Episode 2: 
You shall have me and I shall have you

The city in the distance was covered in a deep overcast tonight and I can see the sheets of rain coming down as it makes its way here. The flashes of blue in the clouds promised it would be a strong storm. I bring my wineglass to my lips and take a long sip from it, the crimson in it cold on the way down my throat.

Silver glints and shimmers in my ear as it lifts, to signify I hear your approach. Of course, I raise it to be courteous, I had heard you shifting and moving before you even left the bed. Your heartbeat thrummed gentle but strong in my ears upon your approach. “Good afternoon my pet, I hope I didn’t wear you out too much with my storytelling yesterday… amongst other things.”

Your words come to me gentle and eager, like a child that wants more attention but wants to pretend to be mature enough to not ask for it. I give you a grin and stride from the window to take a seat at the small sofa near the fireplace. It was a gas one of course, I had no desire to use a wood-burning one. Nor the desire to have my servants waste their energies on cleaning such an outdated thing.

You eagerly give chase like a puppy and when I pat my lap you quickly moved your head against it. I feel your cheek brush the silk of the gown I have on and I hum gently into your ears. “So you’re curious and want more of yesterday, yes?”

I feel your head nod against my hand while I pet you, then my ears lift at your offer. I close my eyes and gave a thought to it, before opening them as I gaze into the flickering flames of the fire. “You’re such a thoughtful thing, but no need for now. I took some stock from the cooler room. Some argue it’s best warm or hot, but I’ve found chilled to be equally refreshing. Also, you shouldn’t offer so frequently, you need time to recover.”

I nod my head at your words and take a small sip from my glass. “So eager to hear about those three, aren’t you? Of course my pet, I’m happy to indulge you...” I flick an ear towards the window as the raindrops begin to hit the side of it gently.

#

“So, what about my apartment, my job, my… family?” I asked Katrina while looking at myself in the mirror. She had given me some of her older clothes to wear, a set of tight black pants like hers that really hugged at my hips and butt. I wasn’t sure if it was my new changes but it made me feel very confident and sexy.

“Did you have any children?” The black cat asked me while moving over behind me, to help me put on the slightly loose bra. Her fingertips brushed the exposed skin of my back and I could feel the tingle from her touch.

“No...” I moved to adjust the straps of the white bra as best I could, then tugged on the form-fitting shirt she gave me. It was also black and I looked at myself in the mirror, the contrast of white ears on black odd to me.

She hesitated before the next question. “Any partners?”

I saw my eyes shift from a blue to almost a maroon and I looked back at the cat with a playful grin, drooping my ears. “No, not yet...” I gave her a hungry look as I felt myself starting to grow warm again, my eyes wandering over her body.

“Alice...” She averted her eyes for a moment, her fingertips still resting on my arm. The tingling grew stronger before she forced her grip away and scowled at me, her eyes flashing red. “D-don’t make me slap you again...”

“I mean if it’s what you are into little kitty… I don't mind if you get rough...” I cooed the words and turned to her, my tail flicking eagerly. My eyes caught the swing coming and I moved with shocking speed and grabbed her wrist in mid-flight. The cat shuddered at my grip and I felt the strength leave her. Her eyes softened and turned back to a shade of green with copper.

My teeth clenched as I stared into her eyes for a long hard moment. She let out a whimper, trying to reign her control back in, while I struggled with my own demons in me. I knew it was a simple matter of just putting my lips to hers again and she was mine.

“Alice… stop this...” She panted the words even as her body started to push closer to me. My ears lifted and my heart began to pound, pumping the fresh blood I drank this morning all through my body. I didn’t want to; I wanted to take her and claim her, make her my own, never let her go.

I squeezed her wrist and grit my teeth, screaming at myself in my mind, screaming at the demons to return control. I broke the grip on her wrist and put a hand on her chest, pushing her back off me before she could draw closer.

She fell onto her backside upon the ground, her small pink tongue lolled out and I slumped back. Leaning against the mirror, my own tongue showed as I panted heavily, trying to reign my control in. ”Kat...s-sorry...”

She groaned out and composed herself. I saw her eyes shift to crimson as she pooled her own willpower to regain herself and stood up from the floor. “It’s… not your fault.”

I calmed my heart and brought it to a controlled weak beat once more before pushing up off the wall and mirror. “Isn’t it?” I frowned and looked at myself in the mirror, my eyes back to a shade of blue for now. I sighed and folded my ears before looking back towards the cat. “No, I had no significant others, just my parents and little brother.”

The redhead turned from me and moved over to the window sill. There were still very trace lines of red in the sky, the sun having set an hour or so before she had woken me from my bed. “We found another in the room that night in the closet. Another rabbit actually.”

My ears lifted and I felt dread set into my body at the words. “Katrina… what are you talking about?”

She described him to me, it was my co-worker, the one I had crushed on for a few years now. My heart sunk at the thought of him being involved. “The look on your face says you knew him?”

I felt guilt and panic welling up inside me as I moved towards her. “Yes! O-oh gods… is he?”

“He’s fine, calm down.” Katrina hissed the words and took a step away from me, keeping some distance between us in my obvious panicked state. “Alice, calm down...”

“R-right… sorry… so he’s okay… good… but why him?”

She frowned at my questions and looked back out the window. “The process of… converting someone to our side… think back to yesterday in the cage.”

I shivered at the reminder, the blind rage, the uncontrolled lust and the feeling of having no control. Katrina looked over at me while I processed it. “That’s how it is with everyone the first time. We call it the frenzy. It’s typically the first time we kill too...”

“So...L-Luciano… he had brought him there to...” I shivered and clenched my fist, feeling rage build inside me. I felt lament the bat wasn’t still alive now, simply so I could end him myself.

“Calm down!” Katrina hissed the words, seeing my eyes had shifted. I controlled my breathing and tried to bury the rage as she spoke. “Yes. It’s cruel but what better way to hammer in the point you’re a blood-crazed monster, than to let your first kill be someone close?”

I clenched my teeth and looked away from her, looking at myself in the mirror. I wanted to tell myself I would have controlled myself, but a little voice inside me told me I wouldn’t have. “How did he even know?”

“He probably had been watching you for a while. He couldn’t just approach you in your home or business. So he just observed and waited. Patience is something we have in spades since we don’t age, Alice.”

I felt more confused than anything at this point. “Why couldn’t he? Why couldn’t he just approach me or take me in my home? Why drag people I know into it?” My ear lifted as I spoke the words, hearing someone approaching. A few seconds later the door opened and that wolf came in, Alex.

“I can answer that if you don’t mind, Kat.” He grinned at the redhead then shifted his gaze to me. I awkwardly looked away, recalling the situation I had put him in the last time we had seen one another.

“Go ahead, you might as well try to be somewhat useful to her education.” Katrina quipped the words sharply before moving to the window sill and uncapping her thermos, taking a drink from it. My nose picked the scent up immediately and my stomach growled instinctively.

“Thresholds.” The wolf spoke the words as he moved over to me, being sure to keep himself out of arm's reach.

“Thresholds?” I parroted the word back, looking up at him curiously, my blue eyes meeting his amber ones. I saw the hesitation as he quickly averted his eyes, and the demons in me started stirring. I tried my best to hush them and pay attention.

“Yeah, bunny… like it or not, you’re part of the supernatural club now, and you have rules to follow.” He huffed the words and shoved his hands in his jeans, turning away from me to pace, his long heavy brown tail wagging about. For some reason, I found it cute and wanted to pet it.

“You see, we can’t go where we aren’t welcomed. Well you guys can’t. I can do whatever I want!” He barked the words with a grin and thrust a thumb into his own chest, showing his large sharp teeth to me.

“So… how would I go to the store or an airport?” I asked while looking between the wolf and the cat.

“You still can.” Katrina chimed in from the window, having finished her drink. “Everything has a threshold, but some are stronger than others. It’s all about how much will you have and how strong the threshold is.”

“I think I understand...” I folded my arms in thought, trying to think about it. The subject of willpower made me think of the fox yesterday.

“A place of business, or a squat house. The threshold is a joke, even a newbie could punch through it without batting an eye.” Alex spoke out once more, then raised a finger. “But a home… even something like an apartment or a shack. If it’s been lived in, if memories and bonds have been made there, it will be a strong obstacle.”

“Yeah and forget trying to get into an actual home with a family, especially one that may have been lived in for generations. Only the truly ancient beings could break a threshold like that.” Katrina spoke out and nodded to Alex. “You know, given what you are, I’m surprised you know about all this.”

“Hey, I paid attention in class!” He barked the words and grinned at the cat before shifting his gaze back to me. “The point is, unless you are invited into a place, or get creative, you’re not getting into a threshold.”

“Creative?” I asked curiously, raising a finger to my cheek in thought.

“Sure… you can always hire thugs, set the place on fire, coax someone into letting you in… all kinds of dirty tricks.” Katrina looked the dog over as he explained to me.

“Okay but… back to the matter of it all, why me? Why did he single me out and why use my co-worker?” I grumbled out in irritation.

“Well, he did find you ‘fetching’” The dog air quoted the word and grinned.

“Yeah, and what better way to demoralize you and coax you to be his ‘pet’ more thoroughly than to turn you into a monster. No one would understand but him, he would be your constant crutch.” The cat sneered the words and crossed her arms. The tone of her voice and body language said she had issues with this subject.

“More thoroughly?” I blinked at the words feeling nervous at them.

“Yeah, when someone turns you, they sort of… well, they get a grip on you. They can compel you, they can command you and you have to obey them.” Alex throws a hand out as he explains. “It won’t stop you from hating them or planning revenge or something, but it’s a hell of an ace up their sleeve.”

I nod at the words, a chill going down my spine at the thought of it before moving on. “So what happened to him?” I asked both of them nervously, implying about my co-worker.

Katrina shrugged. “Alex dragged him home after I fed on him, enough to get his blood and haze over his memories.”

“You fed on him?!” I snapped out, heat coming to my voice.

“Relax, it’s not like feeding on someone turns them! You have to put effort into the process if you want to turn them.” Katrina glared at me, showing she didn’t approve of my anger.

“Yeah, but why did you have to feed on him at all?” I spat the words out, feeling myself grow more and more angry for some reason. He was nothing but a crush, but a part of me felt cheated and wronged. It was like something that belonged to me had been tainted.

“Woah there bunny, calm down! I don’t want you two getting into a fight here.” The wolf barked the words and put his hands out in a placative gesture with his palms up.

“I’m not angry!” I snapped out, then sighed and ran the numbers through my head. I was angry, I was pissed off. “I… wait… why am I angry?”

Katrina sighed and put a hand to her hip. “It’s your nature. You’re a succubus. You want to claim and possess things. You don’t like people taking what is yours.” The black cat clicked her tongue and folded her arms. “And to get back to the question at hand, I needed his blood to work my thaumaturgy on him. I had to feed anyway to get it, sue me if I took a few sips off the top.”

“Thaumaturgy?” I asked curiously.

The cat waved a hand to dismiss the question. “Another time Alice, we don’t need to overload you with knowledge you will never use. Suffice to say you have your mojo, I have mine.”

I gave a nod and turned to look back up at Alex. “So you’re… a werewolf?”

He gave a grin and folded his arms over his well-defined chest. “We’re called lycanthropes and yes I am. I just happen to be a wolf as well.”

“Wait, so you could be something different in a were-form than you are normally?” I asked curiously.

“Alice, we’re getting off the subject matter here, we need to get you up to speed on what matters for you to get control over your powers. You have all the time in the world to learn other things as we go.” Katrina snapped the words, her irritation showing.

“Relax, Kat. Let the bunny be curious, I think it’s cute.” Alex gave me a toothy smile and I felt my heart thump hard, my eyes glazing maroon once more.

“To answer your question, yes. Your lycanthropy is not exclusive to your race. You could be a beaver and turn into a were-lion if that’s the type you were.” The wolf wagged a finger as he wagged his tail as if giving a lecture to a class. I wasn’t listening, I was already moving in on him.

“Uh… Alex?” Katrina prodded with concern in her voice, watching me slinking towards him, my eyes now red and eager.

“Yeah, what Kat? Urf!” He yipped out as I tackled him to the ground with surprising force and climbed atop him.

Sitting on his chest I moved a hand to his face, stroking it before moving a hand up to rub at his large brown ear. “Ha… you’re such a cute puppy… would you like to tell me all about it while you’re bending me over a table and fucking my brains out?” I cooed the words drunkenly, rubbing at his ear, seeing his tongue loll heavily and feeling pride well up in my chest. I wanted this dog, I wanted him as my own. I would even rename him to prove he belonged to me.

“Alice! For fuck sakes!” Katrina stomped over towards us and I gave her a lusty grin at her approach.

“Round and round we go, eh pussy cat?” I hummed the words and trailed my fingertip down Alex’s throat while he huffed out and shivered. “Can’t you tell I like you kitty? Just let me play with you and your dog.”

“He isn’t mine and...” The cat frowned at the scene, I could hear her heart pounding, pumping her fresh blood around in her body. Her cheeks flushed and I knew I was getting to her.

“Not yours? So I can keep him?” I sighed the words smelling the wolf's feral musky scent fill my nose and dragged my nails down his chest, snapping buttons free on his shirt he had on. “Ngh… how about I name you Spot then?”

“Alice! If you don’t calm down, I will make you calm down!” The black cat hissed the words, her eyes flaring brightly to red as she shifted into a stance.

My ears lifted at the display and the rational side of me said to climb off the dog, but the demon in me said to just jump on the cat and take her as well. I foolishly sided with the demon and gave the cat a grin. “It’s okay, you can get rough with me, make me do whatever you want, my cat.”

“This is so fucking stupid...” Katrina snarled the words as she brought her thumb to her mouth and slashed it open on her left canine. My eyes widened at the flow of crimson before she thrust her hand out and a wave of force slammed into me. It launched me off the dog and into the nearby wall with a heavy thud.

I yelped out from the impact before sliding down the wall to my ass. It was starting to get fun despite the pain it always ended in. I let out a groan as I came down from my high and drooped my ears panting. “Damn… kitty’s got claws...” I huffed the words in a final pant before my eyes shifted back to blue and my composure returned.

“Can you pay attention? Can you not be so fucking stupid!?” The cat was snapping at the wolf, chewing him out while I blinked up at her in a haze. They looked like a married couple fighting, or like young lovers that liked each other but were too stubborn to say anything.

“I was just trying to help!” The wolf barked back, showing his teeth and growling at her now that he had recovered.

“By calling her cute and giving her a pet name?! She’s a succubus, Alex. They feed off anything like that and it triggers them!”

“Well fuck me for trying to be nice to her!” He was on his feet now and they were glaring at one another. Both their fists were clenched and their teeth were showing.

“I’m sorry...” My voice came out weak as they both looked over at me. I had found my feet and moved over towards them.

I lowered my head with my ears folded, feeling disgusted and ashamed. “I don’t mean to be a pain… I never wanted to be a burden on either of you two.”

“Oh sweetie, you’re not...” Katrina’s voice shifted to that doting motherly tone and she moved in to hold me.

I purposefully stepped away from her and gritted my teeth. “Like fuck I’m not...” I hissed the words, feeling tears form in my eyes now. “You think it doesn’t tear me apart, feeling myself lose control like that? Sure it feels good but… it feels like someone else is doing it, it doesn’t feel like me!”

“H-hey… it’s okay, none of us are ourselves when these things happen. I have a ravenous killer in my head when I change, ya know?” Alex barks the words, trying to comfort me as he moves beside Katrina.

“Yes, and all our clan fights the hunger on a daily basis, Alice. We lean on one another for strength, so we don’t become monsters.” Her words come out doting and gentle once more.

“Yeah, but… what if I do kill? I don’t want to be a monster, I never wanted anything but to just live my life!” I felt myself screaming the words now, tears running down my face.

I couldn’t even blink before the cat was on top of me, arms wrapped around me strong and secure, holding me to her chest. The demons in me didn’t come, I was too messed up from my sorrow and self-pity. I just shoved my head against her chest and sobbed, letting her hold me.

Alex moved over next to us and sat down next to me, putting a hand comfortingly on my head. “You’re gonna be okay, Alice. It will just be hard work, but you will make it.”

“Yeah… you’re gonna be alright, I promise sweetie...” Katrina whispered the words comfortingly in my ears.

#

The days started ticking by and before long a week had passed with my new family. I had wanted to see my parents, but Katrina told me it was best to let them just assume I had died. Apparently, she and Alex had concocted some sort of elaborate death of me. It involved my car, Luciano’s remains, and a very large explosion.

It took time to come to grips with my life being over and my new one started, but even in this state, time moved forward. The changes became less abrasive as things went on, until normality started to show itself.

I sat at the table in the large open room we had been training in, the whole place was covered in padding and sports mats. I had gotten out of hand on more than a few occasions at first and Katrina had to fling me into a wall, but it was getting easier to control.

I sat there drinking cold blood from a sports bottle, sighing happily once I had finished the last of it. I lounged back in the chair with a contented grin on my face and looked upon the black cat before me.

“That’s so gross...” Katrina said, over her coffee mug filled with the same thing but steaming.

“Mm? I think it’s kind of refreshing!” I hummed the words and rested on my elbows, giving the cat a grin, watching her drink her hot blood as if it were tea.

“Ugh… that’s as bad as cold coffee.” The cat grumbled the words taking a sip of her drink.

I laughed and flicked my ears. “Even I’m not that depraved, Kat...”

We sat there peacefully for a few moments and I looked down, thinking. Katrina saw the focus on my face and perked her ears. “What’s up Alice?”

“Uh… the blood… where does it come from?” I had been hesitating to ask this whole time, but I couldn’t stand not knowing any longer.

“Well, no one is getting killed or hurt over it, if that’s what you’re worried about.” The cat smiled at me, seeing the look of relief on my face.

“So where does it come from then?” I sat up, still wanting an answer to my question.

“Several of our family members work in the medical field, some directly with the blood bank. They can only store fresh blood for so long, so when it expires, we take it. Also if there is a surplus we sometimes take a little off the top.”

I nodded my head and thought about it. “Huh… that’s pretty clever. Does everyone in the family adhere to the no-killing thing and just drinking blood like this?”

Katrina frowned and looked away. “No, Alice. We have rules about the hows and whys… but we do not enforce a no-killing policy.”

“Ah...” I looked down at the table frowning at the thought of it.

“You don’t have to follow it either, Alice… My objective was to let you decide if and when you made your first kill. Instead of the frenzy making the choice for you.” She spoke solemnly while staring down at her mug.

“It seems so unfair… so cruel...” I spoke the words awkwardly and looked away.

“What about us? Is it cruel when a hunter brings down game in the woods? Is it cruel when the fisherman snares a salmon that was just trying to lay its eggs?” Katrina spoke the words pointedly from across the table.

“Yeah but…” I sigh and droop my ears, not sure what to say.

“Sentience doesn’t matter either, Alice. They would still do it.” The black cat frowns and looks out the window next to the table at the city in the distance. “We are the Apex predators, that is all the right we need. Some choose to exercise it within our family’s boundaries and they have every right to do so. The predators do not care for the laws of the prey.”

“The prey huh? It sounds odd hearing that, given what I am… or was...” I laughed bitterly, feeling my tongue brush the sharp canines in my mouth, my large ears drooping.

“There are plenty of others like you in our family, Alice. It’s not all dogs, cats, and bats. Hell the Marquess down in Bay City is a sheep.” Katrina finished her mug off and set it down with a sigh.

“So Elias isn’t the only one?” I asked curiously.

“Oh hell no. We have Marquises and Marquesses in major cities all over the country, even abroad.” The black cat spoke the words with a bit of pride in her voice.

“So many… say how many of us are there in the city right now?” I prodded her curiously, wanting to know more about the court and family I was part of.

“If you count Alex, we’ve got nine members in the city right now.”

“Only nine? And why doesn’t Alex count?”

“Nine is a lot, Alice. We’re actually pushing it with so many. The court rule more or less says after four members, you can have one member for every one hundred thousand mundanes.” She clicked her tongue. “That wolf is more an adoptee than a court member. He isn’t one of us by nature, which is also why...” She looks away and clenched her teeth.

I felt I had struck on something and should let it go, but I prodded, my curiosity too overwhelming. “Which is why what?”

Katrina fixed me with a level, serious look before she spoke out. “He is mortal, Alice. Amongst every one of us here, he stands the biggest risk if you lose control with him.”

I flinched and looked down, lowering my ears. “I… I don’t want to hurt anyone...”

“I know that sweetie, and that’s why I’m trying to train you to control yourself. But remember what you do to people in the throes of passion. It’s not a physical thing… all his strength and power won’t help him if you lose control. Like a mundane, you could easily kill him.” She reached out and gripped my hand from across the table in a bid of comfort.

I frowned but then closed my fingers over hers, smiling at her while looking into her green and copper eyes. There was no tingling and I wasn’t feeding upon her from the contact, she had been teaching me to control it these last several days.

“So you guys...” I broke the silence and smiled at her. I felt her pulse come alive at the words, felt it throb at my fingertips while I gripped her hand.

“What about us?” Katrina asked cautiously, her words guarded as she tried to pull from my grip but I held her hand firmly.

“Are you… together?” I grinned as I spoke the words, showing my teeth. I could feel her pulse increase and her cheeks flush, the cat was already expending that fresh blood she just had.

“N-no… we’ve never...” Kat looked away awkwardly and I felt a faint tingle coming into my grip from her own excitement reacting to my touch.

“But you like him?” I cooed the words teasingly, my eyes shifting from blue straight to red as I gave the cat a hungry grin.

Katrina flinched at my eyes and quickly snatched her hand from my grip, glaring at me as she rubbed her fingertips. “You’re a succubus, Alice, not a fucking cherub. Stop trying to play Cupid with me!”

I felt my courage well up, felt the demons want to grip me but I ignored them. I was acting on my own terms now as I stood from the table and sauntered over to the cat. My hips swayed lazily as I walked to her, then slid into her lap sitting atop her and resting my arms on her shoulders.

“So, he won’t get jealous then?” I spoke the words softly, my voice dripping confidence as Katrina blinked up at me in shock. She could feel her body reacting to mine and feel my desire but saw I was in full control.

“W-what? N-no… we aren’t together, it’s not his conc-” I didn’t let her finish the words. I shoved my mouth to hers, wanting to taste her desperately.

The cat shuddered and I felt her body weaken to my touch, her mouth pushing back to my own eagerly. Our tongues met and rolled against one another in a struggle for control. It wasn't really a battle though, I already had her, she was mine.

“I like you Kat… you’ve been so good to me… I want to be good to you too...” I whispered the words into her short pointed black ear, feeling it flick against my lips, a small golden ring showing along the outer cusp of it.

“Alice...I like you too… Since the first day you kissed me...” She panted the words and something in me set ablaze. The demons in me came roaring up, gripping my very core and I shuddered and snarled, forcing it down. I wanted this cat as mine on my own terms, not my hungers.

I clenched my eyes tight and when they opened I was staring at her with my regular blue irises. “Truly?”

Katrina let out a shocked gasp as the connection seemed to sever. She found herself with me atop her, her hands having now moved to my backside. I grinned feeling her hands squeezing under my knee-length skirt I had opted for today. She bit her lower lip and blinked up at me, her breath coming out ragged. “You...it’s too early… you shouldn’t be able to control it like this...”

“Tell me cat! Tell me you want me for me, not for the high and euphoria of my touch...” I whispered the words and gave my mentor of the last week as strong of a glare as I could muster.

“Of course I want you! I’ve wanted you since I first touched you!” The cat spat the words at me and I gave her a wicked grin in response.

“Then you shall have me, and I shall have you… my cat.” Her green eyes widened as she saw mine return to a deep crimson, perhaps a bit of apprehension now for her words, but it was too late for both of us.

I shoved my mouth to hers, my fingertips sliding up into her jagged red locks of hair. The cat gasped as I brushed her ears and I pushed in for more. My tongue was against her own once more, both flicking and teasing fervently.

‘Take her, claim her, devour every part of her.’ The demons seemed to scream the words and claw at my will. I shuttered them out but happily took the gift they presented. I pulled us from the chair and back down to the padded floor of the room. My hands gripped her wrists and pushed them down like I had done on that first day with her.

The kiss broke and I pulled my tongue from hers. The cat was laid out before me, ears drooped and tongue lolled. She panted for me, her heavy chest rising and falling. I stared upon her chest, admiring her in the tight sports bra and shirt she wore for our training today.

My white ears lifted and I grabbed at her shirt, pulling it up to expose her well-defined stomach. Her abs faintly showed in the natural curves of her flesh. I wasn’t satisfied, I wanted to see more of her. I forced the bra and top both up exposing her heavily rounded breast to me. Her peaks were hard and eager, her naturally pale flesh now growing faintly pink from her body heating up.

I didn’t think. I just shoved my mouth to her left breast, tongue lashing out to tease at the peak within my maw. I heard the cat gasp out sharply, obviously sensitive to the touch there. I decided I would capitalize upon it and rolled my tongue against her nipple, teasing it and lightly nipping it, careful to keep my sharp canines from it.

Katrina shuddered at the constant teasing and I shoved my left hand down the front of her workout tights. Unceremoniously, I moved my palm down the front of her panties to explore her. She was soaked for me and my fingertips slid over her. I brushed my fingers over her folds and sensitive little spot with ease. “Ha… putting that blood to good use, eh my cat?” I cooed the words drunkenly as I looked down into her eyes.

She tried to speak but I simply grinned and ground my finger faster, with more intent against her spot. My free hand shoved out to hold her left wrist down above her head. I moved down and brushed my lips to hers while her own hips worked involuntarily against my hand's movements. “Give it to me… give it to me, my cat...”

Her body arched from the floor and she yowled out in a throaty moan, giving in to my demanding fingers. My eyes widened at the surge of energy flowing into me and the panicked but blissful cries of my cat. The blood didn’t compare, not to this, it wasn’t even on the same level.

”Yessss… good girl...” I cooed the words and let her ride the orgasm out before pulling my soaked fingers from her panties. I dragged them across my tongue, tasting her honey upon them.

“A-Alice...” She panted the words and blinked up at me, tears forming in her eyes as she impatiently jerked her hips. I could see by the look in them she desperately wanted more. I didn’t know if it was because of my ‘mojo’ as she would put it, or just having been so long without any. Regardless I was happy to oblige my new cat.

“Of course… of course… anything for you my beautiful cat...” I moaned the words before stripping her of both her tights and soaked red panties. I then deftly peeled away my own equally drenched pair of blue panties from beneath my skirt. I didn’t know what I was doing, I had never been with a woman before, but my body seemed to be on autopilot, as if the succubus in me knew what to do.

I found myself on my knees, her left leg between them, her right in my grip as I held it. She laid there on her hip and braced on her palms. The position felt awkward at first, but once I shoved my dripping folds to her own, I felt her hips eagerly respond. Our hips got into a rhythm quickly, jerking and bucking against one another.

My tongue lolled out and my large ears folded at the sensation. I had been burning up for a full week for this cat and now she was mine at last. Her hips jerked and mine did as well, both of our bodies frantic for relief. We ground against one another and I could feel my body building up for release quickly.

It didn’t take long and I crested, violently giving in for her, my nails digging into her leg as I gave a deep throaty cry of relief. The energy surged in me and I chewed on my lower lip, tearing into it with my canine, feeling blood well up and fill my mouth. “Good kitty… ha… Katrina...”

The cat blinked up at me, biting her lower lip, her own body having given in during the violent grinding. Her hips continued bucking and jerking, responding to my praise and eager for more. “Ha… ha… don’t stop Alice… I need you… I love you...”

That rattled me, through all the lust, through all the pleasure and constant surges of energy. That gripped me, it sounded foreign and unnatural, especially the ‘love’ part. I focused a controlled breath, feeling my demons in full control of me and panic welled up in my chest. I looked down at her, her eyes were darker and ears drooped, her skin paler. She was weak, even I could tell what had happened.

“Fuck! F-fuck!” I panicked and I looked around frantically for help. In the pit of my soul, I could swear I heard the demons in me cackling gleefully as they retreated from whence they came. “B-blood… she needs...”

I whimpered and looked around, we had finished what blood we had. I looked back at Katrina, she was panting heavily and looked ready to faint, now that we weren’t fervently having sex.

“Kat!” I felt tears well up in my eyes and then clenched my teeth tightly, I growled out to the room in anger. “Like hell, I will lose MY cat!” I climbed over to her and drew forth my wrist, I hesitated for a moment before plunging my own tooth into it, cutting a deep gash into myself.

I rested her head in my lap and shoved my wrist against her panting lips. “Drink, Katrina!” My eyes shifted red again as I forced my will out and made it an order. She weakly followed and snapped her lips down on my wrist, lapping at the flowing blood.

The relief started to fill me as her drinking became stronger. I clenched my teeth and hissed out as she grabbed my arm hard, sinking her teeth deeper into my wrist. Tendons tore as the wound opened deeper and I folded my ears. Tears filled my eyes, but there was something oddly euphoric about the sensation. The feeding felt good and right, as if all my problems would just go away if I let her keep drinking deeply of me.

“T-that’s a good cat… don’t stop… better me than you… it’s my fault anyway...” I huffed the words as I felt my blood supply fading and felt my consciousness starting to waver.

Katrina pulled her mouth from my wrist and slid her tongue along the wound a few times to close it. She then blinked up at me, as I looked down at her with a weak pant on my breath. “You’re such a drama queen… I wasn’t going to drain you dry...”

I smiled weakly at her snarky words and moved a hand to gently pet her ears. I heard a rumble of a purr come from her as I fondled her ears and let out a contented sigh.

Several moments passed before I finally spoke out. “So, was it good for you?”

Katrina laughed and blinked up at me with an amused grin. “Y-yeah… and you managed to not kill me… so, good job...” She spoke the words and blushed a little before moving a hand up to brush my face, my cheeks still a little pale. “You… you okay, Alice?”

“Mmm? Yeah, weak and a little drunk with pleasure… but I’m okay. All the life force I stole from you is keeping me trucking, despite the low blood I think...” I sighed the words lovingly and moved my fingertips to continue to stroke the cats ears.

“Y-yeah… give me a few more minutes, and I should have the energy to get up and find you some blood...” She stroked my cheek gently, the motherly tone of voice coming back.

“That’s fine… take your time. I like you like this… you can rest in my lap anytime… just a few more moments, let me stay like this with you... like this...” I panted the words and leaned my head back against the wall I was sitting up against. I closed my eyes to rest them before I felt sleep grip me and pull me in.

I woke in my bed, Katrina sitting in a chair next to me. She looked much better and had apparently gotten a chance to properly feed. I also felt a little better but still tired. “Hi Kat...” I spoke the words softly and she smiled at me in response.

“Here.” she passed me a sports bottle full of blood, chilled. I gave her a knowing smile and quickly drank it down, feeling the life flow back into my weak form.

Once the bottle was empty I flicked my ears drunkenly and let out a pleased sigh. I then blinked my blue eyes open to see her sitting there and gave her an awkward grin. “So… about earlier...”

Katrina shifted a little in her chair and cleared her throat. “What about it?”

I looked away and frowned, rubbing the back of my head. “Sorry...”

“Are you sorry it happened or sorry you lost control?” She asked me pointedly.

“Just the control part. I don’t regret it, I do like you… as juvenile as that sounds.” I spoke the words and looked down at my feet in bed.

“I like you too, Alice. However, you need to understand how sex and relationships work in our world.” She grumbled the words and folded her arms over her chest. She was looking awkward, like a parent about to give a birds and bees talk to a teenager.

“No commitments, no attachments?” I asked curiously.

“Mm? No… I mean… some people still fall in love and get married. I even know of couples that adopted mundane children and raised them.” The cat lifted her ears and raised a finger. “But that’s not my point!”

“So what’s your point… my cat?” I spoke the words playfully and gave her a knowing grin. It got the reaction I wanted and her cheeks darkened.

“Look… you’re a succubus now… well, you’re actually kind of a mixed bag...” She frowned while trying to think of how to explain and I blinked in confusion.

“May I?” A voice came from outside before cracking the door to my room open. Elias poked his head in with a playful smile on his lips.

“Huff!” My ears sprang up and my tail started flicking against the mattress of the bed. My body didn’t care that it had just had some, it was burning up all over again as my eyes went red.

“Alice! For fuck sakes, is there no satisfying you?!” Katrina snapped the words, the heat sounding more personal this time. I folded my ears and frowned at her, biting my lower lip.

“Don’t take it personally, Katrina. She is what she is...” The fox spoke the words gently as he stepped into the room.

“W-wait… what do you mean personal?” Katrina fired back, her cheeks darkening more.

Elias gave a knowing smile. “The whole house heard that my dear, did you think you two were being silent?”

“O-oh gods...” Katrina put a palm to her face, the blush spreading down her neck now.

“No one cares, sister. We all know we have a succubus on deck and it was bound to happen.” The fox gently rested a hand on the cats head, stroking her ears. Katrina shuddered and seemed to compose herself, as if he were giving her strength just by touching her. “Besides, look at your lover there, does she look ashamed of you?”

Katrina looked up to see me grinning proudly at her like a little kid. I blushed at being called out for it and looked away with a smile. “I mean… it wasn’t just feeding. I had fun… and I’m… proud of being with you. I want to be with you more, Kat!”

She huffed out in surprise and the fox laughed, moving to take a seat on the edge of my bed. He felt me stir and pushed a hand out. “Stay… you’ve had enough excitement for one day, rabbit.”

“Y-yes sir...” I spoke out obediently, just his presence enough to calm me.

The Marquis took a deep breath before speaking. “Luciano was an incubus, but he also was part of our clan. Our clan predominantly feeds in traditional manners such as blood. Most Incubi or Succubi only feed on life energy, usually through intimate contact with other creatures.”

“So how did he comes to do both?” I prodded curiously.

The fox gave me a smile, as if approving of my question. “He was the offspring of both.”

“Ohhh...” I nodded my head then lifted my ears sharply and blinked. “Wait… what? H-how is that possible? I know I just got here but… I’m pretty sure we aren’t wired to reproduce!”

Elias smiled again, as if noting my curiosity before continuing. “We aren’t the only players on the paranormal block, Alice. You are correct that such things shouldn’t be possible. However, rules can always be broken, especially under the most extreme circumstances.”

The fox rose from the bed and I felt a longing for his presence as he paced away to continue speaking. “Take Katrina here. She is a blood thaumaturgist. She uses the blood she consumes as a catalyst to tap into unearthly powers. However, using such things costs her part of the very essence she uses to survive. This is not a trait you can be taught, it’s something you have to have forced upon you by your lineage.”

“My lineage?” I asked curiously, shifting to sit up more fully as the fox continued to pace about.

“Yes, my lovely rabbit. You see like mundanes, we all come in various shapes and sizes. Also like mundanes, we are what we are… and we are not, what we are not.” The fox grinned and gave a shrug. “If a man is born and grows up to be short. He cannot change that. He could wear shoes with larger platforms, but he will always be a short man.”

Elias pointed to me, then pointed to Katrina. “Likewise, you will always be a succubus, and she will always be a thaumaturgist. Regardless if you want to be or not.”

“I get that, but what does it mean that I feed on blood and life force?” I looked to Katrina seeing her looking somber and scooted closer, grinning at her as I grabbed her hand possessively. The cat flinched at the gesture in front of Elias but didn’t make movements to pull from my grip.

The fox smiled at my gesture of comfort before continuing. “Simply put, I think it gives you an interesting advantage in your life to come. Take me and Katrina for example. We need blood to survive, if we run out of it, we will enter a state of torpor. At that point, we would be vulnerable to any sort of attack that would easily end us. You though, you could pull on your life energy to sustain yourself until you could gain access to more blood.”

“Really? Cool!” I chirped the words out excitedly with a grin on my face, finding it reassuring I didn’t have to lean so heavily on blood.

“Ah, but there is two edges to the sword my rabbit.” The fox wagged his finger at me. “This also means you need both to survive. You can lean on one or the other in times of desperation like earlier today, but if your reserves in either dropped too low, you will collapse all the same. Unlike us, you have two kinds of demons to feed”

I flinched at the words, nodding solemnly then blushed as I cut my eyes to Katrina then back to Elias. “Wait… desperation? Y-you… you know what happened?”

The fox looked away awkwardly, his tail shifting and wagging slightly. “I was… concerned, and staying close at hand in case things went too far...”

“You lecherous old coot!” Katrina hissed out as she broke from my grip and stood glaring at the fox.

“Sister… I was only concerned for you...” The fox spoke the words gently as he raised a hand towards her.

Katrina jerked away before he could touch her and glanced towards me. “What do you think, Alice?”

I took in a deep breath, my eyes flashing red as I sighed out in a ragged breath. “I think it’s pretty hot he was listening in. He could have watched… I would of been happy to put on a show with you for our lord...” I cooed the words while I shifted to my hands and knees, wiggling my ass while pawing my way over to the foot of the bed.

“See! You even smell like you were into it, see how she is reacting?!” Katrina hissed the words as the fox gave an awkward grin.

“Ah, I see our new succubus is more of a bloodhound than a rabbit, eh?” He laughed gently and gave the cat a smile before speaking out authoritatively. “Peace sister, despite my enjoyment of the matter, I simply had your best interests in mind.”

“Fine...” Katrina frowned and then looked down to me, seeing I was ready to tackle the fox to the ground. She put a hand on my head, stroking my ears and placating me. I felt the electricity of her touch and quickly reigned my desires back so I wouldn’t feed so heavily upon her.

Elias lifted his white ears up and stared at me for a long moment before turning to Katrina. “D-did she just?”

“She did...” The cat spoke the words out while petting my ears, my little tail flicking happily at her touch.

“Fascinating… that should have taken two seasons or more to master...” Elias spoke the words in shock as he stared at me intently.

“W-well she did almost kill me today, I wouldn’t say it’s quite mastered.” Katrina spoke the words and withdrew her hand from my head.

“You really are something else my little rabbit...” The fox curiously pushed his hand forward to touch me and Katrina clenched her teeth with a hiss.

“Elias, I wouldn’t-” Her warning came too late, the second his fingertips brushed my ear I launched myself from the bed and tackled the fox to the floor, shoving my face against his chest. I hugged him in nothing but my shirt and panties. My tail rapidly flicked as I sighed happily, feeling my body burn with desire, my eyes bloody crimson.

“D-damn it...” Katrina clenched her teeth as the fox laughed in amusement and stroked my hair, feeling me siphoning his energy off eagerly while he doted upon me.

“My my.. You’re already feeding so much more strongly too, if you kept this up for more than half an hour I might start to get winded...” The fox growled the words lovingly as he stroked my ears while they wobbled about drunkenly.

“Huff… let me spend the night with you Master, I will take much longer than half an hour with you, I assure you that...” I moaned the words drunkenly while pushing closer, my lips brushing his throat. I could smell his natural canine musk mingling with his overwhelming will.

The fox grinned up at Katrina while sitting upon the floor with me. “Ah… did you want to call your lover off, my sister?”

Katrina glared down at the fox and folded her arms. “I dunno, it looks like you’re somewhat considering the offer. Maybe I should turn her loose on you, she isn’t mine to command after all.”

I drew in a deep breath of the foxes musk before cutting my eyes over to Katrina. “I will happily let you command me, my cat...”

Elias grinned and patted my head gently before whispering into my ear softly. “Up you go now rabbit, that’s enough.”

My body responded to his commands eagerly and I quickly stood with a blush, awkwardly offering my hand to him. He took it and stood before releasing my grip and disconnecting the life force flow. I blushed and rubbed the back of my head. “Ah… sorry… thank you for being so understanding...”

The fox smiled at me and made his way to the exit of the room. “No harm done, my rabbit.” He looked back at me and showed his teeth in a grin. “Take care of Katrina.”

“Yes sir!” I spoke the words eagerly and clenched both fists.

The door drew shut and the cat scowled at it. “Who does he think I am, needing to be taken care... of...” She looked back at me, my eyes flushed and burning red. I sauntered up to her and shoved her to my bed, climbing atop her.

“A-Alice… what the hell are you doing?” She gasped up at me, blushing as I leaned in and brushed my lips to her flicking black ear.

“I’m following my lords orders and taking care of you… I will take care of you all day long until the sun sets...” I groaned the words as my fingertips brushed along her throat, feeling her pulse starting up.

“Ha… s-sure but what if-” I put my finger to her lips and gave her a toothy grin.

“Elias gave me plenty of energy, more than enough to take care of you with no worries… and I’ve got a few extra bottles of blood in my mini-fridge if we get too eager...” I cooed the words as my lips moved to her throat, kissing and tasting her. My fingertips were already at her hips, unzipping the jeans she had changed into.

“B-but I hate cold blood!” The cat panted the words as I felt her will fading at my touch.

“Ha… don’t be such a drama queen...” I sighed the words and shoved my mouth to her own, eager to begin another session with my new cat.

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I grin fondly at the memories, gazing out the windowpane at the rain falling and rolling down the glass. “Was that a more interesting tale for you this time, my pet? A little more of the details you had been craving?”

A smile plays on my lips before I take another sip of my chilled drink. “Of course my sweet, there is plenty more to know and you’ve caught me in a talkative mood these days.”

I look at the lightning filling the window and give a soft resigned sigh. “Just remember, not all my stories will have the happy endings you may crave...”

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