Valkyrie - The Vampire Princess

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

Neptune is the last planet in order of distance from the sun.

It was named after the Roman god of the seas. Its symbol is a trident of the Roman god.

It is the fourth largest planet in diameter and its interior is composed of ice and rocks.

It has the strongest winds in relation to other planets in the solar system, due to its great distance from the sun.

Its temperature is about 7000 ° C.

The sky is covered by misty clouds.

The sunlight does not reach its surface...

My journey to the planet Neptune was very long, due to its extensive long distance. I arrived at the strange territory in Eros's arms. However, I was unconscious.

I had no energy, not enough to take my trip from end to end even though I was completely awake. I closed my eyes from the beginning of my travel and I opened them towards the end.

After all, I was still human. A poor human that was about to know the secret world of the vampires. Well I didn't know if it was good or bad for my existence. I was just a girl that had dreamed of meeting her father.

We were in an enormous living-room that could accommodate hundreds of families. That living room was dark. Clarity was possible only through lit torches on the walls. These walls were made of rocks.

Eros walked slowly with me in his arms, as if he was taking a trophy, one which he would deliver to my father. He did not need to make any kind of effort for me to remain in his comfortable arms.

Besides Eros, there were two more people in the hall and they stood, watching Eros approaching them.

They were my father's servants. Their names were Valeska and Bizak.

I had been carefully put on a smooth stone. The stone was dark gray and it looked like an antique marble that made me remind my grandmother's house. I remained there until I had woken up completely.

"You managed!" Valeska said to Eros as she looked at him in surprise. She imagined Eros could fail in his mission.

"She will stay this way for a few hours," Eros said and stared cautiously at my soft face. He perceived I would remain that way for a long occasion. My forces had been consumed during our trip to Neptune. But my forces had been inspired for a good motive.

"She is beautiful!" Bizak confessed as he was enchanted at my beauty as a human girl. His gaze was fixed on my image all the time. He had no speed to remove his eyes from my representation.

Eros stared at Bizak with his narrowed eyes. He thought that was no time for stupidity. Soon he squeezed his lips and looked away. He knew Bizak was a stupid vampire and sometimes he was worthy of being ignored.

"She barely arrived here and you're coveting the girl," Valeska alleged with a twinge of jealousy. Her lips won a horizontal line.

"Well, I think he forgot whose daughter she is," Eros said. His voice was insensitive and then he turned his back to them and stepped out of the living room, leaving me under the curious stares of two eccentric figures.

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Soon after that, Eros walked slowly into the huge corridor. He was going toward my father's extensive bedroom. He looked excited to communicate to Vincent about my presence in the interior of his castle and prove to his master he had not failed in his mission.

He stopped walking in front of a huge wooden door and knocked on the door announcing his arrival to his master.

"Come in!" a voice coming from inside the room ordered him.

After that Eros opened the door and entered the room. Slowly he closed the door behind him with his mind's power.

Taking a quick look, he saw Vincent sitting on his armchair. His armchair had been sculptured especially in favor of him. This armchair had been made of stones.

"You're back!" Vincent said as he looked at his loyal servant. Soon his master smiled to him. But his servant remained serious.

So Eros stopped, standing still in the middle of the bedroom, seeing him sitting still on his usual seat.

My father was in his rough-cloth robe, in a wine color. It was huge and when he walked his robe's fabric would drag on the ground.

"I just arrived now," Eros informed his master as his pale hand rubbed his chin. He looked content and tired for having returned to castle.

"My daughter?" Soon Vincent asked inquisitive, still holding Eros's gaze.

"I brought her with me," Eros answered. My father's questions make him so tired.

Immediately Vincent rose from his armchair and he looked vibrant at the news. At last my father was happy, because I was finally in his castle. My father always dreamed of seeing me there, so close to him.

"I always knew you wouldn't disappoint me! It was not by chance I chose you for this. No one would do it as well as you." Vincent praised him as His gaze ran over Eros's picture again.

"She is still unconscious, but soon she will return to herself," Eros supposed, looking useful with his information. Vincent looked to have a high regard for him even more.

"Where did you put her?" his master asked, his voice showed his apprehension. My father wanted to make himself sure I was protected.

Eros sighed and explained with his fatigued voice. "I put her in the great hall. Valeska and Bizak are with her."

"I'll wear appropriate clothing to receive her," Vincent said, walking forward after his glance ran over his own image.

"I'll rest. It has been a long time that I have not done this." Eros gaped and exited his master's bedroom.

Soon my father was only in his big room again. But now he was happier for my arrival there.

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