" Heidi explained."It's disgusting, but I suppose I could do that. If it works, I could probably double the hive's numbers by sunrise." Louie said, th...nking it over."Or you could make many more if you used your whole hive." Heidi suggested."Why are you helping me? Last night you were very protective of the humans at the blood bar. You didn't even want me to feed off Lela and Karen like I did." Louie said suspicious."Look, I would rather have you turning corpses than the living. As I see it;. Their latest arrest doesn’t faze them though. They’ve been serving as backup vocals to the smoky voice in the chair next to mine. Speaking of. You. You. You. You. Giggles pour from your shiny pink mouth faster than the bottle of grey goose we downed together until your cheeks are Rudolph-red, tears spring from your too green eyes, and cute little snorts sound from your delicate nose. You’ve been singing your slurred take on the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas,’ since our arrival.. Taking great care not to be seen I followed Fifi all the way back to her apartment. The moment she put the key into the lock I rushed her from behind wrapping my arm around her throat and lifting her up to the tips of her toes. "Don't make a sound, and open the door." She was trembling in my arms but she did as she was told and pushed her through into the apartment and shut the door behind me. "Are you alone?" She nodded and wriggled in my grasp trying get her feet planted. "That's it baby. I wouldn’t want Chris to resent me in the future for changing the course of her life, and I knew she feels the same way.’ Calm and collected, he gave her a rational and thoughtful answer. I mentally applauded him. Hell, I gave him an internal standing ‘O,’ though I was somewhat surprised by his response. We had only mentioned marriage a time or two, and never seriously. ‘What are you plans after graduation?’ Another tough question–who really knows their life plans and has them orderly and.