The Third Bite
Title: The Third Bite
Author: M. Elizabeth Ravensblood
Rating: R for sexuality
Pairing: Alexander/Sophie
Summary: After Sophie Queen Of The Night, Sophie has returned to her normal life but finds mortality isn't quite as she remembered and she returns to Alex's castle.
Author's Notes: This is my first Dracula The Series fic, but probably not my last.
Sophie pushed her dinner around her plate and forced a smile as Uncle Gustav discussed his latest plan to foil Alexander. Alexander? She thought with a slight frown. When had Lucard become Alexander? The night she'd gone to his castle after Vincent had vampirized her, her body whispered to her.
Although she'd assured Uncle Gustav repeatedly that she'd gone to the castle because she didn't know where else to turn, her true reason would have horrified him. Sophie had gone to the castle because ever since her first trip when Alexander took her in his arms, she ached to have him touch her. Night after night he haunted her dreams. Becoming a vampire had liberated her; she'd been able to go to Lucard at last without guilt. She had tried to like Chris romantically and Vincent's bad poetry and coloring like Alexander's had done little more for her. No matter how hard she had tried to push Alexander from her mind, she couldn't.
For one glorious week, she'd been with Alex when she was a vampire. They'd kissed and he'd allowed her to sleep next to him, but he felt she was too young to do more, until her last night at the castle when need overhelmed reason. A thrill of anticipation had coursed through her when Alex dismissed the servants and lead her to his room. That night she lost her heart to Alex irrevocably as he'd confessed that he wanted her too much to be honorable any longer and that could she forgive him?
Sophie had answered, "Alex, I don't think I could forgive you if you didn't. I've known this night would come since the night I met you."
"Sophie," Alex murmured softly and drew her tightly against him as he sank onto the bed.
As his mouth began to explore her throat, his fangs lightly grazed her and she entreated, "Please!"
Alex captured her mouth in a kiss, his hands moving to remove her clothing with centuries of experience. When Sophie shyly began to caress him, he smiled and allowed her to help him out of his clothing. Her hands were trembling and she lacked his experience but there was a poignancy to it that consumed them both. Their eyes met and they silently communicated the gravity and import of what they were about to do. Whatever happened in the future, tonight they were mating and it would be for eternity.
Although Alex's hands roaming sensually over her body tantalized Sophie, the sensation of his fangs over her throat was what made her quiver. So many nights she'd lain awake dreaming of him biting her and now his fangs teased lightly against her throat. Alex's caresses continued, but when he didn't move to bite her, Sophie felt slightly disappointed.
Sensing a shift in Sophie's mood, Alex cupped her chin and asked softly, "Sophie, what's wrong? Would you like me to stop?"
"N-no. It's just-" she trailed off.
"Just what," Alex coaxed.
"Would you," she hesitated. "Would you bite me?"
Alex smiled and kissed her softly. Against her mouth he explained, "I can if you wish. But do you understand, being bitten by me will make you mine forever. Even if Helsing ever found a cure, you would still be mine."
"Cure?" Sophie asked, she didn't like the sounds of that at all.
"Not to worry. Just a far fetched possibility Varney warned me about," Alex replied. Kissing her throat, he pressed, "Is this what you want Sophie?"
With a whimper, Sophie threaded his fingers through his hair and urged his mouth over her neck. As his fangs slowly pierced her throat, she clung to him as the world fell away. Pleasure spread throughout her body and Sophie cried out over and over. When Alex guided her mouth to his neck and bade her to drink Sophie obeyed and nearly fainted from the intoxicating power of his blood.
When Alex moved over her body and thrust into Sophie, it was almost an afterthought. Her fangs buried in his throat, any pain drowned in the elixir of his blood. But the scent of the few drops of her blood mixed with her arousal pushed Alex over the brink.
"Mine," he growled possessively and bit Sophie again.
For most of the night they moved against each other, their fangs seldom leaving each other's body except for a few fevered and bloodied kisses. Few words were spoken, but those that were, were of love and possession.
When they at last collapsed into sleep, Sophie had been happier than she'd ever thought possible. But her happiness came to an abrupt end when she'd followed Chris outside. Sophie intended to rip his throat out and in a moment of pity had made the mistake of allowing him a kiss; she'd meant to make it a final act of kindness to her former friend. Instead, it was a cruel joke on her, the water of the Paquet springs, stealing her vampire nature away from her. Now she was back at Uncle Gustav's moving through each day on auto-pilot and aching every night for Alexander.
Every night, Sophie would stare out her window for hours, trying to ignore the voice which seemed to call to her. Tonight the voice was overwhelming and she couldn't bear it. Stealthily she snuck downstairs and grabbed a wooden stake. Racing through the night she made her way towards Lucard's castle. Inside she found him standing staring into the fireplace that blazed intensely.
For several moments, Sophie stood with the stake in her hand watching Alexander until he at last sighed, "If you're going to do it, would you please just get it over?"
"How-"
"I always know where you are Sophie, you're in my blood," he answered and turned to face her. "It is fitting if it's you. I've been trying to figure out how a woman not yet 20 could destroy centuries of peace in a single night and can find no answer."
The stake slipped from her hand as Sophie's eyes met Alex's, a mirror of her own. Hoarsely she demanded, "Why? Why didn't you come for me?"
"You left me," he shrugged and returned his gaze to the fire. "The sweet and innocent ingénue leaves the evil villain and returns to her family, isn't that how it's supposed to work?"
Unsure what to say, she laid her hand on his arm and whispered his name. Turning sharply, Alexander caught Sophie in a tight embrace and held her closely.
Pressing against her, Alex chided, "But you're not so innocent anymore, are you my darling Sophie? How you must regret that night, such shame it must fill you with."
"What makes you say that?" Sophie shot back as she twisted in his harsh embrace.
"Helsing didn't come to avenge your honor my dear. But night after night if I walk past your house, I can hear your weeping. Too soft for any human, but I of course am not human, am I?" Alex countered. "If you're not weeping for your lost virtue, what are you weeping for?"
Meeting his gaze, Sophie unsuccessfully blinked back tears that were forming. Having him hold her so closely and the vortex of emotion that swirled within her, she cried out, "I'm crying because I need you! Every night hurts worst than the last. I've tried to forget but I can't! Regret that night? The only regret I have is that I was cured!"
Alex continued to hold Sophie, but his grasp became gentler as she wept. Tilting her face up, he kissed away her tears and sighed contentedly, "My darling Sophie, how I've missed you."
"I've missed you too, Alexander," Sophie replied shyly. As much as she wanted him, her vampire tenacity was gone and a very mortal blush stole across her cheeks.
"I think, my dear, your blushing is very pretty," Alex said. Then sweeping her into his arms and carrying her towards the bedroom he added, "But I believe it will be short lived. No turning by an inferior vampire this time. Tonight, I will do what should have happened the night I met you."
A shiver of anticipation shot through Sophie as Alex lowered her onto the bed. Tonight would be no pale copy of Alexander as Vincent had been, tonight he would transform her. She welcomed Alex's bite as he kissed her throat. It was as it should have been all along.
As his fangs sank into Sophie's neck, Alexander smiled to himself before giving over to the pleasure of the moment. By rescuing Sophie and her having had his blood inside her as a mortal, she would become the most powerful vampire outside of himself. The third bite was the charm and tonight Alexander would have a true consort at last...
Author: M. Elizabeth Ravensblood
Rating: R for sexuality
Pairing: Alexander/Sophie
Summary: After Sophie Queen Of The Night, Sophie has returned to her normal life but finds mortality isn't quite as she remembered and she returns to Alex's castle.
Author's Notes: This is my first Dracula The Series fic, but probably not my last.
Sophie pushed her dinner around her plate and forced a smile as Uncle Gustav discussed his latest plan to foil Alexander. Alexander? She thought with a slight frown. When had Lucard become Alexander? The night she'd gone to his castle after Vincent had vampirized her, her body whispered to her.
Although she'd assured Uncle Gustav repeatedly that she'd gone to the castle because she didn't know where else to turn, her true reason would have horrified him. Sophie had gone to the castle because ever since her first trip when Alexander took her in his arms, she ached to have him touch her. Night after night he haunted her dreams. Becoming a vampire had liberated her; she'd been able to go to Lucard at last without guilt. She had tried to like Chris romantically and Vincent's bad poetry and coloring like Alexander's had done little more for her. No matter how hard she had tried to push Alexander from her mind, she couldn't.
For one glorious week, she'd been with Alex when she was a vampire. They'd kissed and he'd allowed her to sleep next to him, but he felt she was too young to do more, until her last night at the castle when need overhelmed reason. A thrill of anticipation had coursed through her when Alex dismissed the servants and lead her to his room. That night she lost her heart to Alex irrevocably as he'd confessed that he wanted her too much to be honorable any longer and that could she forgive him?
Sophie had answered, "Alex, I don't think I could forgive you if you didn't. I've known this night would come since the night I met you."
"Sophie," Alex murmured softly and drew her tightly against him as he sank onto the bed.
As his mouth began to explore her throat, his fangs lightly grazed her and she entreated, "Please!"
Alex captured her mouth in a kiss, his hands moving to remove her clothing with centuries of experience. When Sophie shyly began to caress him, he smiled and allowed her to help him out of his clothing. Her hands were trembling and she lacked his experience but there was a poignancy to it that consumed them both. Their eyes met and they silently communicated the gravity and import of what they were about to do. Whatever happened in the future, tonight they were mating and it would be for eternity.
Although Alex's hands roaming sensually over her body tantalized Sophie, the sensation of his fangs over her throat was what made her quiver. So many nights she'd lain awake dreaming of him biting her and now his fangs teased lightly against her throat. Alex's caresses continued, but when he didn't move to bite her, Sophie felt slightly disappointed.
Sensing a shift in Sophie's mood, Alex cupped her chin and asked softly, "Sophie, what's wrong? Would you like me to stop?"
"N-no. It's just-" she trailed off.
"Just what," Alex coaxed.
"Would you," she hesitated. "Would you bite me?"
Alex smiled and kissed her softly. Against her mouth he explained, "I can if you wish. But do you understand, being bitten by me will make you mine forever. Even if Helsing ever found a cure, you would still be mine."
"Cure?" Sophie asked, she didn't like the sounds of that at all.
"Not to worry. Just a far fetched possibility Varney warned me about," Alex replied. Kissing her throat, he pressed, "Is this what you want Sophie?"
With a whimper, Sophie threaded his fingers through his hair and urged his mouth over her neck. As his fangs slowly pierced her throat, she clung to him as the world fell away. Pleasure spread throughout her body and Sophie cried out over and over. When Alex guided her mouth to his neck and bade her to drink Sophie obeyed and nearly fainted from the intoxicating power of his blood.
When Alex moved over her body and thrust into Sophie, it was almost an afterthought. Her fangs buried in his throat, any pain drowned in the elixir of his blood. But the scent of the few drops of her blood mixed with her arousal pushed Alex over the brink.
"Mine," he growled possessively and bit Sophie again.
For most of the night they moved against each other, their fangs seldom leaving each other's body except for a few fevered and bloodied kisses. Few words were spoken, but those that were, were of love and possession.
When they at last collapsed into sleep, Sophie had been happier than she'd ever thought possible. But her happiness came to an abrupt end when she'd followed Chris outside. Sophie intended to rip his throat out and in a moment of pity had made the mistake of allowing him a kiss; she'd meant to make it a final act of kindness to her former friend. Instead, it was a cruel joke on her, the water of the Paquet springs, stealing her vampire nature away from her. Now she was back at Uncle Gustav's moving through each day on auto-pilot and aching every night for Alexander.
Every night, Sophie would stare out her window for hours, trying to ignore the voice which seemed to call to her. Tonight the voice was overwhelming and she couldn't bear it. Stealthily she snuck downstairs and grabbed a wooden stake. Racing through the night she made her way towards Lucard's castle. Inside she found him standing staring into the fireplace that blazed intensely.
For several moments, Sophie stood with the stake in her hand watching Alexander until he at last sighed, "If you're going to do it, would you please just get it over?"
"How-"
"I always know where you are Sophie, you're in my blood," he answered and turned to face her. "It is fitting if it's you. I've been trying to figure out how a woman not yet 20 could destroy centuries of peace in a single night and can find no answer."
The stake slipped from her hand as Sophie's eyes met Alex's, a mirror of her own. Hoarsely she demanded, "Why? Why didn't you come for me?"
"You left me," he shrugged and returned his gaze to the fire. "The sweet and innocent ingénue leaves the evil villain and returns to her family, isn't that how it's supposed to work?"
Unsure what to say, she laid her hand on his arm and whispered his name. Turning sharply, Alexander caught Sophie in a tight embrace and held her closely.
Pressing against her, Alex chided, "But you're not so innocent anymore, are you my darling Sophie? How you must regret that night, such shame it must fill you with."
"What makes you say that?" Sophie shot back as she twisted in his harsh embrace.
"Helsing didn't come to avenge your honor my dear. But night after night if I walk past your house, I can hear your weeping. Too soft for any human, but I of course am not human, am I?" Alex countered. "If you're not weeping for your lost virtue, what are you weeping for?"
Meeting his gaze, Sophie unsuccessfully blinked back tears that were forming. Having him hold her so closely and the vortex of emotion that swirled within her, she cried out, "I'm crying because I need you! Every night hurts worst than the last. I've tried to forget but I can't! Regret that night? The only regret I have is that I was cured!"
Alex continued to hold Sophie, but his grasp became gentler as she wept. Tilting her face up, he kissed away her tears and sighed contentedly, "My darling Sophie, how I've missed you."
"I've missed you too, Alexander," Sophie replied shyly. As much as she wanted him, her vampire tenacity was gone and a very mortal blush stole across her cheeks.
"I think, my dear, your blushing is very pretty," Alex said. Then sweeping her into his arms and carrying her towards the bedroom he added, "But I believe it will be short lived. No turning by an inferior vampire this time. Tonight, I will do what should have happened the night I met you."
A shiver of anticipation shot through Sophie as Alex lowered her onto the bed. Tonight would be no pale copy of Alexander as Vincent had been, tonight he would transform her. She welcomed Alex's bite as he kissed her throat. It was as it should have been all along.
As his fangs sank into Sophie's neck, Alexander smiled to himself before giving over to the pleasure of the moment. By rescuing Sophie and her having had his blood inside her as a mortal, she would become the most powerful vampire outside of himself. The third bite was the charm and tonight Alexander would have a true consort at last...