Chapter 3

“NO! I do not believe I deserved the first, but it will be gone as soon as I am away from you.” she cheekily said.

“Oh no!” I stated sternly, “you are going to experience this all day, I will be near enough that you will be normal all day. For once you are not going to vamp back and not let this lesson sink in.”

The look on her face was almost priceless, “NO!” she whispered, “I am a vampire, You must let me return to that state. I will die. I am not a human as you are.”

“Need I remind you, I haven’t been human in over 400 years? Do we really to get into insults? I’d be more than happy to demonstrate the error of your ways again, Lana.” There I’d said her name. God, it tore my heart out just to be this close to her. Lana looked away, “No, no further demonstration is necessary,” she whispered.

Holy cow! Was she blushing? Thinking back, I couldn’t remember ever seeing her blush. Looking closer, I saw that her eyes were blue, something I hadn’t noticed. Also, her petite frame, why hadn’t I noticed this before?

“We need to start back to town, I have a ward here that can help, but I’m not sure if it can help enough.” Concentrating, I felt the air vibrate, so this is what sensitive humans felt. The ward scooped us up and we were on the way. Though a mile out of town, I felt it start to fade. Oh well, we were close now. A few minutes after we started walking, a farmer and his wife stopped and offered us a ride. They both smiled at us, telling us what a perfect couple we were. Ha! If they only knew!

In town, we went by my shop, telling my assistant to handle things. I would be out. Looking out and seeing Lana he smiled. The stern look I gave him had him ducking back in, chuckling. Sighing, we went to her building. Several of her cronies were at the door with wide eyed looks of dismay. After she explained, we left them and headed to the only restaurant in town. Sitting (she had to have a pillow as she was still sore), we ordered a meal. She hadn’t eaten real food in a long time, glaring at me for making her go through this.

Leaning over she whispered, “I haven’t eaten in almost 200 years, that one night with you, we both remember that didn’t go so well.” I nodded, I remembered, but then again she’d wanted to try everything and had stuffed herself ‘till she almost exploded. I tried not to laugh. I had warned her, but she had been so confident, I couldn’t stop her. Again, I reminded her so we didn’t have another repeat of that night.

After we ate (she didn’t try to stuff her self), we walked. She asked me why I had been so upset. “Everything I have seen indicates that your and my father wish to breed us.” She threw her hand to her mouth. “That’s not going to happen. I told them both that if we were together, it would be under our terms not theirs.” Lana nodded, then I noticed that she was staring at me strangely.

“You think it was because they were hoping we’d sire a stronger form of vampire and mage?” She asked still staring at me strangely.

“I don’t know, but knowing the two of them I wouldn’t doubt it.” I hissed out, angry at the thought of the two of them conspiring against us starting to rise in my chest.

“Johnathon, this is the first time in over 200 years we’ve had pleasant conversation, lets not spoil it.” She them leaned in and kissed me! Oh my god! I’d never felt this, no spell, hex, power, nothing could have prepared me for the absolute shock that went through me! Hell, I think she felt it too the way she crumbled in my arms, just what the hell was going on?

I broke the kiss barely able to stand, let alone hold us both up. I looked into her eyes for the first time. Actually looked into them and saw the real her. The hungry soul that was trapped in an eternal life without love or compassion. Hell, the same life I had been living. Was I so immature when I first met her that I hadn’t been able to see that? Lana stirred in my arms, “Oh my,” She stated, “What just happened? I’ve never felt that before, as a matter of fact that is the first thing I’ve felt in a long, long time. I have to say it was...” looking at me she quickly stood up and continued, “It was an odd sensation.”

I could only smile. I knew she’d felt it too. It was just her stubborn upbringing and her status that prevented her from speaking on it.

“Well,” I started, “I can see that you have learned from this experience, maybe even grown a little.” I leaned closer and whispered in her ear, Let us hope a repeat of this punishment isn’t needed.” I smiled, as I bowed and kissed her hand, causing her to blush again. Damn, but it looked good on her. I just hoped that what she might have learned tonight would stay with her. I didn’t need her becoming a beast again, another painful lesson needing to be administered. I did like looking at her naked ass, but spanking though a turn on was a bit painful to us both.