#askdemondanny

 But it still woke Ultima, wrenching her out of sleep. She stood up, putting on her cape, stepping cautiously out into the corridor. Everything looked normal, which was why she didn’t initially notice Dan standing at the opposite end of the hallway.

“Ultima.” Dan simpered, sauntering over to Ultima.

“Shit!” She jumped, grabbing the doorway for support as her other hand clutched her chest. “You scared me!”

“I’m not that scary.” Dan teased, pausing. Here, he could begin his seduction. He took her hand, bending down as if to kiss it. Ultima’s hand tensed, nervous but curious about what he was doing. “I don’t bite…” Dan cooed, pressing a kiss to the top of her hand. Then, he turned his hand so that his palm was touching hers. He brought her hand to his mouth, opening it while looking up at her, ready to bite down on her hand.

Once Ultima saw his sharp, pointed teeth, she tried to yank her hand away from Dan’s grip, her hand held in his like a vice.

Dan wrapped an arm around her waist, yanking her close as he dug his face into her neck. He bit down, breaking the skin and rending her jugular open. Ultima’s scream died in her throat, so great was her terror.

Ultima’s blood flowed messily, spurting out and onto the wall and the ground, the crimson a harsh shook against the pale bluish white of the ship’s interior. Dan gulped down what he could get greedily, the blood spilling out of his mouth as he couldn’t keep up with the flow. Then he saw the blood spilling on the floor. He loosened his grip on Ultima, lost in the bloodlust as he bent down to lick the blood of the wall and floor, desperate to wring every last strength out of Ultima.

Ultima fell with a harsh thump to the floor, groaning weakly in pain. She slowly reached out, gradually pulling herself along the floor, hands finding no purchase on the flat floor. “Arin…” She moaned in pain, every beat of her heart feeding blood to the harsh wound on the side of her neck. “Help…” She mumbled, feeling a harsh hand wrapping around her ankle. Her body was yanked back and she was flipped onto her back, Dan straddling her body, holding her hands down on either side of her head.

“Dan...don’t...do this…” She pleaded, listless and barely holding onto life.

Dan bit down on her neck again, letting his saliva get to work on softening the gem on her neck. As his teeth made contact with the gem, a sharp jolt of pain racked her body, every cell in her body burning in agony, and she screamed, arching her back. “Arin!” She screamed, the last of her strength quickly leaving her as her vision blurred and darkened, death threatening to grip her.

Ultima’s scream traveled through the hallway, down a level, and into the kitchens, filtering through the cloak of sleep to awaken the creaky gears in Arin’s mind. Rage began billowing into Arin’s mind, Ultima’s pain awakening the fury in his heart. He ripped through the enchantment holding him captive, rising to his feet. He breathed heavily, the anger making him forget his pain.

He sprinted towards the door, following the sound of Ultima’s scream.

He didn’t know what hurt Ultima, what snatched Dan’s body. He didn’t care.