The Queens Game

What's up, readers! I hope that you have read The Twin Queens already as that is part one of this miniseries and you will be confused about what is happening in the story. You can also look on the Miniseries Page to find all links to the miniseries that I've written for this blog. There's also the Prompts Page which houses the links to all the prompts I've written as well. Finally, there is my Patreon Rewards Prompt Page that is a list and link to all the prompts I have written for a patreon supporter. Please check out all these pages after you've read the second part of The Twin Queens miniseries.

After a week of Sarah trying to get the vampires to agree to come to one of her club meetings, all four vampires attend on the same day. The club room looks like a standard classroom with the tables shaped like an open box along with enough seats to hold a large number of students. Henri and Jean take seats as far from Odette and Phillie without causing a scene. Odette watches how her twin's consorts try to avoid her. She grabs Phillipe's hand and takes the seats across from Henri and Jean, knowing that doing this will make the two other consorts uncomfortable. The regulars of the club file in as the door closes and opens with each member that comes into the room. When everyone sits down, Sarah stands up which causes the club members and guests to look at her.

Sarah smiles at everyone, "Welcome everyone! We have several guests with us today who are both apart of the LGBTQA+ community and allies. Why don't all of you introduce yourselves."

After the other guest introduces themselves, Henri and Jean, speak up to be introduced to the others. Odette says hello to the two consorts. Phillipe stands up and catches the attention of the club members. Phillipe quickly smirks at Henri and Jean then looks at the other two as if he didn't know who or what they are. Odette stands up next and looks at all the people at this club meeting. She shyly smiles at everyone before speaking.

"Hello, my name is Odette and I am one of Sarah's guests visiting today. It's nice to meet you all," as Odette speaks to the humans their minds become fuzzy of the four vampire names and appearances.

Both Jean and Henri tense as Odette alters the minds of the humans as they know that Odette can just as easily mess with their minds as well. When Odette takes her seat next to Phillipe once more, Sarah and the other humans regain their focus. With all the guests introduced, the club meeting goes on; however, Sarah looks around as she searches for one more guest. Odette closely follows Sarah's eyes as she looks for someone. Odette guesses who Sarah must be looking for.

"Has Carman joined the college LGBTQA+ club? I haven't seen her," Sarah asks the other members and Odette smirks at being right in her guess of the one Sarah's been searching for.

"Don't worry about it Sarah; Carman did join the college LGBTQA+ club. Since the club takes place during the evening it fits better with her schedule, " an unimportant human eases Sarah's nerves.

Sarah sighs in happiness and moves the club meeting on so that the club ends on time. Jean subtly nudges Henri in the arm to pay attention to Sarah's positive attitude towards the news of Carman's joining of the LGBTQA+ club. The two consorts smile at each other and go back to pretending to be paying attention to the club meeting. Odette, herself, sneers briefly at Sarah's happiness about Carman. After making herself put on a neutral face to hide her displeasure, Phillipe holds his queen's hand tightly to calm Odette down. Without any more personal matters to distract Sarah the meeting goes on devoid of distractions. As the club concludes, Henri and Jean depart before any of the humans can stall them.

Seeing an opportunity, Odette approaches Sarah to speak to her, "You seemed quite worried about Carman, back then."

"Oh, I, just wanted to make sure she's doing alright," Sarah stalls to gather her thoughts and continues, "I know what it's like to be new and not having any friends. This gives Carman a chance to have something in common with a new friend."

Odette gives a reassuring smile to Sarah, "I'm sure Carman's happy with having a friend like you, Sarah. I best be leaving, bye!"

Sarah sees Phillipe follow Odette out of the club room; once the two exits the building Sarah's mind goes fuzzy and she can't remember what Odette and Phillipe look like exactly now that they aren't in front of her. Shaking her head again, Sarah doesn't dwell on it and goes on to help clean up the classroom. She doesn't notice that the other club members are also having trouble remember what the four vampires' appearances are. All of them continue on as if they didn't have guests at all. The memories of the four vampires become unfocus and blurry like a badly taken picture. The voice of Odette alters the memory of the club meeting like it's a decade ago instead of only minutes ago.

Phillipe is on his phone relaying what has happened during the club meeting as he holds Odette's hand. He leads the way to the car in the school parking lot he and Odette came in to meet with the other consorts. Finishing up his conversation, Phillipe goes to the passenger side first and holds open the door for Odette to get in first. Closing the passenger door Phillipe moves at a human speed to the driver's side and enters the car. With both of them seated and ready to go, Phillipe drives out of the school parking lot and makes way to the meeting spot that's a trendy restaurant.

Making it to the restaurant, Phillipe parks the car and gets out to open the car door for Odette. Holding out his hand Odette takes it and is led inside from the fall heat. Entering the restaurant, Odette and Phillipe attract several human eyes towards them. Phillipe spots the familiar blonde and brown hair of Jacques and Rene that is in a more private area of the restaurant. Odette and Phillipe walk over and see both their drinks already ordered and there for them. Phillipe pulls out a chair for Odette to take her seat before sitting down himself. Rene and Jean properly greet their fellow consort and queen. Odette takes a few minutes to savor her red wine as her consorts patiently wait for her to speak to them.

Odette puts down her wine glass, "From what I've learned of Sarah, she isn't romanticly interested in Carman."

"My queen, your skills in deception are truly awe-inspiring. I doubt her majesty, Odile, would be able to perform like you have," Rene kisses Odette's hand as he finishes his praises.

Jacques rolls his eyes at Rene and speaks up, "My queen, where is Claude? Shouldn't he be here with us to listen to the rest of your plan?"

Rene and Phillipe nod in agreement to what Jacques has said. None of Odette's consorts at the table are aware of Claude's whereabouts. Odette looks at each one of them in the eye. Because none of them looked away when she did that, Odette smiles widely and giggles at their courage. Her consorts smile at her open happiness and dismiss any jealousy if Odette chooses not to tell them about Claude's assignment.

Seeing that there's no reason to not tell them, Odette explains, "My dear, Claude, is following Carman's movements. Shadowing her as she goes about her evening."

"I see," Rene pauses briefly, "What is it that you wish for Jacques and me to do, my queen."

Odette smiles at Rene, "Well, love, I want you to find out what the local vampires know about Carman since it is their fault for letting her get out of hand with her feedings. My dear, Jacques is to help in shadowing Carman with Claude as Odile may have sent consorts as well. If there are one or two of Odile's consorts following Carman, don't engage with them. The only casualties in this game are either Sarah or Carman. Am I understood?"

"Yes, my queen," Both Jacques and Rene say at the same time.

  "Good, you're dismissed," Hearing their orders both males stand up and leave the restaurant.

Walking to the car that they took, Jacques goes to the driver's side. He pulls out of the parking lot and makes his way to the college. Neither Jacques nor Rene talks during the ride as they are focused on what they must do to please their queen. With the college in sight, Jacques slows down the car to drop Rene off. Once Rene closes the door Jacques drives off into the early evening. As his fellow consort leaves him, Rene walks into the closest building to find the heaviest scent trail that the local vampires left. He finds a good lead and waits for his fellow vampires to start arriving so he may talk to them. As serval vampires showed up to go to class, Rene allows them to be aware of his presence. All of them turn their heads to Rene and had to stop themselves from bowing before him. Rene smirks at how none of the vampires dare to look him in the eye.

"I'm sure you all can guess what it is I'm here for, "Rene stalls to watch them flinch, "But I require some information about the foreign vampire Carman. Don't take too long as I do have other important things to do."

An older vampire speaks up, "You see, your majesty, Carman has been attending the college's LGBTQA+ club and taking evening classes on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. She has been drinking from different human night students but outside of the human she killed when she first got here, Carman has not killed another human girl."

"So, Carman is still following her pattern of stalking and killing girls that look alike?" Rene orders.

"Yes, your majesty," the same vampire answers.

"Are there any humans that look like the females Carman likes to favor at the college?"

"No, your majesty," the vampire waits a moment then continues, "There is a human from the nearby high school who does look like Carman's type. From what we understand, Carman has not been able to spend enough time with her to feed. Since this is a Thursday, Carman is not at the college now and is likely with the human."

Sensing that another consort is near Rene leaves the other vampires to deal with him. As he turns the corner, Rene only listens close enough to hear who Odile sent to get information.

"Now I have a few questions I'd like to ask," Henri's voice informs Rene.

Not wanting to be stalled by the other consort, Rene leaves at above human speed and exits the college building. Now outside he walks at a human pace as he calls Claude to tell him all that he's learned from the locals.

Inside a popular and busy mall, Claude and Jean pursue Carman. She never detects the two consorts tailing her. As Carman finds a spot in the food court to wait for Sarah, Jean and Claude do the same out of earshot. The two consorts observe as Sarah rushes over to where Carman's sitting and the two females sit down after hugging. Noting that the human and vampire are making no plans to leave the food court, both consorts relax in their seats as they watch what's going on.

"The human seems to not appreciate Carman's more flirty touches," Jacques says in a bored manner.

Claude replies similarly, "Our queen is never wrong in such things."

Just when one of Odette's consorts is about to doze off, Carman followed by Sarah gets up from their table to leave the food court. As the two females exit the food court to head outside the mall, Claude conversely tells Jacques to get the car while he'll pursue Carman and Sarah on foot. With Carman leading the way on foot, neither she nor Sarah are cognizant of Jacques tailing them in a car. Being so close on foot Claude overhears the conversation between Sarah and Carman.

"Look, I understand that you're interested in me," Sarah says slowly.

Carman huffs in frustration, "Can you not rub in your rejection."

"I'm not trying to rub it in! It's just that I'm not looking for a relationship with anybody right now," Sarah tries to comfort Carman, "I'm a senior in high school and I don't want to start something I can't properly invest in."

"Well, that's fine with me, as I'm not looking for a relationship so much as I'm just looking for some fun; not something serious," Carman continues to push Sarah.

Recognizing that Sarah is conflicted with this new information, Carman stealthy smirks. The two have already made their way to the park and are getting farther and farther away from the lamps and people's eyes. Just a bit more and Carman will be able to lead Sarah off of the premade trail in the heavy tree area of the park. Carman gently takes Sarah's hand and moves her thumb and in a circular motion. Sarah doesn't remove her hand from Carman's grip and allows them to continue holding hands.

"Hey, I know somewhere private that's really cool," Carman squeezes Sarah's hand.

Sarah nudges Carman, "If it's nearby then I don't mind."

Carman pulls Sarah off the premade path, "Great! It's this way."

Sarah giggles at Carman's excitement. Claude tails behind the two females as he calls his queen. Hearing his order Claude makes sure not to lose sight of Carman and Sarah as the two females go deeper into the wooded area. The farther Carman takes Sarah the more faded the city sounds become as nature energy replaces it. Hidden from human eyes, Carman and Sarah make it to a clearing filled with wildflowers and fireflies as starlight shines down on them. As Carman tells candied lies to Sarah, Odette, and Odile with both queen's consorts surround the clearing. Claude bows in submission to both queens and he stands behind Odette so that she and Odile can have better viewing of what is happening. As the voyeurs witness the private moment, Carman pulls Sarah in a close embrace and starts pecking kisses all over Sarah's neck.

At first, Sarah adores the contact and feels like the evolution of her's and Carman's relationship is a good decision. As Carman remains to focus on Sarah's neck, Sarah feels teeth but the sensation of Carman's teeth doesn't last long as Carman's lips replace the teeth. When the feeling of teeth happens again, Sarah feels the caress of fangs something she was quite sure Carman didn't have before. Unease with the sensation Sarah screams as she forcibly shoves Carman off of her and takes a few steps away. Carman is shocked for a second but calms down as Sarah hasn't run away yet.

 "Look I know this is weird, but I'm willing to have you get a nice little look into vampire society if you promise to keep what I am a secret," Carman smiles as she holds out her hand to Sarah wanting the human to trust her.

"Don't sell me that bull shit!" Sarah sneers at Carman, "If you wanted me to trust you, you wouldn't have to lead me so far away that others wouldn't know I was gone until tomorrow."

"Worth a shot," is the last words to leave Carman's mouth as she lunges at Sarah.

The instant Carman is in the air making a grab at Sarah, Odette seizes Carman's hair with such violent strength that Carman's neck snaps. Odette's smile is satisfied as she drops Carman's body. The front of Carman's body lays atop the wildflowers and her face stares at the stars above. Observing all that happened in less than a minute, Sarah loses her balance and stumbles.

Taking some breaths to stable herself Sarah walks toward Odette, "Tha-"

"Sarah you are to erase all contact you have of me and to forget about Carman as well as this night. All that time you have spent with me will be replaced with one of the newer humans you've met with. Worry not of things being a bit blurry and return to how you were before you met with Carman. Am I clear?" Odette's words submerge into Sarah's mind.

Sarah nods and she goes about clearing Carman, Odette, and Phillipe from her phone. She mumbles the name of another person that she has just recently met to fill in where the vampires are in her mind. Sarah repeats the new name over and over until it sticks. Now that Odette's powers have fully influence Sarah, she makes her way out of the wooded area and onto the streets of the city. Odile strolls up to Odette and she claps in congratulations.

"Well done, sister. It seems that you've won this game," Odile smiles in a pompous manner, "But I guess you really need this win after our last game."

Odette replies haughtily, "Thank you, Odile, but after a tie and win you seem to be lagging behind me now; but, I don't mind if this is a new trend your following."

The two queens stare each other down for an extended period as the consorts nervously shift from one foot to another. The nature around the queens is silent as it too knows that any distraction will be fatal to all that chooses to disturb them. For neither queen has the patience to act kindly to anyone. Time passes and both Odette and Odile have a fit of laughter pouring out of them. The queens turn their backs to each other and go to their small group of consorts. Odile leads the way as she runs back to her temporary home at supernatural speed. Odette holds her arms open for Claude to pick her up and carry her as he leads the way to Odette's temporary residents at an unnatural speed. The night holds out for a bit long but daybreak comes to chase off those of the night. Only eight vampires, however, take a morning plane ride to their real home away from the American city they visited. While the humans went on without feeling the effects of Odile's and Odette's visit, the vampire society felt their queens' presence all through the United States.