A Vampire's Life Book 5

Chapter 2

It was just another ordinary day, shopping with my best friend Natalie in mid jump. Natalie flicked her long blonde hair over her shoulder as we continued through the shop, her head turning at the male vampires that pass us. We had been best friends for as long as I could remember. She is not only my best friend but she also happens to be my cousin. My uncle Jeremy and his wife Crystal had been married not long after my parents and within a few months I was given one very gorgeous cousin. Natalie was so much like her mother it was crazy, she liked to feed directly from humans but that was dangerous in our world now. We were a known species and there were some humans that would rather see us burn in the depths of hell rather than walk freely among us. And that was why we now had mid jump. Natalie loved to come here, to do nothing more than wander the shops, checking out what the latest fashion was and perv on other vampires. I liked it here too, it's a peaceful place that we don't have to fear humans or slayers. My parents don't worry about me if I'm here, they know that I'm safe, but still, because I'm royalty, I have my permanent shadow. Danny always maintains a respectful distance, knowing that young women don't want to be seen in public with their guards. Instead he chooses to look like a stalker. Not sure on which is better. Mid jump was a new creation; our queen had implored the phoenix to pass on her request to our maker to make a safe haven for the dark beings. A place where we needn't fear being attacked by slayers. I could understand it, even though she had been queen for only a few decades, she had come under attack a lot. Her days were spent being surrounded by many king's guards, her castle was constantly under watch, protected by dozens upon dozens of guards. She couldn't take a step without at least one of them being by her side. It was the same for her children too, I knew that they were all sick of it. How did I know? Well, I am Ivy Nicolai. Not only am I royalty but I am the daughter of Lilly, one of the women who along with the queen and two other women were the centre of a prophecy. My parents had maintained a close friendship with all of those that were involved in the prophecy and as such, we were privy to all sorts of information that wasn't widely known.

Things had changed greatly since their prophecy had come to pass, a year ago we went to war with the largest faction of slayers our kind had ever seen. It was so bad that many had died in those awful days, many that we had loved we had lost. Vampires for the first time feared the slayers, something that my grandfather told me was unusual. Normally we were a strong and resilient race, we feared nothing yet there we were, fighting a war that we were losing fast. I was still haunted by the memories, watching my friends fall to the earth, dead before they hit the bloodied dirt. But we prevailed, in the battle we held strong, fighting not just for our own survival but for the survival for our planet. It was dying fast. The humans had no clue how bad it was, how close to the end they really were. Our queen had a moment of infinite wisdom or maybe she was tired of being the target of so many plots to end her life. She offered the humans a treaty, hand over the land to us, we would repair it and return it to its former glory. Stupidly, the humans agreed. Maybe it was desperation, maybe it truly was stupidity. Either way, there wasn't a vampire that cared, so long as the humans handed over the planet to the vampires. Now we had the upper hand, mid jump had been created as a safe haven for all dark beings and the vampires were repairing the land as best as they could. It hasn't been easy, man still hasn't changed his ways, still mistreating the earth with little care for their own wellbeing. There was something brewing though, I could feel it. I knew the queen all too well to know she'd let them get away with destroying her realm. In the days after the treaty was signed, our queen split the earth into four quarters, each to be taken by one of the women of the prophecy, to keep an eye on the rectification works.

My days are pretty boring, I don't have any official royal duties yet, I can do as I please. I am living the life of a princess, third in line to the throne of our little kingdom. Not that I wanted it, I was happy for my grandfather to continue in his loving rule of our people. My father had little interest in it as well. He and my mother were too busy with my siblings. I had eight of them already. We were all the same, taking after our father. Black hair and green eyes, fair skin and thin frames. There was yet to be a child that looked like my mother and I don't think she was impressed. I knew she looked upon Natalie with her blonde hair and brown eyes and wondered when she would have a child that looked like the rest of her family.