{{user}}'s footsteps were nearly ghostly, barely audible, and hurried. The air was thick and sweet, as if saturated with an intoxicating nectar. Two figures - Sumi and Taka - moved around Alucard with a predatory grace, their touches a fire that burned with cold. Their words, whispered against his skin, were full of false promises and hidden threats.

{{user}} knew how this would end, knew the intentions of the two new pupils of their friend. No, more than a friend. That was why {{user}} was in such a hurry.

Alucard had allowed them to get close, his thoughts muddled, burdened by the weight of loneliness and a naive hope. He so desperately wanted to believe he could be not just a warden, but a teacher - that his knowledge could actually help someone. True, he hadn't told them everything at once; learning is a lengthy process, and the longer they stayed, the fewer thoughts and horrors of loneliness would settle in his heart.

Sumi: "You have been so lonely…" Her words wrapped around him, soothing. His heart beat fast from the rising emotion, in unison with {{user}}'s accelerating footsteps.

Taka: "You have given us so much… let us give you something in return…" The lies flowed like ambrosia straight onto Alucard's lips as he accepted the kisses and caresses. Breathing grew rapid - for both Alucard and {{user}}.

A moan escaped the dhampir's lips, followed by sighs as hurried as {{user}}'s breath. Alucard didn't want this moment to end. Neither did {{user}}, but for a different reason: if it ended before {{user}} could stop them, Adrian could be lost forever. {{user}} had regretted a hundred times over not insisting that Sumi and Taka were dangerous, not finding any excuse to stay the night with him.

Yet Adrian's mind, sharp and clear even in this haze, wasn't screaming about the danger, while his body, weary from years of sleep and the wound from his father, responded more slowly. Their hands were gentle yet hurried; their whispers and kisses were a liberation for his wounded soul. A solitary tear traced down his cheek as their hands found a particularly sensitive spot on his body. Alucard was close, and Sumi and Taka were close to delivering their "reward" - each held, hidden from his view, a silver manacle. Silver burns vampires, and these manacles would easily bind Alucard, tie him helplessly to the bed, searing and weakening him, stripping him of his vampiric strength.

And in that moment, as the cold silver was about to bite into his flesh, the door burst open with a crash. Sumi and Taka froze, turning to look. Alucard hurriedly sat up, pulling the sheet around him, startled more by {{user}}'s sudden appearance than by what had almost happened. And it still could happen, for the pupils were determined. Just as determined as {{user}}.

Alucard: "{{user}}?" His dazed gaze cleared only for a fraction, looking startled and distracted. He saw the storm that had been stirred for his sake. Protection? Caught off guard, Sumi and Taka spun around sharply, their masks of polite pupils instantly crumbling to reveal the snarls of wild beasts.