6 The First Word

Dante Scarlet that was the name the boy received, he easily accepted it, he thought about receiving a cliché vampire name like Alucard, but above all expectations he received a reasonably normal name by the supernatural standards he remembered, Dante was name of Demon not Vampire.

Now Dante was over six months old and had learned to crawl, he slept every night hugging his mother and despite finding her scary he welcomed her as family, he was living very well. In Dante's previous life he had no mother or father, he was also an orphan.

It's even sad to think that lightning struck twice in the same place, but the thread of destiny placed it over Valentina and saved him from the cruel fate of living without love.

Dante spent his days trying to improve control over his body, why? He wanted to be freer, he felt there were several chains holding him back from being who he wanted to be.

Valentina is a first-time mother, she never even considered having children or anything like that. So she takes extreme care with Dante, watching him for almost 24 hours.

Even when he sleeps she remains cautious, why? Although Valentina has the power to protect him, she is not an absolute deity and protecting another person is not an easy task.

The information that Valentina Scarlet has a son was marketed by members of the Silverblood family and now Dante had a big target on his head, despite having no idea it was happening.

Valentina almost went to war because of this fight, but Vlad stopped her. Vlad may not control her, but he knows how to deal with her personality. He promised that Dante could enter the Academy that he would build in the future, when he turned thirteen, Dante could have the best education in the entire world and so Valentina accepted, despite wanting to teach everything to Dante, she is still aware that an institution like The one Vlad wants to approve will be good for Dante's development.

Dante, in turn, has no idea about this information and barely knows who his mother is. Skyla and all the maids were banned from talking about Valentina after the incidents months ago with Lisa Tapes, the Queen.

No information enters or leaves Valentina's castle, what does that mean? Everyone knows that Dante would never imagine the chaos that happened after that spear was thrown straight into the Vampire Queen's back, except poor Dante.

All of this was to improve Dante's development.

While Valentina focused on spending her time with Dante, little Dante focused on understanding the world and most of all, he wanted to learn to speak.

Dante knew how to speak, but his vocal chords were not yet developed, he only had seven months to live in this new world. He would need at least a year or two to completely master speech.

So he started by trying the basics. "Mommy" was what he meant

At this moment he was lying down with Valentina pampering him, Valentina often talked to Dante about trivial matters that she found childish like "What clothes do you want now?" and tried to see your reaction

She gradually realized Dante's talent, he could understand what she was saying and soon the conversations became more interesting, of course it was still a childish thing like pointing out what you want or "yes and no", but it was still something different

Valentina felt a constant connection with her son, a lot happened when she decided to adopt Dante, it was a very new experience and it made her happy to know that it was working out.

Two more months passed and finally something happened.

Valentina was lying down playing with Dante, she tickled him and he laughed like it was the funniest thing in the world

Valentina watched him with a smile on her face and then when she stopped, she stared at him with a very kind smile.

Dante saw that kind of smile in his mother for the first time, Valentina was cruel and hid her emotions very well, she was an agent of chaos in Dante's life, he always wanted to understand what led her to be that way

Dante climbed on top of his mother who was lying down and sat on her belly, he lightly touched her breasts as he lay on her

He was at peace for the first time he could remember. He felt Valentina's heartbeat with his head on her chest, he suddenly got scared, because they were very strong beats, when he turned to look at her mother's face she was blushing

Dante didn't understand, how could he? But he reacted differently

He climbed on top of her and placed his lips on her cheek, Valentina was scared, but soon she heard something;

"M-mo mommy" Dante said with a mischievous smile on his face that made Valentina completely melt

Valentina Scarlet, with more than two thousand years of life, with more than a million deaths in her hands, was at this moment moved to the point of shedding a small tear in the corner of her eye.

She put her hand on the red-haired boy's head with a smile and hugged him.

"Yes, it's me" She said as she hugged him and kissed all the little corners of his cheeks.