Crimson Dreams

I awoke to the sounds of someone purring. I pushed in the general direction of where the sound was coming from. There was a soft meow as my hands touched fur and then the thump of Vlad being pushed off the bed. I rolled over and found my head resting on a pillow. I groaned as I yanked the pillow hard and started to throw it off the bed. A hand caught my wrist and pulled the pillow from my grasp.

"Oh no you don't. You have stolen all the blankets, pushed the cat out of the bed numerous times and thrown all the pillows but this one off the bed. I'll lay here cold and deal with you pushing the cat off the bed but I'll be damned if you're getting my pillow." Hayden's voice was laced deep with sleep.

I opened my eyes and looked at him as he held the pillow tightly as if I was going to force him to let go of it. He looked ready to right over the pillow. I started laughing before I could stop myself. He blinked at me a few times before he smiled.

"Glad you're feeling better."

His words reminded me of what had happened last night and I shot out of bed. I looked down at my body to see it was back to that incandescent pale color. I was also stark naked and my hair was wet. I turned to see Hayden with his back to me. He still had that pillow clutched to his chest.

"Why am I naked? And why am I not still a demon?" They were the only questions I could think of. Luckily he still had his clothes on.

"What’s the last thing you recall?" He asked me with a questioning gaze.

"You were humming to me while trying to soothe me."

"You changed after about ten minutes. You stood up, kissed me on the head and said thanks. You told me to go to bed and which room was yours. Then you went and took a shower. I had expected you to go to the other room but instead you came in here and crawled in bed with me. It wasn't until you got under the blankets and snuggled up to me that I realized you were wet and naked." He shrugged. "I got out from under the sheets with you and let you cuddle to me that way while I lay under only the comforter. At least until you stole it too." That last was said in a playfully grumpy way.

When something surprises you, your mind goes blank and the silliest questions come out your mouth before your brain can stop them. "Why did you get out from under the sheets with me?" It sounded a little hurt even to my ears. Was I really bothered that he hadn't stayed under the sheets with my while I was naked? Yeah, I guess I was.

"What?" He asked. He looked as shocked about my question as I did over my feelings.

"Did my being naked bother you?"

"No. I just didn't find it appropriate." He thought about that. "And now I am glad I didn't. Imagine if you had snapped out of it last night while your naked body was in my arms. You would have killed me."

I saw his logic in that so I just nodded and sat back on the edge of the bed. I pulled the sheet around me before looking up at him. I opened my mouth to ask him to leave so I could get dressed but something else came out my mouth instead.

"Kiss me."

The look on his face told me he hadn't expected that and that he was more than willing to do so. He leaned across the bed and brushed his lips against mine. It was more like a feather across my lips than a kiss but he made no attempt to pull back or push forward. His breath smelled sweet like an exotic flower. I closed the distance and our lips met gently. I was still waiting for the normal reaction of someone kissing me but it never came.

I closed my eyes and let go of the sheet as I turned and started crawling towards him. Hayden kept the kiss soft by pulling back every time I moved towards him. Finally I reached him and he could pull back no more. I placed my hands on his shoulders and the action brought me up on my knees as I pressed my lips to his more firmly. He tilted his head back to accommodate the height difference as his tongue licked my bottom lip. My lips parted to allow him access as my tongue greeted his with a gentle caress.

I leaned my body fully against his and swallowed his moan. His hands started rubbing up and down my sides and I felt that drowning sensation again. My thoughts swirled as I grew light headed while he sucked on my tongue softly. I felt the burning of my lungs and I reluctantly pulled away from our kiss.

"Air." I said as I started gasping uncontrollably.

Hayden smiled as he pressed his lips my neck before trailing his lips lower. I was just starting to get my breathing under control when he took my right nipple into his mouth. I gasped again as I pushed my chest up towards his mouth. His fangs were pressed firmly around the top of my nipple as his tongue started making little circles and flicks. He pulled back from my breast and turned his attention to the other. My hands started tugging on his shirt as I tried to touch as much of him as possible.

He pulled away from my breast and took his shirt off. When he started to lean back into me I put a hand on his chest to stop him. I wanted to admire his body. I slipped from his lap to stand by the bed while hand pushed him back against the bed. I leaned over him and let my breast press against his chest as I kissed his neck with my lips parted slightly. I sucked and pulled before biting him just hard enough to leave little red welts the shape of my teeth. I smiled against his neck as he moaned and grabbed a handful of the sheets. My hands started unbuttoning his pants as I pulled away from his neck and looked into his eyes.

This time the heat I seen didn't scare me. The thought of Nathan was pushed aside as he brought his hand up to caress my cheek while I unzipped his pants. He was firm and ready but I wasn’t ready to go that far yet. He must have read it in my eyes because his hand grabbed mine and stopped me from going any further.

"We can do this slowly. We don't have to that yet." He said.

I could see the honesty of his words reflected in his eyes. It would be hard for him to stop but if I asked he would.

"I am not making any promises how far this will go but let me do it at my pace."

He nodded as he let go of wrist. I used both hands to pull his pants down and the sight of him made things low in my body tighten with yearning. He was circumcised. That was something hadn't expected. Alex wasn't circumcised and he was only a few hundred years dead more than Hayden.

"What’s wrong?"

"You're circumcised."

"Is that a problem?"

"I didn't think they did circumcision that far back." I had barely stopped myself from saying that Alex wasn't circumcised.

"There is some art work in a sixth dynasty tomb in Egypt that is believed to be the oldest documentary evidence of circumcision."

"You researched this?"

"I was reading a book about vampires and the author had made a point of saying that the vampire in question was not circumcised because he was six hundred years dead. I am over eight hundred years dead and was circumcised at birth. My parents did it with out the other Christians finding out. When I was born circumcision was punishable by death to anyone who wasn't Jewish. I researched the issue." He shrugged. "I ask again; is it a problem?"

"I prefer circumcised men."

"I don't know what to say to that."

I smiled at his honesty before pressing my lips to his firmly. I closed my eyes at the feeling of being able to kiss a man and recoil from it. This time I took the initiative to deepening the kiss by sliding my tongue along his lips. His arms wrapped around me and pulled me down on top of him as he opened his mouth for me. I took a hold of his tongue and sucked sharply while my hands trailed along his shoulders and neck. I pulled on him as I shifted my weight to his left side. He smiled against my lips before grabbing my left leg and rolling us to my right so that he was on top of me now. The movement didn't break the kiss but it did settle him between my legs.

The feel him hard and ready against the folds of my core made me pull from the kiss as my back arched and my head fell back. He pushed against me firmly and a moan was torn from my lips. I felt him shift as he started kissing down my stomach. I didn't open my eyes until his lips pressed against those tender folds.

"No." I yelped. It had felt great but it didn't feel right.

"Enough?" His eyes had turned to that navy blue fire that sent a shiver through my body.

"Not altogether. I just don't think that's normal."

"I assure you it is. Let me try it and if you don't like it still than I will stop."

I didn't trust my voice so I just nodded and closed my eyes as I grabbed two handfuls of the sheet. I felt him kiss me again and the muscles in my stomach contracted tightly. His tongue made one long and slow stroke between those folds and I moaned as I pulled on the sheets. It felt so good but so wrong at the same time. His tongue found that outer sweet spot and made little light circles at first but gradually becoming more solid circles.

That tingling sensation swept through my body as my blood rushed to where his tongue teased me. A scream of pleasure was torn from my throat as orgasm took me. I felt his finger slide slowly into me just as my orgasm reached its apex. The sensation sent me into orgasm again as I started thrusting myself against his hand. He leaned over me and pressed his lips to mine as another finger was pushed into me. I screamed against his lips as my orgasm subsided. I was too caught up in the bliss to care that I was kissing him with my release still on his lips. It salty and sweet all at once and I found myself sucking the taste off his tongue as I continuously moaned against his lips.

He shifted above me slightly as his hands came to the bed beside me. He was laying over me in a half push up position. I felt the tip of him pressed against my opening but he didn't enter yet. His eyes were on me waiting for my reaction. I lifted my hips before pushing back against him and causing just the head of him to enter me. I heard his groan as his hands gripped my waist to keep me from moving. He was going to have to work his way into me even if I was ready. His head alone pushed against my walls firmly.

With a controlled stroke he slid himself into me a little further. The moan that came out was of mixed pain and pleasure. It felt as if he was making his own opening where there hadn't been one before. Only when my body relaxed around him did he push in again and he pushed more in so that he was now half sheathed inside me. I screamed out his name as my finger nails bit into the flesh of my legs where I was holding on.

He pulled out slowly before pushing back into me just as slow. I moaned again and leaned up to watch as he pulled himself out before pushing back in. As I watched his body moving slowly in and out of mine that heat began to build again. My whole body tingled when the orgasm struck me and I pushed against him hard as my body fell back against the pillows. The action caused him to slide into me all the way and I screamed his name.

I leaned up enough to wrap my arms around him and pull him down closer to me as he started thrusting into me faster. The tip of him brutally pressed against my cervix with each thrust and I was burning for more.

"Harder." It was just a whisper but he heard it and complied.

His thrust became faster and harder all at once. I closed my eyes just as another orgasm rocked me. I heard him moan and felt his rhythm slip slightly. My shields fell away and the feel of his thrust intensified. I became disorientated with pleasure and time began to blur. I was vaguely aware of a woman’s screams.

I felt a deep hard thrust just as Hayden moaned and his release filled me up. I slowly became aware that I was the woman who was screaming. I opened my eyes to meet his heated gaze. I pressed my lips to his firmly as I wrapped my arms around his neck tightly. I let my kiss hold everything I was feeling. I was over whelmed with emotions. I had never felt anything from sex until him. I never kissed anyone but I found myself wanting his kiss even while I was kissing him. There was a loud knock at the door and he pulled away from the kiss with a smile.

"Hurry back to me." I said as he started walking out the bedroom.

I heard two heart beats outside the door so they were human and I wasn't worried about being attacked. I was laying there basking in my afterglow when the men’s voices from the living room got my attention.

"How can I help you officer?"

"We have reports of a woman screaming coming from this apartment."

"Ah. Me and the lady have been apart for too long and tonight was our first night together."

"Would you mind if we confirmed your story with her?" It was a female’s voice.

I got up and started putting my robe on as I heard Hayden’s reply. "Let me go get her."

When he opened the door I was already bright red. I was so embarrassed that the cops had been called to me for something such as this. I followed him to living room where the officers stood waiting. When I entered the room they both turned to look at me. The male officer gave Hayden one of those knowing men smiles. The one that says "that a boy" and should be ended with a high five.

"Ma'am, is everything okay here?" The female cop asked me.

"Yes ma'am. I am so sorry you had to come out here. We just got carried away in the moment." My answer was quick and rushed.

She looked at Hayden who was wearing nothing but the sheet wrapped very low around his waist. I seen her eyes roam his body and could practically see the images running through her mind. I felt my vampire brush the surface and flare out to encase Hayden. He smiled as he cut his eyes to me.

"I assure you that you aren't doing him justice." I said to the female officer.

"I'm sorry." She said quickly before nodding in our direction and walking out the door.

The male officer chuckled as he shook his head. "I apologize if she offended you in any way. She is new to the force and has yet to learn that cop coldness."

"She didn't offend me. She just wasn't doing him justice." Said matter-of-factly with a shrug.

"Well you folks enjoy the rest of your night but please try to keep in mind it is early morning and neighbors tend to call us when women are screaming at this hour."

I felt my face flush again as Hayden escorted the man out the door. He turned to me with a smile and dropped the sheet. In three strides he was standing in front of me with his hands gently caressing my cheeks.

"Your vampire feels like heaven." His words were only a whisper.

"Sorry about that."

"Don't be. I have never been claimed before and I like it. I also like who claimed me."

"What do you mean?" I took a step back from him. "I wasn't trying to enslave you to me."

"No." He took that step up and closed the distance between us as his arms encircled me tightly. "For the next few days I will carry part of your aura with me. It's kind of like a vampire wedding. No one ever taught you of these things?"

"No they didn't. And why only the next few days?"

"For one, I would hope to be asked before someone lays claim to me forever."

"I meant how is the time judged?"

"It depends on the way it is done on how long it will last. This claim was laid because someone was lusting after me and you were showing that you didn't like it. Flares like that last about two or three days. More permanent ones require blood and sex and some ritual words."

"Sorry again."

"No need. Though if you ever want to put a longer claim on me, would you at least ask? I may want to return the favor."

"Why don't you? I did it too you so by rights you can claim me."

"To do so would mean it would be permanent until we both called our auras back to us."

I considered that thought as he picked me up and carried me back to the bed where he sat me down gently.

"Tell me what’s on your mind."

"If I understand this claim thing correctly then it is kind of like boyfriend and girlfriend and then moving up to a marriage."

He thought about it for a second before he nodded. "That’s a very basic way of putting it."

"Then would it be so bad if you claimed me and we moved into the boyfriend girlfriend stage?"

He was quiet for so long that I looked up to see if he was even still in the room.

"Do you understand what you are asking?"

"That you are my boyfriend and we stay together. If you leave this city I will go with you. I won't confess undying love to you because it is way too soon for that but I do care for you a lot. If you want to leave this city than I will go with you. If you wish to stay here than I can have Alex accept you as one of his or at least grant you permission to be here."

"Are you sure about this?"

"Yes." I turned to face him.

"Once this is done then there will be a link between us. We will be able to communicate with each other with out being in the same country. Every vampire or demon and even some special humans will see my claim on you. Should someone harm you so long as my claim is on you then I am within my rights to kill them. Same for you."

"I would do that without the claim."

"As would I." He took my hand into his as he nodded. "I would be honored if you would allow me to claim you."

"I would be honored if you claimed me as yours and I am sorry I didn't ask before I claimed you."

"I am honored that you claimed me." He said as he waved off my statement.

At first I only felt his aura surrounding him but then I felt the first wave crash into my own aura. My aura tightened around itself before opening up and swallowing the bit of his. When my aura started flexing itself back to normal I could see his lacing its way through mine. My aura was a clear red. I was told by Marco that it meant powerful, energetic, competitive, sexual, and passionate. Hayden's was a deep red which he later told me meant grounded, realistic, active, strong will-powered, and survival-oriented.

Our auras swirled with both our colors mixing. It looked good and I liked the feel of having him around me. I felt drained even though we had just woken up. I wrapped my arms around Hayden and pulled him next to me in the bed before curling my naked body against his.

"Why do I feel so tired?" I asked him

"We slept through the day and then there were our night’s activities and sharing auras is draining. We'll both sleep like we haven't slept in days. Pet food has already been set out and Satan just came in from the night."

"When did you let them out?" I didn't recall him leaving my side except to answer the door when the cops came in.

"They take turns watching over us. Satan came into the house when I opened the door for the cops and Vlad went outside. He will spend the day prowling the perimeter until we wake up and then they will switch places. Easier for Satan to hide at night. They are very well trained in protecting you."

"Someone told me it had to do with me giving them my blood when I first got them."

"Why did you give your blood to an animal?"

"They were injured so I healed them. I didn't know it would make them my familiar."

He pressed his lips to my forehead gently. "You'll feel better after you sleep."

I closed my eyes with a content smile across my lips as he rolled me over before pulling the blankets over us and laying his arm across my waist. I snuggled back against him as he held me tightly. His body was the perfect size for me to cuddle down into him. I felt his kiss on my cheek just as I started drifting into sleep.

"Sleep well my Angel." He may have whispered it or I may have imagined it. I was too far gone to know for sure.