Crazy Seduction(erotica)

She left the art gallery allowing the last two employees to lock up behind her and finally go home, too. She turned in the direction of the main road where taxis would be easier to catch. She walked along the dark street, humming a little song for protection. With a serial killer roaming the streets of the city at night, she was taking no chances. This particular song was unique as it turned Humans away and made them forget they saw her. For non-Humans, it made them stop and put their hands on their head. This identified them for Lorelei so she could speak to them to get more information about the Council. She would then make them forget her afterward.

She was fully aware the Council was still a threat to her life, but they seemed to be hiding in the shadows. She needed to be proactive to protect herself, and for that, she needed information.

She was walking through a tunnel of scaffolding when a large man suddenly fell from the platform above to the sidewalk six feet in front of her. He moaned as he lay on his back with his hands on his head.

Not Human.

She sang a little louder, and a second attacker stumbled to a stop behind her. Keeping her song going, Lorelei turned to see a 5′ 4″ woman watching her with wide, frightened eyes, her hands on her head. The woman’s eyes darted to the moaning man, and her concern was clearly visible. So, they were a couple or partners, at least. The Council sent a team after her?

Lorelei gestured for the petite woman to join the man. She rushed over to her partner and checked his condition. Lorelei saw the woman relax as she confirmed there was no damage. She helped the big guy up to his feet. Lorelei saw he was close to her height but very broad in the shoulders, a powerful man. She changed the song slightly then stopped.

“What are your names? Your real names,” Lorelei demanded.

The big man blinked in surprise at her when he felt a compulsion he couldn’t deny. “Raymond King.”

“Eleanor King,” came from the woman clinging to the man. “Though, we go by Hollings here.”

“Do you work for the Council?” Lorelei asked bluntly.

Raymond looked at her cautiously while Eleanor glanced around.

“Council?” he asked quietly.

Lorelei was getting frustrated, and she tried to recall the actual name the dwarf had used. “The… Hidden Council?”

Now both of her attackers were watching her with surprised expressions. The small woman answered. “No, we don’t. This isn’t a safe place to talk about that. Not talking about it is rule one.”

The tall brunette glared at the two before her. “What were your intentions for me tonight?”

The couple glanced at each other briefly before they were forced to speak in unison. “Dinner.”

Lorelei snarled at them. “You were going to eat me?!?”

“No, just a small amount of… blood. You wouldn’t even notice, and typically you wouldn’t remember,” Eleanor continued, struggling to explain quietly.

It was Lorelei’s turn to stare at them in surprise. She knew they were telling the truth, but the idea of being fed from was still repugnant. “You’re like… Vampires?”

“We pay for the meal,” the big man said with a crooked smile as he glanced at his wife. The woman looked embarrassed and defensive.

“Yes, we are. It’s not like we don’t recognize the distasteful nature of our dietary requirements, so… I leave a little money in the pockets of those we feed from. We don’t have a choice as to what we eat, but we do try to make it as non-intrusive as we can.”

Lorelei snorted. Why she found this Vampire couple to be somewhat charming, she didn’t know. She wasn’t getting her answers. They didn’t work for the Hidden Council, so they were a dead end. She had to decide what to do about them. “When you aren’t biting people, what do you do?”

“I’m a public defender, and my wife is a surgeon. A damn good one, too,” he said proudly.

The woman smiled. “He’s an excellent lawyer!”

“I’m more impressed by your ability to freeze us in place. I’ve never experienced this before. As we’ve shared who and what we are, will you do the same?” Raymond asked.

Lorelei frowned and shook her head.

“Ah, I’m sorry if I’ve offended you,” Raymond said gently.

Lorelei was confused and upset. Her night was going from bad to worse. She’d intended to send her attackers into the Hudson River, but now, they didn’t seem quite so evil. She might have felt better if she could have punished someone evil, but now?

“I don’t know what I am! I do know the Council wants me dead, but I don’t know why! I just want to be left alone!” she snapped, and her voice broke when she said it as she really didn’t want to be alone at all.

She closed her eyes and shook her head. She couldn’t and shouldn’t waste any more time. Eyes flashing open, she held the couple in her gaze as she sang another verse. She stormed off, leaving them swaying on their feet, her instructions implanted.

She made it to the main avenue and flagged down a cab.

She just wanted to put this whole night behind her.

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Twenty minutes later, Raymond became aware he was leaning back against a boarded-up door, and he was behind plastic sheeting. He had his arms wrapped around Eleanor, and she was staring blankly at his chest.

“Dearest?”

She blinked, and a little wrinkle of concern appeared between her eyes. She looked up at him. “What happened?” She glanced around. “Where are we?”

“I… can’t recall,” he replied. He put his hand into his pocket and fished out his cell phone. He glanced at it and saw the recorder was running. He stopped it and saved the file. He held the phone up as he looked at his wife. “I think we’d better go home and find out.”

“I don’t think we ate tonight,” Eleanor said as she looked inwards to assess her energy levels.Content © NôvelDrama.Org.

Raymond held her eyes. “I have the oddest feeling we narrowly avoided taking our last meal.”

Henry and Tish’s party was winding down, and some of their guests were beginning to leave as they had plans for Sunday morning. Tish gave Sigrid and Meixiu hugs, and Henry walked them to the door.

“You have a lift home?” Henry asked Sigrid quietly as he pulled her to his chest. Her lovely blue eyes twinkled at his concern. She nodded.

“Camila has us using the car service. You know, I could take this monster out if I fought it,” she said with a raised eyebrow and a little smile on her lips. A Valkyrie’s warrior pride was a touchy topic.

“I have no doubt you would be victorious in a face to face battle, but we have no idea what the killer is capable of or how they fight. They might play dirty and ambush their victims without warning.” He purposefully held Meixiu’s eyes with his, and she dipped her eyes in acknowledgment.

Before Sigrid could ask what that was about, he took her face between his hands and kissed her tenderly. When he pulled back, her eyes had a dreamy quality to them, and her cheeks were glowing a fetching shade of pink.

He was having trouble keeping a look of adoration from his face. Sigrid went from fierce warrior to intensely cute so quickly! “We’re still on for Wednesday night at the Met?” he asked, and her eyes lit up again as a grin spread across her lips. She nodded, and he returned it. “Great! See you at work on Monday.”

He could no longer resist her charms and gave in as his eyes became trapped by how sweet she looked. She huffed with a look of exasperation and slipped her shoes on, and stepped out into the hall.

Meixiu was immediately in his arms, kissing him aggressively. He held her tight until she pulled her face back from his. “I will be careful too. I won’t try to catch the killer, but if I can get a description or location, that will help!”

He nodded to her. “Please be careful. You’re important to me.” He gently set her on her feet, and with the flash of a bright smile, she was out the door.

Camila and Marisa were the next to leave. Siobhan, too, as she’d caught a lift with them.