Draco

It had been a week of pure silence. Four attacks in two days to nothing had made us wonder - what was Stavros doing? What was he planning next? When would he strike again?

Charlotte had nothing for me. She was having dreams, but with the baby, the dreams weren’t making sense to her at all. Leonora informed her that it was a human symptom of pregnancy, but I wondered if these visions haven’t materialized all the way.

I made my way down to the command center of the castle to see that the new measures were being tested and functioning well. I’ve had the items for the island shipped several times over the past month for the preparations. Having the right connections in the building industry willing to do work off the books was sweet. I was going to New York with Charlotte today to work another deal.

“Are you ready, old man?” she said, walking into the room.

“This room is supposed to be secret.”

“Yes, and I’m the queen of secrets. So are you ready?”

“Damn, you’re cranky today.”

“Well, I’ve never been to New York and I want to try the food.”

“There’s a lot of places to enjoy there. We’ll make a short trip while The Lamia lay low.” I rubbed her belly that had started to show even more than before. It scared me a bit because any vampire could be a threat. Except for Falcon. He didn’t seem to care either way. All he wanted was a life of peace with Leonora. I wanted the same thing and didn’t want to rule, so I was hoping for a boy. Having a little girl didn’t interest me one bit.

“On with it then,” she demanded. The pregnancy brought out the bold and playful Charlotte. Leonora said she was always that way.

With a smile, I squeezed her tightly and we were in the middle of Central Park. I started tickling her as we walked out of the wooded area into the trail. “You’re such a perv,” she laughed, making it look like we’d gone in there to fool around.

“How do you think you got that way?” I added, playing the proud cock.

It was only seven in the morning here, but damn joggers were everywhere. I wondered how many bodies they find a year in this park. These people are all potential victims, and not just to our kind, but also to the nutty humans. They ran with headphones in and little to no awareness of their surroundings.

“We have a meeting in twenty minutes. It’s only about ten from here. Do you want a snack?”

“You know I do. I haven’t stopped being hungry and I’ve been able to keep my food down, so pretty soon, I’ll be too big for you to travel with.”

“You have seen me take the car,” I joked. That was a bad move. I didn’t see the punch to my gut.

“Asshole,” she yelled, storming off down the path. I caught up to her and pulled her in for a kiss.

“I’m sorry. I thought it was funny.”

“So was the look on your face. I’m getting stronger, and suddenly, I feel like my libido is slipping away,” she muttered, strolling away from me with a smirk on her face.

“We’ll see about that. When I have you pinned against the wall with your pussy on my face, you’ll be creaming and begging for more.” I swatted her ass and took her hand in mine.

“I’m going to hold you to that.”

“Anytime, doll. Anytime.”

We got to the meeting on time, but the buyers were a little suspicious when I brought my woman along. “What’s she carrying under there?”

“What the fuck else do women carry under there?”

“Don’t mind her, she’s not in the best mood.”

“I believe that you compared me to a car,” she snipped. The construction set just laughed.

“That’s bad, man. You never tell a woman she looks big. My wife looked like a fucking sumo wrestler when she was pregnant and I wouldn’t even say shit unless I wanted to lose my balls.”

“Smart man,” Charlotte said. The deal went smoothly with Charlotte there. The thugs were a bit suspicious when I needed more than I’d ordered before.

“Why so much?”

“I have a family to protect and I’m a fucking paranoid motherfucker.”

“That’s very understandable. The product will be loaded tomorrow night. I’ve only got some things here. I’ll have to get it transferred from Jersey.”

“That works for me. I need this to stay as confidential as possible. Like bodies will wash up against the Jersey shore if people learn of the island.”

“Is that a threat?”

“Actually, it’s a promise. My family is everything to me and I will do anything to protect her,” Draco said.

“That’s not a problem. Anyone with loose lips only talks once,” the boss said.

I nodded in agreement. “I’m glad we have an understanding.”