Just Blood by authorof fantasy (suggested reading txt) 📖

turned to Laurin, so quick, that if human I would’ve fallen and my eyes went wide with caution as one of the four men Ashes walked in with held her by the throat. These guys, they must be the elite. Must be head of the fighters and probably head of the vampire government. I eyed Ashes’s smile reappearing then faced her head on.

“Let her go.”

“You join us; I’ll let the human girl go all the way back to home. We’ll never bother her again, but if you don’t join us, I’ll have her head ripped off before you know it.”

“I’ll kill you before you can give the orders.”

“Try me.”

She smiled as if to say that she was head vampire and that meant no other possible man or woman in this world could do any harm to her and so I felt a little worried. Then as if my human side, my human heart I suppose, took over and I nodded once in order to remain silent. Laurin behind me gasped and tried to yell but they were cut short as the guy who held her threw her to the floor.

“Get lost, human.”

He laughed as she struggled to get out, all the vampires pushing and pulling her, running for her life. My stomach, full of bats, never gave way to being calm. When Ashes walked slowly around me, examining the new piece of furniture for her vampire nation, she just turned and headed for the doors as did the other four men with her. There I stood; gazing after them and wondering what the hell had just happened when Ashes turned to me and beckoned me to come.

“Don’t make us wait, Blood.”

I obeyed with small defiance as each vampire in the club watched with green eyes. Why were they jealous though? Couldn’t they see I was just going to be recruited against my will? I didn’t want this…no one should want this.

“Blood, how old are you?”

“Eighteen, going to turn nineteen soon enough on December 21st though.”

“So it’s in a month.”

“Yes.”

“Blood, tell me, do you not enjoy being what we are?”

“I hate it.”

“That’s strange. Being a half breed, you should love it, you have no worries…none at all.”

“Yeah, but I hate it.”

“Do you drink blood?”

“Don’t have to in order to survive.”

“Do you crave blood I should have said?”

“Yes…occasionally.”

Ashes nodded as she got up from her seat in the limo and came to sit next to me, as if maybe we were old time friends. My nose wrinkled as she rested her head on my left shoulder, while watching the other four men, and I just tensed.

“Their names are Damien, Orin, Hector, and last but not least Victor. They are the last of the Absolute Covens of Vampires. Strong, powerful, and even indestructible at most…covens. I searched for them at first then slowly built up my world of us. I am a runaway vampire who was bitten by one of the top leaders, Russo, he taught me all the lessons of fighting and when at night I thought I would die the next day…he would bite me and say “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.”It was a famous saying when I was grown up under his care.”

“My father told my mother, after he had raped her that if she bore a child who survived to call it Blood. In his words that was all I would ever know of…blood.”

“Seems to me we can relate then, both lived under harsh conditions but now…yes now we can finally escape and rule under softer fists.”

“You threatened to kill my best friend.”

“She’s human, who gives a shit about them. They are only good for food and food only.”

“What if I said that to you? What if I said right here and now that I did not crave human blood but vampire blood?”

Ashes, for once, looked at a loss of words and I could see Hector fidget in his seat. He was one that likes her…but then Orin smiled in a sinister way and I could tell he was the one who had been with her before. The other two were on the edge of their seats, making sure their “leader” wasn’t in any danger.

“Then I would say…bite me.”

“Yeah…no thank you, I know when your ex and your puppy are around. Orin and Hector do a good job hiding it.”

She slapped me across my face and as I turned back to her with a smile showing it didn't hurt me she just looked away for a moment. Then as everything was starting to settle down she turned and looked me square in the eyes and cleared her throat.
“If you know what’s best for you, you would just shut the hell up and try to be on my good side.”

“Guess I don’t know then do I?”

Ashes walked back over to the other seat in the limo where she was before and laughed slightly.

“Soon, Blood, soon you’ll be mine.”

It was a quiet warning but I ignored it as I stared outside of the hummer limo that seemed to be normal if viewed from the outside but if seen from the inside it was carrying four pure blood vampires, one turned vampire who was no doubt the head, and one average half breed vampire who hated herself because of that half. My thoughts then focused on Laurin and I tried to picture where she was, know if she was alright but all that came up in my mind was her face smiling as the scene where we were playing on the play-set behind my house started to appear. My mother, Fare, with her long blond locks and her fragile body coming out to give us kids some lemonade. Laurin had gulped hers down in a matter of seconds but there I swung on the play-set with the glass full of the yellow liquid and my face sad. For as a young kid I was taught to never drink blood and had thirsted for it ever since, but Laurin, as she came around the corner with her empty glass offered me an idea. I would give her the lemonade and she would let me drink from her. I knew it was forbidden but at that age it made me want to do it even more and so I accepted and as I was about to bite into her my mother came around the corner and shrieked.

“Blood!”

I snapped out of the flashback and turned to Ashes as everyone was getting out of the car. My thoughts had taken me from a bad place, they often did, but for now I wished to stay in the real place for those thoughts weren’t great. I climbed out, hoping that sunlight out of nowhere would appear but knowing that wouldn’t kill a vampire because only silver or removing the head did. So much for fake vampire movies.

“Where are we?”

“My main headquarters, this my new friend, is The IAV. Otherwise abbreviated for International Association of Vampires.”

“It’s not smart to lead an enemy straight to the headquarters.”

“Yes, but then again, you’re not my enemy. You’re my new recruit. Now hurry, we don’t have all day.”

“Let me guess because the sun comes up.”

“Sunlight doesn’t kill us.”

“I know, I’m being sarcastic.”

Ashes and the men led me down the hallways filled with guards then as we came to the back way I could see an opening, music blasting even from outside and what came to mind was another club. In fact it was the biggest club I had ever seen with so many vampires, it was as if I entered a new world. I turned to Ashes as she beckoned me to come once more then followed her into yet another room but this one was for, no doubt, Ashes’s meetings and business work. My mouth started to water as I saw on the table sitting down in the center of the perfect on black marble, was a glass, filled with the most tastiest and delectable smell. Blood.

“I see you’ve smelt it already.”

“What is it?”

“Blood.”

“No, I mean, why it smells so different…so good.”

“Well, it holds my ancestral blood and mine.”

“That’s your blood?”

“Exactly.”

“Never mind then, it smells vulgar.”

“You…let’s just get on shall we?”

“Alright.”

We all sat down then as Ashes was about to start a small boy ran in from behind the door and came to a halt as he saw everything. Apparently they were raising full blood kids around here somewhere, maybe even turned or half like me. If anything I should find out more and when I can finally leave I’ll tell Laurin of my adventure into the depths of hell. Or more like IAV. Ashes then swirled her chair around so she could face the boy and he dropped his eight year old arms down at his side while bowing his head.

“Triscon, what have you learned in school about barging into this place?”

“We are not to barge into the main room or we shall be punished extremely.”

“Yes and should you be punished now?”

“I’m sorry; Ashes, but the other kids told me to…they said I wasn’t vampire because I am only half.”

My breath cut short as I stared at the half blood boy, Triscon, and almost felt a pang of sadness for the lad. He would have to grow up like I did an outcast to the world of humans and vampires. We were “in betweens” the “hybrid” the “half blooded creature” and no one wanted impure blood in their history line.

“Triscon, meet Blood, she’s a half blood like yourself.”

“Oh you are!”

I nodded my head as he jumped with joy, while running around the table and avoiding the men’s arms as they tried to stop him, then pounced on me with a great bear hug. It was hard not to laugh but I kept composed, while smiling all the way.

“Yes, I am.”

“And your name is Blood, that’s really cool! Have you ever thirsted Blood? I feed on blood but only rarely because it’s like a treat for when I do really well. My mommy was vampire and my dad was human, but somehow he got her pregnant and she had me!”

“That’s um…a beautiful story. What ever happened to your father?”

“He left, said he didn’t want to hurt my feelings if he found that I was drinking blood, I understood and we said our goodbyes when I was about five. That’s when mom brought me here to train; she’s one of the Sisters.”

“Sisters?”

Ashes cleared her parched throat and everyone turned to her, knowing we all had just ignored her being, but now feeling it was alright and everything was fine we smiled at each other in a playful mood. As if we, being Triscon and I, were small kids who got caught finding a mother’s bra and not caring what she would do because it was just too exciting.

“Yes, by Sisters, Triscon means of my close friends of the women here. They are the Sisters of Sacrifice, each bound to me by blood oath.”

“Oh…what about the men here?”

“Well the men, including my personal four here with us, are Brothers of Blood.”

“Rhyming?”

“Yes, unfortunately they all considered