A/N: okay guys, here is the chapter before THE chapter! Fun fun, loved the reviews from the last chapter and really glad everyone really enjoyed it. Anyway when you get to the part in this chapter about Sophia's dress, I was picturing Satine's ( Nicole Kidman ) red dress from Moulin Rouge, the one she wears when Christian tells her he loves her in the beginning of the movie, the cover dress. Okay thats all you guys need know, I thought that it would help if I didn't give enough detail or something. Okay enjoy.

Sophia smelt the wonderful smell of burning maple wood in a fireplace and the delicious aroma of a cooked meal lingering just out of reach. She opened her eyes and sat up to see where the smell was coming from. She saw the bed curtains had been pulled and she was left completely alone shrouded in darkness and warm heavy blankets.

She wanted to roll over and let sleep consume her, but her stomach rumbled loudly and she knew she had to eat. Even though the womb like environment compelled her to go back into her slumber, her hungry tummy had a stronger will, so she reached over and pulled the bed curtain away to reveal the warm light that was radiating for the fireplace and many candle operas.

Sophia got out of the bed and saw a small table set up for two to eat, there were platters of food covered to stay warm and a single red rose resting in a thin vase. Next to the rose was a note with beautiful curved letters adorning it. Sophia picked it up and it read:

Darling Sophia,

I know you must be starving, but resist from eating just yet my sweet. First wash up and get dressed, I want us to eat together and talk.

See you soon my dear.

- Drake

P.S. Nicolae left a lovely gown for you behind the changing screen, it is something of an anniversary gift, you have been here an entire month. I hope it does your form justice my love.

Sophia smiled at that and went to see what the new dress looked like. She walked behind the screen and saw the dress that Nicolae had left. She sighed and touched the blood red silk. It was slick and smooth and ran like red water through her fingers when she picked it up.

She laid the dress down and took off her own. After disrobing she adjusted her corset and put on the sinful new gown. It came off the shoulders and clung to her form like a glove would her hand. It exsenuated the curve of her now ample pushed up breasts and round feminine hips. The dress had a long silk train that ruffled and lay at her feet like a pool of cascading blood. It was dangerously beautiful and made her look that way.

She then went to the water basin and mirror behind the changing screen. After much debate with herself, she let her long dark curl remain loose and full. They ran down her back and framed her face, making her look like some kind of dark angel. She washed any trace of sleep from her eyes and pinched her cheeks and lips to make them rosy and flushed looking.

While giving herself a final look over she heard Drake come through the bedroom door.

"Sophia? Are you dressed for dinner?" he asked, already standing by the table waiting for her to appear.

"Yes, I am," she said as she walked out from behind the screen.

Drake could feel his jaw drop and stay ajar as his heart started to beat dramatically faster and his knees felt weak. "My God, you are beautiful..."

Sophia's eyes cast down to her dress and a gorgeous blush started from her chest and flushed her cheeks magnificently. "Thank you."

"No need to thank me darling...please sit." Drake said and pulled out her chair as she took a seat. He noted that she wore no scent yet radiated a natural lavender perfume.

Drake took the seat opposite her across the table and lifted her tray for her. Upon it was fluffy mashed potatoes, a wine marinated chicken, and steamed vegetables. Sophia felt her stomach rumble again and her mouth water. She really was starving.

"Go ahead darling, eat." Drake said.

Sophia lifted her fork and looked at him; he wasn't eating, he didn't even lift his tray. "Drake, why aren't you eating?" she asked.

"I do not eat real food. I survive off of blood alone. I could eat, but it would only make me ill. My body doesn't digest real food any longer I am afraid." He said sounding chipper, not the least bit sad.

"Drake, that's terrible! Don't you miss it?" Sophia asked.

"I can't miss something I dont even remember any longer. It is a shame but I got over that factor of my damnation very fast. I miss sunlight more than food. That and the real warmth of a human..." he responded reaching across the table to touch her hand briefly.

"Oh my sweet Drake..." she began but he cut her off. "Eat before you disappear Sophia!" They both laughed and Sophia tasted her food. It was sumptuous and almost dissolved on her tongue, she couldn't even stop to comment she just kept eating and eating, Drake laughed at her appetite and watched her happiness at eating. He enjoyed watching her devour everything on her plate until she almost licked it clean.

She sat back in her chair and sighed contentedly. "Was it good?" Draked asked jokingly.

She hummed her agreement and walked over to him. He then pulled out his chair and began to stand but she urged him to sit again and she sat in his lap.

"Sophia?" Drake questioned her actions but she placed a long, smooth finger on his lips to silence him. He looked into her lazy and seductive green eyes and she kissed him.

She softly placed her lips on his all the while neither of them closed their eyes. She opened her mouth beckoning his to deepen the kiss and he abliged.

Snaking his warm tongue into her mouth she hummed with pleasure sending vibrations to his lips. She closed her eyes when their kiss began to intensify.

His body began to respond to her actions as she ran her hands down his chest and her swaying hips caused her soft bottom to run over more than his thigh. He broke the kiss when he found himself tempted to take more than just her mouth to his own.

"Sophia..." he whispered softly caressing her hair. "Look what you are doing to me..."

She sighed and kissed his neck tenderly. "When was the last time you have ate?"

Drake looked confused in that moment wondering why she was ask. "Sense I drank from your neck, why?"

"Are you hungry?" she asked looking him in the eyes.

"Always my dear but I do not understand why that matters right now..." he began but another swift kiss silenced him.

"Then drink my blood again Drake...I want you to." She pulled her long curls from the white pillar that was her throat, beckoning him.

"No." he breathed wanting so badly to taste her sweet blood again. " I cant do that to you..."

"Why? It doesn't hurt, I know, just take what you need...just keep me awake, I want to see you more tonight..." she smiled kissing his cheek, her neck exposed and alluring.

Drake ran his fingers along her neck and then laid his lips there. He kissed her soft fragrant skin feeling his fangs unsheathe his mouth. He then groaned and slowly slipped them into her skin piercing the throbbing vein in her neck. He felt her body tense as he drew back his fangs and then began to suck the blood that now flowed from the bite he created.

Her blood was warm and sweet, like honey or caramel, although he was only faintly remembered what those sweets tasted like. He drank deeply and then he began to remember himself when he heard her groan. He was taking what kept her alive. With that thought he drew his mouth from her neck and then placed his hand over her wound.

"Your done?" she asked softly.

He didn't respond until he could feel her skin heal under the powers of his hand. He then removed it and peered at her neck, it was slightly red with a trickle of blood abstracting the ivory of her skin. He placed his tongue on her neck and took the only trace of his feast from her neck. She trembled at that and looked back into his eyes.

"Drake..." she said and ran a hand along his cheek.

He kissed her shoulder and then peered into her eyes. "I love you Sophia..."

Sophia's eyes grew wide and she stood walking away. " You love me?" she asked breathy placing a hand on her chest.

"Yes more than you know..." he stood and walked to her, placing his hands on her hips, feverently kissing her neck as she sighed with pleasure.

She backed away towards his bed holding on to his shoulders and trembling with need for him. This man loved her, a angel of the night was in love with her, and she knew she loved him back.

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