Chapter 24
"Organismele de schimbare..."
Entering the bedroom he noted she was already in bed -- her head resting against the headboard -- waiting for him. After getting in bed, he rested his cheek on her stomach -- licking it. His tongue glided smoothly on her skin -- like a skater's skates on a fresh coating of ice.
She ran her fingers through his hair -- gently at first -- before tugging on it roughly, beginning to rake her powerful fingernails across his scalp. Sadistically she wanted to know how much pain she could inflict on him before he'd protest. A few times he was on the verge of voicing his objection but each time he was about to -- she'd become gentle -- teasing and playing mind-games with him. It was fascinating how she could read his mind, measuring his pain tolerance so accurately.
"You know your hair has begun to change don't you," she observed seeing it was getting thicker, denser and more like hers. He told her he knew, saying it defied attempts in combing it.
"What's wrong Demetri," she asked sensing something.
"Cold feet again -- I don't know what it'll be like without a soul. Aren't you worried I won't be able to love you as I do now?"
"Who have you been talking to -- why would you ask such a thing," she asked.
"It seems my enlightenment has begun in bits and pieces -- in dreams and nightmares. I understand things I didn't before -- like your inability to love since you don't have a soul."
She had those concerns but avoided telling him. After thinking about it she said,
"I suppose there's some truth to it but vampires have a unique ability to imitate. I can do the things you associate with being lovable. Like now -- running my fingers through your hair. Isn't this a loving gesture for you?"
He told her it was but somehow it was lacking -- not an expression of love.
"It's true I can't love you as a human could but I can still give you things no human can give you. I can make you feel and experience things you wouldn't think possible. No human can give you the things I can."
He asked what she meant -- she suggested she show him. She pushed his head between her legs,