Thanks for the review's and all. I wont be able to post a new chapter next week, since I'm out of town. But I will post one extra long after that, I promise.

You all know I don't own the SVM characters. I did include one of my own in to this chapter. You will be seeing more of her in the future.

The rest of the week went peacefully. I didn't receive the visitor Quiana had foreseen, and I really wasn't looking forward to that. If you didn't count India's sulking, everything was nice. Too nice, perhaps, since things never stayed nice in the weird world I had been pulled into. So, I waited for something to happen.

Sure enough, something did happen on Sunday evening. I had been home for couple of hours after doing some social visits, going to the library and shopping my groceries. I had a nice quiet hour of reading, and then there was a knock on the front door. I sighed and put the book down.

As I expected, there were three voids at the front porch. I really didn't feel like opening the door for whoever they were, but they knew I was home anyway, so I'd better just go and see. Reluctantly I slid the bookmark in place and got up.

Pam being here wasn't a great surprise, but the others I hadn't expected. There was Felipe De Castro, the king of Nevada, Louisiana and Arkansas, in all his glory. Next to him, stood an unfamiliar tiny Asian female vampire. She was wearing very tidy pinstriped pantsuit and a make–up to go with it, and the left side of her head had been shaved bald. Yet, she still managed to look very geisha-like.

The king and the tiny geisha had clearly arrived in the two-seated sports car parked on my driveway. Pam, on the other hand, looked like she had run all the way here. Her shoes were muddy, and her hair was a bit ruffled. And she was clearly pissed off as hell.

"Miss Stackhouse, it's lovely to see you, as always. I am terribly sorry to stop by unannounced, I really don't have any excuse." Felipe was smiling very politely, yet his eyes remained cold.

"Oh, I assure you, it's no trouble." I smiled back widely, but made a number out of closing the door behind me. Not in a million years was I letting them in. As he said, the visit was unexpected. Plus, I would have to be insane to invite this particular vampire in to my house.

"May I introduce my new representative in the Louisiana are. She is replacing Victor, since he is nowhere to be found." Yes, he sure isn't. We all know why that is. "This is Chiyoko."

"Nice to meet you." I nodded to her. The vampire barely noted me, she looked bored.

"She will be placed in New Orleans, but I presume you will be seeing her more in the future." Felipe had really smug expression on his face. I sure hope this one will behave better than Victor had, although I highly doubted it.

"Um, excuse me, I don't understand. You didn't just drive all the way out here to introduce us? I mean, I'm not even a vampire." He was up to something. Thank God Pam was here.

"Well, I really do like you miss Stackhouse, so I just wanted to include you. Also, I'd like to invite you to stay at my estate in Las Vegas." Well, that was straight forward. Or was it? Vamps are never this honest.

"I don't know if I can quite make the time, Your Majesty, since I already had to take time of work for the wedding." And also, I'd rather die than go there.

"Oh, it's no rush, whenever you have the time." He gave me a grin, and his fangs popped out just a little bit. Yuk. That's too straight forward for me. I had thought that Felipe was polite and well behaved. I guess I was wrong.

"I forbid her to go without me. She is my pet." Pam spoke out for the first time.

"Oh, naturally, my good sheriff."

"My king, in no offense, I have been waiting to get this human for myself for years. I really don't feel like sharing her at this point." She wrapped her arms around me, and continued. "You can have her when I'm done with her." Her fangs were out as well. She didn't even look at me, and she held me way too roughly.

"Oh, please, I'm no one's property! I am not yours to pass along when you feel like it!" I wriggled away from her grasp.

"Yes, you are. Eric gave you to me, and you agreed. There is no going back." She still didn't look at me, and although I managed to get away from her arms, she grabbed my arm tightly.

"Oh fuck you. If I want to go stay with the king, I will. I won't be asking your permission." Now she finally looked at me, and even though her expression was nearly blank, there was some fury in it.

All three of the vampires gave me a laugh, and Felipe looked at me, amused, before talking to Pam. "I will wait, for now." Then he started towards the car.

The new vampire, Chiyoko, talked for the first time. Her voice was very child-like. "Miss Stackhouse. The king and I will be needing your services as a telepath soon. We will be in touch trough your sheriff." She gave Pam a look of dislike before getting to the car with her king.

After they had drove away, Pam spoke. "It would be so much easier to keep you safe if you didn't pull that 'no one owns me' crap on me before the ones I'm trying to protect you from."

"Oh screw you. What was that about needing my services?"

"There is a conference coming on. I believe it will be held in Salem, Oregon. You have been informed about the four areas, right? This one is Narayana's summit. They want you to come along like you did with Sophie-Anne at Rhodes." She let go of my arm and started to explore her shoes. "Damn it, these are ruined. They really were great pair of pumps, you know?"

I really couldn't care less about her shoes. "Oh great. So I'll have to skip work again. You do realize I'm a partner now, I have responsibilities?"

"It's not me who is telling you to go. I'm just the messenger."

"When is this summit, anyway?"

"It hasn't been decided yet, but quite soon. I will tell you when I get confirmation about the time and the place."

Pam left with no goodbyes. She just disappeared in a second. I had always hated that. I stood on the porch alone for a while, wondering if the vamps and other supes will ever let me live a normal life.

When I opened the door to go inside, I remembered what Quiana had said. I hoped this wasn't the visit she had been talking about. I sure wasn't glad right now. However, she had said "'in the end'. Hopefully Felipe would at least pay me well, otherwise I just don't see it happening.

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