Kidnapped for the Auction

11.Perin - Revelations

Perin woke early the next morning, still wrapped around Rowan who was sleeping soundly. He looked down at her face and sighed with contentment; she was wonderful. And he felt great, both from her blood and the fact that it was freely given.

He had no idea that it would be so freeing to feed from a wife! She knew what he was so he could take his time and didn’t need to disguise what he was doing. He didn’t have to perform sexually in order to drink, although performing sexually with Rowan would have just made that experience better!

He wondered if she had noticed how aroused he had been when she had moaned whilst he was kissing her throat. He was already thinking of the next time that he could feed, even though he wouldn’t need to for another 10 days.

Then he had a worrying thought; what if she didn’t want to do this again? How could he ever go back to opportunistic feeding now that he knew how much better it could be?

He wrapped a stray lock of her red hair around his finger, enjoying being able to study her without having to worry about it being awkward or freaking her out. He could see his bite mark on her throat, pleased that it was small and already closed. Hopefully she wouldn’t be upset at the small wound he had left; he wouldn’t be so desperate next time and could make the mark more discrete.

She woke as he was staring down at her; her big green eyes blinking sleepily.

“Good morning.” He murmured, wondering what her reaction would be to both his current proximity and what had transpired the night before.

“Morning,” she said, rolling away from him and getting out of bed.  

His heart sank; she was obviously not feeling the same sense of connection that he did. He watched her go into the bathroom and shut the door before bounding out of bed. He quickly shrugged on a t-shirt and some sweatpants and went to make breakfast.

Rowan appeared in the kitchen doorway looking awkward.

“Are you hungry?” he asked her.

“Yes,” she said. “Something to eat would be nice.”

Perin wasn’t sure what to make of her subdued but polite answer. She perched on the edge of a chair and watched him at the hob.

“Are you alright?” he asked. “I tried to be careful last night…” He was almost desperate to know how she felt about him taking her blood, and to secure an answer to if he could do it again.

“I’m ok.” She said, smiling slightly. “It wasn’t so bad; it only hurt for a moment.”

“Here.” He said, placing a plate of scrambled eggs on toast in front of her. He sat opposite to eat his own, unable to stop watching her: It seemed that taking her blood had only increased his lust for her. She was still wearing the thin vest top from last night, and he could see her n*****s through it in the cooler air of the kitchen, fuelling his lascivious thoughts.

“Thank you.” He said. “For doing that last night. I know that it was something that you didn’t really want to do.”

“It’s ok.” She said, seeming embarrassed for some inexplicable reason.

He was trying to think of something he could do to repay her, but his mind kept coming back to only one thing.

“Would you let me touch you?” he blurted, feeling buoyed up and somewhat reckless.

She was instantly alert; her look of shocked disbelief made him want to laugh.

“Touch me?!” she squawked indignantly.

“Never mind,” he said, realising that she would not be on board with his suggestion of mutual pleasure.  

“Is this the whole “lust and bloodlust is tied together” thing?” Rowan asked suspiciously. “Are you going to tell me that you need some sexy-time or your balls will fall off?”

Now it was his turn to look shocked.

“Because let me tell you, that line didn’t work in high school and it certainly won’t work here either!”

He was bewildered at most of what she said but the vitriol it was said with was very clear.

“Human’s balls can fall off?” he asked with a frown. That sounded horrific!

She suddenly looked like she was trying to hold back a smile and it broke the tension somewhat.

“I’m sorry,” he said. “I should have realised that you would feel it was inappropriate. I wanted to offer to make you come, to make you feel as good as I did last night.”

She blushed deeply. “Offer to make me...” she said weakly.

“Yes.” He said. “Not have s*x; it would be about making you feel good.”

He paused whilst she just stared at him, face flaming. “Of course, I can’t say it would be entirely altruistic, I’m pretty certain I would enjoy it too.”

“I, ummm, no. Thanks for the offer but no…” she tailed off, seeming horribly uncomfortable, unable to even look at him.

“I didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable,” he said. “It was just an idea, possibly a stupid one. But I find you very attractive, and after last night I thought that you may be feeling more comfortable with me. I certainly feel closer to you now.”

He wished that he hadn’t said anything at all now, because all he could imagine was taking her to the bedroom and discovering exactly where she liked to be touched. It was plainly obvious by the look on her face that it wasn’t going to happen.

“It’s ok…” It seemed like she wanted to say something else, but was unable to express it.

“What?” he prompted, after a moment of silence; was she going to tell him that she just didn’t find him attractive? He hadn’t even considered that would be an issue.

“I, ummm, don’t…” she was still stumbling over her words.

“It’s ok.” He said, starting to feel a little embarrassed himself now. “If you don’t find me attractive that’s fine. I’m still grateful for what you did for me last night.”

 “It’s not that,” she replied. “I do, I mean, you are attractive.” She paused again. “This is so awkward!” she bit out.

He just looked at her, confused. What was troubling her so much?

“I’m not comfortable with the idea of you touching me, ok? Not because of you, but because I haven’t done it before.” She looked down at her plate, crimson faced.

“Done it?” he asked in confusion. Then “oh!” as he realised what she was trying to tell him.

“Why not?” he asked her after a minute; she was attractive, and well past the usual time of life when first relationships happened. No wonder she was turning down his offer of a transactional orgasm; had she ever even had one?!

“It just never happened, I guess.” She shrugged, feigning nonchalance, but he could tell that there was a lot of emotion under the surface.

He stayed quiet for a minute, digesting that information. The file that they had on her said “no boyfriend” but he didn’t expect that to mean never had a boyfriend! He wasn’t really sure if this helped or hindered his progress with her, but the idea of being her first lover was an exciting one.

She obviously felt that she needed to tell him, did this mean that she had been considering s*x with him? He felt a surge of lust at the thought of taking her to bed. What would she like? Would she be shy or forceful about what felt good? His imagination was running wild!  

“It’s really not a big deal.” She said, getting up from her seat and taking her plate over to the sink.

“Ok.” He said, happy to drop the subject for now. It plainly was a big deal, though. Maybe he should start trying to flirt a little more, see if she was receptive to him.

“So, yesterday you wanted to go for a run. How are you feeling today?” he asked her, wanting to do something nice for her.

“I would still like to go.” She said. “I would also like to pop into a pharmacy if possible too.”

Pharmacy? He wanted to ask why, but knew that it would just remind her that she had no personal autonomy and ruin the newfound sense of connection between them.

 “Sure.” He said, “let’s run into town, and we can stop off at the pharmacy on the way.”

“Ok, I’ll get changed,” she said, seeming pleased that they were going out.

Perin went through to the bedroom, expecting her to be locked in the bathroom as usual, but instead found her getting changed next to her side of the bed. She was just putting a t-shirt on over her sports bra, so he didn’t get to see much, although the slice of flat stomach he saw was enough to get his blood pumping a little faster. This was progress!

He purposefully ignored her state of undress and quickly stripped off his own shirt. He heard a slight intake of breath from where she was and was unable to keep the smirk off his face. The conversation this morning confirmed it; she did find him attractive, and she had been thinking about s*x with him!

When they were  both ready, he led them to the lifts as usual, but instead of taking her to the garage, they went one floor further up, to a pedestrian exit that let out onto the street a little further along the industrial estate, closer to where the buildings became residential housing.

They walked for a couple of minutes then began a steady jog, Perin careful to slow his pace a little so that she could comfortably keep up. He kept sneaking looks at her as they ran, watching her high pony-tail swinging with her steps and the sweat starting to bead on her forehead.

“Pace ok?” he asked her, wondering if she was pushing herself to keep up with him.

“Yes, fine!” she gasped out, and he steered them in a loop towards the little parade of shops nearby that he thought may have a pharmacy. When they got closer he was pleased to see that he was right, and he pointed it out to her.

“Ok,” she said, taking deep measured breaths, “I’ll just go in…” she tailed off, her face falling. “I don’t have any money.”

“I brought my wallet.” He said, not enjoying the way her demeanour changed from the easy friendly manner she had developed with him to being subdued and cold towards him in an instant.

They entered the door, and she quickly went and got what she wanted from the shelves. He hovered near the counter in an illusion of giving her some privacy to gather the things she wanted.

She came back with a couple of things; a box of tampons, some hair ties, roll on deodorant and some multi vitamin tablets with iron. He quickly paid and they went back outside.

“You don’t have to buy the iron supplements in future,” he said as they started to walk. “The medical facility at home will supply them. I’m surprised that they didn’t already, to be honest.”

“I don’t want their supplements.” She said mulishly. “I don’t trust what else is in them.”

“What do you mean?”  He asked; he had thought they were making progress, were they back to suspicion again?

“Haven’t you ever wondered why all the women you abduct are so accepting and chilled out about it? I think it’s pretty likely that there is a sedative somewhere in the mix of supplements.” She raised an eyebrow at him in question.

“I don’t think so.” He said automatically. He hadn’t thought about it before, but she may have a point; the wives did seem to acclimate really quickly, especially considering most would be commanded routinely which he would expect to increase their distrust rather than help it.

“Let me take that.” He said, gesturing to bag. He also felt a little guilty about her having to go out and buy tampons as an afterthought; he was meant to provide all she needed and it hadn’t even occurred to him that she would need such things!  

In fact, this situation was a big change for him as well as for her. He had never lived with anyone before, and was not used to having to take anyone else into account other than himself. He found that he liked it so far, though.

“Ready to run back?”

She nodded and they picked up the pace, their feet keeping rhythm against the pavement. She was bearing up well; they had done about 2 miles so far, she was sweating but keeping her breathing under control.

“Shall we push the last mile?” he asked, wanting to see if she could handle it. He needed to train harder than this to keep in shape for his job, but the thought of having her as a training partner was a nice one. Maybe they could make this a regular thing?

“Ok!” she called as she put on a burst of speed. He laughed and easily caught up with her, matching her pace.

By the time they were getting back to the street entrance to the compound she was flagging. He could hear her heart beating hard and she was panting for breath, but she seemed determined to beat him.

Unable to resist, he powered past her at the last minute, grinning at her huff of outrage.

“Well done!” he said as they slowed up near the entrance to the compound and started to walk to cool down.

“You’re hardly even out of breath!” she gasped, putting her hands on her hips as she walked.  “I’m so unfit!”

He laughed at her consternation. “You’re not unfit! You were much faster than I expected.”

She looked at him in mock-outrage. “You think girls can’t run or something?”

“No. I think nurses who work 12 hour night shifts probably don’t get much time to train.”

He was rewarded for his comment with a soft look and a smile. She was warm and glowing from the exertion, and he thought she looked lovely.

“Come on,” he said, casually throwing his arm around her shoulder. It was a risk, and would possibly ruin the easy rapport that they had built, but she allowed it, even leaning into him slightly as they approached the door to the compound.

“Are there more entrances?” she asked. “It feels like the footprint underground is huge, but this one isn’t too far from the garage.”

“Yes,” he replied. “There are six entrances. The furthest one lets out into the trees over there.” He pointed across the industrial estate to the pine forest behind, where the sun was just starting to set.

“It’s designed so that you can’t tell that the compound is there. The exits need to look like they are all separate as people would notice a massive structure and start wondering what it is.”

“I can imagine.” She said, looking around at the industrial estate around them in the dimming light.

Perin wondered what she was thinking. Was this genuine curiosity, or was she still trying to uncover ways to escape?

They went back to the apartment, talking and laughing like they were just like any other couple, Perin keeping a close contact with her the whole time. It was almost as though now she had allowed him to take the liberty of putting his arm around her he was unable to stop himself from touching her.

He let her have first shower, calling his parents as he had promised he would whilst she was in the bathroom to let them know he was alright. His mother answered;

“Perin! I’m glad you’re alright.”

“Yes, I’m fine now, thanks mum.”

“I’m glad that she finally saw sense! I do think you are trying to be too...”

“Mum, please!” Perin sighed, he loved his mother, but she needed to let him do things his way. “Let me and Rowan work things out between us. I want this to work, I have to do what I think is right.”

“But Perin! You were hurting, surely…”

“I’m going to go now, ok.” He cut off whatever she was about to say; why couldn’t she understand that he wanted to allow Rowan to adjust at her own pace?

He hung up, and tossed his phone onto the sofa with a sigh. He went into the kitchen and mixed up a chocolate protein recovery shake, making one for Rowan as well.

She appeared a few minutes later, dressed in jeans and a sweater. She looked relaxed and happier than before, her hair falling in damp waves down her back.

“Here.” He said, handing her the shake. “I’ll grab a shower, and be right back.”

“Thanks.” She said with a smile, taking the glass and raising it to her lips.

Perin showered in record time, shoving a pair of shorts and a soft old t-shirt on. He may as well be comfortable for the rest of the day!  

They had a small lunch, then settled to watch a movie. He let her pick it out, knowing that he had other plans for their afternoon. The conversation from earlier had been running through his head; she hadn’t said that she wouldn’t ever want him to touch her, she also hadn’t used the easy-out he had given her by saying that she didn’t find him attractive.

So he had to conclude that she could be seduced. And after deciding that it was possible, he was pretty eager to give it a try!

He started his campaign by casually leaning an arm along the back of the sofa behind her, slightly shirting his position until they were sitting closer together. She seemed ok with this, relaxing into his side.

The film was pretty boring to Perin; he didn’t love rom-coms, he would much rather have watched something with more action in, but it seemed to be making Rowan smile so was happy to sit there watched her whilst she watched it.

When the credits started to role she turned her head to look up at him and say something, and he was unable to stop himself from making his move.

He quickly dropped his head and captured her lips with his own, gently at first, then deepening when she made no resistance to him. He felt her hand come to rest on his chest, and her lips respond to his allowing him access to her mouth so he could tease her tongue with his.

The soft press of her body against his and the warm caress of her tongue against his had his body hard and ready to go in moments; if only she was feeling the same!?