The Request

Chapter ten

It must have been several hours later when I awoke. My groin throbbed and ached painfully and the pain in my arm was still present but had faded to a dull ache. I tasted blood on my lips then and realised Alinza must have fed me before I had fully died. I was still incredibly weak and could barely lift my head to look round the room.

She had fed me blood yes, but only enough to just ensure I didn’t die – yet. Obviously she wanted to have more ‘fun’ first. In spite of the assault she had committed and her treacherous intentions, I still loved her because she was my own blood kin, my daughter, and that fact kept a tiny thread of hope alive within me. Maybe she felt it too and would stop this insanity. I did know that if Kain found me before I was dead and discovered who was behind my torture, his fury would know no bounds. Alinza would be cast into the abyss where she would burn forever for her betrayal.

I managed to lift my head then and realised that although Alinza was not in the room, there were around 10 human males standing there. Prisoners by the look of their clothing and they were all gazing at me with their eyes burning desire and bulges in their pants. Obviously they could not wait to ravage this helpless vampire before them. Payback I guessed for us feeding on their kind, but we had to survive!

They moved towards me as one and the tallene mne moved ahead of the others as they approached, undoing his pants and stepping out of them. The others on the room followed suit and 10 leering men stood before me. I bared my fangs and snarled at them but they laughed at me leering and massaging their lengths to readiness.

I closed my eyes to block it all out. The utter degradation of being ravaged by humans filled me with disgust and the blood I had been fed threatened to make a reappearance. I forced it back down and gritted my teeth against inevinevitable.

The tallest male began to run his hands over my body. They felt disgustingly hot and sweaty and the liquid stung my skin as he massaged my breasts. He continued to massage making me moan against my will under his hands. He moved between my legs and thrust himself into me. Harder and faster he thrusted, making my own need mount again. I tried to stop it happening but my body would not respond to the mental effort. In the end I gave in and climax hit me tearing through me and making me shout out.

He deposited his own liquid deep inside me and withdrew grinning horribly down at me he spat in my face causing my skin to burn as the acidic fluid touched it. He moved away then to let the next of the group have their turn. This he did and when he had finished he leered at me before also spitting on my face. I cried out in pain and they all laughed seeing the damage their saliva did to my face. Anger raged deep within my soul. Kain woingoing to make Alinza pay for this and if I survived it all I would be the one to deal the punishment to her and I would not be gentle. I swore it then as the third human was allowed entry to me.

One by one they all had their way and each one leered over me before spitting in my face. The pain was so intense and I knew I was close to blacking out again. As the last one left me and left his mark on my mangled face (the saliva had burnt holes into my skin) he withdrew and collecting their pants, they left the room laughing and joking among themselves at hg rag ravaged the Queen of the vampires. The pain washed over me in great waves and I closed my eyes, rapidly sinking into oblivion.

This time I dreamt I saw Kain from a great distance away. I called to him but he could not hear me. I tried to run bhe mhe more I tried the further away he seemed to get. I screamed his name as loud as I could and finally he seemed to hear me, because he turned his head towards me. His arms reached out to me and mine extended to him. I tried to mouth ‘help me’ to him but he did not seem to understand because he kept smiling and walking towards me. Before he could reach me however, I was jolted back out of the dream to face my terrifying reality.

I tasted more blood on my lips and licked it off, savouring the flavour on my tongue. Coming to, I saw Alinza bustling round the room.

‘Wake up mother, I have many more things for you to experience before I send you to oblivion.’

‘Go to hell.’ I spat

‘Oooh naughty, naughty. One in your precarious position would do well to keep silent, don’t you think?’

She turned to face me then and I saw what was in her hand then. The flask that had been in the cloth was cradled in her palm and I shivered with the thought of what may be inside it.

She walked slowly and purposefully towards me and uncorked the top. Waving it under my nose she saw my terrified expression and laughed coldly. The substance in the bottle was watthatthat clear acid substance, deadly to all vampires. I cringed at what she might do.

Raising it above my shoulder she let a single solitary drop fall from the mouth of the flask and land on my shoulder where it burned a hole into my flesh. I writhed and screamed in pain, the straps once more cutting into my flesh and causing blood to flow.

Without warning she tipped the flask up and poured the liquid onto my shoulder.

The screams that came forth from me made the walls of the room shake to their foundations as the deadly fluid burned away flesh and muscle exposing the bones of my shoulder to her. Drawing back her hand she punched my exposed bone and snapped it.

The pain that tore through me was too much for my weakened body to handle and sure that this was the end for me, I opened my eyes and looked into her wild, mad face for a brief moment before I blacked out completely.

Strong arms were bearing me along and I was laid on something soft. Muffled voices reached me through the heavy mist I was enveloped in. Was I dead? I wasn’t sure. This wasn’t how I imagined death to be. Death was supposed to be complete oblivion wasn’t it?

I tried to open my eyes but they seemed stuck together. The pain in my shoulder made it’esenesence known again with force. Crying out I felt strong claws stroking my forehead and at last my eyes were able to open to see the face I had longed for so badly during my endless hours of torture.

Kain gazed down at me with worry and concern etched deep into his face.

‘My Queen, I thought I had lost you.’ Large bloody tears dripped from his eyes and stained the sheets as they fell. I moved my hand over to feel my shoulder which was still agony. I withdrew my hand in shock.

There were bandages round the wound but it felt thin where the flesh had been burnt away by the water. I felt sick at the feel of it and then I was crying. Floods of blood tears rolled down my face as I cried out of relief that Kain was here with me and of loss for my beautiful daughter who had done such terrible things to me.

Strong arms gathered me up and me me close. In spite of the pain in my shoulder, which flared up again, I nuzzled into him and cried till there were no tears left to cry.

‘Kain rocked my back and forth gently, knowing that I needed to do this.

‘Are you up to feeding?’ He asked

I nodded that I was and a slave was summoned to retrieve a prisoner. Returning a short while later with the requested human, Kain proceeded to bite the human’s neck for me as I was still very weak. I drank deeply and when he was dead I lay back on the pillows feeling a bit better.

‘More?’

‘Please.’

Another prisoner was brouand and this time I managed to feed myself. Feeling much better I lay down again and closed my eyes. The pain in my shoulder was receding now and I new everything would be fine. As I drifted of to sleep I swore my revenge on my daughter. She would know the full extent of my wrath when I was strong again.

A few days later found me sitting up in bed having gained much strength through good feeding and also my sire’s blood helped a lot. My shoulder had almost healed as well as the rest of me.

Kain was sitting on the edge of the bed holding my hand and caressing my cheek with his other.

‘Where is Alinza?’ I asked and immediately his expression twisted into one of hate and loathing against the one who had dealt my torture in such liberal amounts.

‘She is in the hole.’

The hole wa 8’ 8’ deep narrow hole with a grating over the top. A prisoner would be lowered inside giving him or her just enough room to stand and turn around. One couldn’t sit or lay down and gradually they would die of thirst down there as the hole was dry so no moisture could be found. It was a cruel death indeed and was only used for extreme cases.

‘It is your choice what to do with the scum who dared to call herself a vampire.’

I nodded silently thanking him for allowing me this. Normally he would decide what to be done with any traitors or weaklings that made themselves known ei by by accident or betrayal from a fellow vampire or human seeking to please his or her masters.

‘Damn her into the Abyss.’

Alinza’s fate sealed, I relaxed onto the bed again. I knew that Kain would allow me the honour of damming her myself and I wished myself well again soon so as to carry it out. I felt no love for her now. After what she did there was not one once of feeling there for her. Except an intense hatred of her very being.

‘How did you know where I was?’ This had been puzzling me during the days after my rescue and I had not ashow how until this moment.

‘I saw you. I was at the Turelim stronghold when I heard you call out to me and you were there reaching your arms out to me. You had such a frightened look on your face I left to come back here immediately. Upon my arrival I was told that you were nowhere to me found, but my senses picked up your presence and I traced you to that filthym whm where you were injured and near death.’

‘Yes I thought I had died until I looked up and saw your face. I had dreamed I saw you and called out to you. I had not realised I had given you a vision.’

‘I am relieved you did, I might have been too late otherwise.’ He shuddered at the thought.

‘I am fine now thanks to you. I feel able to get up.’

He moved over to help me.

‘I want to deal with that thing I created.’ I said it bitterly, seriously regretting my request to Kain to allow me to sire my own fledgling. It was a mistake I would not repeat again. The consequences were just too painful.

‘Are you sure you are strong enough?’ concern evident in his voice. ‘The abyss is quite a trip.’

‘I am ready. I will feed well before we leave.’

‘If you are sure.’

‘I am.’

I dressed, wincing as I adjusted my shoulder armour over the bandages. Though it was healing well, it still pained when touched. This done we made our way down to the dungeon. Pausing by a door with a young male inside,lipplipped inside and drained him.

We carried on and came across a larger cell, which had a few prisoners inside. Flashbacks to those terrible tortured hours I had suffered told me what I needed to know.

’My Lord these are the beings who ravaged me while I was held captive.’

Kain roared in anger summoning the guards and had them tie the prisoners up and lead them away. Kain’s face was contorted with fury at r rer retreating backs and I placed a hand on his arm.

‘Now is not the time, they will meet the same fate as Alinza.’

His face softened a bit and we continued through the dungeons down to the very depths. Here in front of us was the ‘hole’

The stench of rotting flesh was strong and made me feel nauseous. Moving over to the grating in the floor, I looked down to see the head of my fledgling below me. Unlocking the grating I pulled her up by her hair making her scream.

I threw her against the wall and advanced on her like a wolf stalking it’s prey. She was frightened now and tried to run away. Having been starved of blood since she was put into the hole she was weak and emaciated. Sheer terror was now making her move and she scrabbled at the ground to try and escape.

Drawing my hand back, I struck her and she slumped forwards and lay still.

Rising up from her still form, I waved my hand at the guards who rushed forwards to bind Alinza’s hands and feet lest she should attempt an escape. I knew that this was unlikely given her current weakened state but I was taking no chances.

Together, my sire and I left the dungeons to begin the trip to the abyss.

The carriages bumped and rocked along the dusty road. Kain had his arm roun and and I rested on his shoulder enjoying his closeness.

The carriages came to a stop and we disembarked. The guards opened the cage, which held Alinza and the 10 humans. I felt sick to see them.

Alinza was still out cold and I hope I could rouse her to view her fate before I cast her into it’s swirling depths.

The guards dragged her over and dropped her at my feet on the edge of the cliffs. I kicked her in the stomach and she stirred opening her eyes to gain and squinting up at me. Grabbing her by her hair I drew her up and forced her head out over the cliffs to look on the churning waters of her fate.

‘Do you see it.’ I hissed in her ear ‘This is your reward for betraying me you worthless excuse for a vampire.’

‘P-please I am sorry. Mother please don’t do this.’ Her shoulders shook as she sobbed and her tears fell into the abyss vanishing long before they even touched the water.

Her pleading sickened me. Drawing her back slightly and using all my vampiric strength I threw her over the cliff into the very heart of the churning waters below. Her scream rang out as she fell and I watched as the waters took her and the cries faded away until only the roar of the waterfalls cascading into the depths below could be heard.

Kain came up be me me and wrapped his arms round me. I turned round and sobbed into his shoulder for the child who had betrayed me.

‘It is done.’ He said and led me away back to the carriage leaving the soldiers to deal the 10 humans their fate.

The screams resounded round us and one by one they were cast into the depths. When all was quiet again, the guards resumed their travelling positions and we moved off to return home me, still resting on my Lord’s shoulder, silent tears still falling.