do, a few small rodents a week will keep my body in check. But on the downside my strength as a vampire becomes nowhere near the level of yours and I don’t have the power to heal wounds. So in a way I’m happy I don’t see any action. I shouldn’t be speaking to you like this I’m dreadfully sorry.’ The woman tries to make a quick exit as she scrambles to place her hand on the door handle. Jeff feels there is more to this story and grabs her shoulder to stop her from leaving. The young woman winces in pain the moment his hand touches down on her shoulder. Jeff quickly lets go. ‘What’s up?’ Jeff grabs either side of her arms and brings her back in front of him. The woman stands motionless looking down at the floor. Jeff concentrates his attention on her shoulder, without asking he begins to unbutton her bright blue blouse, the woman is still motionless and doesn’t make a sound as Jeff undoes the last button on her blouse, and slowly takes it off her body. The young woman stands looking at floor in a white lace bra but what’s caught Jeff’s stare is much more important to him. A medical bandage covering from her shoulder heading in a diagonal across her back to just above her skirt. ‘Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you. Again.’ Jeff throws the woman another reassuring smile at this point he knows that is all she needs for her to trust him, and in a way he doesn’t want to deceive her, he truly feels for this woman and is genuinely worried about what has happened to her. He kneels down close and takes a closer look. ‘This has been freshly applied.’ He notices a few blood spots starting to seep through the material. His vision starts to blur and his heart begins to pound, Jeff instantly knows this is his hunger being triggered by the sight of this woman’s blood. He doesn’t want to cause this woman harm so he fights the hunger and slowly raises himself back to his feet. ‘It’s still bleeding, what’s happened and who did this to you?’ He hands her back her blouse. She begins to put it back on.
‘It was a punishment. From the higher ups.’ She explains as she buttons up the last button and pulls her long blonde hair out from her collar.
‘It was for the way I acted towards vampires of a higher calibre than myself.’ She looks into Jeff’s eyes.
‘For the way you spoke to us earlier. You were punished for not calling us sirs and madam, that’s just insane, they can’t do that.’
‘They’re the higher ups they can do what they like, I either took the punishment and learn from my mistakes or disappear.’
‘What do you mean by disappear?’ Jeff instantly puts two and two together. ‘They’d kill you. What sort of organization is this? They don’t have that right to just kill their own members.’
‘The higher ups can do whatever they please.’
‘Who did this to you?’ Jeff snaps.
‘It doesn’t matter.’ The woman makes for the door again.
‘Who did this?’ Jeff throws himself in front of the door blocking her only exit. She looks at the floor as she knows Jeff will not let her out. She knows she could be putting her life on the line if she tells him but there was something about Jeff she found fascinating and for some reason she trusted him, the first person she had trusted for a long time. She looks up at Jeff and sees that trusting smile he has been giving her continuously throughout this confrontation, that same trusting smile that makes her suddenly feel warm inside and gives her the willingness to open up. ‘It was a Rank A vampire named Dirk.’ Explains the woman in a soft tone. She suddenly notices Jeff’s heartfelt smile slowly fade away as a frown appears on his face.
Jeff remembers. That name triggered in his memory. Dirk that son of a bitch who tried to kill me. Jeff fills with anger at the thought of the vampire that almost killed him hurting an innocent woman for only talking normally to him. Jeff twigs that the tension had once again risen between