The Vampire Succubus

Chapter 2

Lauralile’s POV

I grabbed the human on the scruff of the neck. Only barley resisting not kicking him back to his chambers. I was absolutely furious. For a second there before she turned her face away I had seen pain and inner disgust on her features. And I knew it had something to do we the lowlife that had a dreamy expression on his face. Or more particularly with the fact he was human. Every time I had seen her after drinking I had seen in her dark blue eyes the sorrow and the self recriminations. Every time I got furious because there was nothing I could do. Well actually there was something I could do but she hadn’t asked me to and by protocol I could do nothing towards that end. I was her mate god dammed. I shook my head grimily. I was a mate. Succubuses could have a lot of mates during there long life spans. Because a succubus most often ended up draining there mates life force within a few years of there relationship. And so the succubus would go and find herself another. I still remembered the first day I had met her. When her brother had talked about her he had neglected to mention her being a succubus. I should have known i mean how many vampires were there with dark red hair and eyes that turned black. Beauty that almost mesmerizes. Those had been the tales about the mistress of the “Great Hall” but I had ignored them thinking them simply overstatements. And so that day when she had walked in her brothers diner room. I had been horrified. The one thing my father had warned me emphatically about. I was a natural borne mate. I wasn’t the only one of course. Thou I would admit we were rare. I had seen only one like myself for the last 200 years. My father had drilled it in to me that I should be very careful. That there was no worse thing then a succubus finding me. She would use me as another source of foot for a few years. Draining my life force instead of my blood and then berry me. I had thought avoiding them to be quite un easy task after all there was only one succubus born every millennia. Plus it wasn’t as if they were inconspicuous. I hadn’t been able to test my food that night. “Idiot idiot idiot” was the only think going through my mind. When the dinner had been finished, it had been time for me to go with her. Because that had been the agreement I had made with her brother. That I would meet his wonderful sister and if she agreed I would go with her to sea the territory and sea if I could manage to settle there as her master of the guard. During the carriage right she hadn’t spoken a word to me but I hadn’t expected her too. By protocol mates for succubuses didn’t rank much hire then humans. Back then I had thought for sure I wouldn’t be her master of the guard now. The second by rank in her court. I would simply be her boy toy. I had shuttered and her strange eyes had fastened on me as a predator fastened on it’s pray. I had been ashamed but the only think I could do under that gaze is lower my head. We had gone through the territory on a fast speed until we reached “the great hall”. The first second I saw the beautiful castle I forgot every think else. She hadn’t stopped to admire it but instead walked gracefully inside and when I hadn’t been prompt in following her she had shouted.

“It is beautiful I know you can admire it as long as you like. Fergus will escort you to your place in the castle.” That had surprised me a little. That she hadn’t simply ordered me to follow her. But I decided to take the opportunity and made a tour around the place. When finished I had gone inside and Fergus had given me a little smirk before escorting me up a staircase and to the left. He had left me in front of big white door. I had opened it and been greeted by a big golden mirror and a big bed had been a little to the left of it. She had been in the bed under the red covers. A beautiful sight. So beautiful it took me a little time to notice her horrified expression. I woke up from my daze induced by the fact that all the blood had rushed south from my brain enough to wonder why she was horrified. She had told the pompous butler to escort me to my proper place in court. And me being a boy toy of course my place was in her bed.

“What are you doing in my room?” She had passed her horrified state to go straight to furious. Her eyes were black. What I saw in those black eyes was much more then simply a vampire much much more. I had thankfully managed to spit out: “The butler escorted me here”. She got out of her bed all glowing hair and skin. When she reached me she took me for my shirt and started pulling me by it as she marched purposefully forward opposite the way I had come from. I smiled at her back. I found it amusing that although she could make my body move with a thought in her rage she was trying to drag my 180 pounds and succeeding. After a few minutes we found Fergus.

“Why in the name of the fiery pits of hell would you bring him to my room?” She yelled at the man and besides the fact that he was twice her size and she was wearing a short teddy. The man shrunk back as if from a two headed dragon.

“You tolled me to escort him to his place  and with that tattoo” The man babbled incoherently.

“I meant the warriors wing. I meant for you to give him a room in the warrior’s wing. He is the new master of the guard. Can’t you sense he is a Dorminus armi?” She then turned around and still dragging me made her was to a part of the castle that was in darker marble. I didn’t think it was two far from her chamber. She then deposited me in un empty room and went her merry way. After that the weeks started to pass. She regarded me simply as her master of the guard. I did notice that she almost never used her powers but with me she used them often and waves of dominance pulled of her when around me. But I didn’t think she could control that I was un unclaimed mate that was around her all the time. As time passed my weariness that she would change her mind and decide to claim me metamorphosed in to wariness that she wouldn’t. Somehow over time I had fallen in love with her. But for the ten years I had been in her court she didn’t make one sexual or even friendly overture towards me. I was pulled back from my thoughts by a squeal from the human. I looked down apparently I had been squeezing his neck to much. I released him we were almost to the weasel’s chamber anyway. And okay maybe I was being uncharitable towards the short human but the bulge I had seen as soon as I had pulled him out of Sicilia’s bedroom did not really incline me to think favourably of him. It was almost dawn so I made my way to my room. The same room she had deposited me that night or more accurately that morning it had been half un hour before sunrise. It was nicely furnished. For ten years I hadn’t changed anything except putting cloths and weapons mostly sorts in the armoire. The same king sized bed with a brow frame and mirror with a toilet table on one side of the room. On the other a small table with a plush sofa and a bookcase that was completely empty. I hadn’t ever taken real interest in books. I preferred doing things then reading bout them. I new Sicilia adored books. And so on accession I would go to the library pretending to read books while in reality reading her. I took pleasure in deciphering what emotion she felt depending on her expression while she read. If her eyes widened she must have been surprised if her eyebrow crinkled she was confused and so on. Pathetic  I now but some days I was desperate. I went to the mirror examining myself. A long time ago I had drawn to the conclusion that she simply must find me unattractive. More then that for her to ignore the sexual pool there was between a mate and a succubus vampire she must find my features downright repugnant. I still couldn’t understand why. I wasn’t vain or any think but most women found me attractive even some man did. I had those ruff type of features with short black hair. I wasn’t a god or anything but I had had a lot of lovers tell me that it was my rigidness and shear bulk that made me attractive. I was starting to think that it was probably my freakish height and my too broad shoulders that put Sicilia off. I sighed. No point dwelling on it anymore. I should go to bed the sun would be up soon. Un image of the tunnels went through my head. I felt sadness and not a little pain. More then the damage in the tunnels what assured me that Mondergaum was going to make the trip to the “ever after” very soon was the fact that Sicilia was starting to think on a plan to move the people. She wouldn’t do it if she wasn’t sure there was no hope for her brother anymore.

 As the first razes of sun started peaking in the sky I slipped my cloth off and went in bed.