Courting A Vampire 4

By: StormHerald

Chapter 4

The train ride to the country side was long, longer than I would have

expected, I ignored what country we were in and instead slept, being

told by my aunt that I would have little opportunity to do so once I had

arrived. Eventually, we did arrive and a long black limo waited for us at

the train station. My aunt had made sure I looked fresh and

appropriately vampire like, dressed in a very form fitting antique, black

lace dress. It covered every inch of skin from the tops of my hands to

the tops of my feet, and all the way to my jaw line.

I pulled at it for a moment before my aunt gave me a dark look and I

put my hands in my lap and waited nervously. She leaned to the side

and whispered in my ear, "We are the last to arrive, I wanted you to be

noticed, and you shall be. I want you walking in like you are a princess,

because you are, got it?"

I nodded nervous and my aunt nudged me again, "You can’t appear

weak, you will already be considered the weakest one just by being a

human Lilly. I want you to walk in there and act like there isn't a damn

person there worth your time."

I swallowed nervously and my aunt smiled, "You already had something

to eat before you arrived, and the courting ceremony commences at

sun set."

"So how many hours exactly?"

"Oh enough time for you to greet who I introduce you to, and you are

to refuse to even look at anyone I do not introduce you too, especially

the three little vampy girls that will probably be more than excited to

get in an initial intimidation. Also, no eating or drinking anything I do

not give you myself, understand?"

I nodded, "I don't imagine they are going to have anything Lilly friendly

there?"

My aunt nodded as the limo stopped. She pulled a few of my curls out

of the loose up do I had. She checked the diamond encrusted combs

and barrettes and then straightening me out, she stepped out flipping

open her umbrella and then reached down and held her hand out for

me. I grabbed it and got out of the car buttoning up the long jacket as

the cold wind hit. My aunt smiled and guided me to the castle.

We entered loudly announced and my aunt took her time closing her

umbrella and handing the umbrella and her very stylish hat to the

butler. I took my time unbuttoning my jacket and allowed him to help

me out of it, his obvious surprise at the jacket evident on his face. My

aunt laughed, "Not all of us are lucky enough to be able to sport such

accessories."

I turned away from the man batting at a soft curl that kept tickling my

cheek and followed my Aunt into the ball room. The music and the

dancing and laughing all stopped as hundreds of vampire eyes turned

to stare at me. My Aunt straightened her back reminding me to do the

same and I looked straight ahead only looking at my aunt. The vampires

parted around us as my aunt walked straight to a familiar looking

group.

They smiled when they saw me and I was introduced to my mother’s

small group of relatives. I greeted the group of four seeing them

assessing everything about me and then looking behind my shoulder

with worry. My aunt started speaking heatedly to my cousin in what

sounded like French and I felt a tap on my shoulder.

I straightened and turned slightly to look into a pair of large black eyes,

sitting among a cloud of cold white hair, behind her stood the other

two betrothed. Desmond smirked cruelly at me, "So the little human

arrives."

I felt everyone freeze that was within hearing distance and I looked at

the three before rolling my eyes and turning back around stepping to

my silently staring aunt and pretending to whisper into her hear. A

huge smile broke across her face and she stepped around me to handle

the three girls. I greeted the cousin she was speaking to, thanking her

for being there. The vampire seemed genuinely flabbergasted at my

thanks and said that she would never leave a member of the family to

fend for themselves, especially one as precious as me.

I felt my Aunt grab my hand and I dipped my head and thanked them

before turning away and looking straight ahead ignoring the glaring

vampire girls as my aunt slowly rotated me around the room.

Eventually we reached a very old vampire woman who spoke very

loudly to my aunt and then turned to me and gasped in shock.

"My dear whatever is happening on top of your head?"

My aunt began to explain who I was and that my hair was natural

causing the old vampire to lean forward and capture a loose curl, "How

odd, but rather lovely isn't she Isadora?"

My aunt nodded and smiled, "She is rare."

The old vampire laughed, "Oh Isadora, the game is afoot, is that the

angle you are going for? My little Desmond is still in the lead I think."

My aunt laughed, "How in the lead Margarette?"

"She already has quite the relationship with the Prince, it almost seems

like this whole courting ceremony is nothing but a farce."

My aunts eyes got sharp but her smile never wavered, "Oh well, we

shall see, I have faith in my little blue diamond."

And with that my aunt turned and strode away, with me quickly on her

heels. She whispered to a butler and we were escorted through the

ballroom and out the doors. My aunt was walking quickly with sharp

steps and I was close behind her until I tripped and knocked over a

vase. I stopped and looked around for help and knelt down and picked

up the bigger pieces and put them back on the pedestal. When I

finished I looked around and realized my aunt was gone and I was

completely alone. It took a moment before I took off down the hall I

think my aunt went down and walked slowly and quietly, trying not to

attract any attention.

I felt the presence behind me before I heard it the velvet voice, "What

are you doing?"

I turned to look into an odd silver pair of eyes, "I am lost."

He took a step towards me, he was tall a head taller than me, and he

was muscular, not the very lean body of most vampires, but instead his

body was powerful. My pulse quickened as his midnight black hair fell

straight into his eyes, the rest of his hair pulled back into a ponytail.

"Who are you?"

I straightened my spine and stared at him, "I could ask you that, but I'm

sure I wouldn't get a proper answer. Vampires never give me an honest

answer."

"You didn't answer my question, instead you insulted me." I saw the

silver in his eyes harden and I fought the urge to take a step back. My

father had always pounded into my head that vampires were predators

and reacted as predators would, they smelled fear, and if you showed

your weakness they would attack.

Instead I tried to stare at him with haughtiness, but instead I only

managed a weak annoyance and it didn't even bother him. I took a

deep breath, "I am Lilith Vlaine, betrothed to Prince Damien Greyance."

His eyebrows shot up in surprise, "So you are the little human

betrothed hmm?"

I finally slouched a bit in annoyance, "Cripes, would everyone quit

calling me the little human! Geese I look like big bertha against those

other three stick figure vampire girls."

The vampire took a step forward and I stared into his eyes unflinching,

which seemed to make him curious and amused. As I studied him I

realized he couldn't be much older than I was and he was

breathtakingly hansom. I felt my pulse quicken for a moment before I

took a deep breath to calm it. What the hell was I doing, I was

supposed to be getting married in a few months and here I was getting

twiterpaited by some random vamp.

"You aren't nervous by my eyes?"

I returned my attention to his eyes and shook my head, "Why would I

be, it’s refreshing to not be the only person here without black eyes."

"You are peculiar."

I looked at him and scoffed, "Yes, I know. Thanks for being polite in

saying that the fully human offspring of a royal family is just peculiar, I

imagine I'm going to be hearing a lot worse before this is all over with."

The vampire stepped towards me only centimeters from me, "That is

not what I meant."

I finally stumbled back a step my heart pounding in my ears as I looked

at the young grey vampire, "W… What do you mean?"

He snickered and turned on his heel and walked away leaving me

grabbing the side of the hall and holding my chest, trying to calm my

rapid beating heart. My aunt found me moments later and the look of

absolute worry crossed her face as she took in my state, "Did

something happen."

"A guy, he was so, abrupt...and unusual."

"ohm, no, no, no, you are here for one vampire guy only miss Lilly, so

you straighten up, and fix that palpitating heart of yours and move

along, and do not ever lose me again."

I nodded turning to follow her and took a few steps before I turned my

head and saw the sneer of pure hatred on the face of the beautiful

Desmond. I turned back around and worked on calming myself down,

focusing instead of the most interesting pair of gray eyes I had ever

seen.

When we reached the rooms my aunt threw herself across the bed with

her arm over her face in what looked to be a very dramatic posture,

"Lilly you will be the absolute destruction of me. I nearly fainted when I

saw you weren't behind me."

"I'm alright, just stumbled, you were moving too fast for me to keep up

in this ridiculous dress. Now explain to me why the other three get to

wear beautiful, breath taking, revealing, modern dresses, and I'm stuck

in a Victorian, full length, nightmare?"

"Well I am quite close friends with Margarette, whom you met. She's

Desmond's great aunt. It was her, that had informed me of how stiff

the competition with her niece was going to be, but I had no idea that

Desmond worked so fast. It seems that the little, blonde, nightmare has

already made it into the Princes bed, which puts the rest of the

betrothed, and ESPECIALLY you, at a great disadvantage. But having

anticipated something like this, was the reason why you are in that

dress."

"Why again?"

"Well, darling, the Prince was moving about the ball watching all four of

you girls. Making a point not to be noticed, and all he saw of you was

an amazing set of curls, and a great figure covered in lace. At the

courting commencement ceremony you will be bearing your entire

body to be observed, he will be more interested in yours than the

others simply because he has seen far, far less of yours than the

others."

I winced as she began to pull out the commencement ceremony outfit

that I was going to wear, "Alright Lilly we have one hour to make you

look like a princess."

And with that she began to bath and demand I shave my legs, my

underarms and to my horror, my sex. When I had fully bathed and

shaved she began to help me get into my lingerie. It was a tight see

through corset of white lace that had no frills on it and laced up with a

sheer ribbon up the back. I straightened as my 34 DD breasts were

squeezed to their full glory, my smallish pink nipples hardening

underneath the constant rubbing of the material. Sheer white stockings

were snaked up my legs and the lacy tops rested on my thighs and were

attached to the garter ribbons hanging from the corset. I had already

put on the completely see through thong and watched as my aunt

undid my hair putting the combs carefully away before ruffling my curls

and then pinning them back up in a very messy, yet oddly sexy, up do.

She put a small bit of lip gloss on my lips to highlight their natural pink

shine then without much warning she slapped me on each cheek. I

stared at her stunned and she smiled, "I can’t put makeup on you, and

you needed a bit of blush. You’re not ivory; you're tan so it takes a bit

more than a pinch to get your cheeks red."

I wasn't going to wear shoes, which would be the opposite of the other

three, who would be wearing tall, spiky, hooker heels. And the last

touch to it all was a black silk robe to wrap all of me in. My aunt was all

too aware of how human I was, and after asking around, found that the

council rooms would be cold, along with the entire castle, which meant

I could get sick being as naked as I was. So to compensate for the times

I would be forced to be naked my aunt had fashioned a silk robe for me

to wear to the council chambers. It was fur lined so I felt very warm and

safe in it.

We walked quickly to the chambers, my feet feeling the cold trek with

every step we took, "You know hooker heels sound kind of nice about

now."

My aunt looked down at my feet, "Are they really cold?"

I shrugged, "It’s uncomfortable, but not unbearable yet."

"Okay, chin up, in we go."

We stepped into the council room, which looked more like a large

private office with a long desk sitting in front of me. The four council

members sat at the long desk and I was relieved to see that someone

had taken the time to put a very plush, rug down for all four of the

betrothed to stand on. I stood waiting, the first one to arrive, and

slowly the other three arrived wearing black see through lace, their

slender, angular frames on proud display underneath different styles of

lingerie. They looked at me startled by my robe but remained quiet as

we all waited. Finally the vampire I had met in the hall strode in, grey

eyes flashing as he looked at the four of us.

He bowed to the council members and stepped off to the side waiting

silently for the council members to begin the meeting. A very old

vampire stood up and stared past my shoulder to who I could only

assume was my aunt, "You were told she needed to wear something

that we can see her in? You were made aware of the laws?"

"Yes your grace, it is just that she is human, and therefore significantly

more susceptible to the temperature of the rooms, there for in order to

keep her out of harms way, she needed to wear something warm until

it was the appropriate time."

"Aw, yes, I received your request. I can fully appreciate the situation,

now we have staff working on making the castle a bit more, friendly to

our little guest."

I bit back and frown at his comment, and looked to the side of him

seeing grey eyes looking at my reaction with a glint of amusement,

"That being resolved, Isadora, she needs to present herself as the

others do."

I nodded and untied the robe, letting my aunt slip it off of my frame. It

was obvious that no one expected white, because there was a mutual

intake of breath as the four old vampires stared at me stunned for a

moment before clearing their throats and turning to the grey eyed

vampire.

I started to feel a sense of dread as I began to realize who the vampire

was, and I kept replaying the meeting in the hall in my head, wondering

just how big of a fool I had seemed to be to him. The Prince nodded

and the oldest vampire pointed to Desmond and announced her name

telling her to come forward so the prince and council could inspect her

body.

She strode forward with confidence and didn't flinch as the Prince put

his hands on her body, lifting her arms and hair and turning this way

and that. The scene repeated for the other two girls and finally it was

my turn. My heart began to thud violently against my chest as I stepped

forward and felt my body be devoured by the council as well as the

Prince. He gently touched me, lifting my arms and turning me this way

and that, and after being dismissed he kept staring at me.

I stopped listening to the council members as they grilled my

chaperone on my health and family, instead focused on the intense

silver stare I was receiving, feeling his gaze, like his cold hands, brushing

along my body. My breathing increased a bit as the cold feeling of his

eyes turned into a warm sensation in the pit of my stomach. I couldn't

look away from his eyes, and he refused to stop his eyes from

wandering my body. My aunt’s touch snapped me out of the hypnosis

the prince was causing as the council members sat down and started

the conclusion of the meeting.

"Now Prince, as per tradition you take each girl with you to your

chambers one night for each girl, so that you can gain their scent,

should you need to track them. Which girl will it be tonight?"

I refused to look at him, sensing that Desmond had already assumed it

would be her. But as I heard her take a small step forward the velvet

voice said my name and both Desmond and I stared at him in shock.

The council chuckled, having not been as oblivious to the display

between Prince Damien and I, as I had thought they had been.

"Very well, then the lady Desmond shall be next, followed by lady Yuki,

and then lady Elizabeth. Thus concludes this ceremony, Isadora, I wish

to speak with you."

My aunt nodded putting her hand on my elbow and propelling me into

the hands of the Prince, before turning and following the council out. I

ignored the very intense prickly feeling I got on my back at being glared

at by three sets of eyes and felt the Prince grab my wrist and pull me

out with him.

When we walked out a cheer and a groan welcomed me into the hall as

the whole vampire population seemed to be crammed into the hall.

When they saw me with the Prince money began to exchange hands as

a lot more groaning, than cheering happened. I was happy to see for a

brief moment that my four family members seemed to be receiving the

majority of the bet as well as congratulations and invitations to dinner. I

smiled at them and they waved mouthing a good luck before I was

yanked into another room.

The Prince let my wrist go and walked further into his room removing

his outer jacket and taking his boots off before collapsing onto the

couch. He looked irritated as he looked past me to the door, "Idiots."

I moved forward and put my hands on the back of a chair, "Why do you

call them idiots?"

"Betting like that, they should be ashamed."

I chewed on my lip pondering his words before shrugging, "I bet it was

boring waiting for the whole thing to be over with. I don't begrudge

them a bit of entertainment and it seemed harmless enough."

His eyebrows rose, "You realize they were betting against you being the

one I chose."

I couldn't help but smile, "They had a 75 percent chance I wouldn't be

the one coming out. It was good odds. And what's important is that

once again, I beat the numbers and my family bet on me, so they made

out pretty well too."

The Prince looked at me quietly for a moment, just long enough for the

cold room to finally get to me and a shiver run down my body. His

eyebrows shot up again as he stood up and disappeared into the other

room, coming back with a blanket that he threw over my shoulders

immediately.

He sighed and I looked at him as he stood in front of me, "I'm sorry, I

know its annoying, trying to remember all the human stuff."

"Yes, it is." I nodded and looked around.

"I will be honest I don't know what the council meant by you getting my

scent and what not, but I figured we get that out of the way and I can

go back to my rooms."

The Prince looked at me then shook his head, "You have to stay the

night, the entire night, until noon tomorrow."

I stared at him shocked, "Oh, okay."

I shifted from foot to foot feeling awkward and finally the prince

grabbed me and pulled me to the couch to sit with him. He stared out

the window watching the birds fly out of sight and I pulled my legs up

and folded them to my chest wrapping them in the large blanket as well

setting my chin on my knees.

"You don't remember me do you?"

I jumped a little at the Princes velvet voice then shook my head looking

at his profile, "No, should I?"

"We were play mates until you left, how could you not remember?"

I sighed, "The last time I was in the hospital was for head trauma, I

don't remember much, if any part of my life before moving to Idaho."

He turned to look at me, his eyes full of an emotion I couldn't quite

place, "Honestly?"

I nodded, "Did we like each other, I mean were we friends?"

He turned away from me without saying anything and I felt a deep

sense of sadness roll off of him. I found it odd for a vampire to be so

open with their emotions, but after a while I began to realize he wasn't

open, he just was really easy for me to read. I reached out and laid my

hand gently on his shoulder.

"You shouldn't do that."

"Do what?" He turned and looked at me his eyes growing darker, "Be so

comforting, so soft."

I pulled my hand back and sighed resting my chin on my knees, "My dad

said that to me all the time. I don't think he was ever more

disappointed with how absolutely human I am."

I peeked from the side of my eye and saw that I had Damien's attention

so I continued, "I can’t help but be comforting. It’s all I ever wanted

really, for someone to comfort me after being yelled at for the millionth

time about how human I was. Or seeing my parents disappointed faces

every single time I take a salad instead of a bloody steak."

"Well it seems you will do nothing but disappoint them again while you

are here. Perhaps that is why your aunt is here and not your mother."

I stared at him open mouthed shocked by how cruel he sounded.

Before I realized it I was out of the blanket and standing above him

delivering a resounding smack right to his cheeks. He was up in a flash

and grabbed both of my wrists and slamming me against the window,

"How dare..."

I felt the first of the tears roll down and I struggled against him iron

hold, "You jerk, you absolute ass hole."

He shook me briefly yelling for me to stop it before I finally calmed

down and he glared down at me, his silver eyes now steal, "you think

just because of who your mother and father are that you can strike

me?"

"No, I don't think my mother and father give me a reason to strike you.

I think you being an absolute prick gives’ me the right to strike you."

I fought panting and felt his body pressed against mine as he pinned me

to the window. The cold of the glass and the cold of his body

overwhelmed me and I began to shake. Prince Damien groaned in

disgust and released me flinging me back to my blanket. I refused to

put it on, instead standing up and glaring at him.

Chocolate eyes glared down steel eyes as I worked on catching my

breath, my heart still beating from the sudden fight I was having with

the Prince. It was only as I started to calm down and my breathing

slowed that I realized the Prince had stopped looking at my face and

had started roaming my body again.

I took a step back and he took a step forward and I stepped back into

the chair falling into it. I was quickly up and out of it as he strode two

more steps towards me and I put it between us as I made a dash for the

door. I should have known it wouldn't work, before my hands even

reached the door I felt myself lifted and thrown over Prince Damien's

shoulder. I shouted and punched at his back, trying to get out of his

strong hold, only to be tossed onto a bed of dark, down bedding.

I sat up and stared at him frightened as he pulled his shirt off and sat on

the bed. I shivered now not from cold but from fear and watched him

take a deep breath.

"Why are you so afraid?"

"Why do you think, you attacked me."

He chuckled, "I distinctly remember you striking me."

"I.. I’m sorry."

He became serious and shook his head, "Don't be, I thought maybe

with a little finesse you would be able to handle this, but I don't think

that will work in the amount of time I have."

I looked at him my fear notching up a bit. He moved blindingly fast and

had me on my back my hands shackled above my head and my legs

shackled wide apart. I cried out in fear and struggled against the

restraints. His hand touched my stomach and he stared me in the eye.

"I will not hurt you, I swear it. But there are certain things we have to

do, in order for me to get your scent and taste. And it is something I'm

sure you were not told about, unlike your competition."

"W.. What are you talking about."

His lips pressed against mine and I turned my head trying to ignore the

sudden warmth that his kiss had created in my stomach. He turned my

head and kissed me again, this time keeping me from turning away with

strong fingers holding my chin. His tongue was warm and licked across

my lower lip before leaving my lips and kissing down my jaw and neck.

His fingers reached up and tweaked one of my small pink nipples with

his fingers, sending a charge of electricity and heat to my stomach and

down to the junction between my legs. I gasped and he locked his lips

back onto mine, his lips milking a response from mine until I couldn't

remember why I didn't want to kiss him.

The kiss deepened until we were both desperately locked in the kiss, his

tongue caressing mine as I sucked on it, his lips working at mine until I

was moaning soft moans into his mouth. He broke the kiss and sat up

looking at my now heaving chest. I watched as liquid, silver eyes looked

away from chest to my eyes before grabbing the top of the corset and

ripping it down the front, yanking it off and freeing my breast.

He grabbed the left orb, rubbing and kissing it, avoiding the nipples and

instead nipping close to them. He did this with both breasts until finally

his mouth locked onto one nipple and I gasped as his warm tongue

danced around the already tight bud, his fingers pinching and pulling on

the one until his mouth switched and he was licking and sucking on the

other one.

The junction between my thighs grew hotter and hotter as he fondled

my breast, and I moaned in pleasure. He began kissing down my

stomach, never stopping from twisting and tugging on my nipples until

he reached the hem of my sheer panties. With a flick of his wrist the

panties were ripped off and he smiled up at me.

"You smell divine."

I gasped out a thank you as he began to nibble and kiss my inner thighs.

He looked at me once before lowering his face and taking a long lick up

my slit. I gasped in surprise and pleasure; I had never had anyone do

that to me before. I felt strong fingers pull my lips apart and another

warm, rough lick slid up my now dripping slit.

I gasped "Oh gods" and he chuckled before licking just outside of my

opening. I groaned trying to lift up but being unable to because I was

tied. I felt the shackles removed and then felt a two hands grab each leg

and rest them over his shoulders as he leaned down and began to lick

my slit up and down.

I moaned and writhed in pleasure, feeling a build of heat and electricity

inside me. He locked his lips onto my pussy and began to suck, nursing

the juices out of me, and delving his tongue as deep as he could into

me. I began rocking against him as his tongue darted in and out of me,

fucking me. I gasped and felt my body tense as a surge of heat flooded

me and electricity bounced through me. I arched my back and moaned

in pleasure.

As I came back down I realized that Damien hadn't released my pussy

from his lock, and was instead sucking and drinking my juices, the look

on his face causing the heat to begin to build in me again. His tongue

delved in as deeply as he could until he met resistance. I almost cried

out when he broke his lock on me and looked at me.

"Lilly, are you a maid, a virgin?"

I nodded looking at him and wondering if something was wrong. He

groaned in what seemed like misery before kissing my body over and

over as I slowly calmed down from my first orgasm. He released my

arms and I sat up seeing him trying to hide a frustrated look.

"What is the matter?"

Prince Damien smiled at me, his eyes the color of silver, "You tasted

sweet, it was heady and addicting, and arousing, however, I didn't

realize you were still a maid."

He sighed and closed his eyes and covered his eyes with his arm. I

looked at his beautiful chest and then looked lower, not surprised to

see a very tight bulge straining against his pants. I leaned forward to

kiss him, realizing what he was not doing to me at that very moment.