0269: The Vampire's Daughter, Book Three

Gan walked down to the inner courtyard with Sol and Car in tow. The gate that led to the outer courtyard was lowered and the trio walked through it. It was the first time since entering the inner court that Sol had stepped beyond its borders.

As he walked out, Gan’s entire army turned to look at him.

“You are very popular,” Gan said in jest to Sol.

“So it seems, but you didn’t give me much choice in the matter,” he replied.

“No, I guess I didn’t. But if you are as important as John Paul believed, the loss was well worth it,” Gan said to Sol, then more loudly, he announced, “Sol is with me. If you have a problem with him, you have a problem with me.”

His men continued to look, but said nothing. Then, from behind, a girl’s voice rang out, “Sol is a good vampire. I forgive him.”

Gan and Sol turned to see Car holding her twin sister Belinda’s hand. They both smiled at Sol, which, in turn, caused Gan to smile and nod at the two girls.

To Sol Belinda said, “I’ve stopped trying to kill Jamie.”

“I know,” Sol said. “Thank you.”

“They have sent a representative to the gate,” a gruff voice came from above the outer wall, causing Sol and Gan to return their attention to the issue at hand.

“So it begins,” Gan said, to Sol. “You should stay here and wait, but I don’t think you will listen to me.”

“No, I don’t think I will. If I am expecting you and your men to fight for my life, I will not cower and hide. I will fight beside you,” Sol said.

“That is very brave. Stupid, but brave,” Gan said, then, to the sisters, he said, “Make sure that this confrontation doesn’t require Sol to lose his life.”

“We will,” they said in unison.

Gan walked to the gate and said, “Open it and let the representative in.”

The gate opened and a woman dressed in purple robes walked in and politely bowed to Gan. Gan nodded his head to acknowledge and asked, “How may I help you?”

“You can hand Sol over to us,” the female vampire said, waving a hand at Sol.

“And why would I do that?” Gan asked.

The woman smiled and said, “We have had a working relation ship with you for a very long time, it would be a shame to end that over such a trivial thing as this.”

“Trivial?” Gan asked mockingly. “I do not believe a blood hunt is trivial. Especially when it is called by what was supposed to be a neutral clan over the supposed murder of its founder.”

“Indeed,” she replied, “the blood hunt and its cause are deadly serious. However, the vampire you are protecting is trivial. You do know that he killed Paul, as well.”

“If anything in this matter is trivial, it is that little leach Paul. John Paul wouldn’t listen to me when I warned him about that parasite,” Gan responded.

“Your feelings about the head of the Zionists aside…” the female vampire started, but was interrupted by Gan.

“Paul was not the head of the Zionists. John Paul was.”

“This is not going well,” the woman said.

“No, it is not,” Gan replied.

“What is it you wish?” she asked.

“I wish that you would go away,” Gan said.

“You know as well as I that I cannot do that,” she responded. “Is Sol paying you? We will double that sum.”

“Well, that is a princely offer for someone who is so trivial. It seems that Sol is more important to you than you originally suggested,” Gan said smirking.



[The Vampire's Daughter: An ongoing vampire story. Copyright Reuben Gregg Brewer, 2005, 2006, 2007. All rights reserved.]