Dana had just arrived at the wedding venue, gorgeously dressed. She hoped she had come here on time as the transformation on Joana would begin anytime soon. She checked the gold watch on her wrist. The wedding was supposed to start at 6 pm and it was already 5:50. No sign of a vampire bride anywhere, she thought as she walked towards the tent. She spotted the groom at the entrance, along with some relatives welcoming the guests that were walking in. She began walking towards them.
“Welcome Mrs.…... um,” Andrew greeted her at the entrance, trying to identify who she was.
“It’s Miss Dana Smith,” she said, shaking his hand. “I’m a friend of the bride’s family.”
“You are most welcome Miss Smith,” he said, indicating for her to enter.
She went in and looked around the hall. Joana wasn’t here either. Where could she be? She wondered as she took her seat right next to the other guests. She couldn’t send her messenger bat here, as people would see her. And she didn’t want anyone to suspect her if she went about looking in places she wasn’t supposed to as she wasn’t a very familiar face here. She sat there, thinking of other options until a few moments later, she heard loud a scream coming from behind the hall. She turned around and saw Joana, the transformation had already taken place. The other guests began running out through the other entrance. She had to get her out of here fast. But no one could see her taking Joana, as she was within the sight of her groom, who was walking towards her. Why didn’t he run along with the others, or did he have a death wish?
She would need some help, she thought as she opened her purse and began dialing some numbers on her phone, calling the other coven members to come as quickly as they could.
After she ended the call, she tried to see if she could get Andrew away from her without using her powers. She tried throwing some spoons she found on one of the tables, but none seemed to get his attention. It would be best to go there and push him away, she thought. She had already started walking towards where they were but couldn’t get there on time as right before her very eyes, the bride gave her groom a poisonous bite.
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“What have I done?” Joana asked herself as she saw Andrew on the floor, screaming in pain and clutching his bleeding neck, the place she had bitten from. She didn’t know what had come over her. Why did he taste so good? And why was she crouching down to take another bite? Nothing about the way she felt made sense anymore as she came down, getting closer to Andrew who began to beg for his life upon seeing what she was about to do to him again. She heard him beg, but couldn’t control herself. All she focused on was his heart beating, pumping that delicious blood she was about to devour.
Before she could open her mouth again, someone hit her with a spoon on her head. She looked up to see who had done that. It was a strange woman. She had never seen her before. But Joana noticed that there was something different about her. This woman was not a human being, even though she looked like one. Joana couldn’t smell her blood like the way she did with the humans. She couldn’t hear her heart beating like the humans. It was like she was some kind of antique vase; beautiful, but with nothing inside. Everyone had left the hall at this time, leaving only Joana and the strange woman and of course, Andrew who was still on the floor.
“Leave him alone!” Dana yelled at her.
She looked back down at Andrew, he had passed out, but she knew he was still alive. His blood was still flowing and his heart still beating. With the venom she had injected into him with her fangs, he wouldn’t survive for long.
At that moment, she felt a sharp pain at the side of her tummy, she looked down and saw that someone had stabbed her with a small silver dagger, the pain was so unbearable as she went down to the ground, screaming. It didn’t take long before she fainted. Bride and groom both lay there on the floor, unconscious.
“Good job,” Dana told Derick, the one who had stabbed Joana. “I was hoping you would get here on time and you did, where are the others?”
“They’re on their way,” Derick replied her, going towards where Andrew lay and touching the wounded spot on his neck.
“He doesn’t have much time,” he said, referring to Andrew’s condition.
“I will take care of it,” Dana said. “Take her to the coven, I will wait here for the others and we will take care of all this disruption.”
“Ok,” Derick responded as he hoisted Joana up in his arms, went out through the exit, unfolded his wings, and flew to the skies, taking her to the coven.
Joana woke up with a slight headache as she clutched the side of her stomach, the wound was no longer there. Was it a dream? She noticed that she didn’t wake up in her room. This place looked different, it looked historical as there were a lot of ancient art and drawings on the wall and the roof. She got down from the bed and tried to look if she would see anyone who would explain what had happened to her. She also noticed that the room was very dark, the large windows covered by thick black curtains. Even though the room was dark, she could somehow still see. She walked to the window and was about to open the curtains when she heard a voice behind her. “I wouldn’t do that if I were you. The sun will roast you like marshmallows.” She turned to see another strange face standing at the door. She recognized him; it was the man who had stabbed her at the wedding. “Who are you, and why am I here?” She asked. “My name is Derick, I’m sorry about the stabbing
Dana was waiting for them at the castle when they arrived. They landed at the gates and walked to the entrance where she was standing. “Where have you two been?” She asked them. “I was just showing Joana how to use her wings,” Derick answered the question for them. “Excited to be a vampire huh?” she said as she turned to Joana. “Not at all,” Joana replied. “I want to go back home. Grandma Jen would be worried sick by now!” “Don’t worry, I’ve talked to Grandma Jen, I told her you’re with me and that you’re safe. Although it did take a bit of brainwashing.” “You brainwashed my grandma?” Joana said loudly. “Don’t worry, she’s fine, only that she has no memory of the wedding and the plans you had made the past month. I did the same to all your guests, including your groom. And also, to anyone who could provide information about what happened at the wedding, for a little token of course.” “Why would you do that?” Joana asked
“Marylin returned to the castle to keep the peace, but for days she couldn’t sleep. She came here to the library, searching if she would find a way or a place for her and her lover to be together without causing any disruption. John had offered to run away and come and live here as a vampire, but Marylin knew that his family would never stop until they found him or even his dead body, as he was the only child. And if they ever came here, this coven will be finished. She didn’t want to endanger our lives by transforming John, so she kept on searching for another alternative and never gave up until she found one. “Luck shone one her one day when she found a book about where she could find the supreme council. Everyone knew about their existence and how they keep the law but no one had ever seen them, except of course for those who had incurred their wrath, and were never seen or heard from again after being summoned to their presence. “In her desperation to be with her
He looked at her eyes again and gave up. He would never say no to the one he loved, even if it meant she would leave him again. “Fine,” he said. “But I am only helping you for personal reasons.” She raised her brow at what he said. He then realized how weird that just sounded. “No,” he said, correcting himself. “I mean that I can’t tell you the reason why I am helping you, but just know that it has something to do with Marylin Lou.” Ok, she said with a small breath of relief. “We will go hunting now as we need to feed and store some blood for later. I will show you how to do it, Dana didn’t come back with the remaining members of the coven, Hillary and Edmund. They should be on their way if they are not already back. I’ll go and check for them and see if they are around, then we will all go together.” And with that, he flew out of the room quickly. He came back about two minutes later with a bowl and a cover. “They are no
Joana never believed that she would have this much fun going hunting with Derick and drinking from the dead body of a wild animal. At first, she refused to let her mouth touch its raw skin, telling him to pour the blood into the bowl for her before she would agree to drink. But as she saw the blood was rushing out from the deer, she felt it call to her. She didn’t know what came over her as she dragged it away from his claws and began to drink from it. She couldn’t believe it, but it felt better than drinking from the bowl as this was coming right from the source, still flowing, still fresh, it felt like heaven to her mouth. She didn’t stop until she finished it, she didn’t mind Derick who was looking at her, shaking his head. After she finished, she dropped the bloodless animal to the floor, licking the few drops of blood that stained her lips, she was still hungry, or still thirsty rather. Derick noticing how she felt, spoke to her. “You’ve got quite an appetite th
“The first thing that you will be learning from me today is how to control your affinity for blood. As a vampire, blood is the same as life for you, you will always desire it and you will always feel as if you cannot live without it. The truth of the matter is that you can, but for an inexperienced vampire like you, it’s impossible as it takes years to control one’s hunger.”Joana sat down in the study, listening to everything that Derick was saying. Tonight, was the first night of her training with him, she didn’t know how long it would take before she would be able to master her vampire powers but she hoped it would be soon enough, as it hadn’t been three days yet and she already missed the sunlight. She turned her focus back on Derick who went to the table to bring the bowl of blood they had gone to hunt for last night.“I will place this bowl directly in front of you, and I will cuff you in handcuffs containing bits of silver; not enough to harm you but to weaken you
“Are you crazy?” Dana said to Derick. “So, in your bid to make her see the importance of patience, you try to kill her?”“Relax Dana, she’s an immortal, she can’t die.”“I expected better from you Derick, you know how important blood is to us as vampires. No vampire can survive without it. But instead of telling her that, you choose to lie to her. What if she had surprised you and tore down that roof? What would you have said?”“I’m sorry, Dana, but you can’t blame this all on me. While you and the others decided to leave her alone because she said she wasn’t joining us, I was the only one who still decided to help her. You know I would never try to kill her. I wanted the best for her, the same way I did with Marylin, and I would never make her go through anything I haven’t been through myself.”Dana tried to shield her thoughts. She didn’t want him to read them, but she hated it when he was right. Derick continued speaking.“No one loved Marylin more than me in this
“Yes Joana, you guessed it right. They were lovers. Derick fell in love with her right from the first day he joined the coven. They went into a relationship not long after. They were still together when Hillary and I joined the coven. Their bond was inseparable, and no one would have ever thought that they would break up; until John came into the picture. At first, she would lie to Derick that she wanted to go somewhere far, but she would go and see John instead. The outings became too frequent and Derick kept on wondering where she would always be going as they hardly spent time with each other anymore. One day, he decided to spy on her thoughts even though they promised they wouldn’t do that to each other, but he couldn’t help his curiosity anymore. He became heartbroken upon seeing that she had been cheating on him with John. He confronted her about it, and she confirmed it. They broke up immediately after and she continued her relationship with John, eventually moving in wit