Esther's Progeny (3 page)

Esther moved up the stairs angrily, opening the door to the
office with a wicked grin on her face. Katie was standing there, a sad look on
her face, as she prepared to be taken.

Esther picked her up and led her down the hall to her old
room, throwing her down onto the bed and straddling her. She looked up at
Esther, her eyes pleading for her to stop, but Esther ignored it. She grabbed
her by the hair, yanking her head aside roughly before sinking her teeth into
Katie’s flesh.

She sucked, feeling Katie’s body shudder beneath her as her
venom filled her. Suddenly, Katie started moaning, filled with the ecstasy of Esther’s
venom, wrapping her arms around her as she drank deeply. Esther allowed her to
pull her down, enjoying her sudden shift in attitude as she desperately tried
to grind herself on Esther’s body.

The venom was powerful stuff, better than any drug and any
orgasm in the world. She pulled back, seeing the desperation in Katie’s eyes as
she tried to pull her back down. She felt herself hesitate as she looked into
Katie’s drugged eyes, but immediately snapped herself out of it.

She caressed her soft skin, moving her hands down to give
Katie the pleasure she desired, before flipping herself around, lying
underneath her, knowing that she would do anything Esther wanted in order to
feel good. She ripped off her pants, enjoying the hunger that was evident in Katie’s
eyes as she revealed her soft, cold legs.

Esther reached down, using her nail to slice into her own
flesh on her upper thigh, and then grabbed Katie by her hair and shoved her
head down. She felt the girl’s tongue flick out to taste the blood on her
thigh, tasting its wonderful flavor before hungrily sucking, drinking Esther’s
blood passionately.

Esther stroked her hair as she drank, finally grabbing it
and pulling her back when she had enough. She then flipped her around, mounting
her once more, tearing off her pants to drink from the artery in her thigh as
well. She listened to Katie scream with delight, over and over as she sucked,
before she finally passed out, unconscious from the blood loss.

Esther could sense her on the brink, her life force hovering
on the edge, and she stopped, leaving Katie just inches from death. The process
was complete. Now, all she needed to do was wait.

It had been 24 hours and she still hadn’t woken up. Esther
paced the room impatiently, worry eating away at her as she watched Katie’s
unconscious form in her bed. Her sheets were still soaked with their blood, and
she still lay there, half naked and sprawled out.

She could hear the tiny movements inside of her body as the
changes took place. Her heartbeat slowed and her blood thickened, and her
muscles tightened. Her skin hardened and her teeth sharpened, but she remained
unconscious and Esther couldn’t help but start to think she would never wake
up.

What if she had killed the last Seer in existence? She
wanted to kick herself for not considering this before. No one had changed a Seer,
right? Maybe it wasn’t that no one had tried, but that Seers simply couldn’t be
changed into Vampires. She felt some startling emotions as well, as she gazed
at Katie. She felt…remorseful. And, she realized, she cared what happened to
Katie. Not what happened to her because she was a Seer and she wanted to create
a super Vampire, but she cared about Katie as a person.

She shook her head and spat on the carpet, spitting out the
unwanted feelings.

She paced there for what seemed like a century, her anxiety
rising, before she finally heard her stir.

As Katie woke up, she groaned. She opened her eyes, and
Esther was immediately beside her, making sure she was okay. She looked up at
Esther weakly, before her eyes widened and slid back inside of her head.

The whites of her eyes were all that Esther could see as she
began to scream. Katie’s body went rigid and convulsed as she screeched as
loudly as she could. She was having some sort of seizure, and Esther tried to
hold her down as she shook on the bed.

What was happening to her? Esther felt panicked as she tried
to control Katie’s convulsing form beneath her, kicking out and screaming
bloody murder. She was foaming at the mouth, and blood seeped from the corners
of her white eyes as she shook.

Finally, her eyes snapped shut and she collapsed on the bed.
She was breathing deeply and she seemed exhausted as she struggled to open her
eyes. She looked up and saw the panic in Esther’s eyes.

She opened her mouth to speak, forcing the words out.

“I am going to die,” She said, her voice raspy.

“I am going to die!”

With that, she sunk into the bed, her body going limp as she
slipped into unconsciousness.

Esther once again paced back and forth across Katie’s old
room, trying to figure out what had happened. She was going to die? She must
have had a vision, Esther realized, recalling how Katie’s eyes had flipped back
into her head.

But, why would she die? She wondered if she had made a
mistake after all. Maybe there was a reason why there had never been a Seer and
Vampire cross breed. Maybe they simply weren’t possible.

She continued to pace, her emotions going wild inside of
her. She couldn’t take it, and left the room, running with Vampire speed out of
the house and down the block. It was dark out, the perfect time for her to find
something to eat.

She couldn’t stand the chaotic emotions rushing through her
system, and attacked the first person she saw. A young man, in his early twenties,
who was getting out of his car. She shoved him back inside, leaning him back in
the driver’s seat and straddling him, slamming the car door shut behind her.

She looked into his eyes, which were filled with panic, and
Glamoured him.

“You are going to enjoy this. This is the best moment of
your life so far,” She whispered maliciously as her hands worked on his pants.

She easily tore a hole in the jeans she was wearing, and
lowered herself down. She grabbed his hair and exposed his neck, sinking her
teeth into his flesh. She drank from him deeply, moving with him as he moaned
into her hair. She felt his body shudder as she drank, and felt a sick
satisfaction.

With her emotions all over the place, she wanted to kill
him, to suck him dry and drink his very life force right there in the car. But,
this was Salem, and she couldn’t take that risk. Only moments before he would
have passed out from blood loss she reluctantly pulled her mouth from his soft
neck.

She bit her finger, allowing a few drops of her blood to
fall on his wound, watching as it slowly closed. She stayed with him, until
both of them had been satisfied, before slipping out of the car, leaving him
sitting there, his pants undone and his jaw slack, dumbfounded.

She wiped the blood from her mouth before slipping through
the night, back to the old house where Katie was unconscious.

As she slipped into the house, she sensed something. She
froze, feeling the presence of another. She then moved, grabbing the intruder
by the arms and pinning them behind his back as she tried to slam him up
against the wall.

She was shocked by his strength, though, as she was thrown
back, slammed down onto the sofa quietly. The man stood over her, his eyes
flashing in the darkness as she looked back. She was taken aback by his power,
and stared up at him, trying to figure out who he was.

“You changed someone,” He said, his voice low and daunting.

She remained silent, sitting up on the couch and brushing
herself off.

“The laws in Salem are strict. You cannot change someone
within the city limits without the permission of the council. You have been
summoned to see the council and plead your case, Esther Nightingale.”

Esther then heard the smallest shuffling from Katie’s room,
and realized they were taking her. She moved quickly to go after them, but the
man moved quicker, blocking her way.

“You both must come with us to see the council.”

Esther recalled her last visit to Salem, when the council
had been created, after the Witch Trials. She tried to remember everyone who
had been elected, but couldn’t. She remembered one thing, though. They were all
very, very old. She realized that it might be best not to resist.

Slowly she nodded, and followed the man as he escorted her
out of the house. She saw another Vampire standing in the front yard, holding
Katie in his arms.

“There is something wrong with this one,” He said to the
man.

The man nodded, before speaking.

“She is rejecting the change.”

He glanced over at Esther curiously, before they all raced
down the street towards the hidden council chambers.

The Vampire council was located underneath city hall. As
they descended into the ground, Esther felt herself suddenly worried about
Katie, and shook her head, trying to rid herself of such thoughts. She hadn’t
felt anything of substance in so long, and all of these feelings suddenly being
stirred up inside of her just made her angry.

 She burned with anger as she entered the council’s
chambers, her eyes adjusting to the flickering of the firelight that lit the
room.

She smirked. They hadn’t bothered to change the place since
the council had been formed. It was essentially a cave, with seats and benches
carved into stone. She felt a flicker of anxiety, though, realizing that these
old council members were more than likely about as old fashioned and strict as
someone could get, which would not be helpful in her case.

The man carrying Katie laid her still unconscious form onto
one of the benches at the forefront of the room, in plain view of the council,
and Esther was led up to a podium. As she stood, the members of the council
glared at her threateningly.

“You have changed someone in the city limits of Salem. Did
you know that such and act is strictly forbidden?” The woman in the center seat
asked her coldly.

“No, ma’am, I was not aware. My progeny and I are simply
visiting the city. She grew up here and wanted to visit her old home before the
change took place.”

The woman peered down at her, obviously not buying it.

“Are you aware that Katie Anderson, the girl you attempted
to turn into a Vampire, is, in fact, one of the last remaining Seer on the
planet?”

Esther felt the little bit of color drain from her face.

“Yes, I was aware of that,” She said, her voice steady.

The councilwoman once again glared at her angrily.

“Did you know that Katie, as well as her family, have been
protected by the council for over 100 years?”

Crap
, Esther thought, hearing the news. She had
turned someone protected by the council. She was definitely in trouble. She
tried to figure out what to do, but came up with nothing.

“No, ma’am, I was not aware of that,” She said quietly.

The woman was obviously furious as she stared Esther down.
Esther, not used to being intimidated, was angry as well, but held her tongue.
She was out of her league here, and felt powerless. In comparison to these old Vampires,
she was merely a child, and could do nothing to stop them.

Suddenly, Katie stirred, shifting on the hard bench before
opening her eyes and slowly sitting up, looking around the room, frightened.

“Where am I?” She said, scared, before she spotted Esther.

Esther felt herself flood with relief that Katie had finally
woken up. When Katie locked eyes with her, she saw Katie’s relief as well. They
held each other’s gaze for a moment, before Esther realized what was going on
and looked away fiercely, telling her emotions to quiet down.

Her anger once again surged as she felt things she hadn’t
felt in over decades, and she imagined tearing her own stomach with her hands
in her rage. She realized her anger was getting out of control at that moment,
and tried to stifle all of her thoughts and feelings, focusing back on the
councilwoman.

The councilwoman was looking at Katie curiously.

“She is rejecting the change,” She stated, looking over at
the two men that had escorted them here.

Esther glanced over to see both of them nodding.

“Does anyone have record of a Seer and Vampire cross
breeding?” The councilwoman said, looking at her fellow council members.

Esther felt herself suddenly fill with hope, before seeing
the other members of the council all shake their heads.

The council woman looked at Katie.

“Katie, did you see what would happen to you after Esther
turned you?” She asked.

Katie looked over at Esther, hoping for her approval. Esther
once again felt her anger surge, before she nodded.

“I am going to die,” Katie said quietly.

The councilwoman peered at her, disappointment on her face.

“When did you discover this?” She said.

“After I woke up, after Esther changed me,” Katie said
nervously.

“Do you know how long you have?” The councilwoman asked.

Katie once again glanced over at Esther guiltily before
replying.

“One month,” She said sadly.

Esther suddenly felt as if her world was falling apart. Only
one month? She looked at Katie with her mouth open in shock, and felt tears
brimming her eyes as she was once again filled with emotions. She had to figure
out how to save her, she realized.

“That’s one month to figure out how to fix this,” She said
sternly, addressing the council.

“You said she was
one
of the last Seer on the
planet?”

The councilwoman, taken aback by Esther’s determination, nodded.

“There is a tribe in South America, where one line of Seer
still exists.”

“Then that is where we are going,” Esther said, her
determination growing.

The councilwoman nodded, glancing over at the other council
members, seeking their approval. They all were nodding as well, and she spoke
once more.

“Derek, please go with them. I want a full report when you
get back,” she said, gesturing to the men behind Esther.

Esther looked back and saw the man that had thrown her on
the couch nodding, and felt angry once again. She didn’t like that he had so
easily taken her down, and her ego was definitely bruised. She smirked at him
angrily as their eyes met, and she saw a grin playing over his lips.

She looked away, focusing on Katie, who was trying to get
up.

“We need to get you some food,” Esther said as she helped
Katie to her feet.

“I can’t,” She said, looking at Esther sadly.

“What?” Esther said.

“I can’t eat anything. That is why I am going to die,
Esther. I am going to starve to death.”

Esther looked at her in horror, and then glanced around at
the council. They were also horrified, and Esther once again felt her eyes
brimming with tears.

What a terrible way to die
, Esther thought as she
helped Katie from the cave.