Ever since Jimmy barged into his apartment with his newly fiancé noticing him about the vampires that entered the town, his only focus has been about what to do with the new little witch, that had absolutely no clue about this life or its implications. Sitting on her couch where it smelled of fear and fresh tears, brought him on edge. And seeing that half brother of his, restless and panicked about the new situation, made him even more conflicted about what was the next best step. And this crazy woman walking in those cotton shorts, with those long and desirable legs on full display, top it off with that loose t-shirt without a bra, both her brother and Cheryl should be grateful that his viper hadn't come out to tear her apart.
"No! No way puddin'! You're not accepting this!" Dante was shouting at this point, pacing all around the living room.
"Look, it's simple. It's either this or she's going to have to fight at least five or six vampires, who want nothing more then to make your little sister pregnant. So what's it gonna be, demon?" He almost spilled the last sentence and he saw Cheryl flinch at his tone.
"Fuck! She at least has to know what your bite will mean in the future." Stopping short and kneeling in front of her, he began to explain before he had a chance to sweeten the deal. "If you do this, you will be bound forever with this fucked up clan. With him! His venom won't leave your system, it will blend with your blood, you and this piece of shitt will have a connection deep as your soul."
Ace expected her to panic like her brother, but all she did was smile and get a far away look.
"Don't dream the impossible, sugar. We're never going to be more then mere acquaintances."
"What did you just say to her?" He wanted to squash her fairytale before it got out of hand, Dante should've been happy, at least.
"Danny, you need to calm down. Do you remember what we talked about when I started school?"
"No..."
"Yes you do. Now, please tune it down. Everyone has a right to a opinion, but you don't need to react to everything."
"Dante the "Black Mamba" is really here?" He could hear Jimmy's awe whispers to his fiancée, and the fact that he was so enthusiastic for this dude drived him crazy.
"I can definitely feel a soul in here, but it's so much rage and... something so dark, that I can't really pinpoint who it is."
"You just described my big brother, I like you Annabelle! Now, focus on me Danny, and please don't break my stuff again, I kinda like the little black coffee cups ma' bought me!"
"She's been thru enough, fuckface! She doesn't need this shitt, and you imprinting on her and not wanting to lessen the need after, it's just going to make her suffer more." The whole living room was charged with electricity, neither one of them backing out. Ace's beast was on the verge of striking and so was Dante's.
"Danny, I will handle myself what will come my way, but what they described to me about those vampires... I don't want to be raped, I can't get thru that again..."
Her last word broke the last bit of restraint that he had. Ace wasn't even aware that he shifted until his canines broke her soft skin on her collarbone. He was filling her with his cobra's venom and drinking her blood at the same time. Heavens, her blood tasted like caramel, and his beast was becoming feral, while he hold her around her waist, keeping her in place.
Cheryl wasn't even trashing in his arms, and that made him all the more willing to seal the deal. She was so complained and submissive, that his beast did the unthinkable, he hissed satisfied and sealed her wound with his split tougue. Lifting his head from her neck, and looking into her beautiful onix eyes, all he saw was gratitude. And that shocked him to the core. Who and what was this creature that wanted him without asking for anything in return?
Cheryl whimpered in his arms, and hold his arms for support, trying to hide her crimson face at the same time. If he would've been a romantic, this moment would've been perfect.
But it all came crashing down when he was pounced by Dante, who shifted into his black mamba. Before his first punch landed he heard Jimmy gasping.
"He's really here! Do you think that I can get a signature from him?"
Fuckin' fan boy, that's what his little brother was.