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------------ Chapter 14 Sweet-Bitter Insight

The list of singers came full circle and Alucard's name came up again. Rachel eyed him from the corner of the stage when he remained on the couch as if he did not hear. She walked over and tapped him on the shoulder. "Excuse me, Count Alucard, it is your turn." tartly as her foot tapped on the hard wood floor.

Standing up and slowly turning toward her he says simply "I refuse," and smirking defiantly just asking for whatever she plans to dish out.

"You want the death card?"

"It cannot be that bad. I have endured far worse than anything you could ever dream of, Hostess." His attention shifts else where as if in arrogance.

"Fine, Mr. Hotshot. Lets see, what I could have you do." she thinks. 'Have him strip naked and run around the room, no. Pinch all the men's asses, no. Blindfold him and toss him in the cellar for a while, no. Where is Kat? Maybe she knows something to stir mister stiff up. She's been a bit stiff as well, and around him no less. Maybe they had an argument or something. I know! It's no skin of his nose, but I still want to see it.'

"I want you to kiss Kat full and long on the lips and want to see you do it." His attention instantly snapped back to Rachel with uncertainty on his face.

"No."

"Yes, Mr. Alucard. I've seen how you look at her. I think you wouldn't mind doing it. I want you to snog her rightly and leave her breathless with surprise. This is not negotiationable. "

*Scoffs* 'She thinks she can order me around? Foolish human, she does not know whom she's dealing with. Even if I did want to kiss Kat, she won't put up with it. And I won't put up with being smacked in the face again by her or any woman.'

"Hey! I'm going to be attached to you like a fricken parasite until you do It." screwing her face in determination and grabbing a hold of his arm.

'Fuck. Yet another pesky woman latching on to my side.' Alucard groaned inwardly. "Will you still be attached when I break all the little bones in your fingers?" He threatens.

"Wow. Are you always this vicious?" When she did not get the hint to remove her hand, he plucked one of her fingers away. He was about to demonstrate how to efficiently snap a finger off when the faint scent of oxygen exposed blood, Katherine's blood, tweaked his nose. Concern pulled at a heart string and he walked toward the kitchen area with the reluctant and annoyed woman Rachel still keeping a hold of his black sleeve. She complained and trailed behind him. His ears were deaf to her as unsettling thoughts poured in his mind. 'Katherine's hurt? How? Why do I feel the need to go check on her? The scent is not strong, so it is not serious. It does smell so sweet and alluring. Perhaps she will let me have a taste.' The scent became stronger as he neared the kitchen and noticed a different aroma mingling with her blood, something sinister and dark. His pace quickened as worry wormed into his core. He shouldn't be worried at all because he could sense her heartbeat and it was slow and steady, but the feeling persisted.

Rounding a corner, he nearly collided with the object of his thoughts. The clinging woman Rachael collided with his back.

"Yeek! Alucard damn it! Must you freak me out?" Katherine held a bandaged wrist to her chest. Rachel finally pulled away from Alucard and took a position next to Roxy. She whispered something in her ear and Roxy stifled a giggle.

His hand reached out to her wrist and grabbed it gently. He could see three parallel scratches the middle one being the most serious. The cut missed the vital radial artery by mere millimeters. 'She could have bled to death' anger hitched up a notch at the captain's incompetence and at the occurrence itself.

"How did this happen?" she was taken back at the strange anger he exhibited.

"Some weirdo in a Darth Vader outfit scratched me and stole my glove."

"How could you let someone get close to you like that?" His eyes darkened.

"Beats the hell out me, I let you get close to me. Maybe you can answer that, weirdo freak." tartly.

"Katherine, you will desist on the name calling or I'll-" The vampire started.

"Or you'll what? Drain me dry? Dangle me from a rooftop? Rip my tongue out through my ribcage? Huh, what?" giving him a piercing look. Rachel thought it would be a good time to interrupt.

"Alucard, the death card?"

Kat paused and shifted her attention to Rachel. "Wait, What?"

"Your date here refused to sing again and forced my hand and has yet to pay up." Kat's eyes shift back to Alucard.

"I refuse to degrade myself for her entertainment."

"You think you are so high and mighty now, arrogant bastard." Kat said.

"Watch it, Kat." growling.

"Whatever it is it could not possibly be that bad. Are you a coward, Alucard?" That got to him. His hands clasped her shoulders while he seemed to be breathing fire.

"I will not do it!" between clinch teeth.

"Yes. You. Will! Now Rachael wh-mmmmn!" Lips crushed onto hers and for a second she just stared. She relaxed into him as tingles spread through her. His hands roved upward and held her head. His fingers burrowing into her hair. Her mouth opened willingly for his tongue, which caressed and teased hers into action. Her arms slid around him embracing him tighter with every tantalizing second. She wanted this. She could not believe how much she wanted this, wanted more of him. Her tongue dared enter the lion's den and found it exquisite. He tasted so wonderful, so unlike a monster should. Her head was swimming in desire and her body in longing. Was she getting enough air? Oh, she didn't care.

Alucard kissed her. He had to. It was an order. However, when his lips met hers he lost himself in the sensation. He forgot about the order to do so and he just played upon her mouth and in it because he wanted to. He wanted to taste her again. He wanted to take her breath away. He wanted to explore her sumptuous mouth and he did not want to stop this lip lock. This felt so right. What spurned him on was Katherine's willing participation. Her little tongue flicked brazenly into his dangerous mouth. Intoxicating heat flowed into his veins making his ancient body ache for more than just a kiss.

With every ounce of will, he tore himself away and released her.

Katherine was beyond breathless. Her chest heaved for air and she had to lean against a wall for support. 'My God! That was the best kiss ever! Wow! Why did he do that? Was he overcome with passion? Does he find me desirable, for me?'

"Thank you Mr. Alucard for complying. That was better than I expected." Rachael happily twirled back to the party fray, Roxy following behind her.

"Oh," somewhat deflated that it was by an order, and not by his own will. 'He must have detested it.' "I'm sorry. I should have asked first what it was she told you to do. You must hate having to be forced on someone like that." 'Yet I loved every second of it. Damn it, I am never going to forget a kiss like that. Damn his allure! How am I going to look him in the face without picturing his mouth on mine? He is the most distracting man on earth! And he's not even a man!'

He expected a slap in the face, not an apology. She didn't need to apologize. He could have easily thought Rachael's scheme to her. Nevertheless, he didn't and for the simple reason was that he did want to caress and taste her sweet mouth, which had held a hint of her blood making her even more desirable. He could not understand why he could not resist her physically speaking. He was like this around Elsbeth, but never this intense. His resolve to stay aloof was crumbling down even before it could be erected. He could no longer deny the desire, the craving, he had for her. He wanted her blood, her body, perhaps even her soul. However he wasn't about to even consider turning her and bonding her to him. Not this human, even if she had some intriguing qualities. They were fickle and easily swayed by selfish desires. Only another vampire who has shed her humanity and truly become a creature of the night, will he bond with. That was what his mind was telling him, the rest of him, however, had other plans.

An exasperated sigh ripped through his musings. Katherine looked ready to pull her hair out. "Can I have just one day, just one where no one is trying to kill me, or kiss me, or where I'm not put in a dangerous situation, or where my mind is not so blatantly confused with the world, and there's no little voice trying to tell me what to do!" Katherine entered into one of her rants and Alucard just observed as he did find them mildly entertaining, even if he did feel the urge to hold her like he did when she worried about her brother. "I went outside to ease myself from all this and I come back in slightly more collected and what happens? It's blown right back out of the water with the most amazing --Uuuhh!" curling her fingers before her face in frustration. "I think I'd scream if I wasn't a cool headed person!"

'She thought I was amazing?' "Go ahead and scream, Kitty Kat. I'm not stopping you." smirking lopsidedly. She smacked him in the face. "There it is! I was waiting for that!" smile broadening and Katherine's anger exploded in furry and growled heatedly at him. Her little fists banged into his chest and grew in intensity as his chuckling spurred her on. His arms did come around her this time and pulled her to him. Her fists not able to pound into him properly anymore stopped their assault and instead moved up around his neck and locked fingers. Her forehead rested on his chest.

"Why must you affect me so? Can't you turn off that attraction vibe you're giving off? You're driving me coocoo for coocoo puffs!" she cried softly.

'Coocoo puffs? She must have hit her head as well.' Speaking softly. "Katherine, I'm not giving off any such vibe. I know I can be a handsome devil, but whatever you're feeling is occurring naturally, unless of course it's the curse forcing the attraction between us, and I do believe its cocoa puffs."

"No, its coocoo puffs." smiling slightly into his warm chest. His pulsing vampire essence easing the stress out of her body. It was calming her more than the cool quiet outside ever did. 'Wait a minute! He said us! He is affected too? He desires me, for real?' Her pulse quickened for a second. 'Could that be true? And he blames the curse. I would love to blame it on the curse too as every other wrong thing seems to be blamed on it, but I do not think it's the case this time. I was attracted to him the first moment I set eyes on that pale face of his. It feels too right, and curse my loneliness and body for giving in. I want the bastard, damn it! I wonder if that makes me a necrophiliac, desiring an undead man. Do I want such a relationship with him? Would he want one from me?' tuning into his heart song again and searching for anything to tell her of his feelings toward her. Notes of somber contentment and restrained desire pricked her mental ear. 'He likes holding me, I think and he does desire something of me, probably just my blood mostly.' She breathed out a soft sigh.

A finger flicked at his short ponytail. 'He looks so much better with his hair loose.' She entertained the notion of untying the stripe of lace that held it back. 'Stop it Kat, this is Alucard you're talking about here. He is a bastard and I shouldn't be thinking such things right now. Neither of us wanted this. This only happened because some old hag gave me a cursed ring." she sighed and left his soft hair alone. 'Why is the source of my confusion and stress also comforting?'

"Kat, are you all right?" She was silent for far too long and that bothersome feeling of concern poked at him again. 'Must these useless emotions plague me continuously? It's the woman no doubt. I have come to care for her, much like my master. No, not like my master.' he realized. 'It feels different.'

Her head lifted to speak when three party-goers practically crashed into them, laughing and tumbling drunk. It was the fake vampire from earlier with two girls, a witch and a cowgirl. The three fell to the floor while Alucard with his superior equilibrium remained upward along with Kat. The girls helped each other up while the drunken man used Alucard as leverage to stand himself up. A vile sneer projected at the drunken humans and Kat chuckled at his reaction.

"Soo sorry man. Hey milady, wanna neck?" He reeked of beer. It was Kat's turn to pull a face. She huffed in disgust and shock. Ignoring the man she addresses her vampire.

"Alucard lets go back to the party. I think I just want to watch the insanity rather than be a part of it."

"Agreed." They returned to living room and Alucard used his presence to scare off a pudgy young man off the only couch. Kat gave a soft snort and sat beside him.

"Vampire, you could have picked any seat in the place, and you had to pick the one that was occupied." She thought to him.

"It has the best view." He sounded pleased.

"I bet you just wanted to scare someone." Watching yet another poor sap squeak words out on stage.

"You know me so well, Kitty Kat."

"Barely I think. Ha! You're so aloof sometimes, refusing to tell me any of your past."

"I'd like to keep it that way." the song ended and a too smug host informed the crowd the end of Karaoke roulette and the return of normal professional music, much to Alucard's relief.

"You're no fun. I know. I'll simply make up some events of your past." She smiled.

"What?" incredulous.

Kat congers up a story. "Lets see, you courted the French queen and since you detested the competition you devoured them, boots and all, which explains why you seemed to have a-"

"Katherine. I have never courted a French queen."

"Okay. I witch caught you once and turned you into a bunny, though being a novice witch she didn't quite do it right as you still had fangs. (He snarled at her softly) Yes you were quite the terror of the other woodland creatures, a were-bunny." She giggled softly at the stare he was giving her. "The local villagers called out a hunt for you, the fearsome fuzzy bunny!" His hands came around her neck and bored those red orbs into snorted and shook with glee never mind the hands daring to choke her but won't.

"Katherine! You will not mock me so! No witch could ever change my form!"

Her hand rested on his outreached arm. "Of course not. I was just seeing how far I could go with that nonsense. Not very far evidently. I think I like pissing you off. Your more entertaining this way." His hands dropped away as did his anger. The little minx teased him into anger much like he often harasses her into anger. He did not know whether he should be annoyed or pleased. "Tell me something of your past unless you like me filling in the blanks." She asked.

"How about when I slaughtered an entire roman army with my horde of minions? Would you like me to tell you that?" Barely allowing a single "um" escape her thoughts, he sent her images of that gory battle. Perhaps showing her how truly cruel and monstrous he is will put an end to any further inquiries and pry a wedge between them. He didn't want her to become fond of him as he was sensing increasing periods of desire from her body. It may make it easier for him to stay aloof as well if she thought him repulsive and dangerous.

It was like a blockbuster movie in her head. The images were so vivid and real and she could not stop them from unfolding in her head. She saw everything. Pale monstrous arms ripped away heads and limbs. They clawed into rib cages and tore apart hearts and lungs. Teeth snapped collarbones and cracked spines. She could hear the screams and shouts of the invading army, the cracking and sicken squirt of bone peeling away from flesh, as well as insane laughter ringing in her ears. Bodies lay strewn everywhere and old and fresh blood painted the countryside. Men with clanging swords were fighting large hell hounds, ghouls, and inky-like apparitions. And they were loosing. Some were yelling for mercy from the monster. It almost felt as if she, were the one fighting and cutting down these men. She could practically smell the rot, the death, and the fear cling to everything in this place, and it was intoxicatingly sweet. She felt pure pleasure and satisfaction from the carnage she was dishing out. She could feel the pain, the terror, and even the god-fearing thoughts of those men. It was empowering.

'This is not me! Oh God, this is through Alucard's eyes!' Short fast breaths explode out of her chest. Her mind clutches a cord of information from somewhere. These humans started this battle for they wanted the vile creature dead and they sought him out. They were warned to stay away, warned that they would loose. They called him out by name, a name she almost could not hear.

"Vlad Dracula" barely above a whisper, but loud and clear for Alucard. He stopped sending the images and stared at her in surprise. He purposely held back that name from his transmission and yet her mind instinctively sought it out and snatched it.

She opened eyes she did not know she had squeezed shut. She stared into the eyes of Count Dracula, now Alucard, and the most powerful vampire in the known world. She felt his power in his vision and it was astounding, frightening, and just a tad compelling. 'Oh fuck, I'm so dense. It's his name backwards.' She should be freaking out and create some sort of distance from him, but it truth she was not afraid of him. She was more afraid of herself because she had enjoyed seeing that pain and fear. Yes, he tore those men apart in delight, but he was also defending himself. Most would see him as a monster. However, she saw what was inside him; a lonely battered soul enraged at the world. What she saw in herself however, was something else, something she couldn't explain.

"Do you realize now that you should not ask so many questions. You might not like what you hear or see." she had a faraway look about her, though her fear was far less than he expected. She cringed at the slaughter but did not shrink away from the cause of it. 'She is made of tougher stuff than I realize. She is turning out to be quite the woman. Shy and passive on the outside while stubborn and willful on the inside. An intriguing mix, like a dormant volcano. It would be exiting to see her go off. If she were a vampire, I would -

No! I will not go there again! I will not be infatuated with her.' He tried to convince himself.

"Alucard, could you hold me again? But only if you want to." Her eyes almost pleaded with him.

'She wants to get even closer to me, a monster? Does nothing faze this woman?' He did want to hold her despite his mind set. His arms went around her back and legs and pulled her into his lap. Her arms snuggled in around his neck with her head resting just under his chin. His right arm rested on her waist and his left rubbed up and down her spine feeling her slender curves, muscles, and skeletal frame. She murmured and moaned at his massaging hand. He inhaled the scent of her hair.

'He certainly doesn't have to do that but oh it feels so nice. This dangerous man, who has killed, no slaughtered hundreds if not thousands of others for hunger, for defense, for glory, or whatever, feels great holding me. And, he wanted to hold me. God, I am such a twisted mushy mess. I have to be PMSing right now. I'm mood swinging like mad. I'm usually so level headed and independent, at least until I met him, and turned my life upside down. I swear if something else bizarre happens tonight I'm going to scream my lungs out.'

Her three friends walked up to the couch. "There you are you two, are you two having fun?" Beth sounded touched by their current predicament.

"Alucard if you say anything derogatory I'm going to pinch your neck off." Pretending to be asleep.

"Now why would I do that, Kitty Kat?" smiling inside.

"Well, it certainly has been interesting, though it looks as though it has been overtaxing for Katherine," with just a hint of suggestion coating his voice. She dug her nails into his back.

"Do you need a ride home?" Rachel asked.

"No, thank you. My good friend Pip can drive us. (Roxy scoffed at the mention of the Frenchman while Kat shakes slightly in a restrained giggle.) Would you like to go home, sweetheart?" the endearment dripping with affection.

"Bastard." She lifted her head. "Yeah, I think I've had enough excitement for now, Dracula," "and for the rest of the night, buster."

Alucard wouldn't put her down as he located Pip just outside. He told them they were leaving. He carried her bridal style all the way to the car with only slight mental protest from her. He even slipped into the car with her still in his arms. A great feat if he were human, but simple for him. Once the three were inside and the Captain put it into gear, Kat started pestering him.

"Why have you not released me, dearest?" wiggling with the name.

"You asked me to hold you, so I'm doing it. You haven't told me otherwise." The real reason was that he simply did not want to let her go and curse his new-found weakness for her.

"Oh, that was a request, vampire so I'm thinking you like it. You like holding me and I think you're fond of me. I just know it!" It was true his heart song was humming notes of contentment and affection.

"I am Not fond of you! You are a nuisance, woman!"

"You are in denial, and no you can't let go, cause I'm not letting go until you admit it."

"I will not admit to anything as idiotic as that." He became rigid.

*Scoff* did you hear that Pip? He's in denial. He has done so many things to show that he does like me. Okay, he likes watching me eat, lets me sleep on top of him in his coffin, loves my singing, he nearly shagged me on stage, fixes my dress, kisses me in the kitchen, and now refuses to let me go." she giggles insanely at the evil look he gave her. Pip was shocked at the shag part.

"What! Shagged you on stage! Noa, you're making zat up, Katherine. Alucard wouldn't, I mean you would never do such a zing, Mr. Alucard?" He emitted a low animalistic growl that sobered her up.

"Alright, I made that part up, but the rest of it is true. You do like me Alucard and I can prove it. You cannot tell me that when I touch you, you do not feel affected?"

"Affected with disgust perhaps."

"Oh yeah?" her hand pulled off her remaining glove. She untied the strip of lace holding his hair back. It sprung loose covering his ears. Her dainty fingers combed upward over his scalp and at the top, she ruffled it while massaging her tips into his scalp. Soft black hair flopped over his anger-diminishing red eyes. He tried to hold onto the anger but her soothing ministrations thwarted his resolve. Her touch did affect him, but did she know much it did? He relaxed into her shoulder and purred like a lion.

"Told you," she petted his hair now and inhaled his unique invigorating scent. His nose nuzzled into her neck and began kissing her well-exposed skin. She gasped slightly. He could not help himself. She was so close and her neck so delectable. He felt her chest rising and falling faster. He sucked at a patch and teased it with his tongue. Hearing her heartbeat grow faster spurred him on. He tightened the grip on her waist and tilted her head back. Kat did nothing to refuse him for she secretly craved his touch. Her lips parted with a soft coo and the fingers in his hair dug into the skin. His lips moved upward to her jugular and with sharp teeth bit apart her necklace as it was in the way. It fell loosely into her bodice. He licked and nibbled at her flesh desiring just a little taste of her blood. He groaned softly in frustration. It flowed just under his canines and couldn't get at it.

Her other hand joined into his hair and pulled him closer into her neck. A hand moved up to the front and slowly stroked her stomach and when it brushed over her perky left breast her body jerked upward at the sensation while her hands grasped at his head tighter. At the added shift of movement, his fangs sunk into her skin and finally he drew blood. His hand returned to her back quickly and pulled her even tighter to him. He latched on to her and suckled at the small holes.

Katherine panicked at the sudden pain and tried to push him away to no avail. He latched onto her like a leach. It took a second to find her voice.

"St- Stop, Alucard." He moaned in protest. His fangs lifted off her neck, but his tongue remained lapping up the blood that leaked out. His tongue sealed up the holes, his saliva healing them in seconds. He pulled away with a victorious grin. Her hand flew to her neck expecting to feel punctured skin. Instead, she felt only smooth damp skin.

"Thank you for the taste, my darling Kitty Kat. Although next time I expect more."

"Next time!? There will be no next time! And, why do I feel no bite marks?" She asked, nearing hysterics.

"My saliva has amazing healing properties. And you should know better not to mess with me. You could get hurt." licking his lips and chuckling manically.

Starting to freak out. "Okay, this qualifies as another bizarre event tonight!" She screamed loudly, startling the already freaked out Captain in the driver's seat.

"Okay, I'm good." she said after Alucard nearly clamped her mouth shut with the screaming.

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Finally back in her apartment, the three sat in the living room. "So, Alucard, what is zee plan for tomorrow?" Pip starts. Kat is currently undoing the bun in her hair. Alucard stares as her fingers comb out the braid for a moment.

"Seeing as the witch who resides there will detect my presence immediately, and as for the little banshee, (She eyed him crudely) her reappearance will alert her as well, you my good captain will have to go in and apprehend the foul woman, by any means necessary. Remember, witches are very crafty and manipulative. You must remain alert and wary at all times. Take her alive and bring her to the old stone church I saw on Market Street. It will make a good interrogation spot and I will make sure there is no one to bother us." Evil intent gleams out of his eyes.

"What time Alucard? You are not exactly a daytime person."

"I will make do. Around one pm. Let the old hag fall into a state of ease. I would not want to confront her too early." He tells Pip.

"Katherine, zee description you gave, are you absolutely certain it's her?"

"Yes, a very short and stout woman with black streaks in her grey hair, and she is the only one that works in her store, that I know of." she digs out the broken necklace out of her bodice and tosses it unceremoniously at the vampire. It hit his chest and fell into his lap.

"You do not throw things at me, woman." He picked up the wooden cross and crushed it to powder in his gloved hand. She gave him a 'Yeah, whatever' look and continues speaking with Pip.

"I suppose that means I'm not going into work tomorrow?" she asked.

"That is correct." Alucard responded. No doubt, the woman was going to complain and argue. She turned her attention to him. Her hands rubbed at her forehead and cheeks in fatigue.

"Fine, but I was hoping to settle an issue I'm having with my business." the sneer evident in her tone.

"The pharmacist, I presume?" The vampire asks.

"Yes, I would love to see him torn to shreds as he has torn my nerves to shreds. I would love to find the biggest, meanest, ugliest crocodile and let it loose in his store." Her eyes twinkle in thought. "Too bad it's so hard to find one, legally, to suit my vengeance" she gazes up at Alucard. Her eyes sparkle even more. "Well, maybe not." Her lips grow into a deliciously evil smirk along with Alucard's.

"My offer does still stand, and I do not believe I have ever been a crocodile before."

"Really? I think your missing out. I think you'd enjoy instigating the famous death roll and listening to your victim's bones and sinew twist apart in agony."

Pip was getting uneasy at the two's rather rancorous conversation and at Alucard's apparent excitement for the subject matter or for Katherine. He couldn't tell. It got weirder with what Alucard did next.

"Ah, Katherine, you know me so well." His hand reached out and with the back of his fingers caressed the side of her face. Her face leans into his hand slightly as her eyes nearly close. If Pip didn't know better, he would say she was enamored with the vampire's touch and Alucard's own face became softer as he did so. He wasn't sure how vampires in general behaved and acted in personal relationships, or even if they pursued them at all, but it would seem Alucard was behaving like a man infatuated.

She laughed hesitantly. "Hm, hm, yeah." 'Well I did see a snippet of your enjoyment for such things.' She took in breath and shook her head clear. "Um, anyways, what do you plan to do in the church?"

"Make her tell all of her plans, force her to break the curse, and then kill her, very slowly."

"Oh I see, simple. I don't think this is a simple thing. I do not get something. If witches as you say love power, why didn't she just bind herself to you and have all your powers at her command?" She asks Alucard.

"Because witches cannot stand a vampire's presence. She would have gone berserk with rage with the prolonged proximity, as would I. Even with a sixty foot range."

"Then what could she possibly gain with this curse, unless she took… control … of me?" a cold shiver ran down her spine. Alucard sensing this pulls her into his arms once more, startling the hell out of Pip. He could no longer control the impulse to feel her close, and did not care anymore.

"That will not happen. I'd rather be forever commanded by you than for a second by that vile creature!" Both Katherine's and Pip's eye's become saucers' at his confession.

Getting up out of the chair, "I'm leaving. You love birds are getting bloody weird. If you have anyzing else you need to tell me, just call me, and please use zee phone Mr. Alucard." Pip marched out of the apartment.

"Do you really mean that?" tempted to hug him for his compassion.

"Well yes, you are a thousand times tastier than an old witch." Never mind the hug. She groaned exasperated and shoved at him. He refused to let her go so easily.

"I'm going to bed. Let me go, you single-minded fruit loop!" He pulled a disappointed face before letting her go. "Wake me up at six. Do whatever you want til then." He watched the hem of her gown disappear down the hallway.

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