[Elektra]

Delphi reeled back at the offer.  "But...  But from you?  No, I can't."  And yet, the steady pulse of the blood pulsing through his veins was irresistible.  It called out to her, every muscle in her body ready to sink her fangs in, and drink from him.  Finally, she did it.  Sinking her fangs in, she allowed herself to suck in the blood.  Moaning, she welcomed the taste, the warm, renewing taste she had been longing for all this time.  But even though she wasn't exactly full, she knew that she couldn't keep drinking.  Pulling back, she licked the puncture marks, using the saliva to help heal it.

[Nyxia]

He couldn't help but laugh a bit at her concern for him, "You should take your fill, my dear. Tomorrow night we'll begin the hunt." His eyes cast to the sky once more for a moment before coming back to her. "Tomorrow night is the first night of the full moon, as well it's the night where we will drink our fills. It is a ritual old as time in honor of Moon Mother..." His voice trailed away for a moment as he thought about the kits, what thrill it would be for their first hunt. His chilled hand caressed the side of her face as he thought back on it, the hunt would make it only a bit easier to teach her, he still had to teach her how to subdue her victims.

Biting his lower lip in thought, Spade thought over his options. He knew she wouldn't be able to practice on him. Closing his eyes, he ignored the blood the trickled from his lip, his mind clear and seeking a life force outside the temple's walls. He needed a full mortal in order for her to use the illusion powers his blood carried properly.

[Elektra]

Wiping the blood off of his lip, she smiled.  It was just how it should be.  Both of them together at last, their kits safe and healthy, and Spade teaching her how to be one of them.  But some things still worried her. Delphi turned back to where they had left the kits.  "Is...  Is he reliable enough, to take care of them, I mean?" she asked.  Her concern for both her kits was bigger than her, and she hoped that she had done the right thing, having Spade turn her, and have her kits be full-blooded vampires.  


"When we were back in that forest, you were checking the two vampires that attacked me for some kind of mark, right?  What was the mark for?"  Delphi was curious about many of the things that had occurred back when they had first met, and now seemed like a good time to learn more.

[Nyxia]

He'd stopped searching when he felt her fingers, allowing the smile to drift on his lips. Lucina had been right, it was nice to have someone who cared he thought as he lingered on her question quietly. "Who Near?" He asked turning his head to look back at the gate from the corner of his eye. He hadn't thought about it, about how she could feel having never known the pup as long. He could have laughed though, but it was with a firm nod that he spoke again instead. "Yes, Near is a skilled fighter and swordsman. In his care they are as safe as they would be with us." He spoke honestly though he hadn't seen if Near had his sword or not, but Lucina's eldest wouldn't need a weapon with his sheer strength.

Her second question brought him reeling back, another matter which he was reminded that required Lucina's attention. "Ah...yes I remember. The mark I was seeking was their clan mark." He tried to think back but couldn't recall their clan then. Letting the thought vanish as he noted that he should explain Spade gave her a bit of a smirk. "Any vampire who becomes part of a clan bares the clan's marks. It's like a tattoo but with each decade the mark grows darker, giving it's barer more and more power." He turned, allowing her to see his dark mark on the back of his neck. "This mark was mine from my Dark Father, before I met the lady." In all his thinking though he couldn't remember a mark, until he realized that was it. They'd had no marks. "The marks are rare, as those who possess them are born from ancient blood. That said you must earn and accept the mark in a ceremony, it is a "gift" if you will from your sire showing a sort of blessing from the clan." He paused for a moment studying her expression to know if she understood or if he'd just muddied it for her.

((The link on those words is just what his mark looks like.Since he originally is from a branch clan with the Akunanse blood line))

[Elektra]

"How long have you had that?" she asked.  The mark wasn't extremely dark, but at the same time no where near light.  It was interesting though, how such a small mark could give such power.  "By sire, you mean whoever 'awakened' them, correct?"  In that case, Delphi had a lot of work on her hands.  


"So tell me, does Lucina bear a mark like yours?"  The more Spade told her about L, the more Delphi wanted to learn.  She was an interesting character, that was for sure.

[Nyxia]

At the mention of Lucina's sire Spade couldn't help but flinch a bit, was it really wise of him to explain this. He put on a straight face before looking over his shoulder to her, he couldn't hide the truth of it from her. Carefully Spade cleared his throat before speaking, "Well, you see her mark is from the dark father of her dark father." He paused for a second to delicately put into words those events, now he understood why so many had feared her and what she'd done, it could make an unhappy fledgling revolt. "L is a very special case in one aspect, her mark is from a different blood clan than she is from. This is because days after being turned L staked the man who awoke her to her unlife..." He wondered if he'd have to fully explain that, maybe he could have Lucina explain it herself when she returned.

His golden eyes wandered the sky for a moment, the ghost of fear still tugging at the edges of his vision as he gathered the time from the stars above them. He guessed it was two or so hours after midnight, meaning they had about four hours til dawn when Delphi would need to sleep. He'd caught her second question while he was looking up, "My mark?" He asked, trying to lighten up the mood a bit so she wouldn't see how L's situation had unnerved him. Cocking his head to the left a bit he put on his best silly face and stuck his tongue quiet far from the corner of his lips in a mock thinking pose. "I've had mine a little over two hundred years now, so not that long." He told her before going back to the pose.

[Elektra]

(Oh my god, I'm so sorry for taking this long!  D:  My muse went on strike, but I think I've got it on my side again.  ^^)

Delphi took all that he had just said in, and said nothing for the first few minutes.  A Fledling had staked her own master...  "You know I wouldn't do such a thing to you, right?" she asked uncertainly.  He seemed extremely uneasy, as if he thought she might get ideas of her own.  Certainly they were more than just master and fledgling, weren't they?  They were mates, they had children, a relationship.  But perhaps he didn't think of it that way...  No!  she thought firmly, No, he loves you, and you know it.

At his remark that his mark wasn't very old, she laughed.  For anyone else, it would've been an extremely long time, of course.  But, considering they didn't die naturally, she supposed it would've been but a short time.  "Will...  Will I ever have a mark?  Or, am I part of your clan now that we are-"  She wasn't sure if she should say the word or not, seeing as she was unsure if Spade himself thought of them that way.  Yet she was sure that they were.  What was making her feel this way?  Was it the change that she was still going through, or something else?

[Nyxia]

Lochesh smiled at her, he hoped beyond everything inside him that he hadn't ruined her entire life. That was the fear that had kept him from turning others, "Yes, I hope not. I would hope that this isn't something you regret so deeply." He closed his eyes tightly for a second breathing as he rarely did before reopening them. The burden he carried as part of the choices he'd made in these last few moons felt like an ocean, his emotions and rational knowledge mixed to weight his heart down. He still wasn't sure on what Lucina was going to say to him, but he knew she and his kits would be protected by them. "If you choose you can become a part of the clan, that is your choice though." He paused a glint in his eyes as he looked out over her head, "Hmm...maybe I could start my own clan..." He mused with a half serious tone, really he was joking but the laugh could be good for the both of them. Unable to hold back his laughter for long Spade barked with amusement, hugging her tightly to himself. "Some day, pet. Some day when your more adapt to being what we are and you are sure where you want to be. Then you'll have your mark." He continued to hold her close to him, in a strong and protective embrace. "I hope that place will be with me." He silently rolled over in his head, resting his chin on top of hers.