Seveline smiled a bit, a light shade of blush coloring her cheeks. But this time it wasn't from embarrassment. "I am resilient, yes. But I doubt I can take anything like that." She responded. "I was helpless, I couldn't fight back. That stole away from pride in my strength, because I didn't have the power to break free or the will enough to fight against him. I was weak because instead of fighting I tried to get away from him; I tried to flee. The whip physically hurt me more than what he'd done to me  afterward, but I had barely made a sound as he struck me over and over again. Yet when he touched me like he had I was whimpering and whining and screaming." She was honestly trying to get everything off her mind, and it felt good to finally just let go of the emotions that had built up after that ordeal last night. "But I'm glad you would defend me, even if it meant you getting hurt. No one, other than Cydrao, has ever said that to me. But his saying that doesn't mean the same thing as it does when you've said that."<br/><br/>Seveline smirked, then suddenly caught her breath and stayed as she was when she felt Blane's lips go to her throat. She knew he meant her no harm, he was just playing around. The harmless gesture set her nerves on edge; but not in a bad way... it was the same kind of rush that she got from the kiss moments before. As the boy leaned back, she gave him a slightly shocked look. But it soon turned back into a playful smirk as she suddenly got to her feet and grinned down at him. She was going to make this a bit more fun. "Fine then. But I'm not just going to sit here and let you win." She challenged. "You'll have to catch me first." The second she was finished speaking, she turned and darted off across the loft, clambering down the ladder and backing away from it as she looked up at the loft again. "Prendimi se ci riesci!" (Catch me if you can!)<br/><br/>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br/><br/>Lucretia relaxed a bit as Cydrao put it in a cage; at least it was away from her for the time being. She watched him walk off a moment later, smelling the scent of blood before she realized what was going on. "Cydrao, n-" She started, but was cut off as he lightly put his blood covered wrist to her mouth.<span style="font-style: italic">"Drink. I can heal faster than a normal human and I have the ability to stop you when you drink too much. I will teach you control. If you can't feed from an animal and you can't use the blood shots this is the only other option."</span>Luce whined a little, but didn't pull back, even though there was nothing forcing her to stay where she was. She was too weak, she couldn't stand to resist any longer. Not with the scent in front on her, the taste on her lips. She gently circled his wrist with her fingers, just above the cut, holding onto his arm as she finally sunk her fangs into his wrist. She had tried to hold back a bit, try to be gentle, but her vampire instincts were far from easily controllable. The girl drank frantically almost, but after a moment she began to slow a bit, as if she was controlling how much blood she was taking, loosening her bite a bit so that it was less painful. Perhaps her gentleness as a human had transferred to her vampire side too... somewhat anyways. Her bloodlust still needed to be tamed and she needed to learn to overcome her vampire side when she wasn't thirsty.