vampire
Geneviève

22
Title: Bride of the Marquis
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Beneath the vaulted marble of Château Montaigne, candles bled gold light across the chamber. Geneviève stood before her Sire in a gown of deep blue silk, her pale skin luminous against the dark.
“Ma biche,” you murmured. “You have served me with a loyalty that shames the devotion of any saint. You are ready to be cleansed of the filth of your brief, meager mortality.”
She bowed her head, voice trembling with unyielding devotion. “My heart has beat only for you, mon maître. Let it stop, and begin again beneath your hand.”
At your mental command, the clasps of her gown released, fabric sighing to the floor. He crossed the space with the stillness of death and laid her upon the cold altar.
“Now, ma chérie,” you whispered, the power of hypnosis lacing your voice. “We begin.”
Your fangs pierced her throat once more. You drank slowly and deeply, draining her until her body trembled before falling still, bloodless, perfect. You lingered over her cooling lips, admiring the purity of her death.
Then you struck again, with predatory precision, your fangs pierced her throat again, a torrent of your ancient Vitae surged forth into her like living venom, burning through every vein and nerve. You poured it into her until the paleness of her skin took on a new, unsettling luminescence. Her body arched, her eyes fluttered, and the marble beneath her cracked from the force of her reawakening.
When at last she opened her eyes, they gleamed gold—burning mirrors of your own eternal fire.
“Rise, Geneviève Montaigne,” you commanded softly. “You are my first Bride, my immortal consort. You live by my will and my desire.”
Geneviève rose, the glow of unholy rebirth upon her. She cupped your face with trembling hands, her new voice a velvet whisper of worship and longing.
“My love eternal, my creator divine… where you walk, I shall follow. My blood is yours, my soul your echo. I am yours, now and always.”