Valkyrie - the Vampire Princess 2 (12 page)

“They wanted to devour me!” I explained.

“Go back to where you came from! I cannot help you!”
He shouted impatiently at me.

“Not even when you know who
se daughter I am?” I asked.

The sorcerer stared at me questioning my face.

“What are you saying?” he asked curious and his eyes ran through my body.

“I am
the daughter of Vincent! You might know him!”

“You are daughter of Vincent! Why didn't you tell me
this before?” He whispered, interested.

His expression changed and he smiled at me with his pointed, dark teeth
. His mouth was almost worse than the mouths of his dogs.

“Come on!”

He made a brief gesture with his hand so I was behind him. We walked up to his witchcraft room. A dark place with many strange objects, fine for his spells. There was also enough dirt present. A dark dust raised up when he reached for his objects. It might have been hundreds of years since he hadn’t cleared those things.

“I didn’t know Vincent has a daughter!”

He said, looked into my eyes and smiled again with his dark teeth. His image was horrible.

“What's your name?” he asked.

“…Valkyrie!” I answered, suspicious of him.

“Valkyries are respected goddesses of war!”
He explained.

I smiled weakly, compensating his unnecessary comment.

“Why do you appeal for my help if you're the daughter of Vincent?” He asked.

“Because my father would never consent to my desire
,” I answered.

“What is your wish?”

“To quit being a vampire,” I said.

“Are you aware of what you are asking me?” he asked, dubious.

“If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t be here,” I said, ill-mannered.

“Now you
speak like your father.”

“If you know him so well, then you know what it costs me to come here.”

“He does not know about your whereabouts,” he commented.

“Why did you
say that?” I asked, becoming frightened.

“Do not take into account what I
just mentioned,” he said and shook his head at himself.

“In relation to my wish, can you help me?” I insisted.

“Ex-vampires don’t exist.” he said.

“So you cannot help me
,” I said, discouraged and looked down the ground.

“Well... I can try
,” he said after an instant.

“What will you do?”

“I have to prepare a formula, but it will take hours to get ready. It might be ready when night falls,” he explained.

In my countenance remained a concern
. If I stayed out all night, my father might miss me and maybe Valeska would not be able to foil him in time for my return.

“Some problem?”
The wizard asked, seeing my worried expression.

“I hope th
is can be done in the time you mentioned” I said with my decisive voice.

“So come on,  I can start the process.”

“Where will you take me?” I asked.

“I will take you to a safe place.”

He grabbed my arm and directed me to a circle
. Seconds later, a steel cage from the top came down and I got stuck in it. I could see everything around me.

I was frightened as I was imprisoned in that place. I gripped the cage bars and touched my face against it.

“Why have you imprisoned me here?” I asked loudly.

“Take it easy! Being here, you will be safe from my dogs
,” he said quietly.

“This is not comfortable!” I whispered.

“Be quiet! I need concentration to prepare your formula.”

I felt within me a prognosis there was something wrong with that wizard.

I wasn’t sure about his true intentions, if he really had some intention to help me.

Chapter 24

Night came quickly. Everyone was present in my father’s castle, except me.

My father requested my presence
in the living room.

“Go get Valkyrie! I haven’t seen her today.”

“Valkyrie hasn’t returned yet from her walk
,” Valeska said to my father, with her wide eyes, she was afraid of being discovered by him.

“Walk?” he insisted.

“She mentioned ... the woods,” Valeska said slowly.

“She should already have
returned,” Vincent said, concerned.

“We can go after her
,” Bizak mentioned as he was standing alongside Eros.

“Do it!” Vincent ordered them.

“She might be back?” Valeska questioned.

“You two go to look for her now!” Vincent ignored Valeska’s useless comment.

Eros and Bizak were looking for me immediately.

They entered the woods since Valeska had mentioned I went there. They took hours exploring the dark place, walking through several trees. They two were separated. They followed different directions, to facilitate their searches.

Bizak jumped from one tree to
another. It was better to see the entire region. His vision was broad from the top.

He had no clue
as to my whereabouts. After much searching, he returned to the castle with a vague answer.

“I didn’t find her,” he told Vincent, who was sitting on his armchair.

Valeska was at his side and she remained silent all the time, hoping that no one
would find me in time.

Chapter 25

Tired of exploring the woods, Eros stopped walking in the middle and he was motionless. Eros did not know what direction to take, where to look for
me. After all, he and Bizak had looked everywhere.

H
e had a strong connection with my thoughts. This happened a few times. It was imposed telepathy.

In his mind came a scene in which I was next to the dwelling of the wizard.

Then he concluded I would be there.

Chapter 26

My throat was dry, as I was agonized to be imprisoned in that cage. The sorcerer hadn’t honored his word. The hours imposed by him to be ready the formula had been exhausted, it was more than necessary.

I'd be lost if he didn’t remove me from the cage.

He had prepared no formula yet, it was all swindle.

He returned to the site after an extensive time away, with his empty hands.

“Why did you imprison me here?” I questioned.

“Aren’t you accustomed to it yet?” he scoffed at me.

“What have I done to deserve this?” I asked.

“You, nothing ...but your father....” he said and his stare looked angry.

Things were
starting to make sense. He wanted to avenge my father by using me.

“What has my father done to you?”

“The problem ...is... he ‘hasn’t’.”

I narrowed my eyes. I couldn’t believe what was happening
.

“I wanted
the immortality of the vampires,” he said, approached the cage and put his terrible face next to mine. “I would just need to drink your father’s blood ...nothing else.”

He walked around the cage slowly.

“And he denied it with all contempt. I had to resort to another method of immortality. I invented a way to live for long. Up until now I have had no success.”

He stopped walking and focused his attention on me confined in the cage.

“You will be my new attempt.”

He laughed long and it startled me.

“And when it finally happens, I will need you
no more. Then I will throw you to my dogs to satisfy their hunger.”