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“No, my apartment. Stay with him until I get there.”
“Yes, Mistress.”
I was in the conference chamber two minutes before the call and took a seat in my chair wondering what I could get out of Hugh besides a good time. After I pushed the button for the hologram camera, I clicked on the receive button and Ben Tremblay, the Canadian Master’s image wavered slightly as he showed up a few feet away.
“Evening, Kristin. How are you?” He said as he smiled kindly and crossed one leg over the other. Henry and I spoke quite often as a lot of our breed crossed the borders between our two countries. For a few minutes we exchange pleasantries about family and business before Jacques Berber, the French Master, and Harry Davies, the British Master, appeared in a semi-circle around me.
After a few quick hellos, we got right down to business, “Have any of you been contacted by your local governments about giving them a list of our people and special abilities?”
All three of them looked immediately concerned as they glanced at one another and said no, “Well, expect it.”
“What is happening there, Kristin?” Harry asked.
“I was approached tonight by our immigration and Homeland Security departments about providing such a list to them. They stated that they wanted to protect us, and make sure that our breed was being treated fairly. They were questioning the government that we have amongst the breed.”
Jacques growled, “They have no rights when it comes to our breed.”
“I agree, Jacques, but I have a feeling that all of our governments are going to try and put more pressure on us to give them information about our breed.” I sighed, “They also made mention of our way of handing out punishment. Said that our race needed to know their rights.”
“Their rights?” Ben snapped. “Our people know their rights and their place.”
“Most of them do,” Jacques replied dryly, “Kristin, did you by chance locate that man you were looking for?”
“Joseph Portage, no, not yet. I expect a report on that tomorrow when Angelina returns. I’m sure that if she had some solid intelligence information on him, she would have called me. Since she hasn’t, I have to assume that she hasn’t learned much.”
“The guy can’t hide forever.” Ben hissed.
“We’ll find him, Ben. I promise you; we’ll find the son of a bitch. Once we do, we can figure out where to go from there. I might have another way to get some information, though.”
“What is that?” Harry asked.
“Well, right now, I have the Homeland Security guy in my apartment. I’m going to try and build a friendship with him, see if he will come to trust me, and then maybe I can figure out what the government really wants. I’m concerned that they either want to gain complete control over us and confine us someplace, or they want to exploit some of our abilities.”
“Build a friendship?” Jacques grinned, “Oh, Kristin, I do enjoy how you build friendships.”
I chuckled, yeah, I’d not only slept with him, but fed from him many years ago when we had first met. Being not only a Master, but an elder too, his blood had given me a strength that I had missed since I’d been with Alex.
“Just be careful that you don’t share to much with him.” Harry added.
I shook my head, “I don’t plan on it, Harry. He will get just enough from me that he will see that I want to help him, but that I’m leery. If he thinks that I want to trust him and work with him, I might be able to get more from him. Besides, having an in at the Homeland Security office might be good for us.”
For the next twenty minutes we discussed a few other issues in the breed, and then bid each other goodbye. Each of us said we’d reach out to other masters to see if they have been contacted by anyone for the same reason.
After signing off with them, I told Lainey I’d be upstairs for a little while and that I didn’t want to be bothered. She said she would hold down the fort until I returned.
Like usual, Joshua followed me to my apartment, “You can go, you don’t need to stay here for this.” I said to him as I reached the door.
“I’m staying.” His voice was tense, and I put my hand on his arm.
“Look, I know you don’t approve, but I have a purpose for this.”
He looked at me hard, “You need to feed, and human blood is not going to be enough, Kristin.”
“I will, soon.” I told him.
Joshua turned toward me, taking my face in his hands. His touch and gaze both tender. “You know I’m always here for you, Kris.”
I leaned forward and kissed him tenderly, “I know you are, Josh.”
