She said she was free. I had her meet me at seven o'clock. She showed up at seven-thirty. Right on time. She's reliably thirty minutes late and over t...e years I've adjusted to it!I got her in my grasp as soon as she hopped out of the car and had the blindfold over her eyes even faster. We sped off to Mark's place.The plan was to have her enter after everyone was there. And to have her blindfolded through the whole party. This was great!!After a brief conversation with Mark I lead her into the. " Anthony said clenching his grip more forcing Santiago to gasp. "I doubt you do. You see until she showed up I was the legitimate leader of the vampires of Los Angeles. For a time we rarely bothered humans, only picking off the undesirables such as criminals. Mary on the other hand doesn't care about coexisting and she has the backing of certain individuals not the least of which are some of the more powerful houses that influence our kind. She is making a power grab for this city and if she. .. one of those men I just met?"She gave a sardonic laugh. "Them? No. They're just muscle. But they'llcome after you if you don't do what you're told. And then they'll comeafter me. So I'm really hoping you're not going to give me any trouble,right?" She glanced sideways at him and he gave a mute nod. "Gooddecision. By the way, I'm Holly."He glanced sideways at her in the dim light provided by the streetlightsand occasional neon signs. She was in her late teens, pretty in aslightly hard sort of. ” Steven said. He slapped my butt and took off running. He was back to playing as if nothing had happened. I started to walk behind him in a kind of dazed shock. I touched my lips with my fingertips and walked slowly toward the glow of the city. I was just following along behind Steven, as he eagerly walked ahead. I don’t remember anything we passed, as we walked, and I don’t remember when Steven took my hand in his. --- At dinner Steven was his normal self. He was bounding with energy and.