*****Chapter 3*****

I watched as Justin slept peacefully in the bed. His

breathing shallow and constant. He seemed to be used

to this, to what happened between he and JC.

"Do they all know about you?" I thought, JC turned to

look at me.

"No. Only him. We’ve always been close." He thought

back.

"He’s a little prick." I smiled wickedly from my

chair.

"You’re a little bitch when you want to be." He

sighed. "But I can see beyond all that." He smiled,

his fangs flashing.

"Oh really?" I asked, voicing my thoughts this time.

I raised an eyebrow at him, my eyes glowing.

"Yes." We were both suddenly aware of the presence of

another one. Another Kindred. I immediately went on

the defensive, springing from my chair, I walked over

and stood beside him. Our senses heightened, we

focused in on the door to the hotel room. We were

rewarded seconds later by a faint knocking.

"Lily" I hissed, smelling her in the air. "You keep

away from her" I thought to him as he approached the

door.

"Jealous?" He thought back.

"No...I don’t trust that bitch." I thought back

forcefully. I could feel my eyes turning red again.

I slid my sunglasses on and dropped back into my chair

as he opened the door.

"Neither do I." He thought back. "But we belong to

each other now, remember?" He thought as he opened

the door.

"JC...we need to spend some time together" Lily purred

as she entered the room, quickly pushing her body up

against his.

"No" He pushed her away. "Not here." He hissed,

motioning towards the bed where Justin lay sleeping.

"Hmmm, so young. So fresh" She smiled, she could see

the vein in his neck pulsating.

"Stay away from him" JC hissed as she approached the

bed. She turned to face him, her eyes glowing.

"Or what?" She purred calmly, lifting Justin’s arm

and licking slowly from his wrist to his elbow. I

watched from the shadows as she did. Justin moaned

softly in his sleep, mumbling and turning over as Lily

clenched his arm tighter.

"You heard him Lily. Leave the baby alone." I hissed,

standing up, my eyes glowing. Lily didn’t even

flinch, knowing I had been present all along.

"Stay out of this. Just because you’re Julian’s

doesn’t mean I won’t hurt you." She hissed at me.

"Be careful." JC thought to me, stepping closer to

Lily.

"I know." I thought back.

"Then do it Lily." I smiled, my fangs showing. I

walked right up to her, and standing before her, used

my fingernail to slit my neck. Wincing only a little

as the blood began to flow. JC gasped and grabbed for

his neck. I had forgotten that we shared souls. "I’m

sorry" I thought to him.

"What are you doing?" He thought back frantically.

"She won’t do it." I thought back confidently as Lily

eyed the blood pulsing from my neck. She could feel

the hunger stinging inside her.

"Bitch!" She hissed, reaching out and swinging her

hand at me.

"NO!" JC whispered firmly, his eyes glowing, grabbing

her hand and pulling it backwards. "You’re not

welcome here Lily." He smiled, showing his fangs.

"What’s to stop the two of us from feeding off of

you?" He asked, running a finger along her neck.

"You wouldn’t dare." She told JC, her eyes glowing.

"Wouldn’t I?" I smiled. "You know we can kill you

Lily. We are more powerful, more pure than you." I

smiled wickedly. "It’s so easy for us. And we have

no one to answer to but each other."

"I smell her fear." JC thought to me, smiling wider.

"I know" I smiled back.

"You wish. There are only two of you." Lily snapped,

pulling away from JC and I. She pretended to be

fearless, but we could still smell it. I smiled wider

and approached her. "The other clans won’t like this,

and you won’t live long" She whispered, backing away.

"Who says they’ll know?" JC asked, pushing her up

against the wall.

"I say." Lily replied evenly.

"What if she does" JC thought to me.

"We’ll deal with it then." I thought back, smiling at

Lily. "I think it’s time for you to go!" I smiled at

Lily, making sure I flashed my fangs at her one last

time.

"This is not over yet." She hissed angrily, her eyes

flashing.

"It is now." JC replied, opening the door and

watching her leave. He shut the door behind her and

sighed. "What now?" He asked me, pulling me close

and licking my neck. We were interrupted by a

knocking on the room door, startling us both.

"Not kindred" I said, sniffing the air.

"No...probably one of the guys" He whispered back,

peeking through the peephole. "Joey" He mumbled,

pulling open the door. I retreated to my chair,

sliding into it and crossing my legs. "What Joey?

I’m kinda busy right now" JC said quietly, when he

opened the door.

"Is curly asleep?" He smiled at JC.

"Yeah why?" JC asked him. "Joey likes his women.

You probably caught his eye earlier." JC thought to

me. I tried to suppress a laugh.

"Dream on." I thought back. JC tried to stifle a

snicker.

"I have a girl...man she’s awesome. Fiery, stubborn,

beautiful, amazing appetite for sex" He smiled wider.

"Oh brother" I thought, listening in on the

conversation.

"Cut to the chase Joey, what do you want from me?" JC

sighed.

"Well, I was wondering if you would join us" Joey

grinned. "You’d probably enjoy her."

"What?" JC asked. "Are you nuts man?" JC asked.

"I’m interested" I thought to JC.

"Really?" He thought back.

"She’s okay with this?" JC asked him.

"Yeah she is man...she’s...I don’t know...different. She

suggested it in fact. You’re the only one I trust to

ask this of." He pleaded.

"Ask him about a foursome...I’m hungry" I thought to

him.

"I don’t know A’sa." He thought back.

"I don’t know man" JC told Joey.

"Come on baby" I thought to him. "I could use a

little more of you" I smiled as I thought.

"Well when you put it that way" He grinned, thinking

back to me.

"All right...but on one condition Joey." He said

sternly. "Come here" He thought to me. I stood up

and sauntered over to him, draping one arm over his

neck and sliding one hand over his stomach and into

his pants.

"Wha...what’s that?" Joey asked, his jaw dropping as he

watched me massaging JC.

"Oh god...that feels good" JC thought as I rubbed

myself against his back.

"A’sa here gets to join in" JC smiled slightly,

trying to keep his fangs from showing.

"Uh" Joey thought for a minute.

"He’s freaked" I thought to JC, smiling to myself.

"I’m not surprised." JC thought back.

"Okay...come on...she’s waiting in my room" He said,

looking me over as he waited in the hall. We stepped

out and JC closed the door.

"Would you feed on Joey?" I thought to him as we

followed him down the hall.

"I don’t know...I suppose...but I’d rather not A’sa.

There’s enough at stake for me. They’re like family

to me." He thought back.

"They’re human!" I thought to him despisingly. He

stopped and stared at me.

"Even so" He thought to me. "They mean more to me

than the clan, and now that I belong to you, I don’t

even have that." He said, stopping and staring at me.

I turned, and stared into his blue eyes. "What,

besides Julian, do you have? I know you hate Sasha

and Cash. You’re a loner when it comes to the clans.

Like me. We’re different, we always were." He

thought.

"I have me! I don’t need anyone." I thought

vehemently.

"Nice way to think now that we’re on our own here."

He thought back sarcastically. What he said, struck

me to my soul. We were alone now. We had embraced

each other. We were no longer a part of any clan. In

essence, the two of us had become our own clan.

"Uh. You guys okay?" Joey said as he stopped to open

the room door. We turned to look at him.

"Please A’sa...just don’t kill him if you feed" JC

thought to me.

"What about the woman?" I thought back as we began

walking towards Joey.

"Feed, but don’t kill her" He thought as we stepped

into Joey’s room.

"Fine" I thought back.

"JC, A’sa, this is Kahea. Kahea, my friends JC and

A’sa" Joey cleared his throat as he walked over and

pulled her onto his lap.

"Hello" She smiled, her green eyes flashing. I

sensed something about her, but I wasn’t sure what it

was.

‘***

"Julian this is getting way out of hand!" Lily said as

she stormed into the mansion.

"What?" He asked as he closed the door behind her.

"What do you mean what? JC and A’sa!" She yelled.

"What have they done?" He asked calmly, his accent

thick.

"They’ve embraced each other, and now they’re being

reckless. They threatened me Julian. I will not be

threatened!" Lily hissed at him angrily.

"Why were you there Lily?" He asked evenly.

"To see JC" She pouted. "He is Toreador." She

whined. "He belongs to me"

"No. Not anymore. He belongs to A’sa and he is a

Daywalker. That takes precedence over the clan."

Julian said shortly. "Same for A’sa. She belongs to

him and she is a Daywalker Lily. You cannot control

him anymore than I can control A’sa." Julian said

evenly.

"That is bull!" Lily cried loudly. "You can take her

away from him. Separated, the two of them can do no

harm, leave them together and who knows what they’ll

do!" Lily said angrily. "The prophecies are unclear

when it comes to Daywalkers!" She hissed.

"Lily, that IS enough." Julian roared, finally losing

his temper. "You will not touch them. Either of

them." He yelled, grabbing her wrist. "You will

leave them both alone." He said, dropping his voice.

Lily stepped away from him, pulling her wrist from his

hand. She knew she would get nowhere with this. Not

with him. He would protect his precious A’sa and her

lover if need be.

"Of course" Lily whispered.

"Lily" He said, his voice warning her.

"No harm Julian. Consider it over." She smiled at

him affectionately. "And now I really must go." She

whispered, grabbing her bag. "I will see you soon

Julian." She said emotionlessly.

"Don’t do anything you’ll regret Lily." He said as

she retreated down the steps and into the blackness of

the night.

‘***

"Mmm, oh god" Kahea moaned as Joey bit her breast

forcefully. I slowly ran my hands over Joey’s back,

feeling the muscles in his shoulders moving as he

fingered his girl. I licked his neck slowly, feeling

his artery pulsing below my tongue. I looked over at

JC, who was watching me.

"What’s wrong? Come join the fun" I thought to him.

"I want to see you and her together" He thought to

me. I raised my eyebrow.

"Why?" I thought back.

"I want to feed on her" He thought, I narrowed my

eyes as he licked his lips.

"So do I.." I thought back as Joey moved away and

pushed me towards her.

"Why can’t we both feed on her?" He thought, a smile

spreading across his lips.

"What about Joey?" I thought as I began to run my

hands over her legs. JC walked over and pulled Joey

away, sitting him on the bed. Joey watched JC and I

could smell the fear. I tried to stifle my laughter

as I licked Kahea’s neck, her artery pulsing strong

beneath my tongue.

"What are you doing man?" Joey asked, his voice

cracking as JC licked until he found the artery in

Joey’s thigh. The same one he used to feed from

Justin. He massaged it gently, then bit into it.

"OW!" Joey yelped as JC began to suck the blood from

Joey’s leg. Kahea turned to see what was going on. I

was afraid she would panic before I had a chance to

feed, so I held her chin and gazed into her green eyes

before I drove my tongue into her mouth. We kissed

forcefully for a minute before she pulled away.

"You’re Kindred." She panted, staring into my eyes.

"She knows" I thought to JC.

"How can she?" He thought back as he pulled away from

Joey. Joey lay back on the bed weakly and watched

groggily as JC bit his wrist and let a drop fall on

Joey’s leg, healing the punctures.

"How do you know?" I asked, looking at her. JC

walked over and sat on the bed beside us.

"My stepfather was kindred. He raped me and fed on

me, but never made me kindred." She whispered,

grabbing my hand and placing it on the artery in her

neck. "He fed on me so often, I began to recognize

your kind, by smell, by movement." She said, looking

at JC. "Make me one of you" She whispered quietly.

"We can’t." He said, shaking his head.

"Why not? He made me what I am. I don’t belong with

humans and I’m not Kindred. I have nothing!" She

said sadly. "Please." She whispered again.

"Why not?" I thought to JC.

"Are you crazy?" He thought back to me.

"No. She has nothing JC. No one. She’s like

us...loners, remember?" I thought back to him. I don’t

know why I was defending her or why I was pleading her

case with him. There was something about her, in her

eyes. Something I recognized.

"Which clan would she be A’sa?" He thought, staring

down at her. "Mine or yours?"

"We don’t belong to any clan anymore remember?" I

thought to him. "We belong to each other." She

watched us, staring at each other, our thoughts

reverberating in the stillness.

"Please...I have nothing" She pleaded again.

"How do we do this?" He thought to me as he watched

her plead.

"We embrace her. The way we would anyone." I

thought.

"But what about her clan? If we embrace her which

will she become? Mine or yours? How can either of us

protect her? Or guide her?" He thought back to me.

"Hold on" I said, finally voicing my thoughts, for

both their benefits. I tried to think. "We’ll both

embrace her." I thought finally.

"Both of us?" He thought back. "Is that possible?"

"We’re about to find out." I replied softly. "Hon,

we’ll do it, but are you sure this is what you want?"

I asked. She nodded vehemently.

"Yes." She said firmly. I sensed no fear in her.

"All right, we’re going to feed, then we’ll feed you"

I whispered, brushing the hair from her face. She

nodded and pulled her hair up and away from her neck,

tilting her head to the side. For some reason, I

already felt protective of her as though she were my

child. She spread her legs and looked over at JC.

"He liked to feed on me there...my thigh" She whispered

to him.

"Bastard" JC thought to me as he nodded and lowered

his head to her thigh. I watched for a second before

leaning in and piercing her throat. Her body arched

at the feel of both of us feeding. We fed until she

was at the brink and began to die her first death, her

body limp, her breathing shallow. I slit my wrist, JC

gasped at the sensation and then did the same. I felt

the pain as we crawled up above her.

"Here goes" I whispered as he and I rubbed our wrists

together, letting our blood mingle as it dripped down

into her mouth.

"Kahea...come on...you have to feed now." JC whispered as

she lapped hungrily at the drops, sucking on both our

arms in turn. We watched and waited as she fed.

After several minutes, she smiled sleepily and closed

her eyes, drifting off. "Okay, now what?" JC

whispered. I shook my head.

"Now we wait and see what we’ve done." I whispered

back.

Chapter 4

"Now this may be the wrong time! But I want you!" A'sa

growled as she sat on JC's lap. "Mmmm!" JC moaned as she

kissed him hungrily. She slid her hand into his pants and

massaged his erection. He quickly undid his pants and A'sa

moved so he could take them off. JC undid her pants and

helped her take them off, she situated herself on his lap as

he slid into A'sa. She rocked against him. JC put his hands

on her hips and slammed her down onto him. She felt him

shoot his cum into her. Her orgasm soon followed. "WOW!"

she said a huge grin on my face. JC and A'sa relaxed in

eachothers arms. He was the only one who ever made her

feel safe. "What if she dies?" she thought sadly as she

snuggled close to him. A'sa was suddenly regretting

embracing Kahea.

Joey stirred in his sleep. "I have to do something with him!"

JC said getting up. She helped JC dress him and JC carried

him into his room and layed him down. When he came back

A'sa was sitting on the edge of the bed watching Kahea

sleep. "We did this to her?" she asked sadly. "She won't die!

She'll just be Kindred." JC said rubbing her back

comfortingly. JC was starting to notice a change in her, A'sa

was becoming more caring. Almost motherly. A'sa got up

and headed to the bathroom. "I need a shower!" she said as

she closed the door.

JC watched Kahea sleep. She looked peaceful. He brushed

some stray hair out of her eyes. "I'm hungry!" he heard in his

mind. "You shouldn't be we just fed!" he thought back

thinking it was A'sa. "She's definitly beautiful!" JC thought as

he rubbed her arm gently. Kahea's fluttered open and she

smiled. She leaned forward and kissed JC softly at first. She

pulled him closer to her so he was on top of her. "MMmmm

he's a good kisser!" she thought. JC's eyes flew open and he

pulled back. "A'sa?" he thought. Kahea looked at him

confused. "A'SA!!" he called as he backed away. A'sa was

just getting out of the shower when she heard him. "What?"

she thought as she walked back into the room. "I think I

scared him!" Kahea thought. She smiled. A'sa's eyes

imediatly turned to K. "I think she's one of us!" A'sa said

surprised. "We have to tell Julian! I think we fucked up big!"

JC said as he slumped down into a chair. "Leave her with

Justin?" he added. "She'll kill him!" A'sa pointed out. "Stay

here with her I'll be back!" A'sa said. She finished getting

dressed and grabbed her jacket. "Looks like it's just us!"

Kahea purred. JC smiled weekly. "You do need to feed!" he

said as he picked up the phone. He called Justin. "Justin I

need you to come down to Joey's room!" he said. K licked

her lips and moved closer to JC she ran her tongue up his

neck along his pulsating artery. JC moaned. He could feel

himself getting hard.

"Daedalus I need to tlak to you!" A'sa said barging into his

quarters. Daedalus lived underground. He was the Primogen

of the Nosferatu clan. They had to stay out of site, because

they looked the least like humans. But Daedalus was easiest

to talk to. He could be rational. "What is it A'sa?" he said

looking up from his painting. He was an avid creator. He

loved anything that made him think. "I screwed up BIGTIME!"

she said sitting on the floor watching him. His appearence

never bothered her. Lily had always insisted the Nosferatu

hid because they were ugly, and hideous to look at. "Is this

about your new friend?" "How did you know?" she asked

curiously. "Your uncle came to me for advise. Lilly is on the

hunt for you two! She already went to Eddie!" he said as set

down his brush. "Damn!" she mummbled. Eddie Fiori was

the Brujah primogen. An asshole to it's truest form. He

constently kissed Julians ass, but would take him out in a

heartbeat. "Your uncle won't let them get to either of you!

Even if it means his death." Daedalus said as he crouched

in front of her. "Theres three of us now!" she said softly.

Daedalus looked up at her. "Three?" "We embraced a girl!

The both of us. We figured she would be normal Kindred. But

when she woke up she could read our thoughts. She's like

us! A daywalker." A'sa rammbled. "An Orien! It means rising

sun. You two have started creating the sixth clan!" "Oh boy!"

A'sa said as she rubbed her hands over her face. "Go talk to

Julian! Then leave this city. Lilly wants your friend! Julian will

protect you to as long as he can." Daedalus said as he put

his hand on her shoulder. "WIll you protect him?" she asked

softly. "To the best my clan can. It's our duty. But Eddie is

looking to get him." "I'll go see him!" A'sa left Daedalus' and

headed back to the hotel. If she was going to talk to Julian

she needed JC.

Kahea ran her hands under JC's shirt. She slid one into his

pants. "Justin hurry!" JC thought as he saw Kahea drop to

her knees. "You know you like this!" she thought back.

Before she could get his pants unbuckled they heard a knock

at the door. "FINALLY!" JC said as he approached the door.

Justin was standing before him. Kahea sat back on her

elbows. She got up and approached Justin.

"Mmmm!" she said seductivly as she ran her hands along

Justin's chest. "Um ok! JC! What the hell?" he asked. Before

JC could answer Kahea and bitin into his neck and was

feeding eagerly. "Ease up! Your going to kill him!" JC said.

Kahea slowed down a little. Justin was still weak from earlier.

It wasn't long before he passed out.

TBC. ..

*******Chapter 5*******

JC looked on as Justin passed out on the bed. Kahea

pulled away from him and looked up at JC.

"I’m still hungry…" She thought to him, pouting.

"I know you are…this is your first feeding, your

appetite will be large…but soon you won’t really need

to feed." JC thought back to her.

"Why not?" She asked, voicing her thoughts.

"Because we’re not normal Kindred…" He sighed, walking

over towards Justin. "Watch!" He commanded as he bit

into his wrist and let the drops fall on the punctures

she had made in Justin’s neck. She watched in awe as

they healed before her eyes "You have to do this to

most anyone you feed on. We don’t kill when we feed.

We feed for fun." JC said quickly as the gash on his

arm mended itself.

"You and A’sa?" Kahea asked inquisitively.

"Yes. We are…well we were the only two Daywalkers in

existence, but somehow, we managed to make a third…"

He smiled at her.

"I’m still hungry..." She sighed, clutching her

stomach.

"You’re going to have to hold on until A’sa gets back

okay?" He sighed. "I can’t take you out yet…" He

tossed her clothes to her as they heard a knock on the

door. "Get dressed…" JC whispered as he walked to the

door. He peeped through the hole and groaned when he

saw Joey standing there. He pulled open the door as

soon as Kahea was dressed. "Hey man, feeling better?"

He asked.

"What happened?" Joey said, shaking his head he

looked up and saw Kahea standing behind JC. "Hey…" He

whispered, a smile breaking out on his face.

"You passed out…" JC said. ‘He doesn’t know about

Kindred Kahea, he doesn’t know what happened…you can’t

feed on him.’ He thought to her.

‘All right…’ She agreed, like a child obeying a

parent. "Hi Joey…feeling better?" She asked, her

eyes focusing in on the artery in his neck.

"Yeah I guess so. Hey what’s Curly doing in here?"

He asked, noticing Justin passed out on the bed.

"You were snoring too loud." JC laughed, shutting the

door behind Joey.

"How about you?" Joey asked, walking over to Kahea.

"You all right?" He asked, noticing she looked a

little pale.

"Yeah…just hungry I guess…" She smiled up at him.

"We can go get something to eat…" He suggested.

"NO!" JC thought to her. "You need to stay here

until A’sa gets back."

"It’s okay, how about we just stay here and watch a

movie or something…" She smiled.

"Sounds good…" He grabbed her hand and led her to the

bed where they curled up together. "Hey man…there’s

room for one more…" Joey smiled as Kahea ran her hand

over his chest.

"That’s okay…I’m waiting for A’sa to get back…she had

to run an errand." He said quietly, sitting down in a

chair across from them. They watched a late movie

that came on TV. Kahea continued to run her hands

over Joey’s body unconsciously.

"Why do I feel like fucking his brains out?" Kahea

thought to JC nearly an hour later. He saw the smile

on her face.

"Kindred have a strong sexual appetite. It’s akin to

feeding for us. You can do what you want Kahea, but

don’t feed!" He thought sternly.

"Oh all right…" He saw the small pout on her face.

"Kahea…" He warned like a father to a child. He

watched as she climbed up and straddled Joey’s lap,

tossing her hair over her shoulder and running her

hands along his chest. She slid down and unzipped his

pants. Kahea and JC both suddenly sensed Kindred.

"Who is it?" She thought to him as he sniffed the air

quickly.

"A’sa…" He thought back, relieved as she pushed open

the door. She looked at Kahea on Joey and growled low

in her throat.

"Get down off of him now." Kahea heard A’sa demand in

her mind. She quickly slid off of Joey. Joey pulled

her into his arms.

"Should we go somewhere more private?" Joey asked

quietly.

"Not yet…can you get me a soda though?" Kahea

whispered back to him, listening in on A’sa and JC’s

conversation.

"Sure…" He sighed, getting up off the bed. "I’m going

to get a couple sodas…you guys want anything?" He

asked as he opened the door.

"No…" JC told him as he left.

"What are you doing letting her fuck Joey?" She

thought to him.

"She wasn’t going to feed." He thought back.

"No, but you know Joey will need more and more sex

from her…we don’t need anymore complications, we’re in

enough trouble…" She thought tersely.

"She’s a big girl A’sa…" JC thought.

"I know that! But we’re responsible for her…" A’sa

thought looking at Kahea sitting quietly on the bed.

"I’m sorry…" Kahea thought to A’sa. "I don’t mean to

be trouble…" JC watched as A’sa’s features softened.

"I know. We’re just in a bit of a mess right now. So

until we get this figured out, don’t feed unless JC or

I tell you that you can okay?" A’sa thought.

"All right." Kahea said quietly.

"What now?" JC asked.

"You and I need to talk to Julian." A’sa sighed. "We

need to tell him what’s happened."

"Are you sure that’s wise?" JC asked, pulling her

close.

"It’s all we can do. Daedalus said that Lily told

Eddie." A’sa sighed.

"Shit…" He muttered.

"She’s not going to rest until she has you." A’sa

whispered.

"She’ll never have me…" He whispered back, kissing her

passionately as Joey pushed the door open.

"Oh, sorry to interrupt." Joey grinned as he pushed

the door open.

"That’s okay, we were just leaving…" A’sa said

quietly. ‘Kahea, stay put. Whatever you do, don’t

leave the hotel.’ She thought.

"All right.." Kahea thought back, watching as Joey

laid on the bed next to her. ‘He’s so sexy…’ She

thought mournfully.

"Let her have fun." JC thought to A’sa. "That’ll keep

her here until we get back."

"All right." A’sa thought. "Be careful Kahea. Once

he’s had sex with you, his appetite will increase and

he’ll want it much more frequently." A’sa thought.

"AND DON’T FEED." JC and A’sa thought to her at the

same time.

"I’ll behave…" She grinned as she climbed on top of

Joey once again, pulling her shirt off as they left.

‘***

"Julian…Lily came to see us." A’sa said quickly once

they had entered the mansion.

"And?" He asked, sitting behind his desk and looking

at the two of them seated before him.

"She was threatening us, to expose us to the clans…"

A’sa replied.

"Has she?" JC asked him point blank.

"Yes." Julian replied quietly.

"What now?" JC thought to A’sa.

"We have to protect ourselves. And Kahea. If they

find out about Kahea, they’ll kill her to get to us."

A’sa thought to him.

"I can protect you A’sa. If you stay here with me."

Julian said quietly, his voice betraying no emotion.

"What about JC?" A’sa asked. "Can you protect him

too?"

"He doesn’t need it. He’s famous, his career affords

him protection that few have. They would never kill

him. It would expose the Kindred." He said, his

accent thick as he pressed his fingers together

beneath his chin. "Besides, Lily wants him." Julian

said, his eyes never leaving mine.

"NO." JC said quickly, standing up. "I am no more

Toreador than A’sa is Ventrue Julian. We’ve embraced

each other." He said, his blue eyes piercing

Julian’s.

"I know." He agreed. "I spoke to Daedalus a short

while ago." He said, his gaze settling on me.

"A’sa? JC?" A thought invaded mine. I looked at JC

in alarm. "Something’s wrong…I’m scared…" They heard

Kahea’s voice in their minds. "There’s Kindred here,

I smell them…" She thought.

"She’s in trouble…" JC thought to A’sa.

"A’sa? Something wrong?" Julian asked.

"Julian, we need to go." A’sa said, standing up.

"Not until you tell me what’s wrong!" Julian said, his

voice still remaining steady.

"I have to trust him." I thought to JC. "We’ve

created another Daywalker. A girl. We embraced her

together and we expected her to be Kindred, but she

can read our thoughts. She’s one of us" I said

quickly.

"We can read her thoughts too, and she’s in trouble."

JC said quickly. Julian stood up.

"Lily has told the other clans about the two of you. I

have no doubt of that. However, you will be in much

more danger if she finds out you have created another

Daywalker." He said quietly as he strolled through the

foyer to the door. "Get to the girl and bring her

here. I can protect her and A’sa, but you need to go

on your way and leave them." Julian told JC

pointedly..

"No Julian!" A’sa cried angrily.

"I won’t leave them!" JC said firmly.

"Then I can’t protect them either." He said painfully.

A’sa and JC nodded in understanding. "Good luck."

He whispered, kissing A’sa on the cheek. "I will help

as I can. Hurry." He said, showing them out the door

and closing it behind them. "Be careful A’sa…" He

whispered as he watched them.

‘***

Kahea prowled the room nervously. She smelled them,

in the air. She knew they were out there, but she

didn’t know who they were or what they had come for.

"K? What’s wrong?" Joey asked from the bed as he

watched her pace. She paced the room in nothing but

her panties and bra.

"Huh? Oh nothing…just extra energy I guess…" She

smiled at him.

"Then come back to bed…" He pleaded, looking over at

Justin, still passed out in the bed next to his.

Justin had slept through his and Kahea’s fervent

lovemaking, not even stirring once. Kahea’s head

whipped towards the door as she smelled something in

the air. She and Joey both jumped at the knock on the

door.

"I’ll get it.." She said, looking at him.

"Oh no I don’t think so!" He laughed jumping up from

the bed and wrapping the sheet around her. He pulled

on his boxers. "You wait here." He grinned, kissing

her nose.

"Careful…" She whispered, unsure of what was

happening. "A’sa…JC…what do I do?" She thought.

"Yeah?" Joey asked as he opened the door.

"What’s going on?" Kahea heard JC’s voice in her mind.

"I’m looking for a young woman. Her name is A’sa." A

voice said quietly.

"Someone’s looking for A’sa." Kahea thought,

approaching the door.

"She’s not here…I’m not sure when she’ll be back…"

Joey stammered.

"I’ll wait…" The woman said as she slipped into the

room, two men at her side. "Why hello there." She

smiled at Kahea.

"There’s a woman here…and two men. Kindred." Kahea

thought.

"LILY." A’sa thought frantically. "Kahea, do not tell

her about us. Be careful!" A’sa pleaded.

"So beautiful, the three of you." Lily smiled,

looking at Justin, Joey and Kahea.

"Umm, actually, it might not be such a good idea…"

Joey stammered. One of the men pushed him back on the

bed.

"Hey!" He said, looking at Kahea worriedly.

"You will sit quietly until one of us tells you to

speak." Lily hissed at him, flicking her tongue over

his neck. Joey pulled away from her.

"JC…A’sa hurry…please…I think they’re going to feed…"

Kahea thought frantically as one of the men grabbed

her and pulled her over to the bed. "Please hurry…"

She thought.

‘***