Weiwei didn't know what spurred her on to come to a vampire club to meet a vampire. She just knew she had to talk to someone close to Xiao Nai, ask why he was hesitant to help, why he ticked the way he did. The only one she could think of was Feng Teng. Meeting in a private setting, where he felt the most comfortable seemed to be the best way for her to get what she needed.
She twirled her straw around in her drink, the cherry bobbing up and down in the cola. She didn't want to drink hard liquor at this bar, afraid what will happen even if she left some control go. Suddenly a vampire she didn't know slid into the booth, his hair cut short, his smile, making her skin crawl.
"Hello there darling." He had lowered his voice to seem more appealing, but it only made Weiwei want to get away. "How about you and I-" his teeth clicked out. "-have a drink together." Weiwei moved to the other side of the circular booth, sliding away from him.
"I'm waiting for someone." Reaching across, he gripped her wrist pulling her back like she was nothing but paper.
"Come on darling." He cooed, his grip iron tight on her. "Don't be like-" before he could finish his sentence his head was slammed down on the table hard by a towering Feng Teng. His hand squeezing tightly against his throat, not allowing him to move a muscle.
"She said shes meeting someone." Weiwei moved away, frightened by how menacing Feng Teng looked at the moment. She still didn't see the side the Shanshan had been gushing about on her rare drunk occasions. Weiwei was sure, Feng Teng only seemed to save them for her. Letting the vampire up, he came to kneel in front of Feng teng, bowing and apologizing before Feng Teng waved him away. Sliding in beside her, he visibly took in her scent, before leaning back into the booth.
"You're not as sweet smelling as Shanshan." Feng Teng shook his head, giving her a smirk.
"I'll take that as a compliment." Weiwei's hands trembled slightly against her glass. Feng Teng appeared to pick a piece of lint off his suit, his demeanor spelling out bored.
"I'm a busy man. Why is it that you called me here of all places?"
"What are your intentions with Shanshan?"
"Intentions? I haven't heard this kind of talk since I had a beating heart." He leaned against the table, seemingly mocking her.
"Please just answer the question." Weiwei was just getting frustrated with the old vampire.
"Protection for my own purpose of survival." Weiwei shook her head.
"That's not a reason. You're over a thousand years, you wouldn't need a simple human for protection."
"Closer to two give or take a few years." he corrected her. "On the contrary, that's a valid reason for me to keep her close." Weiwei sighed, knowning know this was a terrible idea. Going to stand, Feng Teng pulled her back down, stopping her from leaving. "Let me make this more clear for you. You seem to be almost as inquizitive as your cousin. There is someone coming for not only myself but also Xiao Nai. I know he's the real reason you dragged me down to this bar in his district. You feel safe here, it's his territory. And like I said, I'm close to two thousand years old, there is something I know anywhere and that's a human in love. You want to save him? Stay close drink some of his blood and give some to him."
"What am I that you think helps with whatever problem you're facing?"
"You and Shanshan are part Fey. your blood is sweet and can make a vampire forget his barrings, like a strong whiskey, but actually works. It's intoxicating. It also seems to be like a power boost. The drunkness make us loose whatever control we have, it's like all of our sense are new again."
"So you just want us for our blood?" he tapped his finger against her nose, smirking at her.
"That's the age old question isn't it? Even we don't know sometimes. When you live as old as your first century, you come to find out, that when you love something, it's not until it's gone do you figure out what you loved them for."
"You're just a crypt as Xiao nai." Weiwei stood gripping her purse close her. Feng Teng Mocked bowed his head towards her.
"Where do you think the young general learned it from?" She bowed her head thanking him under her breath before quickly leaving him alone. Pulling out his phone the moment he watched her start up the stairs to leave, Feng Teng waited knowing his progeny would pick up on the second ring.
"What do you want know?"
"You're pet is loose and is dressed like a Vampire snack." He hung up, waving over a blood donor.
Weiwei gripped her car keys in between her knuckles, holding her arms close to her. Even though she felt safe, there were limits to her safeness. Before she turned the corner and went to walk across the street to her car, the vampire from earlier stopped in front of her, giving her a sickening grin. Before she could blink he had run off with her into the alley just behind the bar. He threw her against the wall, her back cracking against the brick. She fell to her knees, her body shaking and a cry of pain leaving her lips. Weiwei felt her stomach turn and a pain erupted through her abdomen. A broken beer bottle had impaled her on her way down. She rolled over, her hand shaking to grasp it, but her eyes starring up at the vampire who stood there shocked.
"You smell...you smell...good." His teeth out and ready. With another forceful grasp, she felt her shoulder dislocate at his strength, her bone crushing under his grip. He tore at her skin, her blood flowing freely from her wrist. After a drink, he stumbled a little. From his appearance, Weiwei could only guess what Feng Teng had said was true. She felt her eyes slowly close, a vision of his face coming towards her again, before she seeped into uncousincsiness, her life fading fast.
