- What do you suggest?
- A big bummer," the triumvir grinned, "We send everyone to bed now, and then we'll distribute the maids ourselves. Katya (Katerina) will take care of that. Serving vampires is her duty. And we must make it clear that being a maid is not a right, but a merit. And we can take it away if we want.
- People wouldn't like that. We should have said something about it, but we didn't. And we can always take it away. I suggest we don't make up rules now. So one maid to the house, let her live on the second floor. We don't use them in our houses anyway. The remaining convicts to the castle. Centralized housing, like the prisoners. Blood must be donated according to the same rules. Master, a servant girl is not allowed to drink blood, except for a few drops.
- We'll have a lot of incidents when the girls get their periods. And Stephanie still can barely control herself when people are around.
- Stephanie lacks discipline," Eugene snorted irritably, "Sasha lets her do a lot of things. For her, being a vampire is almost like an eternal holiday, when everyone is having fun and everything is allowed.
- That's the local mentality," Konstantin said thoughtfully, "If you're strong, you can do anything. And she, in fact, got from dirt to princes.
- A servant became a mistress, so don't go to her house! But there's no escape from a slave who's become a king!" declared Eugene.
(* R. Kipling)
- That's exactly right. Okay. Stephanie is naturally a dead donkey's ear, not a personal maid. With the others, so be it, let them choose, one per house. But if there's no work for a maid, she must be temporarily given to Katerina! Whoever has an idle one, I'll take it away at once!
- Good! And I'll have one of the towers set aside for those who have women's days. It would be better to temporarily relocate them. Otherwise we'll really have problems. Sacha's pulled a stunt like this, and he's far away!
Then everything went on without talking. But with shouting, swearing and mutual offenses. During the sharing the vampires got so carried away that several of them fell under demur rays in full view of everyone. The inhuman nature of the new masters became obvious to all the convicts.
Eugene cast clouds across the sky, berating himself for not having done so earlier. And then ordered to communicate among themselves only in Elurian. The unfamiliar language and the ongoing quarrels, coupled with the realization that these were not humans, acted on the girls like a good portion of a horror movie. They didn't squeal, of course, but they fainted.
At last the distribution was completed. The convicts were explained their rights and duties. They were shown where to be in the village, assigned meal times and sent to dinner and bed. The top vampires, despite the fact that it was evening and not night time, gathered for a meeting.
- We'll have a hard time with these women, - Olga muttered under her nose, taking a place at the table, away from her husband, whom she resented.
- Come on! Almost two hundred new donors! - Semyon, who was in charge of collecting blood for food, rubbed his hands together, - For the sake of such a thing one can be patient!
- And you should collect more and more blood!
- Of course! Or do you think that there are just herds of miliars wandering around in the forests? If we killed our prey when collecting blood, instead of draining some of the blood, there would be nothing alive around!
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