Upstairs, Elisabeth paced. "I wish we could help somehow."
"Well we can't, so you might as well relax."
"Is he going to be like, crazy?"
"Yeah, but it won't last long. Once she gets enough blood in him, he'll calm down."
"Can he hurt her?"
He drew her into an embrace. "Do you think I would leave her alone with him if he could hurt her? She has a hundred and fifty years on him, and she just turned him. He will never be as strong as she is."
***
Jackson left Elisabeth sleeping in the morning. He found Sarah and Connor on the sofa in the holding cell. She had been letting him feed on her to teach him how to stop. She hoped he would not feed directly on humans, but he needed to learn how to rein in his lust, regardless. Vampire blood would not provide nutrition, though feeding on Sarah created the intimate connection that they both needed now. Connor slept soundly, and Sarah looked drawn, yet not as tense. "How's it going?"
"Good, he has incredible self-control. I'm very proud of him." Connor groaned and stirred. He turned, spotted Jackson, then stood and walked toward him.
Jackson narrowed his eyes and growled, "Don't even think it. I'll squash you like a bug."
Sarah sighed, "Could you please show a little tolerance?"
"Tolerance, my ass! He's salivating over my jugular." Connor recoiled back to Sarah.
She held him, rubbing his back. "I'm going to give him some more blood, then I think we'll come upstairs."
"You trust him?"
"Yeah, I do, and besides we have two vampires and a super werewolf. I think we can handle a newbie."
"Good point. Want some breakfast?"
"No, it'll be a few hours before we come up."
***
When Sarah and Connor entered the drawing room, Jackson and Elisabeth were sitting on the sofa reading. Jackson crooned, "There's the happy couple."
Connor immediately approached him. "I'm really sorry about before. I just woke up and wasn't thinking clearly."
Jackson grimaced. "I gave you one pass, but if you ever look at me like lunch again, I'll rip those fangs out of your head and shove them so far up your ass they'll reattach."
Sarah yelled, "Jackson!" then glared at Elisabeth as if to say, 'Do something about him'.
Elisabeth turned the page of her magazine. "Don't look at me. Man's clearly a homophobe."
Connor interjected, "Sarah, he's right. I'm pretty grossed out by the whole thing myself."
"You are going to be a wonderful vampire, not at all sleazy like someone I know." She kissed him then scowled at Jackson.
He grinned innocently thinking, Things are going to get back to normal here pretty quickly.