Under His Claw by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace [Grace, Viola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-02-04T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

She got her own room and a bed large enough for four. Stripping, she crawled between the sheets and dozed off. She was so damned tired.

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“Where is my property, Regick?”

Olvadi was in a foul humor. His guards were cowed and huddling in on themselves.

“Ah, yes. Your property. You forced her to seek out a sex partner, and as I was by far the superior specimen, she chose me.” Regick didn’t agree with the idea of thrones, but his employees were nearby and at attention. They were seated at the boardroom table where he engaged in all of his more trying transactions.

“And yet you left her and walked out of my home.”

Olvadi seemed different, more hostile. His normally calm demeanor looked like it could shatter at any moment.

“There is a matter you and I are going to have to discuss.”

“Give her back and we will discuss it.”

“That is what must be discussed. We will not give to the vampires that which belongs to the dragons.”

Olvadi shook the room with his bellow. “What?”

“She is of my kind. Three dragons are in her immediate lineage and this trumps her dhampir beginning.”

The king clawed at the table. “You do not understand. She has value to the vampire community.”

“Does she know about his value?”

“She does.”

“She didn’t mention it. What is the nature of the value?”

The vampire king leaned forward. “I am not comfortable mentioning it.”

“Then, you will not see her. You know as well as I do that my claim trumps yours tenfold.”

“You don’t understand.”

“Then explain it to me. We have been friends for a long time. She will be my mate. You will not get to her unless it is through me.”

Olvadi gritted his teeth. “Fine. She heals vampires. She can use her blood to remove damage left by torture in our previous lives and silver and holy-water inflicted damage from after we changed.”

“She can do all that?” He was impressed.

“Yes. She even regrew my genitals the day before she disappeared.”

Regick sat straight. “My mate regrew your cock?”

Olvadi looked nervous; his crimson eyes were banked. “She did, at my order.”

“Then, you have taken all you will from my mate. If you wish her services, you will come to me and negotiate a proper fee for her skills. Threatening her life is not acceptable.”

The vampire king drummed his fingers on the table. “I had thought to complete my healing and take her as my bride.”

Regick felt his glamor slip with his flash of irritation. “No.”

Olvadi leaned back. “Take it easy, my friend. If you have claimed her, it is enough. We have known each other for centuries.”

Regick calmed himself and he set his mind to negotiation. “What will you offer for another healing?”

“Will you keep her ability to heal vampires as our secret?”

Regick noted his friend was very nervous. There was a reason for it; if word of the repairs got out before Zora got settled into her power, she would be vulnerable. That wasn’t something he wanted.

“She will remain as my mate and you will come to visit with your entourage as a caring former employer.

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