The Princess of Vampires

Chapter nine

Chapter Nine,

Lestat and I stepped out into the moonlit overgrown garden and made our way to the winding dirt driveway. The cool night was a welcome sensation on my hot sweaty skin.

We stopped only to turn and watch the hauntingly decrepit old mansion burn down like so many match sticks. The distance was necessary to keep us safe from harm because the raging flames grew hot with its intensity as it consumed the structure in no time at all. Suddenly a rumble shook the ground as the roof fell in. It was over.

Lestat looked down at me reading into my emotions and mind. I could actually feel it now. Our connection was so strong. He took me by the hand and looked down at it almost sad. As a soft caress graced my knuckle from his fingers he looked now up as concerned as ever.

"I don't know what I would have done if something happened to you. I don't even want to think about you being killed. Please forgive me?"

I stared at his fingers as they massaged me. When he stopped speaking, he waited for me with patience as I caught my breath because his actions and sweet words cause my heart to race in my chest. When I flickered my eyes up to meet his, I saw such emotion there in his eyes I was not prepared for. Without an answer that needed none I stood on my tippy toes and kissed him. It was soft and timid at first, afraid of rejection. But that all melted away as I felt his arms encircled my waist. I gasped in his mouth as he pulled my body flush to his as if he would not allow an inch of distance between us. Passion ignited and raged in me like the fire that burned out of control behind us. My hopes soared. He did love me.

Time stood still; all we knew was the joy as our hearts beat as one. It was just him and I and the world looked new, and the possibility is endless. But soon the spell was broken as a rush of wind blew our clothes and hair all about. We broke apart and there stood Marius looking furious, but when his eyes fell on me, relieved.

''I looked for you for hours. How could you Lestat. She is vulnerable on her own. ''

Marius was not finished as he turned to me.

''And you, how can you be so foolish and thoughtless of how I would feel if you were killed. ''

Lestat stepped forward offering an apologetic gesture. ''I'm sorry this was all my idea. She is innocent of wrongdoing. You know how persuasive I can be. ''

Marius pondered what Lestat said and nodded.

''Agreed. You are reckless and have no regard for the rules. ''

Lestat face fell and so did my heart when Marius said. ''You will no longer see her again list that on the pain of death. I mean it. ''

Next thing I knew Marius moved to me as quick as a flash and I gasped as he looked at me disapprovingly a moment then lifted me in his arms.

''We go home now.''

So, we took off into the night, leaving Lestat behind and my heart with him.

As we flew on my mind fragmented from the heaviness of my heart. The bitter burning of despair envelops me as we rose above the fog that lifted off the sea to meet us in the air. Marius flew low and I felt the sea spray, sprinkle upward from the velocity of our descent as we got closer to his home.

When we flew through the bedroom window Marius ceremoniously dumped me on the bed and landed at the foot of it glaring at me. An awful heaviness pressed over my heart. Lestat. I would never see him again. Marius was responsible for me and I knew deep down I was wrong. So many have sacrificed for me. Mother. She would be so disappointed in me if she knew what I had done. I spent the whole flight back agonizing about it. Thinking of a million different things I should have done right.

''You will never leave my presence again Princess. The dangerous too great for you. ''

With that he left me on my own. Torturous visions of Lestat's mouth pressed against mine came to me in a sweet vision as it rolled over my mind's eye with every moment playing out each scene as we were in some terrific old movie walking into the sunset together. My heart drops with the pain separation, a new brand of feeling I was not accustomed to. Have I not loved till now? I suddenly thought of my phone to contact him but realized that Armand took it, and I would have to get another one if Marius allowed it. With no hope to reach Lestat by any means I padded to my closet and stripped to get in my nightgown.

Noiselessly I entered the room again and took a look around my prison. Everything I needed for my comfort was provided. I did not want in that at all. Marius was a thoughtful man. But it was a prison, nonetheless. It barred me from the world and Lestat whom I love more than my life.
The rest of the night was a messy blur, like an array of colors blinding my eye, obscuring all that was good in the world. The rain poured down the heavens into the darkened sea as the waves crashed on the rocks just several feet below my window. The clamor of drops bombarded the roof like pebbles falling to the earth. The fresh scent of the sea surrounded me, a smell I loved but gave no comfort to me tonight. I just went to bed in a weak attempt to sleep. I lay there as the morning came at me like a freight train bound for this destination, unrelenting. I would have to face the day alone as usual.

it was almost noon when I went into the kitchen, to try to eat but I picked at the waffles that I made instead. Marius was asleep in his coffin and instead of just moping about I made my way down to the beach. I sat on the sand as I felt the sun on my skin, enjoying in its warmth as it penetrated my bones. But instead of enjoying the waves in the sights and sounds of the sea. I was sadly distracted. I turned and looked up at the imperious mansion that was built into a rock that was on this island before there was even a structure. My home come forever.

But it was different now, I told myself. The joy was gone, with the absence of my Lestat. ''Would I ever be happy again? ''My whisper was taken by the breeze that wafted my hair and covered about my face. It blew a single bloody tear from my eyes and I close them with the depression setting in. I took the long steps back up to my home once again to go back to bed. I could no longer face today.