Initiation (5 page)

Christian was an amazing lover, and as soon as he entered her, she couldn’t catch her breath, a chain of quick, choked gasps escaping her parted lips. She was so entranced, she’d rather lie under him gasping for air, than pull away and miss a second of this intimacy.

As he finished inside her, he lunged forward and went for her neck. His fangs sank into her delicate skin, the pleasure of the dual act giving him an extreme high. Addison opened her mouth to scream, but all that passed her lips was a high-pitched sigh.

After a few moments, he pulled away from her, a playful look on his face. Her blood was dripping from his mouth, his face filled with a very satisfied expression. Then, he quickly began kissing her, making her squirm under him.

Addison could taste her own blood as Christian’s tongue pushed deeper into her mouth, forcing her to swallow it. He heard her gagging, but his kisses remained strong. He hadn’t killed her with his bite, and the act of sharing blood with her seemed to turn him on.

Pulling away, Christian licked his lips as he looked down at her, "I have never tasted anything as sweet as you."

Looking up at him with a slightly awkward expression, Addison’s tongue cleaned the blood from her lips. "Re—" Trying to catch her breath so she could speak, a small smile crept onto her lips, "Real-
ly
?"

"Oh yes." Stroking the side of her head, Christian’s hands ran over her soft curls. His expression was loving and gentle, his actions toward her now much different than they had been in the limo. "Such sweetness is meant to be savored by only the most sophisticated of pallets."

"Am I…" She wrapped her arms around his chest, gazing into his eyes like a needy child. "…a…scavenger now?"

"Yes…but I do not wish to discuss such things now." Christian kissed her forehead before moving off her. He then lay down behind her, taking her up in his arms and letting his chin rest in the crook of her neck. "For now, let me enjoy you." Pulling his head away from her, he rested it on his pillow instead, still holding Addison in his warm embrace.

* * * *

Walking into the apartment she shared with her sister, Addison was still tingling with delight from her night with Christian. She had woken up next to him, feeling so wonderful and perfect it was like she was dreaming. His prince-like charms made her swoon, and she immediately found herself love struck. She had spent the entire day with him. Going home was hard.

After taking a shower and getting back into her normal routine, the fantasy created by being with Christian was slowly wearing off and reality was setting in. Frowning as she looked into the mirror, she examined the wound on her neck. Up until now, she had almost forgotten about the fact that Christian was a vampire, and that he had just made her a scavenger with his bite. Now that she wasn’t blinded by the charms of the suave Master vampire, Addison could think more rationally.

She had no idea what he wanted with her and wished she had paid more attention to Carl’s ramblings on the ways of the vampire. Carl did that a lot, rubbing in the fact that he was important enough to become a servant of the Master while everyone else were just mere humans.

Addison did know only Christian could create new vampires, not even his elites had the power to do that. Usually the scavengers, like Carl, were either mistakes where a victim was left alive, or were just to expand Christian’s family.

Inspecting the wound with an over-exaggerated pout on her face, Addison studied it like a hickey she was trying to hide before her mother saw it. In her case, her mother was her sister, Kelly.

Her wet hair dripped down her shoulders, some skin still covered in small water droplets. She could feel a slight hunger lingering in her chest—a different kind than she was used to. She wasn’t human anymore, and the realization made her hands shake furiously as she held back her hair.

In the other room, Kelly walked in the door, heaviness in her gait that showed her foul mood. She had spent the night with Carl, who had used her drunken state as an easy way into her pants. Her neck and wrist bore his bite marks, and Kelly held her hand to her face as she studied the forming scabs over the wounds.

Addison jumped to her feet when she heard Kelly walk past the bathroom door and into one of the bedrooms the girls used as a computer/storage room. Addison quickly dried her hair and got dressed.

Hearing Addison come out of the bathroom, Kelly shouted at her as she walked down the narrow hallway. "Hey
Addy
! So, where have you been all day? You weren’t here when I got home this morning." Kelly walked into the bedroom, watching Addison coat her eyelashes in black mascara. "And why’d you leave early last night? We were having fun."

"Leave early?"

"Yeah. You chickened out on us again, didn’t you?"

"No." Addison sighed, walking over to her sister and sitting down on the bed next to her. "I
kinda
…" Her next words slipped off her lips reluctantly, her voice taking on a lower tone, "Went home with a guy."

"Oh really? Well, miss tight knees, I’m impressed." Kelly laughed, playfully hitting Addison in the shoulder.

"Don’t call me that." Addison narrowed her eyes on Kelly briefly before grabbing her phone and shoving it in her jean pocket. "Just because I like to date a guy for a month or two before I sleep with him doesn’t make me a miss tight knees."

"Lighten up." Kelly sighed, looking down at her wrist, where Carl had bitten her. "I don’t care if you slept with him or not. I was just teasing you."

"Kelly," Addison picked up Kelly’s arm, turning it over and looking at the bite marks. "Did you…" She paused, her eyes looking up and meeting with Kelly’s annoyed ones. "…sleep with Carl?" Laughing when she got an evil glare sent her way, Addison laid back on the bed and looked up at the ceiling. "Oh my God! You did!"

Kelly lay down too, turning sideways and facing Addison. "Well well…" Smiling smugly at Addison as she pushed back some hair from her neck, Kelly laughed. "Looks like you spend the night with a biter too."

"I—" Addison jumped a little in surprise, quickly shifting to her side. "Umm…"

"Don’t get so upset about it." Propping her head up with her hand as she leaned on her elbow, Kelly’s smirk turned a little softer. "It’s your first time with one, so I’d guess you’d be a little upset about it." She pushed back Addison’s hair again, letting it fall down her back. She studied the wound then turned to Addison’s slightly embarrassed face. "It happens to me all the time. I’ll show you how to cover it up okay?"

"Okay." Addison smiled back at Kelly, the love in her eyes showing her close bond with her sister. "Thanks Kelly."

"Welcome to the club." Kelly sat up and moved off the bed, leaving Addison still lounging there lazily. Taking off her work uniform, she tossed it over to the side instead of putting it in the hamper. "So…" Grabbing a pair of jeans out of the drawer, Kelly slipped them on quickly. "Did you like it? It’s mind blowing with one of them, isn’t it?"

Addison giggled a little, looking down at her phone as she replied to a text from Josh. He was asking her if Kelly really had gone home with Carl last night because Carl had been bragging about it all day.

"I recognize that laugh." Kelly chuckled, grabbing a tank and putting it on before she slipped into a tight, white sweater. "You loved it."

"It was…different." Addison’s eyes were glued to her phone as she snickered at Josh’s angry response. "But a good kind of different."

"Yeah." Kelly sighed, going over to the floor-length mirror they had set against the wall and checked out her appearance. She grabbed a brush from the top of the dresser near her, which was littered with papers and other random things that should’ve been in the trash but weren’t. "I should take you to Avenue Six tonight. Lots of nice guys there."

Turning back to Addison, she made a
grring
sound with her tongue. "Now that you’re into that kind of stuff." She turned back to the mirror, smiling as she brushed her hair, "And I remember you saying you’d never get into those kind of men."

"I’ve had enough fun for one weekend." Addison laughed, focusing on her phone as it beeped with a new message. "I think I’ll pass for tonight."

"Stop being a party pooper,
Addy
." Kelly's attention fixated on her hair. "Come on out and have some fun."

Addison’s grin quickly melted, her lips opening partially as a small tinge of worry came over her. There was a text from a number she didn’t know.

Hey, party girl.

Biting her lip nervously, Addison looked at her sister, who was absorbed in doing her hair, a cloud of hairspray lingering around her head. Addison’s hands shook a little as she typed a reply.

Hey.

A response came quickly.

I need to see you.

The message made Addison blush a little, and she sat up and got off the bed. "I’m going to watch some TV, Kelly." Addison looked at Kelly briefly then started walking out of the room.

"’Kay, sweetie." Kelly had a long piece of hair pulled out to the side of her head as she prepared to wind it up in the curling iron.

Addison returned to her other conversation.

Who is this?

She was hoping it was Christian, but she wasn’t exactly sure and didn’t want to write something flirty if it wasn’t.

They didn’t answer right away, and Addison frowned as she shuffled into the living room. Plopping down on the couch, she sulked a little. She was going to type another message because the wait was driving her insane, but a knock at the door stopped her.

Getting off the couch, Addison went to look through the peephole. It was Carl, Josh, and Josh’s annoying girlfriend, Rachel. Addison hated Rachel. She was a maid at the manor and was always donating her blood to every vampire who gave her a little attention, even Carl. Josh didn’t seem to care that the love of his life was a little loose in that department, which infuriated Addison.

Addison opened the door, forcing a smile as she greeted them. "Hey."

They all waved to her as they entered, walking past her and taking up all the spots on the couch. Addison closed the door and took a seat on the arm of the sofa, next to Josh. The piece was old, sporting a few tears in the brown, burlap fabric.

"So, did they kick you out last night, Addison?" A slight snort escaped Carl’s nostrils as he laughed. He was wearing his normally stupid smile as he leaned over and tied one of his shoes. "They kicked me out, but I just came back in through the front. The asses never even noticed."

"Yeah, I did," Addison made a sour face, her hands wrapped around her phone as she looked away from Carl. "And it was all your fault, Carl."

"What’d he do?" Josh had his arm around Rachel, who was picking at her fingernails.

"He thought it’d be funny to crash the VIP room at Club 66. And—" Addison was going to say something else, but Rachel stopped her.

"What?" After shoving Carl angrily, Rachel punched him a few times in the arm. Her brow twisted in annoyance, and as she uncrossed her legs, her short dress exposed the fact she wasn’t wearing underwear. "You took Addison to Club 66 and not me, you jerk?"

"I didn’t have enough tickets and—" Carl was laughing, shielding his face from Rachel as she continued to hit him. "Add-da-son’s hotter-than-you."

Addison heard her phone beep and quickly read the reply she had been waiting for.

Christian.

Almost falling off the arm of the chair, Addison couldn’t believe Christian had used his first name instead of ‘Master
Vallore
.’ No one addressed him that way, even his closest friends.

Addison quickly typed back.

Christian?

His reply came swiftly, Addison fully absorbed in it instead of the fight Rachel was starting with Josh.

Addison
?

She giggled a little as she stared down at the screen.

Josh looked at her in annoyance, wondering what she was laughing at. "Who are you texting?"

"A guy I met last night." Addison stuck her tongue out a little, catching it between her teeth as she smiled at Josh devilishly.

Kelly walked in the room and sat down on the other arm of the couch, chuckling as she caught Josh and Addison’s conversation. "Little
Addy
got frisky with a local from Club 66 last night."

"What?" Josh glared at Addison angrily, "Who?"

"None of your business." Sticking her nose in the air, Addison turned from him.

"I don’t believe you." Josh reached up to Addison’s neck and pushed back her hair. He studied the bite mark on her neck, a small chuckle coming from his lips. "Well, I guess you did."

"Who?" Leaning forward, Rachel put her hands on her knees. There was excitement in her voice, her reddish brown hair falling down her shoulders and sticking between her breasts as some of it fell inside her low-cut dress. "I bet I know him."