A big thankyou to Pixie for fixing up my shocking mistakes. Your a legend for putting up with my grammer problems!
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The lowest basement of the building was linked to the sewer system. It was the way young vampires traveled through the day if they needed to get a message to Eric from their bosses. Eric, Richard and Dee were the first to live in this area. They had promised themselves at the very beginning that if they could live in harmony, then anyone else like them should do so as well. If anyone decided they wanted to go against their laws, then they would be dealt with quickly so others knew never to cross them. Even though, the Were and the Vampires would never truly see eye to eye they did like the idea of not having to fight each other. They would only ever have to fight amongst themselves for more power and that is what Eric and Richard allowed. They could only fight their own race; they weren't allowed to bring the other race into it and they sure as hell weren't allowed to let the humans, who were oblivious to them, know what type of city they really lived in.
The lowest basement was split into three rooms the entrance from the sewers, a viewing room, which had a one way mirror which looked directly into the meeting room, which was the third room. The meeting room looked more like a living room than an actual meeting room. It had a small kitchenette which contained only a fridge, which just had bags of fresh blood in it. Inside the cupboards wasn't food but weapons, weapons that would be required if there was an attack and they were there as a last resort.
When the outsider entered, Richard was sitting on one of the single chairs with Dee on his lap. Marcus was in the kitchenette pouring them each a drink and Micheal was sitting on a couch reading that day's paper. Richard and Dee both looked over to him before they began their heavy petting again giving the appearance that no one else was in the room with them.
The outsider cleared his throat and began to get nervous. Richard had lifted his skills a little just so the vampire knew who he was dealing with. Just so he would know that they weren't young like he was and if he wanted to cross them, his death would be painful and slow.
Marcus picked up the drinks and took them over to place them down on tables closest to them. Then he sat down himself. He looked at the youngling and raised his brows. "You are here for business so spit it out. We don't have all night."
The vampire jumped when he was spoken to and nodded a little. "My boss is after new blood in his army. He wants to know if anyone in this city was interested in joining him to get rid of all the animals in the area before moving onto bigger things."
Micheal closed the paper then folded it neatly before tossing it on the table to pick up his drink. "And why would we join him? Shouldn't he join us since this is our city?"
The young vampire took a step back from the tone in Micheal's voice. "I'm just a messenger. I am just saying what he told me to."
Marcus sat forward, resting his elbows on his knees and laced his fingers together. "What is your name, childe? And what is your boss'
name?" Once he had the younglings gaze. He showed him just a hint of what he was dealing with in the room. His eyes turned from dark brown slowly into blood red before going solid black which showed the young vampire that he wasn't dealing with any normal vampire. He was dealing with an ancient.
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Meanwhile upstairs. Dinner was getting the finishing touches to it and being placed on the table. Ulisi had been preparing it, with Billy helping her while he was around. He had to return to his mates since they were early in their pregnany, his tiger never liked leaving them for to long, even tho he knew Tom was with them. After saying his goodbye to her during the meeting. She made sure she had plates done up for everyone's preferences and made sure there was plenty of food for all of the guests.
It had been such a long time since she had interacted with others of her kind. Hell, she may have done but with her wolf being asleep, she wouldn't of known who they truly were. She felt so at home, being with others of her kind. She had missed it so much. Her wolf was even excited being around others of their kind but she was more excited on seeing one of them in particular. Ulisi had to talk her wolf down from claiming him when she saw him in the boardroom. All she wanted to do was go over to him, bend over and wriggle her arse against his crotch. Even though she had lovers in the past, she had never felt the need to do that, ever. Just the thought of it started to make her blush.
Maria looked over to her with concern. "Gran, are you alright?" going over to the older woman who looked more like her older sister than who she grew up with.
Flushed, Ulisi looked to her and smiled. "Yes, I'm fine, child."
Eric was watching and couldn't help but grin. He went over behind Maria and pulled her back against him whispering in her ear which made her eyes go wide and stared in disbelief at what he had just told her. She looked up to him and he just nodded. "It's the way of the wolf. With Ulisi allowing her wolf wake, like me, she won't be able to control what she feels and for who. So just be happy and I'll make sure he treats her right."
Due to how the spirit weres lived Eric knew straight away through the bond with Ulisi that she had found her mate the moment she entered the boardroom. Eric the Alpha of their family so, his bond to each member was stronger than the normal bonds they would have between the women. He would always be able to feel their emotions and would never be able to block them ever. It was a gift along with a curse of being an Alpha to a spirit pack. He was even finding the bond growing with Jessie which he didn't expect to feel. That was however one bond he was glad he was getting.
Maria looked at him with shock then looked at Ulisi before stepping towards her and hugging her tightly. Whispering she said, "I so hope you're going to play hard to get with him. You deserve to have a bit of fun in the relationship department after everything you've done for me. I'm so happy for you, Gran."
Ulisi gave a sigh of relief, for some reason she had thought Maria would be against the idea of her taking a mate. She hugged her granddaughter back and kissed her cheek. "Thank you my dear. I do plan to do just that, if I can keep my wolf back from submitting to him as soon as he walks through the door."
The three of them couldn't help but laugh at the submitting part. They each knew she wasn't the type of woman to do that but try telling her wolf that.
Just as all the plates were placed on the table, Eric called out. "Foods up."
It was as if they had heard him because Gabriella and Thad walked through the door.
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The youngling began to shake when he watched Marcus' eyes shifting to solid black. His breathing began to quicken and he started to back towards the door but stopped when he felt the wall behind him. His hands were just pressed against the door and he felt like he was paralyzed and nothing seemed to work which only increased his fear.
