First things first: I'd like to thank LissaSue for again editing What's in a Name, it's thanks to her that you're not reading the most horrible English imaginable ;-)
Secondly I'd like to thank my readers for their patience. It's been a long time but fortunately, here's the sixth chapter of What's in a name. Enjoy!
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Alexander drove his car across the city towards the River's Building. Ravenna shifted nervously beside him, her fingers fiddling with a loose thread on her clothing. She wore a stylish skirt with an asymmetrical red blouse, her long blond hair braided intricately with various kinds of hairpins. She looked stunning, Alexander mused, as she always did. He could not really blame Dominic for wanting to make a move on her, he wouldn't mind so himself, he thought, smiling.
Ravenna grew more and more quiet as they neared their destination, her hands almost successful in tearing the thread from her blouse. "If you keep that up, you'll ruin your new clothes," he warned her. She looked up startled and shot an annoyed look at him, her ire eliciting a smile from him.
"Don't worry, Ravenna, you'll do just fine. Dominic and I will be with you, and you'll only meet our secretary. She's very kind, really." He smiled reassuringly. "Just a quick introduction, and then your off to your new office."
She nodded and drew in a long breath to calm herself. They had spoken of this repeatedly; she knew there was nothing to worry about. Still, she felt anxious enough to try and hide under her bed. It wouldn't be very useful, she thought, grumbling, they'd probably just drag her from under it. This was the first time she'd left the grounds since Alexander and Dominic had brought her with them. What would she find out there?
As they turned the last corner, the Rivers Building appeared in front of them, and Alexander took them to his private garage. He smiled an encouraging smile to the pale looking woman beside him and got out of the car. Opening her door, he offered his hand to the girl inside. She really looked like she was going to pass out, drawing in shallow breaths.
"Ravenna," he said sternly, "breathe. It's going to be fine. Now, come on." He pitied the girl next to him, but she could not hide inside forever. Together they entered the elevator.
The bell indicated they had reached the top floor, the floor of her new office, of her
work
. Why had she agreed to this, again?
The doors slid open and suddenly, everything happened in a blur. A grey, older woman flitted to her side, shaking her hand while a stream of words poured from her mouth. "It's so nice to finally meet you! Mr. De L'Ile and Mr. Orion already told me so much about you! I just could not wait to make your acquaintance!"
Ravenna did not even have time to look surprised, or confused. The lady was still holding her hand firmly, and she stumbled behind her as she was towed through the hallway.
"Oh my, you must be thirsty. This is the kitchen. You can find all kinds of food and drinks here. You'll have to tell me your favorites, and then I'll make sure they are on stock." She fluttered to the cupboards and started collecting cups. "What would you like to drink dear? Tea, coffee, juice, soda? You look like a juice person to me. I have just the thing!"
Stunned, Ravenna looked down at the glass of grape juice that was pushed into her hands, one of her favorites actually. She looked at Alexander uncertainly, who eyed the spectacle with an amused look on his face. He nodded at her encouragingly; sipping the coffee his secretary had donned him moments after she had tended to Ravenna. She smiled shyly at the short woman in front of her who started beaming, and relaxed, this wasn't so bad at all.
The woman moved like a whirlwind, already towing the group to their next destination. They started with the office at the end of the blind ending hallway, perpendicular to the other offices. "This is Mr. De L'Ile's office."
Ravenna shot a look inside, surprised by its splendor and size. It was bigger than the room she lived in, in Alexander's mansion and held more furniture, too. Before she managed to have a good look, the lady already walked them back towards the elevators. She stopped where two doors faced each other on each side of the hallway, one open, one closed.
"Here, we have Mr. Orion's office." This room was quite the reverse from Alexander's. Both offices held a grand bureau with computer, a couch, TV, stereo set, lots of art, and a door that looked like it led to a bathroom, but this room was decorated in masculine brown and black, red leather furniture covering the floor. Alexander's office was the opposite, painted in light tones and classic furniture. But both offices held a magnificent view, covering almost the entire city. They were great working spaces.
"You've seen the kitchen around the corner; my office is at the other side. Now, it's time to see your new office!"
Alexander walked them to the closed door across from Dominic's. "My lady, your new working space," he said, as he opened the door with a grand gesture.
It was a breathtaking space, just as the other two offices were. It was spacious with a curved glass wall that separated the room from the sky. It was decorated with a wooden floor, the two side walls painted in light tones.
The wall that faced the windows was a bright red, it gave the room a playful look, but, thanks to the light toned side walls, it did not dominate the room. Ravenna loved it. She had a spectacular view and even a bathroom in the far right corner. She entered it, stunned. All this was for her?
"We did not order any furniture yet because we wanted you to decorate it to your own taste," Alexander explained. "Karen has got the catalogue for you. Just make a list of whatever you like, and then she'll make sure everything is delivered around noon." The secretary handed Ravenna the catalogue, who accepted it with a grateful smile.
At that moment, Dominic entered carrying several large boxes, a huge grin on his face. "Hey, Rav, a lot of room for a tiny girl like you. You sure you won't get lost once it's furnished?" She stuck her tongue out at the annoying vampire, eliciting a grin from the people around her.
Dominic nodded to the pile of boxes in his hands. "I've got you your own computer with all kinds of cables, plugs, boxes, cards, chips, and whatever you'd like. You just start ordering the furniture and install your new equipment. It's about time you start earning your stay."
Enthusiastically, she pulled the electronics from his arms, ignoring his quip. She immediately began unwrapping them, looking like a child in a toy store. She rummaged through the packets, collecting everything she needed, a huge smile on her face.
Alexander and Dominic laughed at her eager movements in the growing pile of electronics. "Don't drown in all these wires, Rav," Alexander teased her, "and don't forget to order your new furniture." Ravenna nodded distractedly; too busy with her new computer. The two men left her to it, smiling, this would turn out just fine.
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Mason was pacing the room restlessly, waiting for a report from his secretary. It had been almost three weeks since the girl had been spotted, and she still had not been brought in. Angrily, he glared at the clock, the report should have been in over an hour ago. He decided he would take out his frustration on the girl he'd left tied to the bed in his quarters and collect the report himself on his way back.
He walked over to his room and smirked at the naked girl in his bed. She looked up at him eagerly, lust clouding her eyes. He did not particularly like her, but it was refreshing to fuck a pussy once in a while, without being disturbed by tiresome whining.
He undressed and settled himself between her legs, stroking his member to full erectness. Trembling girls did turn him on more, but she'd do for now. He lined himself with her dry sheath and started pushing himself inside her. She let out a strangled moan, a combination of pain and pleasure.
Every time he pushed himself into some girl's cunt, he regretted he hadn't fucked his little refugee when she'd still had been in his hands. He had wanted to break her first, and then take her, making her his completely. Now, he'd have to wait until he had his hands on her again. These trembling substitutes that were brought to him would have to do until that time.
He thrust in and out of the girl for a while, enjoying the pleasurable friction it caused. His lust surged as he looked down at his penis disappearing in the girl's cunt, her walls enveloping his stiff member.
Pulling himself from the girl, he ordered her on all fours. She got up as much as her bindings allowed her and he shoved himself back in her hard, eliciting another tortured moan. He imagined that it was his little refugee, lying under him brokenly, following his every order.
He groaned as he felt her pussy walls contract around his cock, the fantasy of the other girl still in his mind. Thrusting harder, he felt his cock expand as the picture of the girl fueled his lust; he moaned as he felt his cock spasm in the girl, depositing his seed inside her deeply.
He pulled from her satisfied, his mind a bit less tense. He got dressed again, leaving the girl on the bed as he had found her. First, he'd go and kill whoever forgot to bring him the report and then fuck her some more.
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Ravenna sat in her new office, behind her new desk, and looked around contentedly. She'd gotten more or less used to leaving the estate in the past weeks and felt at home in her new working space. It was now fully decorated; Alexander had even let her order art she liked.
He had overdone it a bit, in her opinion. Instead of ordering reproductions, he'd even laid his hands on original paintings, beautiful, but unnecessary; it made her feel somewhat uncomfortable. He didn't seem to mind though.
Karen entered her office with a stack of papers; all business protocols and information about the River's Company. She'd already been familiarizing herself with the company for weeks, but it only had been the tip of the iceberg, she'd soon realized. The business set up by her vampire friends was huge.
To her surprise, Karen also brought in files for her to work on. She actually could do something to add to the company, she thought happily. For all the generosity Alexander and Dominic had showed her, she craved doing something in return.
She started working on the files. All issues with the computer system, and she fired up her triple D, the Digital Diagnostic Delver, as she called the program she'd written for sorting out these kind of problems. She let the program run and soon found the problem that caused the crashing of the software.
She set to fixing it, resolved to finishing the work by the end of the day. She worked at it for a couple of hours, frowning as she discovered the software was a tangled mess of programmer code. Whoever had worked on this before had created a digital maze, no wonder the system crashed all the time.
