Perhaps not right away, the pleasures of the flesh had intoxicated him, but after a while. He would come to realize he had put his soul in jeopardy. W...ll, in his view any way. She sighed. He would probably blame it on her. They always did, didn’t they? Those priests who knew nothing of love and warmth and sharing. Her face got a smoldering look. Scared of women, that’s what they were. No real men at all. For the moment she forgot the old priest in the village, a caring and loving father to all. ” I couldn't believe I’d said that. “No one dresses like that just to get 'food',” He crossed his arms, speaking like he could see right through me. “Why don't I shop with you?” Did I want him to shop with me? Hell yes, I did! “I, uh...” I glanced down at the end of the aisle to the boys staring me down from a distance. He turned to look at them, then back at me. “Are you worried about them?” He shot his eyes straight at them, his voice raising loud enough for them to hear. “Hey! What the. "It appears everyone has more than one woman!" Qurot!" Jalersi snapped.Ardis stepped forward, her sapphire and violet eyes on Qurot. "My Drow mother is half vampire Commander Qurot." She stated plainly seeing the look on his face change to shock and then disgust. "And to my knowledge there are less than a hundred and twenty male Lycavorians within the entire Union that have more than one mate. All of them ... to include my father; my Uncle Martin and my adoptive Uncle Daniel Simpson are. " He gave his dogs a "Hike", and ran up the edge of the road to his house.It took a while to get the dogs and the sled put away before he went inside. "How'd it go?" Kirsten asked."Pretty good," Mike said. "I want to do some more running at night. That's a lot of fun. It helps if you stay on the two-ruts, though. The trail gets awful narrow in the dark, even with a headlamp." Would you like some supper? We've already eaten, and the kids are in bed." Just a sandwich," Mike said. "I want to run.