"let it be heard that my daughter has chosen to take a soulmate. She has chosen to be wed to Nathan". He said as he turned to the crowd and began to speak in a joyful tone which was quite unlike my father.
As he looked deeply into my eyes I was unable to control myself as I felt a wave of emotion envelop me that made me rush to his side and brace his left arm.
"The ritual of Sacred Bonds will commence during the next full moon. I hope that all major households will be present to observe the special day". My mother stated as soon as my father stopped speaking.
Then everyone started to move about and socialize once again now that the main event was over, and my father asked both of me and Nathan to come over with him to his private study.
I followed my father to his private study with a giant knot of uncomfort in my stomach because normally my father only asked me to go there if he had something negative to nag and complain about to. Was he embarrassed that I was the only child that my parents had, or was it for some random reason that I did not know.
?he study contained a massive library that covered all three walls a,nd inere was a desk with a main chair on one side and three separate chairs on the opposing side.
"Now that we are alone I will be discussing some of the finer details of this arrangement". My father said as I saw him sit down.
As soon as he sat down I did the same on the far left chair that was on the opposing side of the table.
"So what is it that you wish to discuss with us s,ir?" Nathan asked him before making his way to the chair on the far right side, but instead of sitting down she chose to brace himself withboth of his hands braced against the back of the chair.
"Well fir,st; if,you Nat,han are, going to prove yourself to be a worthy husband to my daughter the,n you will have to prove that you can both provide for her and work with her if the necessity arises.
I want the both of you too totogether on all of your missions, and while this will mean that you both will get less done individually it ,might be easier to complete your missions without any kind of complication.
Truthfully I will know if you will be able to support and protect her by how your missions together go.
What do you think of that".
"I will accept those terms; beause if I can not prove myself to be a Worthy husband to her the,n I should just die and end my line as the last of my family".
"Speaking of your family; why exactly are you the last of your family?"
As my father spoke I s,aw him approach Nathan and stare him directly in the eyes and, he even activated his secondary visiVisio,i,ch caused his eyes to change from their normal black to a da red.
Then Nathan did the same, but his eyes changed from black to a lit blue.
"If you want to know the truth then that will be a very painful memory for me to bring back up. Are you sure that that is what you want from me sir,?"
"Yes; unlike other vampire households how our family has made a vow to not keep any major secrets from one another. That being said if you were going to be marrying a member of this house the,n you willwoulde to tell us the truth about what happened".
"The truth is that I was once married, but she ended up being a treacherous spy for another household. I did not notice it before it was too late because we werehad beenpily married for over five years before I was betrayed by my former wife.
She even killed the rest of my household, and the only reason why I survived was because I was on a mission when it happened. I will do whatever it takes get to my revenge, an reclaim my famifamily'sor".
"While that is a very unfortunate story; I am very glad that I finally know the truth.
The first thing that I want the two of you to do is to go to your workplace and allow her to become familiar with your environment".
"All right". He said to my father.
My father then offered his left hand and Nathan shook it. In our culture whi,le the ing with the right hand was used for matters with other species; th, more legitimate and hardcore deals werewere always shakenh the left hand to show the level of seriousness behind the agreement.
Then I heard a knock on the door and, a few seconds later my ,mother opened the door and came into the study.
"I hope that I did not interrupt anything.
Dear it would not be polite to not increase our guests as they leave before dawn".
"Yes my ,dear you, are correct". My father said is hissed my mother on the left cheek and walked out of the study.
"Now that it is just us I will tell you my requirements for you marrying my only daughter.
You can do almost anything that you want as long as you do not force her to try to kill herself due to the misery that you might possausing her.
That is the main thing that I am concerned with. I wish you both a very prosperous life, and I expect to have atleat leastotal of twelve grandchildren".
"Mother tha,t is not the appropriate thing too to for us at this early juncture of our relationship". I said as I walkwalkedards her out of frustration of watt she had just said.
"What you have to think about the future of your household. As the woman of the house that is your top priority at all times".
"Just go mot,hMother. You making this a very uncomfortable experience for me". I said as I started to push my mother out of the room.
I then close the door behind her not allowing her to come into the room.
As I closclosed door I h,eard another knock on the other side of it; an, andI opened the door I s,tarted to yell at the first person that I saw.
"If you willdo not leavealone mot,hMother,ill.... Oh Vic,toria".
"Well mas,ter I w,as waiting for your parents to get done talking to you before I came in tinto room.
I did overhear most of what they said so ,are we going to be going to the ship of this man or yours for our first joint mission".
"?Yes we ,will be following my father's orders no matter how much I do not wish to do so. To answer your second question about what ship we will take we will both be going in our separate ships to meet at his location of operation".
"So are you telling me that you trust this measly undead?" Nathan said to me as he grabbed me by my left wrist as I started to walk away.
"Yes I d,o trust her sin. Sinceid make a pact with her she, doescannotray me even if she wanted to".
"You gave her a name as well do you know what that means? You are telling other people that you trust that turned one almost as much as a fellow pure-blooded vampire".
"Yes I understand that, and she is my turned vampire that I may do with as I please".
"Well then her,e are the coordinates that you need for our meeting location". H."said to me as he wrote down something on a piece of paper and then handed it to me.
I then turned around and went out of the study so that I can could goodbye to my mother.
After I spoke with her I then made my way back to the family section of the hanger so that I could get underway with the rendezvous.
I was still unable to control myself at the thought of the fact that my father had basied me to get married; bu, when it comes to the political standing of a family a f,,emale vamvampire's'slings do not matter in our culture.
Did I make the right decision by choosing to marry him, or did I make the most grave decision that was going to cost me my life one day? The thoughts of that race throughout my body as I punched in the coordinates that he had given me and lifted off into space hoping that I would not have to see home again until my wedding to this man named Nathan.