I’d been at home for a week now and Abeloth was itching to do something more than just training for a few hours every day. Lucas was out of town on business with Jasper and Chase was either at the university or with Melissa which left me pretty much on my own.I was heading downstairs when I heard the knock on the front door. Absent-mindedly I opened it as I was on my way out as well. I needed to just get out and do something, anything.“Good morning Elders,” I said and bowed my head slightly.“Morning Ryder, is your father available?” Elder Michael asked.“I’m sorry Elder, he’s out of town on business, we expect him back on Saturday afternoon,” I said to him.“This is quite inconvenient,” Elder Cliff said as I invited them inside.“What’s the problem?” I asked as they looked me up and down.“We’re headed to a meeting not far from here, but alas without your father we might have to postpone. The Grey name holds a lot of weight in these areas and we were simply wanting to take him alon
“This is Lucas,” he answered his phone.“Hi Dad,” I said.“Please tell me this is a friendly phone call and you’re not in jail or need a body disposed of,” he said and I laughed out loud.“You probably need to get back home,” I said to him as I looked at the big mansion that loomed in front of me.“Fuck Ryder, what did you do?” he asked me.“Well, I just killed Sire Andrew in Princeton…” I began.“What the fuck? Why are you even in Princeton? What the hell am I going to tell the Elders, what happened?” he asked his questions all in one breath.“The Elders are with me,” I said to him.“Are they taking you into custody?” he asked me suddenly.“Dad, it was a claim fight, breathe okay, the Elders have been here the whole time, they approved the claim,” I said to him.“Shit, I can’t leave for two days and you go out killing Sires!” he said but he didn’t sound angry.“So…” I said and I let my voice trail off.“I’ll be there in a few hours, so much for keeping to yourself,” he said as he end
I had stripped Andrew’s house of all the contents and had given the lair members free access to whatever they wanted to take. The only furniture kept were the filing cabinets with all the lair and business records in them. Andrew's personal records had been moved to the master bedroom.At least I had my own bed in the master bedroom on the third floor because I simply hadn't had one moment to myself to actually go and buy any other furniture. Link and I were busy assessing the lair members and he had made a list for me so that I knew who the top ranking members were so I could schedule meetings to meet everyone.“Come on Ryder, it’s one party,” Link said as we sat on camping chairs in the living room having a drink.“We have shit to do Link,” I said to him.“True, we have shit to do tomorrow but now I’m going to pull rank and say we’re going to this party,” he said as he emptied his glass.“You’re going to pull rank on me?” I laughed.“We need a break Ryder, we’ve been at it for three
At eight am my bedroom door opened and I groaned slightly as the curtains were pulled away from the windows to let in the sunlight.“Shit Link it’s too early,” I said as I covered my eyes with my arm.“It’s time to get up,” Megan said as I removed my arm and turned my head to look at her.“What the fuck Megan,” I said as I realized I had only kept my briefs on last night to sleep in.“Get up,” she said sternly, “or you don’t get coffee before we leave.”“Geez okay,” I said as I stood up.It was almost spring but chilly enough to still wear long sleeves with a light jacket. This was the first time Megan had seen me half naked but I wasn’t shy and I could feel her looking at me. I had a lot of tattoos on my arms and back and I was walking around in front of her in just my underwear.“Are you going to watch me shower?” I asked her as I walked in to the bathroom.“Boundaries Ryder!” she said loudly as she walked towards the bedroom door.“You’re the one that sought me out!” I replied loud
The deliveries had started arriving from seven am and I had woken up early with Megan half on top of me and me holding her tightly with both arms. It was a weird sensation to wake up to as I quietly slipped out of the bed and went downstairs.“Ryder Grey! You can be so glad that I didn’t wake up naked in your be… uhm good morning Sire Lucas,” Megan said as she stopped in the doorway of the kitchen. I was busy making coffee and my father stood on the other side of the counter with an amused look on his face.“Morning Megan,” he said as that familiar blush crept all over her face.“Morning,” I said with a smile as I handed her a cup of coffee trying not to laugh. I put a cup down in front of Lucas as Megan’s eyes darted from me to him.“You can borrow some of my clothes if you want to go shower,” I said to her as her eyes widened. She just nodded and I could hear her muttering to herself.“You and Megan…” Lucas said as he looked at me.“We’re just friends Dad,” I said to him.“Uh huh,”
I never showed up for dinner that Sunday, Shelley had sent me a text at four pm and I’d met her outside at four thirty. I answered my father’s fifth phone call at nine pm when Shelley had finally left, leaving scratch marks on my back and my legs a little weak.My bed, the sofa and the sideboard in my room had truly been broken in after her visit. Link had said nothing as we ate cereal the next morning and I owed my parents a visit. My mother wasn’t happy and Chase had only laughed when I told him the real reason I had missed dinner.I had my first lair meeting that evening and I was slightly nervous about speaking to all those people that didn’t know me and whom I didn’t know. I had members that I’d never met before and now I’d bombard them with changes and new rules.The lair’s main business aspects comprised of nothing. I was shocked too. Andrew had lived off of taxing his members so much that they were suffering and he was living in luxury. That was one of the first things I was g
“Come in,” I said at the knock on my office door. It’s been two weeks after the general meeting and things haven’t yet calmed down. There were plenty of things that needed my attention and everyday I had people showing up at the office with requests or thank you gifts, members coming to introduce themselves and problems to sort out.“Good morning Sire Ryder, if you’re busy at the moment I can come back,” the woman said as she stood in the doorway.“Not at all, please take a seat,” I said to her.“My name’s Linda Wyatt, my husband used to be the lair doctor,” she introduced herself.“It’s nice to meet you Linda, how can I help you?” I asked her.Link was out in the field, taking meetings with business interests and Megan was at work. She’d hired staff for the house two days after moving in and I was grateful for having her take charge of the house.“Before Andrew died, he was busy investigating my daughter’s disappearance,” she said.“He was? I’m sorry I’ve gone through all his paperwo
Another week passed by and so far Lucas had no information for me on the missing girls. Even Timothy couldn’t find anything on them because we had nothing to go on. I hated feeling that nothing could be done, I wasn't used to failing.I had just returned from a meeting with the Police Chief and even his file was thin. He remembered the missing girls and I felt like he was hiding something from me. I could feel the disturbance in the house’s aura the moment I closed the front door behind me.“You weren’t invited in,” I said as I stood in the foyer.“Forgive the intrusion, I came only to make the acquaintance of the new Sire,” the voice said from the living room.I heard his footsteps as he walked out of the living room and faced me in the foyer of my house. He was a vampire and I instantly had my defenses up. Abeloth confirmed the evil that radiated from him and he was on tenterhooks as well.“My name is Lucius and I’ve come to discuss the arrangement we’ve had with the previous Sire,”