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“Now, boys. Don’t quibble over silly things. Not that my level of intelligence should ever be in question, though.”

They all spun to face the stage where the poles were, looking for the speaker with the lilting voice. Thana rested her hands over Severin’s, which seemed to tighten around her. A pure, feminine instinct to lay claim to the male behind her at the sight of such a gorgeous female.

Goodness gracious. The female couldn’t be more than five foot two or three, with long, wavy, white-blonde hair and flawless skin that looked like she stepped right out of Fairytales Are Us or some shit. But it was the purple fucking eyes that made Thana blink twice. She was sure they were natural, not contacts she’d bought to create the illusion. It wasn’t fair for one female to possess such beauty.

“Hello, Jennaveve. Thank you for gracing us with your presence on such short notice. I assume my female contacted you on our behalf?” Savage asked without rising from the relaxed pose he’d taken moments before.

“Please, call me Jenna. And yes, your Aurora asked me to pop in and assess your situation. Speak freely and clearly, please.” Jenna reached for the pole with one hand, looking innocent.

Thana moved up to where she stood, running her hand up and down a gleaming chrome pole a few feet from Jenna’s. She sent her images of the FDR Vault and how they’d found Mari there. Jenna’s purple eyes glowed as she stared over at the twins.

Jenna lifted herself onto the pole, climbed to the top, then dropped backward, holding herself up by gripping the pole with her legs. Thana grinned as the purple-eyed female flipped herself backward. She grabbed the pole and held herself perpendicular to it. The Fey smiled brightly and happily as she spun smoothly in a circle, then did a perfect split up the pole while holding on with one hand.

“Wow, you are remarkably flexible and strong, Fey. Do your mates know about these skills?” Savage asked.

“Of course they’re aware. Don’t you know all of the talents of your female?” Scepter flashed beside Savage, his female right next to him.

It amazed her how the two sisters, once ten years apart, now looked about the same age thanks to Starla’s time on Fey. While Aurora had long, flowing dark hair, Starla’s was golden blonde. Both beautiful in their own right. Thana would be jealous as fuck if she were that type of female. Luckily for her male, she wasn’t like many of the silly, petty human women.

Thana snapped her fingers, and It’s Cuffing Season by SZA started playing. As soon as the beat started, she gripped the pole with one hand and swung around it until she faced the group. Holding Severin’s eyes, she lifted both feet into a split, twirled halfway around, and grabbed the pole at the bottom with her free hand, letting her body swirl in a natural flow all the way around until she could hook her left leg around the pole near her left hand, then wrapped her other leg up and around, holding herself up by her leg grip. She reached down, grabbed onto the pole, and slowly brought her body out as Jenna had, moving her feet as if she were walking on air. She was close enough to the ground that she continued until her back bowed slightly, then stood.

“Well, that was fun,” Thana said.

“Thana, I got your big boy,” Severin growled, stalking across the room to where she stood.

“Now, mo ghaol, I was only exercising. I happened to have seen a few, err, technical dancers doing these types of moves, and I’m a quick study.” Thana backed away from Severin’s advancing form.

“Hey, you two, wait until we get the humans settled before you get it on in my private dungeon. There are a few rooms you can choose from if you’d like to take a lookie-loo at, Severin.”

Thana leaned right to glare at her boss and soon-to-be deceased friend, Savage. “You’re not helping, Savage.”

Savage laughed, holding a squirming Aurora in his lap. “I think I’m helping a lot. Look at him. His aura is radiating a deep purple, which means he’s excited instead of murderous.”

“Lord, save me from stupid males.” Thana tossed her hands in the air and launched herself into Severin’s arms.

Severin barely stopped himself from flashing Thana and him away after watching her little performance. Fuck, she had no clue what she did to him. Or maybe she did.

“Mo ghaol, I might have a little ADHD when it comes to you, and right now, I’m hyper-fixated on you riding my dick the way you just handled that pole,” he whispered next to her ear.

“What did I say about cooling your jets for a little longer?” Savage muttered as if he were speaking to his children.

Severin raised his middle finger over his shoulder, but didn’t look back at the other master vampire. In his opinion, they were both on the same level, power-wise. He respected Savage because he needed him, not because he feared him.

“I love the way you show that you’re a little jealous, Sev.” Thana kissed his chin and leaned closer.

“I’m not jealous. I’m fucking territorial. Jealousy is for pussies, and when you want something that is not yours, leanabh-nighean. Territorial is protecting what is already yours, and make no mistake, Thana, you are mine,” he growled, and wrapped one arm around her waist while gripping her chin with his right hand. He held her face up so she could see the sincerity in his burning red eyes. “Just as much as I’m yours.”

“You make that sound like a promise and a threat,” said Thana in a husky voice.

“Take it as both.” Severin covered her smiling lips with his, licking across the seam until she opened for him and then slid his tongue in between. Before he could savor her taste, a loud cough, followed by another, interrupted them, making him pull back with a frustrated sigh.

“Okay, I will take the two of them to Fey with me if they agree. Mari, not pronounced Merry, and Pax, are you willing to come to my realm? Before you say yes, understand that it is not the same world as Earth but a parallel one. In my opinion, Fey is much more than everything, but it is also not. You will see and experience things there that are so far outside what you would consider real, but trust me, you will be safe.” Jenna walked to the center of the room and spun in a circle.

Mari stepped closer to Pax and held out her hand. “I’m willing to go if he is.”

Pax blew out a weary-sounding sigh. “Will those who have hunted us be able to track our whereabouts to your...realm?”

Jenna tossed her head back and laughed. The sound reminded Severin of a beautiful resonance, high, clear, bright, and musical, like the light ringing of small silver handbells. Poetic? Yes, but it truly was magical.