Chapter 37
Daisy was worried about everything going on. She knew that Noah wasn’t telling her everything. He was trying to protect her, but it was frustrating at the same time, though her friends (the servants) were telling her all kinds of things.
There were a lot of snobby nasty vampires in the ranks of royalty; they assured her that most were not like that, just in the older generations of the hierarchy.
Right now, she decided that she would make an extra-large lasagna and homemade garlic bread with a nice salad. She also made three chocolate cakes and one carrot cake; the carrot cake was for Garret. He had issues with chocolate.
That intrigued her because he was a vampire that shouldn’t affect him, but he said that it upset his stomach, so she made him what he claimed was a favorite carrot.
She was beginning to wonder if they drink blood at all? She had never seen them drinking or snacking on someone’s neck. They giggled a little bit when she asked and explained that they drink blood at least once a day. However, they have blood delivered to them via a blood bank.
As far as eating food, they don’t need it as humans do, but they enjoy it and get little nutrients like simple sugars and salts. They don’t have to eat at all to survive.
They didn’t eat in front of her because of her status. It would be considered rude. There is no law about drinking directly from the source, but you can only take what you need; killing isn’t allowed and is considered one of the highest crimes.
Daisy was thankful for them because they were teaching her. She felt that she could be out among them and not be an embarrassment.
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Danny could do nothing but hold on to the tree and hope to god that it didn’t fall. He was also praying for someone to come and save him from this nightmare.
He closed his eyes and thought of his mom; he could hear her voice telling him to hold on. He clung to that like a talisman, the only shield his mind had against the horror in the night.
Wham!! It hit the tree again. This time, the tree started to lean. Still, he held firm to his branch. It was when he thought that it was the end that one more hit and he would be on the ground facing that monster head-on.
He heard shouting and could see lights coming through the trees in the forest. There were many of them. He couldn’t count because he was too focused on the tree leaning.
On the other hand, the monster started screeching and hissing again as she held out her hands to see the imminent threat. There were more shouts. Some of them were more like hisses and growls. Danny thought he heard the sound of a big cat.
Some were men; some were not; he was bewildered about what kind of place he was living in? Are these good guys, or are they more bad guys coming to see if they could have a piece of him too?
Danny decided to close his eyes and let his ears be his guide. That way, he wouldn’t be as scared if he could not see those monsters. He knew he had little chance when the tree finally came down. He was going to make a run for it.
That was when things got loud; the monster started screaming as if someone was torturing it; there were shouts from the men and furious growls from the beasts. He was about to open his eyes and jump down to make a run for it when he felt whiskers tickling his face.
He opened his eyes and was staring back at an enormous tiger. It was sniffing him. Then right before his eyes, there was a man there instead of the tiger.
“Hello there, my name is Noah; we have been looking for you; Danny, your mom, sent us to bring you back home. I am going to be a tiger again. I want you to climb onto my back and hold on tight. We are going to get you as far from that thing as possible.”
Danny could only nod his head. He wasn’t sure what to think about anything anymore; he decided to go with it and trust the tiger guy.
The tiger was there again, and though it wasn’t easy, he let go of his safe place and climbed onto the back of the tiger. He held on tight as he could as the tiger leaped out of the tree onto the ground and took off running.
If everything wasn’t so horrible and scary, Danny thought that riding like this was fun; he even closed his eyes and buried his face into the tiger’s fur. It made him feel a little better, but he just wanted to be home with his mom and forget this night ever happened.
He was also embarrassed because now everyone would see that he had peed his pants, all these brave guys, and he peed his pants. He felt like a wimp; he should be stronger than he was. Monsters were real, and he needed to get bigger and more robust to protect his mom.
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Alissa Martin knew just the perfect gift to give the bitch; she went to where she was told the meeting place for gaining a special beauty potion was to bring fifty thousand in a case and exchange it for the Elixir.
When she arrived, she wasn’t impressed. It was the dark side of a warehouse in the downtown district. She hoped that no one would see her here. That would be too much of a scandal even for her mother to cover up.
She wouldn’t be able to smooth this over with her father either, and she had him wrapped around her little finger. All her life, all she had to do was snap her fingers or make like she was crying, and he would give her anything she wanted. He might question what she needed that cost fifty thousand in cash, but she would tell him it was for a ball gown or something, and he won’t ask any more questions.
Now she waited in the dark for someone to come and make the exchange; it wasn’t long when another woman came out with a small gold box. She walked up to Alissa’s window, and they exchanged the money and the Elixir.
The woman made a strange comment, though, that had Alissa curious.
“Take good care of the little bottle. It is the last one since you’re a vampire though I don’t know what you want with it.”
She quickly rolled up her window and got the hell out of there, the mysterious place. She just hoped that this Elixir would be the wonder that it was so she could gain a foothold into that bitches door.
Driving as fast as she could back to her quarters, she summoned her butler and told him to deliver this package and note to the Princess in the west wing. Tell her that it is a welcome present and that I would like to have an audience with her at her convenience.
She sat down on her bed and squealed with delight; her plan was going perfectly; once that backwoods bitch sees the lovely gift that she had given her, she will be all but jumping at her feet to be her friend. She decided that she needed a nice little snack and called in her youngest porter. He was so sweet. Perhaps tonight, she would let him fuck her.
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Noah and Raja were finally slowing down now that they were in the castle grounds; they were taking the boy to Micheals’s physician to make sure he wasn’t hurt.
The little guy was scared out of his mind. He was clinging a little tightly to Raja’s fur, but they didn’t mind when he started to put his face into his fur. Raja started to purr to put the little guy at ease.
They could smell that he had urinated on himself. Neither could blame him; holding out as long as he did against that monster had to take some severe smarts and bravery. He had himself lodged in those tree branches perfect that had to take some doing as well.
They were almost there as Noah leaped into the waiting office of Micheals’s physician, Timothy.
Once inside, Raja laid down so Danny could get off his back; Danny, though, didn’t want to move. Dr. Timothy calmly walked up to him and stroked his back.
“It is ok, son, you can let go. You are safe now, my name is Tim, and I am a doctor. We will make sure you’re not hurt, and then we will take you to your mom.”
Danny still wouldn’t let go.
“What is wrong, son? Why don’t you want to let go?”
In a whisper, Danny answered.
“I don’t want anyone to see that I have peed myself.”
“It is ok, son; if I had to face what you did, I would have done more than just pee. You are a courageous young man and have nothing to be ashamed of.”
With that, Danny finally let go, and they got him onto the examining table. Noah shifted back and smiled at Danny. Danny was starting to shake all over as his nerves caught up with him; he was a little cold and hungry too. The Doctor and the nurse looked him over, and other than some bruises and scratches, they felt he would be just fine after getting some food and rest.
Doctor Timothy also wanted him to see a therapist with his mom to help with all the nightmares and mental issues he might have after dealing with the Monster.
Noah wrapped his coat around Danny so no one would notice that he lost control, and to keep the little guy warm, he was going to be checking up on him from now on and make sure that Danny and his mom had everything they needed.
Once everything was done the Doc released him and Noah took him to his waiting mother, they ran to each other in complete happiness and lots of crying.
After they both thanked Noah and the Doc one last time, Noah had his driver take them home and ensure they were safe. Danny’s mother also promised to tell him all about the monsters and the good guys.