And even though she had been thoroughly discredited at the council meeting, she was still a queen and she would work to undermine Vanessa and change t...e attitudes of the other queens to bring about at least a non-lethal relationship with humans. What she would do about her own hunger troubled her. She tried ignoring it but as time went on it became a raging, consuming fire within her.She fed again, this time guarding her movements carefully to make sure she wasn't being watched or followed by. “Wow, indeed, my dear – get Jennifer to give you an application so we can have your particulars on file. Do you have a smart phone?”“Yes, I have an IPhone and a one generation old MacBook Air?”“So, you’re a fan of Apple Products, good girl – Pick whichever desk you want, anyone but mine and Jennifer’s. Oh, you may be expected, from time to time to cover the front desk.”“No problem, Boss.”“Call me Rich or Richard, but please not boss? Oh, anyone else in your real estate classes, who might be. “Not that way,” I said.“I thought we’re meeting in the band room.”“They are. We’re going home, to get ready.”She looked puzzled. “I suppose they don’t need us,” she said, though she didn’t sound convinced of that.I grinned at her. “Exactly. Let them figure it out.”“What if they’re waiting for us?”“Lara knows we won’t be there.”“Okay. So how are we getting home then? Alice?”“Sadly no. She’s going to bring Tommy and Lara home after the warm up, to get dressed. You’re going to finally ride the. The game of fresh lovers was afoot. A game I knew well but it had always been a game without a heart. This girl was different. This girl had to be moved around the board with care and attention lest she dance away and I lose her. And that thought didn't bear thinking about."Did you like it?" I asked her. We were standing no more than two feet apart and I could see the sparkle in her blind sea green eyes. She put her hands behind her back and clasped them together as she leaned forward towards.