Chapter 38

Garret took the small package from the porter and slammed the door in the little turd’s face. The porter was one of the countess’s lapdogs; Countess Alissa Martin was one of the worst of the bunch. If she weren’t constantly lying and scheming, you would see her friends and servants doing it for her.

None of the castle servants wanted anything to do with them. They were gossip mongers and backstabbing jerks, the whole lot of them. The worst is that they never even bothered most of the time to be discrete their evil crap right out there in the open for all to see.

Not to mention how she throws herself all over King Michael whenever he is in reaching distance. The King has been trying to get rid of that witch for years, but nothing ever seems to stick.

Now she wants to befriend the princess, he let out a sigh and rolled his eyes, and he took the box and put it in the King’s office instead. If it were harmful for some reason, it wouldn’t reach the princess. He would still toss it in the trash even if it weren't dangerous.

He will not let that creature get close to Daisy; he doesn’t think Daisy would be fooled. He didn’t want Daisy breathing in all that toxic air that the witch gives off, nor did he want Daisy to be traumatized by the witch’s appearance.

Garret made his way to the kitchen. The smell coming from inside made his mouth water; he laughed that he was an old vampire. He should be drooling for anything but blood. That is what the Princess’s true power was. She brought people together and showed them true friendship.

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They were hunting well into the next day, but there wasn’t a trace of the demon anywhere; it was very disappointing knowing that that thing was roaming, freely to do as it pleased.

However, Noah wasn’t as disappointed, just worried they had wounded it pretty well. He didn’t think that it was out roaming about. They would have found it; no, he felt that it had gone to the ground to lick its wounds.

To be safe, Noah had little Danny, and his mother to move into the west wing until this thing could be destroyed. He didn’t think they were in too much danger, but he didn’t know if that demon would rise again hungry or looking for revenge.

Michael and Noah headed home for some rest and food; they would have to go out again. Michael decided to break up the guards into shifts, so there was a constant search going.

When they were close to the castle, Noah put his nose to the air, and his eyes were glowing; Michael looked at him curiously.

“What is it, Noah? What do you smell?”

When Michael noticed Noah’s same scent, his mouth started to water. What the hell? Why is his mouth watering for food? When he looked back at Noah, he could tell that his Tiger Raja was behind those eyes as Noah took off at a run.

Michael started for the castle kitchens after Noah in amusement.

“Come on, Michael, last one, there is a rotten egg!!”

“Haw! You wish, kid. I may be old, but I have some mad skills!”

They both ran off racing each other until Michael cheated and teleported to the back steps waiting on Noah. They both looked at each other and started laughing. It was like a needed release after all the evil energy they had to be around.

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The Wraith found the perfect spot to wait things out, the dungeon was a wonderful place it was vast and quiet, just the perfect place for him; not only that, but the older end of the dungeon is where he chose to stay. Due to its age, it was walled off from the rest of the castle dungeon. It was perfect for him because, in his mist form, he had access to the whole bottom floors of the castle that were above it, it didn’t give him access to the west wing or the king’s chambers, but it gave him access to the ballroom.

He also found that he could go in and out of the main quarters and bedrooms of the royal guests that resided there from the ballroom.

Spying on your fellow vampires was forbidden, but what did he care about rules? It was very liberating not to have to follow all those stuffy laws.

Still, he had to be careful because other vampires could pick up on his energy with their unique abilities; he made sure to give those rooms a wide birth.

He searched every nook and cranny and found the perfect spots or ambushes and for hiding. His plan was coming together now. He had to wait for them to resume their normal activities.

Perhaps he should be gracious and help hunt down that demon; it might speed things up a bit and would also take care of his boredom. He would have to be very careful though he didn’t want the King to pick up on his trail; the King was the only one that could take him out.

There was also the matter of Raymond. He sensed that moron was in the castle too, no doubt trying to get to the female. He would have to find out what he was doing so he could ruin Raymond’s plans. It was not going to be any fun if that moron got the female first; that would destroy all his pleasure and entertainment.

He got up and misted into the day hunting another demon that that moron created.

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Raymond knocked on Alissa’s door, one of her lapdogs answered, and after went into her private chambers. He was told he could proceed into her bedroom. He was dressed for the occasion; gaining an audience with this slut was easy, getting away not so much.

Once you let her rake her nails down your back, she won’t let you go quickly. She had problems with men fucking and going. Not that Raymond blamed them; good god, her voice was like listening to Fran Drescher after she inhaled too much helium.

She is a gorgeous woman until she opens her mouth; he hoped that tonight at least he could fill up her pretty lips with something other than words.

He needed this bitch to have a place in the castle to stay until whatever bullshit the King was off fixing was done, and they would loosen security. He was already aware that the female he was searching for was the princess and that she was too well guarded to sneak in and take her.

Not only that, but he had the complication of when she goes missing, the whole castle will become link a bunch of angry hornets on a killing mission.

That was the other reason he chose Alissa. He hoped that she would aid him in his plans; she was easy enough to bribe. He could also give her any empty promise he could think of to gain her help.

He walked through the doorway and was immediately ambushed. She was already at his pants, and the door wasn’t even shut yet; he smiled. It was going to be easier than he thought it would be.

“Slowly, my Countess, slowly we have all day and night at least for this kind of play; I will let you have all you want. Just take it a little slower.”

“I don’t want slow today, Ray, I want it fast, and I want it hard. I want to scream in pain and ecstasy, and then I want to do it again and again. Then maybe we can do slow.”

She didn’t even let him get his pants off before she had her mouth around him, swallowing him whole. He grabbed her roughly by the hair and pulled hard as she moaned in delight.

Raymond let out a sigh; it was going to be a long time before he would be able to talk business.

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It found a cave; it was so angry and hungry. The pain, the pain!! It watched as its wounds healed themselves; the cave provided the best kind of darkness and dampness.

Revenge, I want revenge!!! It screeched out into the darkness, kill that little piggy, eat that little piggy. I want to eat all the little piggies.

Deep inside, a woman wept and waited for the evil thing to sleep; perhaps she could put a stop to this. She felt that she had only one chance before the beast had complete control, and her soul would be ejected into hell.

She pulled images from the beast’s mind; she was horrified at the small boy it was chasing. She knew that if she didn’t find a way to stop it, it would go after him again; she also knew that she couldn’t let it eat a child.

That was when she heard it speak to her…

“I know you’re there; you know that soon you will be gone. I am eating your soul to sustain me till I feed. Once I feed for the first time, you will be gone, and I will be indestructible.”

“You think that you are going to go to hell, but I can put your mind at ease with that; you will not go to heaven or hell; you will simply no longer exist.”

The woman couldn’t even remember who she was or her name; she just knew that she had this one last chance. She went deep inside and shut it out. Waiting.

It laughed at that pathetic human. It was no more than a yoke in its egg, something for it to devour and become stronger. Nothing more. So hungry. I can’t wait to sink teeth into all that tender meat of the little piggies.

It hated the light and would have to wait till the night to feed; it closed its hands to shut its eyes and waited for the sun to set.