Blu Notte

Dinner Reservations

I familiarize Shiloh with the house. In truth it's a castle the Gli Amanti Della Morte was my home a few centuries ago until the townspeople found out that there was a demon population and hunted all of my associates. I told them they should've bonded like I did with Xalvo. Of course they didn't listen and now they're back in The Pits. Their loss.
Shilohs excitement slowly ebbs and the exhaustion from air travel hits her human half.
"I'm going to take a little nap if that's ok honey" she says, fatigue weighing on her voice.
I kiss her and tell her that it's perfectly okay and that she should rest. We embrace a moment before she goes back into our bedroom.
I walk downstairs where Aria is smiling at me. The only Vampire I've ever met to be so cheerful, sometimes inconveniently so.
"Where's your woman Tai" she says teasingly
"She's resting she's been through alot, also if you don't terribly mind I've taken on the title of Noah" I say deflecting her dig at me.
She smiles and says "Very american, is it okay if I still call you Francesco?"
The memory of the old name I used here surfaces and I nod at her in approval.
"Xalvo you keep company with Uela and make sure our sleeping Mistress is well kept" I say to my companion.
"Yes master" he says almost eagerly and goes upstairs.
I turn to Aria and say "You said something about an opening surprise being the reason I should dress nice".
She grins, showing her twin fangs and says " Still as sharp as I remember Francesco" she gives a short order to her pets to stay here under the protection of Uela and Xalvo and turns back to me "I've heard small bits of news one rising above most others is that you've been avoiding or refusing to feed"
"And you got this news how?" I ask her
"Actually I more like noticed it, you have looked ravenous since you got off of the plane and that makes the surprise all the more wonderful" she says happily.
"And the surprise is?"
"We are going hunting, Italian cuisine will suit you better than the American fare you're used to" she says.
"You have someone in mind" I ask.
"Several someones in fact, do you remember that English royal family you had your fun with a few centuries ago"
I think on it and remember very well that particular instance. There was a girl I possessed to have a bit of fun. Lillith or Lillian. I scared the hell out of her admirer though.
"Yes I remember" I say
"Well their descendants went from royalty to simple upper class to just being peasants , most recently two of the male descendants have decided to operate a child trafficking operation here in Florence, about 36 members in size" she says with a mean fire in her eyes.
"Why have you not cleaned them up yet Aria?" I ask , truthfully getting uninterested. Royalty to criminals. It's an old story with an even older and more useless moral.
Aria snaps her fingers at me "Well if I did that you wouldn't have the opportunity have some fine Italian meat" she smiles at me and looks intentionally sly.
I take the bait and ask "What're you not saying"
She smiles her fangs protruding and says " Well while I was taking in my observation I noticed that they sell empty bodied children"
"Meaning?" I say
"Meaning the two formerly royal assholes take the kids souls before sending off, interesting enough for you Tai" she says
"Very"
Aria and I get in my car that I had specially had brought here. Shiloh loves the car. Aria gives me directions to the docks where the boat tonights sale is taking place. I straighten my tie and admittedly look forward to the work ahead as I step out of the car.
We head up to the boarding platform where two cronies guard the entrance to the deck. Aria bows and says
" Have your fun my old friend"
I walk calmly towards the two and smile as I introduce myself.
"Hello underpaid criminals my name is Taiyron Alecsander Vangraff. I have dinner reservations below deck."
"Fuck off and get away from the boat" one of the thugs say in fluent Italian.
I turn to Aria and say "You were right about the Italian"
I reach out and puncture the rude thugs chest and step up to him as he looks down idiotically at my blood covered hand in his chest. I grab a hold of his lung and whisper in his ear "urlare per me bambino(scream for me child)"
I grab his lung as he yells in fear,panic,and agony and fell the air being forced out as he screams. I begin to yank his soul to me and feed off of it making his screams louder as his agony heightens. Italian is such delightful cuisine. I yank his lung out and show it to his fellow guard and wink at him and take a bite of the lung staring him in his frightened eyes. The rude thug falls to the ground soulless and with a gaping hole in the right of his chest. His friend runs away and I sprint after him taking him to the floor of the deck. I pin him down smiling at him. They always resemble helpless rabbits. I lean down and bite his shoulder injecting a euphoria causing venom into his bloodstream. He starts moaning and laughing and I begin ripping off his fingers and his ears . All the while he laughs and smiles like this is the best day of his life. I grab his head and tear it off, snapping the neck muscles attached like rubber bands. His chest still heaves with laughter as I devour his corrupt soul.
A man emerges from the door from below deck.

"Would you two shut it, your bothering the cli-" he says in smooth italian before freezing at the bloody remains of the guards.
I adapt his exact voice and say "Will you shut it your bothering the corpses"
He pulls a gun,his hand shaking and orders me to get off the boat.
I dissolve and form inches away from him and grab the gun and squeeze his finger firing the bullet through my head. Black vapor pours out of the entry wound as i smile and i rip through his stomach, I grab his small intestine and pull. With my other hand I punture each of his cheeks with my claws. I yank his intestines ignoring his cries and string his intestine through the holes in his cheeks and tie it. His screams pierce the Florentine night as i drag him by his intestinal loop pulling more of them out of his gut. Grab tight on his spilling insides and toss him over the side of the boat, effectively tearing out his digestive system as he hurls towards the water. His jaw flies up at me after being torn off by his own intestines.

"Well your having fun Tai, but we really should get to dinner" Aria says behind me
"I agree" i say contently.