Love Your Entity(45)

“Understood.”

“What is your first priority?”

“To stop others from treating me like a subservient in my own home.” Ronan’s voice reflected his anger.

Damon eyed him for a moment before nodding. “Understood. I just want to point out that we don’t like outsiders invading our turf. And by outsiders I am referring to humans in this case.”

Ronan said, “Sierra isn’t here because of me.”

“No, but a reporter is coming here because of her. You have a vampire bond with her. Can’t you talk her out of it?”

“She still can’t be compelled,” Ronan said. “She just is willing to stay with me.”

“Willing? Or required to stay?” Damon asked.

Ronan remained silent.

“So if you leave the house when she’s supposed to have her interview, she would have to follow you?” Damon continued.

“And the reporter would follow her.”

“That’s okay. Go to Daniella’s cupcake shop.”

“Do you really want more publicity for her cupcakes? I heard that she’s already pretty well-known for them.”

“Good point,” Damon allowed. “Get off the coffin. I’m returning it to the funeral home.”

Ronan hopped down. “I’m sure the reporter won’t be staying long. He’ll do his interview and leave. I’ll be here to make sure that happens. I’ll compel him to leave if things get out of hand.”

“Things always seem to get out of hand around here,” Damon said.

Ronan had the feeling that things were going to get much worse before they got better … if they got better.





Chapter Thirteen

Sierra didn’t get much sleep that night. She told herself it was because she was nervous about her big interview the next day, but that wasn’t the only reason. How could she not be nervous when ghosts, vampires, and witches surrounded her? Come on. Really?

It was amazing that she wasn’t a babbling, sobbing mess.

What was also amazing was that she’d written twelve pages before going to bed. That was two days’ worth of work.

Maybe being bonded to Ronan made her supercreative? Superproductive? Definitely superhorny.

She’d have to ask Ronan. Not about the horny stuff but the creative, productive stuff. He’d been her last thought falling asleep and now he was practically her first thought waking up.

Which wouldn’t be such a problem if he weren’t a vampire. A vampire she wanted to have sex with. No, not just wanted. When he kissed her, she immediately felt like she had to have sex with him. The way she had to have air to breathe.

Sierra was getting hot just thinking about it, thinking about him. Every hour, every minute increased her feelings for him as she replayed every touch, every kiss, every embrace he’d given her. She grew moist between her legs as she remembered the feel of his arousal rubbing against her there.

She ran her hand down her body and pressed against her mound, all the while imagining it was his hand on her. She was stunned by how quickly she came, the spasms rolling within her. That had never happened to her before, not that way, not that fast, not that intensely. Wow.

Jumping into the shower and washing her hair helped calm her down somewhat. She had most of the day before the reporter showed up. Which meant she could focus on her writing not on orgasms.

She was considering various nonorgasmic scenarios for the next chapter as she padded on bare feet into the kitchen and her beloved Keurig. Her editor Lily had e-mailed her yesterday, asking if she was going to make her deadline because the book was already scheduled. The fourth book in her S. J. Brennan series was coming out in three months’ time and the cover flats were supposed to be arriving in an e-mail today.

Cover art and blurbs were important marketing elements. As a reader herself, she knew that she’d picked up a book because of the cover. Then she’d read the back cover copy and then the opening page. If she liked what she read, she bought the book.

But e-books had turned things upside down in some ways. Yet even with the high-tech changes, reader word of mouth was still an incredibly important element in helping sales. Given that fact, Sierra was considering adding a street team of readers to spread their enthusiasm over her books among their friends.

She remained totally engrossed in her thoughts about the business of publishing as she brewed her coffee. The first three books in her series had done well, each one slightly increasing in sales. She needed to continue that trend, which wasn’t easy to do given the fact that she was competing with free downloadable books on the Internet.

So she worked hard to keep up her presence in social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter as well as doing blog tours and online chats when a book was released. Sierra had a cult following of very enthusiastic fans but that hadn’t yet translated into major financial success. Her editor remained hopeful that things would continue to improve and her readership would grow. Sierra had one more book coming out this year and then the manuscript she was currently writing before her contract ran out and was up for renewal.