To Anna's horror the coach full of elderly German tourists she is giving a vampire themed tour of Romania is attacked by the guy her cousin is about to marry. Everyone is slaughtered and he leaves Anna mortally wounded to die alone in the woods. But then a mysterious man and a band of wolves appear. He turns out to be the Count, the leader of the vampires. He saves Anna by curing her with his kisses and by making love to her. He takes the unconscious woman with him to his castle. When she is cured however she is attacked by his three vampire sisters who only back off when it is clear their brother made the human woman his mate.
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All she could do was sob and cling to him. His strong arms were all around her, keeping her pressed against his muscled chest.
"Not every vampire is like them, Little One. Some became doctors so they have free access to a blood bank. Some hunt for fresh blood like I do, killing deer with my wolves. Some prey on people in clubs, drinking their blood and leaving them alive but slightly wobbly. But my sisters they are the evil and nasty type of vampires. The ones that choose the curse so they could seek revenge on the invaders of our homeland. Well I joined them then but when ages passed their lust for human blood only increased. They are still the spoiled noblewomen they were all those centuries ago."
He put her down on her bed again and bared her neck to inspect the horrendous wound that had been caused by the fangs of his sister. He rolled her over, holding her steady with a big hand against her sternum and started to move his lips over the wound. The pain went away and again she experienced a feeling of euphoria. Her body contracted and she moaned.
He moved her around so she was lying on her back and started to kiss her lips. His teeth nipping at her lower lip. She drew him to her, wrapping her arms around his neck. A kind of fog descended on her mind. Was this the vampire lure? The way they enthralled their victims? She felt hands moulding her breasts but all she could do was moan and wanting more. More of what?
Suddenly her nightshift was getting torn from her body and those hot lips moved to her nipples a hand descending in her folds. Her body seemed to scream for whatever the vampire was giving it. "Pheromones", her medical brain concluded. But logic left her when he pressed himself inside her and while she was riding her orgasm sharp teeth sank in her neck and all went black.
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The next morning she woke from pleasant dreams feeling all happy. Bright sunlight was streaming through the window. A female voice singing some folksong was approaching her door. When it opened an old crone appeared.
"Good morning Contessa. I am Gloria and the Count called me in to come and take care of you. He said that after what the two of you had been doing last night you needed a good lay in and a large breakfast."
Anna felt her face go purple. So the Count just told people he had sex with her? Then she remembered the pain of the fangs.
The old woman placed a tray on her lap. All kind of heavenly smelling dishes: omelette, some steaming pudding with a hot fruit sauce, hot chocolate with cream. It seemed that here in rural Romania people did not care about coronary and heart problems. Then her doctors mind remembered the blood loss. This was meant to give her strength again.
She grabbed the spoon and started eating. It the meantime the old woman was filling the old fashioned bath in the corner with buckets of water two males were bringing to the door. Anna tried to cover her nakedness but Gloria smiled. "No worried my dear. They are my grandsons and will not come in. You can meet them later. They work for our lord and master in the stables and run his errands."
After breakfast she was put in the steaming tub. Then Gloria dressed her in a long black dress with a corset and a long skirt. Her neck a white pillar and part of her breasts seeming about to spill out of the fabric.
"Only black will do for the countess of the vampires," said the old woman.
"I am no vampire," Anna said.
"No you are the mate of the one all vampires have to obey to. What do you call the lady of a count?"
"A mistress," Anna grumbled.
"Silly girl. Do you feel well enough to check our your castle milady?"
They walked the building. Some parts were glorious. Others ghostly ruins. She counted the library were she had met the count, a huge ballroom, a dining room crumbling in dust and neglect and then Gloria opened the big doors to the courtyard. For the first time in weeks Anna felt the sun on her skin. She twirled around in it, her arms wide. She was alive. She was no vampire, She had survived the attack. Then a sharp pain in her lower belly made her gasp and bend over. Without thinking she stepped in the shade and rubbed her womb.
""Best not overdo that sunlight milady. After all you slept with him twice. So let me show you the stables and my grandsons."
Both walked into stables smelling of horse and straw. A couple of black horses were brushed and fed by two olive-skinned, black-haired males in their late teens. The boys bowed deep muttering "Milady" and then went to show her the animals.
"Do not be scared," she heard the mare think in her head. "You are my master's woman. Look this is my foal." A small foal was standing wobbly next to the mare. All he seemed to think was "milk, dadada, milk."
She held out her hand and the mare sniffled the palm. Her lips were like velvet.
"Hey do not forget me, " she heard a deeper voice and turning around she saw a magnificent stallion in a box on the other side of the stable.
"That is the father," said one of the stableboys. She walked over to the stallion and asked as if he was a human: "Can you and I be friends?" He made sure to show off, stamping his leg but in the end just started to nuzzle her hair.
This talking to animals certainly was fun.
"You can talk to them like our lord does," said one of the boys amazed.
Tiredness catching up with her she let herself be directed back to the library and sank down on a couch in front of the fire with a book in her lap and a pot of herbal tea nearby. But after like 30 minutes her eyes closed and she slept all afternoon. That was how the count found her in the evening after the sun had gone down.
He lifted her up and carried her to her bed to make love to her again and to drink her blood. She had the feeling she even came more violently then the night before and like then all went black again.
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The next morning she told Gloria she had to go to the village were her cousin lived. Could she tell her how far that was. Gloria explained that it was just down the mountains. An easy ride on horseback but that she should not go without the Count knowing.
