Biester Observations

"You know, I've been thinking about something for a while now. I find it kind of strange that I haven't encountered a lot of zauberbiest. Just Renard and Bonaparte." Nick observed.

"Zauberbiest tend to diminish in population as they get older." Adalind explained. "For someone like Bonaparte to be as powerful as he was, he would have had to give up the desires of the flesh and focus completely on the pursuit of power."

"Wait, are you saying the males can't have sex if they want their magic to be strong?" Monroe asked in shock.

"Pretty much." Adalind explained. "It takes time, effort and skill to become powerful, and it takes time, effort and skill to pursue pleasures of the flesh. Most males would rather enjoy life than spend fifty years in the quest to be powerful enough to rule the world."

"So Bonaparte must have been dedicated from an early age to become as powerful as he was." Nick observed.

Adalind nodded. "Since he hit puberty. When most wesen first woge.

Other zauberbiest would want to focus on gaining money and sexual partners. With their human forms being attractive, it would have been easier, and a lot more fun, than hiding from observers and strengthening their skills."

"But you would think we would encounter more zauberbiest, if they like money, wouldn't they most likely be embezzlers?" Monroe asked.

"She did say the population diminished." Rosalee reminded her husband. " I'm guessing they get themselves killed off?"

"They are usually very competitive and they really don't like to lose. Pride and ego cause carelessness. One mistake at the wrong time and that's it, done for good." Adalind sent a slashing motion across her throat. "So most zauber don't reach the age of thirty. Those who do have chosen careers where they will receive a great deal of money and prestige. They have their powers, and they most likely use them to be successful, but it's not likely enough to be a great threat, and they would be careful not to attract enemies, especially grimm."

"Obviously, hexenbiest must not have the same limitations as zauberbiest." Nick guessed.

"We have the opposite problem. The more powerful we are, the more we need to protect ourselves."

"I have a strong feeling that a significant number of zauberbiest met their demise because they went after a hexenbiest."

"Perceptive." Adalind smiled at her husband.

Whether human, wesen, or other, some men just wouldn't take no for an answer. And some men had a problem with seeing a woman with power. In those events, it was necessary for a hexenbiest to let the male know clearly that he made a big mistake in crossing her.

"With biester, girls tend to get their powers at a pretty young age. Once we get our abilities, we have to spend a great deal of time learning to control them. My mother always warned me that if I couldn't learn to control myself and my powers, and did something crazy in public, a grimm would find me and chop off my head."

"She must be rolling in her grave knowing you're married to a grimm, now." Monroe joked until he remembered. "Or, she would be, if we hadn't dug her up and put her in a potion."

"I'm a disappointment and a betrayer to my race." Adalind nodded. "Having sex with a grimm is one thing. It would be understandable to go where few had gone before. Might even be considered an accomplishment. But the fact that I actually fell in love with one? I might as well have desecrated the remains of all of my ancestors."

"I wonder if my ancestors would be disappointed or impressed that I managed to seduce and win the heart of a hexenbiest."

"I wouldn't put seduction in your category of accomplishments." Adalind gave him a pointed look. "As I recall, I seduced you."

"You told me you loved me and started to unbutton my shirt. I'm not sure that really qualifies as seduction, either."

"That's all it took!" Monroe expressed, wide eyed. "The sexual tension between you too must have been insane. I'm surprised it took as long as it did for you two to jump into bed together."

"It did cross my mind a few times." Adalind admitted.

At Nick's questioning look, she confessed. "Remember when you had to protect me from the mellifers? We were alone, got into a discussion, I woged and you smirked at me? I seriously contemplated jumping on you and straddling your face. Just to wipe that smug grin off of your face."

It was first thought that the surprise on Nick's face was due to what Adalind admitted, but then he said. "I thought about that too. We were in a hotel room. The bed was right there. For a second, I envisioned pushing up that skirt you were wearing, laying back on the bed and sitting you where I would be able to help you relax. My quick thought was, maybe if I made her feel good, she would be willing to tell me what was going on."

"Do you remember the stairwell in the restaurant during that double date? Where we had that heated argument."

"I knew you were up to something but you pretended like you didn't know what I was talking about?"

"Did you?,,," Adalind trailed off.

Nick knew what she was talking about. "Thought about pinning you to the wall and having you right then and there? Stare at your ass and legs as you walk up the stairs away from me? Punch the wall in anger and frustration? Because I knew you were up to something and also because I desired you?"

"Is that why you kissed me when we fought in the woods?"

"Probably. I did it without thinking. That move was pure instinct." Nick rubbed the back of his neck and admitted. "I thought about kissing you again when you were in that jail cell. You said under different circumstances, we could have had fun together. For a moment I thought what it would be like to give in. Just have fun and not worry about anything else."

"I knew I saw you glance at my lips!"

"No wonder you two moved so quickly once you were living together." Rosalee smiled at her friends. "Once you were on the same side, you had no more excuses for why you shouldn't be together."

"That seems pretty rare for beister too." Monroe pointed out. "Not the wanting to have sex thing. That's mostly universal for most living beings. But the quickly being in love and committed to one another thing."

"That's another reason why I was a disappointment to my mother. I let myself fall in love. I let myself be devoted to a person. For a beister, opening oneself up and being vulnerable to another is considered weakness.

"I'm really glad you're not a traditional hexenbiest then." Nick said, putting his arm around Adalind and holding her tight. "Now that I've experienced it, I never want to live without you loving me."

"I am probably happier than most beister." Adalind laid her head on Nick's shoulder. "Instead of a constant lust for power, I have a lust for my husband. And I get satisfaction from it every night."