[gremlin]

Rachel squirmed as she felt his hot breath against her skin. The feeling of someone being so close made her feel extremely uncomfortable. She kept her hands firmly by her sides and continued to stand straight, even though he made her feel so small. Rachel had a very petite frame and she wasn't very tall. She was fragile and almost seemed like a doll. When her eyes met his she didn't look away.

"No," she finally said. "I'm not taking it off." she said, her voice was weak. She felt sick when he seemed flirtatious. "I may be pathetic," she said then breathed in heavily. "But at least I'm not a monster."

[Honor]

Luca smiled. "Perhaps..." He took a stand of her hair and twisted it around his finger. "But at least I know and love what I am. But you... you must hate this... this fear that's controlling you. It must be torture." He let his words drag. He would find a chink in her armor soon enough. He just had to play the right cards.

[gremlin]

Rachel's heart pounded in her chest, she felt as if she was going to be sick. She felt as if she was dreaming. A vampire had tried to bite her, she brought one hand to her swam-like neck and touched it. She never would have thought such a thing could happen. Especially where she lived. She flinched as he played with her hair, her stomach turned nervously inside of her.

"Don't touch me," she nearly yelled it. Her throat burned as she tried to speak again, but she couldn't.

[Honor]

Luca hissed in pain, ripping himself away from the girl. He stared at her with wild eyes. "Would you stop doing that." He turned, facing away from her. He ran a hand through his hair before regaining his composure and turning back around. "You know... we could make a deal."

[gremlin]

Rachel felt guilty as she watched him suffering, but when she thought about herself dying she didn't feel as guilty. "If you touch me," she blurted out, she almost seemed hysteric. "Then that's what is going to happen to you."

Rachel nearly rolled her eyes as he suggested making a deal. Why would she want to be kind to a man, monster, who had originally planned to kill her? "I don't know about that," she said annoyingly.

[Honor]

Luca felt icy as she yelled. Her words were... disturbing. Touching her in any way, shape, or form was completely out now. Instead of showing his discomfort he simply smiled. "Oh, surely there is something I could do for you? And in return..." He tugged at the necklace and looked her in the eyes.

[gremlin]

"You can leave me alone," she said and stepped backwards towards her apartment complexes back door. Her keys jingled as she raised them to the lock. "I'm not taking that off of you, there's nothing you can do but leave me alone." her eyes didn't leave his. Rachel wanted to be so sure with her decision, she wanted to leave him there. She wanted to go upstairs to her apartment, crawl in to bed and sleep. It felt like she was in a lucid dream, a nightmare.

She pressed her head against the door then let her hand drop to her side. "What do you want me to do?" she asked. "Other than taking that off."

[Honor]

Luca's teeth clenched together in anger in frustration, but he managed to keep his expression mostly neutral. There was nothing he wanted more than to be free of her command, well, besides her death, but that was a dangerous subject to think about while wearing the chain. He could already feel the nonphysical pain, the warning that his thoughts could lead him down the wrong path.

"I want my freedom. I am a vampire. A monster." He said, using her term for him. "We do not tolerate being controlled. It simply does not work." He wasn't sure what he was trying to say. He would not be weak enough to beg for his freedom, but if he could convince her through other means...

He held her gaze throughout this, but now, he finally broke his eyes away. "Didn't your mommy ever teach you not to try and cage wild animals?" He asked in a clipped voice.

[gremlin]

"You're not an animal, you're a monster." Rachel turned her head and looked at him, her eyes curiously looked over his body. He's so desperate to get that necklace off, he's trying to guilt trip me. Rachel brought her fingers to her lips and nibbled on her nails nervously. "You tried to kill me, that doesn't make me feel guilty about what I've done to you." Rachel meant what she said, but she couldn't help but fear what his reaction might be. "You don't deserve freedom if you're just going to go around killing innocent people. I... I never knew that vampires really existed until tonight." she chewed on her nail and pulled it away when she felt pain. Rachel had an awful habit of biting her nails to the point that they bled. "And, I never had a mother."

Rachel stepped forward and looked down at him. "I don't like what I'm about to say," she said and smiled almost wickedly. "I live alone and you're as far as I'm concerned.. kinda my pet now. But not really." her voice grew quieter at the end. "You can stay with me or you can leave, but I'm not taking that necklace off of you so..." her eyes met his. "You will have to deal with it."

[Honor]

"If that's how you want to see it, but as far as I am concerned I am both animal and monster. I'm rather proud of both." He smiled briefly, before closing his eyes, his expression becoming very unamused when he opened his eyes again. "They are only people to you, and I can assure you more than half are certainly not innocent." He stowed away her mentioning of not having a mother for later. He might need that bit of information later.

He tried to keep his expression neutral when she mention him being her 'pet' but failed rather miserably. His teeth clenched and his brow knotted in a fierce look. "Pet." He said the word as if it were a disgusting piece of trash. "Watch yourself girl. My patients does have it's limits." He glowered at her, but then sighed and said. "Then I suppose I'll be joining you for the night my Mistress." He said with heavy sarcasm and slight seduction.

[gremlin]

"I like to see the good in people," she said and smiled. Rachel tapped her fingers against the end of her jacket lightly. "Even if others refuse to." Rachel's heart jumped when he accepted her offer. For a moment she didn't breath, then exhaled heavily. "Mistress?" she finally said. The word was foreign to her. Her brain had felt as if it had melted. This night couldn't get anymore exciting. Her hand shook as she unlocked the back door, she held the door open, waiting for him.

"If you're sleeping in my apartment," she couldn't help sounding almost lost. "Then I'll need to know your name." Rachel bit her lower lip. "And you won't be sleeping in my bed. I have a guest room."

[Honor]

Luca smiled devilishly as he walked to the doorway. He stopped and look at her with a sly grin. "Questo mi delude, la mia dolce tentatrice." He murmured silkily before walking inside. Once inside he turned to face her. "I am Luca, and you are...?" He raised an eyebrow in question.

(The Italian is supposed to mean "That disappoints me, my sweet temptress." but I used a translator soooo yeah)

[gremlin]

"Are you speaking Italian?" she asked and looked at him a bit confused. "I don't understand what you said." Rachel had never gone in to language classes, she wasn't interested in them. Though she had heard her Italian neighbours speak enough to know when someone spoke it. She had probably learned more Italian living here for two months than she did in school.

Rachel walked in to the building, a narrow hallway led to a lobby room, two large elevators stood in the lobby, but Rachel went to the stairs. "I'm Rachel," she answered. Her voice echoed in the empty building, it was late and everyone had gone to bed. Rachel walked up the steps until they reached the third floor. She waited for Luca.

[Honor]

"Sì, and you weren't supposed to understand. That's the advantage of speaking another language. Wouldn't you agree, mia cara? I can say whatever I want without you understanding." He followed her up the stairs. "Though admittedly I would have been mildly impressed if you had understood me."

He was talking to her as if he enjoyed her company. And yes, she was sort of amusing, but he would give anything to be anywhere else right now. However he would not leave til the necklace is off.

[gremlin]

Rachel continued to walk as Luca spoke, she listened but didn't say a word until they were at the door of her apartment. She unlocked the front door then stepped inside.

"My neighbours speak Italian, I've been here for a short time but I can recognize it. A little bit.... but I can't speak it or even begin to understand any of it. It sounds like an alien language to me." she couldn't help but laugh.

Rachel's apartment was mid-sized. It had a master room with a master bathroom, a guest room with a guest bathroom across from it, a living room and then a kitchen. Some boxes laid about, she still hadn't finished unpacking. She had spent the past few days searching for a job. "Where are you from, Luca?" his name rolled off of her tongue.

[Honor]

Luca gazed around the apartment, taking it in. When she asked where he was from he smiled. "Italy, well, Italy during the renaissance period more specifically." He said and then sat down on her couch. "Why the curiosity? I am a monster, remember, my stories will not be... pleasant." He asked, with fresh curiosity of his own.