A.N. Ok this is the second to last chapter. After this there will be an Epilogue and then it's done. Hope you enjoy this next chapter.
Previously on Midnight Rendezvous
"My sweet Elizabeth," He sniffs at her hair enjoying the sweet smell of her shampoo, the silky locks give off the aroma of a cucumber. "Never will you have to worry of me leaving you, stakes are useless, yes they hurt but put me in the ground with my special dirt and I'll be good as new. Holy water is far more useless than stakes; it stings but nothing more. And crosses, I'd have to believe in what the cross symbolizes for it to effect me. Do not worry nothing can keep us apart."
Chapter 8
Liz's heart soars at his admission, logically she doesn't want to be attached to another man, she had enough of that with Max but she melted when Dracula told her he would never leave her. Against her back she can feel his muscles flex like a panther getting ready to pounce on its prey.
"Another question darling." Prompting her to continue, although with her heart rate accelerating causing all that delicious blood to flow powerfully through the very veins he spoke of he wasn't sure how long he could keep from claiming her as his. She already bares his mark but he has yet to turn her and that will make her truly his.
Swallowing with difficulty she nods and asks another question. "If I decided to become a vampire, could—" Liz doesn't want Dracula to think she's using him and this question could be taken that way. "Could you…if a friend of mine wanted too, turn them into a vampire too?" It's a question that has been bugging her since Maria revealed her secret to her.
"It would depend on the friend my love. As long as it's not those annoying non-humans you congregate with that shouldn't be a problem." Last thing he wants is that Max Evans to be around for eternity.
"No, I don't want them to be changed. Although it's completely up to my friend whether he wants to be one but he's been my friend for over a decade and I can't imagine my life without him." She admits, "His name's Alex." Liz tells Drac.
Dracula contemplates the request before finally nodding his head yes. "If he wants I will change him as well." He can understand her desire to want her friend with her. Harold has become a close friend of his and if he weren't already an almost immortal he would have made Harold into a vampire like himself.
Liz shows her enthusiasm by turning and giving Dracula a long sensual kiss. Under her eager kiss he opens his mouth welcoming her tongue and greeting it with his own. A tiny moan escapes from Liz's throat, gently he sets Liz back against the couch, with a grace normal men don't possess he stands from the couch, he bends down and lifts Liz into his arms.
Carrying her like precious cargo he takes her to his lavish bedroom, the walls are of course black with red trim, and near the window is a large king size bed. The sheets match the shade of the wall with red accents everywhere. With care he sets her down softly on the plush bed, he kneels down in front of her resting his hands on her hips.
"Do you wish to become one of the undead? Do you wish to be with me for all eternity?" Dracula questions his beloved. If she decided not too he'd stay with till the day she died then he would die as well, but he hopes with all his dead heart that she wants to join him in the darkness for all time. They would have lifetimes to explore and discover; he wants those lifetimes with her.
If she says yes then she'll outlive her family, her friends…except Maria and Alex if he wants to become a vampire. "Will we be able to have children?" Being a mother is something she very much wants if she can't have children then she doesn't know if she wants to be a vampire.
"Unfortunately my darling that myth is true. Vampires cannot produce children, never in all the years of vampires has a child been born to discredit that." Dracula strokes a hand down her silky smooth hair, he sees tears well up in her eyes, he wishes that news hadn't put those tears in her eyes but he can't lie to her.
Liz is saddened by that information but she wouldn't have been able to have children anyway if she stayed human and started to build a life with Dracula. Maybe someday they could adopt; she'd be all right with that, she's sure he would be too. "If we can't have children, I can live with that. I just don't think I could live without you." She admits.
"Would you like to be changed into a vampire now my love?" Dracula purrs out staring up into her mahogany eyes. He fights the urge to use compulsion on her, if he used his gifts to sway her decision he could lose her forever and he would never risk that.
She breathes in and out slowly, even though they've only known each other face-to-face for twenty-four hours she's known of him for years, and she can't imagine her life without him. "Yes. I want to become a vampire and be with you for all eternity."
Dracula grins widely, he lifts Liz up again twirling her around in a circle. "We're going to be eternally happy beautiful. I'll make sure of it." He promises her; again he puts her down on the bed, this time laying her against the mound of pillows.
This is it; she's going to become a vampire. Nerves bubble in her gut, her heart pounds flooding her veins with more of that red elixir. Dracula's eyes cloud over with passion and need, he can smell the blood flowing through her veins. Her jugular pulses creating a seductive dance only for him. Only he will ever place his mouth over that delicious thump.
Dracula carefully caresses Liz's tender smooth skin with his warm hand, he recently fed, the blood is still pumping through his body making his body as hot as a living human. She shivers at his touches enjoying every brush of his fingertips.
With her hair up he doesn't have to worry about moving the gorgeous tresses to get to the ultimate prize. Slowly so as not to startle her he lowers his mouth down to her exposed neck, his fangs elongate and gently pierce her jugular.
A gasp escapes her luscious mouth, he's about to stop but she lifts her hand and pushes his head and fangs further into her neck. She wants him to continue, the second her blood touches his tongue he groans in ecstasy, she tastes fabulous.
Blood pours from the two holes coating his tongue, like a fine velvet chocolate the blood slides down his throat. He laps at the life giving fluid, in moments her heart begins to slow. Only a few more sucks and it will be time to feed Liz his blood.
When he first sunk his fangs in and he heard her gasp she knew he thought she'd changed her mind. The two sharp points piercing her skin had been a surprise but she didn't want him to stop. Dracula sucking her blood is hardly painful; it's pleasurable, she read about people getting addicted to vampire bites, if it always feels like this it's not a shock to her that it becomes an addiction.
Quickly her brain starts to become fuzzy, the loss of blood beginning to take its toll on her mind and body. Her arms are heavy she can hardly lift them, in fact the hand that's attached to said arm feels like a thousand pounds as it slides from Dracula's hair and plops onto the bed.
"Open your mouth my love." With a sharpened nail he slices into his now bare chest, blood oozes out as he lifts his beloved up and presses her parted lips to his upper chest. "Drink, Elizabeth, drink." He prompts this time using his compulsion, she can get mad at him later, but he could tell he took a little too much blood and if he didn't force her movements she wouldn't drink the blood.
Liz drinks and drinks until he pulls her lips away from his closing wound; carefully he lies her back down flat on the bed and waits for her to change. She should be out for two hours at the most; her body needs to adjust to the new abilities she will have, needs to adjust to her new body.
Footsteps sound outside his bedroom door, from the scent and how heavy the footfalls are it's Harold. His friend knocks on the door and waits for Dracula to bid him entrance before he opens the door. "Felt a new vampire being made, figured I come see if you needed anything."
"No thank you Harold, I don't need anything." Dracula assures him.
"Are you sure. This is going to be a long two hours my friend." He tries to convince him, if he doesn't do something during these couple hours he'd drive himself crazy with worry that he might have done something wrong. Or even if he did do everything right Liz might not make it. It's always a rough two hours for anybody, but when a loved one is changing it's far worse.
"Yes, I'm sure. I'm just going to watch her. But thank you." He doesn't need to tell Harold to go he gets the message loud and clear. With a nod he leaves the bedroom but stays close by in case his friend needed him.
TBC
Next/Final Chapter: Does Liz wake up a new vampire or has her life truly ended forever? And one last scene with the Pod Squad.
