Just as it was when she had first met him, Anita felt his presence before he entered the ballroom and from the silence of the court, it seemed so did everyone else. He walk was smoother than last time and his presence was even stronger and that made her both wonder and worry, she could tell that he had already eaten but was wonder what gave him such an extra edge of power.
She still wasn’t interested in the politics that vampires played around with each other, monarchs and all, but Anita understood now that she was forced into this world. Birthed into the deep darkness under the likeness of a trained monkey. A puppet for the now Master of the City and mouth piece… She didn’t like it not one bit.
“Mr. Alrikson,” she smiled sharply, “He’s not my Master.” He was barely a companion. Jean-Claude was good for fear tactics and beauty consultation at this point in her life. She wasn’t briefed on what it meant to be a vampire servant, she wasn’t given the options to weigh before being forced into submission and she wasn’t going down easily.
“Speaking of which, did his invite get lost in the mail or something?”
Axel was well aware of the effect he had on others and that wasn’t because of his powers as a vampire, he had managed to even draw the attention onto himself when he had been a human, he smiled as everyone started to talk among themselves once he had finished talking. He hoped that his words would keep them inline though he was ready to deal with any should they decided to go against what he said.
“Ah but he is whether you choose to accept it or not. He has marked you as his human servant and everyone in this room know that.” At the question of her masters invitation he just laughed and tilted his head towards her. “Have you not realised that I do not care for him. He forced the marks upon you and he is no better than Nikolaos from what i have heard. Sure he does not treat them like she used to but he is not as nice as he seems Anita.” Axel told her, this time actually using her first name rather than calling her Ms. Blake.
“If you request that I be nicer and perhaps invite him to my next thing….I may take it into consideration.” Axel smiled this time flashing the tips of his fangs at her. “Please enjoy yourself this evening, I will try to promise that nothing will happen that requires you to use your guns.”
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