When they got back to the mansion, Nino landed them directly on the balcony
outside his room. She pushed his coat off his shoulders, her mouth working
at the blood on his jaw from his hunt. He tugged her t-shirt up. She helped
him pull her shirt over her head and reached for the buttons on the front
of his
pants.
"Shower." She mumbled as they continued to undress each other. Nino nodded and maneuvered them towards the bathroom.
Lily reached into the shower and turned on the water as Nino worked at getting her jeans off. Finally, all their clothes were off and the pair tumbled into the shower.
There was a ferocity to their mating. Nino lifted her legs around his waist, her back pressed against the cold tile of the shower stall. He drove into her, nipping and sucking on her neck. Lily made a catlike sound, arching into him. He sank his fangs into her throat. Lily screamed, as he triggered her
orgasm. Her body shuddered against his, clinging to him as he drank from her.
***
The other members of the Malvagità looked up when they heard Lily scream. "Sounds like Lily and Nino are home." Valentino said. Nicolo laughed.
"La piccola ragazza is one of us now." Diego rumbled.
Ottavia snarled. "La bagascia. I still don't like her."
Mauro laughed. He was standing in the doorway of the living room. "That's because you've got a thing for Nino. You're just jealous."
"I do not." Ottavia shot to her feet. She ran towards Mauro, who deftly moved out of her path. With a snarl, she turned around and attacked.
The other vampires jumped up out of the way of the pair as they tumbled to the floor. Ottavia was rapidly losing the fight. Even with her enhanced strength, she was no match for Mauro. He was twice her size and held her down easily. She swung out at him, all teeth and claws but he avoided her flailing.
"What's going on down here?"
Nino and Lily appeared in the doorway, watching the fight. Mauro released Ottavia with a growl and bowed at their leader. Ottavia jumped up and slashed at Mauro, catching him across the back. Mauro cried out in pain.
"Ottavia, abbastanza!" Nino yelled. "You're staying here." He ordered the female vampire.
Ottavia looked suddenly contrite. "Nino, no. Please, I haven't hunted. I have to go out." She pleaded in Italian.
Nino shook his head. "Tough. Should have thought of that before you started fighting."
"What about Mauro? He was fighting as well." She protested.
"You attacked him." Valentino spoke up. "He was defending himself."
Nino grabbed Ottavia by the arm and pulled her out of the living room. Lily moved out of the way but Ottavia leaned forward as they passed. "Vacca." She hissed. Nino grabbed her by the hair and pulled her away from Lily.
"Be nice Ottavia. Or I might just forget where I put you." Nino said as they headed into the kitchen.
Lily turned to the remaining pack members. "What'd she call me?"
"Let's just say, cara, that it wasn't very nice." Diego answered. Mauro snorted.
"That is the understatement of the year." He pushed himself off the floor. "Come here piccola. Let us look at you."
Lily crossed into the living room where the pack was lounging. She crossed her arms over her bare stomach as she walked. Mauro reached out and took her hand, pulling her further into the room. Lily was wearing leather. Skintight leather pants, boots and a leather vest top. The zipper on the top started a few inches above her bellybutton so the top showed a triangle of the bare skin of her stomach.
"Very nice." Mauro turned her around, admiring her.
She cast her eyes downward. "Thank you."
Diego stood up and walked over to Lily. "You look like one of us." He said softly, trailing a finger down the exposed skin of her stomach. "What color do you want to do your hair?"
"Purple." There was no question. It was her favorite color. "When do I get to do it?"
Isabella joined them. "I can help you when we get back. If you want."
Lily smiled and nodded. She liked Isabella. The female vampire was soft spoken and kind, despite the roughness of the others around her. "Thanks."
Nino reappeared next to Lily. "Are we ready?"
"SÃ, Nino." Nicolo leaned over and kissed Lily on the cheek. "Welcome, sister."
"Then let's go." He linked arms with Lily and led the pack out of the house. Once on the lawn, they took to the air.
***
They found a group of teenagers having a party on a secluded section of the beach. They had a huge bonfire and were well on their way to becoming drunk. The group of teens laughed as the vampires approached.
"What the hell is this? A rich kid biker gang?" One of the boys said. His friends laughed.
Lily and Nino walked at the front of the pack. She looked at the boy and then at Nino, shaking her head. "That's the problem with kids today. No respect."
Nino laughed. "In my day, we cherished our elders."
"Listen to him," Another boy said. "In my day. What are you, like 20?"
"No stupid boy. We're vampires." Isabella spoke up from the back of the group. That made the teens laugh harder.
"Right. Like Anne Rice?" A preppy girl said sarcastically. "Then which one of you is Lestat?"
Mauro suddenly appeared before her, grinning maniacally. "I am." He said and
grabbed her by the shirt, sinking his teeth into her neck.
The teens started screaming and running. Nino laughed and waved his hand. The pack howled when he gave the signal and chased after their prey.
Diego pulled Lily along with him. They ran after one of the boys, chasing him over sand dunes and under a pier. The boy ducked behind a piling, breathing hard, trying to hide from his pursuers to no avail. They could smell his fear on the air and hear his heart pounding in his chest.
Diego motioned for Lily to go around the back of the piling. They surrounded the teen and attacked from both sides. He held the struggling teen from behind.
"Share with me cara." He said in a low rumbling voice. Lily approached them, her eyes on the boy.
"Please, don't kill me. I can get you money, anything. Just don't kill me." He begged, tears streaming down his face.
Lily leaned in close and drew her tongue along the line his tears made. "Shh." She brushed his hair back. "Don't cry. Its pointless to cry." She lifted his hand and stroked his arm to calm him. "Shh." She whispered again as she bent her head to his wrist. At the same time, Diego tilted the boy's head to the side. They bit him at the same time and the boy whimpered.
Diego held him up when the boy fell unconscious. After another moment, the two vampires could feel his heart slowing. Quietly, the boy died and the two vampires let the body fall to the ground.
Lily looked up at Diego. He was considerably taller than her and much broader as well. She stepped over the corpse so that she was standing flush against him. He wrapped his arms around her, tucking her into his long coat, her head resting on his chest.
"Do we have to go back?" Lily asked softly, her breath cool against his chest.
"Where do you want to go?" Diego liked the way Lily fit in his arms.
"Anywhere."
"Sicuro, cara." He walked them out from under the pier before taking to the sky.
They landed on a butte in the desert. Lily looked around them at the emptiness of the land. She could pick out a few small animals scurrying around the ground below them.
"Its beautiful." She breathed and sank to the ground, laying back on the warm rock. Diego lay next to her and draped an arm over her stomach. "Is Nino going to be mad we didn't come back?"
He shrugged. "Maybe. I'll take care of it."
She nodded and rested her head against his shoulder. "Tell me about the pack."
"The pack? Well, Nino came first of course. He made his brother and then turned their cousins a few years later."
Lily turned her head to look at Diego. "Valentino and Isabella?"
The quiet vampire nodded. " After them came me, then Mauro and finally Ottavia." His full lips turned up when he said Ottavia's name.
"You don't like her much, do you?" Lily asked, examining his large hand that sat on her stomach.
He grinned wryly. "I'm not allowed to dislike her. She's pack."
"Well, she certainly doesn't like me."
"You challenge her place in the pack. Despite the fact that you're new, you outrank her. Thanks to your father." He smiled. "Though after her punishment, I think she will be better."
"A swift kick in the ass would make her better."
Diego laughed, a low rumbling sound. Lily smiled up at him, rolling onto her side so she faced him.
"I like you Diego." She whispered.
He smiled and cupped her face in his large hand. "I'm glad, Lily." His dark eyes bore into her as he leaned down to kiss her softly. "Nino would kill me for this."
"He won't. Not for one kiss." Lily said and drew him back down.
pants.
"Shower." She mumbled as they continued to undress each other. Nino nodded and maneuvered them towards the bathroom.
Lily reached into the shower and turned on the water as Nino worked at getting her jeans off. Finally, all their clothes were off and the pair tumbled into the shower.
There was a ferocity to their mating. Nino lifted her legs around his waist, her back pressed against the cold tile of the shower stall. He drove into her, nipping and sucking on her neck. Lily made a catlike sound, arching into him. He sank his fangs into her throat. Lily screamed, as he triggered her
orgasm. Her body shuddered against his, clinging to him as he drank from her.
***
The other members of the Malvagità looked up when they heard Lily scream. "Sounds like Lily and Nino are home." Valentino said. Nicolo laughed.
"La piccola ragazza is one of us now." Diego rumbled.
Ottavia snarled. "La bagascia. I still don't like her."
Mauro laughed. He was standing in the doorway of the living room. "That's because you've got a thing for Nino. You're just jealous."
"I do not." Ottavia shot to her feet. She ran towards Mauro, who deftly moved out of her path. With a snarl, she turned around and attacked.
The other vampires jumped up out of the way of the pair as they tumbled to the floor. Ottavia was rapidly losing the fight. Even with her enhanced strength, she was no match for Mauro. He was twice her size and held her down easily. She swung out at him, all teeth and claws but he avoided her flailing.
"What's going on down here?"
Nino and Lily appeared in the doorway, watching the fight. Mauro released Ottavia with a growl and bowed at their leader. Ottavia jumped up and slashed at Mauro, catching him across the back. Mauro cried out in pain.
"Ottavia, abbastanza!" Nino yelled. "You're staying here." He ordered the female vampire.
Ottavia looked suddenly contrite. "Nino, no. Please, I haven't hunted. I have to go out." She pleaded in Italian.
Nino shook his head. "Tough. Should have thought of that before you started fighting."
"What about Mauro? He was fighting as well." She protested.
"You attacked him." Valentino spoke up. "He was defending himself."
Nino grabbed Ottavia by the arm and pulled her out of the living room. Lily moved out of the way but Ottavia leaned forward as they passed. "Vacca." She hissed. Nino grabbed her by the hair and pulled her away from Lily.
"Be nice Ottavia. Or I might just forget where I put you." Nino said as they headed into the kitchen.
Lily turned to the remaining pack members. "What'd she call me?"
"Let's just say, cara, that it wasn't very nice." Diego answered. Mauro snorted.
"That is the understatement of the year." He pushed himself off the floor. "Come here piccola. Let us look at you."
Lily crossed into the living room where the pack was lounging. She crossed her arms over her bare stomach as she walked. Mauro reached out and took her hand, pulling her further into the room. Lily was wearing leather. Skintight leather pants, boots and a leather vest top. The zipper on the top started a few inches above her bellybutton so the top showed a triangle of the bare skin of her stomach.
"Very nice." Mauro turned her around, admiring her.
She cast her eyes downward. "Thank you."
Diego stood up and walked over to Lily. "You look like one of us." He said softly, trailing a finger down the exposed skin of her stomach. "What color do you want to do your hair?"
"Purple." There was no question. It was her favorite color. "When do I get to do it?"
Isabella joined them. "I can help you when we get back. If you want."
Lily smiled and nodded. She liked Isabella. The female vampire was soft spoken and kind, despite the roughness of the others around her. "Thanks."
Nino reappeared next to Lily. "Are we ready?"
"SÃ, Nino." Nicolo leaned over and kissed Lily on the cheek. "Welcome, sister."
"Then let's go." He linked arms with Lily and led the pack out of the house. Once on the lawn, they took to the air.
***
They found a group of teenagers having a party on a secluded section of the beach. They had a huge bonfire and were well on their way to becoming drunk. The group of teens laughed as the vampires approached.
"What the hell is this? A rich kid biker gang?" One of the boys said. His friends laughed.
Lily and Nino walked at the front of the pack. She looked at the boy and then at Nino, shaking her head. "That's the problem with kids today. No respect."
Nino laughed. "In my day, we cherished our elders."
"Listen to him," Another boy said. "In my day. What are you, like 20?"
"No stupid boy. We're vampires." Isabella spoke up from the back of the group. That made the teens laugh harder.
"Right. Like Anne Rice?" A preppy girl said sarcastically. "Then which one of you is Lestat?"
Mauro suddenly appeared before her, grinning maniacally. "I am." He said and
grabbed her by the shirt, sinking his teeth into her neck.
The teens started screaming and running. Nino laughed and waved his hand. The pack howled when he gave the signal and chased after their prey.
Diego pulled Lily along with him. They ran after one of the boys, chasing him over sand dunes and under a pier. The boy ducked behind a piling, breathing hard, trying to hide from his pursuers to no avail. They could smell his fear on the air and hear his heart pounding in his chest.
Diego motioned for Lily to go around the back of the piling. They surrounded the teen and attacked from both sides. He held the struggling teen from behind.
"Share with me cara." He said in a low rumbling voice. Lily approached them, her eyes on the boy.
"Please, don't kill me. I can get you money, anything. Just don't kill me." He begged, tears streaming down his face.
Lily leaned in close and drew her tongue along the line his tears made. "Shh." She brushed his hair back. "Don't cry. Its pointless to cry." She lifted his hand and stroked his arm to calm him. "Shh." She whispered again as she bent her head to his wrist. At the same time, Diego tilted the boy's head to the side. They bit him at the same time and the boy whimpered.
Diego held him up when the boy fell unconscious. After another moment, the two vampires could feel his heart slowing. Quietly, the boy died and the two vampires let the body fall to the ground.
Lily looked up at Diego. He was considerably taller than her and much broader as well. She stepped over the corpse so that she was standing flush against him. He wrapped his arms around her, tucking her into his long coat, her head resting on his chest.
"Do we have to go back?" Lily asked softly, her breath cool against his chest.
"Where do you want to go?" Diego liked the way Lily fit in his arms.
"Anywhere."
"Sicuro, cara." He walked them out from under the pier before taking to the sky.
They landed on a butte in the desert. Lily looked around them at the emptiness of the land. She could pick out a few small animals scurrying around the ground below them.
"Its beautiful." She breathed and sank to the ground, laying back on the warm rock. Diego lay next to her and draped an arm over her stomach. "Is Nino going to be mad we didn't come back?"
He shrugged. "Maybe. I'll take care of it."
She nodded and rested her head against his shoulder. "Tell me about the pack."
"The pack? Well, Nino came first of course. He made his brother and then turned their cousins a few years later."
Lily turned her head to look at Diego. "Valentino and Isabella?"
The quiet vampire nodded. " After them came me, then Mauro and finally Ottavia." His full lips turned up when he said Ottavia's name.
"You don't like her much, do you?" Lily asked, examining his large hand that sat on her stomach.
He grinned wryly. "I'm not allowed to dislike her. She's pack."
"Well, she certainly doesn't like me."
"You challenge her place in the pack. Despite the fact that you're new, you outrank her. Thanks to your father." He smiled. "Though after her punishment, I think she will be better."
"A swift kick in the ass would make her better."
Diego laughed, a low rumbling sound. Lily smiled up at him, rolling onto her side so she faced him.
"I like you Diego." She whispered.
He smiled and cupped her face in his large hand. "I'm glad, Lily." His dark eyes bore into her as he leaned down to kiss her softly. "Nino would kill me for this."
"He won't. Not for one kiss." Lily said and drew him back down.