At nine am I heard the doorbell as I sat in my office and I waited patiently for the vampire to make his appearance. I wasn’t looking forward to meeting him, not because I hate other species but because vampires especially had a terrible reputation.“So do you Lucas,” Baz chimed in my head.“True,” I said as Hannah knocked on my door.“Come in,” I said and she opened the door to reveal a man around my age with pale skin, dark blonde hair and striking blue eyes. He looked quite ordinary dressed in a suit and carrying a laptop bag over his one shoulder.“This is Lucas Grey, my brother, and this is Timothy Black, my friend,” Hannah said putting emphasis on the ‘friend’ part. I stood up and shook his hand firmly, promising myself to give him the benefit of the doubt.“It’s nice to meet you Timothy,” I said and sat back down motioning for him to take a seat as well.“Hannah didn’t tell me much, only that you need IP addresses located,” he said as he sat down.“My sister tells me you can be
I hadn’t spoken to Rylee in three days and I was currently sitting in the living room of the guest house with Nadia and Tina. Nadia had finally agreed to tell me her story and I had put my phone on record which she agreed to.“I lived with my lair in Greenbay, Wisconsin. I was walking home after school when a van stopped at the curb and two men jumped out and grabbed me. They pulled a black hood over my head and tied my hands behind my back. We drove for hours and when the hood was removed I was in a large warehouse and I could hear screaming and crying. There were other girls there, some in cages and some in cells. At first I was taken to a cell and left there for a few days with three other girls. They announced it was inspection time and we were taken out of the cell one by one. I was forced to strip and they had a doctor who checked if I was still a virgin. I was and they seemed pleased by that, another man stormed into the room and he claimed that I was his bonded half. I was tak
We sat in the downstairs meeting room as Timothy watched the website. We were talking softly until the timer went off and Timothy started typing on his laptop as he watched the screen on mine carefully. People had started bidding and the four girls’ fate had been sealed. Within the next two hours they would be sold and shipped to their new owners.“We’ve laced our bullets with nightshade as per Timothy’s advice, it’s lethal when it enters a vampire’s bloodstream. We also have dragon venom and wolfsbane laced bullets for the other species,” I started the meeting as Timothy kept typing.“Yeah we should kill them all,” Jasper mused with a smile.“Does Jasper have a hard on already?” Brandon asked as he walked into the meeting room followed by Nate.“There’s my bitch,” Jasper said as he stood up and shook hands with Brandon.“Thanks for coming guys,” I said as everyone shook hands and exchanged some small talk.“Wouldn’t miss this for the world,” Nate said with an easy smile.“Four girls
We had arrived at the exact location and left the vans on the other side of the thick grove of trees and we silently made our way forward. Rev had looked up and smiled and I realized what he was thinking. I nodded to him and we started climbing.We sat in the branches of the trees hidden from view and we watched as four SUV’s made their way to the location spot. These were obviously the buyers but we couldn’t be sure since nobody made an effort to climb out of their cars.We waited another fifteen minutes before we saw a van similar to ours drive up. It circled the four other vehicles and then parked in the middle. The driver and passenger doors opened simultaneously and two men climbed out surveying the area.“Let’s get this over with,” the first man said loudly. I didn’t know his face and I wasn’t sure if he was McIntyre or not. We waited patiently for the buyers to climb out and the side door of the van opened. The other cars had switched off their lights and I saw that Rev had alr
“I’ll be heading to Louisville with Kimberley a bit later,” Brandon said as he sat on the couch in my office.“That was fast,” I said and he smiled.“She’s dragonkin so that helps and she feels what I feel, she’s eighteen and her father’s a warrior,” he said.“I’m really happy for you,” I said as he leaned back and looked at me intently.“What’s going on with you and your half?” he asked me.“What do you mean?” I asked him.“Please Lucas, you’d have to be a moron to miss the tension between you two,” he said.“It’s complicated,” I said to him.“Not really man, you two are bonded, sort out whatever the problem is,” he said.“Did Kimberley tell you her story?” I asked him changing the subject.“She did, they grabbed her in the parking lot of a mall, but she wasn’t harmed aside from a virginity test,” he said.“You’re wasting no time in claiming her,” I said to him and he laughed.“I’m not letting her go. I’ll escort her home, meet her parents, speak to the Sire and take her back with me
The next three weeks passed by in a relative blur but Rylee and I could talk to each other in a civil manner although she didn’t come back to our room and we didn’t talk about anything that really mattered unless it was lair business.The other three girls had been reunited with their families and Nadia had accepted our offer to stay in the guest house and work with Tessa. She had expanded her network and she took in women from other lairs that were being abused or needed a place to stay until they could get back on their feet.I mostly ignored the Elders and I had Hannah talk to them when we needed to make claims on behalf of these women that we took in. Rylee had seemed to settle her differences with Tessa and she was very involved in the happenings at the guest house.Brandon had phoned to let me know that Kimberley had spent a week at home with her parents and family and everyone loved him. She had gone back to Wisconsin with him and she had settled into his house. His mother was
The wedding was elegant and not too long. Cindy looked beautiful and I could see she was truly happy. Marcus was beaming and he couldn’t take his eyes off her. I wished things were like that with me and Rylee, but life happens right and the shit gets beaten out of you around every corner.“Congratulations you two crazy kids,” I said as Marcus and Cindy made their way over to us.“I’m pretty sure I’m older than you Lucas,” Marcus said as we laughed.“You are positively glowing Cindy,” I said to her.“Well that might be because I’m pregnant,” she whispered.“What? That’s great news!” I said and shook Marcus’s hand again.“Lucas is right, you look really beautiful,” Rylee said as she and Cindy hugged briefly.“So do you! That dress is just stunning,” Cindy said.“It might not survive the night,” I said and Rylee slapped my arm as she glared at me.“I agree that wedding dress is going to be ripped off soon,” Marcus said.“Don’t you dare,” Cindy threatened him.We spent the evening making
I picked up my phone and called my best friend as I walked back to my office. I needed some down time right about now and although he probably wasn’t the best person to give me advice, he was the only one that would be brutally honest with me.“Hello,” he answered on the second ring.“I’m fucking screwed,” I said.“What else is new, what did you do this time?” Jasper asked me with a laugh.“Not over the phone, where are you?” I asked him.“At some hotel but I can meet you wherever,” he said.“I’ll be at that bar in an hour, you know the place where we had our first fight?” I said to him.“Man that was a fun night, see you soon,” he said and I ended the call.I grabbed my jacket and keys and headed outside to my car. I needed to get away before I did something stupid. I took my anger out on the road and I made it to Chicago in just under an hour. I sat down at the counter of the bar and ordered two drinks before taking a table in the back.“I see you started without me,” Jasper said as