A Guardian's Salvation

By Stein Willard © 2010

Disclaimer

The characters in the story are a product of my own imagination and hopefully have no resemblance to any living persons or vampires for that matter. But if it does it is entirely coincidental. Some of the places mentioned are either fictitious and or adapted to suit the plot of the story.

Sex: This story contains sexual content of a graphic nature between consenting adult women, thus if you are not 18 years old and not allowed to read content of this nature, please move on to other suitable stories.

Violence: Scenes of violence can be expected.

Feedback: Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated, so feel free to drop a line or two at steinwillard80@gmail.com .

PART TWO

Chapter 3

Clarissa realized her mistake instantly.

With her desire for this woman burning high, her bloodlust had also been roused and she felt her fangs lengthening. This was the first time she will be making love as a vampire and what a crappy time to find out that her lust and bloodlust were near inseparable in a situation such as this. The beast raised its head slowly, its nostrils wide as it soaked up the scent of fresh blood.

Alarmed, she mentally held her beast down, staring defiantly into its eyes.

It can be controlled, she screamed into its face. It is possible to control it. Trinity and Gabriella were a good example. So too were Paloma and Inger. She clenched her jaws and felt her fangs retreat. She will make love to this woman without hurting her, even if it killed her. She lifted her head and looked into the puzzled beautiful grey eyes. She was confusing her.

Her lips clasped over the nearest nipple and she sucked gently, making the photographer moan in pleasure. She tasted wonderful. Her beast thought so too and reared its head again. She warned it sharply and waited until it had slinked away into the shadowy corners of her being. Satisfied that the beast was dealt with, her lips trailed down the taut muscled stomach. She scooted lower and lower still until she was eye to eye with the soft dark triangle. Oh, the scent, the heavenly scent was making her lightheaded. First … a soft introductory kiss on the swollen lips. A soft moan acknowledged her presence down there. Then she slipped the tip of her tongue into the fleshy folds, groaning deeply as the musky taste and smell engulfed her senses. She knew then and there that she will never be able to forget this scent.

She felt the woman squirm and she smiled mysteriously.

Just the way she wanted her, spread-eagle and squirming. Her tongue flicked over the proud nodule which bounced back almost immediately demanding more. Enamored with it, Clarissa laved it with tiny kisses and nips, making the woman cry out in helpless pleasure. She felt the woman's hand in her hair keeping her head fixed between her legs.

"More..." The plea was rasped through a raw throat and Clarissa complied.

She gave her more, so much more than she thought she was capable of giving, that when she came up from underneath the duvet, it was to find the woman sobbing softly. The intensity of the moment must've been too much for her and crying seemed to be the only way of releasing the tension. She had to admit that she too felt like crying. The utter pleasure of making love to a woman again had been like a near-death experience for her. She gently cradled her and held her until Jessica fell asleep in her arms.

Looking down at the sleeping face of the woman lying in her arms, Clarissa felt her fangs lengthening again and this time she didn't force them back. Leaning down she gently kissed the hot sweaty neck before her fangs sunk into the soft skin. The sleeping woman moaned softly and stirred but didn't awaken. A few sips and then she closed the pinpricks with a gentle flick of her tongue. Lying back again, she savored the taste of the woman's blood, the warm metallic taste lingering on her tongue and she felt a tiny shiver run down her spine. It was just as exciting as the woman itself. She felt her desire stir to life and she slowly lifted the sheet, studying the naked body of the sleeping woman and then she turned the woman around to face her. A slow, deep kiss and the woman stirred, opening her mouth further to accept the lusty invitation.

"I want you again, Angel Eyes."

The grey eyes smiled warmly and a warm hand cupped her cheek.

"What's stopping you?" Jessica murmured and rolled onto her back, stretching languidly. This time their lovemaking was urgent, fast and fierce. She never really underestimated the woman's lovemaking abilities but was shocked to find that she was unbelievably creative in bed. This time it was Clarissa who crumbled under the intensity of their lovemaking and fell back, exhausted and thoroughly ravished.

Trinity had been an excellent lover and surely must've gotten better over centuries unlike her who never had another lover after her. But what this human had done to her was so wicked, she shuddered just thinking about it. The woman had positioned her on all fours and had slipped underneath her until her sex was hovering right above her hungry mouth. Her stomach fluttered as she relived the intense sensations of that specific act. She'd nearly pulverized the wooden headboard between her hands when she'd reached her climax. Luckily the woman had gently loosened her grip from the headboard and had held her in her arms until the tremors had subsided.

Still heaving after their last bout of lovemaking, they lay there looking at each other in silence. The beautiful face of her lover split into a stunning smile before the grey eyes fluttered closed and the deep even breathing suggested that she had fallen asleep once again. She held her tightly until the long fingers of dawn crept over the horizon.

"Take care, my angel," she murmured and kissed the slack lips and reluctantly slipped from the rumpled bed and the naked limbs of her lover. She stealthily crept downstairs to the deepest darkest recesses of Cleaver Keep, its concealed dungeons.

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The faint click of the door closing woke her and Jessica stretched dreamily. The events of the previous night rushed through her mind and she quickly turned to look at the empty place next to her. It was still warm.

She grabbed the sheet and ran to the door. The hallway was empty and quiet. How did she move so fast, she thought vaguely as she closed the door again. Disappointed she returned to bed and threw herself down, punching the pillow. What she would've given for a juicy quickie before she started the day.

Photo shoots were arduous; with many hours spend in between getting the models ready for the shoots, changing costumes, adjusting the lights, moving the sets. She loved her job but today she wished she could just stay in bed with her…She sat up quickly. She didn't even know her name or her number. How was she going to get hold of her? Where would she start?

The alarm clock went off at that moment and Jessica sighed. Maybe that was it. Maybe it was just intended to be a one night stand. If not she would've left a note or a telephone number. A feeling of unease came over her at the thought that she might never see the woman again. Never run her hands thought those soft gold-spun locks, the lightly lavender scented skin…

Groaning she rolled on to her back and pulled the sheet away, baring her naked body. She will have to help herself or walk around today with an uncomfortable throbbing between her legs. Closing her eyes, two heated brown eyes immediately swam into focus. Gently, she stroked her flat stomach, working her way down towards the incessant throb between her legs. Her mind going back to the slow purposeful hands of her dream lover, her silken touch and her whispered words of praise. She gasped softly when she made contact and sighed deeply. She was incredibly wet and swollen.

And then the moment gone.

"Are you up, Jess?"

Cursing, she reached for the alarm clock and flung it against the door.

"I take that as a 'yes'. I brought two alarm clocks just in case something happened to yours," Howard called out before she heard him rushing down the hallway. She flung herself off the bed and padded over to the en-suite.

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The girl stormed off in tears and Howard carefully approached her. Her hair was mussed from the countless times she'd raked her fingers through them in frustration. She followed his hesitant approach where she sat, dragging on a herbal cigarette. She gave up smoking eons ago, but it was at times like these that she craved a smoke. Lucky for her one of the riggers were giving up smoking and had a packet of herbal rolls on him.

"What's bothering you Jess?" Howard asked softly and sat down next to her.

"You tell me!" she snapped back. "They all look stiff and hung-over. Get me Morgana and Sadé. I want to know where and what these girls were up to last night."

"I was with them and they were all in bed before ten last night. I can vouch for them." Howard said quickly, his blue eyes wide. Jessica took a long drag on the cigarette. "What happened between last night and this morning? You woke up in a terrible mood."

Jessica crushed the cigarette in the ashtray nearby and came to her feet. Looking at the sky she frowned. It would be dark soon and they still had a lot to do.

"Break's over, guys. We only have a few more hours of daylight left." She scanned the set and located the two costume designers. "Morgana, Sadé, get the swimsuit girls ready. It will be too cold later to have them parading around in skimpy swimwear." She turned to Howard. "I didn't sleep well because of that stupid haunted castle story you spun me last night. Could you please track down the girl who ran off the set in tears? I want to talk to her."

Howard nodded quickly and rushed off.

"Are you still satisfied with the lights Jess?" Grant, the lighting guy called and she gave him the thumbs-up sign. No need to mop around because she wanted more than a one night stand. It really wasn't fair to take it out on the crew. She saw Howard coming towards her with a gangly girl in a dressing gown following him. The girl looked apprehensive as she approached her and Jessica shook her head. She looked so young without make-up on.

"How old are you?" she asked the girl and a soft blush formed on the girl's cheeks.

"Seventeen," she whispered and looked around nervously. A baby still, Jessica thought and looked around. She obviously had been lying about her age to the others thus the nervous glance to see if anyone else was eavesdropping on their conversation.

"Do you like modeling?"

The blue-green eyes of the girl began to sparkle and she nodded.

"I love my job."

"Good. I'm not apologizing to you for telling you to do your work because you are getting paid to do that. I'm apologizing for making you cry in front of the others." Her grey eyes studied the girl somberly.

Being a model was tough and she always had a soft spot for the younger ones. They are not only easy targets for many unscrupulous fiends in the fashion world but also most of them crack so easily under the pressure of the job. This was not the first girl she'd driven to tears and she will probably not be the last one but she wanted the shoot done today so she could get away from this place and the mysterious woman who haunted her thoughts.

The girl nodded and Jessica grabbed her camera. "Now go get ready so that we can get this over and down with. Remember, you might be the youngest here, but you have just as much talent and personality as the others. Show me what you have, okay?"

"OK."

Howard stepped closer, a huge smile on his face and Jessica considered ignoring him but Howard knew her too well sometimes and would pester her until she caved in.

"What is it now Howie?" she snapped.

The blue eyes twinkled at her. "You are not only beautiful and sexy but you have a soft side too. That makes you one of the sought-after bachelorettes according to Star News. I think they're spot on."

She pushed her fingers through her hair. She hated being discussed by a bunch of strangers who thought they knew her by reading about her in tabloids and gossip columns. Howard on the other hand lapped up everything he saw and heard on Star News.

"I've told you to stop believing in the crap they sell on Star News," she said while she screwed a different lens on her camera. "Please get the girls moving Howard. We have two more sequences to finish before we lose daylight."

Howard immediately snapped back into assistant mode and jumped to execute her orders.

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Chapter 4

She watched her hungrily from where she stood hidden in the shadows of the stable. Her heartbeat accelerated at the sight of those long slender fingers raking through the short hair. She was alone, walking around the set, a bottle of water in her hand. Their shoot had ended a few minutes ago and she could see that everyone was happy to wrap up and rush to their rooms. Even her woman was looking a bit tired.

She inhaled sharply.

Since when did she think about the photographer as her woman? Last night was just supposed to be her last night, spent in the arms of a beautiful woman. But as soon as the sun had set this evening she'd raced at breakneck speed, just so she could see her again. Maybe even touch her again. She'd taken the hidden tunnel leading from the dungeons to the stable. Her great-grandfather Louis Vermont, the Second Marquis of Cleaver had built the tunnel as an escape route for him and his family in case of an emergency. But it was never used and the tunnel had nearly collapsed as a result of disuse. She'd found it as a child and kept it as her little secret playground.

She sensed another presence and stiffened when she saw a beautiful redhead dressed in a short dress walking out of the shadows to come and stand close to Jessica.

"I just wanted to come and tell you how honored I feel to be able to work with you, Jessica. You're not known as the StarMaker for nothing. Your work has created supermodels." The girl put her hand on Jessica's arm and Clarissa felt her jaw tighten.

"Thank you for the compliment Greta. My success hugely depends on the talent I work with too." She heard Jessica say in that unbelievable husky tone of hers.

"You're absolute right, you know." The redhead giggled and took another step closer and hooked her arm around Jessica's neck. She could sense Jessica's discomfort from where she stood. She sighed her relief when Jessica took the girl's hand and removed it from around her neck.

"Look, Greta, I know what you're trying to do and I'm really flattered but I'm involved with someone."

At hearing that Clarissa experienced an intense moment of elation but the euphoric feeling disappeared just as quickly. Did she have someone back home who was waiting for her?

"I apologize," the redhead said softly. "I was under the impression that you and your partner broke up almost a year ago. I didn't know you were seeing someone again."

"Well, I am seeing someone." Jessica said firmly.

The redhead stared at her for a while before she spoke again.

"You're not just saying that because you are scared of getting involved with the talent?"

Clarissa rolled her eyes at the girl's shamelessness and stepped out of the shadows, making enough noise to wake her ancestors. Both women turned sharply towards her and Clarissa's heart jumped when she saw the utter delight in the grey eyes. The redhead was staring at her with a petulant pout, obviously annoyed at the interruption. But Clarissa didn't care. Her eyes were fixed on the tall, muscular brunette. She came to stand next to Jessica and slipping her arm around the dark woman's waist, pulled her closer for a deep lingering kiss. The kiss was returned with equal fervor. When she lifted her head, she saw that the grey eyes looked a little dazed.

"I'm sorry I'm late, sweetheart. The plane was delayed and then I struggled to get a room at the B&B in the village. Are you ready to go?" She tried to sound as light-hearted as she could but the nearness of the woman in her arms was thickening her blood, making her voice deeper and darker. She turned to the redhead and smiled apologetically. "Hi, I'm Rissa, Jessica's girlfriend. I hope I didn't interrupt anything? I can wait until you two finish up your conversation." She made as if she was about to step away but Jessica's arm snaked around her waist, pulling her closer.

The smoldering grey eyes were searching hers intently.

"You have perfect timing. We're done and Greta was just about to join the others for dinner."

The dismissal in the voice was unmistakable and Greta, as stubborn as she was, knew that that was her cue to leave.

With a crisp 'goodbye' the redhead turned and stomped off.

Clarissa was still looking at the retreating figure of the girl when Jessica started to pull her towards the dimly-lit stable. Probing the photographer's mind, she knew exactly what Jessica had in mind but still, she wanted her to verbalize her intention.

"Where are we going?" she asked softly as she entered the stable.

Jessica stopped and turned to look into her eyes.

"Are you scared of being alone with me in the dark?" Jessica asked gently, pushing back a wayward blond lock.

Clarissa just stared at her. If only you knew, my dear, she thought, you would run screaming from me. I am what goes bump in the night. But she shook her head.

"No, I'm not scared of being alone with you. Just tell me what you are up to."

Jessica laughed softly and the husky sound reverberated erotically through her already aroused body. Clarissa couldn't hold back anymore and roughly pulled Jessica closer for a fierce kiss. The kiss went on and on and on, until Jessica came up for air, gasping.

The grey eyes scanned the area and spotted an open stall with heaps of fresh straw in the corner. She dragged Clarissa in there and gently lowered her onto the straw. Her fingers gently brushed the hair out of her face and Clarissa felt like crying at the tenderness Jessica exhibited. After centuries of depravity, this tender touch was like a healing balm.

"I'm so sorry for bringing you here but I couldn't wait to kiss you again and my room seemed so far at the time."

Clarissa slowly spread her legs and pulled Jessica down between them. The grey eyes darkened at the blatant invitation and she smiled when Jessica started to undress them both with wild urgency. Finally naked, they started kissing each other feverishly. Never in four hundred years had she felt as desirable as she felt at that moment, with Jessica moaning loudly as she frantically worshipped her breasts and her neck. Her hands blindly roamed over her stomach and her thighs.

"You drive me crazy. I couldn't stop thinking about you the whole day," Jessica murmured against her lips and kissed her deeply. She lifted herself on her elbows and positioned herself so that their mounds were pressing together. "I want to get lost in you." She reared back until she was resting on her knees. For a moment she just looked down into her eyes, her grey eyes unfocussed as they caressed her naked body.

Clarissa marveled at the hunger she saw in the pale eyes and spread her legs even further apart. Jessica read the invitation and shuddered.

The first touch of the wet tongue made the air explode out of her lungs. It was so tender. The next taste made her lift her pelvis followed by a long drawn out moan. Clarissa's eyes became hazy and she quickly closed them not wanting to take the chance of Jessica seeing them glowing red.

Jessica murmured soft words of encouragement as she planted wet open-mouth kisses on her thighs before tormenting her again and again with long sensual flicks of her tongue. By the time she climaxed, Clarissa was almost sure that the straw must have caught fire underneath her from the heat her body had generated.

She felt Jessica slowly licking her way upwards until she was stretched out on top of her. When she opened her eyes the first thing she saw was the wayward strands of hair poking out on Jessica's head. She grinned weakly. It was her handiwork for certain. She lifted a hand and gently tried to bring some semblance of order to the short dark hair.

"Good to know I still have some hair left on my head." Jessica murmured with her face resting in her neck.

"I'm sorry," she said guiltily and laughed when Jessica lifted her head, the grey eyes teasing.

"You animal," she teased.

How close to the truth you are, Clarissa thought sadly although she managed to smile back. She was in actual fact a monster. A dangerous predator that can kill without remorse. She silently cursed Tristan's black soul for turning her into a monster. A monster who, every time it touched Jessica, was putting her life in great peril. Please, don't let me ever harm this woman, she prayed softly to the God of her childhood. I can't bear the thought of me being responsible for causing her any kind of pain or death. She reached out and traced the beautiful lips with her finger.

"You bring out the animal in me," she whispered huskily and saw the grey eyes darkening further with desire. She quickly rolled over so that she was looking down into Jessica's face.

"Well, let's see then what kind of beast you are hiding underneath this sexy veneer."

The kind you wouldn't want to encounter, Clarissa thought sadly but still reached for Jessica. By the time she was done with Jessica, she was stunned to find bite marks all over her arms and shoulders and Jessica snoring softly in her arms.

She lifted her arm and frowned when she saw that some of the wounds actually broke the skin and she closed her eyes tightly. Hopefully the amount of her blood that Jessica had ingested was miniscule and would not make a difference. She quickly lapped the mark to close the wound.

She heard a faint gurgling and looked down into Jessica's sleeping face. A tender smile formed on her lips. She must be famished. The human's appetite must beferocious if the way she'd ravished her was anything to go by. The night was still young and her lover would definitely need some energy if they were going to indulge in more activities later. Maybe she could go out and feed quickly before going to the kitchen to forage food for her insatiable Angel.

She gently disentangled herself from Jessica's arms and legs and getting dressed, disappeared quickly into the forest.

To be continued

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