Go and get Saki, its time to eat. I looked and marveled as I walked past the kitchen on the living room side of the bar. This was not a lunch they wer... making, it was a feast! The smells of different foods and the volume of each kind of food was almost overwhelming. I headed up the stairs with Kayko giving commands to everyone. This might be my house in which I am the undisputed king, but the kitchen was definitely Kaykos. I walked into my bedroom to find Saki still asleep in the exact position. "Heather smiled after closing the door on Harold, but lost the smile when she saw Sarah's handbag on the dining table. Normally, she'd be thrilled to see Sarah, but her presence meant there'd be no surprise lewdness, no fucking, no dogs, no lesbians, nothing.Heather knew the painters had taken a quick job to earn some fast easy money and wouldn't return until Thursday, but all day long she had hoped her mother would have something waiting. Spike was high on her wish list. She could have. I did it anyway.My ass might be the most used hole the United States. I've been doing it since...Okay, this fourteen business. I started this journal with the intention of posting it online when I'm done, or posting weekly updates or something like that. I write stories and post them on SOL. The problem is you can't talk about anything before the age of fourteen, not even about yourself. It really sucks, but most sites won't even let you do that. It's eighteen and above, or nothing. So. . I’m not sure how things go in other Shadow Houses.”“From what I’ve heard,” Otter said, “it varies. I hear very good things about House Velacourt. And I’ve heard very bad things about House Camelia. Bella Notte seems to sit in the bottom ... oh, third of the pack.”“Part of it’s just traditions, held on to for so long they’ve become part and parcel of the House,” Yan said, from where she’d curled up next to Jason, who had nodded off. “Though, to be fair, things change. Velacourt did not have a.