Angeline stood at Sophia's side, staring straight ahead, scarcely aware of the hot Florida sunshine as its warmth caressed the pale flesh exposed by her nearly nonexistent dress.
Before them, still unaware that she was being stalked, the young woman lounged poolside, her scant, skimpy yellow-and-pink bikini baring the vast majority of her tanned, oiled flesh to the sun. She reached up a languid hand to adjust the stylish sunglasses she wore before going still once again.
"I want her," Sophia whispered, voice so low that even Angeline had to strain to hear the words.
Angeline nodded, finally tearing her gaze from the redhead's delectable body and gorgeous face, shifting her focus to her companion.
Like Angeline, Sophia wore little, clad in a skin-tight dress that revealed more than it covered. The green fabric shimmered in the sunlight as if made of a highly-reflective metal, as did Angeline's own blue dress.
"As do I," Angeline whispered, addressing the other's comment.
As she spoke, a soft breeze stirred Sophia's long dark tresses and she reached out to gently comb her companion's hair back into place with her fingers. Sophia caught her hand and placed a light kiss on the palm of her hand, her full lips pressing to Angeline's skin for the barest of moments. Yet, the mingled sensations of the other's full lips and the harder pressure of her fangs sent a fire surging through Angeline's lithe body that had nothing to do with the Florida heat and humidity. When she locked her gaze with Sophia's, she saw that the other's eyes were glowing with pale green light and that her face was a study in barely restrained passion.
Angeline stroked Sophia's cheek lightly. "Easy, my love. She doesn't know that we're here. Keep control. Misty Le Rouge will be induced into the pack soon. I promise."
Sophia eased closer, pressing her slender body against Angeline's own, slipping one arm around her, pulling them even more tightly together. "I cannot wait, beloved."
"Always so anxious," Angeline whispered tenderly. "Once we're away from here I promise to satisfy your every desire. But, for now, let us tend to the matter at hand. Alright?"
The sigh that passed between Sophia's lips as she ran her fingers through Angeline's long blonde hair was a mixture of disappointment and frustration. She nodded, saying, "I'll hold you to that promise."
Angeline smiled slyly. "No need. It's not a promise I intend to break..."
Twining their fingers together, Angeline's right hand and Sophia's left hand, they turned their attention back to Misty Le Rouge as the model/actress continued to lounge beside her private swimming pool.
After a couple of minutes, Misty Le Rouge stirred once more, then rose from her chaise lounge. She picked up a neon pink inflatable float, placed it in the azure waters and climbed aboard, lying flat, drifting wherever the raft took her. Moments later, she lifted her head, raising her sunglasses, staring straight at Angeline and Sophia, a small frown pulling her perfect lips downward at the corners.
Angeline smiled, remaining still and silent. At her side, Sophia followed suit. A few moments later, Misty Le Rouge took a deep breath, let it out slowly, lowered her sunglasses back into place and laid back on the raft once more.
Angeline gave Sophia's hand a gentle tug. Silently, they moved through the mix of palm trees and ferns until they came to the high stone wall that cordoned off Misty Le Rouge's property. Sophia turned to Angeline, brushing her lips quickly over her mouth. A moment later, moving as one, they crouched and leapt atop the wall, landed easily, then dropped to the ground on its other side.
"She knew we were there," Sophia commented as they began to walk.
Angeline nodded. "She knew. But she couldn't see us."
Sophia tightened her grip on Angeline's hand. "Useful trick we learned from the vampires, how to cloak ourselves like that."
"Yes. Stupid leeches proved useful after all."
"She could smell our pheromones."
"Yes. But she didn't know what she was smelling, though."
"No."
"Doesn't matter. We've got her scent and she has ours."
"Yes. She's ours for the taking."
"Whenever we chose to take her."
Sophia pressed closer to Angeline, saying, "But what shall we do about Enoch? When we bring Misty Le Rouge into the pack he'll take her for his own."
"He's the alpha male; it's his right to do so."
Sophia pouted, saying, "So you and I do the hunting and bring her in, then he takes her from us?"
Angeline stopped, wrapping her arms around Sophia, caressing the other woman's bare spine with the tips of her fingernails. "Enoch can't take a thing if he isn't around to make the claim."
"Meaning...we get rid of him? How?"
Angeline shrugged. "Let him see Misty Le Rouge after we bring her over. You know how he'll react. What if, in that excitement, he were do something stupid that got him killed?"
"Something like what?"
"Oh, I don't know. Maybe he'd not notice that, somehow, a few slivers of silver, or some silver nitrate ended up in his wine. And he'd drink that wine."
Sophia grinned and kissed Angeline full on the lips. "With the alpha dead and gone, the pack would need a new leader. Who might that be?"
Angeline kissed her back. "Why an alpha male? Why not an alpha female? Why not two alpha females?"
Sophia drew away slowly, grinning seductively. "Come on, beloved. You have a promise to keep. After that, we'll begin to make plans..."
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