I grinned sheepishly, if for a second or two, in a silent apology. I was louder than my half-brother, who's movements were always almost or completely silent despite his size. Black rimmed audials pivoted backwards, after my grin faded, at my own reaction. True, I was more of a mix between Neutral and Dark - though more Dark than anything - but I rarely showed it to the outside world. Only those in my lands had seen a nicer side to me. However, I felt sorry that I'd awaken her so abruptly, and rudely on my part.
"Please, Miss Eos, call me Vladimir or Vlad if it makes you more comfortable. My name isn't the most....Pleasant out there. And please, there's no need to apologise - it was my fault for coming upon you in such a biosterous manner."
It was all true. My name was probably the most unpleasant amongst all the lands, even if my mother's "good" intentions had an ill fate whenever I was born. I'd been named after Her grandfather, Vladimir, and then my father's father - Emperor Dracula. However, my second name was never uttered when in the company of others, because my father's father had been crueler than the devil himself. And, he'd been the beginning of my family's blood-curse. Thankfully, as our blood thinned, so did the chances of our offspring catching our blood-curse. I could only pray my own children hadn't caught it.
-FIN-