Phrixos Secret

Chapter One

There he was Phrixos Aineias Evdaern, the next king to rule the Asclepius clan. He always seemed to have his head down, never being aware of what was going on around him, it always rubbed me the wrong way, to be honest. As a king, he needed to know of his surroundings and I was just the vampire to do it.  Most would think I would hate being forced into something like this, with someone like him but truth be told I wanted to see how far I could break him. I never understood why his clan stayed so far in the stone age that even the caveman was wondering when they would realize.

Heck, it wasn’t as if little old Phrixos was innocent; I had first-hand knowledge of the fact that he wasn’t. This was not the first time I’d lost track of time while staring at him, and I highly doubted that it would be the last.  He was far to good looking to always be looking down, but it wasn’t as if I could blame him, he had the personality that made people either want to protect him or stake him until he was no longer breathing.  Granted, he was dead already, but still, the sentiment remained. Taking a deep breath, I turned my attention to the pandemonium before us who would have imagined that vampires of all ages would act like some immature human brats that didn’t understand what it meant to be proper and polite.

I knew that the moment the commotion started I should have done something but honestly, I wanted to see if the man sitting next to me would raise his head to take in the world around us. But there was nothing, it was always the same old’ thing I would come, he would sit next to me silently with his head down, I would then make some snide comment that I didn’t mean, and he would storm away to his little hideaway. After awhile of entertaining those that thought I wanted them around me, I would go and seek him out. But instead of him pushing me away or telling me to get lost he would allow me closer than anyone has ever been. To me those stolen moments meant everything.

However, with things fast approaching with no way to stop them I knew that things between us were about to change. I could feel it all around us, it was like the universe was preparing for what was to come. Just as I went to open my mouth about how idiotic all the clans were, I heard his low childlike voice speak “Aeredan Urien Oengus, why are you here? Why are you going through with this, when we both know that it is only a means to an end? Besides, two males mating and bonding currently are unheard of it’s the nastiest thing that I have ever seen. A woman is what- “quickly reaching my hand forward I covered his mouth, I didn’t want to hear any more of this nonsense, of his warped views on men and men being mates and bonding.

I knew that the way that I was raised and the way that he was were as different as night and day so this was why we saw the world differently. However, I still wouldn’t allow him to say things like that, things that were unthoughtful and could be mistaken as malice. There was nothing wrong with two men, or two women mating, bonding and having children. His way of thinking that people like that were against nature and frowned upon just pissed me off. Hell, if nothing else all the times that we have been together should have proven to him that his simple-minded views that same-s*x couples were just as compatible as none same-s*x couples. Why couldn’t he see this? Why did he always have to make me feel as if I was inadequate in so many ways? He was the one person that I couldn’t scream at about being so closed-minded. Quickly pulling my hand away from his mouth, I watched as his eyes started to darken slowly yet surely, which meant I had once again managed to get under his skin. His power was one that still intrigued me even after all this time but I knew this wasn’t the time to be admiring him, he was dangerous when he got like this, slowly eyeing him I watched as he stood up as he did he snarled down at me “ You were supposed to leave your toys at home Aeredan, you promised.”

Before I could respond to his outburst he walked away as my cellphone the thing that he referred to as my ‘toy’ started to ring. I honestly, didn’t know how he did that, he was always telling me things that would happen before they did. Hell, there were many times that he told me I would get in trouble for doing something before I had even thought about doing it. Even with the warning I never listened to anyone, he included. I was my person, with my own beliefs, and wants. A part of me wondered what the future held for me. But I knew it was bad to question it. I just wasn’t sure I could be happy with a woman, or anyone else for that matter because the pull that I feel when I’m around Phrixos was unlike anything I’ve ever felt before.

It’s not just a s****l component like I told him every time he asks why I keep coming back to him.  I had to lie for fear of what he might say or do if he learned the truth. After all, I’ve been with others before him, but since our first encounter ten millenniums ago I haven’t been able to touch or be with anyone else. It is like I’m being poisoned from the inside out if I do. Believe me, I have tried, but every time I feel like I am dying. I know that’s it's still too soon to tell if he’s what I need. But my body and the black blood that flows throw me says otherwise.

Shaking my head, I try to stop thinking about him but like always it is for naught.

Taking a deep breath, I quickly pull my phone out of my pocket swiping the screen to see that the reason why my phone went off was because of a text I received from my friends saying, “Meet us by the lake”. Without responding I rapidly place the phone back into my pocket without saying a word, I slip into the crowd hoping that my father doesn’t catch me. Because, if he knew what I was doing he’d have my hide. The blood lake was forbidden on days like today, but I couldn’t help it I wanted to kill, I wanted to taste the pureblood. I knew that my father would be disappointed in what I was about to do, but it should be no surprise to him after all lately I’ve been the bane of his existence.

Just as I went to take another step forward my steps falter momentarily because staring at me with daggers for eyes is the one man that could make my whole body heat with just one look. I knew that he didn’t care for me, at least not in the same way that I did for him.  I was always causing him problems, not only that but my clan was always telling him and his people what they were doing wrong. Even though we knew that they have been around much longer than we have, they, are his descendants. Other vampires created us, they were the only clan living that was born, not created. Expeditiously I dipped my head so that our eyes were no longer connected I could see one elder from my clan the Myrddin, was gripping onto his arm as she rattled something off to him, something that looked like he was moments away from exploding.

I knew how my people saw them they didn’t understand how someone today didn’t know what a movie was, a cell phone, or a computer. Anything that had to do with the modern era was foreign to them. I am honestly sorry to say that he was one of them. Truthfully, I think he’s one that would enjoy a crash course in modern reality however I feel like if he had this the person I admire wouldn’t be the same person anymore, he would be someone different. That was one of the biggest differences between our clans. We modernized my family clan we believed in going with the times and using what the humans have created to make life easier for us. Whereas his clan the Asclepius believed in the old ways. They believed in formal wear for every meal, bowing and showing respect not just the first time that you meet but every time. The clothes they wore were like something that you would see in a museum; however, I couldn’t say that I didn’t like Phrixos in a tux. He looked good enough to eat, to devour, I would love to have a taste of him in more ways than one. But I could tell he was looking at me moments before that it wasn’t an option. At least not and maybe never.