Passion After Dark (26 page)

I blushed at the look in his eyes and what he
’d said and that piercing, that damned piercing that stood between us, mocking me.

“
You really do have a very low opinion of women don’t you Fabian? Why do you hate us so much?” I asked curious as to what made him the way he was.

“
Don’t try and analyse me Allegra. I love women, I love to fuck women, I just have no desire to have the same woman around me all the time. I like variety and the one privilege about being vampire is I can fuck any woman I want, they fall all over themselves to be fucked, it’s really quite amusing.”

“
I don’t need to hear this Fabian, I just need to leave.” I tried backing up again but he grabbed my arm halting my attempt to flee.

“
You aren’t going anywhere. You are not going to change your mind on the sex, I want you, I intend fucking you.” He pulled me into his arms and I tensed up trying to stay away from his erection that I could feel between us.

His eyes met mine and I stared into their strange pale depths. I saw something fl
ash in them and I blinked.

“
You want to fuck Allegra, you will fuck me, so take those clothes off little one, I’m growing tired of waiting for you.” He told me and I met his eyes a moment longer before bracing myself and jerking backwards as hard as I could.

Fabian
’s face filled with surprise and his grip on me was released so suddenly I fell backwards landing on my ass.

I scooted along the floor until I could get to my feet again. Having Fabian
’s cock at eye height wasn’t an ideal situation for me to be in. “What the hell did you do that for?” I snapped but he was staring at me, all humour gone from his face.

“
Are you ready to fuck me?” He asked.

“
I told you I don’t want to have sex with you now. I’m sorry but I can’t do it. You should have altered my memory or something.” I told him, rubbing at my tender ass.

Fabian just stared at me with a strange expression on his face. “
I just did.” He said.

“
What? What do you mean you just did? You just did what?”

“
I tried to alter your mind little one, it would appear it did not work.”

That got my attention. “
What do you mean it didn’t work?”

“
Just as I said Allegra. You should be tearing your clothes off right now but instead you are arguing with me and proving to be most annoying.”

I couldn
’t believe it. What, I couldn’t be mind altered? So did that mean I couldn’t have my memory wiped?

“
This is crazy. How often does this happen Fabian?”

“
Never.” He said quietly still staring at me like I was an alien or something. “Well it seems you have your wish, I will not fuck you. I can’t fuck you if I can’t control you and since you are not exactly begging me to fuck you, it’s a bit of a blow to my ego. I am not such an animal that I would force myself on you. I want you to want to be fucked, so it seems you are safe from my advances but you are now stuck with the pain you feel for Dominick. You have wasted my time little one and I feel it’s only fair that you give me something in return.”

Oh god, now what? I thought to myself. “
What do you want that isn’t sex Fabian?”

“
Well besides sex what is important to a vampire Allegra?” He raised an eyebrow at me.

Oh fuck, he wanted blood. I
’d only ever been fed from during sex so was it going to hurt when I wasn’t having sex?

“
Come Allegra, it’s only fair that you give me something given I’m so graciously letting you off on the sex. I won’t take much, just a little.” His fangs descended and god but they were longer than Dominick’s.

I could do this I told myself. I should be thankful this was the worst he was asking me for. I braced mys
elf when he pulled me into his arms and that fucking hard on of his was jammed between us again.

He tilted my head and pushed the few strands of my pony tail aside before grabbing it in one hand, pulling until my head was angled back exposing my neck to h
im. With a guttural growl, he bit down on me and I cried out from the pain but oh god, it was turning me on too and as he sucked hard on me, my blood flowing freely into his mouth, I climaxed, unable to control my response.

I heard Fabian groan and tug ha
rder, dragging my body closer and he thrust against me before I felt something wet against my stomach and shuddered when I realised he’d come. He continued to thrust lightly as he pumped out his release against me and finally he lifted his head and released me. I staggered slightly and reluctantly met his eyes.

They were glowing, in that strange pale way of theirs, my blood on his lips and I could see the last trickle of his cum welling slowly from his still hard cock. When I looked down I groaned, I was c
overed in him. God there was cum all over my top. I needed to clean up, I needed to get out of here, I couldn’t handle this all and I knew I couldn’t handle it all because despite my protests, I had been turned on, I had come. I was no better than Fabian.

A sob escaped my lips and with one final look at him I turned and rushed from the room, not stopping until I was out of the house and at my car. No one came after me, no one tried to stop me and as the tears began to fall, I climbed into my car, desperate
to get away from there.

Francesca appeared suddenly
at the driver’s side window and blocked me before I could drive off. She looked at me, at the wet patch on my clothes and she smiled. “You didn’t have sex with him did you?”

“
I’m not sure that’s any of your business.” I told her.

“
Fabian has fed from you and he didn’t tell you that feeding is a turn on for us as you now know and it’s a turn on for the human too. I can smell it on you. How does it feel to know that another vampire besides your precious Dominick can make you come?”

“
Leave me alone Fran, it’s been a long night.” I said wearily.

“
I haven’t come out here for some small talk Allegra. I admit that I’m curious as to why you have not had sex with Fabian but mainly I need to know if you still care for my Nicky boy?”

“
Fabian couldn’t alter my mind for some reason.” I reluctantly told her and she gasped.

“
He what? Fabian can alter the mind on anyone he wants. Why could he not with you?”

“
I don’t know Fran, go ask your sire, not me.” I dropped my head on the steering wheel of my car.

“
My concern is more for Nicky right now. I need to know, do you care for him at all?” Fran asked me again and I raised my head to look at her.

“
Why are you asking me that now? I can’t be with him but yes I still care for him.” My voice broke. “He doesn’t love me though Fran. He cares for me I think, I’m not sure.”

She stared at me in amazement. “
Why do you think he doesn’t love you? He told you all the time how he felt Allegra.”

I snorted. “
No he didn’t. He never once told me he loved me or anything like that.”

“
He told you in Italian.” She gave me a disgusted look. “Did you never question him on what he was saying to you? He’s Italian born so he uses it a lot.”

“
Do you know any Italian Fran?” I was suddenly curious. Could she translate anything he’d said.

“
Of course I can, I’m Italian myself. Ti amo is I love you, did he ever say that to you?”

My heart skipped a beat then began to thump painfully in my chest. Oh god, he
’d said ti amo to me many times including just before he’d walked out of my home, our last night together. How could I have been so stupid as to not question him more about what he was saying? He did care, he loved me, he’d told me over and over again but it had all been in Italian. God, I hadn’t known and I’d never thought to question him. Well, I had on some things but not that, not that ti amo or whatever it was. So many times he’d said that. Fuck but he did love me, but it changed nothing, I couldn’t be with him, not with his lifestyle.

“
If you care about him at all Allegra, you need to go to him. He’s hurting. I might give my brother shit, it’s a vampire thing but I do love him and I’m worried about him. He’s killing himself slowly and he won’t listen to me. I told him he’s a fool to give up his life for a human.” She said just to piss me off I was sure. “He’s not feeding and he’s hurt himself. If you care about him, go to him but if you don’t, stay right away from all of us as I will not be too forgiving if Nicky dies because of you.”

“
This is emotional blackmail Fran. You’re threatening me if I don’t fix him? I don’t want to be part of his lifestyle. I can’t see how we can work when I feel like that plus I will grow old and he doesn’t. There’s so many reasons why we don’t work.”

“
Nicky believes you are the one. God knows why but he does. He wants you to allow him to turn you one day so you can spend eternity together. Poor brother dear is a true romantic at heart. He isn’t like the rest of us Allegra. He feels, he hurts and he loves deeply and he loves you although I don’t understand why.”

I can
’t think with this right now Fran, I’m sorry. I need to go, please let me go.” I started my car. “Can I contact you about Dominick. Do you vampires have mobile phones?”

She laughed. “
We are vampires Allegra, not cavemen and women. Of course we enjoy all that modern technology has to offer today. I shall give you my number and at least give it some serious thought. I like to give Nick shit, but it’s hard to do when he looks like shit.”

My heart contracted at her word
s. Was he really that bad or was this some game on her part? Fran did seem to enjoy playing games. So was this just her giving me shit? She did like to give everyone shit, even Fabian although he never seemed to pay any attention to her.

I pulled out my p
hone so I could add her number and she finally stepped away from my car. Suddenly feeling extremely weary I pulled out of Fabian’s driveway and headed for home.

As I drove, all I could think about was my strange conversation with Francesca.
She claimed that Dominick was in a bad way because of me but he was vampire. It was hard to believe that he was suffering from depression or something because we’d broken up. All I knew was I couldn’t worry about it tonight and I made a conscious effort to push the whole crazy evening out of my mind while I drove.

It was a relief when I finally pulled up in my driveway and after stripping and putting my clothes in the wash, I had a quick shower to remove the last of Fabian
’s scent from my skin, noticing that the puncture wounds in my neck were still very visible but then he hadn’t given me blood to heal them. Exhausted I fell into bed and sleep claimed me quickly.

It was a fitful sleep, plagued with
dreams of Dominick. In my dreams he was in bed looking so pale and gaunt, his eyes red rimmed and his lips dry and cracked. There was blood everywhere and as I approached him, he looked at me and reached for me, but his arm fell back to the bed, his eyes closed and I screamed, rushing forward, but I knew, I knew as I reached the bed that it was too late, he was gone.

I woke with a start, the scream that had left my lips still ringing in the room and I began to cry, loud, gut wrenching sobs. God but it was a dream. It had felt so real. One thin
g the dream had made me realise though, I was kidding myself if I thought I could walk away from Dominick. I loved him and he wasn’t like the rest of them, not really but I couldn’t punish him for being what he was or for having relatives like Fabian, Damien, Lucian and Fran although they were hardly relatives. They were products of Fabian, produced by him and controlled largely by him except for Fran. I suspected not many told her what to do, not even her sire.

Her
words came back to haunt me. Was Dominick really as sick as she made out? She told me he wanted to die but how? He was the undead, how could he die? Was it like the movies, beheading, wooden stake to the heart? I had no idea and this was not the time to dwell on it. Suddenly I knew, I knew deep inside that I had to get to Dominick and I had to leave now.

I dragged myself out of bed and hurried into my bathroom freaking out when I saw myself in the mirror. Damn, but I couldn
’t go looking like I did. I had to do some maintenance or I’d scare the hell out of Dominick or make him relieved I had ended things.

I brushed my teeth, brushed my hair and swept it back off my face before clipping it in place and hastily dressed in
jeans and a blood red halter neck top which hugged my breasts before flowing out from under them to finish just below my hips. I liked the top as it made me feel slimmer although Fabian’s words came back to me when he said he didn’t understand a woman’s desire to be slim. Maybe I did worry too much about my weight. Two vampires seemed more than happy with me as I was. I slipped on a pair of ankle length boots and headed downstairs.