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Jerry stood in the bathroom doorway with his hands on his hips. His eyes were locked with Lyric's as she drank from the rabbit. It was her fourth week into the change and her beautiful eyes were coming back. Some of the whites of her eyes were starting to reappear. He was surprisingly tired and had been sleeping with her during the day. He hadn't realized the constant feedings and sex she needed was going to be so draining on him. She was getting off during the sex, he knew that for fact, but she always wanted more. He was feeding three times a night to keep up his blood for her. When he started introducing animals to her it seemed to have helped her hunger. She was still feeding from him but the feedings had been cut in half.
" Slow down, Love. Listen to the animal's heart beat. Hear that it is slowing. If you don't want to kill it then you need to pull out." He advised. Lyric closed her eyes and listened. She inhaled and pulled her fangs out. Jerry smiled and nodded. " Good." He came forward and took the animal from her. " I will be right back. I'm going to put it in the garden."
" I want to come." She said. Jerry shook his head.
" Not yet. If there are any humans around you are still aren't stable enough to control yourself." He said.
" Please." She asked. Jerry frowned but shook his head.
" No, Lyric. You are not safe enough to be out there." He said. Lyric sighed and looked away as she leaned back against the dresser. " I am sorry, Love." She nodded.
The next week Jerry decided to surprise her. She had been getting more and more restless. He understood it. He was restless himself. He missed walking with her. He decided to ask his Steward, James, to come to the house. He was going to test Lyric. He would stay in between her and James so if she couldn't control herself and lunged for the man, Jerry would be able to stop her.
They were sitting together on the bed one night when James came into the house. Lyric's head snapped up. She tilted her head and he knew she was listening to the heartbeat. She had never drank human blood so she didn't know how good it was going to taste or how James would smell so Jerry had shut the basement door and their bedroom door. She would not feel the pull to the man until the doors were opened.
" What is it, Love?" He asked.
" There is a heartbeat in the house." She looked up and seemed to be tracking it with her eyes. " But it is slower then the animals I have heard." Jerry stood up slowly.
" It is. It belongs to a human." Jerry said.
" Who?" She asked.
" James. I have asked him to help us with an experiment." Jerry was moving to the door.
" What kind of experiment?" Lyric asked as she crawled down the bed.
" We are going to see how well you do around someone." He opened the door and took his phone out of his pocket. " You look unsure."
" I am. What if I can't handle it?" She asked softly. She brought her legs around so they were hanging off the bed. Jerry came forward. He placed his hands on the bed, on either side of her.
" Every day I see more and more of you returning. You are getting stronger and more in control of yourself. If you ever want to see your parents again then this is what we have to do." She brought her hands up to touch his shoulders.
" What if I snap?" She asked.
" I will grab you before you attack him. James is important to us, try and remember that." He said. He kissed her quickly then stood up. He sent James a text to open the basement door and to stand on the top step.
The scent hit Lyric like a ton of bricks. She inhaled sharply and grabbed her mattress with her eyes shut. Jerry stood in the doorway, watching how his mate reacted. She whimpered as she sighed. He sent another text and James moved half way down the steps. Lyric's hands tightened on the mattress. She was breathing harder and her fangs were slowly moving down. Another text, a few more steps. Lyric whined and slipped down the bed to the floor. Her knees were drawn up to her chest. Yet another text and a few more steps. She dropped her knees and came to ground so she was on her hands and knees. She was breathing deeply and whining. By the time James came into their view, she opened her eyes.
" How can you stand to be around him?" She whispered as she glared at James. Her fangs were out and extended to their full length. Her fingers were clutching the carpet. Jerry knelt down.
" It will get easier." He said softly.
" I want him so bad." She hissed out. Jerry's eyes narrowed. The mated vampire in him wanted to turn around and rip out James' throat at hearing her say she wanted him. The man in him knew she was talking about the man's blood and not the man himself.
" You know him. You have had lunches with James. He is our friend and day time protector." Jerry said. She opened her eyes and he watched as the black bled into the whites of her eyes. She was almost growling at James.
" I want to rip him to pieces." She said through gritted teeth. Jerry nodded.
" That is normal but you won't, will you, Lyric." He stated. She was still growling and glaring James who was standing back. " Lyric." Jerry said a little louder. She took a step forward without thinking. " You are in control of this." Before she knew she was going to do it, Lyric lunched forward. Jerry grabbed her and held her tightly as she started to scream. She was clawing at him, begging for James. " Leave!" Jerry yelled as her struggles made him fall back against the door frame. James back up slowly. Jerry had told him not to run, that that would only feed into her predator side. James walked up the steps and closed the door behind him. He didn't stop until he left the house. Jerry pulled one of his arms free from her and bit down into his wrist. " Drink!" He ordered as he shoved it into her mouth.
The second his blood hit her tongue, Lyric latched on. She wrapped her arms around his and sucked hard, closing her eyes. Jerry couldn't stop his moan as he started to run his fingers through her hair. He knew his blood would calm the raging hunger in her. He leaned his head back against his door frame while she whimpered and whined into his wrist. When the hunger started to leave her, her sucking lessen. Jerry shifted so his legs were out in front of him. She pulled off his wrist and started to lick his wounds. Lyric sighed and curled up into his lap. Her eyes were shut but her sadness was starting to overwhelm him.
" That was expected for your first time around a human." He reaasured her as he held her tight.
" Am I a monster now?" She whispered.
" Do you think I am a monster?" Lyric shook her head against his chest. He held her like she was a child. " You are like me. We will try again in three days." Lyric pulled away and looked at him quickly.
" No." She said as she started to shake her head. " No, Jerry, we can't. I want to kill him."
" You need to learn to be around them. You will have to learn to feed from them." He said. Lyric turned so she was facing him. Her legs came to rest on either side of his. " You must learn to control yourself around them, because we can't stay locked away forever."
" Why can't I just feed from animals and you?" Lyric asked. He brought his hands up and ran them through her hair.
" Because this isn't working. You can not live on animals alone and I can not keep feeding you. It is draining me." He admitted. " I'm tired and I know I am not functioning right. If I can't be strong then I can't protect you. I can't be the man and vampire you deserve if we keep going like this. You can not be as strong as you should be if you only take from animals. You will die after time and I did not turn you to lose you." Lyric sighed and closed her eyes. Jerry leaned forward and rested his head against hers. " It will get easier, Love. I promise. You need to be around him a few times then after your willpower gets stronger, James will allow you to drink from him." Lyric yanked away from him and shook her head.
" No! I can't! I will kill him, I know will. I won't be able to stop." She said quickly.
" That's why I will be there and that's why I'm not letting you drink from him until I feel you are ready." Lyric's shoulders dropped as she looked away nervously.
" I wanted him so bad my teeth hurt. My throat felt like it was on fire." She admitted softly.
" Once you start drinking from humans, your hunger will be better satisfied and you will not have that strong reaction to them. The vampire in you will be controlled." Jerry said. She looked at him.
" Am I ugly to you?" She asked. Jerry frowned.
" What?" He asked.
" I'm out of control. I'm not myself. You have to babysit me like I'm a child." She said. Jerry started to smile.
" You were out of control." He agreed. " So out of control that maybe I should take you to bed and spank you." Lyric burst into laughter. Her hands came to rest against his shoulders. " Maybe I should just ground you."
" Ground me, huh?" She asked. He let his hands come to rest against her hips.
" Yeah. I'm grounding you for your bad behavior. You can not leave that bed and you must be naked. Me and my cock are going to punish you. It's going to be a long, hard punishment because you have been a very bad, little vampire." He said. Lyric laughed but her fangs were sliding down. " You look so good in a pair of fangs." He growled out at the same time he made her start to grind against him. " Now you get that ass in bed."
" Right now?" She asked softly.
" Right now."
" What are you going to do?" Lyric asked. He brought his mouth to her neck and she closed her eyes.
" I'm going to punish you with my mouth first, then my hand, then my dick. You're going to have to beg me to stop." He said as he pushed himself to stand. He carried her over to the bed before he dropped her onto it.
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" Stop!" Lyric called out. Her hair was matted around her hairline with sweat. Her legs were trembling and her hands were holding onto his head through their covers. His head was buried between her legs for the fourth time. " I can't go anymore! I can't!" He kissed his way up her body as she panted. She covered her face with her hands and shook her head.
" But you have only been punished five times." He said. " Once with my mouth, twice with my hand, and twice with my dick, you need one more punishment."
" No, I can't! I can't. You're going to have to be there forever, dawn is coming. I'm tired." She said when she dropped her arms. He smiled then dropped his head to her right breast.
" Then let me eat at you until you sleep." He said before he let his tongue slip around her nipple.
" I can't. I really can't." She said with a shudder and a whimper. " I love you." He smiled and looked at her.
" I love you too. Forever." He said as his stomach started to hurt. She was going to start slipping into sleep soon.
" Forever." She said..
" Stare at me. Just stare at me until you fall asleep." Lyric smiled and did as he asked. He had waited so long for this...