Sliding her satchel gently from her shoulders to rest on the soft grass at her feet on the small hillock on which she stood, Alicia's nostrils flared as she took in the scents of the midnight cemetary, the cresent moon high overhead. She had spotted the cemetary on her way into the city for the first time, and had been struck by the beauty of it, and she had come here many times to check how the moon moved through and over the graveyard. Now, on the night that the moon was in a perfectly formed cresent, Alicia had come back with charcoal, pastels and a sketchpad, moving to the spot she had found that offered a beautiful view of the entire cemetary, the spire of the church, the treeless leaves and the cresent moon framed between two oak trees in the older part of the cemetary.

Taking in a slow breath she lowered herself into a cross-legged seated position with boneless grace, the pad nestled into her lap as she reached for a soft piece of light charcoal, meaning to sketch lightly before she did the solid permanent lines. Within 20 minutes she had the basic outlines of the cemetary laid out to perfection, a sketched photograph of charcoal and paper. Reaching for the charcoal box, replacing the light piece with a stick of black as dark as her raven hair, Alicia turned back to the drawing and began the fine detail of one of the two oak trees, each intricate line within the bark reproduced as though she was infront of the tree rather than a good 30 feet away from it. This was so relaxing, and the picture looked to be a beauty. Perhaps she could give it to Arraka when she next saw her as a gift if, when finsihed, it upheld her standards that the rat demanded of any work, let alone one for the sweet Arraka.

Arraka had taken upon her the task to see every part of the city and to know it to heart as it were. If she was ever to be second and the vampire that her Mistress needed she would need to know what happened and where it happened at. The cemetery was a place that many would consider no longer important but with what went on in the city’s largest cemetery was anything but ordinary. Research said that there had been a serious of ghoul attacks and there was always at least one animator or artist doing something amongst the ruins. It was known for its solemn beauty and that in of itself would have been enough to draw the vampire here.

What she was not expecting was to see the lovely Alicia again so soon and in such an odd place. A surge of her protective instinct all ready from the little meeting they had came to the forefront as she remembered about the ghouls. It would serve no purpose to scare her so she walked with the silent grace that only a vampire could do and leaned against the tree before speaking.

“That my dear sweet Alicia is all ready starting to turn out to be beautiful. It is only fitting that something of such beauty and talent come from one as beautiful and talented as yourself. What brings you out here to this quiet and solumn place if you do not mind me asking?” When she turned like Arraka was planning on she would find her smiling down at the lovely woman’s form.

Giving a slight start despite having dimly registered the presence of that familiar power Arraka held, Alicia turned to look up at the beautiful vampire and had to hold back a soft gasp of awe at the way the woman looked framed by the trees behind her in the light of the cresent moon, so different to the way she had looked on the beach and yet so achingly similar.

Returning the smile in kind and mastering both her now excited rat and her fast pulse, Alicia turned back to look at the drawing with a smile and tilted her head as she appraised it.

"Thank you Arraka my evening star, though I would of hoped you had not seen it before it was ready. If it is as beautiful as myself, which would be considerable beauty if one was to believe your sweet compliments, then I would be very pleased. I came here to draw, it is beautiful and relaxing, and the moon is perfect tonight for what I wanted."

Smudging a line out of the edge of her drawing, Alicia quickly started to sketch the unmistakeable form of a woman standing directly beneath the cresent of the moon, between the two oak trees, and she gave a soft smile. She was going to include Arraka in the present for her.

"Would you wish to join me down here? There is a small blanket in my satchel should you not wish to ruin your clothes with the grass."

She could hear the pulse speeding up within the other woman and it was something that brought a further smile to the vampires face. It did not take much when she was in the presence of the Spanish beauty but each smile was always focused on Alicia and that in of itself for a vampire trained by Gerard was a testament to the feelings underneath. Her rat was excited by the presence as well and with a very soft touch of her power she stroked it whispering softly to calm down that she was not planning on going anywhere.

“Such honey and silvered words leave your lips Alicia; if you are not careful I will have to taste them while they are still contained within your mouth. Well I do hope that I am not disturbing you at all I do not want to interrupt your perfect scene.” She smiled and then watched her turn back to the drawing and changing it to include what the vampire could only assume would be her.

“There are few things I would enjoy more Alicia then to join you on your blanket.” Instead of waiting for her to spread it out she decided to be independent for once and lay the blanket out for them both. When she opened the satchel she was careful to only see and pull out the blanket and spread it for them both. Arraka settled onto the blanket setting side saddle and making sure that her ankles remained cross so not only did she have a wonderful S curve but she was in a very lady like sit. “Though would you prefer that I pose for you amongst those trees? While I would prefer to be near you I could make such a sacrifice to help your art.” She smiled watching the other woman’s face like it was the only thing in the graveyard.

Shivering softly at the brush of power along her rat, Alicia watched her rat half close her eyes and drift back down, giving an inward chuckle at how easily soothed she was by Arraka.

Shaking her head with a soft smile, watching Arraka lay out the blanket and laying on it, the sight of her in such a ladylike position making her smile more, Alicia dusted her hands off the charcoal dust and she moved to cup Arraka's face in one palm, brushing her lips against hers softly, eyes open and not leaving Arraka's before pulling away at length.

"If you wish to taste my compliments to you then you shall find no shortage of things to taste, Arraka. As for posing, I can draw you from memory, there is no need for you to move."

Letting her eyes flick to her satchel, thinking on the portrait of Arraka in oil colors that she had done the day after she had first met Arraka, Alicia blushed and moved her eyes back to her drawing, adding more detail.

The blanket was oddly comfortable but then again it could be the company that would be joining her on the blanket that was coloring her perception. Not that she minded that because that simply meant that Alicia was near and ever since their night on the beach she had wanted to see more of the woman. Even now she could still fill the way her blood filled her veins as much of it was left. It was her first taste of lycan blood and her first taste of that from a rat and it was something that remained in her wanting more.

When Alicia dusted her hands off Arraka only assumed that she was going to rest them on the blanket what she did not expect but wanted all the same was that hand to touch her face and those lips to brush across hers. Arraka’s eyes stayed open to show the other woman exactly how much she was enjoying that one brush of lips and even lowered her lips into a pout when they were no longer pressed to hers. She did take a moment to lick the Rat’s taste off of her lips.

“Well Alicia, I want to taste more than just your compliments but I believe that is going to have to wait for another time is it not? I do not want you to get too distracted from your drawings.” There was enough blood left of the rat that when Alicia spoke that she was in fact able to draw Arraka from memory her cheeks darkened a single shade. Then she saw how the Rat’s eyes flicked over to her satchel and started to blush. Without a thought she let her hand run over the leather of the satchel in the same way that Arraka wanted to tease the Rat’s skin.

She tsked softly, “And here you could have requested for me to pose nude and I would have obliged you. Oh well there would always be next time”

Chuckling softly at the pout on Arraka's beautiful lips, Alicia watched the vampire lick her lips so that, as she could only guess, Arraka was better able to savour the taste of her mouth. The sight of Arraka blushing at the knowledge that she could draw her from memory after just one meeting made Alicia's pulse speed up again in happiness, but the way Arraka's hand teased along her satchel made her blush a deep scarlet.

Picking up her work and charcoals she moved to sit next to Arraka on the blanket, close enough that she could feel Arraka's aura of energy tingling against her skin gently, and she gestured to her satchel with a shy smile.

"If you want to look you can Arraka. As for posing nude, well that will indeed come later."

Shifting after a slight hesitation, Alicia pressed her back against Arraka and tried not to shiver at the skin contact, then leaned gently against the woman as she continued to draw, giving Arraka a perfect view of the work as beneath Alicia's hands it started to look like a black and white photograph of the scene before them, but with the addition of Arraka standing in the middle of the shot between the two trees, the only thing with color in the entire drawing though all of her clothes held a hint of silver from the light of the moon.

Arraka was even enraptured by the different laughs that Alicia had. The vampire wanted to learn every last one of them and what made each immerge from those lips. When she then pulsed Arraka could not help but hear the way the blood increased its flow within the Rat. She was obviously one of two things, nervous or very happy to the point of being elated by showing a very simple reaction of her blush. The moment the rat saw her own hands on the satchel the blush that was deep all ready became a almost scarlet.

“I would love to see anything that you have created and how later are we speaking of Alicia? Just remember that later could have been now if you had played your cards correctly but perhaps it can wait. After all we would not want to share my bounty with anyone that would be undeserving of it no?”

When the Rat rested her back against the vampire’s skin she could feel the slight shiver buried deep within her body. It was echoed with the way her power practically vibrated whenever the other woman was near and sought to find ways to touch her. Arraka rested her head on the other woman’s shoulder careful not to put too much weight on it so that she would not disturb the drawing as she watched the way she created beauty from that white space.

Turning her head as the rendition of the scene started to form she brushed her lips across the skin of Alicia wanting to do more than that slight brush but instead decided that the journey to such better things would be far worth the wait. Though one thing that the vampire could not stop was her arm encircling the other woman’s waist playing about at the line of her clothing, Arraka wanted to tease the skin that was under there to touch places that she could only imagine would be.

Pressing her lips to the Rat’s ear she whispered softly in the dulcet tones of her Spanish, “You are a magnificent artist, I would be honored to have such works adorn the walls of my quarters. Though that will only happen on one condition you would have to oversee it to make sure that they are given proper justice.” She smiled against the soft skin of her ear before pressing her lips into it. “Show me what you have in the satchel Ali” Even though she asked her arms tightened around the other woman so that she would have to grab it without moving away and keeping their skin touching.

"Ohh I have played my cards correctly my evening star, for I would be loathe to reveal such beauty in the potential presence of other eyes or beings. Now how does this sound to your beautiful ears: when I come to oversee the hanging of my works, I shall create a new one even better than before with your nude body splayed before me."

Alicia was not normally this confident, nor did she give the suggestive grin that curved her lips in that moment, but Arraka undid her. Turning to kiss Arraka's cheek gently as she rested her head on her shoulder, Alicia continued the drawing so that soon Arraka's form was completely finished, a pastel photograph, and she moved to finish the detail of the tombstones. Four more and she would be finished, and it was one of her best works yet.

"Though now I fear that parting with this shall be so very hard...I fear I would have to move in or be alowed regular visits to view it once more."

And you, to see you, she added silently.

Shivering at the brush of lips and the way Arraka's hand stayed around her waist and kept teasing at her clothes in a way that made her skin crawl in the desire to have it be touched rather than just her clothes, Alicia moved her arm around at an angle that would of hurt a human just so she did not move one iota away from Arraka's skin and she slipped it into the satchel, retrieving the oil painting.

Placing it in her lap but holding it above the surface of her current work, Alicia let Arraka see the perfect rendition of Arraka herself from the waist up standing as Alicia had last seen her on the beach, her hair blowing in a slight breeze with a secrative smile curving the edges of her lips, the moon framed behind and slightly to the left of her. She had captured the night time colors of the sea, the sand and the moon, but she had given Arraka the color she would contain under the sunlight, making her the brightest and most vivid thing in the painting.

The sudden surge of confidence from Alicia only made the vampire’s grin increase. She wanted to keep Arraka all to herself to never share her with another and with that thought and pressed to the rat, Arraka would have agreed to it. “It does in fact sound most wonderful but I would like to make one very small addendum to that thought of yours. I think we could create far better art if my nude body was not just splayed before you but also under or above you. Do you not agree my sweet Rat?”She smiled and when the other woman turned to kiss her she twisted just enough that Arraka’s lips were able to kiss the beginning of that wonderful smirk.

Arraka watched as the rest of the drawing started to take shape marveling in the Rat’s ability to take such a wonderful scene and turn it into something so much more enchanting. It really was amazing but what sent a silent thrill up Arraka’s spine was that she wanted to not only come to her quarters and help hand such beauties but the thought of her moving in and staying there caused the true reaction. She wanted to say yes to blurt it out and tell her to grab her things but there had to be some practicality. Arraka could not let her power ride her so much but one visit that led to another that perhaps became something far more permanent. That was something that would be easy to convince her Mistress of.

“I am sure we can arrange some regular visit before you bring your things over. Time will tell my sweet Alicia for after all there is always a tomorrow,” and after tomorrow an eternity. It was silent but the inaudible words would hang in the air none the less. With another smile Arraka enjoyed the way that Alicia showed off her flexibility by keeping her body pressed to Arraka’s and being still able to pick up the satchel and show her the oil painting. To think that Alicia was so much infatuated with the vampire that after one night she could paint her entirely by memory was something that was yet another marvel of the beautiful rat.

She had captured Arraka in the perfect moment with the wind calling up her hair and the way that the colors radiating off her. If the rat saw her in such a way then it was obvious that their power called to each other with each passing moment. “It is a true work of art my sweet. I will need your help tonight to hang such in our rooms. The moment you finish your drawing here I shall take you back and we can hang and frame them tonight. How does that sound to you?”

"I think that that is a wonderful suggestion, though spreading it out to draw you from every possible angle and position and in every light and pose would be all the better." And the more times I get to see you naked the better, she added mentally.

Tilting her head as Arraka spoke of her oil painting, Alicia's blush all but vanished as she nodded with the excitement of a child at christmas, forgetting that she was no longer a child in the presence of the joy Arraka called within her.

"I would love to Arra, I am nearly finished. But may I ask...where are your rooms exactly? I do not see you in an apartment or on the street.."

Alicia did blush again at the mention of living on the street, for it was her living situation in every city she had been in. At least until she had sold enough of her drawings to have enough money to rent an apartment and from there get a job. She was still in the 'keep things in storage and sleep in the storage locker' stage of this city, but was gaining a little money every day having found a good pitch along the beach from which she could easily sell her paintings.

Arraka could not help but smile in the presence of the Rat. It was beyond infectious the way her laugh and her aura just instantly put the vampire in a far better mood and forgetting some of her previous lessons. If Isabel or Gerard had been watching they would have berated her for letting this woman past almost every last one of her defenses. Sure it was her animal and Arraka’s power mingling that was causing most of the effect the rest of it was coming from the woman herself.

“Well what kinds of positions would you like me in Alicia? I have never been an artist so I would not know how you wanted me but I am sure together through trial and error we can find ways and positions that would be favorable to all. What do you think of that Angel? As far as the light well we could start with the afternoon light and gently segway into observing under the moonlight”

Arraka could see as the blood drained out of that wonderful blush and her heartbeat sped up with what she could only think of as the sheer joy of Arraka’s appreciation of the oil painting. “Take your time we have all evening together and I would never want you to rush your work especially when I plan to frame them and turn my rooms into a gallery dedicated to your art. As far as where do I rest my head and call home is in the estate of the Mistress of Miami.”

Arraka caught the way she blushed when the fell upon the words of the street. Could it be that her beloved Spanish Rose had not a place to call her own? This would not be in the slightest. “When we finish I will show you to it. While I could tell you about it I will find the sight of my quarters there would do it far more justice. Besides,” she gave a slight smile, “I still need help decorating it.”

"I think that every position you can come up with would be perfect, and as for the lighting I think starting with candlelight would be better. It is rare I get to draw such beauty within the darkness, and so to keep it in there for at least a short while would be wonderful."

Looking down at her drawing, Alicia finished the detail of the last tombstone and leaned back slightly, both to get a better view of the entire drawing and to get closer to Arraka, and she appraised it with her head slightly tilted and she bit her lower lip gently in thought. Her hand still rested on the page, the charcoal on the edge of a tree against which Arraka's hand was resting, and without thinking she drew a carved heart containing two beautifully linked celtic 'A's, but so small that a human would need a magnifying glass to spot it. Both she and Arraka would be able to see the initials resting inches from the drawn hand without straining, and that was her plan.

Drawing back again with a slight smile, Alicia turned to allow herself a better view of Arraka and she brushed her lips along Arraka's cheek gently, moving to her ear and kissing it before speaking with her lips stil pressed against the skin.

"You must have an interesting life, living in the house of the Mistress of the City. I am finished here my beautiful model, I leave it to you as to when you wish for us to leave."

The thought of the candles though controlled made the blood inside of her body speed up only slightly with the anticipation of the flame as well as being able to see Alicia by the candlelight. Few things could replace the way that the soft flames of candles would illuminate and shadow their body in unique and almost tasteful ways that alone was worth the closeness of the fire. Who knows maybe with Alicia near her that small fear of fire would be dismissed before it could even emerge.

Arraka could not help but notice the way not only that she leaned back more into the vampire’s body or how they both continued to enjoy any stolen contact they could with each other but how intricate the art had become. She even noticed the small Celtic carving that would hold the heart and the two A’s. That made Arraka smile all the more and when the drawing was placed back and felt the brush of those soft lips she whispered softly, “If you want we can make that carving real or I can take you back and show you the house that I live in. Either way the choice is yours for one, or both Ali. No matter what I will enjoy what you pick”

Hearing the tiny but still there increase in Arraka's pulse, Alicia tilted her head slightly but did not pass comment, instead she licked along Arraka's cheek slowly and trailed along her jawline in tiny kisses before reaching her lips and kissing them with a slightly more lingering brush of lips before pulling away. Putting her drawing down on the blanket she stood and stretched, hair rippling as she shook herself out and then she called to her rat, extending a nail into a long rat claw.

"Let's do both my sweet Arra."

Moving over to the tree Alicia waited for Arraka to join her before setting her claw into the bark and dragging it slowly, her nostrils flaring happily at the scent of sap, and started to reproduce the carving in the bark of the tree deep enough that it would not heal out for many years to come with a smile.

Arraka felt that warm tongue and power roll across her jaw line and it took everything she could to tno pull her body up and press her lips to the other woman. She did not have to wait long for those luscious lips touched hers and she opened her mouth just enough to let her tongue roll across the crease of lips. The vampire closed her eyes for a moment as she felt the other woman’s rat rise to the surface and then heard the tell tale sign of her body growing and shifting under that hot energy. When she opened them she saw one of her fingers had turn into a long rat claw.

“Both sound wonderful.” Arraka followed her over to the tree and wrapped one arm around her waist the other on her wrist to take part in the carving. She guided the second A that was to be her name into an elegant cursive form as the vampires mouth turned and nipped softly at the Rat’s jaw line. She leaned up a bit and whispered letting the warm breath be tinged with her cold power, “There is a car waiting for us to take us back to the Estate. If you would follow me I will give you the tour of my quarters.”

Lowering her face and looking to the side as Arraka's arm wrapped around her waist, Alicia smiled softly and leaned back, pressing her warmth against Arraka as her cheek rested against her chin, one eye watching as Arraka guided her claw through the tree and the other eye focused on the creamy skin pressed against her face. Shivering with a soft noise in the back of her throat at the nip to her jawline, Alicia bit her lower lip, sucking it between her teeth, and closed her eyes as she revelled in the feeling of warm breath tinged with cold power, that sweet mixture that only Arraka could give.

Giving a wry smile without opening her eyes just yet Alicia kissed Arraka's chin gently then turned within the grip on her waist, body just shy of being moulded against Arraka's, and she whispered, letting her own warm breath be tinged with the heat of her power as it moved millimeters from Arraka's skin.

"Must I follow you my dear Arra, or can I walk beside you, hand in hand?"

The soft touch of the other woman’s cheek mingled with the cool press of her own flesh. The way their scents and aura mingled together was simply amazing. There was no way that Arraka could get enough of not only her touch or her lips but the sheer sight of the rat brought a silent thrill deep in her stomach. When her mouth touched along her jaw line and her hand snaking around her wrist Arraka closed the last of the distance so that they truly were molded together in a solid line.

“You do not have to follow me at all my sweet. I would prefer that not only can we walk hand in hand but that our arms can be encircled around each other as we walk. I do not want my body away from yours for more than an instant if I could not help it Alicia.” With a soft smile she led the other arm and arm to the waiting limo. Taking the role of the dominant one she opened the door of the limo and gestured for her to slide in. Then when she followed Arraka crawled into the limo laying her head in the Rat’s lap. “Let us go home my sweet. I will show you around and we will see where it goes from there, non?”

Nodding with a barely concealed happy smile Alicia wrapped her arm more securely around Arraka's waist, moving beside her without a sign of the awkwardness of moving when so pressed against each other, and she let a soft noise that could of been a gasp had she been a little more surprised escape her lips at the sight of the limo and driver. She had assumed Arraka was rich considering her position, but the limo seemed to proove just how different a life they led.

Smiling in thanks and enjoyment, the hint of shyness back within the smile, Alicia slid into the limo and instantly turned to watch as Arraka slid in beside her, not bothering to hide the way her eyes roamed over Arraka's body and conveniently displayed cleavage in that moment, before moving her eyes back to Arraka's as the vampire moved to place her head in her lap.

Blinking softly with a slight smile and a tilt of the head at the sight and feel of the woman's head in her lap, Alicia ran her fingers lightly through Arraka's hair and over her cheek, absently petting her in a gesture that was comforting to herself just as much as if not more than it was for Arraka.

"Yes, home will be nice."

Arraka could not help but let the smile that was constantly threatening to move the edges of her lips upward finally break free and roll over her face at the very soft gasp at the limo. It was always enjoyable to see the reaction of someone as they road in one for the first time. They had become quite normal for Arraka when she had her way when in the city. It was not just about a status symbol but it was about the comfort of the vehicle making a necessity into something nice.

Knowing full well that Alicia would take advantage of the site of the vampire climbing into the seat she made a very dramatic movement so that the line of her body became a natural S combined with bending over lower then was even necessary giving the rat a more gracious view of her cleavage. When they finally settled in and the vampire felt the way the other woman’s fingers trailed lightly over her cheek and hair she could not help but make a very soft noise of pleasure from it. This was something she could grow used to but never had been able to lower her guard enough to do it with anyone but her sister on rare occasions.

“Then home it shall be my sweet Ali.” The car moved taking them to the estate all the while Arraka’s fingers and nails were trailing up the legs of the other woman teasing soft patterns letting them rise higher and higher with every moment. She let them dance above the other woman’s knees playing about her thigh before the car brought to a stop and they had arrived. “We are here my lovely rat.” With an almost pout of her lips Arraka sat up and smoothed out her dress and hair. Sliding out of the opened door and offering the rat her arm they walked into the Estate.

Giving the other woman the quick tour which consisted of the path way up to her rooms she waited for Alicia to open the door for them both. It held two things one she could watch the other woman move and the second was that it would be her choice to move through it not Arraka’s.

Storing that very soft noise of pleasure from Arraka within the fast growing room in her mind that had been created to store all things to do with Arraka, Alicia gave a warm smile as she realised that more and more that room was her entire mind. Arraka filled her mind, she could not think of anything else without great effort. And she loved it.

Shivering beneath the attentions to her legs and then her thighs, Alicia gave an echo of that soft noise Arraka had made and then gave a slight 'ohh' sound as they arrived, her chest aching as Arraka moved away, though her heart gave a soft thump as she saw the displeasure Arraka found from having to move away from where they had been, seeing she was not the only one who had been enjoying Arraka's lying position and was reluctant to leave it.

Sliding her arm through Arraka's, looking up at the estate with a sense of pure awe that was almost enough to make her forget the way her skin lay against Arraka's as they walked, Alicia looked down at her casual and slightly shabby clothes and was filled with instant shame. Arraka was a beautiful vision regardless of her fine clothes, but they added something to her that was wonderful, and Alicia felt totally out of place in the grandeur of both the estate and the people it housed.

Looking around the places she saw with the awe still evident, Alicia kept her head down after a few moments, watching were her feet were going, feeling she was not fine enough to look at the finery, and only looked up when Arraka stopped at a set of twin doors that reached nearly to the ceiling, nearly lost to the shadows of the soft lighting.

Looking to Arraka with a doubtful expression, hesitant despite knowing Arraka was waiting for her to open the door, Alicia waited a few moments to gain the courage to open the door, not because of what could be behind it or what could happen next, but because of the finery she knew would probably continue within. After a few minutes she took a breath and let her gaze linger on Arraka, and her smile grew in confidence at the sight of the woman and her hand pushed down on the handle, swinging the door open but not moving her eyes from Arraka's until she realised it was a long time to be just standing there with her hand on the door.

Tearing her eyes from Arraka Alicia slowly moved into the room, looking about it with a childish innocence at the grandeur compared to her drab outfit, knowing she looked every inch the homeless girl she was when surrounded by all of this, and she turned back to Arraka with a demure expression, eyes lowered and her hands clasped infront of her.

"What do we do now Arra?"

Alicia’s eyes were forever studying her, the vampire knew she was trying desperately to remember not only her every movement and noise but the scent as well. There was a soft smile that seemed to warm her entire face and in that moment it reached out and warmed the cooling body of the vampire as well. Yes she had fed today before they had came together but the older vampire’s mind was elsewhere and she only took what was needed for the night and not a drop more. Now she was started to regret that choice and would have to stop and feed before the rest of the night transgressed though that also would mean she could feed from her lovely new rat. That prospect alone made the pulse within Arraka jump slightly.

The vampire watched the all ready wide eyes of the rat grow even more when she started to take in the sites of the Estate house. When Alicia looked down and the scent of shame rolled off of her it was a simple task to reach down to the Rat’s chin and pull it up slightly so that she was looking into those beautiful eyes. Then the vampire leaned in and placed a very soft lingering kiss on the other’s lips. She whispered softly, “While such things are fine Ali, they do no justice to the radiance that you contain.” With a smile that touched her eyes they continued to walk until the reached her quarters. There was a moment of hesitation to the rat’s movements but after that moment passed she seemed to be suffused with an overwhelming confidence as she opened the door.

When Alicia turned back to her with an almost edible demure expression on her face Arraka’s pulse jumped again and she gave it a smile. “There are many things we can do Alicia but I think the supposed real reason we are here tonight is that I need you to help hang and find a proper place for your work. Though I am unsure if you wish to hang it first or start on your newest painting. Either way I will need your help in picking out the spot or removing the corset so that I can model for you”

Looking up shyly from behind a few loose curls at Arraka, hearing her pulse jump, Alicia smiled back at the vision before her and berated herself inwardly. Arraka herself had said that she was more radiant than the finery of the house and in her eyes what Arraka said came from the heavens themselves, she could not be anything but what Arraka deemed her to be and so she needn't be so shy.

Brushing her curls back from her face slightly Alicia made eye contact with Arraka once again and gave a soft but confident smile, a faint blush spreading along her neck at the talk of modelling and getting to remove Arraka's corset. She in that moment felt that there was nothing much better than to be able to remove that clothing and reveal the beauty beneath it too and her hands almost twitched with the thought of pressing herself against Arraka and letting her fingers walk over the laces of that corset and slip it from the body of the celestial vampire.

Moving a bit closer to Arraka, still a little shy so as to not be too forward but with confidence all the same, Alicia slipped one arm around Arraka's waist and let her fingers dance lightly over the laces of the back of the corset and let her body press against the vampire's softly, her lips going to the pale soft skin of her cheek and kissing her way along it until her lips were resting by Arraka's ear when she then whispered with a smile that translated to her voice.

"I think that, for both my intense pleasure and for the sake of our art, that I should do another painting first so that we can decide where to hang them both at the same time, do you agree my sweet darling?"

There was no way that Arraka could not smile at the shy look coming from the rat. There was a strong confidence that was starting to build behind those lovely eyes and with each passing moment it was growing by leaps and bounds. Even though Alicia brushed a few strands of hair out of her face that did not catch them all. The vampire brushed her fingers across the beauty’s face and touched it softly before catching the last of the escaping strands and placing it delicately behind her ear. That wonderful blush started to fill her cheeks again as the scent of blood melded with the scent of the rat.

When they finally closed the distance between them Arraka could not help but take a deep breath of the scent of the rat and the feeling of warmth from the other woman. Though she had fed earlier that night she did not drink too deeply as her thoughts would always turn to Alicia. In an odd way she was saving herself and the joy of feeding off of someone so lovely for the Spanish beauty. With each one of those kisses and the way her hands moved across the laces of corset Arraka let show a slight shiver to show just how much she was enjoying the Rat’s subtle attentions. When she started to whisper Arraka could only wrap an arm around her and play her nails across the exposed sin teasing it.

Arraka spoke then letting a hint of her desire show in the breathiness of her voice. “I think you are correct Ali, we should do another painting first it would save time if we could hang them both at the same time after all.”

Shivering softly at the cool feel of the beauty she was pressed against a concerned frown creased Alicia's brow and she pulled back enough to look into Arraka's eyes, the hand on the vampire's back flattening as she let her energy leak out a little more, creating a warm bubble of energy around them both so that even if Arraka did not agree to feed at least she would be warm.

Leaning forwards again, saying nothing except with her eyes still full of concern, Alicia brushed her lips over Arraka's jawline again and kissed down the edge of her neckline, baring her own throat in the process at the perfect angle for Arraka to feed without having to move anything other than her lips to the offered skin. She did not stop kissing and swirling the warm energy around them both as she stayed still and waited for Arraka to feed, hoping she would for both of their sakes. Whilst it was a neccesary pleasure for the vampire, for Alicia it was an exquisite feeling to be pressed against the vampire and giving her something that would warm her flesh and bring a beautiful color to the already beautiful woman. It was partially a selfish offer in her mind, but she did not care. She wanted to give pleasure to Arraka and wanting it back in the process would not do any harm.

If anyone were watching the two now the appearance would be that they all ready bore the marks for each other. Without a single word the rat pulled away enough and let their energy mingle more causing a shiver to run up the vampire’s spine not out of the coolness that was starting to overtake her body but the surge of the warm lycan energy that was starting to suffuse her every sense. Without asking the Rat then moved along her body kissing along the edge of her skin each one causing that skin to tighten under those lovely lips until Arraka could see the bared neck.

She wanted her to feed it was obvious but the way it was done was truly wonderful. Never once did her voice break the perfect moment as she pushed her neck closer to the vampires waiting lips. Arraka was cold and hungry and the sweet offering of her beloved rat was too much to resist. Arraka crossed that last distance kissing that soft, warm neck before opening her mouth and letting the tips of her fangs sink into the lovely expanse of flesh. Just as she fed the night on the beach she took it slow treating it like the moment was with far different body parts as she teased the small punctures with her tongue and began to suck softly.

Arraka fed off Alicia in this way for what would seem like hours slowly taking what she needed to be warm and comfortable the rest of the night and still making sure that Alicia had enough to not be harmed in anyway. Widening her tongue she let it stroke softly along the Rat’s necks finally closing the small wounds before kissing up to her jaw line. Only then did she shift her body so that the line of their touching would continue and her lips were not a mere breath away from the Rats. “Be mine Alicia, for eternity be mine.”

The moment Arraka's fangs pierced her skin Alicia gave a soft sigh with the barest hint of a higher noise of pleasure behind it, eyes closing and lips parting slightly, her energy flaring as she wrapped both of her arms around Arraka and clung to her as though it was Arraka who was warm and she had just been plucked from the icy ocean.

The teasing at the punctures combined with their body contact, the pleasure of giving and the pure ectasy she got simply from being near to Arraka caused Alicia's rat to nearly writhe within her, her eyes darkening and her pulse speeding up as her body gained heat that had nothing to do with lycan energy and everything to do with being a woman in pleasure. Each movement or touch made by Arraka sent her higher into the joy she was feeling until she was close to making squeaks of pleasure by the time Arraka stopped feeding, the lick along the punctures making her shudder against the now warmer vampire.

Smiling lazily, eyes still closed, Alicia basked in the kisses along her jawline, feeling the closeness of Arraka's lips as she moved towards her mouth and letting her body react willingly, not trying to hide any of the reactions Arraka was causing. Especially at the words that came next. Her pulse jumped, her energy flared and her eyes opened as deep black orbs that stared at Arraka with a fierce joy with an element of possesiveness she had never felt before. She wanted to be Arraka's more than she had ever wanted anything, but she wanted Arraka to be hers too. She had to have the beauty she was clinging to or she would never feel happiness again in her life, she was sure of it.

Pressing her lips to Arraka's without a hesitant thought in her head as usual Alicia deepened the press of lips to the most passionate kiss she could manage with the need for air, almost moaning into the kiss at the sensation of finally being able to kiss the woman as she had wanted to ever since she first set eyes on her, and only pulled away when her chest started to hurt with the lack of air, resting her forehead against Arraka's so that as she spoke her lips brushed against Arraka's gently.

"My dearest, sweetest most celestial love...I have been yours all along and always will be. Will you be mine?"

The sensations of feeding off the other woman were something that Arraka could never get used to. The noises started off so soft and innocent like she had been waiting for that feeling all day and night then it grew into something more. Arraka felt the way the energy started to wrap around her trailing off the Rat’s arms and legs as she was held there in her embrace while she stole the heat deep within the other. Slowly her body started to warm both through their contact and through the rich blood that entered her veins.

Each passing moment she felt the way the other woman’s pulse speed up and knew it was not out of fear but out of pure excitement. Arraka could not help but smile into the neck of the rat as she continued to slowly drain her with each passing moment and each lingering touch becoming more insistent. There was a fleeting moment where she thought she could do this forever but it was quickly passed as then she would not have this wonderful creature in her arms and part of her if she took everything she offered so willingly.

When the vampire’s brown eyes were greeting with the deep black of the Rat’s she just smiled. Obviously her request had a wonderful effect on her because in that moment her pulsed sky rocketed and her energy flared to the point where it filled the room to almost bursting at the seems. Then she pressed her mouth completely to the other woman’s forming a perfect seal so that when she needed to breath she could take the very air from the vampire’s lungs. Wanting it as much as Alicia, Arraka gave herself in that kiss trying desperately to cling to all the teachings that her former Master taught her but finding them stripped from her and showing this wonderful woman what rested beneath. When they finally separated because of the need for her to breathe Arraka showed a slight pout in her lips but when she answered that question it turned into something far more jovial.

“Do you even need to ask that Alicia, my moon and stars? Yes, a thousand times yes if I must say them all I will. I will be yours as well.” All ready the vampires power over rats climbed its way to the surface. Instead of lingering just over the edge of the Rat’s skin it started to push deeper into the woman caressing her as it would a lover as it slowly sought out the rat that was dwelling within. “Do you want the marks my love?”

That kiss, the press of lips and tongue and flesh, the way time seemed to slow as the secret door within the beauty opened to reveal to her the radiance and sheer etheral beauty of Arraka left Alicia breathless, black eyes brimming with tears at the pure wonderment she felt at seeing all of Arraka open to her. She could spend the rest of her life unable to do more than simply hold Arraka's hand, but so long as she could see Arraka's very core so open to her again then she could live a thousand lifetimes numb and floating in that beauty with naught but bliss known to her because of it.

As Arraka smiled happily Alicia could no longer hold back the tears and one solitary tear spilled from her eye, rolling down her cheek to pool at the small hollow of the corner of her lips as she smiled back, one hand going to Arraka's cheek to cup it gently, and she kissed Arraka in a chaste brush of lips that left behind the moisture of that one tear then pulled back and laughed breathlessly with such joy her heart could burst with it.

Her rat rolling in the joy and the power coming from Arraka, Alicia pressed herself against Arraka as much as was physically possible, every curve pressed tight, and she whispered with her lips against Arraka's, foreheads touching as she continued to smile and her rat rose higher and higher within her to meet the power willingly.

"More than anything on this earth my night sky. I love you, truly, deeply, unmeasurably love you."

To say the kiss was amazing would be an understatement. When the last of the vampire’s walls dropped away she felt a sense of overwhelming freedom and peace. Never before except in her still mortal life did she not worry about the many maneuvers of politics or they ramification of such act. Arraka simply wanted to be in the moment with this wonderful woman. This woman who called to her in every way and was seemingly made for the vampire. With each passing moment Arraka could feel the way her heart beat in a nearly perfect unison with her own. The kiss deepened more as Arraka breathed into the mouth of her Rat so that she did not need to come up for air and it could continue longer sill.

When the other woman blinked and a tear started to roll down her cheek and to be caught on her lips and transferred to the vampire’s own skin. She touched the Rat’s tear that migrated to her own skin and tasted it softly before returning the smile as Alicia laughed. Arraka leaned in kissing along the trail of the tear until she found and kissed the Rat’s eyelid. The way the Rat reacted to the power sent another soft shiver up Arraka’s spine causing her shoulders to shiver slightly before she regained control of them.

Arraka smiled as she listened to the reply letting the power build up once more and seek deeper into the other woman’s body wrapping around her beast and starting to suffice the very fiber of its being before is started to spread through her body. The imaginary fingers searched for all of the places within her that would give her sheer ecstasy in their bonding and filed them all away as she let her power seep into those as well. “I love you Alice, you are my beloved from this night forward we are inseparable.”

Inhaling slowly as Arraka kissed along the trail left along her skin from the tear, closing her eyes lightly as those soft lips reached her eyelid, Alicia took in the soft scent of the vampire tinged with her own from the blood she had given and the contact they had had all night and smiled softly, opening her eyes as Arraka's lips left her skin and not breaking the eye contact again even as the power started to reach deeper into her and her rat.

As the power reached deeper and deeper within her, suffusing every inch of her Alicia could not help but writhe against Arraka, clinging to her as soft moans broke from between her lips as the invisible fingers touched places never meant to be touched and bought such pleasure that her head fell back between her shoulders, hair trailing almost to the floor and her eyes half rolled up into her head as her body continued to squirm against Arraka's. She could hear Arraka talking through the haze of pleasure and power and she had to strain to make the words make sense through the heat spreading from her stomach to her entire body as each muscle tightened then loosened in waves as the orgasm burst its bounds, her rat rolling beneath the surface of her skin so that her body grew hot to the touch.

After what seemed an eternity she was left with the waves of her own pleasure and the squirming of her rat as her moans slowly wound to a stop, the power steadily retreating back to Arraka though it left a fine coating of itself throughout her entire body, and she forced herself back up against Arraka, looking at her with unfocused and lazy eyes of pure black and a smile that showed the pleasure of the afterglow, the joining and the simpler pleasure of just being near Arraka.

"That is how I wish it to be for all eternity my sweet Arra."

Without a single touch she was watching Alicia latterly writhe underneath her. With power alone she brought her this night and as the rest of the power settled into the first mark and the connection was complete Arraka felt it to. Almost in every fiber of her being she felt the wave of contended pleasure push into her and bring Arraka to a new understanding of peace. This is what love felt like, she thought more to herself with an idle wonder if even with a single mark if her Rat could hear her thought or just the overall meaning of it. Love was not what Gerard showed her with control and rules but it was far tenderer and forever stronger.

The vampire watched the way Alicia turned up to her and smiling with just the simple pleasures of being with her and forever would that memory be burned into her mind. She would never forget this moment where love truly did conquer all and her world was turned on end. She let the wonderment be showed in her eyes at such a simple gesture yet it meaning more than anything else in that moment to the vampire.

“Then we do not have to wait for the second mark beloved.” She let her lips turn into a slow smile as her eyes started to lose their natural brown color and become tinged with the red of her power. Arraka let the transformation happen slowly so that the sudden presence of the new color would not startle the rat. Reaching down to touch and caress Alicia’s face her eyes started to glow even brighter before the flames emerged from her eyes and hovered in the air. In the low light there was the outline of her form in slightly lesser tinged red as it moved. The phantom energy closed into and layers its lips upon Alicia’s imitating the way Arraka would have kissed her. The hand touched at her hip before delving past the barrier of the skin as it slowly seeped into her once more. It bathed her more in the otherworldly power of the vampire before it to break the kiss and turned so that the phantom could lie completely within Alicia and stay there.

Seeing the wonderment in Arraka's eyes at the way she had forced herself back to being upright and smiling Alicia felt she had glimpsed another part of the irridescent light contained within the beautiful vampire and gave a soft sigh of contentment, letting herself drift in the brown pools buoyed by the waves of her own pleasure reflected back at her. It took a moment for her to notice the red of sunlit rubies bleeding into the brown of her love's eyes and rather than being shocked or confused despite not knowing why they were burning red flame simply continued to stare into them with a softer smile at their added beauty, the hand on Arraka's cheek continuing to stroke gently.

As Arraka's hands found her face Alicia let her hand drop from Arraka's cheek slowly, her beloved's words finally reaching part of her brain that knew what they meant rather than being caught up in the pleasure, and continued to stare into those wonderously captivatingly beautiful eyes, her breath catching in both wonderment and anticipation at the spectral duplicate of Arraka in pure red appearing. She did not know what it was going to do, she did not know the way the power worked, all she knew was that it was from Arraka solely for her and she loved it as part of her beloved. As she loved everything and anything about her.

As those phantom ruby lips touched her own like a bolt of crimson lightning wrapped in silken ghost flesh with the power and the press of Arraka's phantom lips Alicia's body stiffened and her eyes widened, her rat writhing within her to the point of nearly breaking through and starting the shift so that Alicia's moans this time had the barest edge of pain to their sound from the way her rat was pushing at her form. As the kiss was broken and the form started to slide through her skin Alicia gave a half cry half moan and went almost limp against Arraka, chest heaving with her panting at both the power, pleasure and the writhing of her rat.

After a few minutes rather than moments this time Alicia forced her body to do what she wanted despite the waves of pleasure and the aches caused by her rat's struggling and stood up against Arraka again, though her legs were shaking and she had to lean on the vampire to stay upright. Resting her cheek on Arraka's shoulder, lips against her throat, Alicia gave in to the temptation of her rat as a way to quieten her and licked Arraka's throat gently, tasting her scent and skin and savouring the beautiful taste. The instant the taste hit her tongue she felt something strange, a tugging deep in her solar plexus that was pleasant but strange and somehow knew that the two marks were doing something in response to her lick. Blinking curiously, Alicia looked up at Arraka to see if she knew what the tug was but the movement left her shakier than before and she had to rest her head back on Arraka's shoulder, arms around her waist snuggled in against her beloved more content than she had ever been in the entirety of her life before this.

There was no way that Arraka could describe the look that Alicia was showing her in that moment. There was something there that until she met this woman Arraka had never experienced before completely. This was love fully and completely and Arraka knew it to the core of her being even without the marks telling her so. Even more amazing was the sheer amount of trust that was held within the nearly shimmering orbs of her beloved Rat. There would be nothing that Arraka could do in that moment that Alicia would doubt and it was odd to have someone believe in her so much that there would not be a single question.

There was a moment of concern shoot through Arraka when the rat’s body stiffened and she knew there was a faint edge of pain. If she could have taken it away in that moment Arraka would have but in the back of her mind there was a part that would always enjoy that sharp intake of breath or the moment pain crossed to pleasure. The vampire merely held the form of her beloved and watched as the mark fully found its way into her before she finally settled limply against her. The pleasure that was coursing through the other woman was finding its way through the marks and causing her own lips to dry with the sheer sensations. That was until she leaned up and licked along her skin.

Arraka’s body stiffened completely the moment the Rat’s tongue touched her skin and she had the first real taste unhindered by her vampire’s desire for blood in centuries. She was completely frozen in place her every muscle tensing completely ready to spring away or jumps for joy depending on how the next moments progressed. When Alicia looked up at her the only thing Arraka could do was speak with her mind asking her for a moment as she tried to steady her unneeded breathing and regain the full workings of her body. “That was the first true taste I have had in over 500 years Ali.”

Alicia was both so distant from her body and so close to it in that moment after all of the sensations that had crashed through her that the feeling of Arraka tensing and freezing into place felt alien against her skin and yet, as were all things to do with her beloved, beautiful. It seemed it had not been just her that had felt the tug of the marks, as was shown by the sound of Arraka's voice drifting through her mind, causing a shiver to ripple down Alicia's spine at the sensation and another source of pleasure at having Arraka inside her very mind as well as where Alicia herself had put her: within every fibre of her heart and soul.

Aquiesting to Arraka's mental request, staying silent and watching her beautiful body slowly being reigned back under working function and control, Alicia gave a soft shiver of fatigue that she could not supress from escaping but forgot her weakness after both feeding Arraka and the two marks as the sweet sound of Arraka's voice reached her ears.

"And it was the most amazing thing to ever cross my lips in my lifetime Arra my darling, I am glad I can give such to you."

Having an idea that would both help her regain some energy and provide pleasure for her beloved, Alicia took a steadying breath and stood on her own rather than leaning against Arraka and made her way on shaky legs to the large bed, sliding onto it with a soft sigh as she curled up against the pillows, her torso held upright by them as her lower half curved into a comfortable position.

"Is it possible to ask for some food my sweetest joy?"

There were only two marks between them and all ready Arraka felt closer to this woman than anyone else in her unlife. Even her supposed sister Isabel paled in relation to the rat that rested not only within her but against in her that moment. This was something that Arraka had felt she would never feel and it was all an illusion but within the depths of the sensation she knew beyond a doubt that her Master had been wrong. Their kind was able to love and be loved in return. Would it make her weaker in a way perhaps but the emotion itself would be a well that would never run dry of strength.

Eventually, the vampire remembered that breathing was something that she did not need to do and once again she had gone still against her rat as only the dead truly can. She felt the sensation of fatigue drift across the marks that they shared and before Arraka could even think on it her head tilted in concern.

“You honor me so Ali, I am sure we can find many more amazing things to cross your lips then just the taste of my skin. Though it would be a wonderful eternity of searching would it not?” Arraka let the corners of her lips turn into the touch of a smile as she further regarded her Rat. For that is what she was now they had started the process of bonding together in a way that would make them inseparable. Just as Alicia was hers Arraka knew it would be the other way around as well. When the Rat moved so did Arraka keeping the contact between them like they were tethered by more than just marks until the curve of her body was melded to that of Arraka’s.

“No it is not only possible my moon and stars, but I dare say that and anything else you could ever ask for will be at your finger tips.” Closing her eyes for a moment Arraka went to send a mental request to one of the servants but thinking better of then to treed to heavily on her Mistress’s lands she instead reached for the phone and called in the request, “Please send up every fruit and sweet melon that is located within the kitchen, cut into bite sized pieces.” With a soft almost mischievous smile Arraka handed the phone to Alicia and started to kiss along the exposed neck of the beautiful woman, “If there is anything else you are craving my lovely Rat speak of it and it shall be at our door within moments.”

Chuckling softly at the way Arraka followed her so closely as she made her way to the bed, Alicia smiled softly and reached up a hand to cup Arraka's cheek so that her fingers were resting lightly at the edge of her beloved's hair, stroking her silken skin softly as she mastered her eyes so that they returned to the deep brown of her human eyes.

As Arraka closed her own eyes Alicia tilted her head minutely and watched, still smiling, as their brown beauty opened to her once more and her darling reached for the phone beside the bed. As she spoke Alicia let half of her mind listen to what was being said, her smile widening a moment at the mention of melon, but the rest of her was drinking in Arraka in every possible way. As Alicia thought about Arraka and drew in more and more of her scent, feel and flavour, Alicia's rat stirred slightly and went scouting throughout Alicia's core to explore the marks as they weaved in and out out Alicia's being. The rat was mildly confused about the presence of another within its home but through Alicia's feelings and soft ensurings that all was well eventually settled down within Alicia and watched with her shiny black eyes everything that was going on.

Blinking softly as she found both the phone in her hand and Arraka's lips against her neck, bringing a soft sigh and small flash of heat as her body remembered what had happened last time those lips had been against her neck, Alicia slipped the phone against her ear beneath the thick curls of her hair and asked for the addition of chocolate in all three types before hanging up. As Arraka continued to kiss along her neck it was all she could do to stay sat upright and a soft moan came from her as her eyes slipped closed, the phone still in her hand sliding along her cheek until her hand fell limply by her side and she just lay against the bed enjoying the feel of her love so against her and teasing at her skin softly, the sensations increased by both the marks and the way her eyes were closed.

After a few minutes which to her felt like both countless hours and just brief seconds after hanging up the phone she sensed somebody moving towards the door and had it confirmed by a soft knock on the wood. Licking her dry lips slowly, eyes not opening, Alicia stirred with a soft noise and smiled.

"Arra my irridescent and fire-lit ruby soul, I do believe we have to somehow let them in."

Arraka had always felt a kinship to all Rat’s and through that kinship she could feel the beast that was held within the human form. This time it was a completely different sensation as the rat within her beloved Alicia shifted and moved between the marks and the core of the other woman. It was a unique experience and just as the Rat explored the new addition so did the new addition of the vampires own power explore the rat. Arraka could feel the way Alicia was soothing the beast and with a soft kiss along her neck and jaw line as she too used her power to sooth the animal within.

Arraka continued to kiss along the soft brush of skin letting her lips drag across the wonderful complexion of her Rat. Her mouth continued to tease gently every now and then letting the tips of her front teeth brush across that soft skin keeping her fangs far from her Spanish beauty. She could not help but look up with a slight tilt of her head that tosses the long brown hair slightly over a shoulder at the mention of chocolate. That was something she had never had while living, in her days it was an unheard of delicacy to even think about food that tasted good instead of food that you needed to survive. She had heard of the wonders of chocolate but never was on the receiving end.

She spoke softly against her rat’s skin as she slowly kissed down the v-neck of her top nipping softly at one of the buttons to give her more access to the lovely skin. “Ali, you do know that I have never dreamed of tasting that before even when I still lived.” When the knock sounded Arraka did not stop her slow trek down the skin of her beloved and just spoke against it once more, “Enter and set the tray on the bed, thank you.”

Without a word or a look the servant brought the huge try of fruit and chocolate setting it down on the bed as instructed. Meanwhile, Arraka bit at another button undoing more of her beloved’s top and letting more of her skin be exposed to Arraka’s mouth as she tasted and teased the skin.

“Does it meet your satisfaction my night sky or shall we call up for more?”

Alicia was now making a soft noise with every gentle nip to her skin, a briefly present trail of goosebumps following the trail left along her skin from the brush of her darling's lips, and thoughts of the food despite it being her who had spoken about the door just moments before were steadily slipping beneath the warm waves of soft pleasure and happiness lapping at her conciousness.

Opening her eyes just in time to receive the sight of Arraka tilting her head in a movement that bought her shimmering curtain of brown tresses to motion Alicia's breath caught in her throat for a moment and a wide but tender smile curved her lips at the sight as she studied the face of her beloved with a determination not needed, for Arraka and her beauty pervaded even oblivion to the Rat. Swallowing to regain her breath and in the same motion licking her still dry lips, Alicia smiled all the more at the sensation of her night sky speaking against her skin then gave a soft laugh.

"Well then Arra, my one and only, tonight we shall bring dreams we never even knew existed or dreamt to reality. I know my deepest ones have found form in you my love, and I simply shall not rest until I satisfy at least.....ooh....three of your dreams this night."

Leaning forwards long enough to kiss Arraka's cheek, inhaling more of her scent at the same time, Alicia leant back as the tray was bought into the room and her wide brown eyes settled on it for a moment before flitting back to Arraka, clearly amazed before a thread of humour wound its way through the amazement.

"My sweetest darling that is more than enough for me to live on for a week and do so comfortably, it is wonderful. Thank you."

The last was aimed at the servant as well as Arraka, and Alicia spared a brief smile at the woman before watching her leave the room, waiting for the door to be closed to look back to her love with an almost childish expression akin to that of christmas morning and the sight of presents. It had been a while since she had had good fruit, and even longer for chocolate, and so to be having both in the bed of her darling love having just received two marks from said love was Alicia's idea of total and utter heavenly bliss.

"Where to begin, there is so much!"