He smiled at her and gave her a light peck on the lips. "Whatever you say, my love," he said with a wink, taking her by the hand and leading her at a full run from the hotel. They were nothing but two blurs as they passed the front desk.
* * *
About an hour later they were walking down a cobblestone street in the old part of town. He leaned down to lick a small trail of blood from her chin. "You're a bit of a messy eater, Zoe," he teased her. He had shared the large buck that they ran across with her, but he had made sure that she drank the larger share. He was fairly sure he could stop her if she lunged at someone, but he might as well be a bit on the safe side.
The part of town they were walking through got noticeably more run down. Two rather rough looking men watched them from across the street, but a gleaming stare from Viktor's eyes made them look away uncomfortably. He smiled to himself as he realized that, even before she had been turned, they probably had no chance of fighting her, with or without an escort. "I should probably tell you one or two things about the place we're going before you walk into a room full of the smell of human blood," he smiled suggestively at her, his eyes smoldering a little. "It's a very exclusive club and not even open to all of our kind. The proprietor is a close personal friend, so mind yourself about the no biting policy. If you feel the bloodlust start to get to be too much, tell me immediately; it would probably hurt Reginald's feelings if I felt the need to challenge him to mortal combat because his bouncers had felt the need to end your life," Viktor said with a light tone that had a slightly strained note to it. He didn't want to frighten her, but it was clear that, despite the light tone, the eventuality he had laid out was a very real possibility. "There are going to be humans there, willingly and compliantly giving a some of their blood to the patrons. Most of them hope to someday be turned, and they're trained to very carefully avoid fighting as it excites our kind's bloodlust too much and would lead to accidents. They allow suckling from finger pricks and the like, so long as you don't inflict the wounds yourself, but I'm going to suggest you avoid that for now. It takes a great deal of control."
He smiled at her as they walked and talked. Then, as another thought occurred to him, the smile twisted into a knowing grin. "The... how shall I say... morals, perhaps is the best word... are very lax. The patrons don't visit this place for meals, but for... lust... in all the forms that appeal too us. It's rather like a wine tasting. The guests aren't there to get drunk, but to get lost in the flavors."