Chapter 52 The Biology Lesson (2/2)

Vampires were unable to see as clearly during the day because they had evolved to have night vision, this was also when Rassa received a short explanation about the giant glowing crystal he'd seen in the first memory. Vampires had created a sheilding spell over their Coven sites so that they and their land were in eternal darkness. Of course, Covens did not consist solely of Vampires, so the Sun Stones were used as an alternative to the actual sun. Their light was far less peircing, and they also emitted heat in small amounts. As such, they surrounded the inner walls of the sheild and alternated between bright and dim rotations so that day and night could be replicated inside the night barrier. Rassa was astounded by such high grade technology, and made a note to ask Victor about it for future lessons.

Finally, Rassa managed to learn about how a Vampire controlled the emotions of an individual whilst they were feeding. It had to do with these biological chemicals called hormones. Certain hormones caused an individual to feel certain emotions, hence, by influencing which hormones were contained in the blood, one could influence the emotion and individual felt.

Victor feeding on one of his Sanguine was a much better experience of it. Rassa could feel it as Victor drew on the hormones that caused fear in his Sanguine, and then his venom acted as a stimulant for those hormones that caused pleasure.

It sounded a lot more complicated than the process itself. Victor did it almost instinctively, but Rassa could feel the understanding of the concept click inside him. He couldn't wait to try it out.

After a few more explanations, Rassa was pushed out of the memories and back into his own body. Only to find himself feeling far more uncomfortable than he should be lying on a bed. There was something hard digging into this stomach, and he jolted up and down constantly. Worst of all, the skin around his mouth, nose and cheeks felt incredibly irritated.

Like he was wearing the mask again. Rassa's eyes opened and he glimpsed down at the hard earth almost a metre beneath him.

What was going on? Rassa went to move, only to be stopped immediately.

”He's waking up!” hissed a deep voice that was certainly not Arita.

Rassa shifted again, more panicked now as he tried to take stock of his situation.

”Quick! Grab him!” snapped another voice.

Rassa felt his arms and legs grabbed as he was heaved off the shoulder of the stranger, and dragged quickly across the hard earth by the chain on his neck. He coughed at the sudden choking, but managed to see the dark clothed individuals around him of various shapes and sizes, the only part of their bodies visible were their eyes beneath dark hoods.

He growled, ”What in the gods' name are you doing. Let me go!”

His angry shouts were muffled by the masked, and he shouted again in outrage, struggling against his captors.

Damn these chains! They'd sapped too much of his physcial strength for him to be any sort of threat to these men.

Despite his fighting, Rassa was easily dumped into a metal carriage, a prison carriage by the looks of it, and locked inside with his chains attached to the ring on the floor. He glared through the bars at the individuals who had captured him, meeting the eyes of a boy who looked only about his own age. The boy looked curious, but after a moment, simply climbed on top of the carriage as it set off.

Rassa looked back at the city of Toulle which stood dark in the late hours.

No one was coming after him, that was for sure. Gods almighty, when was he going to catch a break?