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"To make a long story short, I helped one of her ancestors out and in return she promised her first descendant who falls in love with a werewolf," Hunter explained as he grabbed for his glass. Nikki tucked her legs underneath her and looked at Hunter, "We have the time and the alcohol. I want the long version." Hunter thought back to when he first met Nikki about a year ago. They had both been at a bar, the name of it escapes him now, he was looking for a potential snack, while Nikki was merely after a couple of drinks with friends. From where Hunter sat Nikki had looked like an easy target, after a few drinks and flirty comments he had separated her from her friends and was leading her into the alley. Nikki followed willing, not expecting what Hunter was planning. Hunter placed his hands around Nikki's neck, feeling the blood pumping underneath her skin but he thought that he would keep up with the pretense for just a bit longer and kissed her. It was a shock to his system when he felt a tiny bit of his energy drained from him, he felt his veins blacken and his fangs grow as a response. The taste of blood in her mouth and the pain of the fangs piercing her lips made Nikki back away. "A vampire, huh?" Nikki said cocking her head to the side, a smirk on her lips. "Well that's a new one." Hunter looked at this pretty blonde in a cocktail dress in surprise, not sure what to say, unlike Nikki who seemed to be calm as if this happens to her everyday. "What are you?" "A succubus," Hunter had a blank look on his face so Nikki continued, "you know, the mythical creature that feeds on the energy of others." That was one of the things Hunter liked about Nikki, she told you straight and tends not manipulate any more than your average woman, something uncommon among supernatural women who always seem to have some hidden plan. "That would explain why I felt like my energy was being drained, and here I was thinking you would be an easy target," "Yeah, I'm definitely more than meets the eye," Nikki said laughing and from that moment the unexpected friendship began.
"Alright, love but pour me another drink first," Hunter said handing his empty glass to Nikki. "Only if you give me another kiss first," Nikki replied, too comfortable on the couch to bother getting up. "Nevermind, I'll get it myself," Hunter said, standing up. He shortly returned with the bottle. "Now, here's what happened." The year was 1864 and the town of Mystic Falls seemed to be a hotspot for the supernatural. I had been a vampire for about 50 years already. I had been in Mystic Falls for about a month when Katherine Pierce and her handmaiden Emily Bennett came to town. Katherine Pierce didn't interest me and anyway she already had the Salvatore eating out her hands, but Emily intrigued me and I wasn't the only one. George Lockwood, the local werewolf also had eyes for her. Emily had been walking in the woods one night, the full moon making the it easy for her to see where she was going, little did she know that there was a werewolf about. Now, even though I had been a vampire for 50 years, I was naive when it came to werewolves and their potential on the night of the full moon. So I was stupidly walking in the woods, following Miss Bennett curious what she was doing. She kept walking until she came to a clearin, where she started to draw a star in the ground with a stick. I watched as she continued to confirm my suspicion that she was a witch. She had just starting her spell, conjouring up flames where she had marked out the star, when a grey wolf appeared in the clearing. With all her attention on the spell, I could tell she wouldn't notice the wolf until it's too late. I knew I had to step in and having a witch own you their life is always a good thing, and I couldn't bear to see such a beautiful face be mauled by a wolf. Thinking about it now, I was an idiot to go head with a werewolf when a single bite could kill but I didn't know that at the time. So, I went straight in there, fought the wolf and then collected Emily and carried her bridal style as I raced us out the woods.
"And then what happened?" Nikki asked, wondering if this flashback had some romance. Hunter looked at her, in a way to say why did you interupt me. "Sorry I just always wanted to say that." Hunter took another sip of his drink before continuing. I took her to my house, and sat her on the couch. She had not spoken a word in the time that it had taken to get there. Her brown stared into my eyes, "Thank you for saving my life. I am forever in your debt." Emily's words were sincere, she meant every bit of it but I could tell she was wishing that she didn't have to be in the debt of a vampire. "If you join me in my travels, I would consider your debt repaid," I explained to her, with a witch by my side I would be untouchable. Emily turned her head to the side, her eyes focusing on something beyond the room, it was clear that she was thinking about my offer. "I already own a debt to Miss Pierce which I am repaying in a manner similar to the one you suggest and I dare not leave. But would there be some other way to repay my debt?" I knew that Katherine was an older vampire and I didn't really feel like messing with her. "I can not think of anything else," Emily considered this for a few seconds before offering a proposal of her own, "I will offer you, the first of my descendants who falls in love with a werewolf, the whole reason I am in this spot in the first place," It sounded like a reasonable deal, if I could not have her I could still have one of her descendents and surely it would not too long for one of them to fall in love with a werewolf. "I will accept that," "Thank you, and if you would like to collect on that debt I suggest that you leave town soon because I hear whispers of plans to round all the vampires up and kill them." And with that she left and that was the last time I ever saw Miss Emily Bennett.