My Vampire Harem Will Dominate Everything

Chapter 344: Storytime

"And this... is the Matten abode." Ezra said, gesturing grandly to their living room.

One would think the place was some big estate but it was actually a normal apartment. Well, not normal in price and location but quite normal in appearance.

There were no bright chandeliers or giant paintings that make no sense normally found in those super expensive homes.

Connell looked around, clutching her bags like they were her lifeline.

She was now important enough that she needed to be under their protection. Close enough to be next door.

"So, you'll be staying here with us until everything is taken care of." Ezra explained.

"Okay." Connell said.

"Come." Ezra gestured. "Let me show you to your room."

Connell followed closely, going down the hall to a closed door.

"This is where you'll be staying." Ezra said with a smile. "Olivia is just opposite you," he gestured at the opposite door, "that's me and that's Red."

Connell nodded in understanding.

Ezra opened the door and gestured for her to enter. "I'll be in the living room." He said and left her to unpack.

As he plopped onto a couch, Olivia walked in dressed in her normal clothes. She'd been out on a walk.

"Oh. You're back?" She asked when she saw him. "She must be inside."

"Yeah." Ezra nodded, glancing at the hallway. "She's inside unpacking."

Olivia nodded, coming to sit beside him. "Poor girl." She said. "Imagine becoming a vampire and then, immediately after, begin having blackouts that change your entire life."

"Yeah." Ezra nodded. "She's stronger than she looks. I would've gone mad already." He chuckled.

Connell had been able to persevere even after her blackouts had always resulted in a major change in her life.

He sighed, leaning back on the couch. He was as tired as can be.

He'd spent the days chasing after the truth and this was a well deserved break.

He'd rest now until future Connell came again.

"Wait a minute." Ezra perked up. "If we solve this and the Cutting Off no longer happens, doesn't that mean Connelly would never have needed to come to the past in the first place which would then reset everything?"

"Logically? Yes." Olivia frowned. "But when have vampires ever obeyed the natural laws of the universe?"

"Hmmn. True." Ezra nodded. "You do have a point."

Things like logic don't apply to vampires. It doesn't even apply to the abyss as a whole and earth was just a part of the abyss.

With vampires, all things were possible.

They spent the next minutes discussing what worlds could be in the abyss and which one the progenitor could be from.

Later, Connell entered the living room.

"Connell." Olivia greeted. "Have a seat."

Connell sat on a single seater couch with a shy smile.

"So, what do you think of your room?"

"It's nice." She said.

"And cozy, right?" Olivia smiled at her.

"Yeah." Connell smiled in return.

"You know, I've always wondered how you became a vampire in the first place." Ezra said.

"Me too." Olivia said, keeping her smile up.

Ezra glanced at her. She didn't smile so frequently and was smiling now to keep Connell comfortable. He approved.

"Err..." Connell said shyly.

"How about this?" Olivia asked. "You tell us your story and I'll tell you mine."

Connell blinked in surprise before agreeing. "Okay."

"Wait, wait." Ezra said, raising a hand. He gave both women a huge grin before leaving.

Olivia and Connell exchanged glances at that, waiting curiously.

Ezra returned with a bottle of blood wine and two glasses.

"I should've known." Olivia chuckled.

"A good story is not complete without a glass of wine in hand." Ezra said, pouring the wine for all three of them.

"Yes." He nodded, taking a sip of his wine. "It's story time."

They all looked to Connell who ducked her head and began her story.

"I actually met Tyler in my freshman year in college." She began. "He had that... magnetic quality that made one look at him even if you couldn't see how handsome he was."

"Of course it was his Aura but at the time, none of us knew. He was... shopping for a new wife."

"I already knew I didn't stand a chance with him so I stayed away. There were more beautiful and social girls around. Who knew he'd notice me just because I stayed away."

"As a vampire, it was child's play for him to make me fall in love with him and want to join him as a vampire."

She took a sip of her wine.

"He was actually sweet and polite, letting me keep my virginity for after we were joined as vampires. But that day never came."

"Immediately after I woke up after the bonding, I blacked out. I don't know what I said or did but I know Tyler let me go and nothing happened between us."

"I woke up to see myself filling the form for the peacekeepers." She looked up and smiled at Olivia and Ezra. "And that's how I joined the force."

"I see." Ezra said, nodding slowly in the resulting silence. She hadn't even been a vampire for twenty four hours before the blackouts began.

"It's your turn." Connell said to Olivia.

"Well," Olivia said, a hint of a smile on her face, "my story isn't as interesting as yours."

"I was actually sick and was on a hospital bed when I was found by a vampire called Yvette. She took pity on me and turned me, leaving me behind alone."

"I had to find other vampires and join the community myself." Olivia said. "Last I heard of Yvette, she died during the Death Wave."

"You were alive during the Death Wave?" Connell asked, her eyes wide. "How was it?"

"Well, I can't tell you how it was because anybody close enough to see what it did definitely died later."

"But I'll tell you that I've never seen a time when vampires were so scared as during the Death Wave. You didn't know you had it till you died. It worked fast and was somehow able to bypass any tattoo created shield any vampire could put up."

"The only saving grace was that it died quickly. That was why all of us who hid at the Ark in Decapolis were able to come out to a world without the Wave."

"Wow." Connell said and by the look of her eyes, all could tell that Olivia was her new role model.

And so they spent the rest of their day discussing life before the Death Wave and sipping wine.