The Vampire Succubus

Chapter 3

I was so furious. “Where is he?” I growl screamed at Edwin. One of the warriors in the guard.

 “Who mistress?” Edwin asked. He was scared. For a moment my fury gave way to regret. Edwin was a new guard. Two years or so. He still thought me friendly or more accurately sane. He had even started calling me Sicilia. Something none of the others in the court had wanted to do and I hadn’t pushed them to. They respected me and they were loyal to me I couldn’t force anyone to be friends with me if they didn’t want to. And normally I wasn’t so bothered by that because I always had Monder but now that I was going to loose him. I couldn’t even think about the loneliness. I made my voice softer and tried to make my expression a little less scary as well.

“Lauralile Edwin. Where is Lauralile?” Edwin did not relax in the least. Well I had tried it wasn’t my fault. I was a monster by birth.

“I do not know mistress. Lucy was scheduled to visit him just after dawn but when she went to his room he wasn’t there. No body has seen him since he went to his room at sunrise.”

 I was even more furious now. “Who is Lucy?”

 Edwin apparently sensing my emotions hurried to reassure. ”Lucy is a human. It was time for him to feed. We are close with Lauralile he has no lovers. If he had I would know” I was insane. It wasn’t any of my business If he had lovers. What was going on with me why couldn’t I think straight when it came to that vampire? I was pretty sure I had growled at poor Edwin.

“Search for him and if you find him sent him to my room” I told Edwin and then headed there myself.

Lauralile’s POV

I was looking at another of Sicilia’s perfumes since I had exhausted any other avenues of interest I could find in her room. Of course I could have snuggled in her sheets. I would have been only to happy to lay surrounded with her smell. But contrary to my actions tonight I did want to continue among the living. I had awoken for the day with a thought in my head. Mondergaum was going to die. And wondering at why exactly I had awoken with that sentence glued to my brain. I had started thinking. What would happen when Monder died? The people left in his territory would probably go insane. The castle “Black Crow” would start to slowly demolish. Flowers would start dying and so on. And then it hit me. Sicilia. I new the bond she had with her brother. I also new she had nobody else. I hadn’t noticed anyone that she considered a close friend and the last lover she had had was over 3 years ago. He had been a blacksmith in the court but had resigned saying he wanted to go live closer to his father since his father was un Earth Lander and at the end of his days. The knight before he had had to live she had summoned him to her room. At around four o’clock the next day. Briar had left. That was the total of it. Putting those facts together I had come to the conclusion that Sicilia was probably going to break when her brother passed. Heck she might just kill herself even if she didn’t break. It was the one folly of our race. The ease with witch we could take our own lives. Protocol be damned I had to do something I had to force her to have a connection with someone besides a vampire at death’s row. I heard another sentence in the form of a scream. I smiled. She had been doing that for the last 2 hours. Exactly at sunset she had walked out of her room. And headed towards the warrior’s wing. To collect me I was sure. I had hidden in one of the empty rooms between her chamber and mine and waited for her to pass. Then I had sneaked back to her room. Where I had been the whole time. I had figured it was the only place she wouldn’t look for me. And I had been right. I heard Edwin tell her about my appointment with Lucy. And I whined at her growl. But then he explained. Thank god. I then herd her go up the stairs. Well I had managed to get her pissed know lets sea if I could do something with it besides get myself murdered.

She opened the door.

“Heard you were looking for me.” I said with the most casual voice I could muster. She was wearing a red dress that was the same colour as her hair. It was tight fitted until the waist. And there it spread but it was not very long approximately to her knees. Sicilia had actually brought that fashion herself. When she had demanded all her gowns be tailored to her knees or a little lower. My gaze went to the 3 inch red heals and then back to her thunderous eyes.

“You “she growled and walked until she stood right in front of my face. Even in the heals she was slightly shorter then me.

“What about me “I deliberately made my voice insolent. Knowing that would drive her crazy. She put her palm to my cheek as if to caress me but then her nails sharpened and she dragged them down. Living no doubt four bloody scratches down on side of my face. She immediately looked appalled but she wasn’t giving any dominance fermions. First to angry and now to startled. I took advantage of that and smiled at her. I quite did not care about the small amount of pain she had caused me. She had marked me and that was actually some kind of progress. Seeing my smile she looked even more bewildered. I decided it was time to speak.

“I except that you are dominant. And if you claim me the need to control me won’t be so strong because you will be assured that I was yours.” She blinked at me. It was actually quite adorable to sea her so startled out of her wits. So I continued. ” If it is my skill in bed is what worries you...” I was about to continue but her blush stopped me. She was blushing. I frowned at her. That unfortunately dragged her back from her startled state.

“Go sit on the bed’ She ordered and my body moved that direction. At the beginning it had been most unnerving when she did that. But by now I was used to it. I sat on the bed and so her get out some stuff for healing. Ya right as if I was letting her get of that easy. She would heal the scratches and pretend this conversation never happened. I got up and went to the mirror while her back was to me preparing a healing cream no doubt. I took one of the shorter knifes I kept on me and started following the scratches carefully. Making them deeper. Insuring that they would stay for at least 3 days if I didn’t feed.

“What are you doing?” Sicilia shrieked. But the dominance pheromones were no pouring out of her. She had regained her equilibrium. So I answered the question directly with my head down.

“I was making the scratches deeper”

“Why?” She sounded exasperated now. I kept my eyes on the floor.” Because I want them to remain as a mark at least for a few days.” I explained to her in a submissive tone. I had pushed my luck enough for tonight.

“You want a mark?  ” she sounded hesitant but then added” from me?” It wasn’t quite a question but I answered.

“Yes I do” She clamed her mouth shut. Then took the healing cream she had mixed and after cleaning the wounds. Put cream in them. Then she took three white very thin adhesive tapes and stuck them horizontally to the scratches.

“I will wait for you by the front doors in half un hour” I was dismissed so I walked out of the room.