Chapter Three

A couple of months have gone by since my encounter with the Queen, Zahara was her name I found out weeks later. I had a couple of matches here and there, I earned enough to save it for a bad day. I had so much I could retire and I was thinking of switching my career. I was running near this giant building that had a help-wanted sign. I looked at it for a moment, then went in and took the sign. It was for a personal security position for the boss, I walked up to the desk and showed the girls at the desk the sign. I noticed Litta was walking near me when the girls took the sign.

The girls were not happy with me and I didn't know why till I saw I was the only guy in the building. "Jacob we have a couple of job applicants already here. We won't need you at all. " Said one of the desk girls rudely. I was getting annoyed with her when Litta stopped her from pissing me off more. "Jacob, this is a women-only kind of place since we all are succubus here," Litta said as she realized it was me. "Wait, Jacob is the best choice since you are a very skilled fighter. Also, the fact you aren't affected by magic is a plus," she said as she started to call the boss and looking at me. I smiled at the girls who were going for the interview, They looked pissed at me knowing they might be going home.

I sat on the couch as Litta struck up a conversation with her boss then she looked at me and said out loud. "Hey, ma'am, I have this man you know, he is way more qualified than these girls here." Everyone in the lobby looked at me when Litta called them out like that. As I was starting to lose my patients waiting Litta came up to me. "Jacob, Boss would like to talk to you and you're going to be hired if you answer her questions." I looked up from my seat and I was shown where to go, The boss's office was all the way to the top. I sat in the elevator as the door opened I released who the boss was. It was Zahara, She was the boss of this company. I came to her desk and she looked straight at me and asked. "Why do you want this job?" I smiled and then I responded with my honest answer. " Well, my brother hates that I fight for a living and I wanted to pick something I was good at. Keeping someone safe is my job as a brother and I could do it as a job."

Zahara paused for a moment and then she saw some of my fights from the arena. "Your job as of right now is to keep me and my clients safe from intruders. I know, having a monster as a boss.." I stopped her from finishing. "Zahara, I'm not afraid or concerned that a quote-on-quote monster is my boss. This just makes my new job interesting, thank you for the opportunity." I bowed my head and then she gave me a key card and money to get my work suits. I didn't need to moment, but it would be rude to not accept it.

After that nice conversation with my new boss, I went shopping for a bit to get my new clothes. I chose some good ones and made sure they were all black and red. Black and red clothing was my favorite combination of colors. I had made it home and waited for Bradley to come back from school. As he walked through the door, he could smell my new cologne and see my new suits laid out on the table. Bradley was told by Aira that something exciting had happened, but he didn't know what. I told him about the new job and all it had to offer me and him, He seems to like me not fighting anymore. Later, after I told him about all the details of what happened, we went to our own rooms and went to bed early.

The next morning, I got up early and got dressed in my new suit or the clothes I picked out more or less. It was a nice pair of my new black jeans, a red dress shirt the same color as Zahara's hair. My shoes were black and the sports coat has been just black as the shoes. I matched at least and I thought I looked good. More a formal, casual-like feel for what I was seeing in the mirror. I was leaving the apartment when Bradley said, "you look more American that than usual have fun at work brother." I smiled at him then I headed down the hall going to my new work.

I was having a good morning, for the most part, I picked up my favorite coffee and was singing to myself. I got to the building I was met with Glares and angry looks by every one of the girls working. I shrugged it off and tapped the elevator with my badge and headed up to my position. I had the coffee in one hand and I stood like I was meant to be there. As the door opened and I saw Zahara was just sitting in her office chair, she turned and glared right at me. It wasn't a bad flare, it was more like she was surprised I showed up.

She told me what I was to do and it was very simple, I was to make sure she was safe. So I was a glorified babysitter and when shit went sideways I was to take out the threat. I was having a very calm day till a strange man came into the room. Zahara stood up immediately and looked scared, then she spoke loudly. "Lord Vlad, why have you come to my place of business?" I knew from the sound of her voice and what she said I knew what or who he was. This man in front of me was Dracula Vladimir the Vampire King, but everyone close to him or his friends called him Vlad. He looked right at her and then he looked right at me. I stood up from the couch, I was sitting on and stared into his eyes as he appeared in front of me.

I didn't blink or was even scared of him, he tried to use his magic on me but nothing happened. He was a bit upset with that and he tried to pick me up by my throat. Before Zahara could step in I punched him right in the stomach before he even touched me. He backed off and then he began to laugh. He came around me and put his hand on my shoulder, "You must be that human I've heard about. You haven't lost a match at the arena and you're stronger than most of the monsters here. " I smiled, "Ah, that's what's known about me here? Not a bad reputation. " I said as he went over to Zahara and gave her a summons.

(All rulers are to be summoned to Lord Vlads Castle to discuss the current Issues in two days.) It reads and Zahara asked him what the issue was? Piquing my interest in this conversation. Vlad looked over at me and then said, "Bring the human too, I want him to meet the others that are coming." Zahara looked horrified that Vlad asked that, she was going to say no but I stopped her. "I'd love to join this summons, I want to learn more about monster Kind." Vlad laughed then left after saying goodbye. The air around us was scary and Zahara was upset and this was not like her. "What is the matter boss? Is he trying to scare me away from this city? " I paused for a moment when she looked into my eyes. "You don't have to worry about me, Zahara, I can take care of myself and take care of what comes my way." Zahara looked at her desk and at the letter, I walked over to her. "Ma'am, I'll be fine, I'm your personal guard and I'll do my job to the letter." She seemed to smile a bit and then she agreed to let me tag along.

It might have been the way I make people feel easy, but she also let me bring Bradley too. Bradley was more than capable to defend himself, he trained with me a lot, so yeah, he could fight like his older brother. When I got home and told Bradley about going over to the castle he was concerned. I looked down at my phone and saw Zahara had messaged me, So that night had him get a suit to wear. He got an all-Black suit and shoes and set our my dark red suit ready for the next day. I had a black shirt for it, but the reason I chose that suit was to stand out more. After we packed a bag for the overnight trip I fell asleep as the sun went down.

The next morning came and we walked out to the front of the building to wait for Zahara. We were met with a long black limo and Zahara stepped out of the car. She greeted us both and she smiled at both of us. "Good morning Jacob and Young Bradley." She said to us as Bradley told her to call him Brad. We all got into the car and headed to the airport, which it took almost an hour to get to it. We pulled up to a private hangar and a huge private plane. She had a crap ton of attendants waiting for us. Her flight staff was all scuba and they all glared at us for a moment till we got on the plane.

I sat across from Zahara and Bradley sat in the seat across the aisle from us. She noticed both of us were dressed the same kind of and she laughed a bit. "I had one human guard now I have two, those guys at the meetings are going to flip a candle at this one." I thought the joke she said was funny but didn't know why she said that so I asked her. "Why would they really care if we tagged or came with you?" Bradley slapped me and said, "We are human with a succubus and not going by force, they might think it's funny or weird."

Zahara smiled at his response and then she got serious for a moment, she then asked us a very personal question. "Why are you both in Japan in the first place, especially in my city? This city can't be found on normal maps." I sat back in my seat and looked over at my brother. "Well, I could tell you a story then. It will bring things to the light on why we choose this. " Zahara waited to begin the story.

Well, a couple of years ago, my parents were killed and I was left to be on my own with Brad. He was in the orphanage till I was old enough to take him. I started fighting professionally when I was in school to make ends meet and I liked it. I was better than the other kids and most of the adults, well, I started to get threats from gangsters to throw fights. I wouldn't do it so they found where I lived and found out about Bradley. They tried to burn my place down with him in it and tried to take everything. I found them with Bradley and the money I had won, so I fought them took him back, grabbed some of my cash, and headed to the airport with our passports. We headed to Japan and why I choose this city was an accident at a site on the internet. " Telling her this story about my life made her more curious about us.

You could see her mind at work and then asked us, "Why are you guys not afraid of the monsters of our city?" I laughed, "We were scared at first, but we don't the fear cloud our judgment on people who didn't do anything wrong. We choose to stay because this place was respected by everyone and it's a very nice community. " I began to ramble off about how much I like the city and the people I've met.

We were on the plane for what felt like forever, It was almost a full day in the sky till we landed. The plane landed behind Vlad's castle, which like the legends he lived in Romania. The sky was dark and cold since it is daytime. As we walked to the front door Zahara began to get nervous for a moment. Bradley and I stood right behind her to do our job and she was calm after that. "I want you both to stay quiet till someone asks you questions, we don't want to start wars here," Zahara said to us and we agreed to her request. Then we came up to the big door and it opened with a bunch of people on the other side.