Love And Hatred (GXG)

Three

I had gotten much better sleep than I had in years, a proper bed with a mattress, pillow and duvet did wonders! I had not felt as energic and well-rested in years! I waited for the other maids to leave before I began dressing up to meet this mysterious "queen" or "mistress" as they called her. 

The uniform was in place. The shoes, gloves, and headpiece made the uniform complete.  I walked out to meet Dione, she looked pleased with me, but still decided to fix a couple of things she thought did not look proper enough.

"For the love of God, act accordingly in front of her. This is for your own good." Yes, for the love of the goddess, I would make sure to not fall into the hands of the vampire race, but for now, I needed to keep a low profile and see what this queen was like. 

I followed Dione to wherever the queen was. We entered a room that was just another lounge of the building. A woman sat on the sofa, long raven black hair was all I could see from the angle she sat in, her back to me. She wore a golden pin in her hair which kept it from falling down on her face.

"Your highness, this is the girl you have been requesting. Eleanor." She brought me in front of the woman. I took notice of her appearance, black hair, and two different colored eyes, one was red while the other was a goldish color. Her eyes were deep and sharp just like the other features on her face. She wore a blood-red dress, the substance in her glass having the same color. The woman hummed when she looked me up and down. I kept silent, not sure what to do, maybe I had been taught something, but that was completely forgotten at that moment. The woman was stunningly beautiful, but if my wolf was there I knew she would growl and snarl at the dangerous woman.

"You may leave Dione." She nodded and bowed at the vampire before leaving in a hurry. 

When we were alone she stood up, I was a bit surprised by her height, I was pretty tall for a normal werewolf, but this woman was somehow taller than me. I knew vampires tended to be taller than other species, but I thought they would be closer to my height. "I heard you caused quite the scene two days ago." She spoke, her voice was smooth and deep.

"I did, and I believe I had a right to do so."

She cocked her head to the side and smiled. "Well, what you believe is right or not is not for you to decide little wolf, it seems you are confused as to where you belong in society and the disregard for what Dione taught you yesterday is very displeasing to me. You are certainly troublesome." She spoke as she circled and looked me up and down.

"I suppose your looks make up for what you lack in behavior, though this is not an invitation for you to act the way you do. If I do not see improvement the next days you will have me to deal with." Strong hands wrapped around the back of my neck, she did not hurt me, but she made sure to let me know how strong she really was. "And you do not want to deal with me." She whispered before loosening her grip on my neck.

A small growl came from my mouth, it was not me who had done so, but my wolf. I was surprised after so long the wolf in me decided to resurface, I had not heard a sound from it for years. The woman laughed bitterly. "A little growl, I must say it is more adorable than threatening, just like a puppy trying to intimidate what they see as a threat, I have seen something similar in wild animals."  She patted my head and sat down on the couch again. 

I stood there awkwardly wondering what was going to happen next. There was a paper on the table that she picked up, and she began reading it. It was the information I had written down in the mines, it must have been for the queen. "You have potential Eleanor, but you have much to learn." She drank the remnants of her glass.

"your hair is a unique trait on you, it must run in the family." She chuckled. My eyes widened at the mention of my family, my mother and sister both had the same hair, a white stripe. It could be seen in my wolf form too. "How do you know that? Have you met someone from my family?" I asked.