Chapter 72 - Patrician Manor

I could tell why my dad referred to it as castle. It looks much like a medieval castle. Except it just had a highly fortified front door. On the front of the gate, you could see the giant Roman flag, of yellow and red. Next to it, was a flag or symbol I've never seen before. It was a black flag, the design was white. There was a Cresent moon, a dangling skull from the Cresent moon, a bat, and what looked like pixie dust. It's also had a galaxy looking background, shades of dark purple, dark blue and some pink and green. "Whats that?" Dahlia asked. "It's the representation of the Supernaturals council headquarters flag" My father stated. "Everything in the flag is supposed to represent represent Supernatural creatures" my father said. "Oh I see, it's a pretty cool looking flag" Dahlia said. The limousine pulls up to the giants gate. The doors open up and the front gate swallows our limousine whole as we drive up to the manor. You here a huge clank as the gateway closes back up. "This place gives me the creeps" Dahlia said her thoughts out loud again. "Dahlia, manners!" my dad said. "It's okay, when I first arrived here, I felt the same way too. The staff is great though" Cesar said half smiling. "Dahlia stay on guard" my wolf spoke. "Not all things are what they appear" my wolf said again. We drove up to the front doors of the manor, in a half circle driveway. It looks like staff of the council is waiting for us. It looks like 4 maids and a bag carrier. The driver parked the limousine. "Sorry, I will not be getting out, I'm sure I don't have to explain" Cesar said. "No, thank you for driving us and not letting my outburst hinder your day" Dahlia said. The manor had giant arch ways and giant concrete steps. As I exit the limousine, the maid and bag carrier swarm me. "Milady, let me grab your bags" Let us show you to your rooms" they spoke at once. I forced a smile, I wish they would back up. An interesting figure starts to make way down the stairs towards us. My sense go on alert again. I could smell him before I could hear them; Werewolf. "Hello, miss Ravenwood, I am, Balthazar, Lord Ulrich's assistant. If you should ever need anything, please ask" Balthazar spoke. My dad stepped in between myself and the assistant. "Oh, Ethan, how are you" Balthazar says turning his attention to my dad. "You two know each other?" Dahlia asks. "Of course we do" My dad said coldly. "All we need is our rooms, room service and to not be disturbed. All requests to meet the the Luna before the debut, are absolutely not an option" My father says unblinking, staring at Balthazar. "Of course, as you wish. You heard the man, get them settled in their rooms!" Balthazar snaps at the staff. The staff flinched as he snaps at them. This guy must be a piece of work. I am curious to know the relationship, between him and my dad. The staff walks us into the manor. It's beautiful, ancient statues line the walls, along with paintings. The colors are so bold, golds, whites, reds, purples. Not my taste but it's cool for what it is. The staff stop at a door "Your room milady" the maids announced. "We're all sharing the same room?" Dahlia asked. "It's a suite, the rooms are divided" my maid says gracefully. "Oh cool, thank you so much" Dahlia replied. The maid opens the door and I walk in side. The decor is a bit outdated. I do love the vintage feel but this room screams we are trying too hard. The only thing bad thing at first glance, is really only the decor. A giant Gothic canopy bed. "Here are the restrooms" the maid points out. The counter tops are black, white and gold marbled, a soaking tub that matches the counter tops. The bathroom floor, is black little ceramic tiles with a hint of golden flakes. The walls are a basic off white. "Here is the vanity and room divider you will be using to get ready for the ball. Hair and makeup will be sent in day of the ball, if you wish for a special stylish or look" the maid says. "Thank you for the tour. Where are our bags and my dress" No sooner did I ask the bag carrier came flying in juggling everything. "Here let me help" Dahlia says rushing to grab the dress her mother designed. "Thank you, so much, now if we could settle in" My father says. "Oh, of course sorry for keeping you" the maid say with a bow and the entire staff disappears. "That was, well interesting" Dahlia said. "No, kidding!" my dad says. "Here look at the menu, it's already dinner time, I'm sure you're hungry, since you haven't really kept anything down all day" my dad said. "Oooo, a cheeseburger and waffle fries and a side of assorted fruit" Dahlia says with hunger. "That sounds great" my dad says. "It does sounds pretty good" Jackson and Paige state. "Great then it's settled, I'll order 4. The normals for drinks? my dad asks. We all nod our heads yes. "Okay, great!" my dad says. He walks over to where the door is, there's a white vintage rotating phone on a sideboard. I watch as my father picks up the phone and spin dials random numbers. "Hello yes, We are staying in the suite, we'd like to order food. Okay great. Yes, I'll take 4 of your cheeseburger meals and fruit, with 4 cokes and 4 orange juices. Okay great, 20 minutes, okay thank you" My dad hangs up the phone. "That seemed easy" Dahlia said. "For now" My dad said. For the next 20 minutes, we get our beds and clothes ready, and wait for our food. 'knock' knock' sounds on the door. "Ill get it" my dad says. He walks over to the door looks through the peep hole. He hand motions me to hide. I run behind the room divider. My dad opens the door. Room service has arrived and another man. "Lord Ulrich, good to see you" My father says. "Yes, well we don't care to see you, it just happens to be a package deal" Ulrich says. I can feel my dad is trying his best to stay calm. "Well, where is she?" Ulrich asked. "In the loo, she is not available for meet and greets that's what the ball is for" my dad said. Lord Ulrich stares at my dad with displeasure. "Ethan, you were always so useless" Ulrich said with a dismissive hand gesture. Lord Ulrich tries to break the threshold into our suite and my dad steps in front of him. "We are tired, hungry and wanting privacy, please go" my dad said with his stern voice. Lord Ulrich rolled his eyes and left our room. The poor room service guy was standing their shaking in his boots. "Your...your...dinner sir" the guys says shaking. "Thank you so much" my dad says as he takes the cart and wheels it in and shuts the suite door, but not before tipping the young kid. I walk out. "That was Lord Ulrich?" Dahlia asks. "Yes" my dad says still annoyed. "What nerve he has to be so rude to you!" Dahlia yells. "Hey, it's okay, keep your voice down" My dad says. "That man is a disgusting little fat troll" Dahlia says with anger. My dad chuckles. "I thought wolves, were, you know glamorous, tall, beautiful or handsome, muscular. What happened to that guy?" Dahlia asked. "He's always been that way" my dad says. "No wonder he became a politician, no one would respect him otherwise" Dahlia said. "Exactly, so mind your manners, he holds a lot of power in the wolf community" my dad said. "Let's eat" my dad says. We all gather our food, and we down it, like we haven't eaten. "Oh dad, my inner wolves spoke again and said to stay alert and not all things are what they seem" Dahlia said to her father. "Yeah, well that would make sense. There's always some kind of hidden agenda in this place" My dad said. "Just what we need" Dahlia said taking a bite if her burger. "Yeah, tell me about it" my dad said. We finished our food fairly quickly. We all took turns taking showers, I went last. I had to wash the smell of vomit from my flesh. I threw on a pair of sweats and a hoodie and I came out to join the others. My dad saw me come out "Hey, were gonna play some cards, want to join" my dad said. "Yes, that would be fun!" Dahlia said. "We can't stay up too late though" my dad said. I laughed at his statement. We sat a played round after round. We played rummy, poker, blackjack until my father yawned. "What time is it?" Dahlia asked rubbing her eyes. "Oh hell, it's 2am" my dad said. I laughed at him. "Not too late, huh?" Dahlia said. "What we were having fun" my dad said stretching. My guards started to yawn and stretch too. "Well, let's head to bed. I'm sure we will need it" Dahlia said. Dahlia gave her dad and guards a hug and said goodnight and then made her way to her temporary bed.