45 The other side of him- Part 1 (1/2)

Nicholas spoke to the young woman named Katherine in the main hall where the Hallow took place at the Delcorv's mansion, spending his time with her as she stood alone but her gaze transfixed on someone else. She was rare. Even after going through the pain of losing her family to the black witches, her behavior was kind and pure to the people around her. As if she was unaffected after the grief and frankly, he found it to be strange. But then this whole ordeal of world was strange.

The dimple on his cheek deepened when his eyes met Lord Alexander's eyes whose jaw was set firmly after seeing him talk to the woman. It was amusing to see the Lord send a small glare which went unnoticed by people but Nicholas was quite an observant just like the Valerian Lord. He enjoyed studying people, to see if they could entertain him for the passing time.

It was evident with the way her eyes kept darting towards the Lord and the Lord glaring at him there was something brewing here. Curious, he probed the girl with personnel questions to see her blush.

”There must be someone. Is he in the room?” he asked.

”No no!” Katherine spluttered, looking down to avoid his eyes.

A servant who was walking by with a tray of drinks stopped in front of them and Nicholas picked the wine and before Katherine could pick one of them, he waved his hand for the servant to leave. Seeing the woman look at him with a questionable look he smiled, ”I don't think it would still well if you tried drinking alcohols which are meant for vampires.”

”I forgot. Corey mentioned that,” she muttered under her breath, ”How different are they?” she asked curious like a child would ask the father about the stars that shined at night.

”I don't think they are much different once you drink, especially with their after effects. Humans and vampires function differently due to which a normal alcohol would have no affect on the vampires but it is not the same the other way round. A human might loose consciousness or might have an erased memory.”

”Erased memory?” she asked, facing him to see him nod.

”Yes. I think one to four glass of diluted alcohol can be drunk by an average human but if it's something strong like this,” he lifted his glass, ” It might turn into poison. Too much of anything is not good. Don't you agree?”

He saw her look at the Lord, who had his arms around another woman as they danced. She then looked away, a dejected expression taking over her face. In his regular routine he would have enjoyed taking her away from the crowd to seduce and take a bite from the girl, but he wouldn't do it.As much as he would love to sink his fangs, he wasn't someone foolish to not know when a woman was claimed by a pure blooded vampire. Alexander and Nicholas weren't friends in particular but they weren't foes either. It was an odd balance of undefined relationship that had formed over the growing years. Nicholas was fond of the Valerian Lord, he was the kind of man who appreciated people with good class and clever brains.

He teased the young woman to see her blush and he then said, ”You won't know, unless you try,” he encouraged sipping his wine from the glass.