“I’m sure you will succeed.” Allison looked pointedly at the young girl before lifting her eyes back to the group. “It is a known fact that human females find vampire males attractive. You will become aroused whether you like it or not. It’s something that you will need to come to terms with before tomorrow.” The vampire woman delivered the statement in such a matter-of-fact manner that Cassidy believed her. Of course, she had heard this during the training but dismissed it outright as over exaggeration. Now she wasn’t so sure. It scared the hell out of her. The last thing she wanted was to become aroused in front of a total stranger…how embarrassing. Her only consolation was that, they had been informed that drinking would be over in less than half a minute. Not so long.
Blondie shook her head, popping her gum noisily. “They are not touching me and I am sure as hell not going to become aroused in any way whatsoever and that’s final.”
Allison nodded, clearly not buying a single word the other woman was saying. “Now, if you’ll follow me, I’ll show you to your rooms.” They walked through the door, down the hallway and up a long flight of stairs. Then down another even longer hallway that led to another door. It led to an outside foyer. There was a building up ahead. It looked like a French province style boutique hotel. Her arm was aching by the time they made it down the long path that led to the doors. She could see big hulking figures posted just outside of it. More of said large figures stalked around the building perimeter. They were dressed all in black.
Cassidy’s jaw dropped and she was at an utter loss for words for the second time in so many days. As they drew closer, she noticed that the men were the biggest, buffest, most badass specimens she had ever laid her eyes on.
Their heads turned towards them as they walked up. The closest guy winked at them. The younger woman giggled.
Allison seemed to sniff the air. Weird. “Now remember, ladies, no sex for the duration of your stay. We wouldn’t want any of our males to lose a penis.” All of the guys’ heads snapped forward. The closest one swallowed thickly, his Adam’s apple working overtime.
“You’re joking right?” The woman that had remained quiet for the duration suddenly piped in.
Allison shook her head. “It would regenerate but it’s a painful process, wouldn’t you agree?” Her attention was on the closest man…um…vampire.
He looked pained for a moment, actually grabbing ahold of his package. Since he was wearing tight leather pants, she could see that it was a mighty large package at that. “Don’t joke around at our expense, Allison. Play nice.”
“No jokes and you all know it. Touch one of these females and you lose your junk. I hope I’ve made myself clear.”
“Crystal,” the closest guy growled. An honest to god growl. Lord help them.
There were grunts and mutterings from the other three, but they all nodded in agreement in the end. “We won’t touch any of the females.” The guy further down the way boomed. “Even if they beg!”
Arrogant much? She kept her thoughts to herself.
“As if,” Blondie said between chews on her gum.
“Well, if you want to keep your balls neatly attached to your body, I suggest you listen. Regardless of the temptation.” By the look in Allison’s eyes, Cassidy could tell that she wasn’t joking.
These vampires didn’t mess around. She and blondie were most definitely on the same page. She wasn’t here to make any friends or to have any kind of sexual contact with a man…make that a vampire, either. It was her turn to swallow thickly. It didn’t matter how phenomenally built and attractive they were. She was here to do a job and to earn a future for herself in the form of cold hard cash. Nothing was going to get in the way of that. Nothing. Sex was seriously overrated anyway and was so the last thing on her mind. Scratch that, it wasn’t on her mind at all.
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There was a knock at her door.
Cassidy pulled a pillow over her head, she looked to the side and glanced at her watch. It was still at least an hour before dinner so that couldn’t be it. The last thing she felt like doing was having to make small talk.
Her door was locked from the inside. With a sigh, she got up off the bed and went to open it.
“Hey.” It was the young girl. “I’m really excited about all of this. Do you mind if I come in?” Her eyes were bright and shining. “I’m Deanne, my friends call me Dee.”
“I’m Cassidy. Come on in.” Maybe a little companionship wouldn’t be so bad after all. The young woman seemed really sweet and her excitement was tangible.