The ballroom was filled with masses of vampires from different covens worldwide, soft classic music could be heard and the scent of fresh blood from preys filled the room, most were seen chatting and introducing themselves to others, others were seen bickering about vampire's political affairs, the frivolous ones were seen playing with the naked dancers,
King Matei was sitting on his throne enjoying a cup of the fresh werewolf blood he had caught inside the thick forest, he was the ruler of the nightshade coven and was the most powerful and feared vampire after his father King Dracula.
He had bristled eyebrows that were thin and narrow, a well-defined nose and his cheekbones sat perfectly above his chiseled jaws, he had long dark hairs which flowed to his waistline and a pair of sea green eyes, seated beside him was his wife and two sons, Sage was his father's replica, he always put on an aggressive look to earn the fear of the people, Stefan had a round plump face that was less sterner unlike the rest of his family, he had a short wavy caramel hair and a brownish chocolate pair of eyes, Queen Helena was pale skin and had an imp thin body, her long curly Ebony hair flowed to her waist line and suited perfectly with her pair of icy blue eyes. She was the mother of Sage and a stepmother to Stephan.
Stefan have never meet his real mother before, he was told by people that his mother had died, although no one was willing to tell him how she died for the fear of his father.
The only thing he had as connection to his mother was a moon shape bracelet, it was given to him by his mother at his infant age.
Stefan grew up with a daily reminder from his brother and stepmother that he was a bastard, their father didn't even help matter always turning everything as a competition for both brothers using the throne as the trophy. Stefan did everything to impress his father, always bringing home the most kills, being the best warrior in battleground, doing whatever his father ordered him to do, like killing vampire officials who tried to go against his rule, but his effort didn't seem to please his father at all, his father still believed that his younger brother is better than him, Queen Helena was always there to shield Sage whenever he's wrong and downgrade Stefan to his father, Stefan believed that he would have been treated nicely if his mother was around as well.
King Matei finally stood up and everyone was as silent as a shadow, they all focused their attention on him, anticipated to hear what he wants to say.
"For so long, Vampires have been disrespected, mocked and looked down upon," Looking at the numbers of slaves in the ballroom, plus the numerous times they have had attack other mystics, Stefan found it funny his father would say that, of course nobody dares to kick against King Matei, death only await such people.
"But all that will come to an end, when we become the greatest mystic of all three realms and is only I who can make such dream become a reality, but I fear taking such risk maybe difficult if I don't get support from you all," Matei continued and one of his minions named Harry got up, he had helped Henry to kill his older brother for the silver blood coven throne, since then, Henry have been loyal to him and have given him large percent of his coven shares.
"Long live King Matei, the liberator and emancipator of the vampire realm, may your rule continue to bring massive yields of success," Henry praised as the other vampires in the room raised their cups to join "Long live King Matei," they all gulped down the blood in their cup including King Matei.
"How can a cruel monster like you be given such a privileged to rule the three mystics," an old Mage slave lashed out, drawing everyone attention towards her, she was staring dagger at King Matei and rage flowed through her like a lava.
Her hands and feet were bound with chains and her flappy bruised skin was an evidence of the unpleasant tragedies she have faced since she was captured, she would have died long ago but King Matei kept her alive after discovering her gift of sight.
"Coming from someone I kept alive," he mocked leaning towards her and lifted her face up, the Mage flinch backward.
"You dare to bite the finger that fed you," he added, slapping her so hard that her head bruised when it reached the ground, everyone in the ballroom began to laugh at the sight of the old Mage being abused.
"A child will be born after the night of the full moon and she will be blessed by the moon goddess to be the heiress of all three mystics," Matei was taken aback at the woman prophecy, the last heiress was Stefan mother whom he had killed after she refused to use her powers and help him to be the ruler of all mystic.
The Mage noticed his distraction and chanted some magic word which brought a sword to live and the sword could be seen flying towards him from behind.
"Father," Stefan called out, removing his sword from his sheath and rushed to stop the sword from harming him.
Matei came back to reality and turn to see his son Stefan was dueling with a sword, the evil smirk on the woman's face was prove that she was the one behind it, Matei angrily pull out his own sword and slash the woman's head off which brought the magic sword to it real state, the blood of the old mage splash on everyone that was near her, some group of servant came and picked up her lifeless head and body, while some stayed behind to clean the blood on the floor.
"I need you to plant spies in the other mystic realms and in other vampire covens, we must find the baby and we must kill it," he whispered into Stefan ears.
"Yes father," Stefan bowed and his father patted his shoulder before going back to sit on his throne.
Sage was staring daggers at Stefan, he hated the fact that his father always gives his brother important assignment and not him, he decided to keep cool in order not to anger his Father or receive a punishment.
"I'll get my chances very soon," he said to himself sitting straight and raised his cup of blood like everyone else.
"Long live King Matei, the liberator and emancipator of the vampire realm, may your rule continue to bring massive yields of success," Henry praised again as everyone joined him.