Chapter 6: Meetings
Lucus Stone
That voice drifts into my head again, like it's meant for me to hear her. I'm old enough to know how to control my hearing, maybe I'm actually listening for it.
"OH... I'm sorry for your wait but how about I get you guys a round of shots on me, if... you consider trying a Negroni. It's the best thing if your looking for something sweet and sexy"
Shit... her voice is becoming intrusive, invading my head without me even trying to hear it. She's a seller. Smart, offer a free shot and get them to order high priced drinks.
"Hey, get on stage Mystery, baby."
"Yeah, come on Miss Mystery."
"Let us see you dance sweetheart."
They're a persistent group, I feel a little bit annoyed by it.
"Hey! Are you even listening to me?" Oliver staring at me getting a bit upset. Well good, now he knows how I feel. Even though I was listening to the scene downstairs I heard his ranting clearly as well.
"Yes, in fact I did hear your excuses and it doesn't matter how late it is, leave a message to get back to you, or to come in when they're available. In the meantime you might want to promote the one they call mystery as a co-manager. She's been selling high priced drinks all night.The customers love her, she's fluent, and a hard worker, great management material." Fuckin Hell, listen to me, what is wrong with me? I'm practically boosting this female and by the look on his face he strating to sence something yet he is still to distracted to call me on anything.
Oliver scans me and shifts his eyes to the glass window.
"I was going to give it to June. Your granddaughter, but if you think... Wait who the hell is Mystery, I didn't hire anyone new..."
Shaking my head in disappointment.
"Yes son, I'm well aware, in fact you haven't hired anyone in weeks, now stop talking and listen."
He does as told, as do I
I wanting the fat ass one in the mask.
I wonder who is the masked chick? Or that red head one.
Fuck she is hot man, nice ass! Hey server I want a private dance with her. 100 bucks.
The mask makes her even more sexy bro
she has a sexy body, I would definitely fuck her or anyone of these babies.
Fuck she needs to get on stage, I got good money for that ass!
Hey handsome what can I get you?
How about a private dance with the girl in the mask and the one in leopard?
"How did I miss fresh meat?" Oliver head towards the balcony and zeroes in on the new beauty in the crowd, she's holding two trays making her way to serve multiple tables at .
"Yeah your right she is...sexy...fuck." He adjust his dick in his pants making me want to punch him. Hard. My mood worsening, so unprofessional. Ignoring his behavior, I have definitely had enough and I need to leave, now.
"Have fun, I need to go." Walking out of the office to door number 66 ready to leave out through the tunnels.
He needs to get more creative then a bunch of sixes as his number system. I don't know why I'm so bothered, he can look at whoever he wants. I do need to feed soon. Maybe that's it.
Oliver follows me out a moment later.
"Wait. Have a drink with me first, we need to talk about something... Mya and Zach."
He's scared of my reaction as he should be. Knowing him he waited to tell me this in a crowded place, with the purpose of stopping me from giving a expressive reaction. Yet, this is not something I wish to discuss. Mya my former release, she was and always will be a pain in my afterlife, my hate for her grows every second of everyday. The sex was nothing special, great oral skills and convenient at the time. It was boredom that kept me entertaining her.
A human, when we gave her our secret after a few months she didn't believe it at first. Not until a vampire named Zach bit her, he relaxed her mind and made sure she loved every minute of it, or so he belived. He fucked her and fed off her for a while until the dumb ass fell in love with her,after that he decided to turn her. Only she still had eyes for me unfortunately, she couldn't let our time together go. As a vampire her affections grew.
Oliver was the first to see her obsession with me, or was it Makayla. Her eyes always stayed on me a second longer then necessary, she would always ask me questions as if she wanted to learn about our kind as if I was her only teacher. Yet I ignored her for the most part, she wasn't anything to me. Oliver said I was being foolish for taking her infatuation with me as a joke. He didn't like it and made it known.Truthfull, I just didn't give a fuck, as a reborn it was my job to inform her with as much information as possible, As one of the oldest of my kind it's my duty as a king, that's how many saw me with my abilities I was unique. I only rebirthed 4. After 1000 years of being to myself, I saw
something in Oliver and it was then I decided to create my first reborn, over the years my other children just came naturally to me, it wasn't about taking away their already ending lives, but giving them something more than just life. Time. Davon, Makayla, and Pierre my youngest child.
They tend to travel a lot when bored. They were off living there own lives somewhere here and there around the world enjoying their lives as they wanted. Soon they'd return to me, as they always do over the years, I learned not long ago that the distance hurts them so they can only be away from my presences for so long before they crave my affection and attention. I am 1728 and I still have needy children, it's kind of humorious when you think about it. I remember when Oliver found June on January 3, 1666 he meet this wild kid and instead of indulging, he found her entertaining and he enjoyed her banter. Soon months passed and he learned of her illness the bubonic plague after a few weeks she showed signs of headaches, vomiting and fever. Her life ready to be snuffed out just like that.
Oliver found friendship in a human he fell in love with her as a brother to a sister, she was ill and so close to death when I saw her. A week earlier when he had asked me the for first time to change her, I immediately refused him. Simply wanting a friend wasn't reason enough for me to share my ancient blood. It took me 1000 years to finally make him.
When my son came back to me and practically begged me to give her the life of a newborn, I for the first time in all my years with him saw a change in my son.
Oliver always had a non caring attitude, a live in the moment not take anything seriously guy after the first few years of his immortal life. His life before was order as a soldier he fought in the bucket war and he won he is an exceptional soldier as he learned more over the years and knows how to strategize better than anyone I know always 5 steps ahead when he wants to be. Moods change and so often I have to remind him of who he was and still is.
So giving his request though, I did something else. I gave him my blessing to create a child, if she wished it so. People will agree to anything on on their death bed and he needed to explain what the life was, the rules of being us and everything else in between.
He was afraid he would kill her, but he trusted me completly when I told him I had faith in his ability. Her finding out that the older guy she bonded with is a Vampire can be terrifying yet after the shock she said something that hit him in the heart. "if, I was not afraid of the dark, I would go, but I wish for more days, I'm not ready to go...to not see you my only friend ever again."
So I walked him through it, and June was reborn.