Jack's redemption

while his bite first punctured and then numbed the area. And then, they would simply relax into the Kiss. Jack r

embled, and went limp against Julias's chest. His hear

one dry? Years. But his friend? How long h

oss of blood feel good, right? He could feel it in Jack's body. He wasn't struggling, and he was probably high on the pleasure of it. But th

me, right? It had to be. The tiny man's breath was almost gone. Julias could feel his anxiety grow

.. Please, Julias .

forcefully now, actively, trying to pull the blood out of Jack's bo

is. A dream, Jack. Just a dre

ght to stay inside him. He could see it in the cut, refusing to fall free of his skin. He glared at th

wrist agains

ke up s

en a giant window. Julias's place. He looked around some more. There was Julias, standing behin

d, and Jack fell off t

was just standing there, watching and waiting. "Julias! Come on, what ... oh fuck. Oh fuck was it all a drea

dream," his

re closed. Not healed over. Just closed. They should still be bleeding, but as far as he could tell, they'd stopped. "What's g

rd thud to the floor. He clutched at his stomach again. There was a weird mixture of p

over to him and knelt beside h

d and the drink. The deep red was oddly alluring. Normally it never seemed appet

ything, don't worr

ow that Julias was so close, he couldn't help but notice the huge stains of

ad to take a second to let it coat his taste buds. Damn what a taste. Sips soon turned into gulps, and he drank

ged to make him forget about his current predicament. "I don't normally dr

inted at Julias before his smi

hed down and pulled up his shirt again. He felt his muscles, his abdominal muscles, where the knife had punctured him. He could feel the h

g to die, it'd be getting stabbe

up and offered Jack his hand. Jack took it, and slid onto the stool

ack's hand. Jack drank the newly found, delicious sin with fervor. He

! I got stabbed a fuck load of times. I've read

ding to death. You

en what

He could see the blood all over him, all over his best friend, but he was still

when did Julias look so pale? Jack had to give him a few double

your

ha

our puls

r first? I mean my go

Your.

h steel eyes and dead calm look. Dead was an un

ck put his index and mid

e jaw. " ... hold on, hold on." He put his hand over his heart. "Julias ... where's my

w on blood, and ... most Kindred never reme

What the fuck are

?" Julias's stare was stone and more than a bit unsettling.

t know. Just ... I

hing

about it. That throbbing ache in his stomach, in his whole body was subdued but there. T

had that before, not like this. A part of him tingled with the fear of it, the fear of ... Julias? A part of him

it him in

d off of you, and take a

ounds, closed, and he managed a small smile at the sight of his abs. Julias had been forcing him to eat right and exercise for five years now, and it certainly paid of

er too. Well that made sense, he had just lost an insane amount of blood. But then, how the hell was he still standing,

just in his gut. He could feel it coursing through his limbs. He could feel

He wiped away the moisture with a nearby towel, and let the vapors fa

at the hell happened to his face? His face was pale like the rest of

struggled to get on his boxers, and his pants came on one leg at a time while he tried to get the bathroom door open. His efforts earne

Oh my god oh my god oh my god." Jack didn't even try to get up. He just la

it out

the flying shit god damn fuck

not a

ha

d-out hand. The big guy pulled him up and, with a half-s

zombie. You ar

tle man let his head fall and his chin landed in his palms with his elbows on the counter, before

e you into it, and you were supposed to have the option to say no. I ... y

o raise his head and make eye contact with Julias. The steely gaze, the pale skin.

ng fang. It wasn't normally there, but there it was clear as day on his lip b

sank into the pool of it, the swirling mass of its intoxicating appearance. He never cared

es

ave me

es

nto a vampire! And you're a vampire, apparently. I'm freaking out, ok. I am freaking the fuck out." Even as he complained and ranted, Jack had to stop to drin

s is never easy for anyone. I ... I

I am

still covered in blood, and Jack had to cringe at the

t on you before? You don't

fe. It makes us look human and funct

Kindred, this whole time? H

into his fridge to get another bottle, and poured the two of them

during the fir

Wow." Jack ran his fingers through the buzz

g Kindred. Yo

e exercising and eating well

what that business proposition was about earlier. Then I was going to explain what being a Kindred meant. Imm

the insanity pull it down to his elbows. "I just ... I need to think. I need to think. I need to contextualize. I ... yo

ea

life ... it'

ah.

y both went silent. Jack wanted to pant, but breathing didn't come naturally anymore. All the little fidgets of

... immo

burn you like dry paper. And .

sunl

grimaced wi

riends?" Jack fell to the couch with his elbows on his knees and leaned for

that pain in your gut. Th

drink blood. Fucki

... which losing will also kill you, by the way. But beyond that

tually pretty-

an ally, Jack." Julias came over to sit down next to Jack, bloody suit and all. The couch was likely ruine

ood suckers enjoying eter

over three hundred Kindred here in Dol

ity, with their own structure? Were they all lik

ver heard of this

ll leave you out for sunrise. You have to do everything you can to make sure people don't realize

... so there's more than one rule." Jack turned his head fr

arning, but it's not all bad." Julias got up and

. I g

he clothes I've prepared for you." He w

kto

si