Chapter 38

Chapter 38
King Bryans POV
I met with the elders. Rebecca looked beautiful in what she was wearing. I wanted them to meet her. The conversation was about the ceremony happening tomorrow. I was going to tell her in front of the elders and everyone else. It has been years since I even thought that I would find my true mate. I found her, and now I was going to make sure nothing happened to her. The elders seemed to know that she was a vampire hunter. Which I did not care about whether they accepted that about her or not. She was going to be with me forever, and they were just going to have to accept that fact. She gracefully excused herself and went away. She was skilled at being polite, no doubt from being beaten to death several times over her lifetime.
Elder Ramsey was talking to me, and I did not hear a word he said.
"I'm sorry, Ramsey, can you repeat what you said?"
He was talking about the boys in the bogs who were training and how well they were doing. I was happy that they were making progress. I had my warriors training for various situations. They needed to be able to fight anywhere, no matter the temperature or the scenery. Then it was Elder Monica's turn to talk. She is Ramsey's daughter; she is an elder because her mother died in a war, and it was her turn to take her seat. She is about the same age as I am. She is responsible for training the female vampires in the duties of vampire wives. How to help when needed. Also, she trains them to help in war. I might enlist her help in training, Rebecca. Rebecca needed a lot of help with training. She was not ready for any type of battle.
She needed to get into shape and start with hand-to-hand combat. I knew Monica could help with that, and I will talk to her about it later. Right now, it was time to set up the ceremony for us. Monica could help with what she needed to do during the ceremony. The only issue I saw with the ceremony was the amount of blood she was going to have to drink. She was going to get overloaded with blood. Which was going to kick her vampire instincts into overdrive. Since there is no blood moon, it was going to send her into a feeding frenzy. I hope that there are a few prisoners who are due to die where she could drain them. I have not fully prepared her for the ceremony. Some things are best left unsaid until they are actually happening. If she is. If she meant to be my mate, then she would have no problem doing what was necessary.
She seemed to be in love with me. She is my true mate. I do have a second chance, mate; however, I do not want to find her unless Rebecca is dead. I will do anything for her at this point.
" Monica, Rebecca has no idea about the amount of blood she is going to have to consume at the ceremony."
" Bryan, you have not told her."
" No, I have not."
" Perhaps that's a good thing."
" We have two prisoners who are due to die."
That was good. The prisoners are from the human world. They have been sentenced to death by the human courts. They volunteer for this mode of death. It was this or being torn apart. I believed humans called it being quartered. It was really painful. At least we numbed when we bit. However, I don't think that Rebecca knew how to use her numbing agent. She has not marked me. I think she wanted to, but was terrified that she would hurt me. I will work with Rebecca this evening. The rest of the elders explained the money situation to me. We were well off. The treasury was full, and we had plenty of funds. I was pleased. They explained to me that the vegetable plants were growing well and that the tobacco crop was doing well. We had cigarette factories going up, and people would be working with tobacco.
The workers would be vampires at night and humans during the day. Hopefully, none of them mingle. Rebecca was a mix of human, witch, and vampire. Witches are humans who sell their souls to the devil. It is a crazy thing to do. The Romani people are a different breed. They practice magic and herbology. Herbology is the use of herbs for healing and medicine. We need medicine. However, some of them use it for evil. There are certain herbs you can mix together that cause death. Which is something that we all need to learn. Even I need to brush up on it. The elders and I concluded our meeting and then headed down to the party. There is a party of vampires after the elders visit, and tomorrow we are having the ceremony. I went to find Rebecca. I was stopped by the elders, who wanted a tour of the grounds.
I was fine with that. They needed to see the training grounds. Rebecca was outside. I stopped her and told her what was going on. After we concluded our business, I went and found Rebecca again. It was almost time for the dance. She looked like she kept herself busy. I knew that she had been at the hot springs. I was glad that there was no issue. She needed a shower, and we needed to get ready for the dance. I also needed to talk to her about the ceremony tomorrow. We went to our room. I sat down in a chair, and then I looked as if I were running around the room. She looked just as I imagined when I found my mate. I had pictured her running around our bedroom getting things ready for this and that.
" Rebecca, I need to talk to you."
" What about babe?"
" It's about the ceremony."
I explained to her the amount of blood she would need to consume. She did not seem to have an issue with it. She then explained to me that she had practiced hand-to-hand combat with Brooke. I was pleased that she had practiced today without being asked. She was taking her duties seriously. I held her a while. I then heard music downstairs. We were late for the dance.
" We need to get ready for the dance downstairs."
" Also, tomorrow you will start training with Monica."
She nodded her head in agreement and started getting dressed. I had gotten her a blue dress to match my suit. Tomorrow our outfits match as well. She was going to wear black-heeled boots. We got dressed, and she did her hair. I lay on the bed and watched her get ready. She looked so sexy by the time she was done. We then went downstairs to the party. The music stopped as we made our way down the stairs. Everyone stared at us as we made our way down the stairs.