Rio

Jessica dances through the club, drunk on blood. In the commotion and flashing lights, the prey don't notice the blood on Jessica's mouth and chin. Jessica wears a silver halter top and black miniskirt, no underwear. Her hair is done up, revealing her slender pale neck. She likes to hunt barefoot.

She sidles up to a dark beauty with a slim toned figure but with a juicy round ass. Jessica grabs her butt, pulling her close as kisses her on the lips. The girl is hesitant, but yields, opening her mouth. Jessica slides a thigh between the girl's legs and they begin grinding together to the music.

Jessica licks the girl's neck, salty with sweat, and the girl moans. Jessica slides a hand up from the girl's ass to grip the back of her neck. Jessica bites hard into the girl's neck, and the rich blood begins spurting into her mouth. The girl screams once and struggles, but then settles down. No one can hear over the music.

Mmmm, ecstasy, Jessica thinks, getting buzzed off of the MDMA in the girl's blood. Jessica drinks deeply, her eyes closed, her mind oblivious to everything but the sweet nectar from the girl's throat.

Jessica and her servants have been in Rio de Janeiro for several weeks, feeding on the hot Latin city. Every night is a feast. New victims, new blood.

With Shreya's funding, Jessica has secured a palatial estate in one of the city's wealthier neighborhoods. The house has been renovated, with the windows surreptitiously boarded up from the inside, and the large basement made appropriate for it's new...guests. She sleeps during the day there with Sally and the others. She keeps about eight bloodslaves for the nights she feels like staying in. Most nights, she is on the streets. After weeks of confinement in Holly's building, she drained six the night they landed in Rio. Since then, she has been more restrained. She kills occasionally, savoring the unique sensation of draining a human, but usually is a catch and release predator.

Elizabeth's reach is a constant anxiety for Jessica, but so far it's been quiet. Jessica realizes that she probably needs to start turning allies, to build her ranks. The next time Elizabeth strikes, it probably won't be only the incompetent Jade that she sends. Jessica is unsure about who she should transform, remembering her own distressing first days.

The girl goes limp in Jessica's arms as the vampiress feeds. The girl's heartbeat slows, and Jessica withdraws her fangs, and licks the wound to close it.

Jessica drops the dazed girl, and disappears back into the crowd.