{"id":3259,"date":"2022-09-23T17:51:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T17:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mazimai.com\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2026-07-05T16:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T16:37:30","slug":"mortensons-lust-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mazimai.com\/?p=3259","title":{"rendered":"Mortenson&#8217;s Lust &#8211; Chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mortensons-Lust-Banner-1024x203.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mortensons-Lust-Banner-1024x203.png 1024w, https:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mortensons-Lust-Banner-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mortensons-Lust-Banner-768x152.png 768w, https:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mortensons-Lust-Banner-1536x304.png 1536w, https:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mortensons-Lust-Banner.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">Chapter 2<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"148\" src=\"http:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Line.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Line.jpg 959w, https:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Line-300x46.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mazimai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Line-768x119.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 959px) 100vw, 959px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Outside my apartment still I could feel eyes burning into me, making me look around. That&#8217;s when I noticed the sun was rising much earlier than I had expected. That&#8217;s when my strange feelings left and the sun rose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I must have got the time wrong because I thought it wasn&#8217;t due yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good job I wasn&#8217;t like the vamps in the movies. Yes, I don&#8217;t like sunlight, but no, it didn&#8217;t kill me. But direct, story sunlight left me in large painful blisters for a while. But I could still go out in it as long as I was well covered and kept in the shade. I, usually, ended up going out dressed in trousers and a long sleeved top with some kind of sun hat to top it off. But I normally tried to keep to the shadowy areas so I didn&#8217;t burn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luckily today I managed to get inside before blistering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I made my way to my bedroom which had blackout blinds, so I was able to sleep in safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a pretty peaceful sleep considering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waking up just after sunset, I got ready for another night at &#8216;Mortensons Lust.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Getting to the club in good time, I only had to knock a couple of times tonight before being let in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wearing another red dress to match my mask I put it on. Making my way through the double doors and down the stairs to the main room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking around, I looked for my target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have thought about it that much over the last few hours that it had become more of an obsession than a vendetta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t see him anywhere, but that wasn&#8217;t surprising. I was very early and there wasn&#8217;t many people here yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Making my way to the bar I sit down and order a drink and wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The club fills up fast and before long there is a sea of people as far as I can see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning back to the bar notice a black shape in he corner of my eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Can I have another of these and whatever she&#8217;s having,&#8221; The person next to me says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I turn to see the man I have been looking for sat next to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turning to the waiting barman, I say, &#8220;Thanks, I&#8217;ll have the same again.&#8221; Then return me gaze back to the guy next to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at him closer he was so handsome, he had very fair clear skin with dark stubble, beautiful grey eyes and dark medium length which fell on his face a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Thanks, I&#8217;m Marie,&#8221; I say holding out my hand and hoping to get his name back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a pleasure. Nice to meet you, Marie. I&#8217;m Dario,&#8221; He says in a gruff but sexy voice. Then takes my hand and to my surprise brings it up to his mouth and kisses it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now I am very happy I&#8217;m not mortal otherwise I would be blushing like a tomato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as a vampire it is still possible to blush but doesn&#8217;t happen so often, thankfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This guy makes me so hot just by looking at me, It is strange, something I have never really felt before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We don&#8217;t really exchange many words, mostly hungry looks. But not hungry for blood. Wink wink\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feeling very lustful, I was just about to ask him if he wanted to leave with me but was interrupted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Giving me a dark lustful look he spoke again with his sexy voice, &#8220;Would you like to leave this place with me, Marie?&#8221; I bite my lip and nod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His voice and the way he looks at me makes me so horny that I am having second thoughts about killing him. He sends me a smile that makes me wet and grabs my hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading me across the club and up the stairs, we get a lot of jealous and shocked looks, but not really sure why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Walking out of the club, he pulls me down a car park off the side of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally stopping at a black muscle car. Looking at him and moving my gaze down to his mouth, which is so kissable right now. The only thing I can do to stop myself from jumping on him is to bite the side of my lip again and try to hold myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t do that,&#8221; He says almost sounding like a growl and getting my attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look at him confused, &#8220;Don&#8217;t do what?&#8221; I say now placing the end of my finger in my mouth nervously and biting it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saying through a growl again, &#8220;Biting your lip and now your finger,&#8221; I remove my finger and mouth. &#8216;What?&#8217; I thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dario sighs, &#8220;It&#8217;s OK. Get in the car,&#8221; He says opening the door for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look at him for a second before getting in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he&#8217;s getting in the drivers side, I asked, &#8220;Where are we going?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He locks the doors and starts up the car, &#8220;Back to mine.&#8221; He says winking, then smirking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We drove for about half an hour before finally stopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The drive was spent in silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though, I was technically a vampire, I still had to keep up the habit of breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which to my surprise was a lot easier than I thought it would be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But from what I have heard on the grapevine, most vampires have trouble doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for some reason I need to do it still every few minutes either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think it must be something to do with me being able to go out in the sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that is merely a guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, like I was saying, I still breath regularly &#8211; Well, as regular as I can &#8211; when I am around humans.<br>But when I am alone, I just breathe when my body asks me to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of the trip I spent trying to hide my lustful feeling and try and stop my teeth extending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has only happened a few times, but when I become extremely sexually aroused, my fangs tend to take on a life of their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I was comfortable enough that I have calmed myself enough for that not to happen, I stopped focusing on myself and tried to take in the things around me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Including, where the hell he was driving us to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I looked out of the window to an unfamiliar landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Crap, maybe I should have insisted we went to mine,&#8217; I thought to myself, with no idea how I would find my way home when I had finally finished with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time in about five minutes, I take a true breath of air, before continuing with the fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s not until then I notice it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;How did I not notice this before?&#8217; I asked myself internally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Oh yeah, that&#8217;s right, because I was too busy lusting after him,&#8217; I answered myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might think me strange, but spending most of your time by myself, having a conversation with myself in my head became the norm for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make sure my mind wasn&#8217;t playing tricks on me, I took another deep breath through my nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same smell from this morning, the one who followed me home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I could smell it now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dario\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, it was him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was the person following me when I left the club that early morning or late night. But whichever way you want to put it, it was him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The smell was him.<br>The person I felt it was him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I turned my attention back to Dario, who was fully focused on driving.<br>Almost like in a trance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think about clearing my throat before I speak.<br>But no, it would be much funnier to see him jump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Dario\u2026&#8221; I suddenly say without warning, making him jump slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I wasn&#8217;t too worried about making him crash because I was confident that if anything did happen, my speed would be enough to save the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucky though, I had no need to worry, because Dario didn&#8217;t lose control of the car at all, not even for a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Sorry, I was just thinking,&#8221; He said, not elaborating any.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I didn&#8217;t mind, because I love the sound of his voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I was curious what or why he was following me, but I will find that out later.<br>In the comfort of his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s OK. I was just going to ask how much further it is?&#8221; I asked in a slightly more cheery sounding voice than I meant to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stalker or not, if his body is anything like his voice and what I can see of his face then I will be a very happy girl tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at him reminds me I still have my mask on but so does he\u2026<br>Maybe it is a fetish or something for him.<br>So I decide to leave it on or at least for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dario speaking brings my attention back to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are almost there now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>True to his word, less than two minutes later we pulled up outside the largest house I have ever seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Hotel? Flats? Apartments maybe?\u2019 I ask myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either way, this place was big and very expensive looking.<br>Which most mean he had some money to be staying \/ living here?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou live here?\u201d I asked in a surprisingly calm tone, as Dario pulled up his car and parked it in a cordoned off spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes, why? Don\u2019t you like it?\u201d<br>The way he asked it almost sounded as if you were worried or cared for my option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHang on\u2026 before you answer, you have to get out of the car and look at it properly,\u201d He said cutting me off before I could say a word otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He got out of the car and in a flash was on my side of the car, opening the door for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018I have a strange feeling about this sexy man,\u2019 I found myself saying in thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He held out his hand for me to grab as I exited the car.<br>I could help but look at him with surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He seems like a far cry from the angry, annoy man I first saw only a couple of days ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNo, still fancy,\u201d I said out loud, in a nonchalant tone, whilst looking again at the \u2026 Not house\u2026. No, it was more like a\u2026 mansion. 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