Page 26 of Afflicted

Fuck it all to hell.

CHAPTER9

JULIET

It’s barelydawn when I open my eyes, to find Matt in my bed, kissing my neck.

“Good morning, babe,” he whispers.

I smile and wrap my arms around him, and he kisses me. “Is everyone still asleep?” I ask.

“Yeah, still snoring.” He grins and reaches down to pull my panties off. I lift my legs to help him, and the movement pushes his cock against me. I gasp a little, feeling that same rush of anticipation like I do every time.

These past couple of months have been so nice. I feel like a person again, even if I am herded into a dorm with 40 other people. Matt is sweet and attentive, and the sex is slowly getting better as his body recovers from all those drugs they fed him.

I’m grateful for those depo shots, because we fuck a lot. Gina asked one of the feeders for ear plugs the other day, and for a moment I wondered if it was because of Matt and I. I was too embarrassed to ask.

Matt grinds into me, and I moan into his shoulder. “Is that good?” He asks me.

“Mmm.” I tip my head back on the pillow. “So good.”

He keeps thrusting, and I wrap my legs around his waist to take him in deeper. My bed creaks softly, but I kind of don’t care right now. I want to coast into the morning on this high. It’s draining day for me again. I need a good start.

Matt groans softly against my neck, his breath washing over me as he gasps. “Oh fuck,” he says.

No, don’t come yet. Please don’t come yet. This feels too good.I put my legs back down, hoping the change in angle will delay things, but it just makes me tighter for him. Matt groans loudly, and shudders as goosebumps break out over his shoulders. He goes still on top of me, and I suppress a sigh.

He can’t help it. We’ve had some really good times lately. He tries really hard, and he’s so sweet to me. I just have to understand. I nuzzle into him, nudging him with my nose until he’s facing me, and I kiss him deeply.

“Sorry,” he says softly.

“Please don’t apologize.” I kiss him again. “That was nice.”

“I want it to be more than nice,” he says, rolling us onto our sides together, his arms firmly around me. “My wife and I used to have hours long sessions, you know, just fucking all night. And now I can’t do that anymore, and I hate it.”

I don’t know how to respond and just sigh instead, nuzzling into his chest. He’s mentioned it a few times, how good sex was with his wife, and I know he doesn’t mean anything by it, but it makes me feel awkward. I don’t want to know about how great sex was with his wife while he’s naked between my legs. But I don’t want to upset him. It’s been years since I even considered letting anyone in, letting someone care and caring for them in return, and I don’t want to ruin this by being too demanding.

Footsteps start to sound outside, and I hold on to Matt tighter, wanting to draw out these last few moments in his arms before the day begins. “Draining Day,” I say with a groan.

Matt kisses the top of my head. “It’s OK, it’ll be over before you know it. And just think, you get to shower beforehand.”

I roll my eyes. “Yeah, what a bonus, huh?”

“A shower, and a steak, and those fucking awful milkshakes,” Matt teases, rolling me on to my back and kissing my neck. “You’re a lucky, lucky girl.”

My giggle is cut off as the dorm doors fly open. Silas and another feeder walk in, waking people for their draining. I tense as Silas’s eyes fix on me in bed with Matt. I quickly adjust my clothes before getting to my feet to retrieve my towel and fresh clothes from my locker.

I haven’t seen Silas all that much since that day he caught me in the stream. I felt a little sorry for him that day. I know the bond between a feeder and their maker is intense, and he’d feel that loss deeply. Especially because he had to kill her. The thought makes my heart hurt. I’m not an ogre.

But then I reminded myself that we’ve all had terrible things happen to us because of the vamps and their medical experiments. They brought this on themselves, and all of us right along with them.

I try not to meet his eyes as I walk past him, intensely aware of his proximity and his size, and that goddamn stare of his. I can practically feel the pressure of it on the side of my face.

The sky is still pale pink as we walk to the shower block, and I tip my head back to look at it, breathing in the fresh morning air. The extreme heat of summer is slowly passing as we head into Fall, the days are still hot but the mornings are glorious. I feel a little giddy, the morning with Matt just setting me on edge. It’s good, but unfulfilling. I hate myself for wanting more.

We head into the shower block, and the other feeder who was in the dorm is ushering us in. That means Silas is probably watching us from the mirror. Heat prickles across my skin as I remember the way he looked at me at the stream. He liked what he saw, I know he did. My cheeks burn as I think of him looking at me with that same lust in his eyes as I shower.

I strip off, placing my pajamas and my fresh clothes in a locker. I head into the shower room with the others, and they all take the shower heads closest to the door. There’s only 10 of us today, a mercifully small group which means when I cross the room, I have this side practically all to myself. I can almost pretend I’m alone for once.

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