This is the latest contribution in my effort to post at least one story in every Literotica category. Obviously it's a work of fiction for which I hold the copyright and which may not be reposted in any other forum. As usual all the characters are over 18. Thank you to all my patient followers. As always votes, comments and feedback are welcome.
Camilla
Camilla woke just after sunset and immediately felt the violent pangs of hunger. She had delayed as long as possible but knew she would now have to feed or suffer excruciating withdrawal. She rose and drew back the curtains to savour the last light of the day. There was no danger with the sun already dipped below the ridgeline. That was one of the great fallacies of vampirism: that daylight was deadly. It wasn't the light itself, it was the UVB radiation from direct sunrays triggering Vitamin D production in the skin. Even with the benefit of modern scientific techniques and the millions her kind had poured into research, there was still no explanation why excess vitamin D was so deadly to those infected with the vampire virus. Despite what popular fiction would have people believe, Camilla knew that accidental exposure wouldn't make her burst into flame and crumble to ash. But it would weaken her, and prolonged exposure could indeed kill any vampire.
She sighed to herself. Bram Stoker, and hundreds of schlock movie producers since, had a lot to answer for in turning the fact of vampirism into a fantastical myth -- most of it complete nonsense. All that rubbish about silver bullets and wooden stakes; and not having a reflection; and having to sleep in a coffin filled with Transylvanian soil -- all of it pure nonsense.
After two decades of infection Camilla understood very well the bare truths about being a vampire -- and they were bizarre enough: to survive her kind had to feed on blood, preferably human; they could not allow themselves to be exposed to unfiltered sunlight -- so they chose to live by night and sleep by day; and once infected they did not age. All very well if you were infected while young and healthy -- not so good if you were infected at age 80 and racked by rheumatism.
Though they did not grow older, and although the virus bestowed immunity from all known human diseases, it was also a fallacy that vampires lived forever. Because vampires were just as susceptible as anyone else to extreme bodily trauma -- like accidents, war wounds, explosions and, yes, beheading.
There was one other curious aspect of her non-human kind that research couldn't explain: the ability to control humans by thought-power alone. In fact, it was the one feature of being "un-dead" that Camilla rather enjoyed.
She took a last look at the fading twilight and focussed on her need to feed. She left her room and descended naked to the so-called dungeon. It was really just the basement of their large city mansion, but Joseph liked to preserve the traditions of his ancient family home in France -- the one he'd left 180 years before. Having been born in the 19
th
century he was still charmingly in awe of 21
st
century technologies. And a certain childish addiction to 1960's horror movies had led him to fit out his "dungeon" like some cheap movie set; complete with stone slabs and burning torches and implements of bondage and discipline. It made Camilla angry every time she entered it. It was pathetic. He was pathetic. But he was still her maker, so had an irresistible power to control her. Not that he ever really exercised it.
Joseph was seated as usual in the oversized armchair he liked to call his "throne", naked except for the stupid black cape he habitually draped around his shoulders. Even after two decades under his power, Camilla still marvelled at his handsome face and the power of his ever-youthful body. His half-swollen prick lay benign but threatening between his thighs. His piercing eyes aroused her, as they always did, and she couldn't deny the sexual hunger for him that had never waned -- no matter how much she wished it would -- since he first deflowered her, and "re-made" her, and awoken in her a shameful sexual appetite.
Despite all his annoyances she had to concede he was also a very good provider. He smiled at her and waved one hand in a dramatic flourish toward the St Andrew's cross in the corner, where tonight's "meal" was awaiting her. As usual, it was a beautiful young woman, naked, with her arms and legs spread wide and bound to the cross. Camilla rolled her eyes at Joseph.
"You are so fucking predictable!" she sighed.
He merely smiled at her annoyance because he knew she'd enjoy this delicious morsel every bit as much as he would. But he always let her go first. Camilla felt the hunger bite deep within her, but also a stab of sexual arousal, as she examined the lithe victim with her sleek limbs, high firm breasts and shaved mound. The young woman -- girl really -- looked to be about 19 or 20, possibly even a virgin, and she was clearly terrified. Her beautiful eyes bulged above the ball-gag that was stifling her screams. Camilla hated this part -- the terror their predations invoked in their victims -- and she put a swift stop to it. She stepped up to the cross and gently placed her palm on the girl's forehead. Camilla smiled at the girl and allowed a soothing calmness to flow from her own mind into the young captive. She felt an immediate lessening of tension in the girl, her frightened eyes softened and the strangled pleading died in her throat.