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I went upstairs and waited for Paul's arrival. I heard his motorcycle five minutes before I saw it. He smiled at me as if he had had no doubt in the world that his plan would be a success. We returned to the lower level arm-in-arm. It wasn't long afterwards that the room began to fill with several vampires, very old vampires. The atmosphere seemed to change with their arrival. It was as if they filled the world with too much other-worldly matter, as if they brought a piece of limbo over with them. I didn't like the feeling because it was foreign and empty—much like the soul of the average vampire."Alexis," a male Elder said. He stared without emotion at Alexis, who now stood in front of the Council table. The man looked rather young although his skin was ivory. His hair was like a black bowl crowning his skull, and his blank, black eyes made him look like a Roman extraterrestrial. "Faris," Alexis said. "Will you ever learn?" Faris asked."Learn when there is no lesson to be
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"I might surprise you," Paul said."Your only importance lies in your usefulness, Alpha. If you do not wish to be useful, then you and your wolves will cease to exist.""The Neratomay does not control the Wolves," Paul said. "You don't give me orders. But if you make a request … then I might honor it."The Ran-thing seemed to be at a loss for words. It regarded Paul, no doubt taking in his fearless stance. In the blink of an eye, the Ran-thing transformed into something formed of smoke and fire, and it gripped Paul by the throat. It didn't look like Ran any longer, yet it still had a recognizable human quality. Its teeth were real enough and so were the eyes that resembled red hot coals. I reached out to push it away from my husband, but my hands went through it. Where was Ran's body?"You think yourself stronger than us, werewolf?""Smarter," Paul growled, his face turning red with the strain of having his neck gripped by a demon fist. "Because now you just lost your allies."
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"But—"Malarias began."Omegas have no Alpha," Paul interrupted. "I don't control them. They do what they want. It just so happens that they want what I want. I am their creator, after all. You always love the one who sires you … "Malarias grew quiet, and I grew even more hopeful. "Call the other members of your Council so we can make this a reality," Paul said. "We'll wait." He glanced at the other vampires in the room. "Though if you wait too late, some members of this vampire Council will learn one big secret, and that will be completely your fault for keeping them here past dawn."The Malarias-thing sagged, but seven more black ribbons of mist appeared and swept around the Malarias-thing like a shroud. Oh, what I wouldn't give to be able to hear that discussion.They circled Alexis and attempted to circle Paul, but he swept his hand out and waved them away as if clearing the air of annoying smoke. For some reason I felt a giddy, hysterical laughter bubbling up through me. Wi
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I nudged Paul. This was a great step, and he was flexing his muscles!Paul rolled his eyes. "Baby, can you let me just have my moment?"I raised my hand and left them. I walked over to the rest of the Council. "I cannot believe the wolf's plan worked," Cyrene said. "Yeah, now you and Kaniji don't have to go through with whatever plan you had cooked up," I said.Kaniji's face darkened and I knew that I had guessed right. Whatever they had planned would not have been good for me, and that was a certainty."Kim," Monica said. "I would like to talk to you when … things have calmed."I studied her face, searching her expression, which revealed nothing. "I can arrange to meet you at the Manor tomorrow evening."She nodded and then vanished.I met Tony's eyes and he shrugged. He headed to Paul and Alexis, and I stood back and watched the three men, who at times had been my lovers, my protection, my food, and my friends. They talked. They were actually talking.I smiled. One choc
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-The Final Battle-I forced myself to rise in the late afternoon instead of full dark. Paul had already left to see after the Wolfpack and since other Vampires didn't rise until the sun had fully set, I had a jump on the day. I decided to spend it with my daughter.Unless I was off handling some Vampire mission, my daughter was constantly with me. I had a few hours of daytime and BJ was in a good mood, so I decided it would be a good time to take care of some grocery shopping. I did most of my shopping online, although the girls and I did enjoy overnight excursions to New York, Miami, or Los Angeles. But if I only needed applesauce and diapers, I drove to the nearest grocery store.I put on big sunglasses and a cap because it was still daylight and I didn't want anyone to recognize me. And by that, I mean that I didn't want one of the humans from any nearby territories to see me walking around in the sun. Revealing to the mass of Vampires that I was a day walker was still a no-no.
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I put in a CD of Disney's Frozen because no one got tired of those songs. I was singing and Julie was almost singing enthusiastically with me. Then I got a message from Tyler through our mental link.Kim. Are you at the house?Hey, Tyler. No, on my way home. Why? Is everything okay?We got some trouble in Northside."What kind of trouble?" I spoke out loud because Julie was confused that I had suddenly stopped singing…as if she wouldn't be confused that I was now having a random conversation out of thin air. But she was my child and become used to these things.We got a new resident in the safe house about a week ago. It was a woman from San Diego."California?"Yep, Tyler replied. "And why in the world do we have people from clear across the country at our safe house?"That's the issue. Through our mental connection, I could tell that Tyler seemed far from happy. We shouldn't have her in our safe house. It's creating one hell of a conflict because her Master just arrived to
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People got killed when security was breached. People sometimes got killed even when security wasn't breached. We took the safety of our residents very seriously.This particular building housed fourteen people—fifteen counting the female from California.Jason led the way up the walkway and pressed in the code to open the door for Tyler and me before he took up the rear. The entry points were manned by surveillance cameras, which fed to an off-site security firm. Inside was a 24-hour-a-day security guard.It hadn't always been this way, but I had learned the hard way that sometimes even the people you are working hard to protect will stab you and the other residents in the back. So now we take precautions.I didn't know the security guard. He was one of Voss' boys. He met us at the entrance and looked a little scared. He was a Vampire so I didn't blame him. No Vampire wanted to be in the same room with Tyler, but she stayed back and kept her tats covered by her leather jacket. Jaso
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I was surprised when I saw the woman sitting on the edge of a small love seat. I startled her so that she leaped to her feet with a soft squeak until she saw that it was me and not Bernard.I had expected a pretty, young woman that Bernard favored sexually or perhaps one who was a good moneymaker out on the streets. Instead, I saw an elderly woman who was probably much older than she looked—and she looked pretty damn old.But she was spry and moved with the speed of someone half her age. Judging by her wrinkles and white hair, I would put her in her seventies."My name is Kim, and I'm the Master who runs this safe house. Sorry to have scared you, but I have an angry Council member in the waiting room, and I need to know what's going on."She wrung her hands nervously but nodded and sounded calm when she spoke. "My name is Lydia. I ran away from Bernard four months ago. I tried to get as far away from him as I could. I heard about you. He and his liege mentioned…" She lowered her ey
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