Susan Sizemore - 04 Deceptions by Susan Sizemore

Author:Susan Sizemore
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

ROGER BENTENCOURT PULLED into the carriage house that had long ago been converted into a garage behind Rose’s home, switched off the engine, and sat in the car, composing himself before going inside. He had planned to return home before sunset, to greet Rose in her bed when she awoke, but rush hour traffic had spoiled his plan for private time with his vampire lover. He always felt better when he was with Rose, even though he was painfully aware the peace she brought him was all a result of being allowed to share her blood and body. He made himself sneer at his automatic devotion, but he couldn’t deny the soothing properties of being with Rose. She was beautiful, he very much appreciated her body, though he valued her malleability more. Everyone needed some form of stress relief, his happened to be a silly old vampire.

There were four bays in the large old garage. The household had three cars, and Bentencourt noticed that all three vehicles were in the garage. That meant Alec was home. Bentencourt permitted himself a sigh, but didn’t let it bother him. Alec was an annoyance, but really only a minor hindrance to the way Bentencourt ran the nest. Fortunately, Alec was greedy, self-involved, and clueless about the true nature of power. Alec would have made a perfect guest on one of those who-wants-to-be-rich-and-famous television game shows. He liked thinking that he knew everything and that making money was the fast, easy way to power.

Alec, like most of the strigoi population, was deeply brainwashed into ignoring their powers, and their superiority to mortals.

Bentencourt saw no reason to enlighten the vampire population to their own slavery, not when it came in handy in his own plans to rise to power.

Bentencourt forced down his contempt for Alec. It would not show when he entered the house. He would try to avoid Alec, but he would smile when he next encountered the male vampire, and politely offer Alec another bit of financial advice that would send Alec scurrying out of town once more.

Alec was easy to deal with. Bentencourt’s real annoyance was that his plans were not going as swiftly as he’d hoped they would once he’d set Lora on Falconer. He wasn’t used to being impatient, yet he had to keep reminding himself that it had only been a few days since his scheme had been set in motion. It wasn’t as if the plan was set in stone, or was on a precise timetable. He had to use what there was to work with, find and make opportunities, and be flexible. The basic plan was to take Olympias down and set Rose up as the senior nest leader in the area. It had to appear as though the vampires of Washington had united to overthrow a rogue who abused the Laws of the Blood from her position as an Enforcer and temporarily replaced her with a just, Law-abiding nest leader until the Council could sort things out.

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