Queen of Darkness

Chapter 16 - Full moon

Chapter 16 - Full moon

Vincent lead me through the garden, through the maze to the far end of the property. Where we sat under the large tree next to the pond.

I've only been here once before... With Pierré. The thought saddened me for a minute but I pushed the memory back. The pond looked more beautiful at night time, the full moon reflecting off the water illuminated the area.

Me: "How old are you?"
Vincent:" Twenty eight"
Me: "That's not what I meant" and with those words I verbally admitted that I knew about vampires, but I didn't care anymore. And Vincent didn't seem to care either.

Vincent: "Six hundred and fifteen years"

Me: "So... You're older than Robert?"

Vincent:"Well darling, of cause they don't choose children to sit on the vampire council, that's why we are also referred to as the elders.... Why do you think he sees me as such a threat... I know things. It's no secret he wants a spot on the council board, but the only way a spot becomes available is if one of the council members... Expires.

I know he has been conspiring and conniving to be made a council member, and he knows I know which is why he despises me so, because I've been working from my side to convince the other council members not to make him a member, even if a spot does open... Thus putting my life in danger. Luckily there are three other council members that agree with me but Robert doesn't know that....and everything decided by the council is decided by vote. Four votes against Robert only three for him.... Aurora you have to be careful, he is not what he portrays... If anything he is the danger, he is the most conniving selfish vampire we have had in years"

Me: "If only you knew how I've tried to get away from him" I said it more as an aloud thought but Vincent heard it all the same. "You shouldn't have told me that... He will see it in my memories" The idea saddens me. Nothing, not even an intimate moment with a gorgeous vampire, is sactret.

Vincent: "I don't understand why you stay... It's not like you're a Vamparic, he doesn't have a hold over you"

His words caught me off guard, he knew I wasn't Vamparic, if he knew then Anastasia must know too and all the other vampires, which meant I was in serious danger.

Anastasia I thought I figured out. She would press the fact that Robert turned a witch into a vamparic. It seemed that she wanted a war between the witches and vampires. She was a power hungry bitch and visible disliked witches. Maybe she knew I wasn't vamparic but kept it a secret cause it interfered with her war plans... But what was Vincent's deal?

Me: "How long have you known... How did you even know?"

Vincent smiled softly at me, tucking a piece of hair behind my ear. "I knew from the first time we met... If it's any consolation, you didn't make it easy, there was a few times I doubted myself... But you confirmed it tonight."

I was confused... Did that mean that only he knew, even The General thought I was... So how? Vincent must have seen my confusion. "Aurora... Still so innocent and ignorant, the first time we met you felt the same way around me as you did tonight, Robert told me not to use seduction on you... But what he didn't realize was I wasn't using seduction on you... It was all your own feelings, your own desires. Robert confirmed then that he hadn't used seduction on you, because if he had... I wouldn't be able to seduce you even if I did try... And tonight when you said I shouldn't use seduction on you... If you were Vamparic, my seduction wouldn't mean a thing, it wouldn't affect you, you wouldn't even have noticed... So the fact that you thought I was seducing you... The fact that you felt that way around me... It's s proof that he has not turned you into a Vamparic.. But these.. I don't understand" He runs his fingers over the puncture marks in my shoulder.