Just The Beginning... (Solangelo)

Chapter 8

Will's POV

I leave my room, answering the summons of my father. He says he wants to speak with me about something important. I highly doubt that.   

I reach the large doors opening to the throne room, where my father is. I kneel before him, as is the protocol when in my father's presence, even for his son. He may just be the coven leader but he views himself as a king.

"You may rise. "

"You wished to speak to me, father? "

"Yes. As you know, you'll be turning 18 soon—"

Yeah, I know where this is going,

"Which means you'll soon take my place as leader of the coven. "

Yes, we've established this. Moving on...

"I have spoken with you on this matter before, yet you refuse to do as I say. "

And here it comes.

"You need to take a blood slave. What would other covens think of you if they find out you feed of animals and bloodbags? " He cringed at the thought. Of me feeding from bloodbags or the other covens finding out? I'm not too sure.

"Yes father, you have spoken to me on this subject, and my answer remains the same. I refuse. " I might have been holding a straight face the whole time, but I was internally laughing my ass off at his expression.

" I refuse to let my own son bring shame to our coven. You are to take a blood slave as soon as possible. "

"But father–"

"Humans are below us. Inferior. They are of no use except for blood and labor. You need to realize this. I refuse to let you make our coven look WEAK! "

"Caring about other living creatures should not be considered weak, father. "

If I wasn't his son, I'd probably have a broken neck by now. It would heal, but it would still hurt a lot.

"Humans are livestock and will be treated as such. I will not hear another word on the matter. "

"Father–"

"You may leave. "

I bow and left the room. I'm not going to abandon my morals simply because my own father thinks I'm weak.

I went back to my room and locked the door, after calling for my bodyguards slash best friends. Being a "prince" of sorts, I don't have a lot of friends, so I pleaded with my father to let me have guards my own age but just as competent as a regular guard would be.

After a couple minutes another guard reported to me that they had been sent on an errand by the king.

"And what is the nature of this errand? " I asked the guard.

"No one but the king knows, Sir. " I nodded.

"You are excused. "

I'd question my father but I'm not allowed to see him for such trivial matters. I left my room to the stables. We live in a regular town/city, which is similar to the inner territory of other covens.

But, also similar to other covens, it is surrounded by a forest separating the borders. Unfortunately, cars cannot handle forest terrain and wouldn't even fit between the trees, so horses are necessary.

I saddled Blackjack after handing him some sugar cubes. He was my friend Percy's but he disappeared while we were out hunting together a couple years ago.

I led him out of the stable before mounting him and heading into the forest. I needed the feel of nature.

I rode to a nearby lake and got off, leaving Blackjack to rest for a while. I was hungry. A deer or two usually does the trick. I walk a little deeper into the forest, trying to sight eligible prey. Then I caught the scent of something familiar. It smelled like Lou-Ellen. I'd know her scent anywhere.

I followed the scent farther away from the city till I found a cave. I had never come across this one before, which is strange considering I know most of the forest.

I walked into the cave looking around for any wild animals that might be in here. I wouldn't want to scare them out of their home.

Now both Lou-Ellen and Cecil's scent were potent.

"Lou! Cecil! You in here? " I yelled. No answer.

I went even deeper, till a scent hit me and would have probably knocked me down. It wasn't Lou or Cecil's scent. Or any vampire I know. I don't even think it was a vampire's scent. It smelled sweet and compelling, almost intoxicating.

I ventured forward to find the source. But I found nothing but the remains of a fire, which didn't look like it had been out very long. And judging by my friends' scents all over the place, I assume they were here recently. And they had someone with them.

Getting to one end of the cave, that heavenly scent seemed more concentrated. I took a deep breath, trying to savor it.

The walls and floors were darkened with dried up blood, which showed the person had been bleeding. For a second I wondered if my guards were responsible for this, but I quickly brushed the thought aside, knowing they wouldn't hurt a human any sooner than I would.

I took another deep breath, knowing my normally blue eyes were now ruby red.

For the first time in my life, I craved warm, human blood.

I finally felt what other vampire felt. What my father has been trying to make me feel for 17 years...

Bloodlust. 

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A/N:

I finally updated! Sorry updates are taking so long. The Wattpad app on my cellphone won't let me update, so i can only get chapters out when I borrow a laptop or phone or something. i may not be able to update all that often , i'll try to get more than one chapter out at once, which will hopefully be soon.