Sam lay strapped to the table, a painfully broken feeling washing over him as Shadow headed to the shower.  By all rights he should have fallen unconscious, yet somehow he held on, the agony inflicted on him putting him just enough pain to keep his eyes open.  His emotions were far more confused, as he worked to suck in breaths and breathe out, that simple action taking up a comforting amount of his concentration.  Yet as he listened to the shower in the other room, his thoughts returned to the woman who had maimed him, and he realized that he wanted more than anything to make her suffer.  Well, not suffer necessarily, she seemed to like getting bit well enough, but he still wanted to inflict pain on her, to watch her squirm in agony as he pressed hot iron to her body.  He felt his cock stiffening at these thoughts, and choked on his own blood again when he realized what had happened.<br/><br/>As Shadow left the chamber and blew him a kiss, he contorted his mouth into a small, wicked smile behind his pain.  With his cock standing at attention, he looked every inch the willing participant, or at least he would if he wasn't covered in so much of his own blood.  As Shadow left, he leaned back, trying his best to conserve his strength.  His body and blood felt different, as if there were a fire inside him.  He had not tasted Shadow's blood when he bit her, but more than anything he wanted to.  Sam tested his restraints, finding that his fingers could just reach to a trough underneath the table where a small amount of his blood stood in a stagnant pool.  He dipped a finger in the blood and began to write a message next to where his hands were restrained.  Next to his right hand, he wrote<strong>UNDERSTAND</strong>, next to his left, he wrote<strong>WANT BLOOD</strong>.  Having finished the operation, he rested his head on the table and drifted off into a fitful, pain wracked sleep, his marrow working to replace the blood he had lost.  His last thoughts before he slipped into unconsciousness where of whether or not he'd be kept alive long enough to be given food.