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  His eyes had been shining since the start, but now she could make out the glow getting stronger each time he thrust. “See what you do to me, little one,” he gasped, and yes, she did and she felt glorious.

  He leaned forward and nuzzled her neck. Still watching in the mirror and when his fangs came out this time, he didn’t turn away. He watched her reaction in the mirror, waiting for any signs of fear. There were none, she smiled at him and moved her head to the side, giving him access to her throat.

  “You need to be sure, Alexina. If I drink from you, there’s no going back. You will be mine and only mine, you need to understand that.” He was trying desperately to hold back, but he didn’t know if he could for much longer.

  “I love you, Zach, I am already yours.” She pushed back further onto him and again moved her head to give him a clear way to her throat.

  He sighed with the greatest contentment and bit into her neck. The shock he got made him breathless. The taste of her blood sent him over the edge. Alexina joined him a few seconds later with a scream of abandoned lust.

  This was different to anything she had ever felt. The climax ran through her entire body, from the tips of her toes to the tips of her fingers. She was breathless and shaking and wondered what the hell had happened. “It’s because I was feeding on you at the time.” Zach had seen her confusion as to what had just happened.

  “Wow, are you kidding? That was…was… shit, I don’t have a word for it. It was totally out of this world! My legs are like rubber,” she panted.

  “Yes, I know, I’m holding you up,” he snorted. “Come, let me wash you, we can have that shower now.” He gave her a look of pure longing, and she was lifted up into his arms as he carried her to the shower.

  Sometime later, they were sitting together, wrapped in robes on the sofa in the living room. She was so content, she couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.

  “I think we should have dinner and then we need to have that talk, Alexina. What do you say to steak? I had some shopping delivered while we were out and got some nice steaks, we can have either salad or baked potato with it. What do you prefer?” Zach asked.

  She looked deep in thought and then replied “Well, Mr Vampire, as you are hell bent on making a wanton hussy out of me, I need my energy. So I will have steak with salad and baked potato, if you have mushrooms and onion, I will have those, too!”

  “Indeed I do.” He grinned back at her. “Come on, I’ll show you how good I am in the kitchen.” He dragged her through and sat her on one of the tall stools. Her drink from much earlier was still there, so she picked it up and started to drink. This night was looking to be one of the best she had ever had.

  She was very surprised to see that Zach had not been lying. He was great in the kitchen. She was glad, because she hated cooking.

  Their meal didn’t take long to prepare and soon they were sitting at the counter, Zach on the stool next to her. “Gosh, your plate looks empty compared to mine with the full monty on it,” she said.

  “What? What on earth is a full monty?” he queried with a very confused look on his face.

  “The full monty, well, how to describe it. It means everything – you know – or maybe you don’t. Oh yes, I could see if we could get the film from ages ago, it’s hilarious. The saying comes from that I think, or rather that’s what made it more well known. Would maybe make it easier for you to understand,” Alex told him.

  “Okay, I think I’m going to need a phrase book with you! You say the oddest things sometimes.” He was smirking at her and she felt happy and at ease here with him. When they finished, they both cleared up in a companionable silence. He couldn’t keep his eyes off her. He told her it felt so right to have her in his home, and she gave him a glorious smile.

  “So, Mr Vampire, I know you are old. I won’t embarrass you asking your age, but how many women have you had live here with you?” she asked him, but secretly was dreading the answer. It was obvious he would have a past, he was very old, however, she was scared of the response he was going to give. She thought maybe she shouldn’t have asked.

  “Well, what was the question? How many women have I had live here with me? Answer is very easy – none,” he replied. She gasped and looked in his face to see any trace of lying. She didn’t see any, but couldn’t quite believe it.

  She blurted out her response, “You are kidding? Right? You must have had some long term relationships resulting in them staying here? Even if only for a long weekend or something?”

  He stared straight at her. “No, Alexina. I like my privacy and while I have had encounters with females in the past, I have never brought them here. I always went to theirs, or I was away from here at the time, but I have never had a woman in the biblical sense here in my home.”

  She was utterly flabbergasted – surely it couldn’t be true?

  Zach looked a little annoyed as he responded, “Please get one thing straight about me, Alexina, I don’t lie, and I certainly won’t ever lie to you.” He closed the short distance between them and took her face in his hands, bent down and kissed her. Before it went any further he broke the contact and took her hand and they went into the living room.

  He sat on the couch and pulled her onto his lap. “I think we need to talk now, okay?” he asked.

  “Yes, okay, if we must,” she answered while squirming her bottom on his lap.

  “Firstly, you will need to stop that right now, or this conversation is going to be a very short one!” he laughed.

  She stopped and gave a sheepish smile. “Can’t hurt a girl to try.”

  “Okay, down to some business. I need you to hear me out, not panic at anything I say and try not to interrupt,” he advised. She nodded and waited for him to continue.

  “You were very upset earlier about me being a Vampire and outliving you. Well, there is a way around that. A few others of my kind have, in the past and at the present, had a human mate. Centuries ago it was found if they both feed from each other, the human gets some of the Vampire’s abilities. Please don’t panic just yet!” He saw the alarm in her face.

  “It’s not as bad as it sounds. Firstly, a Vampire doesn’t need a lot of blood. We either have a little bit each day or a larger amount, still not a lot, every few days. We can go as long as a week at a push, but any more than that, we would begin to deteriorate. The human only needs a very small amount – say once a week. This is enough to stop them from ageing and keeps most illnesses at bay, but not all. Of course, if you fell and broke a leg, then it doesn’t help at all, and you would need a cast and heal as you would normally. This is not something that needs to be decided now. In fact, I don’t think it would be good for you to partake until this ritual thing is all over. Your blood constitutes a part of that ritual, and I wouldn’t want my blood in your system to affect that in any way. So, Alexina, what are you thinking?” he finished while trying to gauge her reaction.

  She didn’t know what she was thinking. She was happy about the part that she wouldn’t age and could be with Zach, but drinking his blood? Yuck. She didn’t even like her steak rare, if she got one with the blood still visible, she always sent it back in a restaurant.

  She thought before she spoke, “We will start with your needs first. How much would you need each day from me, Zach? I don’t want to become anaemic or anything.” She waited on his answer – he laughed, which she did not expect.

  “You would certainly not become anaemic When we were in the bathroom earlier, how did that feel? Were you scared I wouldn’t stop or anything?” he queried. She thought back to his fangs piercing her neck and realized it hadn’t hurt. In fact, it felt good.

  “No, Zach, funnily enough, I knew you wouldn’t do that. I knew deep inside you wouldn’t hurt me, so the short answer is no,” she replied honestly.

  “Okay then, well each day I would need just a minute or so more than what we did earlier to sustain me. However, if you really don’t want to, then I can still feed
elsewhere?” He spoke the last as a question.

  She nearly shouted in answer. “No, I don’t want you feeding elsewhere. Earlier was fine, in fact, it actually...kinda...felt good,” she said hesitantly.

  He smiled at her. “Good, I’m glad. It is meant to feel good for the human. That’s why we have more than enough people willing to let us do it. However, ideally if we are a couple, which I am sure we are, then it’s best if I feed from you. It brings us closer, especially for me, if I feed only from you, I start to, what we call, bond with you. I will be able to sense a lot more from you, and after a few years, we will be nearly in tune with each other. You will be able to sense and in very, very rare occurrences are able to see into each other’s minds. That’s not something that happens a lot, but it has been heard of.”

  She was a little shocked at hearing this aspect of it. Did she want someone in her mind? It scared her, but the thought of him feeding elsewhere, somehow, scared her more. She didn’t want him to go and feed on someone else. He was hers and she was his.

  She took a deep breath. “Okay, I must admit, parts of that do scare me a bit, but, Zach, the thought of you feeding off someone else upsets me! I don’t want you to do that. Can we start off slowly? Maybe a couple of teeny feeds a day?”

  He frowned. “Teeny? You mean small?”

  “Yes, small, could we do that?” she implored, willing for him to agree.

  Zach drew her closer and gave her a little kiss. “Yes, my precious little one. Though you know what that will mean?”

  She frowned. “No? What?” He had ‘that’ look in his eyes again and her heart leapt.

  “Well, the best time for feeding for a couple – well, let’s just say – it’s usually in bed – or the shower – or in fact, on top of the cabinet in the bathroom! You get my meaning?” He smiled wickedly and ran his tongue along her neck.

  Oh my! She was going to be a very happy woman. She ran her hand down the front of his chest, feeling the strong, very strong, muscles underneath his shirt.

  “Why don’t we practice now? Just so I know you’re getting enough, what did you call it? Oh yes, sustenance!” she all but whimpered.

  He stood up with her in his arms. “Oh, I think we could do that, just so that you’re not worrying, that is.”

  He took her to the bedroom and placed her on her feet. As she undid his robe he did the same to hers. In a matter of minutes they were standing – both completely naked and she couldn’t help but feel self-conscious. She was no model and had wobbly bits that she felt embarrassed about.

  “You need to get over this, Alexina. You have got to understand that you are beautiful, to me you are perfection.” She tried to relax and Zach could tell she was trying. “Now, what are we going to do this time?” he asked her playfully.

  Alex looked at him, as if he had asked her to jump from a plane. “What do you mean?” she whispered.

  “Alexina, there are many ways for us to enjoy each other. Many positions, many games, are there any that you like in particular?”

  Oh jeez, he’s going to find out just how inexperienced I am, she thought. “Well…uhm…you know what I said to you earlier? About me not having a lot of experience? I didn’t mean just with one night stands. I meant all of it. I don’t have a clue.” She felt a little ashamed. She was a grown woman, but didn’t know what she was doing in the bedroom department.

  His grin was huge as he answered her, “Oh my, we are going to have soooo much fun, Alexina. I am going to have so much pleasure teaching you. Now, what’s going to be in my first lesson?” He looked at her with lust and proceeded to give her an in-depth lesson on positions.

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  Near the end, when he had her top half lying on the edge of the bed and him standing in front of her with her legs on his shoulders, he moved one hand from her thigh down to start rubbing in small circles at her nub. He was entering her slowly and the sensation of that plus his hand was driving her mad.

  Zach watched her intently, loving the pleasure that he was giving her so evident on her face. She was nearing her climax and he removed his hand and leaned over to kiss her. His tempo increased, and he moved his hips in a way that he was still making contact with the part his hand had left.

  She was breathing hard now and his was increasing, also. He moved from her lips to her neck and let his fangs extend. He bit down and tasted her unique blood on his tongue. As he lapped up her blood, she let out a scream as she came. He followed soon after and lapped another couple of times before retracting his fangs.

  She was still trembling and coming down from the high and her eyes looked decidedly unfocused. He pulled out of her, which he hated. He felt as if he could stay there forever and moved up the bed to the pillows, bringing her with him. “I never knew studying could be so good,” she whimpered into his shoulder.

  “That’s only the beginning, lesson one, there are many, many more to come,” he breathed into her hair. He loved her wild curls and took a deep breath, inhaling her scent. God I love this woman he thought to himself. At the same time he knew Alexina was thinking the same about him.

  She fell into a very relaxed sleep with him still holding her close, and he lay next to her dozing and thinking of their life together and the future he knew they had.

  Chapter 9

  Alex slept for hours, right through to the next morning and awoke to find Zach beside her. He had gotten up and made coffee and there was a cup waiting for her on her side table.

  She thanked him, she loved her coffee, and sipped at it slowly while watching him from half closed eyes.

  “I’ve phoned Thadius and he says that Tatiana has been very helpful, but it’s going to be a few days before we can do anything about the ritual. I could hear Tatiana in the background shouting things like ‘tell him to look after my girl’ and ‘she needs to rest for the test ahead’ and ‘he’s not to tire her out’ and several other things.” He laughed before continuing.

  “I assured Thadius that I would look after you, but said I couldn’t be sure I wouldn’t tire you out,” he chuckled.

  “Well, if last night is anything to go by, I won’t mind being tired out,” she replied and placed her cup down on the side. “Now, you are severely lacking in your duties, kind sir. I am sure we should already have started lesson two!” And she tickled his sides.

  His reaction was instant, and he was hard and ready to teach her some more new tricks. “I’m certainly enjoying my new job as teacher,” he smirked, and they didn’t make it out of the bedroom for quite some time.

  Later in the morning they had finally managed to pull themselves apart long enough to get to the shower. Well, only the shower, where lesson three commenced.

  They finally washed each other’s bodies and managed to actually get dressed. Alex was completely bewildered with the way her body was responding to Zach. When she had been married, it was a chore to have sex, and she most definitely didn’t enjoy it the way she was now. She wondered if she would have the stamina to keep up with Zach, though she was going to give it a bloody good try.

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  She was finishing her breakfast of scrambled eggs and toast, which Zach had made her, when he brought out a large picnic basket from a cupboard next to the utility closet. “I think we will relax and go for a picnic. What do you think?”

  Zach knew he had to distract Alexina from everything that was going on. Christ, another Demon attack followed by her finding out her aunt was a bloody fairy. Zach was scared it would all hit her at once and affect her in a horrendous manner, they couldn't have that. They needed her to focus on what she had to do, for everyone's sake, including hers. He realized his distraction had worked as she smiled at him and rushed over to plant a kiss on his lips.

  “Now, if you start all that again, we won’t get out the door!” Zach admonished in a playful tone.

  She pulled away. “Let me help you, we can make sandwiches, have some fruit, and maybe a bottle of wine.” She was
excited, and he laughed as she sped about the kitchen collecting things for the basket.

  “As we have a couple of days to ourselves, we can just relax and talk. Get to know each other properly. Does that sound all right?” He needed to know this woman, truly know her. He wanted to know her dreams and fears and what she most wanted in life.

  He needed to know these things, because he planned on making sure he gave them to her and rid her of any fears she may have.

  Zach took her to one of his favourite places. It was in the middle of the woods surrounding Unity. A lovely little bit of water, too small to call a lake and too big to call a pond. It was peaceful and enchanting, he always felt at peace here.

  There were a few wooden tables and benches set around the water’s edge, but they decided to go with the blanket on the ground and set their picnic on it. Alex spoke, letting Zach know how much she liked where he had taken her. “This place is gorgeous, Zach. I can see why you like it so much.” And they spent the next few hours talking.

  Talking about everything and anything and just enjoying getting to know each other better. He found out her favourite meal was the one they had the night before – steak. She preferred what she called ‘chips’ with it. “Proper home-made ones, though,” she said. He finally found out she meant fries, so he would need to remember not to put a packet of potato chips on her plate next time.

  She found out he loved seafood, and she screwed up her nose because she hated it. He found out about her job in IT and filed that away for future reference. Thinking he could get her a part time job with Vlad on the security side of things to do with computers.

  She found out he had many jobs, but loved what he did now – hunt the bad guys and help anyone who got caught in the backlash of a rogue. She loved the colours pink and purple, he loved red and gold. She loved rose wine, Zinfandel, as well as her Jack Daniels. He loved red wine and a good Scots whisky.