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bite her. She rubbed her fingers lightly over the place
where Mishka had fed from her to complete their bond. Without the
rush of pleasure she’d been under, she was certain the bite would
have hurt. A lot.
“What’s the sex deal here?” Tamar asked.
She, Bridge, and Wyst looked at him in
surprise.
He cleared his throat and laughed. “I mean,
do they let the food have sex with customers?”
“The rules are pretty loose,” she said.
“Cella said that there’s no sex out in the club, but if a vamp
wants to play with their food, there’s a common area near their
daytime resting chambers they can use. They don’t have sex out in
the open. They use booths with dark red curtains they close when
they’re using them. There’s a bench seat inside. She said that some
vamps don’t like to feed out in the club so they use the booths,
and sometimes things get hot between them, and they’ll play.”
Bridge said, “Does the family use the
booths?”
“The family members have their own
chambers underneath the club, but what I learned from Mishka’s
memories is that they aren’t allowed to bring random food down to
their chambers unless they’re taking someone under-the-fang.”
Being under-the-fang was when vampires
chose a lover they fed exclusively from. It could be for a short
period of time, or for years. Mishka had a lover years earlier he’d
taken under-the-fang. Elizabeth was a Wiccan, and Mishka had cared
deeply for her. They’d been together for several years, but she’d
also fed Brone weekly, and she had other supernatural lovers. She’d
mated twin were-bears and left all her lovers behind, which had
devastated Mishka at the time. He hadn’t taken anyone else
under-the-fang. It didn’t surprise her that Mishka had been hurt by
what had happened. Harmony was certain she would have felt equally
betrayed if someone she’d been intimate with for years suddenly cut
all ties for strangers, truemates or not. Whatever hurts had
transpired since that had happened, Mishka was the male he was
because of it, and Harmony was crazy about him.
“Temple was telling us earlier that there’s a
food manager for the coven, and they call her and tell her what
they want for their food,” Tamar said.
“I can’t wrap my head around calling a person food . Or ordering a person for dinner. It’s just too weird,”
she said. “But it’s home now. Is everyone okay with living up here
and working at the club?”
Each member affirmed his contentment, and she
grinned. “Let’s get the schedule together, and then I need to go
see my beloved.”
Chapter
9
Mishka could feel Harmony as she walked down
the hallway toward his office. The beloved connection surprised him
on so many levels. He’d known about vampires becoming beloveds, but
he’d never asked what they felt. Brone had shared some information
with him, and Mishka had witnessed how quickly Brone and Arissa had
grown close. Now Mishka felt that same way with Harmony – she’d
been a virtual stranger to him, but then, suddenly, she was the
center of his world. He couldn’t imagine his life without her.
She opened the door and smiled at him. “Are
you busy?”
“Never too busy for you,” he said, pushing
back his chair and standing. “How did your meeting with your
friends go?”
They met in the center of his office, arms
immediately wrapping around each other. He felt comforted and
turned on at the same time, calm but excited.
“It went well. They’re excited about their
new jobs.”
After talking it over with Harmony and then
the family , Mishka had opted to ask her band to take over
the musically related duties of the club, which included booking
shows and handling the talent. For the last year the duties had
fallen to several of the family members, but none of them
was interested in those duties becoming a full-time job.
“I’m looking forward to hearing you sing and
you not passing out on me,” he murmured, his hands sliding
where Mishka had fed from her to complete their bond. Without the
rush of pleasure she’d been under, she was certain the bite would
have hurt. A lot.
“What’s the sex deal here?” Tamar asked.
She, Bridge, and Wyst looked at him in
surprise.
He cleared his throat and laughed. “I mean,
do they let the food have sex with customers?”
“The rules are pretty loose,” she said.
“Cella said that there’s no sex out in the club, but if a vamp
wants to play with their food, there’s a common area near their
daytime resting chambers they can use. They don’t have sex out in
the open. They use booths with dark red curtains they close when
they’re using them. There’s a bench seat inside. She said that some
vamps don’t like to feed out in the club so they use the booths,
and sometimes things get hot between them, and they’ll play.”
Bridge said, “Does the family use the
booths?”
“The family members have their own
chambers underneath the club, but what I learned from Mishka’s
memories is that they aren’t allowed to bring random food down to
their chambers unless they’re taking someone under-the-fang.”
Being under-the-fang was when vampires
chose a lover they fed exclusively from. It could be for a short
period of time, or for years. Mishka had a lover years earlier he’d
taken under-the-fang. Elizabeth was a Wiccan, and Mishka had cared
deeply for her. They’d been together for several years, but she’d
also fed Brone weekly, and she had other supernatural lovers. She’d
mated twin were-bears and left all her lovers behind, which had
devastated Mishka at the time. He hadn’t taken anyone else
under-the-fang. It didn’t surprise her that Mishka had been hurt by
what had happened. Harmony was certain she would have felt equally
betrayed if someone she’d been intimate with for years suddenly cut
all ties for strangers, truemates or not. Whatever hurts had
transpired since that had happened, Mishka was the male he was
because of it, and Harmony was crazy about him.
“Temple was telling us earlier that there’s a
food manager for the coven, and they call her and tell her what
they want for their food,” Tamar said.
“I can’t wrap my head around calling a person food . Or ordering a person for dinner. It’s just too weird,”
she said. “But it’s home now. Is everyone okay with living up here
and working at the club?”
Each member affirmed his contentment, and she
grinned. “Let’s get the schedule together, and then I need to go
see my beloved.”
Chapter
9
Mishka could feel Harmony as she walked down
the hallway toward his office. The beloved connection surprised him
on so many levels. He’d known about vampires becoming beloveds, but
he’d never asked what they felt. Brone had shared some information
with him, and Mishka had witnessed how quickly Brone and Arissa had
grown close. Now Mishka felt that same way with Harmony – she’d
been a virtual stranger to him, but then, suddenly, she was the
center of his world. He couldn’t imagine his life without her.
She opened the door and smiled at him. “Are
you busy?”
“Never too busy for you,” he said, pushing
back his chair and standing. “How did your meeting with your
friends go?”
They met in the center of his office, arms
immediately wrapping around each other. He felt comforted and
turned on at the same time, calm but excited.
“It went well. They’re excited about their
new jobs.”
After talking it over with Harmony and then
the family , Mishka had opted to ask her band to take over
the musically related duties of the club, which included booking
shows and handling the talent. For the last year the duties had
fallen to several of the family members, but none of them
was interested in those duties becoming a full-time job.
“I’m looking forward to hearing you sing and
you not passing out on me,” he murmured, his hands sliding
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