Page 7 of Thy Heart's Desire
Nikolaos is tall Vhampier, he stands six inches and five feet tall, and has incredible pale green mint eyes. His eyes have silver specks that sparkle with his emotions. His long black eyelashes intensify the pale mint color. His lips are masculine with a slightly pouty sensual lower lip. He has a square chin and a classical Greek straight nose.
“Hi Nikolaos, have a seat. I’m glad that you made it to the appointment. Do you care for anything to drink?” Seth stands from his chair, waving his hand.
“Hey Seth, you know I’m busy. I got here as soon as I could. Yes, I would love a glass of whiskey.”
He shrugs his wide shoulders and unbuttons the single button on his elegant black wool suit coat. The labels are long and elegant. He steels himself, forcing himself not to look at Ms. Navy as he takes a seat.
Seth looks over at Ms. Navy. He raises his right hand with two fingers raised.
Ms. Navy nods and walks out of the office, closing the door behind her.
Seth falls onto his leather chair; he flexes his legs to pull the chair forward towards the desk. He rests his hands on top of the desk and he looks down at the thick vanilla sheet of paper and then up at Nikolaos.
“Nikolaos, I have very important stipulations to impart.”
Nikolaos nods and shifts to lean forward. He pulls at his slacks, and he places his hands on his knees. He raises his right eyebrow, waiting for Seth to continue.
“It’s about the will that your sire had drafted by another attorney on the earth realm. The will states that you inherit all of his wealth and property in the earth realm. The stipulation is that your sire requests that you marry within the year of his death.”
Nikolaos raises his black eyebrow and clenches his fists. He quickly stands and places his hands on the desk and glares at Seth.
“That is absurd!”
I hate it when the clients want to play with their heir’s life. How in the fuck am I going to make a full grown Vhampier marry within the next eight weeks?
“Nikolaos, allow me to continue. He wants you to marry a fairy within eight weeks. I tried to communicate this as soon as possible but you weren’t able to attend our appointments. Now you only have eight weeks to locate your fairy bride.”
Nikolaos angrily pushes away from the desk, the chair legs screech loudly, and he turns around. He runs his huge hands through his black silky hair and closes his eyes. He clenches his jaw and turns around to darkly glare at Seth. The silver specks in his eyes sparkle brightly with his rage.
Seth stands and walks around his desk to stop in front of him. He crosses his arms and presses his lips tight to hold back his words. He inhales deeply and exhales to clear his mind.
“Nikolaos, I feel your sorrow but there isn’t any way you can inherit without marrying. He wants you to produce some babes before you get yourself killed. That’s his exact words.”
“I can’t believe that he would do this to me! I’m his eldest heir and damn it! We can’t produce with fairies! Where did he get that wild idea?”
Seth shakes his head and turns away from him. He walks back to his desk, sits on his chair, and leans back.
“Your sire wants you to settle down and stop playing with the humans. He notes in the will:
‘My son, Nikolaos, wants to enjoy the human women, therefore I stipulate for him to join our bloodline with the princess fairy, a true blood.’
Yeah, I understand. Nikolaos, you need to work on it.”
Nikolaos grinds his molars and closes his eyelids halfway.
“Fucking hell! He wants me to marry the princess fairy? Like if that’s fucking possible! Which one? The night princess fairy, the day princess fairy, the star princess fairy…oh hell, the list goes on! There’s a fucking fairy for everything!”
Seth grins and throws back his head, growling. His wide chest shakes, a load rumble erupts from deep in his stomach, rolling its way out in a huge growl.
Nikolaos slams his fist on the desk. He turns and clenches his hands angrily. He then turns around again towards Seth. He stands tall and crosses his arms.
“I don’t think this is amusing, Seth! It’s going to be impossible to marry a fairy and even worse to get her with a babe.”
Seth stops laughing. He leans forward, nodding.
“I agree, but you have to do this because you don’t want your brothers to get the fortune. You know damn well that they’re too young and immature to handle this. You don’t want your family, your sisters, to be forced to work. You know that they don’t know how to do anything. The Vhampier realm is ruled by Vhampiers and the vamps are what the humans call housewife and maidens."
Nikolaos inhales deeply and closes his eyes. He slowly opens his beautiful eyes, nodding.
