As I am laying there thinking and relaxing, I hear my husband come walking into the bedroom.

“Vicky, are you in the bathroom?”

“Yes, sweetie. I’m in here relaxing and thinking.” I hear a clasp of thunder rock the house.

“What the Hell?” as I get up out of the tub and grab my robe from behind the door. As I walk out to my husband and see him soak.

“Where did that storm come from?” as I grab a towel from the bathroom and hand it to him.”

“Thanks.” as he starts drying himself off. “I have no idea sweetie. The weather has been perfect all day long and the next thing I know, it’s raining cat’s and dog’s out there. The sky is all black with lighting streaking across the sky.,”

“Sounds like someone summon a storm then or someone with strong elemental magic is playing with their abilities or upset.” I walk over towards the window in our bedroom and look out.

I couldn’t believe how dark and stormy it had gotten since I came in. A bolt of lightning shoots across the sky a far distance away from us.

“Wow! I haven’t seen a storm this bad in a long time.” I turn back around to face my husband.

“Do you have an idea if an elemental life near here or something dear?” He stares at me with those dark eyes of his.

“Mmmm, not that I know of. The only magical or supernatural creatures near us is me, you and a witch that lives about ten miles from us. She’s not very powerful and I trust her.” I walk over and sit down on the bed.

As I sit down on the bed, my robe opens a little revealing my breast to my husband and barely covering my private area.

A slow smile appears on my husband’s face as he looks at me. “You know I don’t mine the view luv.” as he comes over and sits next to me and kiss me.

After we kiss, I look into his dark eyes. I just stare into his eyes and wonder what is going through his mind. He looks into mine and goose pimples start to form on my skin. I don’t know what it is about him, but it’s like my body wants him to dominate it and make me do anything he ask me to do. My pulse starts to speed up and my scent of smell becomes clearer. I feel moisture starting to form in between my legs just thinking about him and having him look deep into me.

“Will you stop that.” I smack his leg and look away from him.

“What?” He gives me that innocent smile of his.

“You know what. You know I can’t help myself when you look at me like you do. You make me want to jump your bones and make love to you all night long.”

He just smiles at me “and that’s a bad thing?”

“Yes, it is. I still need to contact Mistress Selena and set-up a meeting with her. I think one of her children is doing things over in his area that he isn’t suppose too and I want to know who she had locked away in that mausoleum as well.” I get off the bed and walk towards the dresser to get my brush.

“You know she may not tell you who she had locked away in that mausoleum. That’s internal vampire business and has nothing to do with any other supernatural.” as he looks over towards me.

“I don’t care. Whatever or whoever she had locked away in there is out and may have done something to that boy I was hired to look for. Plus, on top of that, it may be stocking the housing complex where the boy lived for future victims.” I slam my hair brush down on the dresser.
I watch as my husband raises his hands before him “I surrender.” as he stands up and walks over to me.

“All I’m saying sweetie.” As he lifts my chin up so he can look into my eyes.

“Is that she may not tell you everything. High ranking vampires like her don’t go around telling their dirty secrets or mistakes they may had made to anyone outside their family. Not even to someone like me. All you can do is be very careful about what you ask her and how you ask it. Also, another good thing to do is to watch every one that may be around her for their reactions as well. Sometimes some of the younger vampires don’t have the control that some of the older ones do.”

I look at his face and move closer to him so I can rest my head on his strong shoulders. “I know. It’s just that this case means a lot to me. What creature would take a young child from his family?” as I look up at him.

“I don’t know sweetie, but whoever did will get theirs. I know how you feel about young kids.” He holds me tight against his chest.

I stand there wrapped in his arms as the storm outside rages on. He picks me up and carries me to our bed and lay me down after pulling the covers down first.

“He looks down at me. You stay here curled up in bed while I go downstairs and make us something to eat, okay?” He places a kiss on my forehead and head out of our bedroom.

I watch him leave before grabbing my cell phone and look up the number to Mistress Selena’s night club called Velvet. As I press the dial button on my cell phone, A clasp of thunder sounds just outside my bedroom window.

“Velvet Night club, Angelica speaking.”

“Hi! Angelica. This is Victoria Brown.”

“Vicky, it’s been so long since you have called here. What can I do to help you?” Angelica’s sweet southern sounding voice comes through my receiver with a purr.

“I need to set-up an appointment with your Mistress, Angelica.”

“Oh! Mistress Selena will love to see you again Vicky. She says you’re her favorite little wolf. Can I tell her why you would like to see her?”

I lay there and think about Angelica’s question. Angelica isn’t the brightest hybrid in the world, but she is very loyal and protective of her Mistress. “It’s confidential Angelica.”

“But Vicky, you can tell me. You know I won’t tell anyone, but my Mistress.” I listen to her whine.

“Angelica listen, it’s not that I don’t trust you. But it’s about a case I am working on and I need to speak to your Mistress about something I found out.”

“Okay, she’s free tomorrow night if you want to come up here to see her Vicky. What time would you like to see her?”

“Mmmm!! Tell your Mistress that I would like to see her around ten o’clock tomorrow night.”

“Okay, Vicky. Let me put you on hold for a second.” Music starts playing over the receiver from her.

Thunder sounds again while I slip out of bed and walk over towards my dresser and get one of my night gowns out and slip it on. The soft silky material rubs against my sensitive skin sending goose pimples on my skin.

The music stops after a few minutes and Angelica’s voice comes back over the receiver. “Vicky my Mistress says that ten o’clock will be fine. She will expect you here on time.”

“Thank your Mistress for me Angelica and thank you as well for asking her.”

“Thank you, Ms. Vicky. We’ll see you tomorrow night at ten o’clock. Bye! Bye!” as her end of the phone goes dead.

I fold my cell phone back up and place it in the charger by my bed on my nightstand. “Well, that’s taken care of. Maybe staying at Emygdia’s place might be a good thing tomorrow.” I walk back over towards the window and look outside at the storm.

As I am standing there, I notice my next door neighbor stepping out of his house from his back door and stopping a couple of feet away from his house. He raises his arms up in the air and look up at the clouds over head. You can barely see how old he is from the rain coming down as it blocks his face from view. I stand there and watch as the clouds start dissipating from overhead. He lowers his arms back down and looks over towards my bedroom window. His dark curly black hair is plaster against his face and the flannel shirt and jeans he is wearing cling tight to his muscular body. He turns around and heads back into his house.

“Okay, that’s something new I didn’t know about him.”

“Who dear?”

I turn around after hearing my husband’s voice from behind me. I nearly turn into my man-wolf form from fright.

“Will you stop doing that to me dear.”

He grins at me “ah, did my little wolfy get scared?” as he stops over near the bed and sets the tray he is carrying down on it.

“Yes! How do you manage to sneak up on me like that?”

“Like usual, but what were you talking about when I came in here?”

“Oh, I just saw our next-door neighbor outside. He made the rain stop and the clouds clear up.”

“Hhmm, that is usual. I haven’t felt anything magical coming from him or from his house.,”

“Well, he just performed some really impressive magic just a few minutes ago. He just stepped outside his house and raised his arms up to the sky with his head back and looked up at the sky. The next thing you know, the rain stopped, and the sky is clearing up.” I walk over towards the bed and gently sits down on it being extra careful not to disturb the food on the tray.

“Well if he did do something magical it didn’t register with me at all.” as he comes walking over towards the bed and lifts the tray off it.

“Besides, doesn’t he practice some sort of nature or druid religion?”

“Yeah, he does. My father said a long time ago that Oilibhear is a member of a local coven in this area.

“Now why don’t you be a good girl and get under the blankets and make yourself comfortable.” He looks at me with the tray in his hands.

I just smile at him and get under the blanket. He places the tray on my lap and places a movie into the DVD player before crawling in next to me.

“So, what movie did you put in for us to watch?” I place the tray in between me and him.

“Broke Back Mountain. I thought you might enjoy watching it.” as he picks up his plate and starts to eat.

I give him a sweet smile before picking up my plate and start eating my dinner as well. We both just sit there in bed eating our dinner and enjoying the movie. After we finish eating my husband pauses the movie to take the tray downstairs and I head to the bathroom. By the time I come out of the bathroom he comes walking through the doorway.

“That was fast.” I crawl back into bed.

“There weren’t much dirty dishes to take care of.” He climbs in next to me.

I snuggle up against him as he restarts the movie. He places his arm around me and holds me tight against him. The wolf in me feels at home and safe curled up next to him. She knows that he is her mate and that there is no other male around to take his place.