Court of Darkness

2. Fucking hell - Alexander

She was pregnant. With his child. After a stupid one night stand. Fucking hell! What were the odds? The only noble woman in the palace who couldn't stand him was carrying his child, while it was extremely rare for vampires to conceive. He had been a vampire for 4 centuries now and knew that only a few vampires had actually managed to get offspring. Their offspring grew up like normal humans did until they were in their twenties. Then they stopped aging for an unknown reason. Some scientists had done research on vampire pregnancies and the children that were born. They never got any conclusive results due to the fact that it was so rare. They had simply said that they suspected that luck and possibly true love were the reason why one couple could receive and the other couple tried for centuries with no result. A bullshit conclusion of course. It had been the researcher's way of saying 'I don't know why this is happening'.

Alexander wasn't upset with the fact that Nicki was pregnant. He was upset that it had happened while she still hated him. They weren't a happy couple and they wouldn't suddenly become one now. Feelings didn't work that way. You couldn't expect someone to just feel something because it would make sense. Alexander had learned that the hard way. When he had turned Nicki he had wiped her human memories without telling her. He had lied and said that something must've gone wrong during her transformation. She was the first person he had ever turned so it had made sense at the time. The only reason he had erased those memories was because he had wanted to spare her the pain that her past life had given her. He had seen how unhappy she had been. He had only tried to give her a fresh start. He had known that she was fond of him and figured that would still be same after he had erased her memories. Wrong. He had been so wrong about it. When Nicki had woken up she had still felt loyalty towards him but there was also a strong dislike.

At first he had thought it would wear off eventually. It may take a few weeks, he told himself. Perhaps a few months. Maybe some years or decades. Or maybe never. But by the time Alexander had realized it, it had been too late to give her the memories back without angering her. Without making her feel betrayed by him, which he had. He had done it without her consent and was now paying the price for it. He had accepted that reality but now everything was complicated and it was his own stupid fault.

A few weeks ago he had invited her to share a drink with him. It had surprised him when Nicki actually said yes. He had expected her to turn down the offer but it seemed like she was slowly started to hate him less. It had been a nice evening. They had chatted about unimportant things. Time flew by and the bottles of wine were emptied fast. Vampires had a high alcohol tolerance but even they could get drunk. That's exactly what had happened. The two of them had gone to his room and it had resulted in a one night stand. And that night had caused him to sire a child with Nicki.

Things may be tense between them but he had to protect her and the child. In his anger he had said to get rid of 'it' but now that he had calmed down he realized that it had been a huge mistake. Tomorrow he would apologize to her and move her to his wing so he could keep an eye on her and think about what to do next. For now it was probably the best to keep this whole situation a secret.