Abbot looked at Kendra. "Make arrangements so that when they come in they are delivered to the shelter area, please. Eric can tell you how many people he'll be teaching once he and I have put the contract together. Please show him the table and chair options available in the storage areas and then have Josef oversee his people setting them up as Eric needs."
Abbot looked back at Eric. "Joseph is my head of security. You will also be working with him to help him use technology for security purposes. We currently use a system of locks that include a key and in some cases a key and a combination lock. I would like for you to work with Josef on some solutions that do not involve keys that can be lost or number sequences that can be shared."
"A fingerprint scan should work for vampires the same as humans, so we can use something that implements thumb or finger prints. I don't know if iris or retina scans would work since vampire eyes might be different enough to confuse the software. We'd need to do some testing, and it would probably be best not to explain to a factory rep what we're testing for. It might be better to just buy a unit to test with if you want to go that route. You should know that there are times that I'm up against deadlines with my regular work and I won't have time to work for you. I'm in the creative stage with my newest project right now and there are few deadlines during this part of the process so I'll have time to work with you for at least the next two months, but after that I may not be available as much. And there are a few weeks a year that I spend twenty hours a day immersing myself in the world I'm creating, barely taking time to sleep or eat."
"Understood. We'll talk about what I'll pay you tomorrow night as well. We have an office that is soundproof at the coterie house, if you can come there tomorrow night around 8:00 we can do our business in there, without Kendra present, as that will make it clear to the other vampires that you and I have a working relationship that is separate from the personal one you have with her. I will also introduce you to Josef and we can discuss the current security arrangements so you can begin researching what you believe our best options to be. I have a few more things to tell you that I think Kendra is likely to leave out, and then I will go so the two of you can spend some time alone. First, you should know that vampires have excellent healing abilities. We hurt just as much as a human, our nerve endings work the same, but something that might take a human a week to heal from we can heal from in sometimes as little as ten minutes. The second thing you need to know is that you don't have anything on this yacht that you can restrain Kendra to if she doesn't want to be restrained. Human bondage gear will not restrain a vampire. We have a play room at the coterie house with bondage furniture capable of holding a vampire, but it will be a little while before the two of you will want to play there. Meanwhile, I would suggest not restraining her to anything you don't want broken, because if she pulls on something in the heat of the moment she could easily destroy it by accident. If you restrain her to herself with cuffs or rope then the only thing that will break is the cuff or the rope. Also, you don't have to worry about circulation with a vampire, so you can tie things a lot tighter than you would with a human. If you get creative enough you can put her muscles at such an angle that it will at least be a little harder for her to break free."
Eric smile. "Thank you, Abbot. I can see that this is information Kendra may not have felt comfortable sharing with me."
"You are most welcome. Kendra is a good friend, and I like what I've seen of you so far. I will walk myself out, I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening. I'll see you tomorrow evening at 8:00 so we can formalize our arrangement."
Chapter Four
When Abbot was gone, Eric pulled Kendra closer to him and looked her in the eyes. "Kendra, when you bit me, that was.. that was..."
"Orgasmic?"
"Well, yes, but it was more than that. I mean, usually when you orgasm your dick and balls feel it and transmit it to the rest of your body. But this was like every cell in my body was orgasming but only my dick and balls could actually complete the act. I've never felt anything like it before."
"Just imagine how it might be if I do it at the end of sex, just as you begin to orgasm for real?"
"I think that might be enough to just kill me dead, right there."
Kendra laughed. "Oh no, you'll survive it,” but then she paused and said, "assuming you want me to bite you again, that is."
"You didn't orgasm, but when I held you, you seemed all relaxed like you had. What does it do for you?"
She noted that he had not answered her question, but she didn't push it. "Well, first off, you taste amazing. If you had a meal that some world famous chef cooked you'd be really sated right afterwards, reeling from the taste sensations, right? Your blood is that good to me. And second, there was a bit of a metaphysical thing that happened, too, with our auras. They didn't join, but they mixed in with each other a little, so I guess you could say I was basking in the sensation that I got from your aura. When two people are really close their auras can join, and that may eventually happen with us but it will take time. Quite frankly, it's rare for them to mix so quickly after two people have met, so the two of us have connected on a deeper level already. I know I feel like I’m connected to you, but having our auras mix kind of confirms the feeling, because that won’t happen until we’re connected at a soul level."