Bitten by the Vampires

“You couldn’t get aroused?” Benjamin asks.

I shake my head.

“There wasn’t much to turn me on there. I mean, I never dated anyone. Never had a partner. Never had anyone I was close to. I touched myself sometimes just to see, you know, what it felt like, but...”

“But it fizzled out,” Eli fills in the blanks, and I nod.

“Well, that’s not going to be a problem anymore,” Matthew says.

“Why’s that?” I ask, but I already know. I’m looking at the three sexiest men I’ve ever seen in my life, and I’m wondering how I ever managed to land them. Not that I actually landed them. More like, they hunted me down and found me.

“Because we’re going to take care of you,” Benjamin says. “Lie back down.”

Chapter 8

By the time I’ve had two more orgasms, one from Benjamin and one from Matthew, I’m completely spent. I lay on the table, wondering what’s going to happen next, and the men start chuckling to themselves.

“I think she’s had enough,” Eli says. “Come on down.” He reaches for me and helps me to my feet. I sway on them. They’re wobbly now, and he pulls me close to his chest. “Everything is going to be fine,” he says.

I don’t know if that’s true, though.

I’m feeling so many different emotions, so many different things right now. The idea that I just melted into them and let them take their time with me is a little unnerving. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with sex and I have no hang-ups about my body. It’s just that I’ve never had a chance to explore any of that and now...

Now I’ve had a chance.

Eli helps me fix my dress. He tugs it down and arranges it perfectly. Then he brings me to a chair and helps me sit down in it. The other men do the same and then Eli rings a little bell that was sitting on the table. I hadn’t noticed it before. It’s small and blue and has little green and red flowers painted on it. It’s pretty. It reminds me of the pretty things my mom used to have. I don’t think about my life before Eagleton very much. I don’t remember much. I do remember that my mother loved pretty things, and she would have loved this.

As soon as the bell chimes, two doors open, and the house humans come in. They’re carrying wine and water and bread and fruit. They bring everything to the table and make sure we’re all comfortable. One of the humans speaks quietly to Eli, and then they disappear again. They move so quickly and so silently that if I had blinked, I would have missed seeing them entirely.

“Eat,” Eli says. He grabs a piece of bread and breaks off a little piece. I reach for it, but he slaps my hand away and presses the food to my lips. “No, I’ll feed you,” he tells me. “We’ll all feed you.”

Well...

Okay.

“You’re our mate,” Matthew reminds me. “You’ll be worshipped by us and by our humans,” he says.

I think he’s forgetting that I’m a human, too. I don’t really want them to worship me. Do I? I’d rather be one of them.

I don’t argue, though. Instead, I just smile and nod, and I open my mouth. He starts to feed me the bread bit-by-bit. I think that I’m going to feel pandered to by this gesture, but I don’t. Instead, I feel...

Cherished.

Loved.

Adored.

Having someone feed me is a strange feeling. It’s not something I ever would have considered trying before, but it doesn’t disgust me. If anything, it feels right. It feels like this is something special we’re sharing, and it’s very, very intimate.

It’s a strange sort of feeling, really. It’s strange to feel completely taken care of. Each of the men takes turns feeding me and even offering me wine. They press their fingers to my mouth and let me lick off the crumbs from each piece of bread. Then they hold the wine glasses to my lips and let me sip directly from the glasses.

When the rest of the food comes out, they take turns feeding me the different meats and cheese that have been prepared for us. It’s delectable, delicious, and I don’t know how I managed to survive quite so long without all of this wonderful food.

“What do you think?” Eli asks.

“It’s delicious.”

“Have you ever eaten anything like this before?”