Chapter 9 Stannis

Chapter 9: Stannis

After Henry had come to him to request leave so he could find a human lady to bring for the night, more suspicions grew. He had noticed the difference in him each time they came back from a feed. Having built his community in his city over the last few centuries he wasn't about to let a young vampire disrupt the balance of things. When he sensed Regan had arrived he knew something was off, he hadn't yet met with him and wondered why. Too many coincidences had him questioning everyone.

"Lawrence have you had any word on our guest?"

"All I know is that he is here."

"Make sure everything is in place for tonight, I want to welcome our guest, he is here for a reason."

"Yes Stannis." Lawrence bowed his head and left the room.

Stannis tapped his finger on the table thinking, what possible reasons that Regan would arrive in his city and domain, it had been centuries since he had last been here. Stannis had sensed the shift in the atmosphere, there was something different about it this time though.

The last time was the slaughter of the vampires who contracted the demon plague. It had turned normal vampires into someone completely different, rogues, where they became uncontrollable, disobedient, and frenzied which in turn ripped off the heads of many vampires killing them.

With the help of the humans they managed to kill off those who contracted the demon plague, at least that is what everyone believed, to this day the vampires still didn't know what caused the outbreak to happen.

With the strangeness of Henry's behaviour Stannis concentrated on what he was up to. With his request of bringing a female human to the ball his suspicions grew about him.

It had been centuries if not over two thousand years that a vampire and a human had loved each other. A female princess vampire named Sofia had fallen for her human servant; they had kept it a secret for over three year until they were found out by the higher vampires.

Henry was still classed as a young vampire at the age of 200, Stannis on the other hand was over 1000 years old, Regan even older.

He watched Henry leave the city as he had requested, and waited for his return. Watching the young female human on the return he was intrigued by her, she certainly was very pleasing to the eye. He watched as Henry ushered her into his home.

"Mmm, someone is getting more than just blood from this human." He muttered under his breath.

It wasn't uncommon if a vampire fucked its human servant because his sexual needs took over, but Stannis recognised that this was more than just a fuck. He left and went to the Palace to check on Lisa as she was accompanying him to the ball.

"Lisa."

"Ah Stannis, and to what do I have the pleasure of you so early."

"Lisa, I take it all the girls are ready?"

"Of course they are. I have personally selected my best ones for tonight, including my new girl."

"Excellent, I wouldn't want our visitor to think we don't have nice girls to choose from."

"Oh don't worry these girls are my best." Lisa stroked his arm.

Stannis, pleased with her answer, took her aside.

"This may sound strange that I am asking, but did Henry act strange or do anything strange the last time he was here?"

Lisa thought back to what happened to them, to him during the session they had. She wasn't sure on how to answer Stannis.

"We had sex and he overpowered me, but nothing any vampire wouldn't do when he hasn't had any for a while." It was the best answer she could come up with as even she didn't understand what had gone on that day.

Stannis tapped his chin thinking. "So nothing strange happened?"

Lisa looked at him. "If you call slamming me against the ceiling and fucking me strange... then no, not any different to others." She didn't understand why she was suddenly covering for Henry and his actions, she knew there was something going on with him.

Happy with her answers Stannis left and headed back to his castle for feeding and preparing himself for tonight.

"Bring me my food." He said while still pondering.

The servant brought in the young lad that Stannis had come to like, he had a unique flavour to him and was so far Stannis's favourite feed so far and so he keeps him well nourished.

The lad appears along with the servant, he no longer struggles under Stannis's venomous bite but Stannis is reluctant to get rid of him as he enjoys the flavour of his blood. After feeding he instructs his servant to make sure he is replenished by night time.

"Yes Stannis." The servant bows and takes the young lad with him to make sure he has been fed and his blood supply replenished. The young lad had gotten used to Stannis; he thought it was maybe a bond they had as each time it got easier for him, He became to enjoy the time he spent with Stannis and didn't mind his bite any more.

Was it possible for a vampire to enjoy the satisfactory needs of a single young guy? He wasn't sure about the relationship between a male human and a male vampire? Women were different in so many ways.

Stannis had to question himself for a second, but he liked his women too much to limit himself to a human guy. Shaking his head of such thoughts he went to prepare himself for the night time entertainment.