In the pitch of night: When He Finds You

Chapter 3

Out in the hallway he pressed his head to the wall. God it had been so long. So long since he had a female in his cabin. He had been chasing her for the last year and never had time. While he was trying to catch up to her all he had time for was drinking blood, eating a little food, and a little sleep. Then he would have to be up and on the move again. She was always a step ahead this whole time. Well until tonight. He finally got her. She was now safe and in his care.
"How the hell am I going to handle this sweetling?" he muttered to the wall he was facing. Turning away from the wall he headed to his washer and dryer in the kitchen. Tossing her clothes in the washer he started it.
Over at the fridge he opened it up and started to look for something to eat and he did have a pitcher of blood thank god. He needed to replenish his energy and blood supply after feeding her. And he would make sure he had enough energy to feed her again when she woke up. She didn't know this yet, but she had just become the center of his world. And he would do everything in his power to keep her safe.
After he ate and drank his fill he put her clothes in the dryer, he went back to the room Thalia was staying in and cracked the door. She was tossing and turning on the bed. She must be having a nightmare he thought. Hell how could she not be with all the stuff she had been going through. She had to constantly look over her shoulder. She had been going hungry. She probably hasn't had a good night's sleep since all this mess had started. With a small sigh she finally settled.
Once he realized she was soundly sleeping again he backed away from the door and closed it. He needed to go and get a good night's sleep himself. He was surely going to need it.
In his room he stripped off his clothes and got in the shower. He made quick work of it. He really didn't want to service himself to the images of Thalia in just a shirt. He felt wrong doing that with her in the other room fast asleep. Once in bed he tossed and turned for a while and then he finally fell asleep with Thalia on his mind.
Waking up from a fitful sleep she gasped. She was in a pitch dark room. And it took her a minute to get her bearings. Right, she was at Maxius's cabin. She rolled over and flipped on the lamp. Getting out of bed she wrapped her blanket around herself and went out into the hall. She needed to find a safer place to sleep. Just in case someone came in and tried to get her. Maybe she could find a closet or something to keep her out of sight while she slept.
Walking up to what she guessed was Maxius door. She opened it quietly. He was sound asleep. Walking into his room she made a pallet under his bed and laid down. It was better. Plus if someone came in he would be closer to help her if she needed it. She always felt safer if no one could see her out in the open. Once she was situated under the bed she curled into the fetal position and fell into a deep asleep.
In the haze of her dream she could have sworn she heard someone bellowing for her. But who would be looking for her? She was alone and hiding. No one knew where she was. Or who she was. She was just so tired. She was tired of running. She was tired of being alone. Curling up tighter she fell back asleep.
"Thalia." Maxius bellowed. That damn little vamp. She already took off on him. Rushing downstairs he looked to see if there was any evidence that she left. Hell her clothes were still folded and sitting on the table in a neat organized pile. Where the hell could she be? He was starting to become panicked. He started looking everywhere he could think of. He searched his little cabin.  
He rushed back into her room and finally noticed her blanket wasn't on the bed. She had to be somewhere in the house. Surely she wouldn't take off in just a shirt and a blanket. But where the hell could she be. He rushed into the bathroom and nope she wasn't taking a shower. He went to the living room next, nope not in there. He ran through the house checking closets and everything. He couldn't find her anywhere.
"Thalia, damn it answer me." he bellowed again. Surely if someone came in and took her he would have heard them. He wasn't sleeping that damn hard. Plus she would have put up a hell of a fight. He knew she would have fought. She didn't run this long to get caught without a fight.
Back in her room he checked under the bed she was using. She wasn't there. He took off to his room. There under his bed was Thalia. He breathed a sigh of relief and pulled her out. "Thalia? Thalia? Wake up sweetling." He said, shaking her gently.
"Hmm." she muttered. "What is it? I need more sleep." she sighed.
"What are you doing under the bed? I looked everywhere for you. You had me worried. I thought you had taken off." Maxius said exasperated. Then he slowly ran his hands over her body to make sure she wasn't injured, even though that wasn't very rational. All she was doing was sleeping under a bed.
"I like to be hidden when I sleep. I fell asleep in the bed, but then I had a nightmare and didn't feel safe. So I kind of just came in here and fell asleep under the bed. I felt safer in here. I didn't mean to scare you." she said, closing her eyes. She was still so tired.
It was nice to be fussed over, she thought. This big viral male was worried about her. She could get used to this. She kind of liked being fussed over. She leaned up and wrapped her arms around his neck. She just needed to be close to him a little longer. It just felt so right being in his arms. And that was a shock to her.
"I am just glad you are ok." he said, returning her embrace. "You had me so worried. I thought you had left in the middle of the night." Thank god she was ok. "No more hiding. But if you feel more comfortable you can sleep anywhere you like. Just let me know where you will be where I don't panic."
"I am sorry. I would have woken you but you were sleeping so well. And I can't imagine the last year was very easy on you. With you trying to catch me and all that."
Holding her tightly his panic started to wane. He could feel her body heat seep into his. And he felt her body start to relax. Christ what would her parents think if they knew he was turned on by their daughter. "Are you hungry Thalia?"
"Not yet. Are you hungry Maxius?"
If only you knew, he thought. If only you knew. He wasn't hungry for food. He was hungry for the woman that was in his arms, a vampire that is. Leaning down he pulled her face closer to his. Then he rubbed his thumb down the side of her face then across her bottom lip. "I am hungry for something only you can give me at the moment, Thalia."
When their lips met he kissed her slowly at first. When she gasped he snaked his tongue into her mouth and their tongues danced together. Deepening the kiss he became a little rougher. Thrusting his tongue in and out of her mouth. He picked her up where she would straddle his lap. He could feel his erection pushing at her core through his jeans. And it felt amazing. What he wouldn't do to be there right now, but he couldn't. Not yet at least. Pulling back he looked down at her. She looked positively lovely.
"Don't stop, Maxius. Just a little longer. It has been so long. I have been alone for so long. It is unbearable. I don't think I can be alone any longer." Thalia said.
"Thalia, we have to stop. At least for right now. And just so you know you will never be alone again as long as you don't take off on me. We have some things we have to take care of. Ok, sweetling."
"Do you find me attractive Maxius?" she taunted. Even though she could feel his hard length pressing at her through his pants. She wanted to get a reaction out of him. She felt like she kept throwing herself at him and he was always stopping her.
"Of course I do." he said, thrusting his hips up where she could feel his hard length. "Do you feel me?" he thrusted up to her again. "There isn't anything more I would like than to take you to my bed right now and have my wicked way with you. But I don't think that would be the best idea on our part. At least not right now." Maxius said.
"You're right. I am sorry." she sighed. "Maybe I should go get dressed."
"Let's go and we will get your clothes from the kitchen and then you can take a shower." Maxius said.
In the kitchen area she saw her clothes folded and sitting on the kitchenette. How sweet was he to fold her clothes. "Thank you, Maxius."
"You're welcome. After your shower I think it would be a good idea for you to feed again. I still don't think you are up to full recovery yet. And we need you as strong as possible." he had to figure out a way to get her to feed again. She needed more power from his blood. And he absolutely loved her bite. Who would have thought that was possible.
"If I feed again won't I make you weaker by doing so?" She knew that when she fed from humans they got weaker for a short period of time. That is one reason her parents trained her to take just enough each time she fed. That way she wouldn't end up killing one of them.
"Thalia, the only way that you could hurt me is to cut off my head. You can feed as much as you want to. I will replenish by eating more food and drinking more blood. There is no reason to worry about me." He responded.
"How old are you? You can't be much older than I am."
"Actually I am a lot older than you. I am one hundred and eighty five. Just like I know you are only twenty seven. So I promise there is nothing you can do to hurt me."
"Damn you're old. I could have sworn you were my age. And how did you know how old I was?"
"I told you I knew your parents they came to me ten years ago when you were seventeen and asked me if I would look after you if something ever happened to them. So that makes you twenty seven."
Shit guess the man really did know her parents. "My mom and dad were amazing. Did you know they both would have been three hundred this year."
"No I didn't. I never knew what their true age was. I knew they were older, but I never thought to ask. Now go take your shower."
"Sir yes sir." she said teasing him. "I will get right to it."
"Ok smart ass." he swatted her ass. "Get going."