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Urban Vampire Chapter 71
He nodded. "But it was an ugly business which had little to do with virtue. I determined that anything was better than the battlefield. Money exchanged hands for many sordid purposes. I bought and sold secrets and thus became very powerful in my own right. I had access to the church's money and used it at will for my own purposes. Where many young men were maimed by battle, I was whole and strong. There was no lack of female attention. While the High Commanders battled, I pleasured their wives and daughters. And I indulged my every whim and desire with the wealthy as well as the poor, who were so strained by war that they often offered to sell me anything they possessed for a single coin." His eyes did not meet mine. "They often offered me sex, but in that time any and everything could be sold. Men sold wives, or sold daughters." I caught an expression of shame or maybe regret cross his face. "Even though children were never my appetite I did, at times, arrange for them to be sol
Urban Vampire Chapter 72
-CREATURE OF THE NIGHT-It seemed all I ever did was to yearn for something that I'd lost. Right now I wished for my best friend, but I could never call her again. At other times when my pain had been nearly unbearable, I'd beg for my mama. There were many nights when I screamed for Alexis, but none of my calls were ever answered.Julie has done a great deal to convince me that giving up my old life completely will be for the best. Julie is my new First Lieutenant because she had collected the most Rogues in the competition to become my right hand. Of the hundreds of Rogues who had been captured, how many had been put to death? None. Technically they had never run away since there was no commander to run away from.Julie is a surprising being. Turned by a Rogue at the age of twelve, she is forever trapped in a prepubescent body. Though she appears to be no more than a child, Julie's tough, and everyone—even Vampires—lower their guard around her. Because of this and her skill as
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One night while making love, we opened a new link that created a bond. I tried not to think about the one Alexis and I had created or the brief stay at our beach house. It sometimes seems as if it never happened. One day when I was feeling particularly sad, I realized I could use the links that connected me to those I cared for to see them. I knew this was like spying or looking through someone's open window, but I told myself that my only purpose was to make sure my family was safe.I began with Paul because I figured he would not know that I was spying. I could tell that he was alive and well in a distant land. I ended the connection before he could detect me. I linked with Tige long enough to sense he had fallen in love with a human who had come to stay in one of the safe houses that he protected.And then I dared to follow the link that belonged to Alexis. Why I had not thought to do this before I can't say, but I felt him turn toward me the instant I touched our connection. We
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If you kill a Vampire in a fair fight, all of his or her property reverts to you. I owned Johan's house, his blood donors, and his seat on the Vampire Council. I'd gone from a lowly Third Generation illegally turned by a Rogue and set to be put to death to become a Master Vampire and a Council member because of a broken piece of wood. But we don't talk about that …A year after Johan's demise, Tyler was transformed. Gone were the revealing dresses that Johan had forced his women to wear. She had worked out until her tall slim body was taut with wiry muscles. She kept her black hair short in a boy cut and mainly wore T-shirts and black leather pants. She looked like a biker chick gone Goth, especially when she tooled around on her motorcycle. I don't know much about bikes, but Tyler rode an old school bike that I hear is supposed to be pretty uncomfortable. Women seldom chose the bike because it left you wide open. The driver has to sit with his or her legs splayed out in front and has
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Tony cleaned up and left shortly thereafter. Since I was going to a Council meeting I showered again. Vampires were notorious for smelling sex on you and then telling you about it. I dressed in red. The Council had no sense of style so I liked to show them a thing or two. I wore a red, sleeveless turtleneck and red pants that were super tight over my ass and thighs but flared out gradually at the knees until they showed only the tip of a red snakeskin shoes. A red duster completed the ensemble. I wore a gold watch encrusted with rubies and two of my favorite rings.Of course I also wore my crucifix hidden beneath my shirt. I wasn't going into the Council house without a weapon.I donned black, framed glasses that had red lenses. They were so dark that I don't think a human would have been able to see out of them.I walked out of the bedroom to an appreciate audience of three—Tyler, Karen, and Monica. "Ooh, girl," Karen said. "You look good!" Karen was one of my human donors. She
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I rolled my eyes. "Yeah," I grunted.We both stood. Tyler tilted her head to expose the long line of her neck. I placed my hands on her shoulder and put up a mental wall to shield me from unwanted feelings or sensations. Vampires could do this naturally, but being a Third, I had to learn this talent in a different way. Paul, my confidante, my protector, and my friend taught me the trick. It works really well for me. But Paul was not someone who I wanted to think about when I was trying not to think about lust. I concentrated on Tyler's neck. I first sensed and then saw the pulse there. Hers always beat rapidly. My teeth lowered because I had the desire to eat. And there lies the source of the control. You didn't really make the teeth do what you want. It was like looking at your hand and saying "flex." You had to have a desire that would bring the teeth, like a desire to eat, a desire to fight, or a desire to intimidate. That was the big secret that took me so long to understand.
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She pulled me back to her, and I was thankful. "Kim …" "I thought Alexis loved me." I then told Tyler about the place Alexis took us to in the spirit world while my punishment was taking place in the real world. I described the little beach house nestled between the rocks on that beautiful, isolated beach. I described how he picked me up to carry me across the threshold by making up some story about how the rocks were sharp. I described how he had returned us to a completely human state while we were in the spirit world, how he revealed that we were married, and how he told me he was in love with me. He had even told me something that I wasn't ready to admit—that I was in love with three different men, but no one man had to possess me. I was my own master, and it was my decision if I wanted to be with one, two, or all three. I told Tyler about the months of playing in the ocean and barbecues on the beach and making love in front of the fireplace. I told her how he cooked breakfast fo
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I leaped over the couch and lunged for him, clawing him cleanly in the chest and snapping my fangs inches from his throat. He blocked me with a forearm and held my head away from him with his hand. I screamed as my fangs met nothing but air, and it was really pissing me off.Tony sent me flying backwards over the couch. He looked down at the claw marks on his chest. "I liked this shirt," his voice sounded incredulous.I picked up and threw the couch against a puke green loveseat. "I hate it!" I leaped at him again, but this time he caught both of my wrists and held me fast. "Kim!" he shouted.The crucifix slipped out during the struggle, and Tony grimaced with a growl and turned away. I kneed him in the balls, and though he doubled over, he still held on to my wrists.Gigi, the wench, sneaked over and ripped the crucifix from my neck.Stupid, stupid move.I twisted out of Tony's grip and leaped for Gigi's throat.Tony snatched and held the back of my neck, squeezing tender ski
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