Queen of Darkness

Chapter 24 - Called out

Chapter 24 - Called out

We lived in a beautiful stone house nestled deep in the forest. It was one of Shadow's favorite homes and I could understand why, I also fell in love with the place as soon as I laid eyes on it.

The home had a warmth and romantic feel to it.

Creepers had grown up the sides of the house, reaching the second story windows. There were actual flower beds and rose bushes, giving color to the place.

The grounds surrounding the house had been cleared to let the sun through, the trees of the forest only starting a couple of yards away.

It was easy to lose track of time and one's problems in a such a peaceful place, if it wasn't for the fact that I needed human blood every so often, I could easily had stayed there, contently for the rest of my life.

The nearest town was about an hour away if we took a shortcut through the forest.

It wasn't too long before there was an altercation in town with one of the business owners who wanted cheap labor, which he got from some of the pack members, but then didn't want to pay them once they did the work.

It had gotten so bad that he had beaten some of the younger men and they wanted to retaliate.

Shadow however did not want a fight to break out so he told his pack to let things go causing animosity between some of the pack members and Shadow.

Being by Shadow's side, I had listened to all the bickering, I heard the stories the wolves came to tell Shadow, how they had to work in harsh conditions only to be beaten and treated like crap, all for a little money which they desperately needed but most of the time they never even got.

This guy was abusive and was getting rich off their backs. It had gotten to a point where they wanted to kill this man out of anger, which gave me an idea.

I suggested they allow me to use my seduction on this man. This would be a beneficial situation for all of us, I needed human blood and if he was Vamparic, I could have a constant blood supply. This would also allow me to change the way he treats his workers, which meant no more bad treatment, no more beatings and no more withholding of their wages.

Surprisingly Shadow actually agreed with my reasoning but not everyone did. There was still this handful of anti-vampire wolves that was led by non-other than Wildflower, who was oppose to anything that involved me.

They were just waiting for me to mess up, or to catch me feeding on a human so they could use it as an excuse to end my life.

They were quick to bring up the wolf rules and it caused me, for the first time to have an outburst in a fit of anger, calling them hypocrites.

A few minutes ago they were so angry that they said they wanted to kill him, now I give them an alternative without killing a man, and they want to make me out as the villain.

The fight quickly escalated and most looked to Shadow to resolve the problem.

The one thing I've learned while living with the wolves was that they were a physical lot, if there was an argument that couldn't me settled, it got settled with a one on one fight.

Each party stated their case and what they want after the outcome, the winner got his or her way.

I've seen two guys fight over something as trivial as what they wanted for breakfast, so it wasn't an uncommon way of settling things among them.

I knew if I was going to keep living with the wolves I needed to fit in, and what better way than to adopt adapt and participate in their ways... besides they all had this illusion passed onto them for generations that werewolves were stronger than vampires...well that might be true in most instances but I'm Aurora, Queen of Vampires and unlike other vampires.