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Chapter Seven
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2021-08-31 01:59:23I slept like a baby tucked snugly beneath my favorite down comforter while Mother Nature attacked the blackened world outside with a snowy vengeance. I relived my fabulous night at the movies in my dreams with smug satisfaction. I couldn’t say what movie we’d seen. It really didn’t matter. I’d spent an incredible two hours in the darkness of the movie theater—a veritable lover’s paradise—and a bit more time in my driveway when he brought me home in the arms of the most perfect man. We alternated between the throws of deep passion and a contented cuddle. It had been the perfect night. All my prayers and dreams of meeting Mr. Right paid off. Prayers do get answered!
The world was immobilized by the time my alarm besieged my perfect slumber. It was time to get up for work. Reluctant to leave my blissful memories and fantasies, I grudgingly slapped at the off button to the alarm, but it just kept ringing. After a few more attempts it regi
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I was miserably stiff and sore when I awoke the following morning.I was, once again, alone in soft folds of his enormous four poster bed. This time there was a note on the pillow next to me. There was no clock in the room, but I sensed it was late morning. Grabbing the note, I slid out of bed and hobbled over to the window. I smiled as I peeked from behind the thick, drawn drapes. The sun was just beginning to climb over the horizon. The dark clouds had parted, somewhat. It looked like the sun was finally going to grace us with some of its brilliant rays.The roads had been plowed sometime in the night and a man was busy clearing Nevi’s circular driveway and sidewalks with an industrial sized snow blower. Seeing me, he stopped the blower and stared up for what I considered a rude length of time with a ridiculous smirk on his face. Nevi had raised the flame of the fireplace and the room was nice and toasty. It was so much so that I hadn’t felt chilled when
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Our footsteps echoed off puke colored pea green walls as Jim and I stepped out of the elevator and followed the attendant down the desolate hall to the room at the end of the building. The door to the morgue swung open and two men in puke colored pea green lab coats walked out. They were in deep conversation and paid little, if any, attention to us as they passed by.I felt like the walls were closing in as we drew closer to our destination. The temperature dropped drastically. Perhaps it was just my imagination. If so, my body responded by shivering uncontrollably. I wrapped my arms across my chest and hugged myself protectively.Jim held his arm out to signal for me to remain in the hall while he went into the examining room to speak to the coroner on duty. I peeked through the doorway while he walked through it. I was overwhelmed by the amount of bodies on an ocean of gurneys. My heart did a somersault. Frank was one of those bodies.Their muffled conversatio
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Nevi was waiting outside when I pulled his Volvo up the long circular driveway. It seemed so long ago since I’d unintentionally given the man clearing the walkway a peek of my breasts—yet it had only been that morning. Even in my overwrought condition, I couldn’t help noticing what an excellent job he’d done. Unlike the almost impenetrable mess at my place, the drive and walkways were completely free of snow. If the rest of the world hadn’t looked like a Hallmark card, one would never have guessed it was winter. I actually felt a little silly wearing my knee-high boots—which were more functional than stylish.Nevi rushed to open the car door and help me out. I leapt into his outstretched arms, eager for the comfort they offered. He held me briefly before suggesting we go inside and get out of the cold.Unlike the night before, the interior of his house was ablaze with light. As he led me to the living room, I noticed several rooms ha
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The incessant ringing of my cell phone pulled me, reluctantly, from my slumber. My first thought was to wonder why my phone continued to ring instead of redirecting the caller to voice mail. I was going to have to call my cell phone provider and ask them just that.“What?” I snapped as I held the phone to my ear.“Gracious, dear, is that any way to answer the telephone?” my mother asked.“I’m sorry,” I mumbled, “I’m not quite awake.”“It’s after ten. I thought you’d be working. Isn’t this your day to work the breakfast shift?”“I have some time off,” I replied, hoping she wouldn’t ask me why. Before she had a chance I added, “Complements of Ollie.”“Well, that’s a pleasant surprise. This works out wonderfully. I’m throwing a small dinner party and I need you to come help me host it,” she said.
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The valet at the country club smirked as he climbed into my beat-up Mazda. What a snob club valets can be. I’d considered driving Nevi’s far more presentable Volvo to the party, but felt uncomfortable about over stepping my privileges with it. I was sure he meant that I drive it to my house and back to his again; not around the countryside and especially not to a party he wasn’t invited to. I felt bad about his lack of invitation. I almost invited him to join me, but thought better of it. It was a little too soon for him to meet the family. Besides, my mother was up to something and I didn’t want to complicate things by introducing Nevi to the mix.I squared my shoulders, tossed my head up high, and started toward the club house entrance. I imagined I was on the Red Carpet at an awards dinner and walked the most regal walk I could muster. The arrogance of the valet was exactly why I was so determined to make it on my own. Most of the employees at
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It was eleven-thirty when I pulled Nevi’s Volvo down his long drive and stopped where it circled in front of the house. What was I thinking? Was I expecting a valet or someone to park the car for me? I shook my head, started the car back up, and drove it into its assigned space in carriage house. I was just closing the door when Nevi rushed in.“I was getting worried about you,” he said.“Really?” I was surprised to hear this. “I left you a voicemail telling you that I had to go to my parent’s dinner party tonight. Didn’t you get it?”“I did. Yet, I still worried,” he chuckled. “You’ve gotten under my skin in the short time we have known each other, my little minx. You mean so much to me and, considering the tragedy with your friend, I just worry about your safety and well-being.”Wow. That was quite a statement on Nevi’s part. Could it be his feelings for me were de
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When I came out of the darkness, I was resting comfortably on the bed in the room I’d been occupying. The man I’d noticed clearing the snow from the front of the house the first time I’d stayed over—and given a peep show to, I recalled with embarrassment—was carrying in a tray laden with a tea pot and two cups. He set the tray down on a small side table near the wing backed chair that Nevi was seated in and scurried out of the room. When Nevi heard me stir, he put the papers he’d been reading down and came to my side.“How are you feeling?” he asked with genuine concern.“I…” My hand flew to the bandage on my throat as the memory of my nightmare encounter flooded back to me. “Oh my god! I was bitten by a crazy woman. I think she was a…a vampire!” I turned to Nevi and looked at him as if I was seeing him for the first time. “You…she said she was…she was…&rdqu
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We trained for another week. Marie created a tea for me to help dry out my milk. With all the demands placed on my body, we agreed that it was probably for the best. Besides, Bobby was starting to teeth and fangs were inevitable. I had little knowledge of babies, but I was sure he was teething early. Was there going to be anything normal in my life? Marie admitted that working with the human mother of a vampire baby was a new twist for her skills. This was one of the main reasons she’d sent for Keona.My body was becoming a lean fighting machine. More than once, I’d actually taken Justin down. His toothy smile of approval flooded me with confidence.I learned age-old techniques of fighting that I was certain Geoffrey was not aware of. Justin admitted he encountered Geoffrey a few years back at a hunter’s convention in Asia Minor and he’d thought the man a bit haughty. I could see where he was coming from with that remark and giggled my agreement
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Marie barely waited for Paul to park the car before she hustled over to my car and took possession of my son. I didn’t try to stop her. This was an exciting occasion for Nevi’s fiercely loyal staff. They had not seen the innocence of new life come into the home in over fifty years. The fact that this new life was Nevi’s son and heir had to be thrilling for them.I learned that the entire staff consisted of humans who kept themselves alive by occasional tiny doses—every twenty-five years or so—of vampire blood. Marie and Paul were actually new comers to the mix. Many had been with Nevi since he discovered what his blood would do for a human in his early youth. He never imposed his blood on any of the staff. They willingly asked for his vampire blood in exchange for the gift of a lengthy life. He proved to be a fair, kind, and generous employer, which won the iron clad loyalty they had for him. They became more like Nevi’s family than his hel
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I explained where I’d been and what happened since I’d thought Nevi abandoned me. When I told them about Bobby, they looked at each other quizzically. It was then that I knew I could no longer keep who and what I was a secret. I came to the conclusion that, although Nevi may not be able to impregnate a human, I was not a mere human. Not only did I have an excessive amount of vampire blood in me, I was a handler. The truth needed to come out. Besides, since I’d lost Nevi anyway, I saw no reason to withhold it.Instead of being appalled by my being a handler, they were relieved. After a lengthy discussion, I learned that, although Nevi hated handlers, most good vampires appreciated them and often worked alongside them. Nevi was just holding a grudge because of what happened to his wife. Actually, the only handler Nevi hated was Geoffrey.Both Paul and Marie were given vampire blood years ago. I now knew vampire blood alone would elongate my life. Even i
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Robert Dugal Ewing was born a healthy, premature baby in the wee hours of a crisp fall morning. Although he needed to remain hospitalized for a week longer than I did, he eventually came home to the doting and loving arms of his family.I was thankful that I decided to remain with my parents until after the baby was born. The unexpected premature birth of my son sent me into a tailspin of worry, along with a little postpartum depression. I doubt I would have been able to cope though this time had it not been for my rock of a mother. She took over the care of little Bobby as if he were her own son, leaving me the time I needed to regroup and heal.I checked Bobby for signs of vampire on a daily basis in the privacy of my room. Since he was toothless, I had no way of really knowing. Geoffrey said he smelled of vampire. To me, he smelled of baby power and spit up. On an occasion or two, I’d picked up the faintest smell of Nevi. It was the scent he had after a night
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Geoffrey was calling again.It had been a week since he’d talked me into sneaking out to fight vampires with him. It had been a week since I’d allowed my lover to laden himself with guilt over the false assumption that he’d been controlling me. It had been a week since Nevi and I had a heart to heart talk about freedom and what it meant to me. Yes, I’d shamefully fallen into step with his assumption of guilt. I justified it by reminding myself that I was an independent woman and it wouldn’t hurt for him to realize this.I felt awful about my participation in lie after lie after lie where Nevi was concerned. It had to stop. I just didn’t know how to stop it. I saw the anger, hate, and pain in Nevi’s eyes the night Geoffrey drove me to his doorstep and I heard the growling and shouting that went on behind closed doors the following afternoon. Grant it, when they surfaced from those closed doors they acted amiable enough. I knew i
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There was no more mention of the vampire that I encountered between Nevi and me. It may have been a dead subject between us, but I was positive he had not forgotten it. He disappeared longer than usual that night when he thought I was sleeping.I called Geoffrey while I knew it was safe.Unlike Nevi’s cool reaction to the news, Geoffrey went into a total frenzy. It took me a considerable amount of time to calm him down enough for it to register with him I had not been touched and was fine. Perhaps it was because I sat before Nevi and he could see firsthand that I was well and happy, or maybe it was just the difference in personalities that caused such a drastic gap in their reactions.“Where’s lover boy now?” he growled.“If you’re going to be like that, then I’m hanging up,” I huffed.“Okay, it’s just that I don’t like the idea of him leaving you alone night after night when there a
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I found discussing my experience with Sasha horrific. I didn’t need Geoffrey to know that bit of information, even though he seemed to believe he did. In fact, he seemed far too interested in getting the minutest details of the experience out of me. I suspected it was more for him than for the job.Men!I agreed that it was probably best not to tell Nevi about Geoffrey or what I’d become for the time being. That meant more secrets and lies between us, but I just didn’t see another option. Especially after hearing Geoffrey’s story.Nevi worked at night and slept part of the day, so my schedule would be pretty flexible to train and work with Geoffrey. I gave it considerable thought. If there was a way I could help to rid the world of nasty, evil, bloodsuckers, then I was all for giving it a try.We agreed to meet the following day at a small, out-of-the-way gym that he liked to train in. He wanted to get a better idea of the skills t
