt a chill, Vlad stood upright and the blood dripping from his arm started spinning like thread, rebuilding that arm until it was fully whole."It hurts, I won't lie, but taring me apart will not mean my end, you need to dig deeper! Bu
Ray landed between them and placed Tala down, first pushing her aside to face Helga and Vlad. To him it was obvious this is his grandfather, the features laid deep, he saw his father in him.But now he was stuck between who to face first? Helga? Or Vlad?Vlad made it clear he was attacking the elders, so for now he could say Helga was the initial target, he turned to her, he didn't feel like making introduction to Vlad yet, Helga caused many wolves pain, she will fall here now."Boy, I don't know who you are, but she's mine" Vlad said."You look a little bloodied up, I recon you can take a rest, this bitch not only staked me, but killed many wolves, shattering lives! Wolves I was close to, friends with""And she killed my beloved! This reason superseded yours thousands of years ago!" Vlad yelled at him.Ray took his focus from Helga's panicking face to him, should he tell him now? Or let it simmer."She killed Rachel? I thought you staked her?"
The rush of bloodlust in the air was enough to get the wolves on their feet, Muraco almost tasted it on his gums, walking in front of his group he shot out his claws."What is it!?" Tala asked, she felt that presence in the forest, and it felt familiar."It's a vampire" Ash said smelling the air but his sence of smell was answered by a giggle, behind a tree Lilith showed herself."I've been discovered""Lilith!?" Muraco asked."So the tension rises, the very earth cries as we stand to face each other"Muraco didn't understand what she was up to, he strolled up to them, even so Muraco felt she couldn't be alone, he had to ask "Where is Asena?"Her smile became a wicked grin "The earth shall cry"Muraco moved first when the brush broke, Asena came from behind to take Tala but he dove into the High Alpha as Ash took Tala down to save her.Pinning Asena down he reared at her "What is the meaning of this!?"Asena had tears in her eyes but
"Why did you kiss me?" Tala asked knowing she allowed it."I, I'm not sure" Ray said standing back.She smiled none the less "Thank you""For?""Showing me you care"He smiled also "Of course, never doubt that"Tala turned to the van when Tika came crawling out, she held her head but when she saw the dead pack tears came to her eyes, she looked at Tala "Tika sorry""It's ok, you are still part of my pack right? I'm not alone"The young woman forced a smile "Thank you, but what now?"Tala turned to Ray "The prince of vampires will save the wolves"Tika looked at him, he nodded "Make no mistake""Are you sure?" Tika asked."I am, all I need is a for filling drink, then I'll be ready"Tala folded her arms "You know you can always drink my blood right?""I am aware, but I need you on full strength" he said and looked down "I feel ashamed actually, if I had more confidence in myself I would have gone alone, but
The age old rivalry between vampires and werewolves was a misconception, it was never that they hated each other but merely one battle hardnened man who believes in honor of combat seeking a respected and powerful enemy to commit suicide through foe.For a being walking the earth, cursed with life, and eternity of seeing people be born grow up and die an old man, unable to see the next life, unable to rest, started looking for ways to die, he drank poison, swallowed silver, bathed in holy water, even sat and watched the sun, but his black heart was so far down it couldn't be blessed with eternal darkness, his eternal curse.All who faught against one another built the hate over years came from a stronger killing a weaker, the wolf killing the vampire the vampire killing the wolf, a vicious and misunderstood chain reaction.Victor and Muraco decided it had to stop, somewhere the feud had to reach some sort of stalemate or it will be an endless cycle where no one wins,
Gallant and Ezekiel came next to each other and lifted their capes, they drew their rapiers and held them.Tala didn't even know they had swords, who even uses swords these days!? She blinked when Vlad's great sword came in front of her, it was longer than she was, thicker than her arm, and all she could see in it was her eyes shocked at the scene in front of her."Still with the measly small swords, it is clear you never took honor in the strength I gave you, if they made swords bigger than this I would have had one by now!" Vlad said and held his sword away from Tala pointing it forward.She then realised why he did it! He held it to her as a gesture to 'stay back' he wants to fight two elders by himself!?She stood ready but he's sword came to her again "Don't be stupid now Luna, I have made it clear to stay back, this is my mistake to correct""You are alone sir!?""Is it clear to you to whom you just said that!?"She swallowed "Uh~ yes?"