Other Places 3: Detours by P. S. Power

important job, too. I
mean, this is kind of an embassy, so..." What she was thinking, Zack
couldn't tell, but he was willing to bet it involved protecting herself from
her own people more than anything else. Her governing body had tried to have
her killed once already. Keeley had threatened them into stopping that, but
dead was dead, and if they accidently put her name back on a list, that could
go poorly for Kait. Plus, alive or not, she might well be black-balled from
certain things in her own power structure. Not that a seventeen year old would
have a big issue with that yet, but life for an Alede could be pretty long, and
three hundred odd years was enough time to have things work out poorly for you
that way. If you weren't careful.
    Unless,
of course, she was simply planning to take over. That was probably a good idea,
since her current Governing Body was filled with jerks that killed kids, so
they wouldn't challenge them later, if they were too strong. He'd have to
mention the idea to her, if he got a chance.
    They
both nodded.
    "Great!
Okay, then, these two are Roland and Rowan, the night shift. This lovely lady
whose hand I'm holding is Rebekah, who's important in the Vampire community,
running their new blood harvesting concern. She also works for Keeley, The
Mistress of Souls. As an employee , not a slave. She might be around in a
bit, so if you see an incredibly hot teen girl with dark brown hair hanging
around, don't hit on her, Hiram ." He shrugged then. "Because,
you know, she's my Aunt, and that would be creepy. Plus, she's only sixteen,
so..."
    The
man chuckled, his slightly hard looking and decently lean face needing to
either finish growing a beard or to shave. Right now he looked like he was
ready for a weekend long bender.
    "Yeah,
because it's the age thing that would keep me from trying to sleep with
a Greater Demon." He didn't grin about it at least.
    Kaitlyn
did.
    "She's
hot. I know her too, so I'll wave you off if you start to flirt with her too
much. So, these two are working with us?" She looked at Rowan and Roland
then, her face pleasant and... oddly professional.
    "Yes,
so, if you two could work out the training for them? They need to be back home
by dawn, or a little before that, so... I guess I'll be picking you up and
taking you home for a bit, until we can find you someplace closer than the
camp? I'd let you stay at my place, but Marissa is planning on using it. Still
in a pinch, I won't need my bed, so that might work."
    No
one said anything, so he walked toward the front of the store, having never let
go of Rebekah's hand at all. He didn't then either, but did look at her,
noticing that she was dressed a bit like Keeley had been, except that she had a
band t-shirt on, that said "The All Vampire Band" on it, and had a
picture of her own face, if as a stylized line drawing. That was pretty clever,
he realized.
    Plus,
she was good. He knew that just from holding her hand. It was both real and a deflection that allowed her to walk the streets openly in most places. She
looked like she did, not because she was scary and had an alternative lifestyle,
but because she was a performer .
    Mirror
Him took over then, which was a thing he hadn't done in weeks.
    "So,
I was thinking that we should go in the back room and fuck, before we head over
and meet Marissa? Just a quickie. Balthias shouldn't be the only one getting
some tonight, right?"
    It
was blunt, and a bit crude, but the woman looked down at her hand and nodded.
    "Let's.
I want to avoid meeting the important people anyway. It's panic inducing. Where
do you want to do it?"
    Walking
toward the node room, Mirror Him didn't pause at all, and spoke with a relaxed
tone to his voice.
    "The
pussy is fine. I'm not trying to dominate you or anything, just have fun. I'd
go with oral, but given the fang situation you've got going on, I think that
should just be me doing that part for now. Not that Zack can't heal up the
nicks and all that, but you know, that