Apostolos knew something was not right when his master and that charming woman came to the appartment.
He knew but he couldn't say anything so as not to bring his master in a difficult position.
His master stayed at home almost all the time and now, out of the blue, he had shown up with a weird woman to get some clothes and supposedly move to her house for some days.
Still, he couldn't say anything. That woman had a halo of menace around her.
His master gathered his stuff, left him money and with no more words left with her.
Their next stop was Roxanne's house.
She may had left almost all of her resources when she had come to Thessaloniki but Roxanne knew how to earn money.
In no time she had gathered enough money to buy the whole building and she could also afford her expensive way of life.
She was not rich like many blue bloodied vampires but compared to a human she had amassed a small fortune in only a few years.
Her house was on the top floor; basically, it was the top floor. She was a princess after all. She couldn't have anyone live above her.
Moreover she had redesigned the whole floor to match a vampire's needs.
The apartments in the rest of the building-it was a luxurious one- were occupied by normal people most of which had ended becoming Roxanne's Herd.
Herd or vessels was a term vampires used for people who willingly let a vampire feed from them.
The reasons were many: sex, money, favors or the silent hope they would one day become a vampire themselves.
None of the above were true in Roxanne's case though. Truth was Roxanne had a friend who wasn't permitted to move about in town and that friend needed to feed as well.
All those people gave her friend their blood willingly and every single one would afterwards forget what they had done.
Roxanne had been an exceptional diplomat in her mortal life but in her immortal one, she was superb in controlling the mind of almost anyone.
Roxanne opened the door and Paul heard movement mixed with the sound of a TV, propably playing some movie in a language he couldn't understand, coming from inside the house.
-At last you are back mistress, i was wor...
The voice belonged to a tall, athletic woman with short brown hair, dressed in a manly suit, who upon seeing Paul stopped midsentense, her eyes burning with a sudden anger.
-Move aside Liza!, Roxanne said.
-Y-yes my lady!
Paul got inside but he was sure that if that woman were in charge he would have never made it past the doorstep.
The house was huge. The living room alone was bigger than his own apartment. Moreover it was packed with many things, like a weird collection from the last one thousand years. A chair from Italy, a painting from France, a carpet from Persia, a vase from the Middle East.
Paul could not but wonder how old the woman he had slept with was.
There were many couches and on one of them, in front of a gigantic plasma screen, sat a cute woman.
She was different from Roxanne in many ways. Her face was calm and seemed happy.
Her lips formed an honest smile and her movement betrayed that she was still mortal. She was dressed casually but it was one thing that caught his attention immediately.
In her forehead there was a silk scarf.
Paul knew that this kind of style was out of fashion since many decades.
On the other side of the room, at a corner, stood a desk. On the desk there was a computer, scattered envelopes and books. Behind the computer screen was another girl propably typing something.
Paul first saw her cute small hands typing vigorously on the keyboard.
Her nails were painted an orange-red mix and she wore at least two rings.
She was also dressed in expensive clothing but in a more serious way than Roxanne. She looked like a business woman, yet her pale face and small body betrayed that she couldn't be more than eighteen unless, of course, she was also a vampire.
When the girl heard Roxanne's voice she turned to face her with a smile on her lips, which became larger when she saw Paul.
-Okay ladies i will be quick and will not tolerate any interuptions, said Roxanne.
-Paul this is Liza, she said pointing to the tall woman. Liza is in charge of my personal security.
Paul wondered if Roxanne really needed a bodyguard, especially a human.
-This one is Sarah, an old friend of mine. I warn you, her life is more precious to me than yours will ever be, she said pointing at the woman sitting in front of the TV.
-And finally this young lady over there is Suzan. Susan is in charge of my businesses.
Paul was surprised that the only woman who looked human was the only one to be a vampire.
-Ladies, this young man as of last night is of my blood!
-What!!!! let the tall woman escape her mouth.
-You got something to add Liza?, asked Roxanne angrily.
''She hates disobedience'' Paul noted to himself.
-My lady, i thought that...
-You thought you would be the first, right? Maybe now you understand why you are not! Never interrupt me again!
-Yes, my lady.
Sarah stood on her feet and smiled to Paul.
-Welcome to our world stranger. It is a surprise Roxanne did such thing but i welcome you with all my heart. May our lord give you a long immortal life.
''She is weird, if not crazy'' Paul thought.
-His name is Paul and for you two, she added pointing to Liza and Suzan, his name is Master Paul. Paul will remain at our house for some days to learn how to behave like a true creation of mine.
-Of course my lady, said the ever smiling Suzan. Welcome master Paul to our family.
Sarah came closer and looked at Paul with an investigative eye.
-Your blood, you said?
-Of course Sarah, I gave him immortality last night.
-A fine choice! He looks so calm and self-conscious for a newly born.
-Enough with the flatteries. I am late for a meeting so listen well what i expect from you all.
First of all, Paul, as you can see many of the things inside my house are antiquities of lives past. I cherish most of them, if not all, and they are hard to replace.
-I understand, my lady.
-Glad you do. Second thing. Liza and Suzan were here before you so try to treat them fairly. I consider them to be of more use than you for the time being.
-Sure thing, my lady.
-Third and most important. Sarah is not here! You don't speak of her, you don't mention her name and as far as this town is concerned, Sarah does not exist! If any harm comes to her because of you, Hell will not be large enough for you to hide in. Understood?
-Of course, my lady!
-Now, I need you all to do some things. First of all, Liza, you need to teach young Paul how to act as a one of my blood, a lord of the night. I believe you already know everything yourself.
-As you command, my lady.
-Suzan, I want Paul to be able to speak Spanish in a month's time.
-I will do my best my mistress, said a happy Suzan.
-A true blood of mine speaks the language of the true masters of the night, announced Roxanne to Paul.
-Then, in a moth i will be speaking Spanish, if this pleases you.
-And last but not least...
-Ready for orders miss!, said Sarah mimicking a soldier.
-I hate it when you do such things!, Roxanne growled. You know i never order you, i always ask you.
-Ask me then!
-Paul may have questions about our nature and our society, could you please...?
-Fill in his blanks? Of course my dear Roxanne. Moreover, I will teach this young man the same lesson I taught you: "Being humane is paramount to being a balanced immortal".
-Yeah, yeah... Before I leave you to prepare for my meeting, Sarah, I would like to speak to you, in private.
-Lead the way. Paul i will be right back, don't mind the girls, they don't bite, yet!
''For the house of such an old creature of the night this place felt too warm''
''Apart from Liza staring at him like she would try to kill him, Sarah was honestly friendly to him and Suzan...well Suzan was just standing there looking at him''
''Maybe i have found a new family''
PAUL HAD FOUND A LOT MORE BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW IT YET.
He knew but he couldn't say anything so as not to bring his master in a difficult position.
His master stayed at home almost all the time and now, out of the blue, he had shown up with a weird woman to get some clothes and supposedly move to her house for some days.
Still, he couldn't say anything. That woman had a halo of menace around her.
His master gathered his stuff, left him money and with no more words left with her.
Their next stop was Roxanne's house.
She may had left almost all of her resources when she had come to Thessaloniki but Roxanne knew how to earn money.
In no time she had gathered enough money to buy the whole building and she could also afford her expensive way of life.
She was not rich like many blue bloodied vampires but compared to a human she had amassed a small fortune in only a few years.
Her house was on the top floor; basically, it was the top floor. She was a princess after all. She couldn't have anyone live above her.
Moreover she had redesigned the whole floor to match a vampire's needs.
The apartments in the rest of the building-it was a luxurious one- were occupied by normal people most of which had ended becoming Roxanne's Herd.
Herd or vessels was a term vampires used for people who willingly let a vampire feed from them.
The reasons were many: sex, money, favors or the silent hope they would one day become a vampire themselves.
None of the above were true in Roxanne's case though. Truth was Roxanne had a friend who wasn't permitted to move about in town and that friend needed to feed as well.
All those people gave her friend their blood willingly and every single one would afterwards forget what they had done.
Roxanne had been an exceptional diplomat in her mortal life but in her immortal one, she was superb in controlling the mind of almost anyone.
Roxanne opened the door and Paul heard movement mixed with the sound of a TV, propably playing some movie in a language he couldn't understand, coming from inside the house.
-At last you are back mistress, i was wor...
The voice belonged to a tall, athletic woman with short brown hair, dressed in a manly suit, who upon seeing Paul stopped midsentense, her eyes burning with a sudden anger.
-Move aside Liza!, Roxanne said.
-Y-yes my lady!
Paul got inside but he was sure that if that woman were in charge he would have never made it past the doorstep.
The house was huge. The living room alone was bigger than his own apartment. Moreover it was packed with many things, like a weird collection from the last one thousand years. A chair from Italy, a painting from France, a carpet from Persia, a vase from the Middle East.
Paul could not but wonder how old the woman he had slept with was.
There were many couches and on one of them, in front of a gigantic plasma screen, sat a cute woman.
She was different from Roxanne in many ways. Her face was calm and seemed happy.
Her lips formed an honest smile and her movement betrayed that she was still mortal. She was dressed casually but it was one thing that caught his attention immediately.
In her forehead there was a silk scarf.
Paul knew that this kind of style was out of fashion since many decades.
On the other side of the room, at a corner, stood a desk. On the desk there was a computer, scattered envelopes and books. Behind the computer screen was another girl propably typing something.
Paul first saw her cute small hands typing vigorously on the keyboard.
Her nails were painted an orange-red mix and she wore at least two rings.
She was also dressed in expensive clothing but in a more serious way than Roxanne. She looked like a business woman, yet her pale face and small body betrayed that she couldn't be more than eighteen unless, of course, she was also a vampire.
When the girl heard Roxanne's voice she turned to face her with a smile on her lips, which became larger when she saw Paul.
-Okay ladies i will be quick and will not tolerate any interuptions, said Roxanne.
-Paul this is Liza, she said pointing to the tall woman. Liza is in charge of my personal security.
Paul wondered if Roxanne really needed a bodyguard, especially a human.
-This one is Sarah, an old friend of mine. I warn you, her life is more precious to me than yours will ever be, she said pointing at the woman sitting in front of the TV.
-And finally this young lady over there is Suzan. Susan is in charge of my businesses.
Paul was surprised that the only woman who looked human was the only one to be a vampire.
-Ladies, this young man as of last night is of my blood!
-What!!!! let the tall woman escape her mouth.
-You got something to add Liza?, asked Roxanne angrily.
''She hates disobedience'' Paul noted to himself.
-My lady, i thought that...
-You thought you would be the first, right? Maybe now you understand why you are not! Never interrupt me again!
-Yes, my lady.
Sarah stood on her feet and smiled to Paul.
-Welcome to our world stranger. It is a surprise Roxanne did such thing but i welcome you with all my heart. May our lord give you a long immortal life.
''She is weird, if not crazy'' Paul thought.
-His name is Paul and for you two, she added pointing to Liza and Suzan, his name is Master Paul. Paul will remain at our house for some days to learn how to behave like a true creation of mine.
-Of course my lady, said the ever smiling Suzan. Welcome master Paul to our family.
Sarah came closer and looked at Paul with an investigative eye.
-Your blood, you said?
-Of course Sarah, I gave him immortality last night.
-A fine choice! He looks so calm and self-conscious for a newly born.
-Enough with the flatteries. I am late for a meeting so listen well what i expect from you all.
First of all, Paul, as you can see many of the things inside my house are antiquities of lives past. I cherish most of them, if not all, and they are hard to replace.
-I understand, my lady.
-Glad you do. Second thing. Liza and Suzan were here before you so try to treat them fairly. I consider them to be of more use than you for the time being.
-Sure thing, my lady.
-Third and most important. Sarah is not here! You don't speak of her, you don't mention her name and as far as this town is concerned, Sarah does not exist! If any harm comes to her because of you, Hell will not be large enough for you to hide in. Understood?
-Of course, my lady!
-Now, I need you all to do some things. First of all, Liza, you need to teach young Paul how to act as a one of my blood, a lord of the night. I believe you already know everything yourself.
-As you command, my lady.
-Suzan, I want Paul to be able to speak Spanish in a month's time.
-I will do my best my mistress, said a happy Suzan.
-A true blood of mine speaks the language of the true masters of the night, announced Roxanne to Paul.
-Then, in a moth i will be speaking Spanish, if this pleases you.
-And last but not least...
-Ready for orders miss!, said Sarah mimicking a soldier.
-I hate it when you do such things!, Roxanne growled. You know i never order you, i always ask you.
-Ask me then!
-Paul may have questions about our nature and our society, could you please...?
-Fill in his blanks? Of course my dear Roxanne. Moreover, I will teach this young man the same lesson I taught you: "Being humane is paramount to being a balanced immortal".
-Yeah, yeah... Before I leave you to prepare for my meeting, Sarah, I would like to speak to you, in private.
-Lead the way. Paul i will be right back, don't mind the girls, they don't bite, yet!
''For the house of such an old creature of the night this place felt too warm''
''Apart from Liza staring at him like she would try to kill him, Sarah was honestly friendly to him and Suzan...well Suzan was just standing there looking at him''
''Maybe i have found a new family''
PAUL HAD FOUND A LOT MORE BUT HE DIDN'T KNOW IT YET.
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