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Simon watched from afar as the vampires living in the Hotel Dumort prepared to receive guests. While it was common for the Hotel to have meetings with other clans , most clans preferred to return home. Simon was still shocked that the Los Angeles clan decided to stay for the day , even though the New York Clan was willing to have the high warlock of Brooklyn Magnus Bane - an old friend of the clan- send them home through a portal.
Simon usually stayed in his room when other clans came to the hotel, so it came as a surprise when his sire,and leader of the clan , Raphael told him he would be joining the rest of the vampires in the meeting. The others had been shocked as well considering that Simon was the clans baby. He was only a fledgling, having not completed a year as a vampire; and the clan was very protective of him. While the clan was protective, Raphael was extremely protective of his fledgling. No one in New York dared mess with Simon in fear of Raphael. The clan never let him out of their sight and was hardly aloud around the visiting clans in fear of Simon being attacked. When Simon asked Raphael why he was coming Raphael being his stubborn self only replied “because I said so”.
This was the only reply he got from anyone and he could tell his clan was hiding something. So as he stood their watching them all scurry around trying to finish in time he quietly sped off to the hotels library. Walking in he silently closed the door and went in each of anything related to the visiting clan. It took about twenty minutes for Simon to find anything on the clan, and when he did he was shocked. The book was old and yet new all at the same time. The first few pages looked ancient, but as he went deeper into the book the pages began to look newer. As he scanned through the pages one thing kept surfacing.
A fledgling had been found tortured hours after the Los Angeles clan left a treaty signing in Virginia.
A fledgling was found beaten a day after the Los Angeles clan left a clan visit in Oregon.
A fledgling was found injured on the roof right before dawn the day after a treaty signing in Florida.
All the reports came back the same, inconclusive. There was never any proof that the Los Angeles clan was at fault. That must have been the reason why Raphael wanted me at the meeting. “I see you have been doing some research, care to share what you have learned?” the unmistakable voice said from the doorway.
Simon turned to look at the Spanish vampire standing in the doorway. “That by tomorrow morning I'll be in the infirmary.” Simon said trying to hide the fear of what he had just learned.Raphael being Raphael saw right through the facade.
“Simon, I promise you that you will not be in that infirmary tomorrow. You know as well as I do that no one would dare lay a finger on you.”
“Why is that?” Simon asked.
“You know why Simon. As well as the whole clan.” Raphael says walking closer to Simon. “Hell the whole city knows. You are my fledgling and my partner. No one would dare touch you.” Raphael then closes the distance between them and kisses Simon.
Time seemed to stop for the two vampires as they held eachother . That is until Lily came barging in, and time sped back up. “ Guys sorry to bother you but their here.” She says.
Simon had never seen Lily look so worried in the past months as he did now. Simon and Raphael had never broadcasted their relationship. The only people who knew were the clan and the important people in their lives, and Simon didn't want to run the clan and Raphael respected that.The clan treated Simon with the same respect but Simon liked being the clans baby. Very few clans knew of their relationship and that was how they liked it. The Los Angeles clan would be treated no differently. If they saw Simon and Raphael then they saw them.
So instead of walking down and greeting the visiting clan as two leaders, Simon went down with Lily the second in command and best friend of Raphael. Simon could tell that his clan was on edge the second he walked into the room. They all followed Simons every movement as he walked side by side with Lily until she stopped beside Raphael in front of the visiting clans leader and the twenty or so visiting clan members. Simon the took a step back and watched silently as Raphael welcomed the visitors. Once the greetings came to a close Raphael and Lily showed the visiting members to their rooms and Simon headed straight for the kitchen.
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He sat on the kitchen counter playing on his phone and drinking a bloodymary. Other clan members came in out saying hi to Simon and asking if he wanted to play with the other members but he wasn't feeling it today. But that didn't stop his friends from keeping an extremely close eye on him. If it wasn't Stan it was Eric watching him and they never let Simon out of their sights. Simon understood of course. He was the baby of the clan and they all felt protective of him.
So far Simon hadn't seen any of the visitors walking around the hotel, until the only moment when he was alone. Simon was heading for his and Raphael’s room when he ran into one. He was taller than Simon , but other than that he didn't look like a fledgling torturer.
“Sorry, didn't see you their.” Simon said trying to lighten the mood a bit.
“No worries. But where were you off to in such a hurry fledgling?” the man asked stepping closer causing Simon to take a step back.
“Um… my room. Yah my room, I could seriously use a nap. Being a vampire is harder than it looks in the movies.” Simon says silently praying that someone will come save him. Simon tried the sire link but for some reason it was blocked. Safe to say Simon was freaking out,even more so when three other visitors came out of nowhere. Simon was going to be in so much trouble when Raphael finds out he left the safety of his clan members.