She had been left slumped against the couch, limp and lifeless as the hole in her chest began to heal and then closed entirely, her face mending before their eyes and those minor changes that had marked her as human seemed to evaporate.
Inside she could feel herself growing stronger, her body alight and she screamed at the pain, she screamed at the heat, and she screamed as she saw herself changing.
She didn't like it. It was as though someone was breaking her bones and then setting them back again all wrong and yet nothing had actually changed.
Someone was pulling out every strand of hair one at a time and then digging them back in individually.
Every pore was raging and yet nothing seemed overly different, they were subtle changes that she could feel.
Her eyes snapped open, and she inhaled sharply, the world coming into focus but it was off somehow though she couldn't quite place it.
Her eyes immediately went to Daemon and a sly smile pulled at her lips, his golden eyes going wide as he found her attention on him.
"Sweet Mother..." Versalis whispered as she lifted herself from the couch and stretched.
She felt different, her muscles loose and she knew she was stronger. She felt graceful, sexual.
Turning her eyes on Versalis, a sudden need to go to him struck her in the chest and her sly smile turned into a seductive one.
"Versalis," she purred, making him swallow.
She didn't have wings, horns or a tail like those depictions of the succubi that the humans always drew. No, there was no outward signs on her, but the men were all paying her very close attention and every tiny movement she made was tracked like a hunter tracking deer.
Her hips swayed in a way they never had before as she closed the distance to the vampire king, and she knew they were being watched. Before she had been more like a vampire, not wasting movements or energy. Now? She wanted their attention and so her body moved in ways that would captivate men of all species.
Her hands came up onto his chest and she found her nails to still be pink and white, the sight irritating her somewhat.
Versalis' hands found her hips and a growl came from behind her as she pressed into him.
She could feel him trembling and when she leant forward to whisper in his ear all the terrible and deliciously depraved things she wanted to do to him, her lips brushed his ear and his breathing stopped.
A hand came down on her shoulder and she turned, spinning to drive her elbow into the jaw of whoever had dared to touch her without her permission.
Daemon was sent flying and he rolled to his feet, teeth bared as she turned on him.
"What's the matter, Daemon?" she whispered and even she could hear the sexual promises in her voice that all the men around her responded to. It was the voice a lover used in bed, their fingers inching lower in a promise of pleasure and satisfaction. "Jealous?"
His eyes flashed as he started forward and she grinned, feeling those sharp little teeth against her lower lip.
"Come on then, old man. I'll rip to you shreds." The threat was there and yet her tone suggested it was going to be pleasurable for him in some disturbing way.
"What do we do?" Kai asked in a strangled tone. Turning her head slightly, her voice rang out in a throaty laugh that had all men tensing.
"I'm sure we can arrange something to keep us all happy." Was she suggesting an orgy? Yes, she was.
Kai flushed and dropped his eyes, all very aware of each other and how much sexual energy there was in the room.
Daemon nodded to Versalis and the touch on her arm was tentative.
Turning to him, she smiled as she saw his need, feeling it radiating off him in waves that her body instinctively responded to.
His arms slipped around her as she moved against him, a soft sound of delight escaping her as she felt the warmth of him.
Leaning into him, her head tilted, and her lips found his. It was slow and gentle, but then building and he shuddered when her tongue traced his lower lip.
His arms became painfully tight on her, gripping her so hard that he could easily have broken her.
Drawing his lips back from hers, he traced them along her jaw, and she sighed, her head tilting away from him, thinking only of the pleasure his lips left of her skin.
His teeth found her skin and she gasped at the sudden pain of her skin breaking under the force of his fangs.
His arms clenched on her like a vice, trapping her arms between them as he fed in a way that hurt every inch of her body.
He was pulling too fast, taking too much and by the time she realised that it wasn't a sexual need of his, her head was already beginning to spin.
Someone moved behind her and she whimpered softly as her arm was pried free and a second bite found her wrist.
She felt the loss of the third bite more than she was willing to admit. She couldn't fight them, part of her hoping they would drain her dry.
Teeth slid free of her throat and a burning tongue dragged up the side of her throat, making her quiver in pain and delight.
Her eyes found his, hooded and confused. She saw his battle, his fight to drain her or to throw her down on the ground and make her his. His logical brain won out and he lifted his hand to his throat, leaving a long cut.
Her eyes focused on it, watching the blood well and trail down the long length of his throat. She had never seen anything so beautiful in her life, the contrast of white and crimson, the way his skin seemed to glitter in the low light of the basement.
There was no ignoring it and even as she began to feel woozy, she dragged the flat of her tongue up his throat.
She heard his moaned expletive at the action and the sound of it made her laugh gently in his ear.
"I'll fuck you later, drink," he demanded, seemingly desperate to feel her tongue on him again.
She didn't need to think about it, his blood would only enhance their pleasure and endurance. She only thought to fill herself with his blood. Sealing her lips against the wound, the taste of his blood on her tongue sent a shock through her system and her arm was ripped free of Kai.
Wrapping them both around Versalis, she crushed him against her, and her sharp little canines dug into his flesh, tearing at the skin and increasing the flow. She wanted more, it wasn't enough, so she bit again, opening a third wound.
She heard people yelling, hands on her but she ignored them, refusing to stop. There was something inside him that she could reach for, and she had never wanted anything more in her life.
He was struggling weakly, trying to push her off him and the weaker he got, the stronger she became.
A hand found her face, and someone jerked her head back, more hands coming down on her, trying to rip her away from him and trying to rip him away from her.
She stained to keep her grip on him but there were too many hands on her, too much strength pulling them apart.
She snarled as she was pulled back from him, and her fingers finally left him.
Uzo had her by the face, bending her backwards against his chest in a way that made it impossible for her to bite him or anyone else.
Versalis had collapsed into Kai and his throat was a bloody mess of torn flesh and muscle.
She stained to get back to him, fighting to get reach to him and they were holding her back.
She became aware of a burning inside her mouth, and she whimpered, her tongue finding the loose teeth that wiggled freely.
"Let go," she pleaded and Uzo let her go.
Throwing herself away from him, Daemon and Jaia, she staggered away and fell to her knees, her hands over her mouth to find it wet with blood.