Succubi Woes

Chapter 5 Blood Trouble

Paris went back to her room that evening and I laid in bed smiling to myself about the day I had just had. I finally felt like things were turning around for me. I couldn’t wait to see Paris in class the next day. I struggled to fall asleep that night, but once I did I slept soundly for the first time in months.

The next day I sat in class next to Paris giving her a small smile. We were in Demon History class and I was excited to learn about my roots. Being adopted, I had no idea who my parents were. It made me sad thinking that my birth mom was okay with letting a Demon daughter out into the world without any knowledge of herself.

The Professor was Ms. Langstone. She was a petite woman with bright orange hair and mischievous green eyes. Since her age could have been anywhere from 30-60, I guessed that she was a blood vampire since they age slower than the rest of us.

Ms Langstone introduced herself and started talking about the first archaeological evidence of Demons discovered in Egypt thousands of years ago. How the first Demons were seen as gods and demanded sacrifices of blood and s*x. There was evidence of this all around the world from the ancient Aztecs to the Hindu gods of East Asia. I could tell that some of my classmates found this boring, but I was really interested. Nothing could have pulled my attention from Ms. Langstone until a tall figure silently entered the classroom.

I don’t think anyone else noticed him but he smelled so enticing. Where Paris smelled like roses, this man smelled like freshly cut wood, wet grass and something else that made my body have a visceral reaction.

He was tall and lean with dark hair and dark eyes. When he met my eyes I was startled by his stare. He had deep penetrating eyes and he was looking right at me. My breath caught in my chest as he glared at me. Then he stormed out of the room causing other students to finally notice his presence. I felt cold all over. Who was that strange man and what had I done to offend him?

I was sitting in the cafeteria with Paris and the other Succubi thinking about that strange encounter. Paris and Eli were talking about what they wanted to do when they graduated from the Institute.

“I want to be a masseuse. I've heard I’m very good with my hands and I want to touch beautiful women”, said Eli as he admired his hands. Eli had shoulder length blond hair and light blue eyes. He was almost as pretty as Paris.

“I want to travel the world and have s*x with everyone in it”, said Paris.

That made me smile as that was such a Paris thing to say.

“I don’t really know what I want to do. I just found out I’m a Succubus a week ago. I’m still trying to get the hang of everything”, I said shrugging.

Suddenly the speaker system for the school dinged in preparation for an announcement. “Cynthia Brown, please go to President Laura’s office.”

Everyone at my table looked at me and my face turned red. “Guess I've got to go”, I said gathering my stuff.

“Meet me in my room tonight. We are having some friends over, it will be fun”, said Paris giving me a look I couldn't turn down. I nodded my head and left to go to the office.

Twenty minutes later arrived at Ms. Larous office having gotten turned around in the old building. Her office was on the second floor at the end of a long corridor. When I opened the door to her office I was dismayed to see the strange man from class earlier.

His face looked pinched and he looked out the back window of the office to avoid my gaze.

“Please have a seat Ms. Brown”, said President Larou. I sat in an old brown chair across from her large wooden desk.

“It has come to my attention that you may not be a true Demon”, she said, folding her fingers on top of her desk.

“What do you mean?” I was completely confused. “How can I be a Succubus and not be a Demon? That doesn’t make any sense, and who are you?”, I said pointing to the attractive stranger who was avoiding me.

“This is Mr. Anthony Jerome, he is a student teacher for the History Department. He is a Blood Vampire and he has a special knack for sniffing out Demon blood. He has let me know that your blood is not entirely Demon, meaning that you have humans in your very recent ancestry.”

“Okay, I’m adopted so that's very possible but what does that have to do with anything?” I ask, wondering why this guy refused to look at or address me.

“Because humans shouldn’t be here”, said Anthony in a gruff voice finally meeting my stare. “It’s illegal and highly unsafe for a Demon to have children with a human. The Demon could hurt the child if they are human. It would also mean that you are in danger of having a human child yourself. Plus it is too distracting to have someone with human blood living with a bunch of Vampires.”

I was scared by Anthony’s tone. He seemed so serious and angry, but I wasn’t sure what the big deal was that one of my parents was human. “That must be why I was put up for adoption. I bet my mom was a Succubus and my dad was human. She didn’t know what I would grow up to be so she gave me away.”

President Larou nodded her head. “Yes, that makes the most sense. We are going to require a blood test just to be sure and we will have to take special precautions if you have human blood.”

“You mean you are going to let her stay here”, Anthony said angrily. “It isn’t safe, I could smell her down the hall. She is too much of a distraction and a younger, less controlled Vampire might attack her!”

I didn’t know what to do. I definitely didn’t want to go home to my adopted human parents who didn’t understand me. However, I also didn’t want to be sucked dry by a crazy Blood Vampire. Thankfully President Larou was the voice of reason.

“Relax Mr. Jerome. I am sure Cynthia is more than capable of protecting herself. Besides, her human scent is very miniscule. It should only bother very sensitive Vampires like yourself. This may actually be a good thing for you. If you want to work in the Archeology field then you will have to get used to working with humans on the outside. I suggest you and Cynthia get well acquainted before you graduate from here in the fall.”

“I want nothing to do with a Succubus”, he snarled before leaving the room.

There was an awkward silence while President Larou and I stared at each other. She sighed and said , “I apologize for Mr. jerome. He really needs to work on his people skills if he wants to be the next Indiana Jones.”

President Larou pulled a little kit from her desk that looked like something from a doctor's office. “I am going to take a sample of your blood and have it analyzed. It could tell us who your parents are. Are you okay with that?”

I nodded and stuck out my finger for President Larou to pick with her kit. A small drop of blood appeared before being sucked into the little tube.

“I’ll let you know when the results come in and we can continue our conversation from there. Don’t worry about it too much and try to focus on your studies”, she said.

I got up and was just about to leave when I heard Larou say, “don’t get too close to those Blood Vampires. They are a hungry bunch, I would know”, she said, licking her lips.

“Thanks for the warning”, I said with a grimace before walking out the door.