Following closely behind, Jes walked up to his bedroom which was in a much better state, mate perfectly held in his arms. At some point, she had drifted off to sleep thanks to all the crying.
Laying her in the middle of the bed, Es covered her up really nicely and erected a barrier around her as if it were nothing. Jes on the other hand looked on in shock at the amazing and scary abilities his little brother had developed. Ed walked out of the room and onto the balcony and took a seat to make himself comfortable.
You are going to have to hand her over to me. Jes went straight to the point which earned him a snarl from Ed. You know better!" He added with a warning held back.
Vampires more specifically the pure bloodline vampires couldn't stand long without tasting their mates blood. It was an infusion of each other's essence which completed the bond but Ed was a different case.
He had been locked up for centuries, his mate was a human.....not that the Vampyr didn't have human mates, they did, but the adult mates were not as fragile as the offsprings. Vampyrs were also not like other races that could watch their mates grow without the crazy urge to drink from them surfacing because even without the exposure of the blood, the drive for a bite was maddening! History states that many who were mated with humans had little to no chance of holding back causing the destruction of their mates and themselves as well.
I understand this is not easy for you but you must know that it's better. Your thirst is going to keep growing the more she is close to you. I trust you might be able to hold yourself back but you are going to loose it sooner" Jes spoke but was met with silence.
I can look after her for you. He offered. Just so you can be rest assured, I'm ready to make a blood bond with you and vow to protect her with all that I have" Jes spoke but was answered nwith silence. He walked up and took the seat besides his brother.
"Who is that woman?" Ed asked looking off to the far end.
"She's your subject, apart from the human of course." Jes replied and turned to look at his brother. "The witch." Jes added.
Ed recalled back. After trying to get his mate to wake up but she didn't, all his eyes at that moment could see was nothing but blood. What he did, he had no recollection of any of it. "What happened?" he asked curiously.
Jes gave a bitter smile and also looked off in the distance. "Well, you left your mate besides her mother and stood up. At that moment, we didn't know what you were thinking but we realised late when you disappeared from our sight. We thought you were heading back home but on following your tracks, we found that you had attacked the wolf packs. You had blocked out so we couldn't get to you."
They tried to get a hold of him but we're attacked by the wolf warriors. A brutal battle broke out but Ed went to all lengths till he reached the Alpha king's palace. Killing many, he took his revenge by slitting the Luna's neck before the Alpha King who just happened nto stumble on that scene since an invasion had been reported to him while he was off patrolling other packs.
Jes and Ben reached on time and grabbed Ed from the mad battle he was indulged in with the now blood driven Alpha whose mate had been murdered right before his very eyes.
They luckily managed to make it back home but Ed's blood thirst had not been quenched one bit that he started attacking his own kin. They were forced to lock him up to contain his rampage and were in plans of meeting up with the wolf king to negotiate for peace as both parties were in wrong.
"I don't know how the wolf king managed to stay sane after the death of his mate and even gather allies aganist us. The fact that we interacted less with the others had us at a disadvantage during that time. By the time we caught whiff of the attack, they had already assembled at the border of our territory. They waited till day came and they started their attack."
"Those lowlifes!" Jes hissed. "They took advantage of our weakness. The fact that the army was close to docile during the day, they could fight but not for long." Jes closed his eyes as he remembered the how chaotic the whole situation was.
Taking a deep breath, he continued. "You know how we value our people right? How hard it is and has been for our ancestors to ensure that our numbers grow and the growth is retained."
"The royals who had no trouble with day joined the fight and the soldiers were sent off to protect the children and women." He felt his chest tightening at the memory. "While we fought at the front line, the wolf king somehow broke through our lines of defense and went after the women and children. I remember the children were only totaling to thirty. I knew each one of them by heart." Tears begun to sting in his eyes. "That bloody wolf took it to lengths of murdering them. We had no idea and it came to our notice when Belinda came back badly injured."
"The scent of fresh blood must have driven you too crazy since you somehow managed to break free. You went onto a total rampage." Jes laughed at that memory. "They had started jubilating at how they had us crushed and true to the word, our numbers were down. 500 at the most from the five thousand we had maintained and grown for centuries."
"So, back to you. Well, you KILLED! Even attacked us! The joint army couldn't stand against you that you actually took down more than we had. We were forced to come together as a united force despite the damages that had happened to both sides to outbeat you. With the help of the witches and faes, we successfully locked you away for everyone's well-being." Jes concluded and looked at his brother who was also looking back at him.
The fact that our numbers had dwindled, we decided to disperse. Some chose to put themselves to sleep, we put them in the hibernation chamber in the palace. Those that dispersed to different parts of the continent somehow managed to establish themselves and became lords on behalf of the Vampyr bloodline. Father had used part of his life force to seal you away so he remained king and all, crafted rules that shall be followed by our kind and established the Council.
Oh, and the fun part, we learnt that we could make puppets out of the humans. The chances of our numbers increasing drove us to work in the shadows and with time, those that were lords managed to make Vampire communities but with the laws of course. When we grew in power again in such a short time, they became wary of us again and sought alliances by offering daughters and the rest is Royal drama.
A new species was born of Vampires and the other kinds. Not the made ones, the born ones. They were strong! We used them to rebuild our past glory. Now, to that witch...well, she became the strongest witch in their history.
She became our ally and this made other kinds wary of attacking us again as a plot had been going on for a while. This time the grudge was from the humans since we had turned a fraction of them, made them turn against their original kind. But not all hated us.
Yawning' Over the years you became a sensation and all. We are no longer enemies though, we just do our best not to cross each other as it seems we are drawn to murder one another." He stretched even when he wasn't tired. I'm going to need to take your mate with me." Jes said to which Ed instinctively snarled at him.
News of your awakening has already spread far. You are not going to stay cooped up in here forever. The life you want, you won't be getting it little brother. So I suggest, you give her to me....no one will know of her origins while she's with me and you, my little brother will take time and stretch your limbs around. Go pay respects to father then you shall come back to her.
You can have a word with the witch while you think this through. And oh! Find your mate a name, you can't keep calling her 'mate' or 'baby'....it's cheesy!" Jes stood up and walked out of the room.
Ed sighed heavily and slumped down. The whole narration was ringing in his ears. He felt bad for having inflicted so much pain to his kind that they had to fight to survive when he was meant to protect them as a king! He didn't know if he had the chance to rectify things...but" he looked back at his sleeping mate. " For her safety this time round, he was going to do what was expected of him as a leader. Reunite his people. He walked up to his sleeping mate and the barrier dispitated. He gently took a seat besides her and his purple orbs looked at her with so much adoration. What should I name you my little mate?" he asked her with a small smile.
The little one stirred awake as if feeling someone besides her. When her blue eyes found focus, she looked at Ed and her lips curved into a babyish smile. Toothless and cute!!!
What should I name you Princess?" He asked again. She bubbled on and on making baby nosies, stuffing her small fist in her tiny mouth as she played as if giving suggestions for her name.This had Ed break into a gleeful smile.
Cara, is that what you want?" He asked once he caught that sound from the baby noises she was making. Clara?" he asked again to which she posed a huge smile at him. Your name shall be Clara, Clarabelle Anastasia Acheron mate of Edward Acheron, second Prince of the Royal Vampyr bloodline." He named her proudly.
Jes, his subordinate and the witch had come back and managed to witness the moment. Clara was held up to the heaven as the declaration was made.
Jes smiled as he again saw the king he had seen in Ed centuries back.
The witch smiled as she watched the duo. A long journey awaited them!
Lots of love from litto-ways ❤️❤️❤️