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seeing the
exquisite Arabella, he’d known exactly what that motive was… or who, to be
exact.
    “Think
about what?” he said, to toy with her.
    “About
the last presidential election…” she responded in exasperation, “Arabella, you
loon!”
    “She…
seemed nice,” he said, then laughed at the expression which crossed her face.
    “I
think she’s perfect for you,” she declared.
    “Do
you now?”
    “Yep.
I think, you think so as well,” she replied assuredly. “You could use a little
fun in your life. You’ve become far too serious in recent years.”
    He
gave an indifferent shrug of his shoulders. The less Karmyl was involved in his
love-life, the better.
    She
gave him a long, speculative look before changing the subject. “We need to talk
about the upcoming Blood Haze.”
    “What
about it?”
    “How
do you want to handle it this year?” she asked, as she plopped down onto a
padded chair.
    He
sighed. As the head of their haven, it fell to him to ensure the Blood Haze was
conducted in such a manner, as not to draw any undue attention. “We’ll do like
we did last year. We’ll have a masked ball. It seemed to be a big hit with the
people in town.”
    “We
need to begin sending out invitations then. Blood Haze is fast upon us.”
    “When
are the others due back?” he asked.
    Outside
of the two of them, there were five others which incorporated the Rogan haven: Nicolas
and Felicia – the only married vampires in their midst; Talon- who’d been integrated
into their haven only a short while; Selena – whose beauty had become a curse;
and finally, Tara - the youngest of their group.
    “Within
the week, I think,” she replied.
    He
gave a small nod of his head. “Okay, we’ll compile a list, then when Felicia
gets here, we’ll have her prepare the invitations. Get with Selena about the
party preparations – she’s good at that kind of thing.”
    The
sky was beginning to lighten and with eyes that squinted against the coming
light, Karmyl covered her mouth as she yawned. “Okay, oh Esteemed Leader,” she
murmured sleepily.

 
 
    Chapter 2

 
    Arabella
had been asleep for only a short time when the dreams began. She once again saw
the shadow of what she knew to be a man as he kissed his way up the long column
of a woman’s neck. She could smell the leather scent of the car’s interior and
the flashing of lights as cars passed by. She watched as the man’s hand snaked
its way up under the hem of the woman’s little black dress. She heard the
woman’s gasp as his hand gently eased her black thong down. She jerked awake
and sat straight up, gasping. She wiped at the trickle of blood from her nose.
Who were these people she kept seeing? She reached to her bedside table and
grabbed a tissue and pressed it to staunch the flow of blood.
    Exhaling
unsteadily, she lay her head back down once her nose stopped bleeding.
Exhaustion had her closing her eyes once more. This time the dream was
different. A blurry man eased a woman down onto a couch as the woman began to
claw at his clothing. The man chuckled at her impatience. He reached behind her
and slowly unzipped her dress. The dress swirled as it fell, as if it were
weightless. The man leaned forward and placed his mouth against the woman’s
breast and she arched into his touch.
    Arabella
sat up gasping again. Her body tingled at her voyeuristic dream. The pleasure
the woman had received, seemed to transfer to her own body. She lifted a hand
and pressed it against her aching breasts. How could she be so hot and
bothered? She swallowed against the desire which seemed to inflame her entire
body. She felt needy and her body throbbed in frustration. She was more turned
on than she could ever remember. She immediately felt guilty and forced her
hand to fall away from her breast.
    Her
sex life with Drew was just fine. A small voice from somewhere deep and far off
within, whispered to her, was ‘ just fine’ how sex was supposed to be described