I found the girls in the kitchen."Are you okay?" Mara asked.I nodded. "I think I hurt his feelings.""I think … you'll have plenty of time to make it up to him," Julie said.I smiled, we all giggled, and I felt a bit better. Kat had some fashion books, and we went through them picking out our favorites for her to order. We giggled a lot when we got to the men's fashions, and I picked out some boxer briefs for Paul. I didn't want to make the same mistakes his ex-girlfriend Amanda had made by thinking for him, dressing him, and decorating his place. He had been gone for a while, and I figured he'd appreciate a new wardrobe until he could go shopping for himself. I couldn't help wondering whether he was paying a visit to Amanda. I felt sick at the thought so I put it out of my mind. Why would he be visiting another woman after finding out he was essentially married to me? I was only being stupid.I took a feeding from Mara then Kat and I told the ladies about the new house. "Wo

Carmine was charging Letrelle with trespassing. Trespassing was considered a serious infraction since territory is what supports a Master and his liege. A Master's flunkies would often be sent to steal resources like customers, business ideas, or human servants. That's why a Master had to request permission to enter another Master's territory, and many times it was granted but with stipulations.To bring the complaint to the territory meant that there was an impending battle. Battles were bad because they definitely brought human attention—which caused the rest of us to scramble to keep it clear of the media. Vampires have created some of the most interesting false stories in history including the Bloods and the Crips. In hindsight, that should have been obvious. The two rival Vampire families enlist their humans to do their dirty work. Other examples would be the Mob, the San Andreas Fault, fourteen hurricanes, the battle at the O.K. Corral, and the Salem Witch trials. All of these w

Paul said he thought that Vampire number two could pay rent to Vampire number one and allow a few of his people to make a profit.That made Vampire number one happy, and Vampire number two grudgingly agreed. Two more appointments settled their disputes in the living room and cancelled. The next appointment ended in violence. A Master accused me of unfairly stealing one of his donors. He claimed that I had allowed his donor to leave for a safe house without giving him an opportunity to tell his side.I told him that slavery of donors had ended when I came into power. A donor was free to go of his own will.He fucked up and referred to me as a mutt bitch. Paul leaped out of his chair. Since he looked like nothing more than a human to the Master, it caught him by surprise. Paul backhanded him and broke all the fine little bones in the man's jaw. His mouth hung uselessly.The Vampire couldn't drop teeth, but he bulked up and clawed at Paul. Paul punched him in the chest, and hi

When I came out of the bedroom, Paul was talking on his cell phone. "I gotta go. Just have all the paperwork ready to go no later than midnight. Here is fine. Talk to you later."I slipped into his arms and kissed him. "What are you doing?""Mara is getting our marriage license. We'll need to sign that so that we're legal." He kissed me. "You look beautiful, baby. Are you ready to go? Do you need to feed first?""No. It's Kat's day and before we head to the Council meeting I'll flash to her place for a feeding." That's usually how we did it when no one was required to be here. "Oh, and don't forget that if you're coming to the Council meeting with me, we'll need an extra hour and a half. It's a fairly long drive.""Or, I'll take one of the cars, probably the Porsche, then while you're with Kat I can be driving to the Council house. Then you can flash yourself to the car.""That sounds like a plan, but I don't have a Porsche.""We have a Porsche. I had my Porsche taken out of stor

Paul's breathing became louder, and his body was hot and slick with sweat. His hoarse breathing told me that he was on the verge of coming. He pressed my back against the stone siding of the house. In this position I couldn't keep up with his movement. "Oh, baby!" he cried hoarsely. "Oh God!" The smooth pumping of his hips became faster as he drove into me roughly. I felt my own orgasm closing in, but the animal sounds issuing from Paul made me even hotter. When I felt his hot fluid shooting into my body I screeched, my nails raking down his back. Paul shuddered and his teeth sank into my shoulder.Being bitten by a Werewolf is not like being bitten by a Vampire. Paul's teeth were thick and used for ripping and shredding. Vampire's teeth were long and thin and only used for puncturing. Our saliva acted as an anesthesia. Paul didn't have any anesthesia in his saliva.The pain was horrible, and I bucked and pushed against him, barely holding back a scream of pain. But my body su