Claws and code

Stupid Lycans

My body had responded to Jack's words and his sensitive nose had immediately picked it up. Then he had proceeded to lay me down gently and kiss me senseless while rubbing his hands all over me. David broke us up too soon, with a huge grin and a mindlink that had me fuming. For a moment I froze and then I only replied with 'Call Mr Castellino.' While David walked out, I was pulling Jack back to me aggressively. Jack had chuckled and complied silently.

Now he was sitting behind me, wrapped around my body as much as he could. The vampire opened a bottle of wine and poured as we watched. He explained that this way I wouldn't taste the blood, he also cautioned not to ever accept red wine or dark drinks from one of his kind at events. He proceeded to look right at me as he cut his wrist with his own teeth. "Very hygienic." David quipped as we all looked at the blood drip into the wine.

"I think it may be irrelevant, D, I'm gonna be drinking his blood."
Jack rumbled and tensed at my words but I rubbed his arm and turned to give him a quick kiss. Peter explained what would happen. "You will need to drink it quickly. Then it will take a few minutes before it starts to work. I must warn you that it will hurt. You will start to heal immediately as the change starts at a molecular level. I will use the connection it creates between us, to make you sleep for the next few hours. Those first hours are usually the worst. I will stay until you are through that and wake you. After that time, I will need to see that all is going well before I will leave. When you wake you will feel drawn to me and the beginnings of the bond will make you want my comfort while you are still in pain. I will feel the same and we will require your mate to ensure you're... entirely distracted... so I may leave."

He sat down beside me and looked at Jack. "It has been many centuries since I have shared my blood to heal. I remember it to be an intimate experience, my apologies for any discomfort I may cause you. On my honour, I swear to you that I only with to heal your woman, as it is my sworn duty to protect the members of my coven."

I was an intense moment and David broke the tension when he said. "Can I have some blood too? Mark, her brother, hurt me during sparring this morning..., I bruised my knuckles on his abs."

In Uni, Mark had regularly flaunted his muscular physique to the human women who drooled over him. Joking that his rock-hard abs needed admiration too. Like David, he was waiting to meet his mate but unlike David, Mark did like the longing looks and female attention very much.

I laughed. The vampire looked like he was considering the ridiculous request. "He is joking, Peter. Mark was a bit of a show pony in university. His rock-hard abs are a joke."

"I have rock-hard abs too." Jack growled behind me while the Vampire didn't get the joke either and replied. "All supernatural beings are sculpted to represent the healthiest version of a human. We are predators."

He sounded confused, I giggled. "Don't worry about it."
The vampire held out the glass and suddenly the tension in the room skyrocketed again. There wasn't much blood in the wine from what I had seen but everyone tensed as the vampire offered me the glass. Instead of hesitating, I quickly placed the glass to my lips and threw back the whole lot without taking a breath.

Our eyes locked and everyone waited for the blood to take effect. The vampire looked anxious so I smiled at him and placed a hand on his. "Thank you for helping me."

"It is my duty to heal and protect all members of my coven. This also ensures other vampires will not be able to bond you, though their blood would still affect you."

Then the blood went to work. I had thought that it would take a hike, literally, get to my stomach, digest a bit. Twenty minutes maybe. But it started almost immediately. I felt myself get warm all over and started to sweat. Jack's arms around me, his skin, I could feel it all differently. Then I looked at the vampire and was caught in his gaze. "The pain will be on you soon. Sleep."