Queen of Darkness

Chapter 19 - Celebrity

We sit around in the lounge area, waiting for Sarah to wake up. I can see Alex studying Sabastian without making it obvious. He is fascinated with my brother, when he notice I caught him staring at Sabastian he quickly states “He looks so familiar... I’m certain I’ve seen him somewhere, I just can’t place it. It’s so frustrating”

Sabastian reaches for one of the men’s health magazines lying on the coffee table and passes it to Alex, who takes it, not understanding why Sabastian gave him the magazine.

Sabastian: “Page 49 to 52 mate”

Alex narrows his brow and flips the magazine to the pages Sabastian mentioned, and is quite surprise when the Revelation hits him that Sabastian looked familiar because he is a male model.

Sabastian:” Men’s health magazines, woman gossip magazines, mostly clothing adverts and men’s cologne adverts, lately more website based adverts. But I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible”

Me: “But he loves the spot light to much... Once a celebrity always a celebrity... That’s what got you into this mess in the first place brother”

Alex: “What do you mean?”

Sabastian gives a shy, flattered smile and leans back in his chair, waiting for me to tell his life story.

Me: “After that day at Abigail, my life became rather boring. The witches declared no more treaty between witches and vampires but they decided not to go to war with the vampires...I wasn’t allowed to go see Abigail or practice Magick with her again, not that it mattered, I found out our friendship was just a front and she didn’t care for me at all, she only wanted Robert, and to be turned, which didn’t happen.

After Robert fetched me from Abigail he took me into town, the poverty stricken part of town where we found a young boy, eighteen years old who would do anything for money or food, he was my first Vamparic, I promised him work as my stable boy with a salary, shelter and food... He was eager to agree to my terms.

Alex: “Sabastian?”

Me: “OH good grief, no!... Just filling in some blanks. Years passed, forty three, to be exact... Robert moved us to London. Being a vampire we didn’t stay more than fifteen to twenty years in one place, people would get suspicious. Robert owns property across the world and as time passed and technology became more advanced, the period we would stay in one place decreased.

When we lived in London, we went to see a theater play one evening, now back than woman were not allowed to participate In things like theater, so they would dress males up to act the female roles. Theater was very popular among the elite aristocrats and the best theatre houses would choose the best actors. Being a young, beautiful, small feminine built male ensured always getting female roles, leading roles if you could pass as a gorgeous woman”

Alex looks at Sabastian as if he is trying to imagine him in female clothing and make-up.

Sabastian: “Don’t you dare call me feminine... I will kick your ass”

Alex can’t help but grin, but tries to mask it by taking a big sip of his bourbon.

Me: “Unfortunately Sabastian made such a beautiful woman that Robert decided he had to have him, after the play Robert lured Sabastian away with the promise of grand stage productions, bright lights, riches and being famous... Robert used his seduction on Sabs and made him his Vamparic.

Once back home the female staff was swooning over the new gorgeous kitchen help and Robert was a bit jealous that a Vamparic was able to get so much attention.

Robert liked abusing Vamparics... Particularly a young feminine Boy, he is a sadistical bastard who enjoyed beating Sabastian almost to the point of death.

In those years that passed, I learned how to distance myself from Robert, being a vampire he didn’t use me as much as he used too. A big part of that was out of fear that I might be able to bite him again, drinking his blood and seeing his memories... What he didn’t know was that I already saw it, every horrible detail, all his lies...

Four years after turning Sabs Vamparic we returned to Châteaux Dubois, I’ve aged a little by then, obviously not by forty eight years, I looked like I was about twenty five; this caused quite a stir in town because I was not married.”

Sabastian:” My sister is Fucken Hot... You can’t deny it. A good looking, intelligent, seemingly wealthy woman like that... All the bachelors were fighting to get her attention”

Me: “And of cause that pissed Robert off so again he had to feel like he was in control... He declared me his wife to the vampire council, no longer just his vampire daughter. It was terrible for me, the little freedom I had was suddenly taken away. As his wife I now had to share his bed, be by his side, I wasn’t allowed to have sex with my Vamparics anymore...or anyone else, only him... unless he instructed me to do otherwise.

He wanted to spite me, enjoyed using his Vamparics while I had to watch, one of them being Sabastian. Then one day while he was enjoying abusing Sabastian, I did the unthinkable... I pushed between Robert and Sabastian while he had his fist drawn back for another blow; Sabastian was already down to his knees from his previous blows.

I yelled at Robert to stop being an asshole, but he hit me instead. I fell back wards over Sabastian, who even though was badly injured, was more worried about me.

I told Robert if he didn’t want Sabastian he should just give him to me instead of trying to beat him to death.

Robert was furious, both because I stood up to him and because I was showing emotion towards a Vamparic, not even mine, where I’ve been disconnected for years and haven’t shown him any emotion. He stormed out and we didn’t see him for the rest of the day.”

Sabastian: “I was in awe, the stuck-up Vampire Queen who didn’t speak to anyone just protected me and gotten beaten for it as well, then took on the King and said she wanted me... It was the greatest honor. But then she pushed it even further, she helped me by cleaning me up and tugged me into bed... Their bed. I was too injured and confused to argue the Queen so I just went along with it”

Me:“Yes well I just wanted to annoy Robert and I knew he would be livid to find his Vamparic in our bed. Robert knew I didn’t sleep with Sabastian but he was a control freak... power driven, because I asked for Sabastian he would make sure I never had him, he turned Sabastian that night, ensuring Sabastian will forever be his. Sabastian was now his son and my brother.

Atleast he stopped his assault on Sabs when he turned him but what he didn’t anticipate was the bond that grew between a vampire brother and sister. ”

Sabastian:” Aurora took me under her wing, protected me and taught me things that Robert were suppose to because he was the one who turned me, instead he left me to fend for myself, I wouldn’t have made it if it wasn’t for my sister... More like a mother. She showed me tenderness and love, things I didn’t even know while I was human. I owe her my life”

Alex:“Have you guys, ever... You know, seeing as you are not really related and you have a close bond? ”

Me:“No never” my answer is short and abrupt. It annoyed me that Alex would ask such a thing but I’m not upset with him... I have been asked this question many times before, even been accused of it. This very topic has been an issues in some of, both Sabastian’s and my past relationships.

Alex:“Has any of the council’s rules ever been challenged or broken”

Sabastian:“Challenged... Plenty. Broken... Not so much, the penalty for that is death. But my Sis here has done some amazing things. She has gotten the council to amend some of the rules, more than any other vampires has been able to do in thousands of years.”

Alex:” Really... Like what? ”

Me:” Urg... Sabs always makes it sound so noble, but the fact is I questioned the rules and came up with suggestions to better them... For me, for my own selfish benefits... Not for the human race... Not for woman’s rights or what the hell ever else... For me, that’s it”

Sabastian laughs aloud “Modest isn’t she?”

Me:“Well my first predicament arose because I belonged to a King and as Queen was not allowed to be with anyone else, while he could do what the hell ever he wanted, and we all know vampires are sexual creatures with sexual needs.

I was frustrated and it took years but as times changed and woman were allowed to do more things, I approached the council and suggested that vampires too need to move forward in times and change some of the rules if we wanted to stay conspicuous among humans.

My one suggestion was that a Queen not loose all her vampire privileges, becoming a queen should be seen as a goal as a motivation for vampire woman not as a curse.

I suggested just baby steps... for example a Queen may have sexual relations with her Vamparics as feeding and sex often goes hand in hand, and Kings are often away for long periods of time.

For a sexual creature like a vampire it is a huge curse to suddenly abstain from having sex, threaten with death should she falter. Vampires aren’t meant to be nuns.

After many years the Council finally changed the rule, of cause not all Vampires were happy with the change, mainly the Kings... More to the point, Robert.

He was livid and even tried to oppose the change but The council said that I had valid points and it was time to not as much change, but modernize some of the older rules.

I knew there would be consequences, I knew Robert would most likely kill all my Vamparics to punish me, to make me feel bad, because every time I would create a Vamparic to feed on I would ultimately be condemning him to his demise.

Which brought me to the second rule I asked the council to consider, but I had to do it in such a way that no one knew it was actually because of the consequences of the first”

Alex:“What was it?”

Sarah started to wake up, at first a bit groggy, than confused but as soon as she laid eyes on Sabastian she went back to a love sick puppy mentality.

Sabastian:“Instead of telling you, let me show you” Sabastian sat down next to Sarah, taking her hands in his and staring into her eyes. She giggled and blushed like a school girl with a crush. “Sarah, I want you to listen carefully... You came clubbing with your friend, who got drunk and aggressive and was thrown out of the club due to the way he treated you, do you remember? "

It took a mere second before she nodded to confirm this.

Sabastian: "you really shouldn’t waste your time on losers like him. Someone, possibly him spiked your drink. You made some new friends and one guy in particular interested you a lot. When you leave here all you’ll remember is we had a good time, I protected you, we agreed on consensual but safe sex which included biting scratching and people watching us. You were all for it and not once did you want to stop. We spoke about it and both decided this was a one night stand thing as you have plans for your future and I’m married with no desire to leave my wife. After you leave here you won’t even remember my name or what I looked like. We separated on good terms, I wanted to make sure you got home safely but you still wanted to dance and stay a bit longer, you assured me you are fine and told me to go.

You will not be hung up about what happened here because you know you had fun but were safe.

For a few days you will feel irritable and sometimes like you have an itch you can’t scratch or like your veins are on fire, you will have a desire for something or someone you don’t know... don’t worry about it, it’s a side effect of the drug that was slipped into your drink, it will subside in a week or so as long as you get plenty of rest, do some exercise to get your heart pumping, drink lots of water and take plenty of vitamins. This was what the doctor that examined you told you after you left the club.

Remone is one of the bouncers at the club who took you to the doctor when he found you wondering around outside the club after everyone else had gone home, after the doctor told You, you are fine, he will take you home just to make sure you get home safely.

Do you understand? ”

Sarah nods her head by which time one of the guards is already by her side, helping her stand up to get dressed. She seems a little lost but other than that is perfectly fine.

She leaves with Remone without hesitation and doesn’t say another word or look back.

Alex:“You brainwashed her?”

Sabastian:“You make it sound so Terrible”

Me:“What would be worse, brainwash them about the past few hours and set them free to Continue their life or let them stay Vamparic for the rest of their life?

The way things were before, you would turn a person into a vamparic, that person would be like a childish lovesick puppy with no normal thinking process, no longer having a life of their own, no more dreams and desires of their own, mindless robots that will do whatever you tell them.

They would be in a vampires employ to be used until the vampire had no more use for them which was normally around the age of 35 depending on the vampire, most of them even younger, and then what, they were living with the vampire for years and if you set them free they just returned, years missing from their lives, they couldn’t go back, back to what... They couldn’t adjust so most of them ended up being killed by the vampires once they outlived their usefulness. ”

Sabastian:” Aurora experimented on a few and found that if you gave them a memory to fill in the blanks for a few hours, they believed it as long as the story is believable. It didn’t work with Vamparics that had days or years taken away from them. ”

Me:“When I brought the idea to the council, they were skeptical. As with what you just witnessed I had to prove it. I told the council members that vampires likes to hunt, it’s the thrill of the chase as much as the feed and the sex.

But with the thrill there were increasing possibilities of being caught, people were going missing and the world was evolving.

If someone went missing it was not like older days were only a few people knew about it and then forgot about it, cities became involved, law enforcement became involved, we also couldn’t have dead bodies popping up, the world was getting smaller, places to bury bodies were becoming less.

With the times changing it also became a strange thing to see a person with twenty employees in his house, all acting gaga, all this was now becoming a threat to the secrecy of our existence.

So I showed them how we could keep the thrill of the hunt, still use seduction and keep to the rule of having permission, but then use the seduction to alter their memories and let them return to their lives as if nothing happened, with no memory and no threat to us and no two hundred Vamparics to worry about.

After a few demonstrations, because they were not happy making such a decision on the outcome of just one... It was agreed that a vampire could use this tactic but also keep to the old ways if they chose too.

This meant that a vampire could still have his vamparic slaves if he chose but it was also allowed to let them go after one encounter as long as they made sure the human could not remember a thing. ”

Sabastian:” It took years but Aurora’s way became the norm. It’s much easier to stalk your pray, seduce them and use them, then wipe their memories with some positive input thrown in for good measure and setting them free, rather than having to upkeep a handful of idiotic Vamparics for a few years only to off them, and the living cost to house them was ridiculous. ”

Alex:” Positive input? ”

Me:” Yes, we agreed to always give something back, in return for that they gave up for us... Even as trivial as a small remark. ”

Alex looks at us confused, he doesn’t understand what we mean.

Sabastian:” I told Sarah that she deserves better than that guy she was with, he was drunk and aggressive... She won’t go back to him even if he begs because subconsciously she knows she deserves better. I also told her that she has plans for a better future... She will want to go pursue something to better her future. ”

Me:” You also told her to take care of herself, exercise, get plenty of rest, drink lots of water and vitamins... It’s not going to assist her get Sabastians seduction and toxin out of her system any quicker... But it will help her be more healthier and live a better, stronger possibly longer life. ”

Sabastian:” It doesn’t sound like much but it’s a few subliminal messages to better themselves and their lifestyle... we would like to think of that as our way of giving something back”

Alex:“So what about the Vamparics in the room below... Why did you not set them free, and what about the ones you call cutters, your not helping them!”

Me:“On the contrary, first of all, the cutters is not our fault, they are that way because of their own fucked up shit in their lives that they are trying to deal with... We might not agree with their methods but here they get one of the things they long for... Acceptance, and human touch.”

Alex:” Why not just seduce them and do that positive input to make them better. ”

Me:” We’re vampires Alex not psychologists... Besides the whole point of it is not to draw attention to ourselves. What’s going to happen if a very depressed teen who’s family knows the way they dress and behave and rebel suddenly pitches up all bright and beaming, full of positivity and happiness... Won’t that be a cause of alarm? ”

Sabastian:” Besides Alex, didn’t you stop to listen how the Vamparics were cooing those cutters?... Things we told them to say, things like your beautiful, you are stronger than this, this too will pass, I need you, I want you... All subliminal positive thoughts to slowly built their confidence and self-worth... Not as powerful as a vampires power but repeatedly positive words”

Alex:“And the Vamparics... Why not set them free like you did with Sarah?”

Me:“We still need Vamparics around, we sometimes keep a few, but only the ones with potential to possibly become vampires one day... Others are Vamparics because they want to be”

Alex:“What do you mean they want to be?”

Sabastian:“You always get those few that believe vampires are real, and go searching and digging for the truth, who finds out more than they should but it’s always for the same reason... They want to become a vampire, their in love with the fairy-tale”

Me:“You can’t wipe their memories because their whole life is about searching for vampires, they forget a few hours but ultimately ends up coming back. A life stuck in replay... So we give them what they want... Sort off”

After saying our goodbye’s Alex and I get back In the car and head home.