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[right][sub][color=9966cc][b]T[/b][/color] [color=ac3939][i]i m e[/i][/color]  ♥  [color=66cc66]9:40isham[/color]			[color=9966cc][b]L[/b][/color] [color=ac3939][i]o c a t i o n[/i][/color]  ♥  [color=66cc66]Private Island — The Grand Hall[/color]				[color=9966cc][b]I[/b][/color] [color=ac3939][i]n t e r a c t i o n s[/i][/color]  ♥  [color=66cc66]Tavi [@Hoekage]; indirectly: [@TootsiePop] [@GhostMami] [@QueenNugget] [/color][/sub][/right]

[indent][indent][indent]Dominic hated everything right now. He hated being here. He hated that he was forced to attend a party on a private island among some of the worst people he had known in his long life. Whether it was through personal relationships or just the rumors, but he was absolutely livid about how, if he refused the invitation from the King of the Vampires, as Tavi adviced him, wouldn’t be in his best interest. But just because Dominic Zeno, the youngest of the Pureblooded Zeno children, was here didn’t mean he had to put on a smiling face for everyone else. 

If Dominic wasn’t here, if he wasn’t surrounded by the glam and spectacular decor of those who were of the same species as he was, he might have been helping those who needed his help. Whether it was patching up someone who fell out of a tree, someone who was coming down with a cold or a vampire who was attacked by one of those hunters, he would be happier being in his clinic than he would be trying to pretend that he was enjoying himself. For the most obvious of reasons of being in the same area code as his wretched family (save for a few of them he didn’t entirely despise), Dominic was keeping his distance.

He stood by his lonesome against one of the walls, though not too far away so he couldn’t hear what his [i]king[/i] had to say, Dominic nearly dropped his drink of thinned animal blood. He half-expected a speech about how the houses needed to become a lot more ruthless than they have been, but this-this wasn’t exactly what Dominic thought the king would say during his speech. And based on the reactions of those around him, he wasn’t the only one.

[color=9966cc]“That sure wasn’t expected,”[/color] Dominic mused to himself, scanning the room to see the others astonished at the news as well.

For his entire life, Dominic had spent his days avoiding his family because of a lot of things they dabbled in and took pride in doing. Whether it was human trafficking or generally being horrible people, he turned away from that for the majority of the past century. He never wavered in his ideals and always made sure he was never tempted. The only ones who he Dominic had any sort of connection with were Tavi and Tessa. The others either treated him like nothing or never really bothered to talk to the baby of the family. So his mind went to them initially because he knew they were both heavy in deep with the family.

Safe to say, Dominic had never felt the temptation to reach out to his family more since the time he first cut his ties with them. 

Hating himself right now, as Dominic would pass a table, he contemplated the sight and, as his nose caught the whiff of it, the stench of human blood. He still remembered the days when he consumed that on a daily basis and it still haunted him like the Vietnam War haunted a Nam War Vet. The flashes of consuming the sustenance of the very humans he devoted his life to went through his mind as he resisted the momentary temptation. If only the temptation of caring about his family politics and problems presented with the recent announcement by the new king would go away too. Oh well, there was no turning back now.

Dominic approached the bar where he saw that his older brother, Tavi, was surrounded by a few people. The most notable person near him was Niklaus Tepes. There were a few others that Dominic saw as his legs slowly moved his body towards his brother. If he was going to successfully stomach what was about to happen, Dominic would have to ignore practically everyone who didn't share his familial bloodline. [color=9966cc]“Hey Tav,"[/color] Came Dominic's most generic greeting. He quickly coughed a dry cough and tried it again. [color=9966cc]"Interesting developments, huh?”[/color] Dominic managed to say as he stood directly in front of his brother. 

Why he was doing this to himself was practically unknown to him at this point but it was done so there was no turning back now.[/indent][/indent][/indent]
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