Angel Vicky

~Bonsoir~

True, it was up to Victoria when she wanted children with Vail. Could she even have a normal vampire child if she wasn’t a pure-bred vampire? Would they have complications? That tome would surely help if James could retrieve it for them. She was glad for Sylvia’s wise counsel. She would come to rely upon her support in the coming days as she adjusted to her new life. She blushed at the Lady as she declared Vail had chosen his bride. It would be nice to think about a future with him as her husband in an official capacity, she doubted that his father would give his blessing though.

Lady Crest was happy to see that Vail wished to join her in retiring for the evening. “Goodnight children. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do.” Francois winked at Victoria and Vail. James chuckled at his father’s brazenness. Victoria didn’t know him all that well to know what he would not do. But considering he did manipulative things to her mother, she was rest assured Vail was not even remotely the same as he. “And if you can’t be good. Be careful.” James added and winked at them also.

Victoria narrowed her eyes slightly at their teasing before taking her leave of the lounge. She walked with Vail and smiled at him. Although she sniffed the air as he now smelled of cigar smoke and she wasn’t used to such a strong smell. Though it reminded her of her late grandfather. “I did have a lovely chat. She’s very wise and comforting. Why, were you worried she’d tell me ALL your secrets?” She smirked playfully and could tell Vail was fishing for information. Information he wasn’t going to get just yet. She was eager to get to her room and out of her tight dress and lay on a soft bed for the evening.

As soon as the bedroom door was shut, she attempted to remove her garments. “Could you help me out of my dress please?” She turned her corseted back to Vail, she could not reach the top straps to untie them and loosen the dress open.

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I'm holding out for a big and strong Roman Gladiator!

And a Dark Lord of the Sith for a Princess kidnapping. >:)

~Bonsoir~

Lady Crest was surprised at Lady Macey’s silver tongue with regards to the Lord and Lady Hygrace. Sylvie gave Victoria more insider details that made her understand the dynamics of their clan a lot more. Was Lady Katherine really that much of a meek woman that she never challenged her husband at all? Were that how wives are supposed to act? She saw an opportunity to chip away at Katherine, the weaker of the couple, to get her on her side and help persuade Peter that Victoria was the right woman for their son. Or at least accept Vail’s decision of choosing her. If he didn’t then he risked losing his son altogether.

Victoria sighed as Sylvia explained her disadvantage even as a vampire fledgling. Peter would never be happy because she wasn’t a born vampire. She couldn’t keep fighting Peter’s mindset forever. Eventually it would drain her of all energy. Although Sylvie did not offer any words of comfort, she told her straight and didn’t dance around the subject. Which Victoria was grateful for. She thought about her words about a vampire’s sexual drive being much lower, although she didn’t see how easily Victoria could seduce Lord Vail Hygrace. However, that was when she had the sweetest most irresistible blood.

At the thought of planning children, Victoria looked down sadly. If Peter wouldn’t accept her, then what chance was there for him to accept any of her future children with Vail? “Perhaps…Vail and I having any children is not a good idea…” She stated and finished her tea, then set her cup down delicately. “I do like these little talks with you Sylvie. Your words are refreshing and direct. However, I think I will retire for the evening. It’s been…a trying day.” She stood up with the added grace of being a vampire. “Do stay up as long as you wish. I am sure my brother would keep you company. I noticed you took a little bit of a shine to him.” She smirked playfully before bowing on her departure and venturing indoors.

She came across the men chatting away, to say her goodnights. “Gentleman.” She curtseyed politely as she addressed them all. “I am retiring for the eve. I bid you all a goodnight.” She glanced at her brother and his father, who nodded and repeated their goodnights. She then turned her gaze toward Vail himself, her new deep purple pools glinting in the candlelight. “Vail, do you wish to join me or shall you be staying here?” She asked gently as she wasn’t expecting or demanding him to go to bed with her but rather asked what he wanted to do.

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~Bonsoir~

Victoria chuckled at Sylvia’s comment on how she was sure she had noticed that Vail was rather reserved. Well he was, until it came to her and the sweet nectar within her veins that he could not resist. He was actually quite bold to pursue the Lady Crest’s blood so eagerly at first and it was he who asked the Lady to dance Not to mention, he actively seduced her in his own bed against his father’s approval. Risking his very own inheritance and heir status by doing so. She smirked as Sylvia teased her about changing Vail for the better. “Yes he was quite taciturn…until he met me. I am not sure if that is a good or a bad thing though. It caused him to be at such great odds with his parents…” She sighed, reliving the disapproval.

“I just wanted their blessing to be with their son. Instead I was just the cause of their tension.” Her eyes flickered sadly in the firelight as Sylvia continued to answer her questions. She shook her head with a giggle as she was asked if she was thinking about babies already. It was far too soon for that kind of thing in a new relationship and definitely frowned upon out of wedlock. She blushed, however, when Sylvia said Vail could give her a more thorough lesson on how to breed. “You’re so naughty, Sylvie!” Victoria burst out in laughter as the other woman giggled. She liked that about her though. She was the first female she could be herself around and talk so freely with. Other human women had been so judgemental about Victoria and she felt like she had to force a smile in their company, with Sylvia it was a genuine smile.

She listened to Sylvia’s knowledge of the female vampire’s body. It sounded easy enough to work out. Victoria was at the disadvantage of being turned and not born a vampire so adjusting to this new form would be tricky. Although she shuddered at the thought of bleeding a human dry and feeding on any person in general made her feel queasy and faint. “So, I would smell different to Vail? Would that not make him want to be more intimate with me, in that case? Human females become more desirable to men as their breasts become larger as to appeal to the opposite sex as the body subconsciously reacts to their fertile state. I’m not sure how much the female vampire’s bodies change visually but scent is a powerful aphrodisiac.” Also, females craved sex more, obviously, so abstaining from it for three weeks in that heightened state could be difficult for the lovers, who had shared a bed more than once even before being wed. A really big taboo in this society.

At least when Victoria wanted to have children, the process would be easy enough without the human complications. Many women bled to death during childbirth unfortunately. But now she was a vampire, she was in even less a hurry to procreate, although she was sure her mother would want to see a grandchild before she died….so maybe there wasn’t much time really left.

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“Then I shall endeavour to find this tome for you and my sister.” James replied to Vail as he nodded taking in the instructions of its location. At his question of approaching the Saints, James grinned. “I am half human and as such, I have more human like features. I can also resist blood a lot more than a normal vampire so any accidents by humans will not cause me to bloodlust. Do not worry yourself over my safety. The Saints will know that the Moncourier Clan came to assist them in the days leading up to the battle with the Wynters. Word travels fast in London.” He winked at the worried vampire heir.

Francois glanced to the door. “My, my I wonder what the girls could possibly be talking about?”

“Perhaps they are planning…a wedding?” James teased at Vail with a grin.

~Bonsoir~

Dont worry about posting, make sure the family is taken care of first. My prayers are with you.

~Bonsoir~

Oh no hope everything is okay with your family. :(

~Bonsoir~

Victoria was happy that Vail was proud of her and smiled when he leaned over to plant a kiss on her cheek. She shook her head at his question of it being so bad. “Not anymore. Perhaps my tastebuds are adapting to it.” She mused in reply. Maybe the fact it was in a glass and resembled more like a wine than blood helped her mental state of mind and eased her anxiety over her phobia. She wasn’t ready to start even thinking about…hunting humans. She just couldn’t bring herself to hurt an innocent person.

Lady Crest was relieved to have Sylvie accept her invitation for a girly chat. She smiled at her warmly as she linked her arm through hers. Sylvie was a friendly woman. Albeit 300 years her senior, still looked around Victoria’s age. She turned to see Vail’s reaction toward Sylvia’s remark that she had his girlfriend for the evening. If Victoria could blush, she would at the moment Vail said he wanted her back later. Was he being a tad possessive over her? She liked the thought of belonging to someone, to him.

“Don’t worry, I will always come back to you, Vail.” Victoria chimed sweetly at him as he said he would find her later. She blew a kiss his way as Sylvia tugged her from the dining hall and into the hallway. Diana smiled and shook her head as she began clearing the table with her sister. “Vail does give you a hard time, doesn’t he?” Victoria asked Sylvie as they walked down the hallway. “Did you annoy him somehow?”

As Vail joined the men in the lounge area, Francois took a large cigar from a box and placed it in his mouth. “Care for a cigar, Master Hygrace?” He offered the fellow vampire as James took a seat and crossed his legs and leaned back in the lounger. “You must be relieved that Victoria woke up.” James did not take a cigar as it didn’t appeal to him. “Although it is a shame about that tome. Perhaps when Lady Macey and I return I could scout your home and if its’ clear of Wynter scum, I can look for it.” He suggested as a help to them both.

Victoria and Syliva meanwhile, ventured out to the back garden veranda. A fireplace in the centre of the terrace lit up the benches. One of the servants came out with a pot of hot tea for the ladies to enjoy and keep warmer in the colder Scottish air. “So I wanted to speak with you about my new…life.” Victoria didn’t know how else to describe it. “Vail can teach me how to live as a vampire and guide me but I need to know how a female vampire works. From a fellow female vampire. Such as….how do we breed?” She asked a little coyly. She knew how a human body worked. A monthly cycle. But she knew nothing about vampire anatomy. “And I need to know these things…for the future. Especially if I am to get married and expected to have children.” Which was the social convention these days. She wasn’t even sure the Hygraces would want her to bare their grandchildren.

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In more of an ancient historical period mood lately. Might be because I played Assassin's Creed Origins? ^^

~Bonsoir~

Victoria appreciated Vail comforting her with her lack of blood appetite. He knew she struggled with the substance beforehand. Perhaps her psyche was preventing her vampiric needs from taking over. As he said, it could be too soon. “Did you manage to recover that tome we used? Perhaps there is more information contained within?”

“A tome?” James asked curiously and Victoria explained to him what they had found, and he appeared quite interested. “Fascinating. I’m an avid scholar like my father. Not as…experimental as he is and how I came into existence as a half breed, but still thirsty for all fonts of knowledge this world has to offer.” It seemed James was rather candid about his experimental existence. Diana may have been tricked into conceiving a vampire’s child, but she was still glad James was born. That motherly love ran very deep.

“Perhaps the Saints know of more than they let on?” Francois suggested using them as a source of knowledge. “Perhaps when you find them, we can enquire.” He asked James and his son replied with a nod. Maybe they were being optimistic for Victoria’s sake, Vail was more realistic and doubted the Saints were even alive.

After Victoria devoured her chicken and vegetables like a starved homeless person, she still felt….unsatisfied. She did not feel full. And then suddenly the waft of blood from her glass became more appetising. She took up the glass and had no trouble drinking the blood nectar from within it. She let out a big sigh and smiled at everyone. James pointed to the corner of his mouth to indicate she had remaining blood left around her lips. She felt rather embarrassed and dabbed her mouth with her napkin sheepishly. Francois looked proud at her in that moment. “Well…would you look at that.” He mused as James agreed with his father. Diana was rather relieved, despite her reservations about her newly vampiric daughter. “Well done, Darling.” She reiterated the encouragement she knew she had to give to a naturally worrisome Victoria.

She hoped that Vail was also proud of her for taking that first big step in overcoming the blood phobia. “Well I certainly enjoyed my dinner. Thank you mother, auntie for providing us with much needed nourishment.”

“Shall we retire to the lounge for the rest of the evening?” Diana suggested as the servants began to tidy away the leftovers. The men agreed as it was custom after dinner to leave the table and join conversation and drinks with their guests in entertaining. Victoria could take this opportunity to speak with Sylvia alone about the questions she had about being a female vampire. She felt like she could trust her and talk to her, she didn’t view Victoria as a threat to her former fiancé. And Vail had expressly explained he had no romantic feelings for Lady Macey so Victoria did not feel threatened by Sylvie. She really needed a female friend right now.

“Lady Sylvie. I hoped you might wish to join me on the terrace for a cup of tea?” She asked as she rose from her chair with even more grace and air about her. She had renewed energy and her aura became more of a presence within the room. She held a certain regal posture. “For girl talk.” She added and flashed a teasing grin at Vail to make sure he knew it was just her and Sylvia. He would probably be curious to know if they would talk about him further.