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Katarina had had the least bit of interest in the business side of the shop.
Thankfully they both had the talent for selling things. They just seemed to know exactly what a customer couldn’t live without.
Min scowled at the store’s ledger, lying innocently on the counter by her purse. She was so on edge her hands were balled up in fists and she had the sudden desire to throw the ledger across the room too. She needed some kind of release.
Her inner voice didn’t even say anything. It sounded more like a contented sigh, maybe a whimsical hum. Whatever it was, Min knew exactly what it was suggesting. There was a sexually insatiable vampire somewhere out there, and she’d already set gris-gris at every possible entrance to the house. That added to the intricate and mightily effective wards and protection spells she decked the house out in, would allow her even more control over the vampire than she’d had the last time.
But it’s so stupid…so dangerous…you’re flirting with death…
She felt her shoulders tighten as her inner voice argued with her more sensible side.
But you own that fiend. You’ve already proven you can make him your sex toy. And what good is a toy unless you play with it?
But you shouldn’t have a sex toy that could kill you. Why would you want something like that?
Min felt her shoulders relax as she whispered, “But I do.”
That was when she decided it was time to let the vampire in again. She needed the break, and the sex, and…how pathetic was she…she actually missed the murderous fiend. And though she hadn’t looked outside, not even once, all these nights since she’d had him, she knew he’d been out there, waiting for her. She could feel him.
She’d tried to block it out, but now she simply opened herself up the slightest bit, and there he was, waiting for her.
She shouldn’t do this. It was so stupid. But she moved to the window, looked out, and there he was, exactly where he’d been waiting for her that first night.
*****
Chapter 9
Again there was the feeling that he Luca had passed through an electrified spider web. There had even been a small shock when he’d touched the doorknob as well. He knew immediately that her spell was stronger than it had been before. That by entering he would be giving up all control to her.
He entered anyway.
She was waiting for him, her face blank at first, then a little scared, but finally a smile bit through her mask. She had beautiful dimples surrounding that scarlet, pouty mouth. “Come in, vampire.”
Luca cringed at the word, at her referring to him only as vampire. “You know my name. And since I will have no free will at all while I’m here, at least have the mercy to call me by it.”
She seemed to ponder that, and she scowled at what she was thinking. Finally she said. “Fine. As you wish.” She stood there, just staring.
Finally he tested his restraints. He could walk, at least that much he could do without her telling him explicitly what to do. He reached out to touch her face when he got to her.
She looked up into his eyes. Her eyes were so dark, so drowning deep. But there was a flicker of gold in them, a flare of her power. “Same rules as last time, Vam—Luca.”
“ I cannot harm or kill you,” he said breathlessly, moving all the closer. “but only try to please you.”
She smiled. “Yes…do try.”
Min climbed the stairs leading to her room. She felt cold, tingly, even though the house was more than warm enough. Even though she wore only a thin, silken negligee, she shouldn’t be shivering. About halfway up the stairs it hit her. She was nervous…but nervous about what? If anything her control over him would be even better than it was the other night. She’d taken her time with the ritual magicks, fashioned the gris-gris with care that hung from ever possible entrée to her home—even the old coal shoot that was quite too small for anyone, including a vampire, to fit through.
Thankfully they both had the talent for selling things. They just seemed to know exactly what a customer couldn’t live without.
Min scowled at the store’s ledger, lying innocently on the counter by her purse. She was so on edge her hands were balled up in fists and she had the sudden desire to throw the ledger across the room too. She needed some kind of release.
Her inner voice didn’t even say anything. It sounded more like a contented sigh, maybe a whimsical hum. Whatever it was, Min knew exactly what it was suggesting. There was a sexually insatiable vampire somewhere out there, and she’d already set gris-gris at every possible entrance to the house. That added to the intricate and mightily effective wards and protection spells she decked the house out in, would allow her even more control over the vampire than she’d had the last time.
But it’s so stupid…so dangerous…you’re flirting with death…
She felt her shoulders tighten as her inner voice argued with her more sensible side.
But you own that fiend. You’ve already proven you can make him your sex toy. And what good is a toy unless you play with it?
But you shouldn’t have a sex toy that could kill you. Why would you want something like that?
Min felt her shoulders relax as she whispered, “But I do.”
That was when she decided it was time to let the vampire in again. She needed the break, and the sex, and…how pathetic was she…she actually missed the murderous fiend. And though she hadn’t looked outside, not even once, all these nights since she’d had him, she knew he’d been out there, waiting for her. She could feel him.
She’d tried to block it out, but now she simply opened herself up the slightest bit, and there he was, waiting for her.
She shouldn’t do this. It was so stupid. But she moved to the window, looked out, and there he was, exactly where he’d been waiting for her that first night.
*****
Chapter 9
Again there was the feeling that he Luca had passed through an electrified spider web. There had even been a small shock when he’d touched the doorknob as well. He knew immediately that her spell was stronger than it had been before. That by entering he would be giving up all control to her.
He entered anyway.
She was waiting for him, her face blank at first, then a little scared, but finally a smile bit through her mask. She had beautiful dimples surrounding that scarlet, pouty mouth. “Come in, vampire.”
Luca cringed at the word, at her referring to him only as vampire. “You know my name. And since I will have no free will at all while I’m here, at least have the mercy to call me by it.”
She seemed to ponder that, and she scowled at what she was thinking. Finally she said. “Fine. As you wish.” She stood there, just staring.
Finally he tested his restraints. He could walk, at least that much he could do without her telling him explicitly what to do. He reached out to touch her face when he got to her.
She looked up into his eyes. Her eyes were so dark, so drowning deep. But there was a flicker of gold in them, a flare of her power. “Same rules as last time, Vam—Luca.”
“ I cannot harm or kill you,” he said breathlessly, moving all the closer. “but only try to please you.”
She smiled. “Yes…do try.”
Min climbed the stairs leading to her room. She felt cold, tingly, even though the house was more than warm enough. Even though she wore only a thin, silken negligee, she shouldn’t be shivering. About halfway up the stairs it hit her. She was nervous…but nervous about what? If anything her control over him would be even better than it was the other night. She’d taken her time with the ritual magicks, fashioned the gris-gris with care that hung from ever possible entrée to her home—even the old coal shoot that was quite too small for anyone, including a vampire, to fit through.
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