Vampire King’s Little Killer

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Nero

“… and then she straddled the guy, getting her knives from her boots. Seriously, who hides their concrete penetrating knives in their boots and brings them into a sex club?” Con was busy retelling Vesper and Ammar about the night when Layla found Rigel lingering around the club, thinking he was working with Tessa.

Layla sat in silence, busy watching her siblings while they were listening to Con’s words with interest. My mind wanders to Tessa, after two nights ago all I can think about was her drive to kill the second she knew that Rigel hurt me. I haven’t had any of my companions as lively in bed and at the same time as murderous as Tessa when she found out that Rigel had wounded me.

“I can see why you like her, she’s different, looked innocently human, yet fierce and a bit scary for her kind. It’s adorable. I’m glad that you’re happy, father.” Layla admitted when she moved to my side, we talked about how I met her and the boys joined in on our conversation. They all seemed sincere and were happy that I found Tessa.

“When will you mate her?” Ammar asked when I said to them that she was the one.

“I think I will wait for a little while. After everything that went through with Irina, I’ve been reluctant to find another mate. The pain, the worry, the revenge,”

“And yet you pushed us to find mates and settle down.” Vesper’s annoyed voice cut my words.

My hand slapped his shoulder affectionately. “Son, you’re young,” then I addressed my other children, “Ammar, Layla, Constantine, I want all of you, including Lucius to find your mates. Just because you all witnessed what happened to me when I lost Irina, it shouldn’t deter you from finding your other half.” I put my other hand on Layla and continue. “At least once in your lifetime you’d find your peace, and yes I’d do it all over again with Irina knowing I would only have for a short amount of time and how painful it was when our mate bond was gone.”

“Wow, okay you may just sold me on the idea. But as I said, father, all the men out there is um…” Layla hesitated when Ammar put his hand on her hair, affectionately caressing her just like he always does since she was a youngling.

“What our dearest sister is trying to say is, it’s hard to find a mate when your sire is the king of vampires of one of the world’s strongest vampire clans in existence, making you the sought-after Princess and princes,” Ammar said smirking, looking from Layla then to me.

I smiled and asked if they would rather me do it the old fashion way, “I could list eligible royalty mates fit for my princess and princes?”

All of them groaned simultaneously. And Vesper was the first one to steer the topic of conversation. “So, when are you taking Tessa to meet Lucius?” He asked, telling me that I should check up on their brother since he hadn’t been visiting for years.

“Hmm… I don’t know, a trip out of the country sounds good with her spare time. And you’re right, someone should go check up on Lucius. Maybe I’ll ask her to go with me.”

I don’t know what Tessa would say, but if she refused, I was going to ask Ammar to go check on my number four.

Lucius had always been a wild child, not the hippy kind more the dark and brooding kind. He’s not a party animal like Constantine or quite the vicious drama queen like Vesper. Lucius was far from the emotionally unavailable Ammar, nor was he a seductive sinner like Layla. No, Lucius was another kind of dangerous, he’s a different kind of monster. And from all of my children who needed a mate, I was sure that he needed them the most to get him grounded.

It was just after two in the morning when I arrived back in the apartment, after I fed together with my children. Unsurprisingly, Tessa was still up. She was staring at her wall. This time she was sitting on the bed, drinking what smelled like Bloody Mary with extra strong vodka. Looking at her drinking the red concoction was making me hard, damn… it seemed that everything she does makes me hard easily. This time she made me imagine that she was drinking real human blood, making her lips all red and inviting me for a kiss.

“Nero! you’re back.”

“Yeah, it’s two in the morning,” I replied with another kind of thirst. “Why are you still drinking?”

“Oh, this? It’s tomato juice,” she said innocently, a small smile made her face more beautiful than ever.

“It’s a Bloody Mary, with extra vodka,”

“Oh, yeah, but all because I need my vegetable intake this week and bloody Mary is the healthiest cocktail. It has electrolytes, sodium, potassium, and Vitamin C, tomatoes also contain lycopene, which is high in antioxidants. In short, this drink is good for humans.” She grinned, definitely had been consuming a glass or two before I got home.

“You’re playing cute aren’t you?”

“Am I? Oh no… wait, is that a bad thing?” She was suddenly worried. Yep, a little bit drunk for sure.

“How many glasses, little killer?”

“Um… second batch,” she tugged her lip and nodded, then told me in rapid words about her new theories about her wall.

I listened while watching the beauty in front of me as I sat at her side. I could never get enough of her, just being near her made the urge for me to mate. I was wondering how much longer I could make myself resist mating her.

“I’ve been talking to my children,”

“Oh yeah? Did you guys talk about me?” Again, cute drunk Tessa was trying to be flirtatious. My inside warmed up that she was making an effort to seduce me, while in reality, she didn’t need to do that. Her presence alone was making me want to lay her and have my ways with her. Mate her. And spend hopefully centuries with her, because I know, decades with her will never be enough.

“We did, Ammar even suggest that I take you on a trip while visiting my fourth, Lucius. It has been a while since he went back home.”

“Oh yeah? Where to?” She asked after finishing off her glass of what she claimed to be her vegetable intake of the week.

“A little village, just outside of Romania.”

“Oh, seriously, is it Transylvania?” Her eyes were wide with either excitement for the trip, or maybe it was the tomato juice-induced vodka drink.

“As a matter of fact, it is. It’s still in the Transylvania region. He had been staying there for a while now, and managed his territory from abroad.” I was not happy with the situation, but Lucius had somehow made it work so I had nothing to complain to him about, making it harder for me to find an excuse to get him to go back home.

“When do you want to leave?” She asked excitedly.

And just like that, we leave for Transylvania the next day.

“I didn’t know that Transylvania is on your bucket list?”

“It’s not, but vacation is! I haven’t had a vacation since forever.”

“You haven’t?”

“Duh, being an assassin to the mob made you have to be available on short notice and being the best one on the list made… oh shit, I need to check in with my handler. I don’t want him to think that I’m dead already. Can I make a quick call?”

“Sure, we’ll be taking off soon, so you better make it quick.”

I went to talk to the captain, leaving Tessa in the cabin for her privacy though I could still hear her conversation clearly with my advanced vamp-hearing.

When she ended the call I gave her a few more minutes before getting back to her side. The private jet was on the runway, fueled and ready to go, and when the captain had the clear from the ground control the flight attendant assisted us for take off.

Ten hours later we arrived at a private airstrip in the Transylvanian region. The weather was nice and perfect when we arrived just after dusk. “Come on we’ll get you dinner before another one-and-a-half-hour ride to Biertan.”

“So, we’re venturing off the Transylvania city center? How exciting.” She said after taking a lungful of the surrounding fresh air the second we were out of the plane.

“Yes, Biertan is a small beautiful village near Transylvania. It’s picturesque, and tourist-friendly in a very Dracula way. Lucius can be a bit of a history buff, he’s always set in his ways. Loves the old castles and living in one, so you’re in for a treat.”This text is property of Nô/velD/rama.Org.

I could practically see the glow in her eyes and I know she was going to drool when she saw all the ancient and horrific medieval torturing devices my son collects in his castle.

The town car was there, there were humans already assisting us with our belongings. I was tired from the flight since the rest was not pleasant. I never like long flights, that was also why none of my children had the urge to visit their brother in Transylvania. But I know that once we get to the castle I was going to have a good rest. Just like Vesper, Lucius knows how to pick his homes.

Lucius was there to greet us the moment we arrive in front of his rustic yet very grand castle. Tessa was still busy taking in her surrounding. It was cold, dark, and enchanting while slightly eerie in its way. I do not doubt that it was making my little killer fall in love with the place, even before she sees his medieval dungeon.

And as Lucius reads my possessive feeling for the little killer he gave me his rare smile. “I guess you won’t be needing a separate bed chamber then? Or will you be sleeping in your castle later?” He asked in the region’s native language.

“That will be for later, there’s too much she’s taking in at the moment,” I replied to him in fluent Romanian.

All in good time.