Seer: Thrall by Roseau Robin

Author:Roseau, Robin [Roseau, Robin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: Robin Roseau
Published: 2014-10-18T16:00:00+00:00

Blood and Agreements

"How often?"

"A sample fairly often, maybe once or twice a week. A deeper amount less often. Not enough to weaken you."

"Would you make it feel good?"

"Yes."

"From my neck?"

"Yes."

"Will it make me stupid like your blood does?"

"Only while the bliss lasts. An hour or two."

"Will it cause me to make stupid decisions?"

"If I let you, yes. I won't let you or ask you to."

I stepped a little closer and looked at her fangs carefully. "Not in bed," I said. "In fact, you are not welcome in my bed until the rest of this is resolved. Somewhere else."

"All right," she agreed, "except when you have dreams, if you need comforting, I intend to comfort."

I nodded. "What other requirements?"

"We do it my way."

"You already said that."

"You may think I am being overly cautious."

"I trust your judgment as long as we agree on goals. What other requirements?"

"Household harmony."

"No fighting?"

"No stomping around as a royal bitch for days at a time."

"And if I do?"

"Then I will call you on it, and you agree I have the right to do so. And then you will either fix it, or I will, and you agree I have that right as well."

"How would you fix it?"

"My blood. Or yours. Either is likely to fix it, at least for a while."

"Put those away," I said, pointing at her fangs. "Maybe you're biting me tonight, but we haven't agreed to anything yet."

"I'm not sure I can," she said. "Try to ignore then."

I turned away and walked back to the window.

"Can we do it?" I asked. "Can we make them stop, or destroy them?"

"Not all of them. Some. Sidney, it would be one at a time, and I can't promise it will be fast. It will be cautious. That's the best you're going to get from me."

"It is my opinion these vampires are the ones most likely to precipitate the war."

"It is my opinion humanity will start the war. These vampires wouldn't survive if they start it. We would rise and destroy them."

"The damage would be done."

She didn't respond to that. "You've heard my offer, and you've heard my requirements."

"I will not tolerate being treated like a servant. I know I'm not your equal, but I expected to be treated like one anyway."

"No."

I turned to her. "Excuse me?"

"I said 'no'. I will treat you as an equal in our relationship. You are not remotely my equal in this war, and I am not going to pretend you are. You are an advisor, but the final decisions are mine and only mine. Nor are you an equal in managing the household. You do not order the staff, and you do not make decisions about the house outside of your own suite. Anything else you want is my final decision."

"All right. I guess I didn't mean any of that. But I'm not admitting I am your servant, either. Do you expect me to jump when you bark?"

"Probably, but I understand you're not offering that. But you are agreeing I may call you mine, and you'll stop trying to deny it.

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