Veroe
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((Closed for Myself and ElvenmaidenintheWoods))
IC: Helena Sutherlin
Helena was hungry. She had eaten just the night before. Lord Jason had visited and he had been kind enough to give her the gift of his servant for the evening. The lithe young Chinese servant had been obedient and even eager to please her-everything that could be desired in a servant. However it was unsatisfying. Certainly Mingmei was fulfilling in both the sex and blood category, but there was something missing. A connection, more than just the physical...
It had been twelve years since the only servant she had ever had passed away. Her beautiful Sioux princess, Wachiwi White Cloud, had died after three hundred and six years of service as her slave, her servant, her heart. The third mark given to a Vampire's servant as the final mark of ownership tied their souls together extending the human's short lifespan an average of three hundred years. Any more than that and it was on borrowed time.
By the end Wachiwi was able to live six years more than she should have, but even then the end coming near had haunted them. She had less and less energy with each year that passed. She fell asleep more and more often, and when she was asleep it was more and more difficult to wake her again...until one terrible inevitable night, her beautiful soulmate never woke up again.
That was twelve years ago. Helena had grieved in private. Vampire society frowned on even the hint of closeness between a Vampire and her Servant, to say the least, but Helena had decided then to never ever again have another servant than Wachiwi. Never again would she allow another to get that close to her. Never again.
Still a Vampire's servant served other functions than sex and blood. There was managing their master or mistress' schedule, their appointments, their messages, their finances, their households, their lives. In the human world, such people were called Personal Assistants, so that is what Helena had sought to hire.
She strode into her office around the young woman. She noted she was pretty without really accentuating her beauty. The off the rack department store clothes she had on was not helping the way an outfit should on a woman either.
She came around to sit at her desk and looked the young woman in the eye, "Miss...?"
The young woman gave her name and Helena nodded.
"Yes, you seem to have experience at being a personal assistant before and come with stellar recommendations, and I loath interviewing people for jobs," She informed her, "So if I tell you the job is yours provided you accept these conditions. I am what you would call a night owl. I am up and working only during the nighttime hours and I sleep during the day I will expect you to adjust to this schedule. Also on occasion I will have people over you are not to question why or who. And lastly there is a suite of rooms that is locked on the second floor that will be off limits to you."
She looked into those deep eyes, and suddenly had a feeling Wachiwi wherever she was was looking back at her for a second and then it was over. "Provided you agree to my conditions you will begin tonight."
After her agreement Helena nodded to the door. "Then the first thing I will have do is to go put on something not from a JCPenny catalog. As my assistant you will be a representative of my brand."
She got up and gestured for the young woman to follow her. "I have several things here in the studio in the house from my business attire line that would showcase you as a smart and fashionable professional better than this cheap crap you are wearing now."
She crooked a finger to the woman as she strutted out the door. "Follow me."