The Legacy of Kilkenny by Devyn Dawson
Chapter 14.
PRU
It took me a while to convince Oakley to drive me to Stillwater but I finally convinced him. I knew Abel was up to something, I needed to find out what it was. Thankfully our handy dandy GPS tracker worked like magic, leading us to the exact location of his Mustang. Olive Garden, of course he wants all-you-can-eat breadsticks, for a wolf, he sure is a carb eater. When I walked in I zeroed in on their table. Abel was afraid; I could smell it from the door. I strutted to the table - working the room is one of my talents (when needed of course). I was introduced to the human leech, and instantly knew he was a vampire. I tried getting a whiff of Allie but her smell was more Bath and Body Works, nothing supernatural smelling about her tonight. Unfortunately it became obvious that their relationship had become physical. That is worrisome to me, especially if the lore is true.
I had contacted Quinney to find out what he knew about vampires. Being part of a secret society had some perks. Rumors travel fast in our world so they had already dispatched some teams to Roanne, France; Shreveport, Louisiana; and of course Transylvania in Romania. We agreed we would dream walk in the next few days with his findings. In the meantime, he filled me in on vampires and how they create new vamps; he e-mailed me his findings to my cell. It read:
The lore states that one bite begins the infection of vampirism known as Human Vampiric Virus (HVV). Unlike other virus’ it is not airborne and must be done by direct contact. The elongated canines (fangs) will deliver the venom straight into the vein. The properties of the venom will obtund the entry area causing the wound to be painless. Although the neck is the preferred area of the entry, any artery is acceptable. The sensuality of the bite is pleasurable to both the victim and the vampire, it is believed that is why the neck is the most popular area to be bitten. Within the first twelve (12) hours of infection, the victim will be free of any aches or pains they previously experienced. Any broken bones will quickly heal, acne will clear up, hair on the head can grow up to an inch in length in the first hours. Venom can even cure some cancers, historically only the blood or lymphatic cancers (Leukemia, lymphoma, even hemophilia will be cured). Victims that have other cancers will feel refreshed and usually respond well to western medicine. Over the next thirty six hours they will start showing signs of superhuman abilities, including strength and speed. A person will become a full blown vampire only if they are bitten at least three times within the six months of the original infection. The bite had to happen without compulsion, so she/he would have to be under their own free will. Feeder humans are people that don’t get bitten within the six-month period but continue offering their ‘services’ on a regular basis excluding the new moon time frame. The bite must happen during a separate new moon all three times. The only exception is a blood moon, a bite during a blood moon will turn a human into a vampire immediately. Vamps can never have more than five vampires under his/her (power, control, rule) at a time. They can however release one of their ‘children’ to be an ‘adult’ vamp once they have been a vampire for a hundred years. If they choose to, they can stake their child without being known as an exterminator. If the child does not acclimate to HVV and causes attention to themselves or the family, they will have to be staked or the exterminators are called in, and they may not stop with just the culprit.
Movies have convinced humans that a vampire will bleed a human to death and then in the final moments feed the human his/her blood. Shocking, yes but not true. The vampire will feed on the human taking in just enough blood to quench his or her thirst; the venom of the third bite will finish the humans’ transformation. The vampire will take the human to his or her resting place and will sleep next to them until the new fledgling wakes up, usually the vampiric coma lasts seventy two hours but can last up to a week. If they do not wake up within the week, they will be staked because they did not correctly transform and will be too dangerous for the family (the new vampire family).
Those that are only bit once or twice will eventually go back to their pre-bit days minus the illnesses they had. Sickly humans will generally have a boost in their immune system but not always.
Vampires aren’t immortal. Vampires grow old, not in appearance but their bodies do have a time limit although the older the vampire, the stronger and faster they are. It is believed vampires will die on or close to their 600th birthday of being a vampire, there is no evidence of a vampire surviving past that milestone. Vamps are not monogamous (imagine that!). As a result, battles amongst clans are inevitably due to jealousy. To stake a vampire you must use wood from a hardwood tree.
My darling, I hope this will help you. I’m sorry it is so matter of fact but I have a polo match to get to and I wanted to make sure you had this before I left. As always my little bird, contact me if you need me.
One thing for sure, Allie hasn’t been bitten three times because she wasn’t a vampire yet. I had to keep them apart, but everything I read pretty much led me to believe she was as protected as I am within the clan. Fantastic.
My research had revealed a vampire can mesmerize a victim and have them do their bidding by simply staring in their eyes, known as compulsion. At least they can’t do it to werewolves.
Abel looked relieved to see me, he might not feel that way once I rip him a new one. This is one big sloppy mess. I paste a smile on my face and take in the scene, noticing how Allie is practically sitting on Arien. Even her scent smelled of his cologne, which was some department store overly priced kind. And even though I read that vampire’s don’t have the same effect on werewolves I prayed that it was true.
I reluctantly sat through dinner with my dignity challenged. It completely amazed me that a nice girl like Allie would be so eager to hop in bed with the likes of a vampire, no matter how beautiful he obviously is. He apparently had been turned when he was in his twenties, which is old by many standards I hear. I’m guessing he was a laborer of some sort to have the physical body he does, since a vampire’s body won’t change appearance after he or she becomes a vamp. Although he talks about his family in Louisiana, he doesn’t have any type of New Orleans drawl. His accent was crisp, his words had a fullness to them, his sentences proper, his mannerism rich, I’m guessing he has lived in Romania. Maybe his sire is Romanian.