Katie looked down at her bandaged hand and remembered the reaction she had gotten from Alexis when they talked in the hallway. Alexis’s eyes were blood red, and her fangs had erupted. She looked as if she was about to give in to their passion right there and then.

But then Katie had walked away, hoping that would nudge Alexis to come to her later. She’d waited and waited this evening, but nothing.

Katie sighed. Maybe Alexis wasn’t as desperate as she was to make this work.

Then she heard a soft thud on her bedroom door. Not a knock, a thud as if something was thrown against the door. She got up and tiptoed over.

From underneath the door she could see the shadow of feet standing just outside. She put her hand on the doorknob, her heart thudding in her chest, and opened the door quickly.

Alexis was standing there, breathing hard, her eyes dark blood red.

“Alex? Are you okay?”

Alexis took a step inside the door and, without saying a word, simply put her hand on her chest. Their sign of love and honesty. Katie responded by returning the gesture. Alexis shut the door and said, “I can’t fight it any more, Katie. I don’t have the strength or courage to live without you or your love. I love you.”

Tears came to Katie’s eyes. Those were the words she had been waiting to hear since they’d first gotten together. Alexis cupped her cheek and used her thumb to wipe a tear away then rested her forehead against Katie’s.

“I’m sorry if I upset you,” Alexis said.

“I should be sorry. I’m sorry for what I said and did the other night. I love you, Alex. We can make this work if you trust me,” Katie said. “When did you last feed?”

“The other day. I didn’t want to feed on anyone else,” Alexis said.

Katie was blown away by Alexis’s devotion. She stepped back, pulled off her nightie, and dropped it on the floor. She watched Alexis’s eyes turn an even darker red and her tongue snake around her teeth, but yet she didn’t move.

“Alexis? I consent, and I’m yours.”

At the sound of those words, Alexis shot over to her. Still, she didn’t dive in. Alexis trailed her fingers from Katie’s cheek, down her chest, and circled her nipples.

Katie moaned and pushed one of Alexis’s hands onto her breast, but Alexis pulled it away and turned Katie around, so she was facing away from her.

“No, I want to feed from you the way I wish I could have, the way I wanted to the first time around.”

A ripple of pleasure ran through her at the memory. “Yes, Alex, just like that.”

Alexis ran her lips over the area she was going to bite and Katie shivered. “Do you consent?”