Mimi would soon be ready to wake up, all the silver and aconitum was already out of her system but Damon wanted to keep her asleep for a few more days to ease most of the symptoms. Damon wasn't trying to challenge Adam's authority either and although Damon was dominant, the wolf understood his place. Damon also changed shape with Adam's help and back to being independent, showing that he was in control of himself and his wolf.
Damon was in the living room chatting with Adam when Samuel came and sat down in a chair "I took Mimi's meds off the IV and carried her to her own room. She'll probably wake up in an hour or two, but she could still be on the meds for a while. She usually fights herself awake so it's no wonder."
Damon nodded, this was going to be interesting. The three of them had been talking these days about Mimi's upcoming heat when it would come, Samuel suspected it would be a year or even two, and Damon so far saw nothing wrong with that. Bran had gone away after a couple of days when he had seen that Damon knew what he was doing and that he could manage on his own. Damon said "I'm getting to know Mimi and hopefully I'll get her a little more interested in boys somewhere in between, but please, and this is not a possession, don't get involved with Mimi in a romantic way yet before I say.
Damon had experience in seducing women and he knew that the biggest threat would be Adam and Samuel, If Mimi was really that inhibited and shy then attempts at advances by these two could water down the whole seduction. Adam and Samuel nodded. Neither had even thought of Mimi that way yet. Adam knew that both Mimi and Mimosa adored him and were willing to literally jump in front of a bullet for him but he really hadn't even thought about Mimi's lust yet because it seemed so impossible in Mimi's current state.
I woke up. It took me a while to rewind what had happened and I got excited as I remembered, the silvering, the kicking, the aconitum. I felt my side and it had healed. Samuel has worked his miracles again, I thought as I tried to clear my head. "'Well, even I'm slow or Samuel's been using some new stuff again." I mused as I tried to get the cotton in my head to go somewhere. My muscles felt weak and I had to work to at the very least sit up. I must have sat for about ten minutes and then stood up. And I sat back down because my legs still didn't want to work. It took me half an hour to finally get up and hobble to the bathroom. From the amount of piss, I could tell I had fluids stuffed in me and lots of them.
It was pretty last minute that I got to the toilet. I thought, I probably would have pissed in my bed soon. I sniffed myself and now I didn't stink, so I decided to leave the shower for later. I should probably go get something to eat. I remembered we were in Arizona and my room is upstairs and the kitchen is downstairs. Fine, let's go downstairs then, I put on some more sensible clothes than just a nightgown first. Adam had found me a pair of kid's jeans that actually fit somehow. So did the kids' tee shirts. Luckily they came in solid colors too. I got dressed and went barefoot downstairs to the kitchen.
The kitchen was empty. I started rummaging through the cupboards when I noticed Adam coming into the kitchen. Adam said " Good you're awake. Come and meet the new pack member. He's been working hard to get you in shape." I frowned. Another doctor? Adam continued "Samuel and I treated you at first but then Bran brought in reinforcements. This is the man who alerted me to the fact that you'd been captured. This is your savior." Adam briefly explained the whole thing. An ex-vampire who was now currently a werewolf but whose vampire powers would be awakened? When Adam said the name, I laughed. "Damon Salvatore?! Really? Tell me, is he like the one in the show? " Adam looked serious for a moment and said, " Absolutely not, and try to behave, Damon has worked hard, it's all thanks to him that you're in such good shape."
Adam rarely scolded me and I was surprised at how fiercely he defended the newest member of our pack. I said "I'll behave, ease up. I'll be fine." I thought I'd be a nice little discreet Mimi and sat down at the kitchen table after I'd picked up one of the Coke bottles and started drinking it. Once the bottle was drunk, I was ready to meet Damon Salvatore.
I followed Adam into the living room and from one of the armchairs, a man stood up and turned to face me. The first thing I noticed was ice blue eyes boring straight into my soul. His mouth was just perfect, his cheekbones were accentuated and the dark lashes that framed those ice-blue eyes were thick, long, and luscious. His hair was jet black, thick, shiny, and long enough to curl just above the nape of his neck and the collar of his shirt. I wonder what it would feel like to sink my hands into them. I wondered casually.
He walked like a predator, I already knew that werewolves can tell by the way he walks what is prideful and predatory at the same time. He carried his body like a god. He was tall, not quite as tall as Samuel, who was 190 cm and over, but slightly taller than Adam, so he would be something on the right side of 180 cm.
I tried to hold my posture and look taller than I am, about a little under 160 cm, something between 156 and 158 cm. He came up to me and held out his hand. I decided to show him right here and now that I wasn't quite as fragile as everyone assumes and took his hand in a good grip. "Mimi." I introduced myself, " Thank you for getting me in shape." I gave it a good squeeze.
One corner of Damon's mouth turned into a slight smile and he raised one eyebrow questioningly. "Damon Salvatore, nice to meet you and you're welcome, I'm always up for a challenge," he said. I released my grip and he turned around and calmly walked back to his chair to sit. His voice was like silk, seductive, enchanting. I turned to Adam and said. "I'm going to eat now, I'm hungry." Adam said, " Come and sit down for a moment and I'll make you a proper meal in a minute." With a voice that wouldn't take any argument. I went to sit in the only chair that was free. It was opposite Damon and I could feel him looking at me searchingly.
I sat down in the chair and actually pulled my legs under me as I took the New York Times from the table and started to read it. Damon said. " Is there a lot of interesting news in there, baby?" Baby, really? I thought. Or this is one of those. I kept reading and suddenly the paper was snatched out of my hand. Damon looked at me questioningly. "Are you always in such a hurry to catch up, Baby? This magazine is three weeks old, though." I replied quietly. "I haven't read it. Besides, I don't look for current affairs news as much as everything else, and by the way, I'm not Baby."
Damon leaned back in his chair. This was going to be fun. Ever since Mimi had walked into the room and he had actually seen the spark that flashed in Mimi's eyes he knew there was going to be a challenge here. On top of that Mimi's handshake, was really strong and Mimi didn't even flinch at the look on her face when she was trying to break his hand. And the cherry on top of the cake is that reaction when he called Mimi a Baby. It pulled Mimi off balance and out of her protective shell that Damon saw. Mimi had wrapped herself in her protective shell carefully and it would take time before he could get through that shell. Adam hadn't noticed anything and Damon suspected that Adam couldn't even see Mimi the way he did.
Damon had seduced virgins before, but they had been young girls, easy, sheltered, and most importantly, they had known that one day they would be taken and had been groomed to be perfect brides. What Damon had understood correctly was that Mimi had been almost 60 years old when she had been abducted, now all the experiments and therapies had turned back the clock so that Mimi looked close to 20 years old at most. She would never age from that. This made Mimi a challenge. Mimi already had a lifetime of experience. Her habits, her sense of self, were in a different league to any teenager he'd ever had.
Damon had been with older women, but they'd always been experienced. What Mimi had been through recently was unbelievably brutal and cruel. The last few years of Mimi's life had been more or less torture or recovery from it. Damon was actually amazed that after all these experiences, Mimi still had that spark in her.
I sat in the chair and tried to look unconcerned as Damon seemed to study me, looking me over from head to toe. He looked amused and I tried not to be annoyed by it. I was actually really hungry and I could have done my own cooking. But when Adam says so, I obey. Samuel and Adam and Damon then began to discuss a sports match or politics. I was hungry. Finally I changed my position a bit, thinking how hungry I was and how it would feel to eat. My stomach growled quite loudly. Adam turned to look and furrowed his brows. "Sorry, I got stuck in my mouth, I guess you really are starving." Adam stood up and the other men followed suit. I was the last to get up myself and walked lazily to the kitchen.