David had gotten carried away while having sex with her and he didn't know if it was because he was becoming more intolerant of her and her incessant reluctance in conforming to his way of life, or if it was simpler than that and it was just instinctual for him to fuck and feed but he'd bitten her. He'd bitten her so hard and deep that he'd struggled to refrain from killing her all together and he lay there looking the reality of what he'd done. There was blood all over her neck and chest and he saw the two perfect puncture wounds he'd left in her throat. In the century or so of life he'd lived as a vampire, this was the first and only time he'd ever left someone alive after tasting their blood the way he had tonight, and it interested him and perplexed him. As frustrated and bored he was becoming with her, he still had a desire to possess her and dominate her and he didn't quite know why. He saw her as his possession. She had stopped bleeding quickly and he got up and admired the image in front of him, he felt like he'd smeared her with his mark and he liked it. He left her unconscious laying in the bed and went out the back to sleep with the boys.

David flew out from the back of the cave and landed in the main cave next to his chair and his senses instantly picked up the aroma of fresh blood, and a lot of it. Looking around, he saw Star hunched over on the floor and he walked over towards her when her head shot around and he saw her fully turned and her mouth dipped with blood. As he stepped forward, he saw pieces of Laddie piled on the floor and she smiled at him and he smiled back.

David's eyes flicked open and for a second he didn't know if what he'd just seen was real or just a dream but seeing Paul asleep next to him he knew it was a dream.

'You alright?' Dwayne asked him and David dropped down to the ground.

'Yeah, she's changing, it won't be long now but the dreams are fucking with my head.' David admitted, running his hand through his spiked hair. 'Let's go out for a drink.' He flew out of the back cave and into the side room where Star lay in the exact position he'd left her in. He stood and looked at her, briefly wondering if he had actually killed her but he saw the rise and fall of her chest and he knew she would be out for a while longer so he decided to leave her there and go out with the boys. He walked out to the main cave and Dwayne and Paul were out there.

'Where's Star?' Laddie asked Dwayne.

'Ahh…' Dwayne looked over to David who was looking a little on edge. 'She's still asleep man, we're going to go out without her for a while. Marko appeared and they got themselves ready to leave. They went downtown to one of the many bars that had sprouted up in the last year.

'I'm gonna take the rugrat down the road, I'll be back soon.' Paul told them as he headed off with Laddie and the other three went inside and ordered drinks. David and Dwayne sat down while Marko waited for the drinks to be made.

'I don't want any trouble in here.' The bartender told Marko as he pushed the glasses across the bar top and Marko just gave him a mocking smile. David looked around the room and saw the usual Santa Carla inhabitants and judging looks from the business folk and admiring looks from girls who were pre-loading before going heading out on the town.

'Why are you letting her get to you? You don't give a fuck about anyone, especially a chick.' Dwayne asked him, wondering if he would admit he loved her. David looked over to his brother, realising he must look stressed or something.

'I nearly killed her last night.' Marko's head shot up and David saw almost a look of excitement on his face. 'I'm in two minds as to whether I should have or not, but there's still something about her that I haven't got and I want.'

'Fuck her off and get a new one.' Marko said drinking his bourbon. If she didn't change soon, Max would make him fuck her off completely, he'd make him kill her, but David wanted her. He would torture her for the rest of her miserable existence until she turned, and she would, he knew she'd buckle eventually. She was close now, closer than she'd ever been, and he just needed to get her more involved in the process but he wasn't sure how. He looked up at Dwayne, who was making eyes with some bird in the corner, and he watched him get up and approach her and both Marko and David chuckled.

'You really don't like her, do you?' David asked him after a moment of silence and Marko put his drink down.

'It's mutual. She doesn't like me cause I killed her friend and I think she's a pain in the ass. She's a distraction and has already caused us too much shit.' Maybe Marko was right, she was becoming increasingly painful to deal with and it seemed like all she was good for was a fuck and to take the focus off them in public. He honed in on her and she was awake and thinking of how easy it would be to disappear without the boys being there and his ever present power trip kicked in.

'Don't even think about it.' He projected to her and her thoughts went silent. He resumed his drink and Paul reappeared with Laddie holding a pile of comics and Paul went to get a drink, returning with another for both Marko and David.

'Where's Dwayne.' Paul asked and Marko nodded towards the corner where he saw Dwayne with his arm around some chick as she was draped over him touching his necklace.

'Anywhere and everywhere.' Paul said laughing. 'Man after my own heart.' He said raising his glass and downing the whole thing in one go. David was still tuned in with Star and was finding the connection was stronger and he figured it must be because he'd drunk so much of her blood the morning before. She'd left the cave and was going down to the bay despite his warning and he got up.

'I'll meet you guys back at the cave.' He said leaving and Paul reached over and grabbed his drink. David took off on his bike and parked just up from the inlet to the bay and got off. He stood there and sighed before he walked down to the empty beach and saw her out in the water. He leaned against a large boulder and watched her for a few minutes then when she got out of the water he saw she was buck naked and, even though there was no one else there, his jealousy surged. What the fuck was she doing?

'Did I tell you you could leave the cave?' He demanded and he saw her jump at the realisation that she wasn't alone. She trotted up to grab her clothing off the sand but he stopped her. 'Freeze.' He watched her stop and reluctantly look at him. 'Answer me.'

'No' a small voice answered him.

'No?' He leaned forward from his spot.

'No, you didn't tell me I could leave. I only came down here to clean up David, I had blood all over me.' She quickly added and his eyes scanned over her bare body. He long limbs were dripping wet and he noticed she was skinnier that she was when he met her. He didn't know why he hadn't seen it before now but she needed to eat more.

'I know you did, I put it there.' He said gloating over what he'd done. 'Now get your ass back to the cave and get ready. We're going out.' He took off back to the cave and upon arriving, he saw the boys were back and he told Paul to roll up before they went out for a feed.

'Ahead of you there my brother.' Paul said pulling out a fat joint and lighting it. Star came down the entrance shortly after and all the boys glanced over at her, picking up on the blood on her shirt. 'Where's she been?' Paul asked.

'The beach.' David said, as he took the joint from Paul and inhaled, then passed it on to Marko. He didn't elaborate and they didn't ask. When David was in this mood, you took what he gave you. The only way he was going to shake his frustration was to kill so he wanted to get out of there and get down to the Boardwalk as soon as possible. He looked over at her and saw her sitting on her bed and he was annoyed with her procrastination.

'You ready?' David barked at her and she continued to half-heartedly get ready and she walked out towards him. David gave her a sideways glance full of intolerance but satisfied she'd done as he had asked and they left, arriving down at the Boardwalk twenty minutes later. Paul and Dwayne headed towards the rides with Laddie while Marko, David and Star slowly walked in the same direction behind them. David looked around and found a group of guys watching them, watching Star to be more precise, and he smiled, an plan forming in his mind.

'You have some fans.' David said to her and she looked up at him. 'I want you to coax them down the Riverwalk near San Lorenzo in an hour.'

'Why?' When would this girl learn not to question him?

'Because I asked you to.' He said, his impatience showing and Marko and he strode off on their own. David didn't want to go meet up with Paul and Dwayne, the last thing he was in the mood for was to ride the rides with the little shit so he and Marko went down to the stage and checked out the new band down there. They were wild and loud and really good and they had the place pumping. There were plenty of fresh faced, blood filled female bodies for them to perve on and David found the distraction was working and his mood began to lighten. Both he and Marko were enjoying themselves when Paul appeared next to them.

'Pussy galore tonight! It's playtime for Paulie!' Paul said, spinning around watching a short skirt walk past him.

'We got something to do first.' David told him.

'As long as I can come back here after…' He smiled, his eyes sparkling like Swarovski crystals. Paul was in a good mood, he was always in a good mood and up for a good time and his enthusiasm rubbed off on David.

'Where's Dwayne?' David asked as Dwayne walked up behind him with Laddie in tow. Having his crew all together made him feel good and he knew tonight would be the night. It was time to meet up with Star. 'Come on, we're going down to the San Lorenzo River.' He told them and he walked off towards the exit to the main parking lot.

'What's down at Lorenzo's River?' Laddie asked and Paul gently pushed the back of his head guiding him after David. After a fifteen minute walk, they arrived at the track over the riverbed and David led them down onto the sand and under the bridge platform. They milled around under there for about ten minutes, talking and smoking, until David sensed his girl near and his stomach began to flutter. He was looking forward to reminding her of what she was and how enticing the scent of fresh blood was. Paul was busy going on about what he wanted to do with the entire female population of Santa Carla tonight and giving Marko shit about Maria when David turned around and saw Star nervously approaching accompanied by the same four teenagers he'd seen earlier. She had done well and had brought them to him.

'Star?' He questioned her presence and she played the game.

'Ahh… Hi. These guys were wanting to score something from Paul.' He listened to her then flicked his eyes over the children standing arrogantly next to her and he couldn't help himself, he smirked at her, when one of them placed his arm around her in some sort of show of his intentions and David's smile disappeared. Dwayne analysed the situation playing out before him and he picked up that Star was uncomfortable with the guy touching her, she was uncomfortable with the situation as a whole, and it had already gone too far for her. But it was too late, if David had any reservations about killing them before, they were definitely gone now. Not that David ever had reservations about killing anyone, especially someone who touched his property. He would make an example of him.

'Well… What are you after? Aside from my girl?' David asked, feeling his boys move closer and back him and Paul laughed, but Dwayne and Marko remained cold and David kept his eyes directly on Star. The young boy removed his arm and looked at her.

'I thought you said you weren't with any of these guys?' The boy said in an accusatory tone but Star didn't answer him and David watched her keep her eyes to the ground. The boy was telling the truth and her body language screamed guilt. So, she was telling people she was available, was she?

'Listen, all we wanted was to get something to get high with and this chick said you could supply.' One of the guys said. 'That's it. We don't want your girl, do we Brad?'

'No.' Brad said but David didn't believe him.

'Paul tear this guy a new one. Brad is mine.' David projected to his brother without even twitching a muscle.

'Yeah, we can supply.' Paul said and David watched as Star looked up and he caught her lying eyes full of fear, he'd give her something to be afraid of. From behind him came a guttural cry and David's senses were penetrated with the sweet scent of fresh blood, but he maintained eye contact with Brad, who was demanding to know what the hell was going on. Laddie began screaming as Dwayne and Marko took out the other two but the kid's voice had disturbed David's concentration and suddenly Star and Laddie were gone. Fuck, he wanted her here to watch this but he knew what little she had seen had already had an impact. He looked at Brad for a second and he launched and all but tore the boy apart. David enjoyed the surge of adrenalin but his meal left him a little unsatisfied as the ultimate goal of it had been lost. They cleaned themselves and their mess up and headed back to the Boardwalk.

'It's all been fun and games but I got an urge that needs attending to and the game is strong tonight.' Paul stated and he bounced off after one of the girls he'd eyed up earlier. Dwayne went off after him and silently disappeared into the crowd like a ghost and David and Marko walked back to the stage. Looking around, David saw Paul was right, the variety was vast and there was pussy everywhere. It must have something to do with the band that was on, they were some LA band growing in popularity and notoriety and the masses had come out to play. Marko and David wandered around for about half an hour checking to see who caught their fancy until David realised Marko wasn't really looking at anyone, but he was thinking about Maria. David had never seen his youngest brother so enamoured with anyone before and it was an interesting development for him. He wondered if it was because David had Star that Marko wanted one of his own. Paul would fuck anything, he didn't care, and David suspected Dwayne had a few stashed around the place but none he was exclusive with, but Marko had never shown this much interest in anyone.

'Go get her.' David blurted out and Marko's eyes shot up and he knew David knew what he was thinking about.

'What about Max?' Marko asked.

'Fuck him, who cares?' David was over Max's rules and right now he was ready to push boundaries in all aspects of his life. Suddenly David was shoved forward and as he turned around, he saw a rather large guy standing there glaring at him.

'Are you the one fucking with Dan's girl?' The guy confronted him and David stood there controlling the urge to slit his throat in front of all the Boardwalk tourists. David had no idea what this guy was on about but he didn't care, he was definitely in the mood for a rumble if that's what this guy wanted. 'Answer me faggot!' The man pushed David's chest and his yelling was beginning to cause a scene.

'I don't know what you're talking about but if you touch me again, you're dead.' David calmly warned him.

'Fuck you! You touch any of my friends' bitches again and I'll finish you right here.' Before David could respond, Marko lunged forward and smashed the man in the face, crushing his nose and splattering blood all over his face and David let out a low laugh. Two cops appeared in front of them, one of them tending to the man and the other yelling at Marko to get off the Boardwalk and Marko walked off smiling and biting his thumb nail while David followed, telling the guy he'd see him again soon which prompted a tirade of abuse to spew forth from the man. As David walked off, he caught sight of Max out of the corner of his eye and, being at his mischievous best, David smirked at him and he left the Boardwalk.

0o0

He and Marko rode back up to the bush where they stashed their bikes and walked the path to the cliff top and waited for the other two.

'Who the fuck was that?' Marko asked him as David lit a cigarette.

'Fuck knows.' David said as he blew out the initial puff and looked over towards the circling light of the lighthouse.

'Did you fuck the chick?'

'Not if she's still alive.' David said chuckling. 'Did you see Max there?'

'No.' Marko tilted his head sideways at that news.

'He was disapproving as usual.' David flicked ash onto the ground, not really caring how Max viewed him and his boys anymore.

'… she had tits like melons jiggling all over the place! It was fantastic!' Paul's voice and subsequent laughter burst through the trees before he did and both David and Marko turned to see him emerge through the leaves, followed by Dwayne.

'Got your rocks off then?' David asked, flicking his cigarette off the cliff.

'Oh Dave, she had these lips…'

'Yeah, I don't need details of your sexual exploits Paul. Knowing you it was probably a tranny.' David smiled at him.

'Jealous bro? Star not giving it you?' David looked at him from beneath lowered lashes and groaned.

'Oh, I'm getting plenty.' David countered.

'I know you are, but we're talking about Star.' Paul shot back.

'Ugh, don't even talk to me about her.' He said turning towards the entrance.

'You guys not indulge?' Dwayne asked.

'Nah, Marko felt the need to break some guys nose on the Boardwalk.' David said.

'Nice going little bro!' Paul pat his back. He approved of any kind of unnecessary violence. They walked down and into the cave and found Star lying on one of the couches, the stench of pot emanating from around her. She sat bolt upright, looking almost as guilty as she had earlier on, and David narrowed his eyes. 'Oh… helping yourself huh?' David asked her and he watched her flinch as Paul snatched the bag of weed off the table. David walked towards her and confiscated the rest of the joint from her and relit it, inhaling deeply while eyeballing her.

'Sorry, I um…' He watched as she squirmed under his scrutiny.

'You what?' He lowered his head.

'I just needed to chill out after...' Her voice trailed off and he picked up where she'd left off.

'After what Star? You stressed? Got a lot on your mind? You should have stuck around Star, you missed out on one of the best stress relievers available.' He mocked her, then his demeanour changed as he was reminded of what else she'd done tonight. 'Don't you ever tell anyone you're single again, you're mine.' He chastised her then walked over to his steel throne and sat, telling Marko to get some drinks. He barely acknowledged her getting up and going to her bed when Dwayne put some decent sounds on, not the weak ass shit she had on, and Paul couldn't help himself and began talking about his conquest again.