Sacrifice

Ted lathered her hair, careful to cradle her head. Her eyes were closed, her skin pearlescent in the candlelight, lips lush and soft.

He rinsed slowly, humming, waiting for her eyes to open. She should come around soon. He'd waited years for this time with her.

The water dipped slightly as her chest rose, the tips of her breasts breaking the surface, and she smiled. She reached up, stroking Ted's nape. Her grip tightened, and she pulled him swiftly down, her smile shifting to a grimace of hunger, eyeteeth protruding, eyes bloodshot.

"Yes, my love," he moaned, offering himself.

She arched back, fastening onto his pulse, shredding the tendons, bathing in the blood sheeting into the water, and fed.

word count: 119