Samuel and Adam arrived in Chicago. Samuel hadn't been able to do anything about the dental stuff and Mimi herself was fine, so they decided to keep Mimi fed and upstairs in the medbay to sleep, they checked in every day and after five days Mimi started to show signs of waking up but it was another two days before she opened her eyes properly. Samuel had healed all the wounds but Mimi's vampire side had woken up for some reason and so had Mirella. Samuel was no expert on vampirism and he knew that Mimi did not drink human blood. He had his own and Adam's blood in stock whenever Mimi would ask. But then Bran came by just before Mimi woke up and Samuel told him about Mimi's vampire side and blood. Bran gave a Marrok command not to give Mimi any stock blood, other than human blood. Bran also said that Samuel should actively seek a way to put Mimi's vampire side down.

I woke up in Chicago, still medicated but happy as hell to see Adam and Samuel. I had been asleep for a week. Damon had apparently recovered and then the restless winds had taken my husband away. He hadn't remembered the whole wedding and had been irritated about it for some reason when Samuel had called soon after being told Damon was ok. She didn't know what dental stuff he had even used. Samuel said "Damon is Damon and whatever that was seems to have passed. But don't worry he'll be back. He always does." That stabbing and the slashing of the neck did, after all, wake my vampire side up. Just like Mirella. Mirella had set up a molecular stockpile for me, so I started collecting different molecules in my system for dental materials. The bigger the stockpile, the better the dental stuff.

According to Mirella, we would have a lot of studying to do, but Mirella assured me that there was nothing to worry about and kept on working on the molecular stockpile. Adam, Samuel couldn't help and Nick and Elias were both away somewhere. I wonder if they were with Salvatore. I drank human blood but it didn't help. I had somehow thought that human blood would work in an emergency but no, it was still just cleansing. Bran wouldn't let me eat a pack of stock blood and was convinced that human blood would start to work with time. I didn't dare ask Adam for permission to eat him. I felt restless, uneasy all the time. Mirella said we had to go out and find food. To hunt.

My teeth were bigger too, they were pink.

And it seemed that the slightest irritation made them come out. Luckily Bran was no longer in the house because according to Samuel Bran is a bit vampire-phobic and me with my teeth out and irritable might not be the best option. Also, it seemed like it might be heat time coming which only added to my irritation. I got dressed, not exactly in show clothes but in a top and a miniskirt, and boots. I drove into downtown Chicago and it was already midnight when I went out to look for suitable victims.

Mirella said " That man, that man. Weak incubus but we'll see if it's enough, and don't worry you won't drink the incubus to death, empty maybe but it won't kill it." I went to the man and started to seduce him, well the incubus is always ready and when I got close I put my teeth in his neck and started to drink. Although, as the common belief goes, I don't just put the tip of my tooth in the vein and then suck the blood. I put my tooth through the vein, cut it open properly, and then I started drinking. I swallowed and swallowed like a thirsty dying man. I held the victim tightly in place and when his heart began to weaken so that the blood no longer flowed into my mouth I removed my teeth and laid the victim on the ground.

That blood helped but not completely. Mirella chuckled and said " Let's find someone a little stronger. " We wandered around and Mirella bonged again " That one, that woman, very good. Energy witch, again can't die but that'll make a good meal. Just a bit more for you to put up with, so watch out. " I went up to the woman and said "I'm a hybrid, a werewolf vampire. Do you dare to let me drink from you? I know I can't kill you and you know it. I'm new at this, my vampire side is just awakening and this is my first night of predation. How about it? By the way, my name is Mimi."

The woman looked at me from head to toe as if to gauge if I was who I said I was. The woman had long brown hair. Lively eyes and she reminded me of an old movie star. She laughed in her voice and her laugh was ringing, like the ringing of a bell. It reminded me of something and I just couldn't remember what. The woman said " Fine my name is Mariella, nice to meet you, Mimi, have a drink. " I went to the woman and glued myself to her and held on tightly as I sliced the vein again. This was heavenly. I don't know how much I drank but when I stopped the restlessness, the irritability was gone. "Thank you, that helped and you wouldn't believe how much." I thanked the woman and started walking towards the car. I didn't notice the woman disappear and in her place, a big white fat long haired cat ran down the alley into the darkness.

I went back to the house and told Adam what I had done. Adam said " Glad you could help, there are a couple of fight clubs over there if you want to join, supernatural and kill or be killed, could help with that food problem of yours. " I was left wondering. I knew for sure now that the heat was coming on and I didn't want to talk to anyone about it yet. I continued to just hang around for a couple of days and was just about to consider the fight clubs when Bran was supposed to be in the house for a while. Perfect so fucking perfect that. Fine. I felt like I was going to need blood again and I was irritated.

I tried to behave, stay out of Bran's way, and even eat at different times. It had only been two days since my blood meal. "Do I really have to start wandering around town every fucking night looking for something to eat?" I thought irritably. Mirella replied " It'll even out, it might at first but don't worry, it will and then you can always stock up on blood. I mean find a naughty wizard, an incubus whatever, and a safe place and drain them for yourself to store blood. " Hmm, interesting idea.

I was sitting in my favorite chair in the living room reading a book on surgery when Bran came to sit across from me. "Tell me, little girl, what's your problem with me? You're not eating at the same time. You're avoiding like the plague, even now trying to keep that book in front of you. Yes, I can smell you're getting your heat on. You can't help it. And Damon's not here to take care of you right now. I don't know if it's wise for you to go to fight clubs. Your temper. Well, you can do some damage, but you've always kept a tight rein on yourself. You don't have any rage problem no matter what you are lovely and absent, if I may say, husband says."

' My rage began to rise and rise well and truly. I clutched the book and felt my teeth fully exposed. My eyes so far hadn't turned black but I didn't swear how long that would be the case. Bran leaned forward and grabbed my book and yanked it out of my grip. "Oh, you've got your teeth showing, huh, Mimi? Now you put those teeth away. Now. I will not allow that kind of behavior in my own house. You understand. You calm down. You will put your teeth away and show me how you, Mimi Salvatore, know how to show respect for your alpha. I am Marrok and you will obey! "

Bran pushed the Marrok power towards me and that was enough. I stood up and said "To borrow my husband's attitude and words Bran. I warn once and then act and this is the warning. I need blood. And if you still continue with that macho rant with the intention of putting the heat on me, I will sink these teeth into you and drink as long as I feel like it. I'm not a little girl, my rage is all over the place and my nerves are gone. So fuck off and leave me alone."

I stood still and looked Bran straight in the eye. Bran stared back and picked up more of his Marrok power and said in a cold voice "Mimi, lower your eyes, get down on all fours on the couch, and stay still. Or you will experience again what it feels like to be a wolf's knot when I command and Samuel obeys by the way, to sedate you and then I will put the heat on you. And then the little girl, then Adam and Samuel get to witness from the cage how you take every fucking alpha's knot when I hold another alpha party and this time everyone gets to be in their wolf form when they come on your back again. And let me tell you, these are big boys, eager and very breedable. If that doesn't make you learn I'll do the same again as soon as you've recovered from your miscarriage. It's so easy for you to get horny, how many horny, miscarriages, and knotting do you need before you're the good little bitch you're supposed to be? Do you miss these, your little contraceptive capsules? You can't have them, you bitch."

Bran's voice was unfamiliar and somehow the whole statement was unbelievable, but I knew he was going to do it, I also knew Bran would make Damon disappear somewhere sometimes and quite often, I just didn't know where. I reacted. I lunged at Bran and knocked him into a chair and my teeth had done their job before Bran could react. I was thirsty and didn't care that eventually, Bran's heart stopped as I got up and wiped my mouth, and went upstairs.

I took a shower and then realized what I had done. I attacked and drank until I couldn't hear the heartbeat anymore. Did I just kill Bran? If I did, then I'd get away, run away to hide. Being a danger to others too, after a couple of hours I heard Bran's voice and was relieved, his blood had helped and a lot. I waited until everyone had had their evening meal and then went to eat myself. I took a half-liter bottle of Coca-Cola and drank it, sipped my coffee when suddenly I started seeing double images and my hands didn't hit.

Oh fuck. Chloral hydrate still worked on me after all these years. I spilled off the chair onto the floor and saw the legs coming towards me. Bran crouched down next to me and said quietly in an emotionless voice. "Well, little girl, you shouldn't have done that, but never mind, I'll show you how vampires are treated. " Then came the darkness.

I woke up somewhere stuck and realized I was standing up and again I was hungry and hard. Someone was burning my throat from the inside. I opened my eyes. I was tied to the wall with a metal shackle and I smelled vervain, of course, weakening and irritating my vampire side. I also noticed that I was being drained of blood and for much of this time the cannula was in my jugular and my blood was draining into bags.

This was some basement and there were men, werewolves, some Alpha males leading their packs, and some Beta males. Bran walked over to me. "Now you little girl are learning. Don't worry, Damon won't miss you for two or three months because Damon's already partying, girls, booze you know. I'm gonna teach you how I'm gonna put a vampire bitch like you in order. Let's see if you want to drink any more blood other than blood bags after this treatment. I'll tell you what happens here. You have now been drained of your blood more than five times. Your teeth are showing, so it's working. Now we will first put a very strong solution of vervain into your veins in the amount of blood that would normally be there. This will prevent and slow down the making of new blood. So you've been vervained. Then we're going to wall you up inside this wall. As you feel. There's a boiler nearby and the heat will help your tissues dry out. I've given you the anti-hibernation drug, so it won't work. Little girl, you're going to be hungry, you'll feel the vervain burning in your veins. You'll feel your tissues drying up and you'll be hungry, hungry all the time. I suspect you'll be completely desiccated in a month and a half, about 40-50 days, but do I remember when to tell anybody where you are, I know the Salvatore doesn't give a damn, as long as the women and booze keep flowing. It may even be that Damon may even regret remarrying you."

There was a lot of vervain in my veins and when I was crazy with hunger and pain, the men started to wall me up. Bran watched for so long as the last brick was put in place. The hunger was the worst, I could feel myself getting desiccated, my skin becoming fragile and my heart not really beating anymore. I could feel the vervain in my veins. Mirella was in a coffin, unconscious, the coffin covered in green slime. Vervain. Mimosa too, barely breathing and also desiccated. I had tried to scream but now there was no more sound.

Hunger wouldn't leave me alone and, most ironically, I could feel the heat creeping closer and closer. I began to dream of blood, of sex, of thirst, of pain. I no longer knew what was real and what wasn't.

Adam had been worried ever since Bran had once again drunkenly gone to threaten Mimi who had a bloodlust, Samuel had warned, Adam had warned, even Nick had called and warned don't fucking tease now and Bran had to go. Then Mimi had drunk the Bran down. It doesn't kill Bran, he always takes it as a bloody insult and now Mimi had been missing for 6 weeks. Bran didn't tell anyone what had happened.

Adam noticed this incident when he checked the security tapes again to see that no one had taken Mimi. For some reason, the recording of that night had disappeared and Adam cursed in his mind, knowing that Bran had done something to Mimi. Bran had his hands full trying to get Damon to party and fuck. Damon was always going off, to a gig or something. Damon could sit in his chair at a party in the evening but he hadn't fucked anyone. Bran, on the other hand, had. A bottle of Jack Daniel's in one hand and a girl in the other was how Bran had spent 6 weeks.