His meal, Her shame

Our strange friendship

It was the last time he would see her for six months, and that annoyed him.  She was due to arrive in an hour, which meant that he needed Nicholas to leave and take his blood whores with him.  To say that Nicholas and Elam didn’t get along was an understatement.  Nicholas had a gift for pissing Elam off, which given how calm she was it was indeed a feat. Nicholas just didn’t understand how she could be fed on for 10 years without becoming a blood w***e or giving herself to another vampire. And El, she just thought he was a pig and man w***e.

Normally when a human was fed on regularly, they became like a drug addict, always looking for their next fix and doing anything to get it.  But after 10 years of having him feed on her El had never succumbed, hell she was even practical about it.  He even remembered when they had first started their arrangement how she had stopped him right before hand with a very serious look on her 17-year-old face.

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“I need you to do me a favour.” Elam said in a very determined tone. Ferox looked at her with eyebrows raised, this human was getting bold.  “what favour?” he asked in an amused tone, they had already agreed to feeding in return for “hanging out” afterwards, what else did she now want?  She sighed looking directly into his eyes, brave human, “Can you feed from somewhere less obvious?” Seeing his confusion, she continued, “I know you close the wound afterwards, but given how pale my skin is the bruising still shows and it’s getting annoying trying to cover it up.” It was a very practical request which was amusing. “do you have anywhere in particular you would suggest?” He asked interested in what she would come up with. The look she gave him was somewhat stern, “Upper inner thigh,” she said. Ferox went to protest, but she beat him to it, “Before you say anything, I’m not suggesting anything but feeding from that area.  You’ve made it quite clear that the thought of s****l relations with a human, disgusts you and I’m obviously not asking for that.  The upper inner thigh is just practical.  It’s an area that is nearly always covered in public – except for in a swimsuit or when having s****l relations.  For the swimsuit I can avoid wearing one the days after a feed and since I’m not going to have s****l relations while this agreement is in place, that’s not really an issue.” Then she gave him a look that dared him to question her logic.  And he had to admit she had a point, the only real hesitation he had was the idea that she might want something more. However, so far, he’d fed on her for 6 months and she had never crossed the line, plus she was keeping the strict conditions he’d put on her.  Some of the restrictions were in hopes she’d give up on the idea of being friends with him, but she was oddly persistent. “fine,” was all that he had said on the matter and he had fed from her that way ever since. 

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“I need you to leave Nicholas.” Ferox said in an absent-minded tone.  Nicholas looked up from one of his human’s wrists, blood smeared on his lips. “don’t tell me the virgin’s coming over?” he asked mockingly.  Ferox didn’t like the way he said virgin like it was an insult. El had kept herself pure for him, which was something very rare in this age and something he appreciated.  There was nothing quite like a virgin’s blood, the only thing better was when they had lost their virginity to the vampire they were feeding.  To have a body that was only for a vampire’s use, in every possible way, made the blood even sweeter.  However, he didn’t want to sleep with a human.  They were too fickle.  Often a human would start out pure, but when they got a taste of the pleasure a vampire could give, they would become corrupted and selfish. 

“just leave Nicholas,” Ferox sighed, “the last time she encountered you before I fed you made her so angry that her blood pressure spiked. Which almost ruined my meal. This is my last chance of a decent meal for 6 months, don’t spoil it for me.”  

Nicholas huffed and motioned to the 2 humans with him to move. Then he left Forex’s apartment like it was his own with the 2 humans teetering after him.  He watched him leave wondering not for the first time why he was friends with the arsehole, then he started to clean.  He needed to make sure the apartment was clean before El arrived.  The woman was such a clean freak, he wondered how she would last 6 months in the wilderness.  

Ferox had just finished cleaning when he heard the code to his door being entered.  El was 5 minutes early, like usual.  She wondered in, placing her bag and shoes by the bench at the entrance.  Looking over to him she asked in her usual casual way “should I freshen up first or would you rather eat now?”  She was a wonder, 10 years of being fed on and she acted like it was a normal human dinner after work.  Forex walked over to her, “when did you last eat?” he enquired.  “about an hour ago, why?” He shrugged, “since I’m having to go without for a while, I’m going to take a bit more than normal.” He gave her a side glance, but she showed no reaction. “I’ve had the guest bedroom prepared for you and some food in the fridge. I may feed more than once tonight.”  Elam looked as if she expected as much, Ferox didn’t know if that annoyed him or made him happy.  Either he had become predicable or she was just good at accommodating his needs.  “shall we do it on the couch or the bed then? I know we normally to it on the table, but if you’re going to take that much blood I’d rather not pass out on a hard surface.” Ferox smirked, as always Elam was ever so practical.