Chapter 7: alix betrayal
The room was dark. Alix sat quietly, looking at her hands. Her skin looked different now. It wasn't cold metal anymore. Something warm and alive moved under it.
She moved her fingers slowly. She could feel a heartbeat inside her body.
"It feels weird," she said quietly. "I'm hungry all the time now. And I feel stronger. But the sun still makes me tired, like you said."
Rowan stood near her. He looked calm. "Yeah, that's right. Your life is connected to mine now. My blood changed your whole body. You're my vampire servant now."
Alix looked at him. She wasn't sure about this. "So... you control my life?"
He took her hand softly. "Yes. We're linked together. Your strength depends on me. Your life depends on me."
She accepted this, but her mind was still strong. She was planning something. "Maybe I can attack him when he's weak. Outside the city. Then I can get free," she thought.
One night, she left the house quietly. She put a note on the kitchen table:
"I will not come back. I am too strong to live in this world."
The next morning, seven heroes came to her empty house. They read the note. They looked tired and sad.
"She's gone," one said quietly.
"No fight happened here," another said.
"Too strong for normal people," someone else said softly.
They left without saying more.
Later, Alix sat in a car with Rowan. They were on an empty road outside the city. It was very quiet. No other cars around.
Suddenly, she pulled out a silver knife. She attacked Rowan with it.
Rowan made a sharp sound. Pain hit his chest. His eyes showed shock and anger. Then he laughed like a crazy person.
"You can't beat me," he said coldly.
Alix got more angry. She tried to hit his head. But suddenly, something grabbed her heart. Pain shot through her chest. She fell to her knees.
Rowan's voice was calm and magnetic looking into her eyes. "I'm your master now. You're my servant. You do what I say."
She tried to fight, but the pain was too much.
He told her to get out of the car. She followed his orders.
" I'm your master now. You're my servant. You do what I say."
After that, he were very tired. They sat in the car quietly. The road disappeared behind them.
Then they left the forest road. They drove to Gotham City.
The air in Gotham was cold and heavy. At the train station, Martha and her husband met them. Martha put her hand on her big belly.
"Six months," she said with a smile. "The baby is coming soon."
Rowan's eyes got dark. "Bruce Wayne will be born soon. Strong people are waking up. Gods, ghosts, witches. I need to get stronger fast."
While driving to his house, Rowan thought about his past lives. He remembered fights, friends, gods, strong people, spirits, and magic.
He made a list in his head: get power, get ready, learn about everything about his vampire ability, today he was almost died, his vampire servant was in his control, and he had to change their will again and again,otherwise, today scene of killing him with silver can happen again, he was too naive to think, he was protagonist of this world.
At his mansion near wayne house, it was quiet.
.
Rowan and alix lay on the bed. His eyes were closed. Both were resting.