She moved in even closer, their faces meeting and tongues connecting. Dimha’s tail moved down Amaris' back, caressing her. With some effort, she found the zip in her dress and pulled down, undressing her and moved to unclipping her bra. Amaris barely seemed to notice, as Dimha had already pulled back with her tongue and had fangs of her own biting into her neck.

  She let out a soft moan, which made the Demon ugh. As the dress fell off of her, her hands moved and started to caress her pale breasts. Just like she promised, she started off gently before digging her nails in. The Vampire moaned louder and leaned in, biting her again.

  “Oh…I thought you weren’t hungry.” She grinned from ear to ear “Okay if I go lower?”She nodded in agreement, her mouth still locked around her neck. Given her hands were busy, Dimha used her tail, moving down Amaris' now exposed body, starting from her neck and moving lower and lower. She gasped as it moved inside her underwear and touched her. She’d blush if she could, her grip on Dimha’s neck growing tighter. This only encouraged her, as the tip of the tail went inside her and it didn’t take long to find the right spot.

  All the while, the demon’s grip on her breasts grew tighter too.

  As her body filled with ecstasy, she felt alive for the first time in decades.

  She pulled back from her neck, and kissed her heavily. “Keep going.” She pleaded, her hands gripping onto the demon’s shoulders. While still trying to suppress her moans, she started to undress her. Her hands were trembling, and so it took a few attempts to unhook her bra. It fell to the ground and she rested her hands against Dimha’s warm, red breasts. She leaned in, her lips sealing around her left breast. She bit down gently, taking care to not allow her fangs to dig too far into her skin.

  “I said you can’t hurt me.” The demon whispered “Bite away. I want you to.”She sank her fangs in deeper, drawing the warm blood in. Moving one of her hands away from her breasts, Dimha patted the top of Amaris’ head“Good girl. Keep feeding.”Her fangs only sunk in deeper as the tip of the demon’s tail continued to move around.

  Amaris pulled back, her lips covered in blood and leaned down, her head getting lower and lower, using her hands to pull down Dimha’s underwear. Within seconds, her tongue was inside of her. Like the rest of her body, it was incredibly warm. The demon let out a loud moan, and ughed.

  “Oh, now that’s a nice surprise.” She made no effort to hide the shakiness in her voice, but she didn’t lose her concentration. Nails dug in even deeper. Neither made any effort to cover up their moans.

  She gently removed her tail, only to plunge it back in. Amaris fell back, gasping and Dimha moved closer, grinning down at her.“You okay?”“It’s…Um.” “There’s more room in the bedroom.”“Sure.” She giggled

  Taking her by the hand, she led her into another room. Much like the living room, unopened boxes y everywhere. The only furniture was a bed, a rge wardrobe and a chest of drawers. Some of the boxes seemed to contain furniture the Demon had yet to assemble.

  Leading her to the bed, Amaris y down first and the Demon climbed in after her, gently wrapping her tail around her.

  She used her tail to pull the Vampire in closer, tightened her grip and kissed her, tongues connecting again. With the tail acting as a third limb, she gripped one of Amaris’ breasts tightly in one hand and used the other to push her fingers inside of her. She fondled the breast, her thumb circling around the nipple.

  “Oh God…” She moaned“No, just me.” Dimha chuckled, a sly grin on her face. She loosened her grip with her tail and moved it under Amaris’ chin instead, tilting her head towards her “Oh, looks like you’ve had enough.” She teased

  Amaris shook her head.“Oh, so you want me to keep going?”“Um-hmm.” Was all she could manage to say

  She leaned in closer, kissing her passionately. Her warm fingers went deeper inside of her, caressing her clitoris. Dimha leaned back, her teeth sinking into the side of Amaris’ neck. She didn’t stop there, leaning back once more and wrapping her tongue around the Vampire’s other breast, circling around the nipple. Amaris gasped “I-I…I’m yours.” She whispered

  Her eyes went wide and she drew back. “Shit…Uh…”But all Dimha could do was chuckle lightly, a warm smile across her face. “Darling, it’s okay.” She moved her hands to the sides of Amaris’ face “Been a while, has it?”

  She shrugged, avoiding her gaze.“Yeah, sorry.” “What for? Just means you were really enjoying yourself. Y’know, sometimes saying that a Demon is a lil risky.” She stroked her hair “But, that’s only in the stories. You got nothing to worry about.”“That…Didn’t even cross my mind.” She gave a nervous ugh

  Dimha kissed her on her forehead and y in the bed next to her, resting the Vampire’s head on her chest.

  “By the way, sorry the pce is a mess.” She used her tail to gesture to the state of the bedroom.“You should see mine.” Amaris chuckled“Maybe I will.” Her sly eyes and grin returned “I mean, you know this city better than I do. I’ll need a guide.”

  Her head shot up.“So…This isn’t a one time thing?” “Only if that’s what you want.”“Um…Sure?”

  She petted the top of her head.“Are you staying?”“C-can I?”“I’m hardly going to toss you out, now am I?”

  Dimha wrapped her arms and tal around her. Her warm body was almost a soothing sensation now. “I’m a hundred.” Amaris whispered “I think…” She raised an eyebrow “Stopped counting birthdays a while ago.”“Y’know…Demons. We still have celebrations for that sort of thing.”

  She gnced up, head still resting in the same spot but her eyes met Dimha’s. “When we become demons.”“Vampires have that too, but…I…”“Hey.” She stroked her hair once more “You don’t have to tell me anything you’re not comfortable with. I’ve known a lot of Vampires. Siring isn’t always…Anyway. You don’t have to expin anything. It’s not like becoming a Demon is a pleasant experience either, for some of us.”

  She gave her a reassuring half-smile.“Let’s talk about something else. You pick.”“Bit of an odd question, but…You’ve been around a while, right?”“Yesss….”“Ever met, like anyone famous?”

  She ughed “Cute. You still think like you’re human.”“Well, it wasn’t that long ago.”“If you’re curious, I hung around with a few Suffragettes once. I was working on another contract, and I ran into one of their rallies by accident.” She shrugged “Some of those women were very fiery.” “That’s really cool.” “Is it?”

  She sat up in the bed “You wouldn’t know this, but Demons have a different view on things. We’d never have had any need for women to fight for the most basic shit. I guess…Hmm. We don’t give a fuck about gender. That’s all. Never have. For those of us who started as human, it’s freeing. Shedding those outdated norms so many humans cling onto.” She half-smiled “It’s the soul, not the body.”

  Amaris looked away for a moment.“That sounds nice.”“Vampires are at least more accepting than humans, right?”She nodded “Sometimes. After all, we can use blood magic to y’know…Change things sometimes.”“That’s what you did, right?”

  She gnced up, her eyes widened.“Um…”“They did burn me as a Witch for a reason.” She smiled “Jesus…”“It was a different life. I’m over it.”“So you’re…”

  She nodded, still smiling.“Holy shit.” She whispered“Is that somehow less surprising than me being from Hell?” She chuckled with a raised eyebrow “No…I’m. I kinda got so wrapped up in the Vampire thing that I low-key forgot to have that talk. Gd I don’t have to.” “Ugh, the talk. This is why I don’t bother with humans. Outside of work, of course. Too judgy.”“Vampires aren’t much better, sometimes.” She winced“True…But you’re not most Vampires, are you?” Her sly grin was pstered across her face and she gently kissed Amaris on the lips

  “I haven’t met one like you before.”“Well, I’ve never met a Demon before.” “They’re not all as delightful as I am.”“No…I mean. I think you’re great…But just out of curiosity, what would other Demons think about…”“Shagging a vampire you mean? Well, some might judge a little. More that they’d prefer I only slept with other Demons. But not to the point of getting angry about it. Others, well…We don’t really care. So long as it’s consensual.”

  She leaned in a little bit closer, a wicked smile on her face “Oh, we do hate it when someone throws consent away.”“Well, you said, worst of the worst, right?”She nodded, the grin still in pce “I enjoy watching them burn. It’s not my job though. It can be a bit…Much. The Demons that do dish out eternal torment, well…It changes them. Makes them cold. That’s why I never put my name forward.” Her smile faded away completely“Yeah, what is it that you do anyway?”“Whenever somebody makes a deal with one of us, it’s like a legal contract. And no, it doesn’t cost you your soul. Not all the time, anyway. My job is to make sure those contracts are well…Fair. That they’re being withheld.”

  She smiled again“That’s why the higher ups found me a pce to live up here. Can’t exactly keep an eye on mortals if I’m down below, now can I?”“And why Manchester?”

  She raised an eyebrow.“Fair enough.” Amaris ughed “I can make deals myself, but there’s sooo much paperwork.” She groaned “And well…Half the people that make deals, they tend to be pieces of shit. The other half, their life story just breaks your heart.”Her eyes grew heavy “How many people do you think make deals to have a body that matches their soul? How many children do you think have summoned one of us to help deal with their parents beating them? How many people do you think make deals ‘cause they’re dying?”

  Amaris rested her hand on Dimha’s, stroking it.“I’m sure you help those people.”“Yeah.” She sighed “I’m not gonna make them give up their soul. I only reserve that for the assholes, to be honest.” She chuckled “Funnily enough, a few people like us have wanted to be Demons as payment.”“Have you made any deals with Vampires?”“Not really. We don’t tend to make deals with other non-mortals. It makes getting payment kinda tricky. The Fey make plenty of deals of their own, anyway.”“What if a Vampire wanted to be cured?”

  Her eyes widened at that.“It’s…It’s more for curiosity sake!” She sputtered “Amaris…” She stroked the side of her face with her tail “There isn’t one.”“Oh.” She looked down “That’s okay…I thought I’d ask anyway.”

  She held her closer, the tail and her arms pulling her into a gentle embrace, the warmth of her body soothing her. “I’m so sorry.”“It’s okay.”

  ****

  The gentle warmth of Dimha’s body had soothed her to sleep, and when she woke up, she was smiling at her, gently pying with her hair.“Hey, sleepyhead. Hungry?”“I’m still full from st night.”“Shame.” She lightly chuckled “Wait…Sunlight isn’t a problem for you, right?”“Not old enough for that to kick in. I just have to wear a lot of sun cream.” “Good. I do have to get to work, that’s all. Otherwise I’d let you stay all day, if you wanted.”“I mean, I could walk you there. You said you needed a guide, right?”“Well, okay. Just don’t interfere with my work.”“I should probably go home and change first, though. But I could meet you after? Show you around the city?”“I’d like that.” She gently kissed her on the forehead “I have a meeting at the university. So, what about meeting you there? I don’t have a phone yet.”

  Slipping back into her dress, Amaris rubbed sun cream on the exposed parts of her skin while Dimha climbed into the shower. She could hear her humming to herself, for the demon had left the door open.

  On purpose, no doubt.

  The Vampire took time to reflect on the evening’s events while waiting. The ecstasy had worn off, and she was able to think clearly. Demons were real, so were the fey and Dimha had even mentioned Angels. Did Angels and Demons get into fights? Would an Angel see her as something unholy?

  As for the Fey, she’d read many stories. How many of them were factual? Given Vampires, Amaris had adopted a mindset that many myths, folktales and even urban legends likely had some level of truth to them, but it had been distorted or perhaps exaggerated.

  After all, the weakness to running water, let alone holy water had been made by Vampires themselves. They were tricky beings to kill, and the older a vampire got the less chance a human with a vendetta had. Crucifixes? A joke. Garlic? Some vampires used that to season their food. Silver? Too many had an eye for jewellery. Being invited in?

  Some were just that polite.

  The only things that had any kind of truth were the old-fashioned wooden stake to the heart and the sun. But even then, it varied.

  As Amaris compared myths about herself, she wondered how much truth there was surrounding Demons. She was lost in thought when Dimha stepped out of the shower, making zero effort to cover herself up. With the snap of her fingers, she was enveloped in fmes that dried her.

  “Are you okay?”“Hmm? Oh, yeah. I’m fine. It’s just still hard to believe you’re real, that’s all.”

  She ughed. “I would’ve said the same thing about you, once upon a time.”“I have so many questions. Is…” She cleared her throat “Is he real?”

  She raised an eyebrow “Who are you talking about? The one upstairs or…”“Downstairs.” She cleared her throat“She’s very real, yes. But she isn’t that bad. Not that I’m biassed or anything.” She grinned “You said you were raised on Bible stories.”“Well, I stopped believing a long time ago.”“Good. Most of that book is bullshit anyway. Given humans keep changing it to fit their own agendas, it’s been mistransted and, well…Yeah. Don’t go off of that.”

  She took a few steps closer.“You shouldn’t be scared of Hell, dear.” She took her hands in her own “I’m…I only became a Demon, because I wanted it. I was never tormented down there. See…” She sighed “There’s no harm in telling you this. It was a different life.”

  She rolled her eyes“When I was being burnt at the stake, I didn’t call out to God. I felt he’d abandoned me, and after all, it was humans who cimed to follow him doing the burning. So I called out to something else. I offered my soul as payment and, well…Eventually, Hell changed me.”

  She gestured to her body “And I like this. Although, it’s been so long that I don’t even remember what being human feels like. Not really. I just remember it being…Shit.”“I…”“You miss it, don’t you?”“I don’t know.” She shook her head “I’m…”“As I keep saying, you don’t have to tell me anything.” She stroked the side of her face once more “Now. I do have a meeting to get to. It hopefully won’t take too long. A few hours, maybe. I can meet you for one pm?”

  She nodded with a smile.