Hearing Alicia's words, Marcellus took a deep breath and started walking to a club on the next street. He didn't have enough confidence to get someone to follow him solely based on looks.
In front of the club Marcellus used mind compulsion on the bouncer to gain entry. After getting inside he looked around to pick a target. After finding a girl who was alone he approached her.
At this point Marcellus could feel a sense of giddiness welling up from inside him. He wanted to see how his prey would react, he wanted to see what her expression would be like as he fed on her. What kind of scream would she delight his ears with on her last living day.
Feeling all of this gave a huge confidence boost to Marcellus. He wore his usual smirk except that it looked wider and more dangerous. When talking with the girl, with his prey, all else fell away.
"Hello love, my name is Marcellus and I was just wondering why you look so incredibly bored" introduced Marcellus as his smirk widened just a bit.
"I haven't met anyone interesting tonight, until now that is" replied the girl with a small curious smile.
"You want something interesting, huh? '' replied Marcellus thinking about something cool he could do.
"How about downright frightening?" asked Marcellus as he waved his hand in front of the girl, sort of like John cena.
"Hahaha, ok sure, show me what you got" replied the girl while giggling. She now focused all of her attention on Marcellus.
Marcellus takes a shot from her glass and smashes the glass down on the table. He then looks up to make sure she is watching, and seeing that he has her attention, he picks up a piece of glass. The girl gasped when she saw him cutting himself with the piece of glass.
"Don't worry, this is part of the bit" reassured Marcellus with his usual smirk.
Then he grabbed a nearby bottle of water and poured it on his arm, revealing the now completely healed wound.
"Hahaha, now that was interesting" laughed the girl as she clapped lightly, not realizing that what he did wasn't faked.
"Hey, It's a little too loud in here for my taste, would you wanna go outside for a bit?" asked Marcellus as he felt a tingling sensation in his lower back. He was nervous and curious about what her answer would be.
"Sure, but you have to pay for my drink" replied the girl, mentioning the glass that Marcellus crushed.
"Okay, but only if you compensate me with another drink" replied Marcellus with a small chuckle.
"That might be possible," the girl replied as they both stood up to leave.
Marcellus put his arm around her waist and seeing that she didn't say anything he let it rest there.
When they got outside Marcellus led the girl to where Alicia was. He then told the girl that he coincidentally saw a friend and asked if she wanted to meet her.
Curious, the girl agreed and they met up with Alicia.
"Alright, snatch is good, now go ahead, eat" said Alicia after Marcellus and the girl got close enough to hear her.
The girl, feeling Marcellus tighten his grip and hearing Alicia's words, struggled to get away to no avail. She tried screaming but Marcellus covered her mouth.
Marcellus' vampire face came out as he felt waves of excitement and satisfaction overcome him. He bit into his prey and fed.
Alicia seeing this felt kind of hungry herself but she didn't interrupt. When the girl stopped struggling Alicia could hear her heart slowing but Marcellus didn't stop.
"Marcel, enough" said Alicia as she grabbed Marcellus' shoulder and shook it a few times.
Seeing him not responding she forcefully pulled the girl from him. Marcellus was about to attack Alicia for interrupting his meal when his eyes started flashing red lightning. He felt himself calming down and started remembering what he had been about to do.
Alicia finished the hunt by erasing the girls wounds and memories, then she bent down to Marcellus.
"You failed your first hunt" said Alicia in a soft tone, knowing that Marcellus was probably going through a lot of inner turmoil.
"I-I wanted to kill her, '' whispered Marcellus in a barely audible tone.
"We are a predatory species, our food is human beings, we as vampires enjoy the hunt, the feed and especially the kill. We feel so deeply that our feelings can destroy us and when we can't deal with the pain we turn off all of our emotions" explained Alicia in a serious tone.
"We need human blood to survive, we are vampires, our bodies want us to become monsters. We use our brain and morality to not give into it" continued Alicia in a chiding tone.
"You failed that tonight, you gave yourself over to your bodily urges, you failed to control yourself" spat Alicia as she insulted Marcellus.
"However, I can help you, you need to hunt, but I can teach you how not to kill, wasn't that our agreement in the first place?" asked Alicia in a soft tone with a smile as she held her hand out for Marcellus to get up.
Marcellus, hearing her words, resolved to control himself. He gritted his teeth and took her hand. He would control himself, nothing and nobody else. That was his pride as a vampire.
...….
It had been 1 week since Marcellus' first failed hunt. Every day after 12pm Alicia would teach him about his vampire powers and every night he would practice hunting. He has tried again and again but he is still unable to completely control himself. He has gotten closer every time but it's just out of his reach.
Now, he has gotten a different target from the same club as the one he went to on his first night. He managed to lead her to the alleyway and now for the crucial part.
As he is feeding, he manages to stay sane enough to listen to a heartbeat. He hears it slowing down but he doesn't care. He's still hungry!!!
'NO!!!!' thought Marcellus to himself as he regretfully drags his fangs from the neck of his victim. He has successfully completed the eat part of the hunt.
He then struggles but manages to finish the erase part. He has finished his first successful hunt!!!
"Hehehe, congratulations" gigglied Alicia as she clapped for Marcellus.
Maybe it was his heightened emotions or maybe it was the feeling of accomplishment from working hard at something but Marcellus started crying. He also hugged Alicia as he teared up.
"Thank you for being there for me Alice" said Marcellus in a low tone as he tightened the hug with Alicia.
"..No problem" Alicia responded with a smile as she reciprocated the hug as well. Although it was more of an embarrassed smile, she was happy nonetheless.