Darkness, Light, Blood, Love

[AmbrosiaCaress]

This story is Closed for Dreamer and I.. please enjoy and any comments are welcome in PMs... Thanks​

~ Evangiline stood, wiping her hands on the riding pants that she wore, the blood smearing onto the dark material.. A sadness shone in her eyes as the dark one, the undead one, the monster, the vampire, whatever one wanted to call them, died, the stake driven deep into the heart that no longer beat, she having just tossed the severed head into the small pond nearby...

She had only happened upon them, the Vampire and his prey, a struggling village girl who no longer had the strength to scream. Evangilne had been unable to save the girl, the blood loss was too great. She would send some men out to retrieve the body once she returned, for the moment Evangiline said a prayer over the girl's shuddering body, before ending the girl's pain.

Sighing, she stepped back, glancing up at the moon overhead. The night had only just begun, and already she wished she had simply stayed home.

Home, there was not much of one for the poor Evangiline.. she was the last of a bloodline, the only descendant that still lived of the Van Helsing family, legendary vampire hunters... It was a both an honor and a curse, passed on to her, a honor and curse she did not want, but had no choice but to do as she must. And that, meant killing. Killing both the monsters her Great grandfather had swore to annihilate and the innocents caught in their grasp.. It was a horror she had grown up with.. a horror she carried on.. but, she refused to pass this curse on to another child. Refused to allow another to be haunted with the images she saw daily, nightly, in her dreams and nightmares..

She lived in a small village called Mara outside of Bucharest Romania.. The City was one place that she dispised going, to hunt and kill within those chaotic walls was not an easy feat, no matter the number of vampires that seemed to be drawn within... She was nothing more than a peasant, having hidden who she was, who her family was, from most.. She was simply, Evangiline, the local serving girl who sometimes danced in the small Tavern at the edge of the village.. She slept little, her training drawing her to the hunt at night, the Tavern often taking her time during the fleeting daylight hours.. Mornings was the one time she could sleep, but more often than not, the nightmares haunted her.. nightmares of what she had done, what she had seen, dating all the way back to her childhood.. she hated sleeping.. hated nightmares, and yes, hated the dark, even tho she had to travel in that hated darkness....

Her head hanging down, long curling tendrils of her wild mane falling forward to shield her face, again she drew her hands across the riding pants... Her name stood for light... quite appropriate for a vampire hunter.. perhaps.. but light was not what she saw or felt in her life... blood, fear, death, was all she knew..
Turning away from the gruesome scene, she returned to the horse that was standing just beyond the tree line, lifting to the bared back of the animal, reins in hand, and she was off into those hated shadows... toward the village.. she was sure someone had to be looking for the beautiful, missing, golden haired village girl who had fallen into the grasp of a Monster.... ~

Evangiline

Another of Evangiline

 

[ACursedDreamer]

Edge

Edge. The Edge. The Edge of life and death. It was a small line, thin line. The shutter of ones heart, the liquid life that pulsed through the body. Everybody. Everybody that was not cursed. Cursed as Edgewalker had been cursed. He could no longer slake his thrust with ale, he no longer hungered for the meat of animals, instead, he needed to slake his thrust on blood, feed his hunger with the life force of the living.

The city was the perfect place for a Vampire. Plenty of people. Many taverns, bothels, and dark alleyways. Enticing places to grab a bite to eat. Interestingly enough, that is preciscly where Edge was at this very moment. In the darkened alleyway, between the Tavern and an Inn. He pulled his mouth away from the trembling girls throat, blood trickled down his chin and dripped onto her chest. She was inn keepers daughter if he wasn't mistaken. He stared at her neck and watched as the blood slowly oozed out of the wound and down over her collarbone and into the swell of her breasts. It was a delicious image indeed. He licked the wounds, watching a moment as they stopped producing that wonderful, delicious fluid. He then reached down into his boot and produced his knife, slicing the side of her throat. With that he dropped her, cleaned his knife with her dress and headed deeper into the alleyway. Sated... for now.

Into the shadows he walked and in those very shadows, his body dissolved. He would miss her. The inn keepers daughter. She would follow him around like a puppy. But surely he would find another.. with any luck some poor depraved mind would stumble across her and just think she unconscious and have his way with her.. maybe be caught in the act. He would think more on it later. For now, he had a late dinner to attend to and he needed a bath and some fresh clothes...

Edgewalker

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

The city was the perfect place for a Vampire.

It was true, the city, the depravity, the sin, the chaos, the many corrupted places one could go, Inns, Bars, Taverns, all alive with the tainted souls, the ones who sought to fullfill their empty lives with ale, music, and sex.... Evangiline hated the city, as was stated before. She had seen more than any of these people, who thought themselves so very cruel, so very tough, so very bold, so very wicked, she had seen and done more in her young life than they would see thru out their own. She had seen and done things that would sicken them.. that would send them screaming into the very darkened alleys they professed to love..

This night, several after her latest encounter with the cursed one, the vampire, out in the village, she had to venture into the that very City. Not to the darkest depths, she was thankful for that. But to a dinner party, being held in a mansion on the outskirts of Bucharest.. She was not one of the invited, no. She was to serve, the Inn/Tavern Owner for whom she worked had begged a favor from her.. she was the best he had, he had told her.. he really needed to impress Mr and Mrs Alucard, for he desired to marry their daughter. He would be there with her as well. Evangiline had hedged, it would take up her time to hunt, should she agree to this little favor, and....

It was in the City... and the city was the perfect place for vampires. ... It was time. Time that she take her hunt into that world. Time to venture beyond her comfort zone. She hated the darkness and the night in the Village, she knew it would be no better in the City. In fact, it would be worse...

She had hedged, and then she had agreed.. in fact, aside from where the dinner was being held, it would be nice to acutally have a more *normal* night, then one filled with screaming, blood, and death...

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She arrived, along with her boss...He was dressed smartly, looking nothing like the desheveled man she was used to dealing with at the Tavern.. She was conservately attired as the serving girl she was, a long, black, very plain dress, no makeup, no adornments, her wild curly mane pulled back and draped down the supple curve of her spine, tied with a black silken ribbon for the night. She did not come, unprepared tho, for this was the City, this was the night, and vampires were known to enjoy the luxery of a private party, where one could lure, tantalize, and actually enjoy their prey before feasting..
She herself had slaughtered one in the midst of coupulating with a girl, just as his fangs penetrated the gasping girl's throat.. that girl was one of the lucky ones, she acutally survived.. in fact, Evangiline counted that girl, one of her only friends... the one person in this world she could trust.. It had been so long since she had seen Avalon... too long... She had to shake her head slightly to rid her mind of the memories.. this was not the time or place, but perhaps soon, she could take the ride to the village where Avalon now lived..

Her friend Avalon

She was not unprepared, tho, for strapped to her inner thigh, was her stake, along with a dagger, just in case. She hoped this night would be quiet, that she could put her hunt on hold, but unfortunately, even if she were not actively on the prowl for one of... them..... they always seemed to find her.. she had to be prepared...

The heavy door swung open, and she and her boss stepped into the warm light of the mansion.. the candles flickered, the fire burned, casting a warm glow over the great room. They, of course were the first to arrive, she herself had to prepare for the evening at hand..

She exchanged greetings with Mr and Mrs Alucard, and their beautiful daughter Sara, slipping away and into the kitchen... ~

Sara Alucard

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~Even as Evangiline made her way into the kitchen, as her Boss and Sara Alucard kissed hello.. as they heard the strike of the clock telling them that their guests would soon be arriving...

Someone was screaming in that alleyway, not 2 miles fom where Evangiline stood right now.. screaming as he held his dead daughter.. another dead female... her blood drained.. her throat torn and sliced...

Another life, vibrant and beautiful, drained at the hands of a monster... the Innkeeper wept, repeating his now dead daughter's name over and over again, caressing that pale cheek... staring into those sightless blue eyes... until finally another led him away, covering the body with a cloak until it could be taken away... ~

 

[ACursedDreamer]

After a brief self cleansing, and outfit change, Edge made his way towards the home of the Alucards. There daughter was to marry someone, and he had been one of the few to be invited to the engagement dinner. Edge was slightly interested to see what kind of woman their daughter became. It had been a while since he'd stopped by. Edge had helped the girl's father out.. one night, while on the prowl for a meal, he stumbled upon the man and another in the midst of a buisness transaction gone bad. Mr. Alucard, known by a different name then, had stunned the man and violently subdued him.. while Edge preferred to stalk his own meal.. he would delight in making this man owe him a boon and not have to worry about dodging the local hunter.

So a devil's deal was made. Edge would always be welcomed by this man, and no one was ever the wiser about what occured in that alleyway. He approached the door with a pair of red roses, and an expensive bottle of wine. He was dressed in his own style, a style befitting a beautiful creature such as himself, silver chains drapped all over his body.. a small knife in a sheath at his side, more for show then actual use. There was a very sharp knock at the door, and as it was opened Edge poured on the charm and felt the blood surge through his body, coloring his pale skin and giving his normally cool skin warmth...

"Tell your Master, his old friend, Edric Aemilius, is at the door baring gifts for his beautiful daughters engagement..." As the servant turned, Edge walked in and licked his lips, this was going to be a grand evening.. hopefully ending with another meal or atleast a seduction...

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Tell your Master, his old friend, Edric Aemilius, is at the door baring gifts for his beautiful daughters engagement..."

~ The servent, a private maid for the Alucard's nodded to the man, even tho deep inside, a deepening chill, a sense of forboding, crawled thru her belly... She had never liked this man, in all the times He visited, something about Him, something she could not seem to put a finger on, made her.... uneasy....

"Please make Yourself comfortable, Sir" she answered with a polite nod... "I will inform Mr. and Mrs. Alucard"

She could not get away from Him fast enough...She knew Sara was smitten with Him.. heck the girl had been ever since she had been a child.. the servent thought to herself "thank heavens she is marrying that nice Tavern owner, and not this guy" as she hurried off into the private chambers at the side of the great room....making her announcement..

Sara appeared a moment later... "EDDIE" she cried out, breaking away from her fiancee's embrace to dash across the great hall toward Him...Eddie had always been what she called Him, ever since she was little..

Sara had turned into quite the delicate beauty, rivaled only by the blood red roses He held in His hands, one for her and one for her mother.. This night Sara wore her dark silken sable hair in a long braid, lain over one shoulder, the tip tickling the swell of a breast, a breast encased in satin and lace.. the gown she wore, a pale pink in color with small roses embroidered over the bodice, wrapped her in shimmering silk and satin.. flowing down to the curve of her hips where it flared out into a flowing, whistful skirt... She was a vision...

She hugged the Vampire, having no idea just what it was she was hugging... "I'm sooo glad to see You... it's been such a long long time... I MISS YOU EDDIE.." she grinned playfully, letting her fingers jingle the various silver chains that adorned Him..

"I want You to meet Robert... my Husband to be" she waving over the Tavern Owner...who. for some strange reason.. was getting the a bad feeling from this.. Eddie guy... a very bad feeling...

It was then that Evangiline entered the room, she carrying a tray with several flutes of champagne upon it.. she had heard the knock, heard the greetings... and knew that even tho it was early, someone had arrived.. and from the sound of the daughter's greeting, someone rather important...

She stepped into the great room, golden hued eyes immediately fall upon the new arrival... she paused, and it was not often that she did that, but the Man was simply gorgeous, and she acutally felt her heart speed up... she had to tell herself to STOP IT... what the hell was wrong with her...

Tearing her eyes from the new Guest.. she turned to glance at her Boss, his face was ashen.. Something had spooked him, something about this new guy... Evangiline turned to glance at Him again, Him and the daughter, perhaps it was how.... friendly... the daughter.. Sara... was acting... oh well, there was nothing she herself could do about that.. that was his future wife.. hence it was Robert's problem...

She approached the newcomer and Sara first, but as she drew closer, she too could feel something.. It was almost as if a serpent's tongue had danced out from His lips and slithered along her belly, her flesh crawled... and her heart, went from pounding to seeming to stand still....

Being a Hunter, usually Evangiline could sense, almost see a vampire in a gathering of humans, but she had not been fully trained, she had rebelled against what she was, and even tho now she did as she knew she had to, there were things she should have learned... there was something about this guest.. something that spooked her.. as much as it did Robert... and even to a trained Hunter... This Vampire would have been hard to see...

"Sara, Sire... may I offer some of the finest champagne?" Evangline's voice was deeper than Sara's, with a husky melody to it... she let her eyes meet the Guest's... her's alive with golden fire... searching His for a hint of what may lay beneath the surface...~

 

[ACursedDreamer]

"My little Sara. My, how you've grown!" Edge lifted her into the air and spun her around slightly, the same greeting he'd given her everytime he'd seen her since she was a child. He hugged her and laughed softly, he lightly brushed his lips across her forehead and held out one of the blood red roses for her. "It pales in comparisson to your beauty." She had definitly matured into the woman he always thought she would become. He slipped his left arm about her waist, his delicate hand draped gently upon her hip. He gave it a bit of a playful squeeze and extended his hand to her fiancee. His hands were soft, perfectly manicured, and adorned with various silver rings. He shook the wary man's hand and smiled, "She is a handful.. always has been. I hope you know what your getting yourself into here." Edge was distracted momentarily by the echoing of her pounding heart. He could hear it, even over the squeels of delight she'd been emitting. As he returned his gaze to Robert he saw her, the serving girl. "Had I but known there would be three beautiful women here tonight, I would have brought an extra rose.." He bowed slightly, "I am Edric Aemilius. Only surviving son of the Aemilius family. It's a pleasure."

Edge's pale green eyes locked with the servants. He stared deep into her, he'd had much practice at hiding his expression, as well as his true self. His eyes didn't reveal much, just that there was more to this man then it seemed. He wetted his lips and looked down at the beauty beside him. "Sara, my dearest, tell me where is that beautiful mother of yours. She must be so jealous of your looks... and the woman you've become.. had I only known. I would have accepted your father's invitation to marry you myself.."

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Had I but known there would be three beautiful women here tonight, I would have brought an extra rose.." He bowed slightly, "I am Edric Aemilius. Only surviving son of the Aemilius family. It's a pleasure."

~ Evangiline did not let His, obvious charisma, get to her, at least she tried not to.. but His voice, matched His looks, slithering around her as if searching for a weakness in her... coiling and undulating until it found a way in and she felt her heart begin that incessant thrumming again, pumping her warm sweet blood thru her... warming her skin..

She actually took a step back, having not expected such an encounter, yet so subtle was what she was feeling, that none of the others even noticed that anything was.. amiss... expect perhaps maybe the Guest Himself... who had turned back to Sara....

Evangiline took a deep breath, letting herself concentrate for a moment on what she was feeling, sensing.. she realizing it was akin to what she felt in the pit of her belly when encountering her prey... one of the cursed.. a vampire... yet this was different... where as when facing a vampire, she felt the chill, the hatred, the crawling along her flesh... in this case, she felt heat, that seemed to eminate from His eyes, heat and.........

She shook her head, trying to clear her thoughts.. she was NOT hunting this night. She had to shut off those instincts... she would hope that this would be a normal, quiet, dinner party, where she could deal with people... humans.... and not death, vampires and blood....

She finally was able to answer the Guest, unable to halt the blush to her cheeks... "Thank You kind Sir, for Your sweet words"


Sara, on the other hand, was beaming.. staring up at Edric with nothing short of adoration in her eyes.. Evangiline could see how uncomfortable Robert was, and well he should be, considering what Edric said next...

"Sara, my dearest, tell me where is that beautiful mother of yours. She must be so jealous of your looks... and the woman you've become.. had I only known. I would have accepted your father's invitation to marry you myself.."

Sara blushed furiously, giggling at His words, yet somewhere deep in her eyes, when she turned to glance across the great hall toward the private chambers..

Evangiline could see desire burning in Sara's eyes, desire and shock at what her friend had just said.... She knew then that Sara would marry Edric in a heartbeat if He had asked, even right then and there.. She didn't love Robert, she settled for Robert.. she loved... HIM...

"She is still in the private chambers, readying herself for the arrival of the rest of the guests.. want me to get her? or take You to her?"

At that moment, the vision that was Sara's mother appeared at the archway between the great hall and the private chamber

"Edric" she called out... "Please, come here, I am not quite ready yet to present myself.. but have much to talk about.. it has been too long"...

Sara sighed slightly, knowing that as beautiful as she was herself, her mother, Elizabeth, was so much more stunning...~

Elizabeth Alucard

 

[ACursedDreamer]

He nodded his head respectfully to the servant girl. He then turned and smiled at Sara. He leaned down and pressed his lips gently to her cheek offering her a soft whisper, "We shall have to take a walk later.. alone. I must speak with you.. privately." He hoped to see her blush even more. He was really just aiming to tantalaze Sara, and taunt Robert. He looked to the others and half-bowed. If you'll excuse me.. He walked towards Sara's mother's chambers. As he passed the servant girl to took a flute of champagne and offered her the bottle, "It's an old, expensive Red, from my families winery. I hope to see it served tonight with dinner." He winked and flashed her a smile. She was beautiful indeed. He might have to try and corner her later, and speak with her. She was wary of him, much like Robert was.. that bothered Edge.

He usually had no trouble flattering, cajoling, and making people feel comfortable with him. She was a bit different. He shrugged it off for now and was rather glad momentarily that he'd brought his hip dagger. He then strolled off to the woman's chambers, presenting her with the flute and the rose.. "Hello my dearest, it's been far too long..."

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

Evangiline watched, with deepening interest, the interaction between Edric and Sara... Her golden eyes never leaving Him.. studying, pondering, trying to see past the person He presented on the surface, to the One beneath, for it was that One that interested her..

Again she got that feeling, the same one she got when hunting, that a Predator was near, that she, and any of the other weaker prey, humans, were being stalked, being hunted, by One who hungers. Yet Edric did not act like a hunting vampire. He did not shy away from interacting with Sara, or with her or Robert or anyone for that matter. Most Vampires tended to focus in on their prey to the exclusion of all others... but then again, she thought to herself, her expierence had been with newer vampires, cursed ones who had only been turned for a relatively short time, ones whose hunger shone in their eyes, who could not hide their growing fangs, she caught many in the act of feeding.. She had not dealt enough with the more...expierenced Vampires that hunted, stalked, killed, She had never dealt with one like Edge, and because of that, she did not detect that chill, that haunting shadow that always seemed to surround the Cursed Ones... Her sixth sense told her something was wrong.. but the one thing she never wanted to do was mistaken an innocent for a Vampire and kill them.. Something was very wrong, and it troubled her that she could not figure out what..


"We shall have to take a walk later.. alone. I must speak with you.. privately."

Sara giggled, nodding, before finally letting go of His coat.. she wanted to stay with Him, near Him, but her mother wished His prescence, and she knew that Robert was not happy at all at the moment. Flashing that melting smile, she turned to her fiancee.. gliding into his arms and planting a sweet kiss on his lips...

"Lets get some champagne and wait for the others to arrive" she said gleefully, as if her flirting with another man had never happened and all was just fine with the world...

Robert glanced at Evangiline with a look of a puppy dog that had just been kicked in the chest by it's owner.. she felt bad for him, but there was nothing she herself could do....

Her gaze was drawn back to Edric as He passed, His eyes and hers meeting, she felt as if a spell were weaving around her, drawing her to the Handsome Guest.. but she fought it, ripping her eyes from His as He took a flute of champagne, His smile looking more like a serpent about to feed than a Guest having a drink....

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Elizabeth, Sara's mother, had retreated back into the private chambers, she pausing as she heard the door closing, and the nearly silent footfalls of Edric as He approached her...

"Hello my dearest, it's been far too long..."

She turned her deep blue eyes to the Handsome Vampire.. taking the flute of champagne and the rose from His grasp, the very tips of her fingers brushing His...

"it has been... Edric... Edgewalker... I hope time... has treated You well?" She let a sensual smile creep over her lips as she turned from Him... walking toward the far window as she sipped her champagne, where outside, one could see the moon beginning it's ascent into the night sky... She was half dressed, undergarments in place, her full skirt resting upon the flare of her hips, the color shimmered a deep golden hue, matching her long,wild mane of gold that cascades down her still unadorned back...she had dropped her concealing robe as soon as she had heard Him enter... ~

 

[ACursedDreamer]

Edge followed her to the window, he gently glided his arms around her from behind, he pressed his face into her hair and inhaled her. "Mm.. yes. Time has been kind. As you may very well see. It seems as if you've found the secret of it yourself, Liz. Your as beautiful as you ever were. Even more so perhaps.." He gently brushed her long hair to the side and pressed his soft lips to the back of her neck. "...my offer still stands my little Elizabeth. The same gift I offered you at 15, and 20, and 25. I would be more than willing to take the time to show you my world.. make you apart of it." He could hear her heart pounding in her chest and it brought a smile to his face. His eyes began to turn red, his fangs enxtended in his mouth. He brushed them gently along the back of her neck and around to the side.. he could feel her pulse, pounding just below the flesh.

Edge's hands slowly moved down her sides to her hips and he gave a bit of a squeeze. He wasn't hungry, yet. He felt the want, the need, the desire to taste her. That wonderful coppery solution of hers.. warming his flesh, giving him the faint glow of life. It was a pleasure they shared, a pleasure her husband could never give her. A pleasure she would have from no other..

He licked his lips once more, feeling the sharp points of his fangs against his own tongue and he spoke softly to her, his lips brushing gently against her ear.. "Have you missed me Liz? Have you thought of me? Have you found yourself unsatable in bed, because of me. Because you delight in my kiss. Because you can't often have it. Because I'm the only one who can give it too you? Have you missed me?"

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"I would be more than willing to take the time to show you my world.. make you apart of it."

Elizabeth shivered at His touch, His words.. she letting her head slightly tilt aside... the smooth, supple, bare curve of her throat exposed to Him.. She felt the razored touch of those fangs.. those fangs she craved.. craved to feel sinking into her sweet flesh, drawing out her heated blood, fangs she craved to feel raking over an exposed nipple.. while He suckled her, fangs that she craved to feel tearing into her throat while He took her, but never did He kill her, nor turn her... Oh He wanted to.. wanted to bring her into His life, let her taste the warm blood of life flowing from a shuddering victim... show her the ages, as time passed them by.. while they remained young, virile and strong..

But some small peice of humanity allowed Elizabeth to refuse every time.. a small peice of humanity named Sara, her beloved daughter... she could not do that to her beloved daugher.. not to mention the small fact that Elizabeth knew that He saw her as only a play thing.. and if indeed she did take Him up on her offer, she would be quickly tired of, and left behind. She was a smart woman.. she did not want her heart broken that way....

"Mmmmmm Edge... as always the offer is.. more than tempting.. " her words came out in a breathless whisper as His fangs brushed her flesh, His embrace tightening.. it had indeed been a long time ...

"Have you missed me Liz? Have you thought of me? Have you found yourself unsatable in bed, because of me. Because you delight in my kiss. Because you can't often have it. Because I'm the only one who can give it too you? Have you missed me?"

She could not stop the tremble that raced thru her as His cool chilling breath, whispered words, teased her ear.. He knew her so well, so very well, and knew she had missed Him desperately, sooo very desperately...If it weren't for her daughter...... she would fall to His feet and beg Him to take her then and now... that she would serve Him.. follow Him.. kill for Him... if it weren't for her daughter..

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Other guests began to arrive, the door chimes echoing into the great hall. Evangiline found herself quite busy for the moment, the thought of the mysterious Guest put out of her mind.. but she did want to speak to Sara about Him, see if she could gather some more information about Him..

She had dared to glance into the private chambers and found the 2, embracing at the window. She could not hear the conversation, but the way the woman trembled, Eva knew that she and He had.. been intimate.. the thought lingered in her own mind... being intimate with Him.. and she found herself becoming .. warm... deep inside.. once again...

Long ago Eva had, as mentioned before, refused to bring a child into this world with the curse of the Van Helsing name or heritage.. that meant that she did NOT allow herself to become close to anyone.. especially male.. the only male she even remotely let near her was her Boss Robert... it was a lonely existance.. and she had learned to cope with it, except for moments like this, seeing Edric and Mrs. ALucard... that effected her even more so than seeing Sara and Robert... Sara and Robert were .. well boring... there just did not seem to be any chemistry there... but just from her breif glance into the private chambers... Eva could feel the erotic chemistry flowing from Edric and Elizabeth.....

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"Honey, please, stop chattering Edric's ear off and finish getting yourself dressed, will you... the guests are arriving and I need you out here... Please sweetheart" Mr. Alucard implored at the locked private chamber doors... He had a ... hunch... that more was going on than just talk, but had never been able to prove it and if he had, what was he going to do?? Confront Edric?? He could not do that, Edric held all the cards, he would just have to live with it.. as long a Sara did not find out, then he could deal with it...

 

[ACursedDreamer]

Edge sighed slightly, he knew this game well. He knew she wouldn't accept, and by the time she was ready too it would probably be too late. He did, however, love this game they played... His arms continued to travel around her, delicate hands tracing and touching, one dipping down, over the beautiful cloth that covered her legs, his hand sliding down between them. He could feel the warmth of her from barely a touch.. his other hand traveled up along her side, and gently brushed against her beautiful breast. "It seems your husband would prefer us to spend our time alone later.. after he's already gone to the world in bed. What do you prefer.. shall I grant you the wish your body clearly aches for right now.. or would you prefer my kiss later.. later in the night.. deep in the night.. when I can take my time and we need not worry about anyone uncovering us?"

Edge turned her around and smiled, baring those beautiful sharp fangs and his red/green eyes, which blazed from the shinning light of the moon. He caressed her face lightly and looked deep into her eyes. He could command her to do anything he wished.. he could probably even do so without compelling her mind to accept his whims and desires.. he enjoyed having this power over her. Over anyone. He would make sure he gave her enough that she always was wanting for more, just so he could maintain this edge of control over the beautiful woman. He lifted her up and sat her on the shelf of the window. He pressed his way between her thighs and pressed himself against her. She could feel him. Feel his hardening member pressing against her warmth. The warmth of her sex.

He licked her lips gently and a small purr escaped his killers mouth. "We should be on our way shouldn't we? Your daughter's guests are arriving.."

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"What do you prefer.. shall I grant you the wish your body clearly aches for right now.. or would you prefer my kiss later.. later in the night.. deep in the night.. when I can take my time and we need not worry about anyone uncovering us?"

~ Elizabeth closed her eyes, and for a moment wished that her husband had never brought home the handsome stranger that night so long ago... a handsome stranger that was no stranger to her... she had thought that by marrying a rich older man, that by having a family, she could get away from and forget the Vampire that had haunted her dreams for so long...

He knew her so well, played her like a fine instrument, His hands roaming over her, His cool breath tantalizing her.. the caress of His fangs almost bringing her to begging Him to sate her hunger, her lust for Him....

"later.. later in the night... yessss" she whispered with a hushed, panting voice... "will You.... feed?" she asked, altho it was more like begging.. she longed to feel those fangs again, sinking into her throat..

She was lost.. He lifting her, turning her, pressing His aroused length against her... her moistened wet sex....

"Edric... " she moaned... letting her head fall back... "please".... but her begging was interrupted by her Husband once more..

"ELIZABETH... please.."

 

[ACursedDreamer]

With that interrupted, moaning beg Edric turned on his heels and strolled towards the door, leaving her withering upon the window ledge. He stopped at the locked door and without even casting a glance back to her said, "Perhaps. If I feel so inclined." Edric unlocked the door and exitted the room. Pulling the door tightly shut behind him. His fangs retracted and his bled back to their normal pale green. He looked his "old friend" in the face and smiled, "She'll only be a matter of moments. She got wrapped up in a story. Sorry. I tend to have that effect on her. She wants to catch up on everything right away. Impatient that woman is..." Edge held out his delicate hand to his long time friend, giving Liz just that much more time to compose herself before, as he was fairly certain, her husband would pass into the room after he managed to get around Edric.

Edge worried not. The night was young, and there would be plenty of fun to be had. Dinner would be a little uncomfortable for him, but with any luck there would be music and he would be able to distract everyone from his lack of food consumtion by dancing the night away...

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ The invited guests had been arriving steadily for the past hour, almost 2 actually.. Robert and Sara, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Alucard, once Mrs appeared that is, were busy meeting and greeting, the music, played by the hired muscians, lightly fluttered thru the room, just loud enough that if one wished to dance, and there was an ample dancing area, then one could, but if one wished to mingle and talk, that could be accomplished just as easily...

The talk this night was of the most recent murder, the popular Innkeeper's daughter, a pretty thing, that had been found dead, in the alley behind the very Inn she lived in.. found by her father, her throat torn, she having bled to death, never mind the fact that practically no blood was found at the scene.. None wanted to speak of what they all knew had happened... None wanted to speak of the Cursed Ones that walked amidst them..

Eva listened intently, knowing, as she heard the talk, that she would indeed have to begin to venture into the City to hunt... and the thought made her shiver.. it was not something she wanted to do.. and she wondered if maybe she should just give it up all together.. She had lessoned her hunting, managing to talk herself out of nightly forays to find Vampires... she hated it.. hated killing, even if she were killing the Cursed, more often than not she had to kill an innocent victim to end their suffering.. she was not sure she could do it anymore... and she herself, was barely 20 years old.. she felt 120 years old...

Dinner was being served in the giant dining room, and this was something she was not required to attend. She was there to serve drinks, the Alucard's had enough staff to take care of the dinner... She herself was not hungry, so she took the off time to wonder out onto the veranda, that overlooked the gardens that spanned out to a small pond on the property... the moon's glow reflecting off the smooth, glasslike surfce.. Evangiline hated the night, but had to admit, that this night was exceptionally beautiful..

Her thoughts turned back to that mysterious stranger.. Eva had seen Sara fawning over Him once again, much to Robert's dismay, she had also observed Mrs. Alucard and her reactions to Him.. Evangiline herself had managed to keep her distance from Him.. even tho she perhaps, was more drawn to Him than even Sara, or Mrs. A... yet the attraction was different, very different, and Evagiline had started to suspect that perhaps this Handsome stranger, this Charasmatic Guest... was not .... human...

As she mulled that over in her mind, she lifts her head to feel the soft caress of the breeze, the music inside could be heard out here, but out here it carried a very haunting lilt to it and coupled with the moonlight, she found it to be very... relaxing, yet.... chilling... She reached up and untied the ribbon that bound her wild curly mane, letting the wavey locks fall free and tumble down about her shoulders, gliding down her back like a waterfall of deep chocolate.. again that chilling feeling creeped over her and she wondered for that moment if she were alone out there, even tho she could see no one else.. ~

 

[ACursedDreamer]

Edge had mingled, he was a socialite by nature. Before he became one of those who were cursed to spend the rest of their unnatural states wandering the world. Sure he could have ended his suffering and misery.. he could have greeted the dawn one last time... but why? He was damned! So he might as well "live" it up. In a manor of speaking. He spent most of his time moving from person to person, just making simple confersation, every once and a while he would feel Sara, or Elizabeth's eyes on him. He almost sensed a touch of jealousy when he would begin flirting or getting acquainted with another woman. But when he would spend to much time with either of them, he would incure the same looks from Mr. A., and Robert.

Regardless, it was a win/win situation for the Vampire. He would delight in making Liz beg later on in the evening.. and when all was quiet in the middle of the night he would make his visit with Sara. He would be sated. So it was no wonder he found himself outside, standing back into the shadows when the servant girl came out during the meal. He watched her curiously. He watched as she untied the ribbon and her curly hair fell down.. down around her shoulders. He wetted his lips and continued to observe her. He had no worry. He was confident in his powers of concealment. He felt his blood burn through his body and warm his skin, giving it a bit of color, and giving him something to exhale on a cool night such as this. Once he could see his own breath, and she turned back to looking over the terrece.. he made his entrence.

Out of the shadows he danced, and began humming the tune from inside. He held one arm close to himself as if holding an imaginary lover, the other extended as if too lead. He waltzed himself over to the terrece and leaned near her and chuckled, "Why Hello there my dear! How are you on this grand soft evening?" He bowed slightly to her and held a hand out to her..

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ She had let herself relax this night, let her guard down, the music, the atmosphere, Evangiline almost felt as if the world were normal, even tho it never could be for her.. unless she gave up her heritage. Gave up hunting...It was something she had been tempted to do so very often, she never wanted this curse, and she wondered if it were more of a curse than being a Vampire...

The music lightly fluttered around her, and she let her eyes close as she let the music slowly move her... she did not hear Him approaching, which for her was HIGHLY unusual..

"Why Hello there my dear! How are you on this grand soft evening?" He bowed slightly to her and held a hand out to her..

She was startled, not necessarily at Him suddenly being so close, but at the sheer fact that He had gotten there without her even realizing, as if He were completely silent.. She did not show her, reaction, having learned to hide her emotions, especially fear, as best she could. Hunter or no, she knew what Vampires could do, and knew that SHE were a target, a vampire would just love to drain the blood of a Hunter..

Warily she sized Him up... He truely was a fine specimin of a man.. and she had to wonder why He did not have a lady at His side... but then again, the way Sara and Mrs. A were all over HIm.. Eva was sure He more than likely had many... she felt that .... draw again... and again it reminded her of the same chilling fingers that danced up and down her spine when a Vampire were close, yet this was different in that it was heat, a seductive heat, that she felt... almost caressing her...

His voice, smooth, deep, hypnotic, it was His voice and HIs eyes that held her attention.. and she reached out her hand to His without thinking, letting her darker fingers touch lightly the pale skin of His palm...

"It is a beautiful evening, yes... and I am well... " she paused a moment, then decided yes, she did want to know His name... "I am Evangiline... may I ask Your name, Sire?"She never gave her last name, only Robert knew her heritage... Robert and Avalon... the only people in her life she even considered family...~

 

[ACursedDreamer]

Edge bowed caressing the soft flesh of her hand, he bowed forward and kissed the back of her palm. He then pulled her gently forward, till their bodies met. He drapped an arm around her lightly, and then he began to move. His green eyes staring deeply into hers. "Hello Evangiline. I am Edric. The pleasure of your company is all mine. I'm surprised. Usually Lady A. and Sara preffer to only have the humblest of women serving them. They don't like competition. Especially in the feild of beauty. Which led to a lot of fun competitions over meals, concerts, operas.. But you. You are so much different. There is something about you..."

Edge gracefully moved, danced. His body moving silently and like flowing water. His eyes stayed locked with Evangiline's. The pale green shinning brillantly in the moonlight. The haunting sounds of the music barely reaching their ears. "I hope you don't think this too forward... but I've been noticing you all night and I would like to taste your lips. You are just far to beautiful for me to have met and go all night long without dancing with, and stealing at least one kiss from such a heavenly mouth..."Edge let his natural charm flow... he tended not use any of the Cursed powers he had unless it as absolutely needed. He was considering it with her.. but he hoped it need not go that far.. He was sure no one would interrupt them.. they were all too full of themselves and enjoying their gossip...

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Hello Evangiline. I am Edric. The pleasure of your company is all mine. I'm surprised. Usually Lady A. and Sara preffer to only have the humblest of women serving them. They don't like competition. Especially in the feild of beauty. But you. You are so much different. There is something about you..."

The brush of His lips to her hand, He drawing her into His embrace... His skin did not feel chilled like she would expect a Vampire.. His lips were warm and moist.. not cold and dead.. perhaps she were wrong in her thinking that maybe, He was not human...

Her first intention was to draw away from Him.. Evagiline did not like being this close, physically, to anyone.. But He drew her into a dance, His body moving, undulating, smooth and precise.. she moving with Him, against Him, and she felt a warmth inside her she had not felt in most of her young life...

His eyes captured hers, she could not look away.. golden flickering in the cool green of His... and His voice, a deep whsiper with a tone of dominance, charm, and strength mingled within. She found she liked the sound of it, as He caressed her ear with His words..

"I hope you don't think this too forward... but I've been noticing you all night and I would like to taste your lips. You are just far to beautiful for me to have met and go all night long without dancing with, and stealing at least one kiss from such a heavenly mouth..."

"You speak such beautiful words, Edric.. but I am unlike the others at this gathering.. I am nothing more than a serving girl.. who does not deserve the attentions of one so...... charming.. "

She continued to dance with Him, the music guiding their steps, their bodies melting together easily.. This was her way of telling Him that she was not about to let Him just kiss her, that she indeed was different from the others, she had to be.. she had no choice....

That one thought, as it crossed her mind, made her sad.. at that moment, she would have welcomed loosing herself in the dance with the handsome, charasmatic stranger that so attracted her.. that now held her in His arms.. but she could not.. she was not normal... she was more cursed than the ones she hunted... she realized that now.. in this moment...

Pulling away... she turned, letting her head lower... "I'm sorry... Edric.. I.. I should get back to the dinner... I am sure I am ......... needed"

The last would had an edge to it... needed.... she wanted to be needed by someone, and it had taken this moonlight dance to make her realize what her life was... and what it was not.. ~

 

[ACursedDreamer]

Edge smiled inwardly. Ah, the chase was afoot. So be it. He had all eternity, he indulge himself in the chase with this one. He bowed his head slightly, "Alas. I am defeated. Go. Serve. But know, that I would like to see you again. You've taken residence in my heart. A special place indeed. May I see you again sometime? Perhaps for another dance, when your not so busy? It would please me greatly." Edge stepped up close to her again. His hand found her cheek and he caressed her lightly...

He wetted his lips and bowed respectfully to the girl. "Good Night Evangiline, may the night find you comfort.. but hopefully in no others arms then my own.." Then he continued his dance. He moved with such grace, as if this were a dance he could do in his sleep...

...he let his mind travel for a matter of moments. He found himself thinking about the evening still to come. He was going to spend time with Sara and Liz.. but whom first? He knew Sara would do anything he asked. He enjoyed that level of control. Sara would break Robert's heart if it pleased him. She would throw herself naked before him and do anything his unbeating heart desired...

...Liz. Liz was easily controlled. Her lust was his key. Her lust, and her daughter. She would willingly give him anything he wanted, except Sara. He knew that much. They were both very protective of their virgin daughter.. Edge continued his dance, and continued to think. Pondering what this night would bring...

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Alas. I am defeated. Go. Serve. But know, that I would like to see you again. You've taken residence in my heart. A special place indeed. May I see you again sometime? Perhaps for another dance, when your not so busy? It would please me greatly." Edge stepped up close to her again. His hand found her cheek and he caressed her lightly...

~ She had not quite expected that answer.. in fact she herself was not sure what she expected.. her eyes lifted to His, a slight cant to her head to His caress...

"I... would like that... another dance... Edric" she managed to whisper.. which surprised her ...

He wetted his lips and bowed respectfully to the girl. "Good Night Evangiline, may the night find you comfort.. but hopefully in no others arms then my own.." Then he continued his dance. He moved with such grace, as if this were a dance he could do in his sleep...

Swallowing hard, she watched the charasmatic Edric glide off into the shadows.. she never taking her golden gaze from Him.. He was.... different... and again Evangiline had to scold herself for thinking that He were one of the Cursed.. just because He was not like most of the men she was used to meeting... unkempt slobbering fools, or uptight rich youngsters who thought they could own her.. it was no wonder why, other than her own issues, that she kept away from the opposite sex... at least... til now... He.. was sooo very different.. that as the night wore on, and she indeed did go back to serving, she found herself thinking about the brief encounter with Edric... and that voice.. and those eyes... and the gentle caress of His fingers...

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Sara danced with Robert, her lithe young body gliding along the floor, she really was a good dancer, or so she liked to think she was.. her pale eyes looking up at her husband to be... He was handsome, but nothing like Eddie... It had been a while since she had seen Eddie.. the only reason she agree'd to at first see Robert, and then marry him was because Eddie was not there. Sara did not want to be alone.. and Robert owned an Inn and Tavern.. He was not rich, but could take care of her.. and her Daddy would see to it that they were never in want of anything.. but.. deep down inside...

Sara wanted Edric...

She saw Him, out on the patio overlooking the grounds and pond, talking to... that servant girl??? That was Robert's employee... and Sara's pale blue eyes turned deep green with jealousy... why was a ... servant girl... talking to HER Eddie?? She had gone flush with anger, and when Robert approached her, it was he she had taken out the brunt of that anger..

Sara complained that the servant girl, what was her name.. Evagiline... was lagging in her duties.. what was she doing flirting... FLIRTING.. with the guests when she was supposed to be WORKING... Robert got angier and angrier... He finally talked Sara into a dance.. which is where they were now.. she was staring at him, but he knew she was angry still... or at least a little miffed.. he had no idea what she was thinking as she danced with him.. but he knew he was going to have to have a .... talk... with Evangiline....

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In the meantime, the source of Sara's anger.. Evangiline, slipped back into the main hall.. her own face with a bit flush from the encounter with Edric... and she needed a moment, alone, in the kitchen, to calm herself down, before gathering a tray of drinks and returning to the main hall... ~

 

[ACursedDreamer]

Edric waited a little while before heading back inside. He enjoyed the night air, and the pale light of the full moon.. he walked over to his chair and hung his jacket over it before going around and making the acquaintence of just about everyone.. he spoke and most people listened, he spoke of his families winery and how buisness was, and the dreaded buisness of that poor tavern girl that he'd overheard the people speaking about.. he would be seeing a lot of these people again. He'd made offers to bring them a bottle of wine or two and they had graciously accepted, if only they had known they had just signed themselves up for so much more...

As the night continued on, Edric spoke to Mr. A a few times about different matters, buisness and the like. He spent a little bit of time speaking quietly with Mrs. A about Robert and Sara.. As the night continued to slowly pass he found himself sitting on a very comfortable chair and watching the political machinations of the others, spotting the flawed, the liars, the weak of mind, and body.. He had taken a bit of interest in the way Sara had been looking at Evangiline once she had begun serving.. so.. he felt it in his best interest to beckon little Sara over to him and perhaps, just perhaps see if she wanted to take that walk... As she approached he stood up and bowed slightly to her, "Well, my little Sara, being as how most of the wine is gone, and the party seems to be drawing to a close in the next hour or so.. perhaps you would like to take that walk with me around the garden?" He stepped around her and behind her, pressing his body against her back, his hands slidding down to her hips.. he leaned forward and whispered softly against her ear.. "Or perhaps my little angel would prefer to wait until everyone else is asleep and I can come whisk you away from your bedroom, with you only in your sheer little nightgown.. the choice is yours."

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Well, my little Sara, being as how most of the wine is gone, and the party seems to be drawing to a close in the next hour or so.. perhaps you would like to take that walk with me around the garden?"

Sara had broken away from Robert, who had gone in search of Evangiline to have a little chat with her.. funny how Sara was not jealous at all that the servant girl worked for Robert... just that Eddie had been paying attention to her...

Sara was glad when Edric beckoned her over, she certainly did not want to sit and listen to the ghastly details of the girl that had most recently been found... dead.. and pale from lack of... blood..

He rose as she approached.. and when He offered that walk about the garden.. she was about to enthusiastically accept when He slowly slithered around her.. His hands lain to her hips... His body so close to hers... His voice whispering in her ear...

"Or perhaps my little angel would prefer to wait until everyone else is asleep and I can come whisk you away from your bedroom, with you only in your sheer little nightgown.. the choice is yours."

Her face blushed ... the heat within her body rose quickly, she could feel her heart pulse, pumping that warmth thru her... surging thru her veins as His lips glide along her bared throat.. There was no way she was going to be able to wait until bed to at least kiss Him.. something she had never done.. as an adult...

"please.. it is much too hot in here" she managed to whisper.. grasping His hand and heading, on weakened legs.. to the door that lead to that same patio He was on with the servent girl and out to the gardens.. away from Robert.. the girl.. and everyone else..

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Elizabeth emerged from her private chambers, after a bit of freshening up, and her eyes came to rest on her daughter and the vampire.. His lips... His mouth.... HIS FANGS???? brushing her pristine throat.. Liz nearly screamed, yet Sara stepped away, not a mark on her, leading Edric by the hand out onto the patio.. The woman suddenly got very scared.. and more than a little jealous, and was about to march over there when she was interrupted... her Husband bringing a very drunk, but very important man over to meet her... Her attention taken from the 2 who had just exited...

By the time she managed to break away.. and make it to the patio outdoors, they were gone.. she could neither see, nor hear, Sara and Edric... her mind was racing.. what should she do now? Would He hurt her??? ... Would ... He..........

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Evangiline served the last of the drinks for the night, and was standing in the kitchen when Robert approached her... She turned to look at Him, unsure if he were angry, confused, or what.. She managed to calm him down enough to NOT scream at her in front of the rest of the servants.. and suggested a walk outside to talk out what the hell he was babbling about... her... Sara... Edric...

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[ACursedDreamer]

Edge could hear her heartbeat quicken. He could almost feel her chest rising and falling harder and faster. He smiled. She Flushed. He followed her out onto the patio, hand-in-hand. Once they were outside the ever impatient Sara turned to him and began to say something, but he simply raised a hand, a single, gentle finger to her lips and spoke softly to her "Not here. To close to too many people. We should go somewhere more private for our conversation." Edge took her hand and let her off the side of the patio, down the steps and through the gardens. He continued to walk, leading the way for the innocent little girl behind him. His hand squeezed hers and when they were a comfortable distance away from the patio edge turned and looked down into her beautiful face. His hands caressed her cheeks softly, one delicate hand slidding down along her neck gently.

"So.. what is so important that you pulled me away in such a hurry? Come Sara, you know you can tell me anything..." Edge smiled inwardly. He more then smiled inwardly he was grinning inwardly, this was going as nearly perfect as he could have imagined. His hands slid down from her cheeks, down the sides of her breasts and down to her hips.. he pulled her body against his, still staring down at her, down into those beautiful eyes. He could hear her heart pounding.. he could nearly smell her blood.. her arrousal. Her.