Chapter 4 AtB

"47", I heard Sam say. "You're really 47 years old?"

"Yes, I look closer to my true age since I'm really not very old – in vampire terms. What it really did was allow me to live as a human for a while and still look about the same age as when I first became involved with vampires when I turn."

Dean asked my Lover, "So what exactly are you?"

"Don't worry", she assured him, "You didn't fuck a vampire or even a half vamp. I'm still human – and will be for at least another year."

Wolf added, "You do not have to wait that long. Alric will turn you any time you want."

I scowled at Wolf; can he not accept that Magan does not want to turn yet? I do not know how she remains so patient with him.

"I promised Erik to wait a year before I decide when I turn – and then it may be up to 50 years before I actually do. You know that I am in no hurry. Why should I be – thanks to you I have all the time I need?" she informed him.

"You want to be a vampire and plan to be turned into one?" Dean asked her incredulously, "Why the hell would anyone want to do that?"

"For personal reasons," she answered him, "now are you ready to leave?"

The boys looked at each other. If I did not know any better, I would think that they were telepathic. As it was – they just had been together for so long they could read each other's expressions instantly.

"Yeah, just let me get my bag", said Dean.

While he was gone, I used our bond to talk to Magan.

Do you want me to go with you?

No, I doubt that they would be comfortable with that. Besides – if we both go Wolf will insist on either accompanying us or waiting for us here. If only I go, he does not get what he wants. I'll just lead them over there in my truck and show them around – unless you want me to take your "vette.

I scowled at that suggestion even though I knew she was not serious. You could ride over there with them and I could fly you back.

Can't do it because of Honey, she'd freak out if we tried. I'll do it my way. What's the matter, are you worried that Dean will want more with me?

Now I am. What will you do if he does?

That depends on how he asks.

Oh …

And if I do, I'll leave my mind fully open so that you can join in. I know how you enjoy that.

He will not like that.

So, he doesn't get a vote.

I thought for a moment, I liked this idea. How about you initiate another encounter and I will use it and our bond as an excuse to get rid of Wolf.

She smiled conspiratorially, "Deal."

"What are the two of you planning now?" Wolf asked us.

"None of your business," Magan retorted, "and I am forbidding you to go to my rental until Alric goes over there to break the bond."

Dean chose that moment to return. "Okay, let's go then", she informed the boys and led them away up the stairs.

We followed Magan up the stairs, but at the top she turned in the direction opposite the bar area and proceeded down the hall.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"Out the back door," came her answer, "that's where my vehicle is parked." With that, we exited the building. She removed a set of keys from her purse and pushed the remote unlock button. To my surprise, the responding vehicle was a silver one-ton mega cab pickup.

"Damn, that's not the type of vehicle I pictured you driving." I told her.

"Erik said almost the exact same thing the night I first met him."

Sammy questioned, "Wisconsin plates?"

"That's where I live." She enlightened us.

She opened the door to get in asking us, "Do you want me to …", then she stopped talking and stared off into the darkness before walking out into the direction opposite Fangtasia. We followed her cautiously. As we walked up behind her, I heard her command, "Release the human and leave now."

A male vampire came forward. Looking at her intently, he silkily purred out, "You are here to also feed me." Then he glanced back at us. She snorted, and before he could say any more she announced, "I am the Sherriff's mate. You know the edict concerning me."

He sniffed the air and immediately fell to the ground on one knee. "Forgive me Mistress if I have offended you or his bonded."

Regally she said, "Rise and leave now."

With a blur, he disappeared, and another blur materialized in the form of the bartender who had waited on us earlier in the evening.

"Chou, take her and see that she is handled properly."

I then noticed that there was a blond girl with a set of bitemarks on her neck standing about six feet away staring blankly ahead.

"Yes Mistress", Chou replied – bowing his head. Turning his attention to the girl, he adopted the same expression and tone the other vampire had used on Magan. "Come … follow me … everything will be alright", he told her – and then returned to the bar while the girl passively followed behind him.

As we headed back to Magan's truck and I processed what we had just seen, Sammy asked, "What's the matter with her? Is she going to be alright?"

Magan explained," He glamoured her, just like he attempted to glamour me – but I'm immune, in a different way than you are. She'll be fine now. Chou will question her as to find out whom she is here with. He'll heal the bitemarks on her and then he'll plant false memories in her mind to cover the missing time. Erik didn't recognize the one who did this – but if he does so again he will be dealt with severely. Erik does not put up with public feeding in and around his bar."

I had a better question, "What was that Mistress crap? Do you have some sort of S & M bondage thing going on or something?"

She shook here head and chuckled a bit, "Hardly. It's a title, a mark of respect for being the mate of a powerful vampire – such as a Sherriff." She added as an after thought, "Oh and you are the bonded he was referring to if you wondered." We reached her truck and she said, "Get in; I'll drive you around to your car. What does it look like?"

As we climbed in I answered, "Black '67 Impala." I was surprised to hear her lightly laugh. "What?" I asked her.

"In high school, before I ever knew vampires existed, my boyfriend of two years had an old Impala – I think his was from the early 70's. Anyways, I have some very fond memories from the backseat of that car."

"What kind of memories?" I asked – remembering my brief time with Anna and the workout we had in the back of my car.

"You know … the usual parking, make out, and end up more than half out of your clothes, high school hijinks." She answered throatily. "As I remember it was comfortable and roomy, plenty of space to explore and experiment – even though he was 6'3" and I'm 5'9"."

I groaned and wished I had not asked. Now I'm going to have thoughts of her and what it would be like with her in the back of my baby."

She laughed again as she stopped behind the Impala. "Don't try playing games with me Dean, I am more than capable of playing them with you, and I'll win every time."

We climbed out of her truck and got into the Impala. I looked over at Sammy – he had a wide smile on his face. "Don't say a word." I warned him.

Still smiling, he asked innocently, "About what? That your horndog ways got you into all this trouble. Or that Magan just managed to make sure that she is in your thoughts for a long, long time? Or that you have more than met your match in her? Or that you screwed someone old enough to be our mother? I can go on if you want."

I backed out and proceeded to follow Magan's truck. "About all of it ", I stated emphatically.

"You made it too easy bro."

"Well at least I managed to score what sounds like a sweet place to stay for a few days – and we will be protected from most of the evil sons of bitches we hunt while we are there."

"Oh shit … "

"What?"

"I promised to call Bobby when we left Fangtasia and let him know that you are okay. I better call him."

"What you going to tell him?"

"The truth … I guess. I mean we're not leaving the area and he'll want to know where we are going next thanks to your lapse in good judgment."

"I aint talkin' to him – so don't even try to give me the phone. If he asks – just tell him I'm too busy following Magan."

Sam dug out the phone and proceeded to call Bobby. This call should be interesting to listen to; I wonder how many times he'll call me an idjit? Evidently, Bobby was just waiting for our call because soon after Sammy finished dialing he started talking.

"Hi Bobby – it's Sam again."

"Yes, he's unharmed. We're in the car now … Dean's driving."

I looked over at him and saw a pained expression on his face. "You want to know where we are headed. Ahem … well … we are going to be staying in the area till Wednesday, and – ahem – Magan is letting us use a house she has rented for the next few months while we stay here."

I heard yelling over the phone as Sammy held it away from his ear. When it had quieted down he brought the phone back to her ear and said, "Bobby … yes I'm here … he won't talk to you … the reason we're staying … Dean managed to get himself blood bonded to Erik and the vampire who can break it won't be back till Tuesday night."

He looked over at me in alarm. "No I don't know where we are staying yet – we are following Magan over there right now… Okay … okay … I'll tell her … I don't know what she'll say … okay, I'll call you when we get there. Bye Bobby."

After he hung up I asked, "So … what did he say?"

"He's decided he is going to stay with us while we wait for Alric to keep you from getting into any more trouble. He's leaving right now and expects a call telling him exactly where we are soon, or else he'll go to the bar and confront Erik."

"No friggin' way, you have got to be kidding!" I exclaimed.

"Nope", Sammy confirmed.

"Shit"

"That about sums it up", he agreed.

We continued in silence while I thought about the implications of Bobby staying with us. I'm sure Sammy was doing the same thing. After about 10 minutes of silence, we turned between a pair of tall posts to go down a paved driveway, and pulled around back of a large Spanish styled house. I parked next to her truck and we got out, following her to the back door. Inside I heard barking, until Magan commanded, "Honey … quiet now." She unlocked the door and we followed her inside – only to be greeted by a largish red pit bull that began licking Magan's hand.

"Come inside said the spider to the fly", Magan quipped, "At least that is what you are thinking."

I know she is telepathic, but I don't like her listening in on my thoughts.

"Neither did Erik before he learned to read mine."

You have to be freakin' kidding.

"Nope."

Sammy watched us with interest, but didn't say anything.

I suppose you used to have conversations like this with him.

"For a short time – after he realized the benefits of doing so."

"Who are you talking to Magan?" Sammy asked her finally.

"Your brother", she answered him.

She removed a couple of sets of keys from a rack next to the door and handed us each a set. "These are for the back and front doors", she told us before leading us through some sort of utility room into a large kitchen. She pointed to a closed door. "Pantry's fully stocked – so is the fridge. Hope you boys like to eat healthy." Then she continued, "Dishes are clustered near the dishwasher."

We followed her into a large room dominated by a huge flat screen TV hanging on the wall. "TV remote is on the table in front of the sofa. You also should be able to access the wireless Internet anywhere in the house – the password is ViKiNg."

As she walked past a hallway toward a staircase she said, "Master bedroom is down there. I had it made lightproof for the odd occasion Erik and I stay here." Starting up the stairs she said, "The rest of the bedrooms are upstairs."

At the top, she turned to the right and paused at the first door. "This room and the next share a bathroom. I keep the printer in here, as well as assorted extra paper. You may prefer to use one of these rooms Sam if you need to print out your research."

Sammy looked around the room and replied, "May as well."

"Why don't you explore and figure out which room you prefer, then settle in while I show Dean the other pair of bedrooms." She suggested.

"Okay", he answered.

I followed her as she headed for the bedrooms on the other side of the staircase and into the first room. "You can use this bedroom or …" She walked through a bathroom door and then across into a second bedroom. "… if you prefer you can use this one."

I glanced around the room thinking Much nicer place than our usual motel room. I started to answer her and found myself pulled to her with her lips locked on mine. Under my shirt, I could feel her hands sliding upward, when suddenly I hear a loud ripping noise. I jumped back in surprise and looked down to see my shirt ripped open from top to bottom. "What … "I started to say.

"I told you I am stronger that a human should be."

That caused me to think of something else – I don't want to be Erik's blood bitch again. "Erik …"

"Still owes you …", she whispered huskily in my ear as she wrapped one arm around me to pull me back to her, placing the other on top of my raging hard on, "… until this bond in broken." Then she allowed her hand to graze my skin as she raised it to my shoulders, before using both hands to push both of my shirts and my jacket off onto the floor in a single fluid movement. As she continued slowly tracing her fingertips gently over the contours of my muscles she commented, "You have a warrior's body."

I know, you want to read the rest. Sorry, this chapter was starting to get too long so I ended it here. Good news is that I have Chapter 5 more than half on paper and the rest is floating around in my mind, trying to get out. I have some Beta work that I need to finish, and another chapter of a different story I am also writing - so I don't know when I will get it out.

If I get alot of reviews though, I will have to make this story my top priority and work on it before I finish my other work.