An Angel Among Vampires
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A Rogue Among Vampires
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It has been over a week and there has been no sign of Christien’s sire, the tête de ligne de sang that killed my parents, Hassan, since the confrontation with his vampires in the warehouse.
My best friend Tyler has been locked away downstairs recuperating from his recent change from human to vampire so I decide to pay him a visit since Christien and Roman are at the warehouse dealing with the new vampires Christien acquired from what is left of Hassan’s get.
I get dressed and I’m on my way to visit Tyler downstairs when I run into Kayle in the hallway.
“Hey, are you feeling better?” I ask, relieved to see him up and moving easier since receiving a knife to the heart during the fight protecting me.
“I am feeling much better, thank you Jess.” He responds sincerely.
I smile warmly. “I never got a chance to thank you for saving my life. Thank you Kayle.”
“You have quickly returned the favor and have saved mine in allowing me to feed from you to heal my wound.” He replies tersely.
Awkward silence fills the air around us for several moments.
“I don’t like to be in debt to anyone.” I say jokingly to ease the tension of our, so far, strained friendship.
He snorts, continuing down the hallway to go downstairs. “Obviously, you do not.”
As we are walking down the stairs, the front doorbell rings. Kayle answers the door and freezes.
I can sense the power radiating from the doorway from someone out of my view. I think it is Hassan so I grab my daggers and run to the door, then pause beside Kayle.
A petite woman with blood red hair, pale skin, blue eyes, and freckles is standing at the door. She looks at me. Her blue-grey eyes flash with curiosity, but blank quickly. She looks back at Kayle. “I am Jolene from the Vampire Council. I am here to deliver a message to your master.”
Kayle blocks the doorway with his body and stares at the petite woman standing on the porch. “My master is not here.”
Stubbornly, the woman raises her chin in defiance. “The Vampire Council has sent me here to deliver a message to Christien Aleran. He must come forth now.”
“I told you, my master is not here. I will inform him of the Council’s request when he returns.” Kayle repeats inflexibly.
Kayle moves to shut the door when the woman announces, “I will wait for his return.”
“Very well.” Kayle almost has the door shut when the woman speaks up again.
“Surely you do not intend on making me wait here outside alone until your master returns. Where are your manners? I am a representative sent from the Vampire Council. Are you going to invite me inside as your guest?” Jolene replies aghast
Kayle frowns and looks at me, giving me a pleading ‘Help me!’ look. He blanks his face before looking back at the petite woman. “I am under my master’s strict orders not to invite anyone into his home without his expressed permission. You may return to the estate when he is here.”
“As a representative of the Vampire Council, you will acknowledge my authority and invite me inside.” She demands capturing Kayle’s eyes with hers.
Kayle opens his mouth to follow her command, but I reach up, grab his head with my left hand and twist it hard to the left. His neck breaks and he crumbles to the floor. I step over Kayle, pushing his body away from the door with my foot. Standing in front of the pale, freckled faced, red-haired woman, I look her up and down appraisingly.
The woman stares back at me with a disbelieving and uncertain look on her face. “Who are you?”
Rolling my eyes at the woman, I shut the door in her face and lock it without answering.
Kayle’s broken neck heals quickly as he gets back to his feet. “Thank you for that. It seems now I am in your debt once again.”
“I broke your neck so you could not invite her inside. I would hardly call you owing me anything for that.” I explain sheepishly.
“It does not matter the reason. That vampire cannot enter this house. We would all be vulnerable to her if she comes inside. No one should answer the door until Christien returns, especially not the humans.” Kayle demands strongly.
Kayle and I go through the house giving orders to everyone not to open any doors leading outside until further notice. No one is to go near any windows or answer any knocks coming from outside the house. We confine the humans inside the house to their living quarters. The vampires are to stay in the basement. The house feels empty as Kayle and I stroll through the hallways looking for anyone we might have missed. After dealing with the attack from Hassan’s vampires the previous week, we are being extremely cautious, especially because we have not found Hassan yet. With Christien away dealing with his newly acquired vampires, we don’t want to take any unnecessary risks.
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