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2024-10-29 19:42:56After our shower, I tried to dress into my scrubs, but I couldn’t get into them. In fact, I couldn’t even pull the pants up past my upper thighs. I sighed, opting for a loose-fitting blue dress that came to just above my knees and showed off my legs. Then, I slipped into some low heels. At least I hadn’t gained weight anywhere else other than my stomach, ass, and breasts, of course. I was beginning to think that I had two cantaloupes on my chest instead of breasts. I laughed to myself as I ran a brush through my hair and pulled the front up, but let the rest fall loosely into blonde waves over my shoulders. I wasn’t going to work, after all, so I could look a little more casual. I stepped in front of the mirror, satisfied, but ran a hand over my stomach, unable to believe that it had actually grown bigger overnight.
Lance let out a long whistle, looking at me, as he came into the room, dressed in a light gray suit and blue shirt, open at the neck. Obvi
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Amy opened the door and I was shocked to see Kellen standing there, with his dark blond hair falling across his forehead and brilliant green eyes. Somehow, it never dawned on me that he was a vampire. “Lance sent me to help test your sunlight serum.”“Kellen, really? You’re a vampire?” I laughed. Somehow, I didn’t catch it with him. He hid it well. He shrugged, grinning. “Don’t you have to work today?”“No, this is my day off,” he said, smiling, as the dimple appeared on his cheek.“And you’re going to spend it letting us torture you?” I asked in disbelief.“Yes, I want to live a normal life … well … as normal as possible,” Kellen said with a shrug.Then, a thought suddenly occurred to me. “Have you seen Christina since she was discharged?”Kellen suppressed a smile. “Crissy? A few times … after dark.”
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“Okay,” he said, cringing. I snapped the drapes closed and he doubled over to his knees.“What happened? How do you feel?” I asked, stooping down beside him.“It was painful, but not as painful as before.”“And you didn’t blister this time,” Amy said, jotting down the results.“Again,” Kellen said, rising to his feet.“Do you need to rest?” I asked instinctively.Kellen smirked. “I’m a vampire. We don’t need rest.”“Do you need a minute, then?”“No, I’m fine,” he said, bracing himself, ready to go. “Again.”I nodded and filled a syringe with another ounce. “Ready?”“Let’s go for two more ounces this time,” Kellen said, as a smile played on his lips.“We really should go slowly so that we can record the results at each stage,&rdquo
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“I don’t know, but we have to get out of here,” Amy said, already headed toward the door, but I stopped her.“Amy, there’s something that you should know,” I said, looking into her eyes.“Leila, we have to get out of here …”“Someone is after the baby,” I blurted out.“What?”I turned around to look at Kellen, who was standing with his fists clenched by his side.“In New York, someone compelled Lance’s driver to take me to Central Park, but I got away and two of Lance’s men stopped him before he could take me to them,” I said, following Amy to the door.“Okay,” Amy said, then ran quicker than human speed behind a counter and pulled out a very large curved knife that resembled a handheld sickle. “Stay close and we’ll protect you.” Then, she looked over at Kellen. “Are you up for this?”
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I carefully stepped around the bodies lying on the floor, writhing in flames around us, as if we had just stepped into a living picture of Dante’s Hell. Kellen pulled me back and Amy rushed to the door just as another vampire rushed in, growling, when someone pulled his head back from behind. A moment later, his head was removed from his body. When the body fell away, Charlotte was holding his head in her hand by the hair, and then dropped it. It blazed as it rolled across the floor.“No!” I said, backing away.“Charlotte, good,” Amy said, shoving me toward her. “Help me get her to Lance.”“Yes,” Charlotte said innocently, reaching out to me. “Let me help you …”“No, Leila’s right!” Kellen yelled, pulling me behind him. “She’s a traitor!”“Charlotte? A traitor?” Amy asked, confused.“Yes, she is! Amy, she tried to co
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“Okay, that’s enough,” he said, pulling my arm until I was on my feet.“Let me go!” I yelled. Then, Garrett picked me up off the ground and carried me to the waiting limo, and shoved me inside. Amy slid into the backseat on the other side of me, Charlotte slid into the front passenger’s seat, and Garrett slid behind the wheel of the limo. “Let me go! When Lance finds me, he’s going to kill all of you!”“Shut up about your precious Lance!” Charlotte said, slapping me hard on the cheek across the seat.“Don’t hurt her,” Amy said. “I can’t lose my test subject. I’m tired of being my own guinea pig.”“Yes, you most certainly are a pig,” I agreed angrily.Amy grabbed a chunk of my blonde hair and yanked my head back. “Shut up or I’ll kill you … now!”“No, you won’t,” I corrected calmly.
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Charlotte laughed so hard that tears sprang to her eyes. “And how, pray tell, do you plan to do that?”“I’ll find a way,” I walked over to the chair and sat down at the small table. “Tell me, why did you kill Steven?”“How very perceptive of you!” Charlotte said, clasping her hands together excitedly.“Well, I was the one who killed him, actually,” Garrett said as a smirk played on his lips.“Yes, well, at my insistence, of course.” Charlotte walked over to his side and ran her hand over his chest.“Why?”“Well, after I happened to find you in the alley with those thugs, you said that you were following a scent,” Charlotte said, sitting on the chair across from me at the small table. “I knew it was blood, so I just put two and two together. The only time that humans crave blood is when they’re pregnant with a dhampir child. It wa
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Garrett obeyed, stepping into the center of the warehouse. He took his clothes off and stood stark naked in the middle of the room. Before I could object, he bent over slightly and his body began to contort and morph. His face protruded outward into a muzzle as he doubled over, and his hands turned into massive paws just before they touched the floor. A moment later, a giant brown wolf was standing in the center of the room before me, snarling, growling menacingly.“You’re werewolves,” I said in disbelief. Why the hell not? I had already met vampires and witches. Why not werewolves, too? Abruptly, I realized that I had been living a blissfully sheltered life.The brown wolf growled.“Although we are werewolves, we can change at will,” Leo said as a smile played on his lips. “That wasn’t always the case, but I developed a serum.”“And what do you want with my baby?” I asked, trying to fit all the
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“Yes, well, not if our men find him first,” Charlotte said, her eyes flaring. “After he’s eliminated, then his coven will follow, after we make them all human. Then, there will be no one left to stop us.”“If you really loved him,” I said, “then you would let me go … for him.”“Nice try,” she said, leaning back in her chair again.Just then, Amy walked into the room, carrying a tray, and set it on the table. There were three blood bags lying on it and a covered plate. I didn’t care what was under the plate. I grabbed one of the blood bags, shoved a straw in the side of the bag and drained it.“My, my,” Charlotte said, reaching for one of the blood bags, too. “Aren’t we hungry?”Ignoring her, I quickly reached for the other blood bag and downed it, moaning as the luscious liquid filled my system. The baby stirred in my stomach, happy for the
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LeilaJase started toward me, but Selestra held up her hand, stopping him. “Wait!”“Selestra,” Lance growled, his eyes flaring a brilliant green. “If you do not release the children now, I will personally tear you to pieces.”“As a show of good faith, I’m giving you back the children,” she replied. “But Raif is crazed with vengeance. I couldn’t take his abuse anymore, and I left him and took your children with me.”“It’s a lie!”“Lance, wait!” I held my hand up, stopping her. “What if she’s telling the truth?” Then I turned to Selestra. “So, give us the children. Once they’re safe, then we’ll talk.”Selestra nodded. “Agreed.” She motioned for Jase and Addie to go to us, and they both rushed toward me and hugged me.“She’s alone,” Addie whispered, keeping her voice so low only I could hear.I nodded once. “Jase, Sirena, go home with Raven. we’ll talk when we get there.”Jase looked between us and said, “Be safe.”Lance pulled them both in for a quick hug, making it look good. But he ki
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Leila“I spoke with Kellen,” Lance said, quickly crossing the room. “He’s called an emergency and is locking down the castle as we speak. He’s also agreed to stay with Sirena and Emma, too.” He let out a deep breath, placing his hands on his hips. “It may be overkill, but I don’t care. Sirena needs all the protection we can give her.”A moment later, there was a knock on the door.Lance held up his hand to me and quickly crossed the room. He looked through the peephole, opened the door, and extended his hand to Emma. “Thanks for this. I’m so sorry we had to phone you on such short notice.”“Not a problem. I’m glad to help.” She walked in dressed in a pair of jeans, a floral shirt, and boots, similar to what I was wearing. I was sure she had come prepared to fight, too.“Thank you so much for this.” I pulled her in for a quick hug. “After Kellen locks down the castle, he’ll come stay with you.”Emma nodded. “That’s fine.” She pointed down the hallway. “Is Sirena in the family room?”I
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Leila“What do you mean ‘they’re missing?’” Lance demanded, taking a step closer.Raven took a deep breath, the most flustered I’d ever seen her. “After dinner, they were dismissed and were in their common rooms. One of the other students said that Jase got a call... from you.” Her head snapped up toward me. “So, he stepped out into the hallway with Addie and never came back in.”“From me?” I asked in disbelief, shaking my head. “It wasn’t me.”“Well, the student said your number popped up on his phone.” Raven shook her head. “I’m so sorry—”“Who was the student?” I asked.Raven let out a deep breath. “Kian Medine. The Medine family is important in the witch community and very trustworthy.”I nodded. “Can you do a locator spell on him like you did last time?”“That’s what I planned to do.” She looked into Lance’s eyes. “I knew you would want to be present.”Lance nodded. “Thank you.” He gritted his teeth. “If Raif and Selestra have them, there will be no place they can hide. I’ll tear
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LeilaI nodded. “I know you will.” I rose to my feet and pulled her in for a hug. “My husband and I will discuss this and will get back to you. Thank you for coming.”“Would you like to meet our daughter before you go?” Lance asked.Emma nodded. “Yes, please.” Her eyes brightened. It was clear that she loved children.I nodded. Whether or not we hired her, what harm could it do to introduce Emma to Sirena? “Right this way.”I walked down the hallway, and Emma walked beside me as Lance followed behind. When we entered the family room, Sirena was playing Chess alone, switching seats at each turn. It was the funniest thing I’d ever seen. Then guilt filled my chest for not having anyone her age to occupy her. “Sirena, honey, I’d like you to meet someone.”Sirena looked up and smiled, her game forgotten as she crossed the room purposefully toward Emma and thrust out her hand. “Hello. My name is Sirena. What’s your name?”“My name is Emma.” She tilted her head to the side, smiling. So, you
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LeilaEmma sat on the edge of her seat and smiled, folding her arms on her lap. “My name is Emma Fitzroy.” She had the type of British accent that I could listen to all day.Lance’s head snapped up, a crease between his eyes. “Fitzroy? As in ‘the bastard son of a king?’”“Lance!” I scoffed, unable to believe what he had just said.“Please, pardon me, both of you.” Lance looked over at me and smiled. “The word was more commonly used in our time. Please, forgive me.”I nodded cautiously. “It’s okay.”But Emma smiled, unaffected. “It’s okay. I used to hear it all the time years ago. But not many people know the meaning or connotation today.”Lance nodded. “So, who was your father?”She let out a deep breath. “My father was King Henry I, and I am one of his illegitimate children.”My eyes nearly bugged out of my head, but miraculously, I maintained my composure. “Could you explain that to us? I mean, how did you come to be in our coven?”She nodded. “I was born the twenty-sixth of June, i
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LeilaLance let out a deep breath. “After hearing everything, the Council agreed with my reasoning. They couldn’t believe all the threats Raif had leveled against you and the children, and they agreed that if he defeated me, he would also take over the Council, the vampire world, and the rest of the supernatural creatures. When I told them he wanted to be king, they agreed that we can’t let that happen.”“Well, let’s eat, and then you can take a shower before Emma gets here.” I made a sandwich out of a biscuit, an egg, and a slice of bacon.Lance laughed. “What are you doing?”“I used to do this all the time when I was human.” I picked it up and took a bite. “You should try it! It’s good!”“Can I have some?” Sirena asked, looking at my biscuit sandwich with curiosity.“Sure!” I slid her onto my lap and made her a sandwich with the other biscuit, egg, and bacon. Lance got up and made another one for me and warmed up a bag of blood for her.“Here you go!” I handed her the biscuit sandw
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LeilaLance raised up and kissed my shoulder, smiling as he laced his fingers through my hair. “Why don’t you shower, and I’ll fix the coffee?” He traced lazy circles over my body, raising my nipples to peaks and sending chills over my body. “I would take a shower with you, but Sirena will be up in a few minutes, and her seeing her mommy and daddy naked may cause unnecessary trauma.” He chuckled. “It’ll cost me a fortune in therapy for the rest of her life.”I laughed, running my fingers through his dark brown wavy hair. “We really need to find her a nanny.”He laughed. “Yes, we do.” Then his lips descended upon mine in a passionate kiss as my tongue swiped over his, all heat and desire. He pulled back a moment later and gave me one last sweet kiss. Then he slid out of bed and slipped into his sleeping shorts and a white T-shirt.“Ahh,” I moaned, reaching for him. “Come back to bed.”He chuckled, one corner of his lips curling into a sexy smile. “You don’t know how tempting that is.”
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LanceI nodded. “So, what say you? I will poll each of you. An answer of Yay will be in favor of banning together to fight. An answer of Nay will be against.” I looked around the room. “Xander.”“Yay.”I nodded. “Drake.”“Yay.”“Annette.”“If he would go so far as to threaten you and your family and then take over the Council, then my answer is Yay,” she replied.I nodded. “Felicia.”She let out a deep breath, a crease forming between her eyes. It was clear that she was not making her decision lightly. “Yay.”“So, it’s unanimous. We will stand and fight. I appreciate your support.” I placed my hands on the table as I leaned forward. “I’ll coordinate with you and will let you know when we plan to attack. But as of this moment, we are at war with Raif Cavanaugh, Leader of the East Coven.” I let out a deep breath. “I asked Chef Faustino to prepare a special buffet for you. So, please. Enjoy.” I motioned toward the buffet lined up against the wall, filled with all sorts of delicacies incl
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LanceLeila and I went through several applicants for Sirena’s nanny but didn’t find anyone suitable. The successful applicant needed to be a vampire with fighting skills, capable of protecting Sirena during a crisis. He or she would also have to have good nanny and child nurturing skills. Not an easy combination to find in one person.“So, did you have any luck finding a nanny for Sirena?” A smile spread across Kellen’s face as we headed toward the main conference room for the meeting with the Supernatural Council, consisting of the heads of all the covens and packs in Las Vegas.I scoffed. “No. Not yet. It’s proving to be as difficult as it was to find a nanny and protector for Jase.”Kellen nodded, stopping just outside the door. “I think I may have a solution for you.”“Oh?” My eyebrows shot up.“I know a young woman that reminds me a lot of Addie, but she was a little older when she was turned.”“How old was she?”“Eighteen,” he replied. “I think Addie was sixteen when she was tu
