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My mouth fell open. "Does that mean …" I turned down the stereo a bit and sat beside her expectantly.Tyler's thin shoulders shrugged. "It just means that after eighteen months of dating they get to put a picture to the face."She didn't sound too happy. "Do they know …"She shook her head. "They don't know anything, not even about his sister being a donor for the last ten years. At some point they're going to start wondering why their fifty-year-old daughter and son still look like they're in their teens.""Sweetie, you know Jason is crazy about you. If he hasn't brought you around his parents before now it's only because he's trying to preserve his secret. He's entrusting you with that secret now."She laughed, and it sounded hollow to my ears. "And on the fourth of July? I'll be wearing long sleeves at the family picnic to hide tats and eating the hamburger before it hits the grill."I looked at her steadily. "At least you have a family picnic to go to."Her eyes flashed at m
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Jason was tall and lanky and always stooped forward slightly so I could easily reach his neck without rubbing up against his body. The day he stopped doing that is the day I knew he had crossed the line from bloodlust to lust-lust. That was also the day I could never risk taking another feeding from him. My desires were held by little more than tape and string as it was.I had made a vow to my husband that I would never allow myself to fall in love with anyone, and definitely not Tyler's man.I could smell his blood through the skin of his neck and although I had already fed some earlier with Paul, Jason's blood was a different flavor, a different feast.Each of my donors tasted different, but my werewolf donors were my favorites. I'd never had real bloodlust for human blood, but werewolf blood was an altogether different matter. I wanted it even when my body wasn't hungry.Unfortunately with werewolves I had to practice more caution. Paul would never leave me alone to feed from Ty
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I wanted to protest. She was still hungry, but I was afraid that if I stopped her she'd attack. But the feeding was beginning to affect me. I felt strangely light and heavy at the same time, as if I could float through the air despite limbs that felt like lead weights were tied to them."Make her stop," Tony insisted.I was alarmed at the feral look on Monica's face. "Monica!" Monica paused in her feeding."Enough," I said.She ignored me!A sense of self-preservation flared up in me. "Enough!" I growled.Slowly Monica released my wrist, and Tony moved off of her.I wanted to hold her in my arms and rock her and kiss her, but I was forced to command her as if she was some zombie ghoul!Tony stepped away from the bed. "You're her Master," he said, meaning that I needed to act like it.My heart was breaking. I had her sit up, which she did with much more grace than she had used when attacking me. I covered her nudity with the sheet. "Do you know what has happened to you?" I
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When Julie's bedroom door opened, I had been so deep in thought that I hadn't heard anyone approach. Paul stood without speaking, and I rose and tiptoed out of the room, closing the door behind us. He rubbed my arms, and I slipped into his embrace where he held me without speaking. Later that night I transported myself to my Council house, the old creepy mansion that I had first visited when turned, the place where I had been burned and tortured. I suppressed my desires to flee, not wanting the Council to know how difficult it still was for me to step a foot into the place. For a split moment before appearing, a vampire has the ability to see his or her destination, which is helpful in preventing oneself from transporting over a cliff.I saw that Ran was already present, and I appeared sitting next to him. Ran wasn't a Council member. He was my vampire lieutenant, or second-in-command. Paul used to accompany me, but since it takes him hours to get back and forth on motorcycle, h
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"Give your report, Councilwoman," he commanded. As usual, I had very little to report. Malarias didn't care about how many safe houses I had and how many human donors had been rescued from abusive vampires. He didn't want to know about our new vampire apprenticeship program that taught young vamps to stop being bottom feeders and to become business owners by teaming them up with a successful willing Master. Would he care that I had taught my minion to peacefully resolve their own problems or risk death by bringing them to me to resolve—with finality?So I spoke on redundant things that meant nothing. When I finished, he watched me in prolonged silence. "You operate … safe houses. Are they boding well?"My mouth parted in surprise. "They are. At times we have small skirmishes, but I also have vampires stationed at each house to keep violence at a minimum.""What about non-sanctioned turnings? How many have occurred in the last year?""Well … none. Not in the last twelve or so mo
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Cyrene threw her hands in the air, and then she disappeared. I inclined my head in Tony's direction, grateful that he had taken the time to stand up for me. He nodded in return, and I clasped Ran's hand and together we disappeared.As soon as we were safely at my house, Ran gave me an uneasy look. "This doesn't sound like Malarias' doing."I lightly gnawed my lower lip. "Ask around and find out if other Councils are going through these changes."He nodded, and a moment later he was gone.I frowned in deep thought. What was really going on?I located Paul in our office at my desk working on my files. Damn, my selfishness had created more work for him, and that more than anything convinced me that I was going to end this. "How was the meeting?"I sat in the chair opposite him. "Weird." I detailed the events because I was married to a meticulous individual who was at his best when he knew every bit of the facts. "What do you think?"He rubbed his hands through his long hair. "W
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"Oh," I said in understanding. Back in a time before degrees were needed for a certain positions, Sam had evidently proven herself. And by the time she was let go it would have meant starting all over again. That must have been very bitter for her."I took a chance that she hadn't been able to get her foot in the door at another firm and I was right. She's been working four months out of the year as a tax assistant for one of those quick tax refund companies. When I told her what we were looking for she seemed eager.""Paul, she has no idea what we are." Even though I wanted a human assistant, I assumed we would select one from our own community, one who already understood what it meant to work for a vampire.Before he could respond, his nose crinkled and he passed me the warm bottle. "BJ needs her diaper changed.""What?" I tried to hand back the bottle. "You smelled it first."He grimaced. "I can't help but smell it first! Honey, you know my stomach."I rolled my eyes but suppr
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I shook my head. "I'm not much of a tea drinker." I noticed that she appeared to distrust that, and I suppressed a smile. "What do you do, Kim? Not for refreshments." Sam chuckled. "For a living."I supposed it was the witching hour, the time to mesmerize her. I stared deeply into her eyes noting that one was blue while the other was a more prominent shade of gray. "Sam, I need an assistant to help me with my personal as well as my professional affairs." I willed her to listen, to be honest, and later—if needed—I would will her to forget. Paul watched quietly from the other side of the breakfast bar."Sam, I need to ask you some questions first and then I will give you more details about the position, okay?""Yes, that's fine," she responded easily. She took well to the suggestions. I could see the glazed look that had developed in her eyes, but she continued to remain relaxed and pleasant. I found out that she had no husband, no children, and to Paul's chagrin, she offered
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