Origins Unkown

chapter 4

She parked the car in her usual spot and got out. John followed in silence. Inside she went straight to the bathroom. John stood there in the living room trying to decide what to do.

In the bathroom, Shadow stripped down and put on her black silk robe. She took a deep breath and stepped out.

"Follow me." she said quietly. John took a breath and followed her to the bedroom in silence. He looked up as he came into the room and was shocked. Candles were lit and Shadow was standing naked beside the bed.

"Come here." she said seductively. John slowly walked towards her. "If I'm going to do this, and possibly kill you, I want you to make love to me first." John stripped off his clothes and lowered her onto the bed.

He was slow in his exploration of her body. He wanted to remember every inch of her. He breathed her in deeply, taking in her scent.

"John, please, I need you!" She whimpered and cried out. He entered her slowly at first. Shadow lay under him, fighting for control. Her body took over and her hips bucked wildly. John couldn't control himself anymore and he drove himself deeper and deeper until he thought he'd lose himself in her. They screamed out together as they reached their climax.

They lay on the bed, limbs tangled together.

"So, how do we start?" John asked stroking her hair.

"I think I have to drain your blood until you're seconds from death, and then get you to drink my blood. That's how I remember mine happening anyway. Are you sure you want to do this? If I'm wrong, you'll die." Shadow said suddenly crying.

"Yes, I'm sure. Not to fond of the blood drinkin' part, but I'll manage. Let's do this. We only have 12 hours 'til you have to meet him and it's a 3 hour drive."

"Okay." Shadow got up and began moving pillows and stripping the blankets off. John got off and removed the sheets.

"Lay down and relax." she whispered softly and John obeyed.

Shadow began kissing his calves and working her way up. Reaching his still erect penis, she took her time. Licking and sucking until John's breathing quickened. She kissed a trail up his stomach. She flicked his nipples as she passed them and then kissed his lips.

"Ready?"

"Yes. God yes." He panted. She rose over him and slowly lowered herself onto his waiting mass. His breath caught in his throat. She rocked back and forth slowly. John tried to grab her hips, but Shadow pinned him down. His eyes shot open and he stared at the beauty above him.

"I love you." He whispered raggedly.

"And I you." Shadow whispered back. She could feel his climax coming and she pushed against him harder. As she felt him spilling out his seed inside her, she bent down and bit his jugular. He screamed out and he wasn't sure if it was from the pleasure or the pain and he was almost sure he didn't care.

Shadow almost stopped sucking when John screamed, but she didn't dare stop now she had taken a lot of blood already. He would surely die. Shadow felt his body go limp as she drained the last of his blood. She rose up and wiped her mouth and looked down at him. He was barely breathing. She leaned over to the nightstand and pulled out the dagger she kept there. She waited until his breathing was coming in small gasps.

"Shad...Shadow..."

"Shh don' talk. Just a few more minutes." She stroked his hair and prayed silently that this worked. She took the dagger and cut her wrist. When he took his last breath, she put her wrist to his lips and let her blood flow into his mouth.

She waited what seemed like forever. She was sure it didn't work and was just going to remove her wrist from his mouth when John grabbed it and began sucking it hard.

"Oh my God! Thank God! It worked." She cradled John's head to her chest. John stopped sucking at her wrist abruptly and began to shake violently. The only thing Shadow could think to do was hold him down. It was harder to do this time. He was much stronger. He stopped shaking suddenly and it threw Shadow off balance. She landed hard on the floor. She scrambled to her feet and pulled her robe on. She grabbed a sheet and covered John up. As she lay down beside him, his eyes fluttered open.

"Shadow?"

"I'm here. I was so scared, John." She clung to him as if her life depended on it.

"I'm fine....Shh. Please don't cry. It worked. I'm a little tired, but I'm alive. Sort of." he chuckled.

"We really should be going. Do you think you can stand?" She asked getting up slowly.

John closed his eyes and swung his legs off the bed and sat up. He let the room stop spinning before he tried to get up. He pushed himself up off the bed and immediately hit the floor. Shadow ran to help him up.

"No. I'm fine. Let me do this." She backed off. John got to his knees and pushed himself up to his feet again. This time he stayed standing.

"See? I'm fine. Let's get dressed and get going." John moved slowly at first, just in case, then he realized the more he moved, the stronger he felt. Before he knew it, he was dressed and waiting on Shadow.

"Feeling better I see." She said smiling.

"Never felt this good in my life." He said flexing his muscles at her.

"Well let's go then. We only have 4 hours to get there and I don't wanna have to rush."

"Let's go."