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Hello
Is this who I think it is?

yeah.
helen's here too.

Good evening then Jessica

Hi…

I'm happy to hear from you
You as well Helen

alright yeah ‘nice’ to see you too.
but let’s cut the shit ok.
i'm gonna tell you what’s up and you're gonna listen and you're not gonna tell mary shit.
promise me that or this conversation ends here.

If you don't want Mary to know I see no reason why she needs to
As assurance I offer the raw and perverse territoriality that surged within me as I typed that
And my word
Whichever you trust more

ok cool glad you're getting off on it i fucking guess.
just get the cum or blood or whatever out of your head and listen up.
we've been fucking terrified.
we've barely gone outside all week and it's not better inside.
she knows where we live.
we both invited her back then.
we're not safe and we're out of options.
and we've TRIED other options.

I see

Yeah, my boss didn't even believe me.
And none of my friends have space, we can't afford first month's rent anywhere, and I think the landlord thought I was talking about him when I asked about it!

yeah and he is a fucking vampire to be fair.

That's not quite right
Vampires have souls

Wowwwww.

ok yeah yeah haha.
can you not crack jokes right now?
i get you're trying to be nice or whatever but it's not the fucking time ok.

Apologies

thanks.

To be fair, that was really funny.

so yeah point is we're out of options.
babe please don't encourage her.

Yeah, fair, sorry.

thanks.
anyway we're not going to either of our fucking parents either.
and i don't have shit.
i don't go around screaming this but i was homeless when helen and i met.
and i was broke a year ago when mary bit me. which means i’m DEFINITELY broke now.
so we can't move.

For what it's worth
I don't think Mary is interested in coming after you
At the very least I won't let her

look i'm happy you think so.
but i can't take chances.
i am NOT getting sex-enslaved by that fucking dork-ass sugar mama EVER AGAIN.

Me either, for the record.

So what are you proposing?
I would love to help but my salary would only go so far

yeah yeah don't get out your checkbook.
fuck you probably actually have one of those don't you.
whatever.
look i've been thinking about this.
even if we pissed off we’re not gonna be that hard to find.
and if she finds us it’s a matter of time.
she’ll get in.

I’ll probably let her in!
I won’t want to.

yeah.

I’m sorry.

babe it’s seriously fine.
i get it.
anyway look luma you have a point ok.
your territorial protector schtick is fucking creepy but it seems like it works for natalie.
and you have something else.
cushy-ass rent controlled apartment with a guest room.
you get where i'm going with this.

I believe I do
It is… compelling
I won't disquiet you by elaborating
Of course Mary is already invited into my home as well
But, well
As it happens I am literally researching the question of what constitutes a ‘home’
And there are recorded examples of homes nested within other homes. Perhaps that can be arranged
Would you mind terribly if I collected some environmental data from the room as you settle in?

Only if Mary doesn't see it.
And if it's anonymized.
Don’t use any tools that connect to the internet, either.

if they trust that i do too.
i don’t know shit about this stuff.

Ah yes
You do work in cyber-security don’t you Helen

I do, yeah.
Kind of been sloppy this past year, you know why.
So much cleanup… I don't wanna think about my JIRA backlog right now.
And that's not even getting into the fiasco last July.
I’d still like to run through your stuff with a fine-toothed comb when the time comes.
But that’s later.

yeah we don’t need to get into all the details right now.
all i need to know is one thing ok.
can we trust you.
think about it please.
not just are you nice or whatever.
i mean can we trust you.
to handle your shit.
keep your fangs out of my neck.
just be fucking normal about this.

…I would like to be more certain than I am
I must admit the ‘territorial protector schtick’ helps to suppress my urges considerably
Natalie doesn’t tempt me in general despite how close she lives to me
In part due to the satisfaction of keeping that information from Mary
And from you until just now

wait what.
how close does she live.

Directly above me

wow.
ok.

Huh, I think I might’ve seen her once.

It’s possible
But regardless
I… fear I’m overselling this
I won’t insult your intelligence, you’ve both seen me at my most vicious
When I’m not holding back
And since we last spoke there was an… incident
With my colleague Linda

what kind of incident.

…One which taught me a valuable lesson
There are limits to my current methods for controlling myself
And to myself

ok what limits.
i need specifics luma this is our lives we’re talking about here.

Of course
Apologies
To put it bluntly
I cannot say I’ll ‘get her later’ if ‘she’ does not want to be ‘gotten’ at all
And as calm as my blood lust has been lately
Any one crack in the armor can spiral depending on circumstances
So I suppose the most important thing would be to establish the circumstances
…And I suspect you can guess what I’m going to ask next

you want my blood right?

In the interest of transparency
‘Want’ does not begin to describe it

ok.
so look.
i’m not gonna act like it’s crazy that you asked me that.
but fuck no.
i can’t do that again.

Ah

yeah so sorry i guess.
maybe someday but fucking like.
no.
can you please be ok with that.

I can certainly try
I… must ask though
Before, when you were enthralled
I did ask you whether you would accept my drinking your blood when not enthralled, yes?

…yeah.
i remember.

Of course that may have changed
But I…
That leaves me concerned about the rest of you
Could you tell me what changed?
Or… if I forced your hand back then?

ok i’m gonna be real with you luma.
i pretty much lied.

…I see

i mean it was like nice i guess.
i just.
being like that all the fight in me was just fucking gone ok.
makes me want to throw up.
coming home from a fucking mma tournament and some string bean white girl is suddenly totally unstoppable.
rips all the anger out of you.
i just snapped ok.
said whatever whoever wanted me to say.
just stopped thinking about it.

Mm
Well, I can relate
It’s quite the rush being stronger than her now

yeah yeah good for you.
look i guess it’s like.
if i’m gonna fuck you i want to actually like have a relationship first.
without having my head up inside that bitch's pasty fucking asshole.
and even then it’s gonna be hard.
so can i trust you to please help us without taking fucking blood tolls.
just leave our necks alone ok.

I mean, she can use mine if she wants.

wait what.

Oh shit, did I not mention this?

You did not

yeah you didn’t.

Shit, sorry.
Yeah, so the sort of unhinged way I got back then.
It was definitely just the way I was kind of allowed to express hating Mary, right?
But it also hasn’t stopped being really hot?
And also, Luma, I’m still thinking about you eating me out.
In both senses.
I kind of hate the idea a lot… but that just makes it more enticing.

Are you
Certain

Yeah I think so.
If it’s a temporary thing and everything.
If.
But given that, I mean…
Yeah.
I’d let you bite me.
And scratch me, and choke me, and make me bleed.
Throw me around without even thinking about what'll happen to me.
Call me ‘food’, treat me like a worthless meal, not even like a good one.
Fucking ruin me.
Leave me on the floor soaked in cum and blood.
Patronize me the whole time.
Call me pathetic, weak, an embarrassment to my family.
Also, I’d like it if you ate me out.
So if you can do all that and also like, y’know…
Give aftercare?
I think I’d enjoy that a lot.

…I see

holy shit.
babe are you like ok.

I think so.
Sorry, I should’ve talked about this with you earlier.

yeah probably.
but like.
look if that’ll make you happy then i’m not gonna stand in your way.
sorry i should've asked about this.

<3

If you’re… truly okay with that, Helen…
Then in the interest of transparency
That would make the whole matter much easier

That's great to hear.

yeah.
i guess so.
but that's not a precedent for anything ok.
if you try and hold her over me or get between us or whatever i'm gone.
don't fuck with me on this ok.
either of you.

Of course, honey!
I won't put that on you.

I won't either
I would discourage it
Though that is easier to say now I suppose
In any case the details will come
If you two are truly amenable to this, then I will start making preparations
I cannot promise it will be simple, but I promise to be receptive to criticism
And it would seem we have this ‘Morse’ channel now, for that purpose and otherwise
Without the charisma muddying matters
So then. How should we begin

we’ll get back to you in the morning ok.
need some fucking sleep.

Yeah.

Of course
Well contact me if you need anything
Or if you wish to tell Mary anything I suppose

we will.
thanks.

Thank you as well