Tail of the Devil by DeVor Danielle

Author:DeVor, Danielle [DeVor, Danielle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eirelander Publishing
Published: 2013-04-25T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

October thirty-first, the night of the party. Mathias wiped his hands on his pants. He couldn’t stop them from sweating no matter what he did. He hated parties, mostly because he always had to pretend he was something he wasn’t, but this time it was worse. He was only going to this party because, supposedly, it would make the vampire world happy. And maybe, they would see that he was not who they thought him to be.

He stared and looked at himself in the mirror. The clothes were all right he guessed. He was wearing a black coat with a Mandarin-style collar, a black shirt, and black pants. When he’d opened his wardrobe the other day, the clothes had simply been inside it, waiting for him. It was almost as if there were vampiric underwear gnomes who gave you clothes instead of stealing them.

He adjusted his back. His wings fell around him gently.

There was a knock at the door.

“Who is it?” he asked.

“Do you need any help, Mathias?” Tepes asked.

“I dunno. You can come in if you want.”

Tepes walked into the room and smiled at Mathias in the mirror. “You’ll do very nicely I think.”

“What do you mean?”

“You clean up very well, Mathias.”

Mathias coughed and blushed. “Umm. Thanks I think.”

“Now come, Mathias. It is almost time for the festivities to begin.”

His feet would not move. His body began to sweat and he felt sick to his stomach. “I... I don’t feel so good.”

“Mathias, stop being so ridiculous. I will be there. Nosferatu will be there. We will not let anything happen to you.”

Mathias took a deep breath. After several minutes, he nodded at Tepes and followed the older vampire out the door.

* * * * *

Tepes led Mathias down a stairway he’d never seen before. It was lighted with old fashioned torches that were burning softly and filling the stairwell with a warm glow. He could hear the crowd before he could see it. His breath came in short gasps. Once again, he sweated.

Mathias stood back inside the stairwell and allowed Tepes to enter the room. The elder vampire was so graceful and sure of himself that Mathias really felt out of place. What business did he have being there? He was a street rat for god’s sake, and dinner parties were not something he had any business of attending.

The room was dark, but not dark enough so that Mathias could not see. All around were candles that tried to take away the shadows of the room, but the shadows were stubborn. Mathias watched as they seemed to undulate around the light from the flames and sometimes try to chase the flames away, but the light continued. In the dim illumination, he could see ornate tables with white tablecloths and gold cutlery. Maybe the room was supposed to look inviting, but it didn’t. Mathias felt like something was going to come out of the shadows and eat him.

Tepes paused. Mathias watched him. He seemed to then notice that Mathias had not entered and turned around, motioning for him to follow.

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