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Sink My Teeth Into This Nightmare

Part 3

I swear to God if we walk past one more door where we can HEAR the vampires fucking inside, I'm going to punch something," Andy huffed.
Ashley laughed. "Come on. Come, baby. Over here to the bar." The vampire was practically dragging his boyfriend into a brightly lit room. "Sit down. Let me explain some things to you." Ashley pushed the singer into a bar stool and motioned for his cousin to pass over two beers.
"Ash..." Andy protested at being shoved around.
"Shut up, drink, and listen. I know this is all new to you. You probably feel extremely out of place. I understand. But I need you to adjust, fast, before one of the older high lines decides to be personally offended by your confusion."
"I- okay."
"Now, I know I keep saying this, but it's important. Vampires are extremely sexual creatures. Sex isn't just for getting off. For a bonded pair, sex is used to create, strengthen, and re-establish their bond. It's also used for safety purposes. No one wants to mess with a vampire's mate, especially not a Deviant's mate. It's almost like marking our territory. Having sex is the quickest, easiest, most efficient way to put a big red flag up that says 'if you hurt this person, you die.' Then, of course, as you discovered earlier, sex - specifically orgasm - is a quick way of flushing out toxins that build up in a vampire's body from high stress or dangerous situations. This is a family reunion, Andy. You know how stressful family can be. Add in the fact that half the people here legitimately want to kill each other, and you can see why regular purging is necessary. Then there's the couples around my age who've been mated for several years. They're just now beginning to form, and a huge part of forming is sex. The more sex a couple has, the more time they spend together, the more they do for each other, the stronger their child will be. Of course, the other side of that is if a couple is separated for long periods of time during the forming process, or fight a lot, their child is weaker. Sex is sort of necessary for Vampires. It's a part of our culture. Believe me, you'll understand after tonight."
Andy was silent, slowly sipping his beer. "Ash, are we really gonna be like that?"
The bassist burst into giggles. "Baby, we already are. I mean come on. The way we are on tour, blow jobs after shows, fucking in the dressing room between sound check and a concert. How many times have the guys caught us fucking around between the busses? We already fuck constantly, but we'll have more reason and meaning behind it."
"Sure..." Andy said, trailing off.
"Look, there's only another hour to this madness before the council opens. Let's enjoy the company of those around us."
Andy gave his boyfriend a sideways look. "Enjoy. Company."
"Come on, they're not all bad. They're also not all vampires. In fact, most of my generation has actually mated humans."
"Right, because what I need is to be surrounded by humans who look like they're my age but could actually be my grandmother," Andy snarked as he stood and started to walk away.
Ashley grabbed his boyfriend by the hips from behind, pulling him tight between his legs and nipping playfully at his ear. "You sass me, you pay," the vampire teased, hands trailing down Andy's thighs.
"Mmh, fine. Let's just go." Andy was struggling to keep his head on straight, reminding himself constantly that he had to wait just one more hour.
So Andy had to admit it; Ashley's cousins were honestly not that bad. There were a few couples who couldn't go for several seconds without physically touching each other in some way. The human couldn't help but point it out.
"They're forming," Ashley responded with a shrug.
"Oh."
"Some of them will start excusing themselves to go fuck here in a few minutes. And, yes, we'll be like that when we start forming."
Andy let out an audible groan, only to be lightly smacked on the ass by his mate. "Sure, act like you won't like it," the vampire teased with a light nip at the shell of his ear.
Andy tried to laugh it off and pay attention to the conversation around him, but it was all but impossible. The little human couldn't stop thinking about how in a matter of forty-five minutes he would be permanently bound to Ashley for eternity.
Ashley led his boyfriend down a dark stairwell to the basement of the house they'd been in, then through another door into downward sloping tunnels with three stairs and a door to the right at regular intervals. The tunnels or hallways or whatever they were - stone - were also curved slightly to the right, Andy noticed.
"You nervous?" Ashley asked.
"Simultaneously excited and terrified. But sure, let's call it 'nervous,'" Andy snarked.
"Hey, hey," the vampire started, turning to face Andy and take both his hands. "What is it that scares you, love?"
"Just...it's all happening so fast. I mean, I want it but..."
"Shh, shh. Tell me what you need."
Andy shook his head. "Bite me."
"I-"
"Just bite me. Seriously, right here on the shoulder. Help clear my head so I'm thinking about you and ignoring all the other shit going on in my head."
Ashley huffed. "Okay, fine. Come here." The older man pulled his mate close to his chest, planting soft kisses down the human's neck until his lips found Andy's collar bone and fangs lightly sunk in.
Andy audibly moaned, pins and needles dancing across every inch of his skin."
"You good?" Ashley asked, pulling away. Andy nodded and allowed himself to be pulled along behind his mate.
"Whoa, the fuck is happening down here?" Andy asked as the two stumbled around a corner only to be confronted by close to fifty black-robed vampires.
"This is a vampire council, but they're not Deviant."
"They're Canidae," Andy said before he could catch himself.
Ashley turned and looked, shocked, at Andy. "The fuck?"
"Canidae are known for arranged marriages, so they're one of the few high lines I can recognize on sight - the head scarves over their eyes and noses kind of gives it away. Also, I can feel their power."
"You- oh right. Canidae do the mind thing."
Andy raised his eyebrow. "Mind thing? That's what you call it? They can literally link their minds to any other living creatures around them. They're one with creation, with life. It's absolutely fascinating. I've read more about them than any other high line."
Ashley was just standing with his jaw agape. "I mean, I knew you had some knowledge on vampires in general, but knowing this much about such a secretive high line? How is this even possible?"
"Majiks sort of have libraries upon libraries full of information about everything. The book I read on them was so large, it was in twenty separate leather bindings. It's actually one of three copies of an original manuscript of Canidae traditions and rituals."
"And you were allowed to read this?"
Andy just shrugged. "Come on. Let's go find out what's going on before I ask the wrong person the wrong question. That guy right there is probably the safest bet."
The human crossed the room, stepping carefully around the council elders as he made his way to a man with messy dark hair and a wardrobe that would allow him to blend in at Warped tour, but made him stick out like a sore thumb here. "Uhm, hi," Andy started.
"Hello," the man responded with a heavy Finnish accent. "I'm Christus."
"As in Sir Christus. Of Negative, right?" Ashley cut in.
"Uhm, yes. You're a fan?"
"I'd say we're about on the same playing field," Andy responded. "I'm Andy, and this is Ashley. Black Veil Brides."
"Oh, heard of you guys. Weird place to cross paths."
Ashley laughed. "Yes, well. We're curious. Which of my cousins are you set up with?"
It was Christus's turn to laugh. "Well, that's a bit of a complicated matter, but it's less of a set up than you'd think. I'm mating Jonne. Not sure how much you know of his lineage. He was brought up within his mother's high line."
"Pantheraleo?" Andy guessed.
"Uhm, yes. How did you-"
"Arranged bondings between Canidae and Pantheraleo are quite common. Apparently the mind connection of the Canidae and the hunting skills of the Pantheraleo combine quite well to create stronger Canidae."
"Yes, this is true. You're quite well read for one so young. I'm quite surprised." But Christus didn't seem surprised at the fact that Andy even had access to such information.
"Can we go? Too many minds trying to connect are giving me a headache," Andy commented.
"Oh, sorry. Habit," Christus apologized. "I don't think about it so much anymore, but you're right. There's a lot going on in your head, you don't need all of us in there as well."
A few moments later, Andy let out an audible sigh as he felt the other vampires, save one or two elders, disconnect from his mind. "Thank you," Andy said, nodding slightly towards Chirstus.
"That wasn't me. They heard you."
"So," Ashley interrupted, entirely frustrated with how easily they were communicating. "I know this is arranged, but knowing your history with Jonne, is he your true mate?"
"Funny story, actually," Christus started. "No, he isn't. But Larry is. He's my true mate and Jonne's, yet Jonne and I aren't true mates. We are blood compatible, however."
"A triad, then. Exciting. I assume Larry is with Jonne on the other side?"
"Yes. The elders were giving Larry a headache as well, but I'm sure not as bad as you got, Andy. My apologies, again."
"It's fine. I know, it's habit for you."
"How long until you go on?"
"We're first, actually, so only a few more minutes."
Andy's eyes lit up. "May we watch? I'm just curious...and perhaps a bit nervous of my own mating."
Christus seemed almost pleased. "Yes, of course. You should probably go into the council from the upper floors, though. These doors are still sealed."
"Right. Andy, come on." The bassist said his goodbye before pulling his boyfriend along behind him. "What are you thinking? You can't just go around asking those kinds of questions.
"Ash, he was in my head. If there were any ill intent he wouldn't have agreed. A few of the elders are still connected to me. They probably will stay connected until we're entirely out of range, so it may be a while. They have a wide range once a connection is established."
Ashley rolled his eyes. "You know too much."
"I don't know anywhere near enough," the human muttered to himself.
The two finally made their way back to the top of the continuous slope. They let themselves into one of the doors, and Andy gulped.
"I wouldn't worry so much. I'm not going to let you fall," Ashley assured his mate. He took Andy's hand and led him across to one of the benches settled across the top of the council chamber. "The council's over there, and the subject of whatever's going on stays down in the bottom."
The singer glanced around, wide eyed. "I've read and read about vampire councils, seen pictures of council chambers, and none of that even comes close to how it looks in person," he whispered.
The room was old, which you could easily tell based on the Romanesque architecture. The entire room was made from marble - probably hand carved. Red silk curtains hung over every door way as if they were windows, and an ornate red, gold, black, and silver rug stretched across the center of the circular floor several stories below.
"The rug is gorgeous," Andy commented. "I can't wait to get down there just to examine it."
"Not as fun as you think. This room is used for just about everything involving our high line. The carpet has been through some shit. Several hundred years worth of couples have cum on that carpet, children have pissed, shitted, or puked on it during their dedication on their fifth birthday, it's been bled on either in mating ceremonies, child dedication, or all out brawls that came to be settled before the council. It's honestly disgusting. Sure, it's magic so it can't physically get dirty or be stained, but it's still kinda gross."
Andy wrinkled his nose at his boyfriend's revelation.
"Yeah, exactly. Not so great."
A loud ringing filled the room, and the two looked up to see a large bell suspended from the ceiling being pulled on by a rope.
"That's fucking loud," Andy shouted, covering his ears.
Ashley just shushed his boyfriend and pointed down to where the black robed Canidae council was filing through the door on the right side of the council room. As they entered, they each removed their robes, draping them over their arms to reveal large, leathery bat wings and bare chests. Then they took off, flying in widening spirals until they reached the council seats, where they slowly lowered themselves, and replaced their robes before sitting.
Then three men walked in, one from the right - Christus - and the other two from the left door. "The blonde one is Jonne, and the other dark haired man is Larry," Ashley informed the singer.
The council began then, and lasted for hours. Questions were asked, and answered. The elders of the two different high lines quarreled quite a bit. There were two scribes writing as quickly as they possibly could in order to record all of the debates going on at once. The two leading elders were hunched side by side over a long parchment, crossing out and rewriting certain areas.
"What's with the scroll?" Andy asked.
"The mating conditions. I've a feeling they're a little too strict for the Deviant council. We rarely participate in arranged matings, and when we do, it's not so specific. I think there's only been three arranged matings in my generation, and this is one of them. The Canidae are known for being very strict with mating conditions, even limiting what the couple is allowed to do. It's also possible that some parts of the conditions need to be rewritten to include Larry, since they can't ignore the fact that both vampires in question are true mates to him."
Andy hummed in acknowledgement. He was too busy racking his brain for what little information he had on vampire mating. Sure, he could just ask Ashley, but the singer was far too stubborn to do so. He was so consumed by his thoughts that he hardly noticed when the combined vampire council quieted.
"Babe, you're gonna miss it," Ashley whispered, nudging the singer with his elbow.
Andy snapped to attention, turning his focus to the proceedings of the mating. The vampire elders were currently reading off the agreed upon conditions of the arrangement. After the trio agreed to the conditions, a parchment was presented for them all to sign, then was returned to the elders for the heads of both councils to sign.
"Very well," said one of the Canidae elders. "You may consummate."
Andy turned and raised an eyebrow towards his mate. "Really? Consummate?"
"They're old fashioned. You know the definition," Ashely whispered in a quite sassy voice.
Andy rolled his eyes and returned his attention to the three men in the bottom of the chamber who were now passionately kissing each other and grasping desperately at each others' clothes.
"Do we look like that when we fuck?" Andy thought out loud.
"Probably," Ashley responded with a slight chuckle. "If not worse. You're incredibly handsy."
"Oh, I'M handsy?" Andy sassed.
"Yes, very. It's those long arms of yours. You're quite adept at reaching around, across, over, etc to grab at my ass or junk - not that I'm complaining."
Andy giggled a bit and glanced back down to see the that the three Finnish men had managed to strip each other down to nothing and were now navigating around each other into their own desired sexual positions.
"Funny…Larry's in the middle."
"I don't think it matters who's actually a top or bottom, just as long as Larry's in the middle," Ashley commented.
"Right, because he's the true mate in the equation."
"Exactly," Ashley responded.
The mating process continued. So basically, the three fucked each other senseless until they'd all finally released. Ashley had pointed out to his boyfriend the act that actually cemented the triad together.
"See, there? Larry's got a knife, and Jonne and Christus have their fangs out. Yes, I know you can't see that much. Jonne and Christus can just bite Larry, but Larry's gotta use the knife to break vampire skin. They'll break skin on the wrists. Usually, vampires don't scar, but mating scars never fade. They're a permanent symbol of the blood bond."
Andy quickly filed the information away under "stuff I need to research" and continued to observe the triad that was now messily kissing each other, cuddled up together in an intricate manner that seemed as if it would take hours to untangle them.
"We should go. We need to get down there pretty fast." Ashley stood and took the younger man's hand, leading him through the door just as the council dismissed.
"Ash, is it going to hurt you," Andy asked, stopping suddenly in the narrow walkway.
"Is what going to hurt me?"
"The knife," Andy responded.
Ashley laughed a bit. "No more than biting hurts you."
"Okay..."
"Andy, calm down. I promise this should go over just fine."
The younger man nodded a bit and continued to follow the vampire through the corridor to the entrance to the council.
The bottom of the council chamber was much different than Andy had anticipated. It was much more intimidating than it had been up in the viewing area. From where he was standing now, Andy felt very small, as if he were being scrutinized by the council above. The rug was quite lovely, though.
"I'm right here," Ashley whispered, gently squeezing the younger man's hand. Andy felt just the slightest bit more comfortable after that.
The council was called into order, and suddenly Andy wanted to crawl the fuck out of his skin. The elders were asking way too many questions, more of Ashley than Andy.
"So you would say you know this man fairly well?" A council member asked.
"Well, yes," Ashley responded almost without thinking. "I mean, we've practically lived together for four years, a good portion of that time in incredibly close quarters on a tour bus. You get to know the other person's habits pretty well."
The judges were silent for a moment, passing unimpressed gazes back and forth between each other.
"No," one of them said after a long moment.
"Excuse me," Ashley demanded in shock.
"No. We will not allow you to be mated."

Notes

Sorry, not sorry.

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