And then spending the better part of an hour spanking her ass. She gets spankings every day when we wake up, to remind her who she belongs to.
A nice side effect of that is that it makes her wet and makes me hard, so she doesn’t mind very much.
Right now, the fingers of my right hand are laced through the fingers of Eilidh’s left, and we’re sitting here, just inside the living room, watching this…
Amazingview. Except it blurs slightly…
“Are you crying, Sir?”
“I guess I am.” I blink them away. “Something else I haven’t done in what feels like forever.” The last time I cried before meeting Eilidh was for Robert. I thought losing him burned out what little soul was left inside me.
Then I met my beautiful, radiant sun. She not only led me back to the light—literally—but she lit my soul, as well.
She turns in her chair, tucking her legs under her so she can face me. “We get all the sunsets we want now. And sunrises.”
I gently squeeze her hand. It comforts me that her lifespan will be far longer than a human’s. All I want to do is focus on making her happy, and on helping Parxon complete his move to Earth from Jotnunlm.
For now, I want to enjoythissimple pleasure, just sitting here with her. It’s almost enough to make me want to retire permanently, except I like a challenge. Building a new empire in a new location.
Besides, I don’t want Lucius to get suspicious. The last thing I need is other vampires trying to figure out how to eliminate the sun’s danger to them. It would put Eilidh and I both at risk. A world can only handle so many apex predators, and I don’t want Lucius getting any grandiose ideas and thinking he can expand his power base or tip the balance of power.
I also don’t want anyone looking too hard at Eilidh and her abilities. Especially not my fellow vampires, who want a way to up their game against shifters. And I don’t want shifters thinking they can out-vamp vampires.
Meaning I’ll tread very carefully and only indulge these rare moments when I know there’s no chance of being observed by my fellow vampires or their human companions. Eilidh and I can retreat to my estate in Scotland and be free to roam there under daytime skies. There, Parxon and Zuzu can join us in our walks.
Meanwhile, Garrett and the Tucson pack are valuable allies outside of any agreement they hold with Lucius. The real estate deal is done, and I trust them far more than I do nearly all of the vampires.
Including Lucius.
Although Chaldis and Corbin are becoming close friends. The couple will move to Tucson before next winter. When my new resort opens, Chaldis and Corbin will run the restaurant. I’ve already connected him with an expert on running a restaurant to help him manage it. The two men will be able to get a start on their new life together, Corbin will more easily be able to visit his family, and Eilidh will be able to see her friends. She’s looking forward to helping the men with their restaurant.
I think she’s found the thing she wants to do.
Part of me is hoping we can coax Zuzu to our world permanently and get him involved with the restaurant, too. According to Eilidh and Parxon, he is a remarkable cook.
Anyway, I couldn’t be happier, because she is happy.
We still don’t know if we’ll be able to have children. If Eilidh “marking” me also changed my body in those ways, or if my dream and Amber’s vision were correct. I haven’t told Eilidh about the dream I had that day at Parxon’s house, about the baby.
I don’t want to get my hopes up.
I guess we’ll see. I’d long ago shed the melancholy thoughts about additional children, much as I learned to stop mourning the sun.
But now?
The world is alive and surrounds me and my senses with unspoken potential in a way I never dreamt possible. That means I’ll wait before I take any actions. If she does get pregnant, we’ll say we went through a fertility clinic. That is not unheard of among couples in our situation involving a vampire and a human. If I feel we are at risk, I’ll simply move us to Scotland, to my estate. Anywhere away from other vampires who might ask too many questions.
For now, I will enjoy my love and our life together.
Meanwhile…we’ll build.
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Eilidh
Once the sun’s down,we close the sliders and the blinds and take a shower together. I’m tempted to tackle Dexter now, but he has his heart set on going to Club Toxic tonight and scening there with me.
To put on a show.
