The Journal of the Undead
By: Dark Writer.
Copyright 2003
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Journal of the Undead
Chapter Three
From Ben's point of view.
"For you see I am 250 years old," Kevin said slowly. I went to open my mouth to say something but he continued to talking. "How can I be 250 years old and still look like I am barely past 25?"
"You're a Vampire?" I said joking lightly. When Kevin's face turned serious I felt fear rage through my body. But for some reason I didn't get up and run. Part of me wanted to know more about him. "Umm you're not laughing."
When I saw the serious look on Kevin's face and heard no laughing I felt a stab of fear run through my body. My first instinct was to get up and run. Run as fast as I could. But looking deep into his eyes I saw only love and desire and compassion. I didn't see a blood thirsty monster. "So you are a ummm ummm Vampire?" I stammered.
"Yes my love," Kevin said softly. "I am a Vampire." Again silence reigned supreme throughout the room. A thousand thoughts ran through my head. Do I stay? Do I run? Do I hate him? Is he human? Is he going to turn me? Am I in danger? I looked up at him again. Again he was looking at me with those incredible loving and beautiful eyes. "Please say something?"
"So you are a umm umm Vampire?" I asked again. This time I did get a smile from him.
"I think we already crossed that one," Kevin said smiling at me. "What do you want to ask me?"
"Am I in any danger?" I asked him honestly. I regretted asking that question the minute I said it. The hurt on his face wrenched my heart in two. "I'm sorry, that was a stupid question. It is just that I'm not used to being this close to a Vampire. I mean I never even knew they existed until now. I guess what I am trying to say is what can I expect from now on?"
"You can expect me to love you as much as I did when I first laid eyes on you," Kevin replied. "You have my word that I am not going to harm you. I will not turn you unless you ask it."
"Do you want to turn me?" I asked shocked. The thought of me being a member of the undead sent a wide range of emotions through me.
"I won't lie to you," Kevin replied. "I do want to turn you. I want you to be part of my life as much as I am part of yours."
"I don't know what to say," I mumbled. I looked into the fireplace for a few seconds. I looked at him again. "How did it happened to you?" I saw a range of feelings cross over his face too. "If it is too painful you don't have to answer if you don't want to."
"No I want to tell you everything," Kevin sighed. "But first you need to see something." He stood up and walked over to an easel and lifted up a piece of Velvet to reveal a painting underneath it. I took a sudden breath in. I stood up and walked over to it and looked at it in the flickering light. "I had Nick paint it for me." It was painting of me. Only this one had long flowing hair and I was dressed in colonial garb. Standing beside me was Kevin. He too had long flowing hair and was dressed in Colonial Garb too. "This was my lover of over 250 years ago. His name was Benjamin."
"Looks just like me," I whispered. "How can this be?"
"Maybe he was one of your ancestors. I don't know but I know this, I loved this man like I have never loved anyone before. Well except for you," Kevin replied. "Back in those days you didn't even think of showing affection to another man. Well we fell in love and for three short days we were in heaven. That is until his father and three brothers found us." Kevin shuddered and wiped a tear from his face. "God he was so innocent!" Kevin's shoulders started to shake with sobs. He sunk down back into the chair. I wrapped my arms around him and held him close. "It was late at night in the summer of 1753 when Benjamin and I first made love. It was also the last time we made love. His father and three brothers walked in on us. The tied me up and tore off my eyelids so I was forced to watch them. They did unspeakable things to him. Finally Benjamin died but only after being tortured beyond belief. They than moved to attack me. They wanted to mark me so that everyone would know that I was a man lover and they almost succeeded."
"What happened?" I asked as I wiped a tear off of his face.
"He came to my rescue," Kevin replied taking a shaky breath. "My savior and my curse. I only know him as the Ancient one. He is a vampire like me only over 600 years old. You could say that he was my father of sorts. For he was the one who turned me. He killed Benjamin's father and Brother and than gave me a choice. He could put me out of my misery or he could, as he put it, save me. Like a coward I chose to be saved." Kevin stood up and walked over to the painting and placed a loving hand on the figure of Benjamin. More tears flowed from his eyes. "I loved him with everything that I had. I have never loved anyone more than him with the exception of you." Kevin turned and looked at me. I noticed that he looked different. He had more bone features on his face and his fangs had started to grow. He shuddered and looked away. I walked up to him and put my hand on his shoulder. "Go away!" he growled at me. "I don't want you to see me like this!" He didn't even sound like Kevin anymore. He sounded angry and mean.
"No," I said simply. "I won't leave you."
"But you must hate me by now," Kevin sobbed. "I'm a fucking monster!"
"No," I sobbed with him. "You were never a monster and you are not one now."
"But you don't know what I must do to survive!" Kevin pleaded with me. He still wasn't looking at me. "I must feed on the blood of men!"
"So," I replied. Part of me was screaming to run and never come back. But the part of me that loved this man or beast or whatever he was telling me to stay. "Beast, monster or whatever you may think you are, you are still the man that I love. And right now you are hurting and I'm not going to leave you." He looked at me and it gave me chance to really look at him. His fangs were out in full now and the bone structure around his eyes were more pronounced than before. As much as it scared me he looked beautiful in a wild and untamed sort of way. "You are so beautiful," I breathed as I reached out and ran my hand along the side of his face. "Please tell me you still want me."
"Want you?" Kevin asked shocked. "I should be the one asking you that."
"Well you're not," I replied smiling. "Now be a good little Vampire and tell me that you will love me and you still want me."
"Hearing you call me a little Vampire is cute. Something that I would expect from you," Kevin said softly. "And yes, I do love you and I want you more than anything in the world. Do you have any more questions?"
"Well yes I do," I replied. "But you are tired. Let's go rest and later tonight you can tell me everything." I took Kevin's hand and led him out of the room and into the elevator and soon we were headed up to his room. After undressing him and me I slid under the silk sheets. I looked up at him and reached down between his legs and took hold of his cock. "Please," I pleaded with him. "Make love to me?"
From Kevin's point of view.
I looked down at Ben sleeping. His angelic face was so beautiful and he looked so cute laying there sleeping. I wanted to make love to him all over again but he needed his rest. I had wore him out with our lovemaking and he was sleeping comfortably. I heaved a sigh of relief as I finally realized that he knew my deepest and darkest secret. I slid out of bed which was a chore because Ben had attached himself to me again and was not willing to let me go. I finally freed myself and slipped my pillow in my place and slipped on a robe and walked down stairs. The minute I got down stairs I saw her.
"Does he know now?" she asked.
"Yes Sara," I replied. "He knows that I am a vampire."
"Good," Sara replied. I watched as she transformed into her vampire state. "Now we go after that bastard Trey!"
"No we don't!" I hurled at her. She turned and hissed at me baring her fangs at me. "Don't hiss at me! And we don't go after Trey until I am sure he is as evil as you think he is."
"He is evil!" Sara hurled at me. "He is in league with the Ancient One! He hasn't been turned yet so we can still destroy him!"
"Not until I turn Ben!" I shouted at her. "If we destroy Trey now Ben will never understand and he will probably hate me for doing it! If we do it after I turn him he will understand."
"When do you plan on turning him?" Sara asked.
"Only if and when he asks me," I replied.
"Listen Kevin," she sighed. "I know you love him and you want to keep him this innocent lover forever but like it or not you can't do that. You're going to have to make him into one of us. As soon as the Ancient one finds out he will come after Ben and he will have so much fun killing him in front of you. Don't put yourself through that again!"
"Put him through what?" a sleepy voice asked. Sara quickly turned around and returned to normal. I watched as my lover shuffled over to me. He still looked tired but I could see the love in his eyes. "Is she a --,"
"Yes love," I replied taking him into my arms. "Sara is a Vampire too."
"So it all makes perfect sense now," Ben said nodding. "That is why she was so determined to have me fall in love with you. You all have something planned don't you."
"Yes we do," Sara replied. "But please know that we love you and would never hurt you."
"There are some things that you need to know," I said softly. "Come into the living room and sit down so I can tell you."
From Don's point of view.
I walked into the living room and sat down in the sofa. Kevin sat next to me and wrapped his arms around me. "You are in danger," Kevin said softly.
"Why?" I asked looking up into his loving green eyes.
"Remember me telling you about the Ancient One?" Kevin asked me. I nodded as I snuggled closer to him. "Well once a very long time ago about 150 years ago I fell in love with a mortal. I refused to turn him and the Ancient One found out. He came after him and found us together. Ben, he raped him in front of me and than fed on him until he was dead. He than imprisoned me for 100 years."
"What does that have to do with me?" I asked confused. Kevin took a deep breath and looked down. "Umm does this mean what I think it means?"
"I have to turn you baby," Kevin whispered softly. "If I turn you he can't kill you."
"You mean you have to bite me and turn me into one of you?" I asked getting scared.
"If you want Sara to do it," Kevin said softly.
"I don't want anyone to do it!" I yelped out. "I happen to love being who I am."
"But you don't understand," Kevin tried to tell me.
"No!" I shouted. "I'm not being turned!" I got up and ran from the room and out side. I headed up the path and to the house I was staying. Once there I opened the door and closed it behind me.
"So you're the one," a soft voice sounded from my left. I looked over to see a very attractive blonde man standing there. He wore all black and he smelled like rotten meat. "My son has chosen well."
"Who are you?" I stammered as I tried to reach the door. I found myself floating in mid air and coming closer to him.
"I am Kevin's father," he replied. "Or to put it another way. I'm the one who bit him and turned him. Now that I've answered you why don't you answer me?"
"What do you want to know?" I stammered. By now I was almost touching his face with my face. I turned the other way to avoid the smell coming from him.
"Sorry about the smell," he said smoothly. "I just ate and had a fun time doing it too. Now are you Kevin's new lover?"
"We're just friends," I lied. He jerked his hand and I felt a blow to the side of my face. I was tossed to the floor and slid over by the stairway. I groaned in pain.
"Don't lie to me!" the Ancient One screamed at me. "Are you lovers!"
"No!" shouted a voice behind us. I turned to see Nick standing there. He was holding up Monstrance. (The gold chamber that holds the Blessed Sacrament. The Body of Christ for us Catholics)
"Get that away from me!" the Ancient One screamed as he covered his face. He vanished into thin air. I heard his voice in my head. "Don't worry my precious. I will have so much fun raping you and than feeding on your blood and than throwing your lifeless carcass at Kevin's feet." I curled up into a tight ball and blocked everything out. The only thing I concentrated on Kevin. I kept his loving face in front of me all the while. At some point I could hear Nick yelling frantically at me. He was like really scared for me. I tried to fight my fear and find my way back to the world that I knew and love. Finally I heard his voice and I felt his touch. I struggled to get back to him.
From Kevin's point of view.
"Kevin!" shouted Nick in my head. "Come here quick!" Moving faster than light I was at Ben's side.
"What happened?" I demanded at Nick. He was still holding the Monstrance and I also noticed a Priest was standing behind him.
"The Ancient one was here," Nick said as he handed the Monstrance back to the priest. "He was trying to find out if you two were lovers."
"Ben?" I asked softly as I knelt by his side.
"I told you that you couldn't fall in love with him," Nick hurled at me. "He always finds out and comes to destroy him."
"Not now Nick!" I hissed at him.
"You have to turn him," Nick urged me. "That is the only way you can save him." Ben let out a soft moan and leaned into my touch. "Do it now!"
"Shut the hell up Nick!" I hissed at him. Nick backed off still glaring at me. "Ben?" I asked softly. I laid my hand on the side of his face and to my delight he leaned into the touch. "That's it baby," I said as tears flowed down my face. "Come back to me. Don't worry it is safe and I'm here and I won't let anything happen to you."
"Kevin?" he asked opening his eyes. "What happened?"
"You just hit your head is all," I said smoothing his hair down. "You're going to be just fine." Ben sat up and leaned against me. "What do you remember?"
"I remember a blonde man. He stunk like rotten meat!" Ben said scrunching up his nose. "He wanted to know if we were lovers."
"You had a visit by the Ancient One," I said softly. "I'm sorry, I really didn't expect him to find out so soon."
"What are you going to do about it?" Nick asked. "You have to turn him. That is the only way to save him!" I noticed that Ben didn't say anything at all. He just stared into space.
"Ben sweetie?" I asked softly. He got up and walked to the window and still was silent. "Ben?"
"I need to be alone," he said softly. I motioned for Nick to leave. To his credit he left with out a fight. I stayed and watched him. For three hours he stood at the window not moving. I could tell he was thinking. Finally I couldn't take the silence any longer.
"Sweetie?" I asked softly.
"Is this what has become of me?" he asked softly. "Am I to become one of you?"
"I wish I could tell you something different baby," I replied. "But I don't want him to kill you like he did to my last lover."
"What is it like?" Ben asked looking at me. "I want to know what this whole process is like."
"Well we can make as pleasant as possible, but it will be painful at times. The transformation can be difficult. But I will be there with you through the whole process," I explained to him.
"What do you have to do?" he asked.
"First I will bite you in one of your major arteries," I said softly. "After I drain you of your blood I will transfer some of mine to you. That is when the transformation will take place."
"What will the transformation feel like?" he asked with a hint of fear in his voice. I saw the fear in his eyes and my heart ached to hold him. So I did. I walked across the room and held out my arms and he walked into them. I wrapped my arms around and shuddered at the feeling of his body touching mine. I could feel his heart beating so fast against my chest. I slid my hand up his shirt and placed my hand over his heart. He begin to breathe slower and his heart rate slowed down. All the while I kissed him on the lips with soft loving kisses.
"I won't lie to you," I started. "First you will pass out. Than after you come too you will experience some pain in your stomach and head. You will have some mood swings and you will blame me for everything. We will have to keep you confined to the bedroom because well you won't be very good company."
"Why?" Ben asked.
"Well let's just say that you will find yourself hissing and growling and pouncing on anybody that comes in your way," I smiled down at him.
"Can you leave Nick in the same room as me?" Ben asked with a hint of naughtiness in his eyes.
"No I will not," I giggled softly. "He saved your life by the way. So you want to do this thing?" Ben nodded. "When?" I asked softly.
"Now," he said looking up at me. "Please take me now." I nodded and carried him up stairs and undressed him and laid him down on his bed.
"I love you Ben Atke," I whispered.
"I love you too," Ben replied. "Make love to me?" I had to smile
"Only you would think about sex just as your about to be turned into a vampire," I said. I noticed that his hands were all over me taking off my clothes.
"I want to experience lovemaking one more time as a mortal before I am turned," he said with a small pout on his face.
"You do know that I do not want to do this to you," I said as I laid down on top of him. He nodded. "You know that I love you?" Again he nodded. I could feel his erection growing and pressing up against me. I lifted up his legs and slid my cock in between his cheeks. After finding the whole I slid into him. He shuddered and whimpered softly. This time I took my time making love to him as gently as possible. I wanted this to last. I lost count as to how many orgasms I had. Finally I could feel him shuddering with pleasure as he begin to shoot. I moved quickly as tears flowed down my face. I latched onto his neck and pierced his skin with my razor sharp teeth.
"UuuunngghhH!" Ben groaned as he bucked against me. The sweet warm blood of an innocent came gushing into my mouth. I sucked hard and swallowed fast and hard. Ben jerked again as he continued to shoot his final orgasm as a mortal in between our sweaty bodies. I was tuned into his moans and whimpers as I drained the life out of him. I concentrated on sucking down his life blood. At what seemed to be an eternity the flow of blood stopped and Ben breathed his last. I pulled out and quickly cleaned him up. I than bit into my wrist and the blood flowed. Holding the bleeding wrist up to his mouth I allowed the blood to flow into his mouth. After a few seconds he started to swallow. His eyes flew open and he grabbed my wrist and begin to suck in earnest. It was done. Ben was now one of us. One of the undead. He was my mate and no one could take him away from me ever.
Later that night from Kevin's point of view.
"Is he still out?" Nick asked all worried. "Should he still be out like that?" I looked hard at Nick and wondered if this was the same person that had given my boy friend a black eye. "I'm getting worried Kevin." Ben shuddered and whimpered in pain. His body was slick with sweat and try as I might I couldn't cool him down. I bent down and kissed him on his forehead.
"He'll be fine," I replied. "You took almost a day before you woke up when Brian turned you."
"Yea but I'm still worried about him," Nick said biting his lower lip.
"Why?" I asked looking hard at Nick.
"Hey!" Nick said in his defense. "He is one of us now. We have to protect him! I mean he is the closest thing that I will have to a little brother, well you know what I mean. I love Aaron and all but Ben is a vampire like us. I feel connected to him. I wanna protect him. You know help him."
"He is like two years older than you," I laughed.
"According to Vampire years he is barely a day old," Nick giggled. "Besides he is cute."
"Hey!" I scolded Nick. "He is mine!" To his credit Nick blushed.
"Kevin!" screamed Ben. I moved quickly to his side. His eyes were open looking around the room. "Kevin!"
"I'm here babe," I said softly as I touched his hand. "You're all right."
"I hurt!" he cried out fresh tears flowing down his face. "Why do I hurt so much?" He tensed up and arched his back and screamed in pain. I knew what was happening to him. The Transformation was taking place and his body was fighting it. Tears flowed down my face as I watched him hurt. Finally his body relaxed falling back onto the mattress. His body was covered in a thin layer of sweat and he was shivering. I pulled the comforters up around his neck. I looked at Nick and he was wearing a scared little boy's look on his face.
"You might want to step out because if he wakes up again he might start fighting you," I said.
"Yea umm maybe that would be a good idea," Nick said with a shaky voice. "Kevin?"
"Yea Nick," I replied as I moved a stray strand of hair from my baby's face.
"I'm happy you finally found someone," he said softly as he gave me a quick hug. Ben's whimpers brought my attention back to him. I barely remembered Nick's lips kissing my cheek. I didn't even hear the door close behind him. For the next several hours I stayed at his side watching him. Several times he woke screaming in pain and hissing and growling at me. I just held him and kissed him and told him how much I loved him. At some point, he finally fell into a deep sleep. I too took advantage of the quiet time and stretched out beside him and held him. At some poin the work me up. I struggled out of my sleep and looked over at him.
"Kevin?" Ben asked. I looked down at him.
"Hey Baby," I said smiling softly down at him. "You feeling any better?"
"I feel strange," Ben said looking around. "I can feel everything! Everything is so alive! I can feel the heat from your body and you're sitting away from me. What's happening to me?" I bent down and kissed him lightly on the forehead causing him to take a sudden breath in.
"Did you feel that?" I asked grinning for a second. He nodded and smiled at me and licked his lips. "You're thristy aren't you?" He nodded. I reached behind me and pulled out a bottle of my water and opened the lid and let him drink from it. He drank a small amount from the bottle and than laid his head back down on the pillow. "I promise you will feel better sweetie," I said softly. He nodded and closed his eyes. He shuddered again as the transformation process continued. I eased out of the bed only to have him grab my arm.
"Please stay?" he asked. I could see the confusion and pain and fear in his eyes.
"Of course I'll stay," I replied as I sat back down. "I'll stay here until you go to sleep."
"Will I have to umm feed?" he asked looking worried.
"Yes you will but not now," I assured him. "Now as you once put it, be a good little vampire and go to sleep for me." He nodded and closed his eyes. I continued to sit there and watch him sleep. The innocence on his face was breath taking. His face had taken on the features of a vampire. His bone structure around his eyes and cheek were more pronounced. And his small fangs were just sticking out from his upper lip. He still hadn't learn control yet and he would remain in his vampire state for a few days. But at least now he was resting comfortably. After making sure he was sleeping soundly I got up and left. Once outside of the room I turned and headed down the stairs. I walked into the living room where I saw Brad one of the volunteers. "Good evening," I said softly. "You'll have to excuse me for being so late. I just turned my lover tonight."
"I hope you two will be happy," Brad said looking down. He offered me his arm and I took it and sank my teeth into his wrist piercing his artery. Ben was one of our volunteers. He wasn't a Vampire but once he was bitten he became addicted to the act of a vampire sucking his blood. He was connected to us. I sucked hard for a while filling me up with his sweet life blood. When I could see he was getting sleepy I stopped sucking. I had fed enough to last me for a few more days. After checking on the rest of the house and making sure that the security was on I turned and headed back up stairs. Once outside our room I could hear talking. I opened the room and saw Nick sitting beside Ben. Ben was wide awake and jabbering to Nick. Nick was listening and I could tell he was tired.
"So any way that is how I became an artist," Ben rattled on. Poor Nick yawned and nodded. "So what is it like to have sex with Brian?" Nick coughed loudly and looked at Ben like he was nuts. "Hey I told you what it was like to have sex with Kevin! Come on it's only fair!" Ben whined at poor Nick. I decided to come to poor Nick's rescue. I laughed softly getting both of their attention. Nick had a guilty look on his face. Ben just grinned happily up at me.
"What are you doing up mister?" I asked in a soft scolding voice. "You've been through a lot and you need to rest."
"I couldn't sleep and Nick kept me company," Ben said cheerfully.
"Nick," I said quietly. "Can you excuse me and Ben for a while?"
"Yea good night Kevin," Nick said softly. To my surprise he bent down and kissed Ben on the cheek. "Good night little Brother." Ben actually blushed and wished Nick good night too. I watched as Nick walked out of the room. I turned and slid off my shirt and pants and than slid in beside Ben. He immediately clung to me.
"Nick is really nice," Ben said softly. "We worked everything out from earlier."
"I'm glad that you and Nick were able to work everything out," I replied kissing Ben on the top of the head. "But you do know that this isn't over."
"Yea he told me that I would going through some really freaky stuff," Ben replied. "He said that I might forget who you are and try and fight you."
"Yea that could happen," I replied. "As the transformation takes place you go through of process of maturing at a Vampire. You could say that it is like going through you teenage years again."
"Do I have to?" Ben asked with a hint of a pout. I bent down and kissed his lips. After a few minutes he responded to my kiss. When we broke apart he yawned again. He than laid his head on my chest and fell asleep. There is something you should know about me. After I feed I am wide awake. So awake that I didn't sleep at all. After making sure that Ben was indeed sound asleep this time I detangled myself from him. One thing that hadn't changed was his ability to wrap himself around me. I slid on a pair of silk pajama bottoms and silk robe before heading out of the room. I passed Nick and Brian's room and grinned when I heard the sound of lovemaking. Nick was a lot like Ben, as in he was horny almost all the time. I peaked in the room in time to see Brian fall down on the shuddering Nick exhausted from lovemaking. I closed the door quietly and continued my trek down the hall. Once down stairs I walked into the living room and started a fire in the fireplace. I stood at the huge towering window that over looked the front of the estate. I sighed as I saw AJ walking up the steps. His long flowing black cape and his solid black clothes with a mixture of red did give him a mysterious look about him.
"Come Alexander," I called out to him. The door opened and he walked in. He took off his cape and draped it over a chair. "You must be cold. Stand by the fire."
"I heard about the Ancient one attacking your house," AJ said in a hoarse voice. He was smoking again.
"Yes he did but thankfully our brother Nick was there to help," I replied.
"So is it true?" AJ asked with a hint of a smile on his face.
"Is what true?" I turned back to the front lawn and smiled at the diligence of the security forces.
"That you have fallen in love." I felt his presence beside me. "If it is true than may I say it is about time!" I laughed softly. "Hey were just looking out for you." I nodded. "By the way I found the evidence you have been looking for."
"And?" I asked as I moved to the bar and poured a snifter of brandy. I offered AJ some and he shook his head no. I raised the snifter to my lips and drank from it. The smoky liquid caressed my throat as it flowed down my throat. I savored the brandy as I sat down in the easy chair facing the fire place.
"And Trey is working for him," AJ reported. "He isn't turned yet but he is definitely working for him. I watched as Trey seduced and slaughter an innocent 18 year old for him. He was standing there watching Trey do it. It wasn't pretty. If the Ancient one manages to turn him Trey will be a powerful enemy for us and an ally for him."
"Well that is not going to happen. Tomorrow you and I will destroy him," I replied soberly. I hated killing and I only did it to prevent a greater evil. "Now enough about the dark things in our lives. How is your love doing these days"
"Moody as hell," AJ grumbled. "He doesn't want anyone to know that he is changed now. I really don't know what to do Kev."
"Give him time AJ," I replied softly. "Now what are we going to do about Trey?"
"You said so yourself that we have to destroy him," AJ replied.
"Yea I know I said that," I replied. "But when and how should we do it?"
"Well we should send a very clear message to the Ancient One. That message should be that we are building an army and we will defeat him," AJ suggested. "I mean now that we have an innocent one on our side and the fact that he is turned makes our team very powerful."
"Yea but how long can I keep him from feeding on a live victim?" I asked. "We thought we had a weapon in Nick. But he escaped and fed the second night he was turned. What if Ben does the same thing?"
"He won't," came a voice from behind us. We turned to see Nick walk into the room.
"What are you still doing up?" I asked. "Is Brian asleep?"
"Yea," Nick said with a small smirk. "You know how he is when it comes to sex. He may be wild in bed but he wears out easily. He is sleeping soundly. Ben won't feed."
"Why do you say that?" I asked confused. "He is a vampire. He is going to be going by instincts and his vampire instincts are going to tell him to feed."
"With you by his side he will be able to stop him," Nick replied.
"How?" I asked.
"Sex is a very strong tool," Nick replied. "I use it with Brian all the time. And since you are the father of the white clan you can use sex to control Ben."
"How am I supposed to do that?" I asked.
"Ben told me how wild you are in bed," Nick replied with another smirk. "As much as he loves you it will be so easy to keep him under control. By making love to him often enough and letting him drink the suppression formula should keep his urges down."
"Yea I know and remembered when we tried that you?" I reminded him. "But you decided to be a bad little vampire and sneak out anyway." Nick to his credit blushed and looked down. "But than you really couldn't help it any way. That is what you are and that is what Ben is too. We are going to have to find a way to keep him occupied and fed so that he won't go out and kill."
"How about our volunteers?" AJ asked hopefully.
"To risky," I replied. "He is to young and has no control. He could easily get out of hand and kill one of them. We spent to long building a trust relationship with the volunteers that we have. We can't risk him ruining years of work."
"I've got it!" Nick said with a pleased look on his face. "The blood bank!"
"Yea that could work," I nodded thinking hard and fast. "AJ do you still keep in contact with that Red Cross worker?" He nodded. "Good now here is what I want you to do." We sat up for hours into the morning discussing the in and outs. As it turned out the Red Cross Worker was a sympathizer of our cause and with a large cash donation had agreed to funnel as much blood to my estate as possible.
"Kevin?" Brian voice came from the hall way.
"In here cousin!" I called out.
"Ben is awake and he not happy," he said as he walked in wearing a frown. "I peaked in to see how he was doing and he growled at me and hissed at me. I had to restrain him." I sighed and got up and walked out of the room. Nick followed close behind me. AJ and Brian stayed behind. Once at the door I turned to Nick.
"This is not going to be fun," I said softly. "Do you want to stay behind?" Nick shook his head no.
"He is my brother now," Nick said softly. "I want to be there for him." I opened the door and heard the growls and snarls coming from the bed.
"Hey sweetie," I said cheerfully.
"Fucker!" Ben shouted at me and than hissed at me. "You did this to me!" Brian had done a great job restraining him. "What is he doing here?" Ben growled at me and than turned to Nick and hissed at him. Nick took a couple of steps back. "Yea you should run blondie!" Ben hissed at him again. "Let me go!"
"I'm afraid we can't do that," I said sadly. I sat next to him and ran my hand along the side of his face. He tried to bite me but I snatched my hand away to quickly. "Now be good and stop trying to bite me." I tried to keep my voice soft and soothing but a hint of scolding crept into it. "Are you hungry?" I asked softly running my hand along to side of his chest. I could feel him breathing fast and hard and his chest was rock hard as he strained to get loose. "Please baby," I said soothingly. "Stop fighting. You're going to hurt yourself." He just growled low and hissed again. I turned to Nick. "Get one of the volunteers and drain a pint of blood. We need to get some food down him." Ben's eyes lit up at the prospect of being fed. Nick nodded and headed out the door. I moved over to a chair by the window. I activated the automatic tinting on the window. The sun was almost up and to Ben it would be fatal if he was exposed to the sunlight. He did not have enough suppression formula down him yet and I don't' think I could convince him to drink it on his own.
"Hey Ass hole!" Ben hissed at me. I cringed at the harsh words and tried to remind myself that Ben truly loved me and if he was in his right mind would never dream of saying those things to him. "Let me loose!"
"Now sweetie,"I started.
"Don't call me that!" he growled at me. "I'm not your sweetie!" He looked the other way so that he wasn't looking at me. He reminded me a spoiled child who wasn't getting his way. I struggled not laugh at him and finally forced it down. I took several deep breaths and walked back over to his bedside.
"Ben?" he jerked his head towards me. "I love you." He hissed at me again and turned the other way.
"You know he doesn't mean it," Brian's voice came from behind me. I nodded and relaxed when I felt his hand on my shoulder. "So he is at the final stage now." I nodded. "Don't worry it shouldn't last more than a day."
For the next few hours we worked on getting Ben fed. He managed to refuse the first three pints of blood throwing them at poor Nick. For some reason Nick was getting the brunt of the abuse. But he took it stride and stayed with us as we tried to get Ben calmed down to the point that he finally agreed to feed. After draining a pint of blood from our last volunteer I managed to get it down him. After being fed he returned to his cute usual self. After he heard all the mean things he said to me he started to cry and I wrapped my arms around him and held him close. He apologiesed all over himself with Nick. Nick was in bed with him holding him close telling him that no harm had been done and they were brothers and they would stick together through thick and thin. I was amazed at Nick. He always did have a way of calming down people. In no time he had Ben calm and happy again. He finally told Ben all the details of what it was like to have sex with Brian. The two were worse than two girls talking about their boyfriends. He was better to the point that we let him loose. He took a long shower with me in with him. We made love slowly and gently as if we were discovering ourselves again. After the shower he dried off and dressed in some loose fitting clothes and than he followed me down to study. I had a set up for him a make shift studio for him. He smiled his thanks at me and kissed me full on the lips and than proceeded to make poor Nick pose naked for a painting. Brian and I busted up laughing when we saw the look of shock on Nick's face. But Ben whined and begged until he got his way. Brian loved the idea and stayed behind. I left the three of them alone. I wondered it maybe that was such a good idea. I walked back out into the living room and picked up a book and started to read. Before I knew it several hours had passed. I felt a tap on my shoulder and I looked up to see Ben standing there. "Hey Sweetie," I smiled up at him. "How you feeling?"
"No to bad," he replied as he sat next to me and laid his head on my shoulder. "I got bored painting."
"Really?" I asked shocked. "I would've thought you would have painted for hours."
"Well I finished Nick and than I finished Brian and then I did the two together," Ben said casually. "Do you want to see?"
"Sure," I replied. Ben was so happy to show me that he practically dragged me into the study to show me. The first one he showed me was Nick. It was breathtaking! He had Nick perfect even down to the little sexy pout that he wore when he wanted his way. Than he showed me Brian. He had Brian down too. Than he showed me one of Brian and Nick. The sight of them making love made me blush.
"Now it is your turn!" he said as he grinned at me. "Take off your clothes!"
"Ummm are you sure?" I asked running my finger along the inside of my shirt.
"Oh Yea!" Ben giggled. "I want to paint you in the nude!"
"Ummm I don't think so," I argued.
"Please?" he pleaded. I sighed and begin to strip down.
From Ben's point of view.
Three hours later I was done. I had finished painting Kevin in the flesh. I stood back to admire my handiwork. Kevin moved to see to but I blocked it. "Nope!" I ordered him. "You can't see it yet! I'm not done!" Kevin pouted for a few seconds. "Nope not going to work," I giggled. "You can't see it yet."
"Well can I see it than?" a cold voice sounded from behind us. I turned to see him again. I stepped behind Kevin and hissed at him. "You should teach your lover some manners Kevin," the Ancient One sneered. I hissed again and tried to pounce on him only to have Kevin stop me. "I see you finally managed to turn your lover unlike the other one. Pity though, I was looking forward to raping him and than killing him."
"Get out of my house!" Kevin ordered.
"I just wanted to see my son, and now it seems I have a grandson too." I hissed at him again and tried to get at him. I was seeing red. It was the loving and yet firm touch of my lover that calmed me down. "I see you have him trained fairly well and no I'm not leaving. We have things to discuss."
"We have nothing to discuss!" Kevin shouted as he wrapped a protective arm around me. "You are dead to me!"
"I'm sorry you feel that way Kevin," he sighed. "Oh well I tried to be nice and give you fair warning. Oh by the way stay away from Trey. He is mine and he has agreed to be my mate."
"You stay away from us and we will stay away from you," Kevin said smoothly.
"Yea," he laughed. "I'm sure that will happen." He vanished from our sight and I clung to Kevin unable to stop the shaking. I was barely aware of Kevin's soft lips kissing my shoulder.
"He is gone now baby," Kevin soothed me. "He can't hurt you now." I nodded and snuggled deeper into Kevin's hold. "You want to go for a walk?"
"But the sunlight," I started.
"Yea the sun is usually out this time of the day," Kevin giggled. "You are taking the suppression formula right?" I nodded. "Than it is safe for you to go outside baby. Come on you've been coped up in this house for over a day now. I want to show you something." He took me by the hand and led me out. I relished the feeling of the warm sun on me. He led me around to the back of the house. I let out a little squeal of happiness as I saw all the exercise equipment. I noticed that there were gymnast equipment as well. I was eager to get going.
From Kevin's point of view.
"You are so good to me," Ben smiled at me. I could see the mischief in his eyes as he was eager to get into his work out.
"Go ahead sweetie," I smiled at him. I have to have a small meeting with Brian and Nick." Ben gave me a quick kiss on the cheek and happily begin to stretch. I longed to watch him work out. I knew he would look so hot doing all of his leaps and jumps. But I had to plan an attack on Trey. A small part of my mind wondered if Ben would be happy to know that I was planning on destroying his former lover. It couldn't be helped. Trey had to be stopped and could not be given an opportunity to be changed. I knew that once I destroyed Trey Ben would be in grave danger. I also had to plan an escape for him as well. He wasn't going to like it at all.
"So have you decided just how we are going to destroy Trey?" Nick asked as I walked into the room.
"Yes I have," I replied. "We are going to attack him tonight when Ben is resting. Nick I'm going to need you to wear out Ben. Take him on one of your huge shopping trips or something. He can't be awake when Trey is lured here and killed."
"You're going to do it here?" Brian yelped out.
"Yes the mausoleum will be a perfect place for it. After we are done with him we'll put the body in one of the more ancient greaves. No one will ever think of looking there, not even the Ancient One," I replied.
"You know that once he finds out that you've killed his lover he will stop at nothing to destroy you and Ben," Nick said with an worried look on his face.
"Yes I'm aware of that," I replied. "That is why I am enlisting the help of The Hunter."
"Are you out of your fucking mind?" Brian demanded. "How the hell can you even think of bringing a slayer into your home?"
"He has given me his word that he won't try to slay any of us," I said calmly.
"Yea but he warned you about turning any one new!" Brian yelled back at me. "He is going to go after Ben and Ben won't stand a chance against him!"
"Dammit Brian!" I shouted back at him. "I have no choice! We need a slayer incase he turned Trey and hasn't told us."
"Are you willing to sacrifice Ben for destroying Trey?" Brian asked. "The Hunter won't in the mood to be nice about this."
"I don't know about that," I said softly. "He owes me a favor."
"You mean that marker you have on him before he knew what he was?" Brian asked.
"Yes," I replied. "I call in that marker and I think I can get him to leave Ben alone. Besides he hasn't even met Ben yet. He may decide that Ben is too adorable to die. But whether he decides to kill Ben or not I will not give up Ben and Trey has to be destroyed."
From Ben's point of view.
"Hi," asked a good looking man. He had brunette hair and was strikingly good looking. I felt immediately drawn to him. "Is Kevin here?"
"Yea he is in the house. I can take you there," I replied. I stepped off the treadmill and led him into the house. "Why do you need to see him anyway?"
"What business is it of yours?" he asked.
"We're lovers," I replied.
"Are you turned?" asked the stranger. I noticed that he had suddenly grown cold. I looked and shivered at the hard look in his eyes.
"Why do you want to know?" I asked.
"Because I just do," he replied. "Kevin and I are old friends."
"Well than if you're a friend of his than yes I have been turned," I replied.
"Well than Vampire," the stranger said. "Looks like this is your unlucky day." I watched in horror as he pulled out a stake and advanced on me. For some reason I was frozen in my spot. I tried to call for help but couldn't get my mouth to move.
"Stop!" shouted Kevin. "Leave him alone!"
"He must die!" shouted the stranger.
"Hurt him Hunter and your entire clan will suffer my wrath!" Kevin shouted. "He is my mate!"
"You've been warned about turning anyone else!" the Hunter hurled back at Kevin.
"I had no choice!" Kevin replied. "He was going to killed the Ancient one!"
"Than you should've let him die!" The hunter threw at Kevin while glaring at me. By now I was back in control and I hissed at him and leaped at Kevin's side. Kevin's arm immediately clung to me.
"I love him dammit!" Kevin shouted.
"The truce is over!" the hunter shouted back. "When next we meet it will be in battle!"
TBC