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hope you won t make me because I love your son
an awful lot, and he seems to be fond of you and
all. But he tells me I m queen, and I ve never done
a job halfway. I ll do what needs to be done
because if you won t stop this ridiculous vendetta,
you re a threat to all of us.
Graciella considered this for a few moments
and finally nodded. All right then, Lissette. I see
I ve underestimated my new daughter-in-law. I
think my son may have actually met his match.
Even if you were human.
Stryker gave a surprised bark of laughter, but
Lissette raised a brow and sat down.
And another thing will you leave Alex alone
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and let him go to school? Let him become a full
member of the tribe when he turns thirteen and
comes fully into his power? You re a mother,
Graciella. He has no one but Xander. Can t you see
that?
Graciella sighed but nodded. Oh, all right. I do
suppose it was less than sporting of me to try and
injure a child. He can stay, Xander. I give my
official sanction to the council tonight.
Lissette stood. Well, there you all go. I have a
bar to run, and I need to get to it. Is this shindig
over?
Xander bit back a smile and nodded regally
instead. Dominic will escort you. I have some
things to finish up, and I ll see you back home. He
dropped a kiss on her lips, and she winked at him
on her way out.
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Chapter Six
The next evening Alex had moved in, and all of
Lissette s stuff had been delivered to the house as
well. When she awoke, she had the horrible
cramping and knew it was hunger.
The older you get, the easier it will be to
wake up. You ll be able to go for a few hours
without feeding. For the first months though, it s
hard, he said, seeing her grab her stomach. "Let
me get one of my donors in here.
She stood up and then was amazed at how fast
she could move. She let herself enjoy that for a
few moments and then scowled at him again. No
way. I mean it, Stryker, they all go. You can pay for
apartments or whatever for them like other vamps
do. It s a simple thing they live here or I live here,
take your pick.
You won t make me get rid of them?
You re negotiating with me to keep those
skanks?
He grew hard as he took her in. All of the fury
that turned him on when she was human was
amplified now. As an angry vampire, her eyes
glowed, and her lips were ruby red.
Just watching her made him want to bury
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himself inside of her and show her the glories of
feeding from him during sex as he d done with her
the night before. He bit back a groan, knowing
they d have to wait until they dealt with this very
tedious issue of donors.
We need to feed. Darling, you have to have
humans to feed from, too. We can both feed from
them. I ll have them all move out. This is your
home, and I respect that.
I wouldn t touch your slutty donors with a ten
foot stake, thank you very much. I ll get my own
donors. I want Dominic and Eric. I know a few
others who will do nicely as well. Let s get dressed
so that you can tell the bimbos they re moving out,
and I ll just go and grab Dom and Eric. I m sure
they ll agree to be my donors.
If you think I m going to agree to you having
ten attractive male donors, you re out of your
mind, he sputtered.
But I won t be fucking them. She tossed his
words back at him. And we need to eat, right?
He bit back a grin. Damn his woman was good.
Almost better than he was. He tossed his hands up,
signaling defeat. All right, I surrender. Tell me
what you propose.
How many donors would the two of us need to
sustain our bodies and to keep the donors healthy?
He thought about it for a bit. I d say fifteen.
That would give everyone several days between
feedings.
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You get rid of every single one of your harem.
We choose a group of fifteen together from people
we trust, half male, half female.
But there will be one extra, seven male, seven
female. What about the fifteenth?
We ll flip for it.
He nodded, holding back a grin. He went into
the bedroom to pull out the double sided quarter.
The same one he used to get her into his bed the
first time. And more recently to get her back into
his life. Fate was that he d found her, but he d be
a fool to trust the coin when he could manage just
fine with sleight of hand.
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About Lauren Dane
Lauren Dane is a suburban mom with a lurid imagination that
she's put to good use with her writing. Her favorite thing is when
people tell her that she doesn't look like "someone who'd write those
books."
She lives in the Northwest with her husband and three very
rambunctious kids. She writes everything from paranormals to
contemporary BDSM books and develops terrible crushes on all of her
heroes.
Even though she lives in her head a lot, she does venture
outside from time to time to collaborate with other authors - two
great examples are Erotic Romance Authors and Maverick Authors.
Readers may visit her on the web at www.laurendane.com.
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