Chapter 21
"Pomme sacree...?"
The boys repeated this phrase that rang out in their minds.
Her voice was like the deepest velvet one could crawl into, a purr that lulled you into submission, thick like honey, smooth like cream.
The boy's could feel their throats tightening up. The urge to swallow saliva that wasn't there. The want of a lover's embrace!
The serpent woman that gazed down on them from her mighty throne made of huge astrophyllite pieces adorned in gold, let her forked tongue flicker about.
The top of her head was a crown of braided white serpents! Her skin was as captivating as a midnight sky! A black that absorbed all light!
There were subtle undertones of cerulean blue that added contour. If you stared at her long enough you would see the twinkling of stars all across her figure!
Full cheeks, and well defined bones! She was regal, with frosty serpentine eyes. Below the first pair of eyes laid another pair that were half shut, looking almost to be in a lucid state. Besides the double eyes and snakes for hair, her head and torso were very much like most human women.
Her breasts were perched on her chest with grandeur! there was little doubt of the amount of muscle underneath showing off her bulking strength! Her scales lined and patterned up from the tip of her tail to the edges of her hips and sides and slowly creeped up and cupped under her breasts.
Her face, arms, shoulders, along with her upper chest all the way down to an area a little below her navel was of a more fleshy texture. With the right garment on, those areas of her body being exposed would only give rise to the idea of a beautiful mature woman, standing proudly in her own power!
Of course onlookers would have to be completely blind to the environment that was a den of serpents that crowned her very head, but with her otherworldly beauty it wasn't a far fetched idea to know how easily, thoughtless individuals, would fall deeply into temptation from a single glance of hers.
Another peculiarity was her doubled pair of arms! The more human looking parts of her body were such a rich, beautiful ebony, that didn't shimmer or hold the same obvious contour as her serpent traits, but it shined with the promise of moisture, flexibility, and elasticity!
With just a glance, you would know this skin would forever be unburdened by time, it would never be acquainted with age, just the forever promise of a maiden's first spring!
Her figure was not dainty or delicate by any measure! Wide shoulders, arms full of strength, well toned abdomen, and birthing hips! If she lifted her hands so that her fingers pointed to the sky, the illusion of having paint dipped hands would fill the mind.
From her fingertips down to her wrists were a dark golden color, as if she was perpetually wearing a pair of gloves. Her fingernails looked like obsidian gems, crystal like blades at her every disposal.
Just as the boy's were ready to drink the rest of her in, this shadow master finally spoke.
"Tell me, have you seen enough? I can feel the weight of your thoughts on me, your fears laced with excitement!
Are you enthralled my love? Have I captivated your heart?
Will I have the honor of being the only woman you ever love? Are you still willing to offer me your hand? What of your heart, if it so pleased me?"
Her voice was laced thick with her powers! Alexiel didn't wonder if she was trying to roll his mind. Growing up with the vampire's actually gave him a naive sense of security.
Mind rolling was always a topic of conversation and learning when anyone first started digging into vampires. It was seen as one of the few universal skills among almost all bloodlines.
Humans were taught very strictly to NEVER look a vampire directly in the eyes, or you are willingly signing away your freedom.
Alexiel never lived with this kind of fear in his heart in the 9 years he grew up around vampires. How could a child be so mindful to remember not looking in one place or another when they were caught in deep conversations with the people they cared about?
Obviously his late nights with Cassandra would grow very intimate and intense as she answered his questions, hugged him, rubbed his head, and teased him often.
Why would he be bothered to not look this sister of his in the eyes? Such an absurd thought that would never cross a child's mind as to why not. As time went on he grew intimate with a few of the vampires he was around regularly like Matthew and Jeremy, two men he respected very much.
As such without him noticing it, his demeanor around vampires was very lax. Whenever his father reminded him to be careful while he was out, he never had any such considerations towards this vampire family of his that had spent so much time nurturing him.
It also helped that none of the vampires he came across ever made a move to try and roll his mind as well. He never thought himself anything special, such as being someone who could more easily negate mental suggestions.
But this powerful woman in front of him gave rise to the shattering of his innocence! Humans were not fearful of vampires for nothing, as time and time again, it had been proven that it wasn't just the simple fact of a vampire using their abilities intentionally to roll human minds.
It's just that most human minds would become infatuated easily if the vampire was not suppressing themselves intentionally. Just the casual meeting of eyes, and a human would be sent into a small hypnotic state that made them easily succumb to suggestion.
In this moment Alex felt her words push directly into his mind, he could feel himself wanting to reason with them. It just felt like perfect patterns lining up inside him, it was satisfying! As those patterns filled his mind and he felt more willing with every passing moment, Those patterns finally touched a particular region.
When the vibration reached the configuration of the door that linked the two boys, simultaneous resonance emerged. The two bodies fused as one in a huge show of light in this abyss like cave!
This time it was the vampires turn to know what it was to fear holding their gaze on a place that it doesn't belong. When Jeremy allowed his eyeballs to melt out of their sockets during the boy's previous display of power, it was not a reaction akin to standing under the sun.
As vampires could withstand different degrees of UV light, it was specifically how the light passed through the atmosphere that surrounded the planet that played a part in their curse of being the children of night.
The brilliance of the boy's power was literally just piercing to the point of causing damage from the radiance alone. So thankfully although the cave was filled with intense hissing from all around, no one burst into flames and left behind piles of ash.
During the fusion Cassandra had abandoned her human form and left their side moving right beneath the throne and stood on her scarlett tail a little on guard. She hadn't expected the boy's to fall into their fusion during this meeting! She had no thought that Alexiel would harm any of them, but this new being she had no real idea of.
"AHAHAHAHA!"
The woman on her throne threw head back and laughed, filling the cave with her enchanting voice.
"No need to be frightened, my child!
I am Olethia!
Queen of Lamia!
Descendant of The Dragon!
I count my age in millenia, a true witness to the rise and fall of nations!
I am the true master of the city!
I've been captivated by you from the first taste of your being! You have never disappointed, and even more so, there still seems to be so much potential hidden beneath the surface.
Ahh~… I can't wait to get a taste of you! May I finally know satiation!"
Olethia felt drunk in the presence of their fusion! Of course they could not overpower a Master vampire as old as herself, but it was the warmth of a kindling on the coldest winter night. The level of comfort she felt being in their presences made her body feel things all over!
"I am sovereign!"
Was the reply she received. Finally after the few attempts the boys made purposefully in their fusion, this had been the first time they were able to successfully synthesize to their highest degree!
Standing at 6 feet 7 inches, rose gold and red locks atop their head! A perfect blend of features stepping into the world with a brand new look. A body that gave promise of strength all throughout.
Crystal bangles on their wrist and ankles. Floating crystal shards swimming all around them covered in only an indigo tribal skirt made of an unknown beast fur like material. Sovereign thrummed with enough power to fill the entire space!
"We agree! We will form a mutual pact with you when the time comes. We will lead the collective into a better tomorrow! Until then, educate and protect us properly to ensure our future together. We await our grand wedding!"
Although all of that may have seemed like it took a long time, it was honestly a very brief moment in the course of everything else that's happened.
Olethia met Sovereign's eyes head on! Sparks of passion passing visibly through the air! The intensity of their auras meeting was not a violent clash of ego's but a kind of greeting, a poem, an aria of what could be… what surely would be, now that both parties had their chance to meet face to face.
"You're unlike any mutant - rather, unlike anyone or thing I've come across in my long life.
Reminiscent of a world that no longer exists. With our powers together, I will do better than make a full recovery! I will be able to walk in the world without needing to mind those bastards that wish to enslave my people!
The European council is already on its last legs!
AHAHAHA!
Yes! This is everything that I've waited for!"
Sovereign nodded his head.
"Give our minds another four years to develop. There are still many mental faculties, complex concepts that have yet to be fully grasped, or even brought into awareness. We will be at your side from now on."
Olethia hissed with pleasure!
Of course the ritual for binding Alexiel to her couldn't happen anytime soon. Who wouldn't be distressed and frustratred spending eternity trapped within the body of a 14 year old child. She originally would have proposed they wait until at least 21 or 25, but now it seemed like she had no need to worry as they had already come to a decision for her.
"This is better than expected. Your corination will be a coming of age, and the ceremony will be held then, and I will reveal myself to the world at that time!
HAHAHAHA!
I will finally retake my place as one of the world's great nightmares!
I've spent 5 centuries recovering, I will feed freely on the masses once more!