instead, “Where do you get the blood from?”
“Butcher down the block,” Frankie replied. “Pig or cow. He saves it for me; I filter it here, and drink
when I need to. You’re actually the first human I’ve fed from in a very long time.”
Snod felt his heart flutter at that, smirking. “Mmm, so, you don’t get mad cravings for blood and want
to attack innocent people?”
“No,” Frankie snorted. “I do crave it, but it’s not this insane bloodlust. It’s no different than wanting
chocolate when you’re on a diet.”
“Isn’t that interesting,” Snod chuckled, stretching out his arms and grunting as his shoulders popped.
“So, I’m... a tasty temptation?”
Frankie’s eyes flickered over Snod’s body, replying longingly, “In many ways.”
“I know all about temptation,” Snod chuckled with a smirk, sighing. “I was taught how to meditate,
pray, fast. A dozen different ways to resist it to stay pure.”
“Does it help?”
“Not when I look at you,” Snod replied honestly.
Frankie smiled again, pressing a kiss to Snod’s forehead. His gorgeous face twisted up in regret,
saying, “I’m sorry about last night. I shouldn’t have whammied you, and I know I was... I was upset
with you, and I said a lot of not nice things.”
“...Whammied?”
“Used my powers on you.”
“Ah. I was weak, and I succumbed to my envy,” Snod said with a quick nod. “It was overwhelming. I
also said some things that weren’t ‘nice.’”
“It’s not your fault. If it’s anyone’s, it’s mine. I wasn’t expecting to see Mark there,” Frankie said with
a frown. “I should have reacted better. You’re not weak... you’re just, well...”
“What?”
“Sheltered?” Frankie tried. “Maybe that’s not quite the right word, but all of this?” He gestured
between them. “It’s so very new to you. Being intimate with someone is already intense, especially
your first, and I know the blood magnifies that times a hundred. I know it does.”
Snod felt a ripple of something; pain, regret.
“I’m also afraid that I’m being too rough with you,” Frankie went on. “The spankings, telling you
what to do and all that? You were beaten so terribly in the Order and I worry that I’m taking
