Eighteen Summers (15 page)

“
Your red eyes are also most attractive,” he says tapping my nose with his forefinger. “So, that was our first time, a warm up. Are you ready for some more?”

“
I see. Well I suppose I could do it once more.”

He bursts into his sexy deep laughter.

“We can do this dozens of times... Did you really think it would be just the once?”

“
Yeah... Kind of. Well, it was rather long and energetic... I don't have a clue, do I?”

“
No and you are thinking like a human. We have no need to stop for a rest...” He nibbles my lip and his finger slides down my slit rubbing at my clit softly.

Oh I am so ready to go again.

There are obvious advantages to being a vampire. Recovery of sexual desire is almost instantaneous. I moan with pleasure and smile widely at the thought of how wonderful this is.

“
What's so funny?” He asks me staring at my amused expression.

“
No, not funny. Just lovely... Now do that some more, lots more.” I order.

“
Ah, demanding already, are we?” He replies with a deep chuckle, obliging my request. I shut my eyes as he gets me off with his fingers and thumb sliding in and out of me faster and faster. My bite is lowering and retracting in a wild rhythm. My eyes open and I gaze into his as I come in another blast of red light, producing a long feline groaning sound of complete and utter pleasure. I love these wild animal noises we make.

I take his face in my hands.

“Oh Nico, this is the best experience of my life. I want so much more of you.”

“
As I want you.”

“
So you're into vampire virgins are you?”

“
Mmmm, I haven't met one before, but it seems I am. Now come, do things to me. Whatever you like.”

“
What exactly do you like?”

“
Anything at all. Use your hands, mouth, teeth, anywhere you fancy Mistress.” He gives me a wicked grin.

“
Whatever you say Nico baby.” I am definitely gaining confidence now. I start to work my way down from top to bottom. Ears, neck, shoulders, arms, stomach... All get my attention. Soon I am whipping up a kissing, biting frenzy. I get down to his large hard cock. I just love this part of him now. I run my tongue up and down the length. I look up and he is smiling at me.

“
Go on...”

I sink my teeth gently into the head of him. He groans and jerks against me. I suck hard, drawing a fast gush of hot blood. I retract my teeth and start to swirl my tongue round and round his head, holding him firmly in my hands. A raging inferno of heat engulfs me. I can't believe I'm actually doing this for real. I've imagined doing it to him many times.

He's so fucking hot, he burns me up.

I look up at his face, his eyes catch mine and they suddenly turn to deepest yellow in an instant. It's like watching the sun set. I stop and smile at him in awe.

I have him now. He's mine and I'm never letting him go.

I stroke my tongue over him gently and begin to suck harder, getting a rhythm going. The next moment I am picked up and thrown back on the bed in a rush.

“Hey, I wasn't finished doing that...”

“
I need to be deep inside you, right now.” He opens my legs, hooks them over his shoulders and is inside me in a second in a hard rampant thrust. “This is where I want to be.” His eyes glow. His hands caress my body everywhere. His touch is more than magical.

“
Give it your best shot baby,” I say much to my own surprise.

“
I'm not ready for my shot just yet. I need to get rid of some energy first. Want a very fast fuck?”

“
Oh please, please... ” He begins to move inside me fast. Much faster and soon my head spins. He is a blur. The sensation inside me is beyond belief. It is a buzzing, vibrating pressured thud. I can't stop myself coming within a few seconds of this energetic arousing assault. I dissolve into a mass of acutely sensitive nerve endings. I moan and sigh and growl with complete pleasure.  I move my legs down to his waist and wrap myself around his rapidly moving body tightly, kissing his neck. He begins to slow.

“
I'm ready now... Watch my eyes Cali.” I watch as he thrusts inside me slowly, gently. His eyes burn slowly from a deep golden yellow to a rich orange, and then to red. I see white flecks like stars flickering within them. He comes inside me in a growling, snarling state of wild abandon, with his pupils constricting and enlarging. His nostrils flare and he bites his lip. I could watch this erotic show all day. I stroke his silky smooth back and he buries his face into my shoulder, his breath hot and damp against my skin.

“
Your eyes had white stars in them.”

“
So do yours. When you see the red light that is when they appear.”

“
It was so amazing. I want to see it again.”

“
I think we'll be seeing a lot of starry eyes tonight. But first, I want to take you outside. For a walk, whilst it is still daylight. Come. Put on something quickly.”

I get dressed in one of my dresses and we leave the villa by the back door, making our way through the vineyard and down towards a small group of trees beyond.

“I like to come here. It is peaceful, shaded, and cool. It's my special place and I want you to see it.”

I know this place, from my dream. And there it is. The old gnarled tree.

He stops beneath the large leafy tree and leaps up beckoning me to follow. We sit on the broad lower branch.

“
I've daydreamed of this tree,” I tell him.

“
Your gift of precognition once again?”

“
Yes.”

“
What happened here, in your dream?”

I smile widely. “You and I were together. Naked. On this branch.”

“I can't think of anything better.”

“
Me neither.”

Our clothes are discarded in seconds and we start the frantic heated lovemaking session of my dream. Only it is so much better in reality. We spend hours up in the branches of the tree and finally come down when it is pitch dark and cold around us. We make our way back, up to Villa Aldo, hand in hand and quietly make our way to our room.

“Tomorrow, we must start our search,” He says, smiling at me wickedly.  “But we still have all tonight for each other.”

Chapter 10

I awake to daylight after a few hours sleep to find Nico sitting peacefully at my side gazing down at me. I look up at him for a while. He has become such a big part of my life in such a short time. What would I do without him? I have never been so emotionally and physically dependent on anyone as this before. The thought scares me.

He smiles at me beautifully. I have to kiss him. I feel like that all the time. I raise my arms to him.

“Come here gorgeous.”

He drops a kiss on my forehead. “We need to get up. It is nine o'clock already. I let you sleep for a long time.”

“I'm happy to stay right here for a whole week.”

“
We can, but now and then we have important things to do.”

We get ready and sit a while with Savio and Messia. They tell us that Sofia and Gabriel borrowed their car and left a while earlier to travel to the next village to seek out their next lead. I am suddenly feeling starving hungry and weak. I haven't fed in over a day. Events overtook my feeding plan the day before.

“Nico, I must feed soon, before anything else.”

“
I know. We'll stop in Castellana to buy drinks and we can feed there.”

“
Can we leave now? I am actually feeling really weak inside now.”

“
Quickly then. Let us find you something you fancy in town,” He jokes.

“
It's market day today. Plenty of choices,” Messia adds with a grin, flashing her long fangs at me.

“
Mmmm, lots of fresh produce to pick from,” Savio joins in with a hearty laugh.

“
Well if you lot have finished joking at my expense, I'm becoming ravenous. I might have to feed from one of you instead.”

“
Unfortunately my dear, that will only serve to make you hungrier,” Savio explains lighting up a large cigar.

Nico takes my hand and picks up the car keys leaving the villa in a rush. We drive the mile to the town where we park and start our search.

“I see a young couple heading off down the alleyway, over there,” He points. “Come, we need to be fast.”

We run up behind and strike quickly, picking up and feeding, each to one side, discreetly. I gently lower the woman to the ground when I am done. I am horrified to realise she is heavily pregnant.

“Oh no Nico, look!”

I want to cry.

“Do not worry, you take only a small amount. She will not be affected, nor the child. Calista, you are a vampire. You need to feed on human blood. Just be aware to feed for one minute or less. There will be no ill effect for your choice. I promise you.”

Even so, I am a little disturbed by my choice of meal of the day.

We buy some water and grape juice for refreshment and begin our drive to the Tarquinii Monastery. It is a long drive through a mountainous region. I doze in the car intermittently. We arrive at Vulci early in the afternoon and make our way to the Monastery museum to speak to the Librarian of Antiquities.

I sit quietly while Nico has a long conversation in Italian about the type of records we need to access. He smiles on and off at me but I can see he is not making much headway in accessing anything of such age. I had fears that this may be the case. After a few minutes, a young woman appears and joins the discussion. She seems to be suggesting something positive as the whole tone of the conversation changes. I'm getting very impatient and want to know what is going on. Suddenly, the young woman steps to one side and leads us off into an office.

“What's the problem?” I ask.

“
All the ancient land title deeds are stored in Rome in climate controlled conditions. We are not able to access those. The earliest census in the region was carried out in 1400. That would not supply us with names, but only numbers of people and possessions they own on each estate, so that is unlikely to be helpful. As there are no birth and death records in the time period we are researching, our only avenue of inquiry is that of family history. I am told that the Caprice family would certainly have had such a volume commissioned. Sonia is checking her records to see if there is a copy here. There would have been three or four copies made at most, all hand written in Latin of course.”

“
But isn't Lord Raffaele writing such a book himself?”

“
I imagine a more up to date version.”

“
I don't know Nico. Reading a whole book might take a long time. We can't do it today, can we?”

“
If it exists we shall send Gabriel to read it for a few days.”

Sonia looks up suddenly. “Ah, yes! Here.” She points at her register. She rises from her chair and beckons to us to follow. We are led down a flight of old stone steps to an underground library.

“These not so precious books, but not for public use. Please use table here.” She says in broken English. She picks out our volume from the shelf and places it in front of us. “Please replace when finish.” She smiles briefly and leaves with our thanks.

“
Gosh, this whole book is about the Caprice family?” It's a thick volume. Nico gets his notes out of his pocket. “So does it cover the 1350-1680 period?” I ask.

“
Let us see.” He opens the book and slowly turns the fragile yellowed pages. I watch for a while but I cannot make head nor tail of the scripture I see. It is fancy ink work and although beautiful, not readable to me. “Yes, I am seeing some dates we need. We shall send Gabriel to read this. It should not take him long.” I am suddenly quite excited at our discovery and feel compelled to cover his face with hot kisses.

“
Cali, soon... I want you too.” He smiles and flashes his fangs quickly. I hiss back sexily. 

“
Can't we stay here tonight?”

“
It is only three hours to the villa. I would like to get back and speak to Gabriel about this as soon as possible.”

We make our way back to the car where we have a drink and then set off. Soon I am sound asleep again. I don't know what it is about me and cars. I can't seem to keep awake in them for long.

My mind wanders off into the world of dreams. But I am suddenly in the middle of a nightmare. One that is so shocking I wake screaming. It takes Nico a long time to calm me down afterwards. I can't even speak. I just dry sob hysterically.

“
Calista please. Calm yourself.” He is holding me closely, patting my back soothingly, and kissing my face. It takes a while for me to realise we are still in the car and parked off the side of the road. “What is it? Are you hurt?”