When I arrived back upstairs Claude was setting the plates with breakfast food on them on the table.

"My mistress, I have prepared a premium continental breakfast for you today not sure of what you had appetite for. Please enjoy." Claude said as I approached him.

"Thank you Claude, you can go look for a soul to feed on, I'll just be here." I said sitting down. Claude rushed to push my chair in like a gentleman.

"You are too kind my mistress. I shall be back soon." Claude said turning to go.

"If you need me just call out my name, I shall be able to hear you from wherever I am due to the soul binding."

"Alright Claude, thank you. Maybe we can discuss the letter when you return?" I asked. "That would be a good idea my mistress." Claude smiled at me as went out of the door. A spoonful of scrambled eggs, two pieces of toast with an orange jelly and one piece of French toast wound up on my plate and I took my first bite into Claude's delicious breakfast. Why couldn't all men look, smell, and cook as good as him? I thought about what man could compare to my Claude. As I finished my breakfast, I made sure I cleaned up after myself putting all of the plates away and wrapping the leftovers and putting them in the cooler. I would hate for Claude to do too much work, if he was to be my lover than I wanted to share his duties. I didn't particularly like being served by Claude, though it was nice. I just enjoyed being held in his arms.

"So, this is where I live." Grimsly said with the bag of fruit still over his shoulder. Britania nodded and her eyes quickly adjusted to the caves lack of light.

"GRIMSLY IS THAT YOU? WHO'S THAT I SMELL WITH YA? ARE YOU BRINGIN GIRLS HOME AGAIN?"

"And that would be my mother, excuse me." Grimsly said with the annoyance in his voice. When Grimsly brought a possible mate home with him, he wanted to make sure his mother didn't interfere. Grimsly scowled and went into his mother's room with the fruit.

"Here's your damn fruit, now leave me alone, and yes I am courting another woman."

"Oh, that's great dear! I'll try to keep quiet, but I want to see her eventually." Grimsly's mother whispered. Britania having the heightened senses all vampire bat demons possessed heard the entire conversation from the mouth of the cave. She found it charming that Grimsly so loved his mother. Also that she could hear the blush on his voice when he said he was courting her.

"Fine." Grimsly said hugging his mother. Sure he acted like a bitch to her sometimes, but he did love his mother. Grimsly's mother hugged him back and shooed him away to Britania. Grimsly found his way back to Britania and held out a black rose.

"It's a night rose… It only blooms in the dark." Grimsly said as Britania took the rose and smelled it.

"It smells wonderful Grimsly. Shall we go to your room?" Britania said raising an eyebrow as to what he would do. She put the rose in her hair weaving it behind her ear.

"I'm usually the one who tries to rush things." Grimsly said looking to the ground then back at Britania.

"Oh, I didn't mean it like that. Perhaps later though." She said putting seduction into her voice. She wanted to test his restraint as not many bat demons had.

"Perhaps. Britania, I'll show you to my room then we can hit the city. Maybe scare a village or two." Grimsly said taking the girl's hand and turning them both into their animal forms. Grimsly lead Britania to his room and transformed back into his human form immediately blushing because of the dimly lit candles and a table set for two set up for him and Lidia; something that would never happen. She had chosen Claude over him, he heard her in her sleep screaming out his name in pleasure. His bed was also covered in satin with rose petals blanketing the surface.

"Is this all for me?" Britania said blushing herself. She really hadn't had an intimate experience with anyone except a few serious lovers. Their souls were of course devoured after of course.

"Well, this one woman hates me and decided to leave me for another demon. I was courting her not to long ago, but she told me her feelings." Grimsly said sadly. Britania had a look of compassion in her eyes. It wasn't a common expression she often showed to anyone, mainly due to the fact that she had a reputation to uphold as a demon. She knew what it was like to be rejected, she fell for an exceptionally handsome raven demon years ago, but he chose his master instead of her, thus ending the relationship.

"I know how that feels." Britania said turning to Grimsly. For a fruit bat, he wasn't that bad looking. No one could compare to her raven demon, but he was something special.

"Don't we all?" Grimsly asked. Britania stared at him and then suddenly burst out in laughter. Grimsly caught on and his lips curled into a grin, which led to his laughter as well.

"So would you like to hit the town my lady?" Grimsly said with a ridiculous grin on her face.

"What do I have to lose?" She said regretting her choice of words. She had everything to lose if she didn't play her part right.

Claude had come back about 2 hours after Lidia was finished with breakfast and he set his cloak on the coatrack.

"My mistress?" Claude called Lidia wasn't in the foyer or the kitchen. There was a note on the table, which was spotless.

Claude,

I'm downstairs working on 'the special'. I cleaned up after you left, I thought it was only fair if we to be bonded, we'd share duties.

My love and heart

Lidia~

'She was always the most kindhearted, a weak trait in humans.' Claude thought to himself smiling. She made those traits seem like attractive features though. He did agree that the housework should be split, although he would never tell Lidia that. Claude made his way down to the lab transforming into his spider form and scurrying into the darkroom lab where Lidia was.

"Lidia?" Claude called sensing her prescience.

"Hello Claude, these are such interesting spiders." Lidia squealed happily.

"I'm glad you think so my dear. They aren't used to such delicate handling." Claude said translating. These spiders spoke in a language only a spider demon would be able to understand.

"Hmm, could you ask them if there were more of their family and relatives in Grimsly's cave?" Lidia asked looking at the spiders. They were perched on rock looking up at Claude and her. She had night vision goggles of course. An old colleague who collaborated with her invented them.

"They say yes, although they were quite comfortable living there except when Grimsly moved in with his mother." Claude conveyed. Lidia pondered about this for a moment.

"Claude? Do bat demons need complete darkness?" Lidia asked.

"Yes, it is there living degree. They can't survive without total darkness. You could say it was part of their soul." Claude said strait faced.

"Oh, alright then. Could you ask them if their relatives would like to move here? Tell them they would have everything they would need. Total darkness, and a mass food supply."

As soon as Claude said the word food in the spider language the spiders energy spiked even causing Lidia to understand them precisely.

"They said they would think its fine as long as they have food, Grimsly and them always compete for food." Claude spoke.

"All right then! Let's go get your relatives! Lidia said packing more black painted jars into her workbag.

Little did they know someone was watching them.