True Queen
I wasn't sure what I expected of the trip, but getting engaged plus finding out that I could go into the sun light was a lot. Over the next week we went out to visit different vampire families in the area. They all welcomed me with hugs and hand shakes. I didn't know if I could be a queen the way they wanted it, but I would try to give it my all. A young girl came up to me at one of the house. I had been to so many that I forgot who's home it was. This girl couldn't be older than ten, but her eyes spoke of something else. I was taken by surprise to see that she must be much older.
"So you're the woman who caught his eye." She said with a glare.
"I would guess so, seeing as he asked me to marry him." I told her waving my hand in front of her.
"It won't last you know. He never sticks to one woman for long." The way she snared at me put me in a horrible mood.
"Well he has been with me for a while." I told her then wondered where he had gotten too. "Do you always talk to strangers like that?"
"Only those that are in my way." The way she just vanished after that made me wonder who the hell she was.
Draven appeared to my right looking worried. I looked up at him wanting to know who that girl was. Did I have to worry about a crazy vampire coming after me? This seemed to be a normal in my life now. Putting his hand on my back I felt most of my worry vanish.
"So should I worry about the girl?" I asked looking worried.
"Which one?" Draven asked looking around the room.
"You mean there is more than one that will come after me because you want to marry me?" I asked anger lacing my voice. Some of the people close to us turned to look at me.
"What?" Draven looked down at me stunned. "Who the hell did that?"
His voice carried in the small room making others to turn and look at us. It wasn't something new to be stared at, but this was insane. Draven put his hand on the small of my back. I didn't understand why he was so pissed off? It wasn't like he had been a monk before I came into his life. Most of the vampires in the room where looking at the floor now. Not wanting to make a bigger scene. Finally a the girl appeared again looked evil when she came over to him.
"Draven you should know it was me." The girl told him as she moved in a flash a knife cutting into my chest.
"I swear if..." Draven didn't get to finish that sentence. He saw the knife slice into my flesh. Blood started spilling down my new dress. "Natalia..."
Someone grabbed the girl taking the knife away. Blood was dripping down her hand as she struggled with the larger men holding her. I found myself on the floor with blood oozing out of the wound. It didn't scare me as much because I knew it would heal. Though for some reason my wounds didn't heal as quick as most vampires. Draven told her it was partly because she was turned and still very young. Several of the vampires brought towels to let Draven put pressure on the wound. For fucks sake, why did everyone want to hurt me.
"What the hell did I do to you?" I yelled from the floor. I felt the anger like a beast in my body building.
"Natalia..." Draven looked into my eyes seeing the beast for himself.
Before he could stop me I moved yanking the knife out of the big guys hand. I moved faster than most of them could see. Draven tried to stop me, but he couldn't get a hold of me. I grabbed the girl putting the knife through her throat. Not once, but at least ten times. Her head came off falling to the floor rolling toward Draven. Sevreal vampires went to their knees looking at me with a mix of horror and envy. As I stood holding the knife dripping blood by the body the floor covered in two large puddles of blood. I was still seeing red fighting to myself under control. A warm hand touched my arm, When I turned the knife came within a inch of his chest before I blinked seeing who had touched me. I dropped the knife to the floor feeling tears building in my eyes. Draven drew me to his chest to hide my tears.
"Hail the queen." I heard going through the room. I didn't understand, why would they be happy about what I had just done? Looking up to Draven I could see his joy but worry as well.
"Natalia you are a true queen." Draven whispered to me as I tried to pull myself together.
"What?" I pulled away from him. I didn't take in the rest of the room.
"Queens in the past have had to deal with those that wanted to kill them. This hasn't happened in so long that we thought it wasn't going to happen again." Draven told me with pride in his eyes.
"That is..." I started but stopped when he looked into my eyes. It was a look that said later.
When left right after that. I was still shaken by what had happened. In the house I tried to keep my cool, but the look on Dravens face told me I wasn't doing it right. So I went into the bathroom pulling my now ruined dress off. Blood had soaked through to my bra and panties. Tears were threating again but I pushed them back. Stepping into the shower I sighed letting the water run red down the drain. I was shocked that Draven didn't join me, but in that moment I was alright with it. I was upset that he had thought what happened was alirght, a sign that I was a true queen. What the hell did that mean? After my shower I walked out in a towel finding Draven on the bed waiting for me.
"Well?" I looked at him wanting to know what the hell he meant earlier.
"Okay, I need to explain some things to you." Draven told her with a sigh. "In our history no one really comes to the throne without death. I mean true death not turning into a vampire death. To be a true queen as they call it. You have to be cut throat. Not always the way you did it, but close. Male vampires aren't really great at relationships. Many will have a harem of women. Not my thing because I found love. A true soul deep love." Draven explained with a smile.
I couldn't understand it, but hey I couldn't really throw stones. Seeing as I just killed someone because she attacked me.