"Will we, you know, do that again some time?"She laughed at my plaintive voice, then her expression grew more serious."With you as Alannah? Probably n...t ... But you looked so hot, and I'dpromised you a reward after all. After this though, I think I'd prefer wekept our fun a little more ... girly, if you know what I mean."She held up a hand to forestall me from saying anything. "But I may letAlan get that far, okay? If he carries on being nice to me, that is. Anddoes what he's told, right?" I. And if I let it, it would spread over my whole body. There was no comfort and no escape from what I knew. I closed my eyes, and felt the beginnings of a headache coming on. I would probably get a migraine out of this, and then I would be telling the truth. At least one of us would. _________________________________________________ After that first night together, when Peter had proposed to me, we were almost never apart. At my insistence I didn’t move in with him right away. I was still. Her hair rushed across her face at his approach and her eyes bulged. He was leering down at her, an inch away from her face and then he showed her his fangs. A whimper escaped Ari’s throat and she closed her eyes until a hand grasped her elbow. “You see what I am,” he whispered breathing heavily as he shook her slightly. Still Ari kept her eyes closed as a silent tear slipped from underneath her eyelids. “Look at me,” the man said and Ari forced her eyes open revealing watery eyelashes, as. " The woman's whispering voice drifted through the air. "You know the new emperor is Derrick O'Toma?" The leader told her another evil smile crossing his lips. A hiss not unlike nails on a chalk board issued from her lips. "You have an agreement, for this bastard no fee, this one time only." Moving far swifter than he thought she could she had a thin blade to his throat. Then the leader felt a pin prick near his genitals. "Remember and never bother me again!" With that she was gone like smoke.