Swimming into consciousness once more, she basked in the feeling of someone stroking her hair, gentle and smooth. It felt nice, someone just petting her like that and she felt dreamy as she hung in the blackness of her closed eyes.
Something smelt spicy and warm, hypnotic. She wanted to roll into it and curl up in the warmth, she wanted to feel it all around her.
When her eyes began to open, she was first irritated to see that obnoxious pastel green above her, then a low rumbling voice murmuring softly to her.
Making a soft sound of happiness, she turned her face and nuzzled her cheek into a hard chest clad in black. It felt so wonderful to be in strong arms like that, fingers combing through her hair and a soft voice murmuring sweet nothings to her in a language she couldn't understand.
It felt so… Black?
Her eyes opened fully and her head tilted to look up at who she was currently snuggling, the red eyes peering down at her were soft and warm.
Jerking back from him, she tried to process what was going on. The room had been repaired, a guard was on the floor near the door with blood pooling under him, Versalis was in her bed and stroking her bare shoulder where the strap to her night gown had been pushed down to expose more of her pale skin.
She wriggled herself back, her body feeling like lead and he was watching her, his pale lips turned up into a smile.
"Where are you going?" he purred, the sound of his voice making her stomach clench in a way she didn't understand.
"Versalis? What are you doing?" she whispered, his eyes lighting up when she said his name.
Rolling onto his hands and knees, he crawled closer to her and she found herself watching the way his body moved, particularly down his shirt when it hung loose, the subject to gravity. He was incredibly muscular and she wondered what it would taste like to bite his chest.
Shaking her head, she inched herself back towards the edge of the bed, but he followed.
"I've come to be with you, of course," he crooned, looking a little put out by her not knowing.
He grabbed her calf and tugged her closer, her entire body jerked towards him and her back hitting the bed.
Gasping at the sudden movement and the way the world swayed, she could only watch as he crawled over her, smiling.
"You're happy to see me as well?"
She nodded before she had even registered the words and he breathed a sigh of relief. The feeling of his breath on her skin made her tingle in the most delightful of ways.
"I don't like this," he said, lifting one hand to touch the bandage around her throat.
"I'm sorry," she replied, not knowing why she had apologised, nor caring.
"I'll take it off for you," he said. Settling his weight against her thighs, he leant over her and tugged quickly at the knot keeping the bandage in place, his warm hand light on the back of her head while he unwound the bandage to expose the still oozing marks.
"Much better, you shouldn't hide them," he said, leaning down to nuzzle her jaw to the side and inhale the scent of her blood.
"I won't," she breathed, her entire body singing for him. "Do you want to taste it?"
Why had she asked that? Why was she so desperate for him?
He didn't reply, instead the long length of his tongue dragged up over the bite marks, her gasp audible in the quiet room.
He shivered and growled his pleasure, even as she quivered under him.
Curling his arms up under her, he lifted her from the bed and into his arms, allowing her to sit up with him sitting in her lap.
Her hands shook as she traced her fingertips in delicate dances along the small of his back, tucked up under his shirt to find bare skin. The touch seemed to have an electric effect on him.
Nuzzling her head out of the way, he locked his mouth over the bite and sucked greedily, the minor amount of healing her body had been capable of no match for his hunger.
Her entire being felt as though it were vibrating with the first traces of his saliva that entered her system and she buzzed with it, feeling as though she were both drunk and high at the same time.
Clinging to him even as he clutched her harder, she felt her world rotate on its axis as he fed from her again, unable to stop until he was full.
She faded once more with the feeling of him wrapped around her, encasing her in warmth and pleasure.