Heaven and Hell

[TexasAngel28]

Some of you reading this thread may have read my series Heaven and Hell on the Lit story site. This is going to be a closed thread between myself and Exosus that uses that story line as its basis. Hope you enjoy. *grins*

Catherine: An angel who was found at a slave auction by the vampire Neganda. Neganda brought her across then also brought across her brother, Nicolai. Catherine is about 5'3 with fiery red hair, dark blue eyes and would be described as seductive yet innocent...


Catherine left the manor that evening at sundown. Neganda and Nicolai had left the previous evening on business, leaving her feeling quite alone, very bored, and extremely hungry. She had dressed that evening in a long gown of gold and midnight blue silk with matching cape, the hood of which was drawn over her head, partially hiding her features. She walked along the main street of the village and happened upon a small tavern. She pushed open the door and walked inside. It was fairly crowded and somewhat noisy, but she preferred noise to silence and so she entered. She moved slowly towards the bar, her entire demeanor changing to one of complete devil-may-care attitude. She pushed back her hood revealing the long, fiery red hair and dark blue eyes that Neganda told her were her most beautiful features. She sat down at the bar and glanced around, hoping to find a suitable companion... for the night... or for eternity...

 

[Exosus]

Sebastian Eris
A minstrel of some ability, with blonde hair, and green eyes. About 6'0 tall, with roguish qood looks, and the voice of an angel.


Sebastian sat on the stage that had been erected for him to play on, softly singing a ballad about the adventures of a dashing hero. As usual the female patrons were paying attention to him, and the male ones weren't... except those sharpening their daggers.

The song slowly ended and he took a sip of his wine. This crowd was so uninspiring. Then she entered... with her firey hair and deep blue eyes and he gasped, and beckoned to the serving wench.

"You see that lady over there, with the red hair? I want you to get her whatever she likes. I'll pay."

She nodded and headed over to the gorgeous woman and he began to play once more, a song of love, that just happened to involve a red haired beauty.

 

[TexasAngel28]

The serving wench approached Catherine and relayed her instructions. Catherine looked at the woman a moment.
"Who sent you?" The wench pointed out the minstral with the blond hair and green eyes. Catherine's heart stopped... or would have if it had been beating. He was gorgeous. She listened to his music and smiled softly. "Bloodwyne if you have it," she told the wench softly. The woman moved away and reappeared almost immediately with the drink. Catherine took it then slid off the stool and moved slowly through the crowd towards the stage where the man sat. She leand against the nearby wall and watched him, her eyes hypnotic in a sense. She wanted this one. And she was fairly accustomed to having what she wanted. She doubted Neganda or Nicolai would mind at all. After all, she was young and she needed her pleasure no matter where or who it came from. Oh yes, she thought as she drank slowly from the glass in her hand. He was perfect... She smiled softly at him, her eyes shimmering, almost ablaze with her unhidden desire and bloodlust. Would he notice? Would he come to her? Well, time would certainly tell. And if he did not come willingly, she had her ways... vampiric nature was always a gift when it came to getting what she wanted... but as she looked at him, she had no doubt he was completely enticed by her...

 

[Exosus]

As he sang, the red head goddess moved closer, almost close enough to touch. The proximity was almost more than he could bear, and he sang for only another half hour before bowing to his audience.

He began to pack his instrument, to keep it safe for the time being, and then stood, only to be set upon by several of his arduent female admirers, one who was bold, and drunk, enough to wrap her arms around him and press her lips to his. Pushing her away, he shook his head "Nae... I am taken tonight, m'ladies. Perhaps tommorrow I will be avalible."

He bowed once more, and slipped towards the redhead

"M'lady," He murmured, kissing her hand "I am Sebastian Eris, wandering bard, and utterly in your service."

 

[TexasAngel28]

"M'lady," He murmured, kissing her hand "I am Sebastian Eris, wandering bard, and utterly in your service."

Catherine smiled softly at the sound of his voice and the gesture he made of kissing her hand so softly.
"I am Catherine," she replied, setting down the glass in her hand and looking up at him more intently. "You have a beautiful voice, Sebastian. I certainly hope to hear more of it as the evening goes on." Actually, she was hoping to feel more of his touch... his hand clasped over hers was becoming a distraction and her eyes flared again just slightly. She smiled up at him again and gestured to a nearby table. "Would you care to sit with me awhile or did you have... other plans?" She noticed the throng of woman that were eyeing her jealously and angrily and looked back up at him slowly, waiting to hear of his reply.

 

[Exosus]

Sebastian looked over his shoulder for a moment, rolled his eyes, and then turned back to the woman... Catherine.

"Lady Catherine... when I said I was utterly at your service, I meant it. Such children are no comparison to you."

He smiled as he sat, looking into Catherine's eyes

"I must confess, I had not intended to stay long in this town... there seemed little of interest, or beauty here. The moment you walked in the door however, I was proven utterly wrong. Tell me Lady, does your castle perhaps need a bard for a time?"

 

[TexasAngel28]

Catherine smiled softly as she sat across from him, crossing her legs as she did so, one leg brushing up against his softly.
"My home can always use a bard or two I suppose," she said quietly, her voice so soft and yet, so seductive. Her eyes were like embers, slowly burning with desire. She had almost finished the contents of her glass and ran her index finger around the inside of it, coating her finger with the liquid, then bringing it to her mouth, licking it off her finger slowly. "Perhaps you'd be agreeable enough to see me to my home, Lord Sebastian?" His compliments to her had not gone unnoticed. She seemed to revel in his gaze and reached out slowly, her hand brushing a stray lock of hair from his face as she awaited his answer...

 

[Exosus]

As she sucked the wine off her finger, so sensually, Sebastian felt a familiar stirring in his pants.

"Perhaps you'd be agreeable enough to see me to my home, Lord Sebastian?" She reached out, brushing his hair out of his face, and he fell deep into her eyes, lost utterly

"A lady should certainly not have to return home alone... not at night, with so many thieves and rogues about. Of course I will accompany you. Simply allow me to gather my coin, and my lute."

He smoothly rose and headed back to the makeshift stage, picking up his lute, and taking the pouch of gold deftly from the Innkeeper, then returned to the table offering his hand to her

"My lady..."

 

[TexasAngel28]

*Catherine looked up at him and took his hand in hers as she rose to stand next to him. He almost towered over her, but then, most men did since she was only 5'3. The walk home would be fairly short since she lived just beyond the tavern on the other side of the black forest. As they left the tavern, she pulled her hood over her head once more, her hand moving to the inside of his arm and holding there gently.*

"So tell me, Sebastian, are the women always so naturally drawn to one as... delicious as yourself... or is it your music that draws them out?" Her voice was low and silky in nature and she looked up at him as she spoke. They passed a small alley way and she stopped, leading him into it. She could hear his heartbeat in her ears and could feel the heat of his body even through the sleeve of his shirt. Going home could wait... at least for a little while...

 

[Exosus]

Sebastian willingly followed her into the alley, his curiousity piqued, her body enticing him with its sensual movements

"Well, I'd like to say my music brings them out, but sadly, they only want me for my face. However, it does keep one warm on those cold winter nights."

He looked at her, and sunk into her deep blue eyes, gently lowering his lips towards hers as if under a spell...

 

[TexasAngel28]

Catherine stepped from his side and moved against the wall, leaning against it and pulling Sebastian towards her as he lowered his lips to hers. She heard his words and for a moment frowned softly.

" 'Tis not just your face I want, Lord Sebastian. It's all of you... and not just for one night either." She whispered as she leaned up to kiss him softly, her hands moving to either side of his face and holding there. After a moment she slowly slid her tongue along his bottom lip and then slowly into his mouth, tasting him and how sweet he tasted to her. She knew she'd made an excellent choice at that point...

 

[Exosus]

Kissing this woman was the sweetest ecstacy he had ever known, it seemed, as her tongue gently mingled with his.

Her lips were so soft, and her taste was so sweet that he thought he might faint from the sheer pleasure of it, yet her words struck home, and he regretfully broke the kiss, looking at Catherine inquisitively

"Not just for one night? Whatever could you mean, dear Catherine... I may be so bold as to call you Catherine, might I not?"

 

[TexasAngel28]

Catherine looked up at him, her eyes a mixture of childish innocence and fiery seduction.

"Well... I mean that I want you for more than just one night, Sebastian. I want you to stay with me... at my home... for awhile if you'd like to..." She would let him make his choice for now... she was intrigued by him... her hand brushed from his face down across his chest over where his heart was beating as she leaned up and kissed the side of his neck ever so softly...

 

[Exosus]

Wrapping an arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him as he almost instinctively bared his neck to her predations, and whispered to her softly

"Dear Catherine... if I had my wish, I would stay with you forever... no matter the cost. You are beautiful, and intriguing, and if there was a way, I would spend eternity with you."

As he uttered words, he sensed a change in the air, yet ignored it as he held to gorgeous woman to him

 

[TexasAngel28]

Had her heart been beating, it would have stopped with those very words he uttered...

"Dear Catherine... if I had my wish, I would stay with you forever... no matter the cost.

Catherine felt her fangs slowly slip into her mouth even as she continued to kiss softly along the side of his neck, her hand reaching up to gently tilt his head to one side. Her other hand moved down from his chest along the waist band of his pants.

"I can give you forever, Sebastian," she whispered as her fangs brushed across the side of his side. "All you must do... is ask." With her words, her hand slid lower brushing alongside his inner thigh as her breath came warm and soft against the side of his neck.

 

[Exosus]

Shivering, Sebastian felt something hard, and sharp graze across his neck, and then he felt her hand slide up his thigh.

He gasped softly, and then whispered, almost begging

"Please Catherine... tease me no longer... let me live forever with you, if you can do such a thing."

He almost growled as her hand slipped further up his thigh, driving him mad with lust

 

[TexasAngel28]

As her hand slid back up to the front of his pants she heard his plea and nodded slowly to herself. He'd made the decision himself. He would be hers for eternity. Her hand slowly moved to unbuckle his belt then to open the front of his pants slowly, her hand sliding inside to wrap around his warm member tightly. At the same moment, her fangs slid into his neck and his blood moved into her mouth, the taste both sweet and spicy as she slowly drank from him, hearing his heart beat in her ears, tasting as well as feeling the lust and heat that radiated from his powerful body...

 

[Exosus]

Her hand slipped inside his pants, and Sebastian melted into ecstacy, her hand feeling so perfect surrounding his flesh.

The ecstacy then vanished, for the blink of an eye, replaced by excruciating pain as her fangs sank into his neck, yet the ecstacy returned, threefold, and he swooned.

Then the light started to fade, and he almost panicked.

"Catherine... it's getting dark... what's happening? Help me... please..." His voice slowly faded into a whisper as the darkness surrounded him, dragging him downwards

 

[TexasAngel28]

~Catherine~

*Catherine continued to drink from him a moment longer then slowly slid her fangs from his neck and eased him onto the ground.* "Shh, my love. Don't be afraid. Soon, you will be like me and then you will have your wish... you will be able to remain with me for all eternity." She took one finger and with her nail opened a small slit in her left wrist then held her wrist to his mouth. "Drink, my love, and you will awaken... reborn."

 

[Exosus]

Vaguely hearing the words, Sebastian drank, and then screamed silently, the blood burning a firey trail through his body.

Moaning softly, he felt the strength returning and he opened his eyes, looking at Catherine

"Lady... what are ye? What have ye done?"

 

[TexasAngel28]

Catherine looked into his eyes and sighed softly.

"I've given you what you asked for... the ability to spend eternity with me, Sebastian." She stood slowly and held her hand out to him. "Come... please? The sun will be rising soon and we can not be caught out in its light. My home is nearby. Come..."

 

[Exosus]

Sebastian took her hand, his eyes dark as he tried to understand what had happened

"Immortality... at the cost of the sun?"

He looked at the beauty and mused to himself
Was it worth this? To never truly see the sun again? Perhaps. I trade one beauty for another, and this beauty shall not fade in mine eyes, nor be lost to me ever. Eternity is mine!