The Princess of Vampires

Chapter 18

Chapter 18,

My sweet sleep was interrupted by the sound of my cell door being cranked open. My two escorts from earlier this week wore a pair of matching grins on their faces. This was bad. An eerie feeling of uneasiness came over me as my mind knew without a shadow of doubt something was coming, And I was not going to like it very much. I notice they always came down in pairs now. Probably to make sure I would not attack them.

''Wakey, wakey, Princess. It's time to go, '' Said the brawny one, Mac was his name. I overheard that's what the others called him.

My eyes shifted to the slick back black-haired vampire called Steven. His black tattoo was peeking out of underneath the sleeve of his shirt. It looked like a Raven but could be some other bird. It was hard to tell.

''Get up girl, are you hard of hearing? ''

Without looking away, I stood slowly with my fist balled at my side. Even in my weakened state I was ready for anything. Without saying a word, I stood there and stared them down. It was lucky for them I was weaker than they were. Pathetic though, sending two very large vampires to subdue a hybrid.

''You better not be planning anything, '' warned Mac. There was a nervous pitch to his voice, laughable that he was scared of what I might do. Even in this state I'm in.

I laughed softly at the thought of it and continued to stare silently, judging their size and capabilities. Planning.

''Why's she just standing there? ''Mac turns to Steven.

Steven did not answer him. ''Start moving. I'm not going to tell you twice. ''

''Alright, alright guys take it easy I'm moving. '' I took a slow steady pace toward them and saw them back away out of the cell.

I smiled, and then like a savage prisoner with a tiny taste of freedom, I rush forward into Mac and Steve, Fist flying I caught Mac in the nose. He stumbled back and held his nose which poured blood onto the floor. I spotted a handle of something in Mac's pocket and wasted no time as I took it and promptly slit his throat, easy as slicing into butter. He dropped to the ground like a big bag of bricks.

''Oh Princess, you're going to regret that, '' warned Steve as he kicked Mac out of the way.

''You know you got to decapitate a vampire in order to kill them. ''

''Oh, I know that '' I wiped the bloodstained blade against my dress and then flip the knife around my palm, handing it back to Steven. ''but it felt good doing that.''

And what they didn't know was that I was planning, calculating trying to test them, test myself. With Lestat's blood my strength was returning more every day.

It's only a matter of time now.

''I hope you think that was worth it, ''he said as he took a step backward to escort me out but something about how he reached for something outside of the cell alarmed me.

''It was, ''I answered and then swallowed the last of my moxie as he produced a bat from the wall.

His dark eyes bore straight into mine. Wickedly he grinned at me as I shrank back. ''Good, ''he said, gently smacking the bat with his palm. ''Because it's time to pay for that. ''

And I did, with blood and flesh and tears.

I was taking to Nicholos in a near consciousness state. I could not see my face on my back, but I knew from the agonizing pain I was in that I was in bad shape. I could barely see through my eyes as the blood pooled into them. I was almost certain my ribs were bruised or worse.