Dawn 'till Dusk

Part 16 - In Heat

I was walking in the woods, I was scared, I smelled something. I wasn’t alone, it was cold. A man, covered in blood appeared between the trees. He came towards me, his fangs were visible. I jumped up and shifted. I ran towards him, snapping at his neck, ripping his skin with my claws. He grabbed my neck and started to crush the bones. I thrashed around, but it didn’t help. He was squeezing my airflow shut. I turned human and he adjusted to the size of my neck. I pulled and kicked. I couldn’t breathe. I felt a hand on my shoulder, it startled me, I couldn’t think or breathe, I was dying.

I woke up scared, gasping for air.

‘Muffin, are you alright? I was just in the bathroom, I heard you groan, like you were in pain. You were kicking and trying to pull at your neck.

‘I was being killed,’ I whispered, tears streaming down my face.

‘Don’t worry, you can’t be hurt while I’m here,’ he promised, pulling me into a hug.

I hadn’t been choked, my neck felt fine and I could breathe normally. I pulled him close, hugging him tight.

‘I love you,’ I whispered.

‘I love you too,’ he said.

He let go, walking around the bed to his side. He lay down next to me and I pulled him close to me, my head on his chest, my leg over his and my arm, hugged him tight.

‘Don’t worry Muffin, I won’t let anything happen to you,’ he promised, kissing my forehead.

‘Christopher?’ I asked.

‘Yes honey?’

‘What’ll happen with the vampires you were talking about?’ I asked, thinking back to my nightmare.

‘We will kill them, rip off their heads and burn them,’ he growled, he sounded so vicious.

‘What if they are too strong? They are very fast,’ I whispered.

‘We will prevail,’ he grumbled.

I felt he didn’t want to talk about it, I was very sorry I brought it up. I crawled up a little bit and nibbled in his neck, soon he moaned in delight. I kissed his neck and gently bit it, which made him groan.

‘Darling..’ he whispered.

I stopped kissing his neck, but put my lips on his forcefully. He returned the kiss, pulling me on top of him and rubbing my back. He deepened the kiss and I changed my position. I put one leg on either side of his body and sat up, I let my hands roam his muscular chest and his excitement, pressed against my core. I bit my lower lip, which made him sit up, pulling me close and kissing me furiously. I moaned a little louder than I had intended, but I didn’t care. Christopher was kissing my neck and licked my mark, I almost forgot how to breathe.

‘Oh, Chris..’ I whispered.

‘My Muffin,’ he whispered huskily.

He lifted me from his lap and put me down next to him, hovering over me, kissing me in my neck again. I was so turned on by his actions, but when his hand moved up to touch my breast I realised what we were doing. I pushed him off and jumped away from the bed. Panting rapidly. I looked at him a little bewildered, he looked so disappointed. I locked myself in the bathroom and used the toilet. Seeing my panties, I realised what had happened. My period had begun, it would be so hard not to mate yet, I had to wait. I needed to wait until after, I had to be ready.

‘Darling, please come out, I’m sorry,’ Christopher said through the door.

He thought I was angry at him, I never meant to make him think that. I quickly cleaned myself and made myself decent again. I stepped out of the room and looked at him, guilt written all over my face.

‘Are you very angry with me?’ he asked, sitting on the floor before the bathroom door.

‘I’m not angry at all,’ I whispered, sitting down before him.

‘Then why did you run away from me?’ he asked.

‘Because I’m in heat. I want you so badly, but I can’t. I need to be sure it is what I really want,’ I whispered, looking at the floor.

‘I can wait for you honey,’ he promised.

‘I’m not sure my body will want to keep your promise,’ I said, blushing.

‘Lets sleep for a little bit,’ he said, grabbing my hand.

We got into bed and cuddled tightly against each other, sleeping quickly.

I woke up early in the morning, Christopher was still sleeping, I slipped out of bed and dressed myself in the bathroom. I braided my hair and stepped into my bedroom.

‘Good morning,’ Christopher said.

‘Let’s go get some food,’ I said.

He was still wearing his clothes, because I had asked him to, before we went to bed. We went downstairs together and Nana put breakfast in front of us.

‘Nana, can I ask you something?’ I asked.

‘Of course honey, anything.’

‘Could I please stay here longer, I don’t want to leave!’ I exclaimed.

‘Oh, honey, you can stay here for as long as you like! Just ask your mother,’ she said, smiling.

‘I’ll call her right now!’ I said.

I got up and walked over to the phone on the counter. I dialed Rhea’s number and she picked up quickly. We talked for a while and when I asked her, she was very excited for me, immediately asking if I had met someone and who he was. I promised her to call her back, which made her ask if he was with me, she was so excited. We hang up and I went to hug Christopher.

‘I will have to go home today, I have some work I need to do, will you be okay?’ he asked.

‘I will, can we see each other tonight?’ I asked.

‘I’ll always be with you at night,’ he whispered to me.

The rest of my day went by quietly. I missed Christopher off course, but he promised he would come to me before ten that evening. Nana and I went one town over to shop for new clothing.

‘You are really in love, aren’t you?’ she asked me at one point.

‘Nana, I think I really do love him. He really cares for me too,’ I had answered with a goofy grin.

We had giggled about that a long time that day. He slept with me that night, as he did every night for the next couple of days. He would be gone the entire day, but come to me around ten in the evening.

As promised my next Chapter..

I dedicated this Chapter to Hope.. Just cause.. :)