Sunday July 7th 9:35 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels closed the bathroom door and leant against it for a second. She really did not want to go through with this night. She knew that she would have to but was terrified to meet Czcibor again.
She closed her eyes for a second then pushed herself forward away from the door and stepped into the shower, turning the dial without bothering to look at the temerature gauge as it didn't make any difference to her whether it was hot or cold. She slowly washed herself then rinsed off and washed her hair. She stepped back out of the shower and grabbed a towel, opened the door and walked back into the bedroom.
Sunday July 7th 9:35 pm Archangel Tower -
Some one was waiting. He wore a carefully neutral expression and didn't met her eyes. He was tall and blonde, cleanshaven and well dressed. He could have been an escort or a bodyguard but his body language gave no clue.
"I am Hector," he said. "I am your evening meal." He opened his jacket and removed his tie. "Do you prefer the neck?"
Sunday July 7th 9:35 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels' steps faltered then she carried on her walk to the bed shaking her head because she hadn't even heard him enter the bedroom. "Hello Hector." She dropped the towel on the bed and turned to face him.
"Yes I prefer the neck," she told him, her eyes following his movements as his fingers went to the button fastening his collar.
Sunday July 7th 9:36 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
Hector tried very hard not to watch as the towel fell. A slight movement of his eyes was the only indication that he had failed. His fingers hesitated for a fraction of a second and then his neck was exposed.
It had been marked by dozens of fangs. Hector was a fang junkie but he was a fang junkie that did a damned good job of hiding his eagerness. There wasn't even the slightest quiver of anticipation running through his body. He almost seemed bored.
Sunday July 7th 9:36 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels smiled and walked slowly towards Hector stopping a couple of inches in front of him then reached up to touch his neck with one finger then grabbed hold of one of his hands..
She walked backwards leading him to the bed where she turned him and pushed him down to sit on the edge and standing between his legs.
Sunday July 7th 9:37 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
Confusion reigned on Hector's face. "I don't understand," he said. "I thought you wanted to feed."
Sunday July 7th 9:36 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
She looked at the wall over his shoulder and shook her head with a smile suddenly realising what he had thought.
"I do want to feed. I just prefer to do it this way." She told him pushing the collar of his shirt further down and away from his neck. Jewels bent forward pressing her lips against his neck just below a healed set of marks. She parted her lips a fraction and pressed her teeth against the fluttering pulse.
Sunday July 7th 9:37 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
He became perfectly still, or at least as close to it as a living human was able to. He held his breath and the pulse beneath Jewels lips began to beat faster.
Sunday July 7th 9:39 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels felt his stillness and smiled against his throat and her tongue flicked out to taste the skin. She could feel the pulse grow stronger and she pushed the flat of her tongue against it.
She placed one hand on the bed beside him and leaned against his chest pushing her weight against him. Her teeth pressed deeper against the skin of his throat and she could feel the beat of his pulse leaping out at her.
Sunday July 7th 9:39 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
He made a small noise then as her fangs dented but did not yet puncture his flesh. She could smell him, the fear mixed with the beginnings of arrousal. He was a fang junkie, through and through. He didn't even make comment about the fact that it looked like she was going to proceed without rolling his mind.
Sunday July 7th 9:40 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels waited for Hector to stop her and remind her to roll his mind but he didn't. He just sat there waiting silently.
Jewels shrugged her shoulders and raised her head to look at his face then slowly bent her head back to his neck. She would play with him for a while before finally rolling his mind, she decided.
This time Jewels allowed her teeth to just graze the skin and a drop of blood welled up to the surface which she gathered up with her tongue.
Sunday July 7th 9:40 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
He shuddered slightly when her fang grazed his skin. His hands came up to caress the backs of her legs. "Do you like to be touched when you feed?" he asked.
Sunday July 7th 9:40 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels tensed "Yes I like to be touched when I feed." she told him as she raised her head to look at him.
"If you want me to roll your mind, you only have to say and all this can be over with quickly." she told him.
Sunday July 7th 9:43 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels looked down at him a slow smile spreading across her face. She had waited for years to meet someone who would possibly let her be the monster she was supposed to be.
Once again she bent her head towards his neck. "Do you like any kind of pain?" she whispered in his ear.
Sunday July 7th 9:41 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
"Pain reminds me that I'm alive," he said. "Sometimes it's the only thing that does."
Sunday July 7th 9:43 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels was just about to sink her fangs into Hector's neck when his words registered.
"Do you have a stopping point? she asked him. "Because I have to tell you that I don't. And being what I am I could do you a lot of damage."
Jewels leant further back, pressing against Hectors hands which were still stroking up and down her back.
Sunday July 7th 9:44 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
Hector shook his head. "That which does not kill me makes me stronger," he said. "As long as you do nothing that nature or medicine cannot undo, there is no limit except time. You are to be downstairs by ten."
Sunday July 7th 9:44 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
"Then we have no more time."
Jewels wrapped her arms around Hector and forced him backwards. When they were lay flat on the bed she bent her head and, taking him at his word that he liked pain, she sank her fangs into his neck and started to feed.
Sunday July 7th 9:45 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
The strangled cry that came from Hector was unlike anything Jewels had heard before. She had encountered fang junkies before, those who got sexual gratification from the bite and those rare twisted individuals who liked pain. This sound was altogether different. It was more an animal cry than anything else, yet somehow held a note of triumph, as if the pain were some sort of victory. Hector clearly did not enjoy it but even in the face of such agony, such mortal danger, he forced his head back to make sure she had an unhindered view.
His blood tasted... strange.
Sunday July 7th 9:45 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels lifted her head, unwrapped her arms from around him and pushed herself up to look down into his face.
She licked her lips then placed a finger in the blood that was flowing from his neck and brought it up to her mouth for another taste. Although the blood wasn't unpleasant it did taste different.
"What the hell are you?" she asked him then shook her head and deciding it didn't really matter she bent her head back to his neck to resume her feeding.
Sunday July 7th 9:45 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
Hector shuddered. "I am a poor damned soul," he said. "I have a condition that is slowly eating away at my nervous system. I'm almost to the point where all I can feel is pain. The doctors can't do anything but Nigel-." His words trailed off for a moment. "Nigel said if I was good little blood bag, he might turn me."
Sunday July 7th 9:48 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels drank her fill then flicked her tongue over the marks on Hector's neck to close the two wounds she'd made. She lifted her head and pushed herself up.
"I know all about being damned," she said.
Sunday July 7th 9:50 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
Hector touched the place on his neck where she had bitten. He pulled his hand away, his eyes wide. "You closed the wound," he said, his voice full of amazement. "I've never seen anyone do that."
Sunday July 7th 9:451 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels shrugged her shoulders. "It's nothing. Just one of the things that I can do that some vampires can't. Although I think I'd rather be able to read minds but there you go I can't."
Jewels rose to her feet and stood by the side of the bed looking down at Hector. "Do you need some recovery time?"
Sunday July 7th 9:51 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
"What is it they say? Rest for fifteen minutes after donating?" Hector forced himself to sit up, swaying slightly. "As long as I don't push it, I'll be fine to accompany you down to the lobby. That is where your car will be waiting."
Sunday July 7th 9:51 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels gave him a cold smile. "So this is it then, time to go to..." she stopped talking to look at Hector swaying as he rose to his feet.
"Need some help?"
Sunday July 7th 9:54 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Hesitating for a second before taking his arm Jewels looked sideways at him. "Why will the elevator be a problem?"
Sunday July 7th 9:55 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
"Rapid movement when my balance isn't completely stable," Hector answered. "As long as there are walls, I will be fine."
Sunday July 7th 9:56 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
As they approached the elevator Jewels was walking slower and slower. "I could always carry you down the stairs."
Sunday July 7th 9:56 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
Hector chuckled. "Thanks for the offer but you wouldn't be down in the lobby in time. Mr Salvatore insists on puncuality. Is there any reason you want to be late?"
Sunday July 7th 9:57 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
"Other than not looking forward to this meeting and not being overly keen on elevators no there's no reason that I would want to be late."
Sunday July 7th 9:58 pm Archangel Tower - Hector
"Than we shall use the elevator." It was waiting for them when they arrived. Hector had turned an interesting shade of grey by the time they descended to the lobby but his colour began returning as soon as the descent stopped and the doors opened.
"Your chariot awaits, my lady," he said, trying to look fit. He offered his arm again but it was shaking.
Sunday July 7th 9:58 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
Jewels stepped quickly out of the elevator. She had had her eyes closed all the way down and had used a lot of energy trying to hold herself together so she was grateful for the arm that Hector held out to her.
She could feel the tremor running along his arm and smiled faintly wondering who would end up holding whom up.
Sunday July 7th 10:00 pm Archangel Tower - Waylon
"Perfect timing," Waylon said with a smile. He held the limo door open. "Shall we go?" He seemed to take no notice of Hector's pallor or Jewels's unsteadiness. "That will be all, Hector. I believe I can take it from here."
"Of course, sir," Hector said. "It's been a pleasure, Miss Jewels. Perhaps we can do it again sometime."
Sunday July 7th 10:00 pm Archangel Tower - Jewels
"I really hope we get that chance, Hector." Jewels told him and hesitated before she slipped into the limo and slid across the seat to the other side.
Jewels turned her head to stare out the window, her arms folded across her stomach. The moment of the meeting with Czcibor was almost here and she was terrified.
