BLOOD TIES

Chapter 2

Being puled arm first into the office of a shifter was the last thing I expected. I looked at the man in front of me, he was at least 6 feet tall, with a strong build and if i am being honest with myself one hell of a body.

I slowly and quickly send two tendrils of energy from myself towards his head and heart, the minute the tendrils came in contact with him I gasp as electricity zaps through me and he starts to make this strange sound in between a growl and a snarl.

I snap my energy tendrils back into myself straight away. I have never been blocked from seeing into a persons mind and heart, to see their very essence of being. That means one of two things. Either the man in front of me has mental powers strong enough to block me, or he has someone protecting his soul for him.

Both of these options are monumentally bad for me, so as soon as I can I need to leave and start running again,

All this occurs in a matter of seconds and I am pulled from my thoughts as the man holding onto my arm starts to squeeze me a bit too hard. I elbow him in the gut and wrench my arm from his grip before looking at the shifter who I have yet to talk to.

"Who are you, and why are you feeding on my territory succubus!" I look him in the eye and smile, he doesn't know what I am that's a relief, maybe I don't have to run as soon as I thought.

"My name is Sally, and I was unaware this was claimed land. I am truly sorry for having caused any issues or problems." After saying this I take a moment to incline my head downwards, exposing my neck in a submissive and respectfully gesture, intentionally not correcting his assumption of what creature I am. Even though it went against all my natural instincts to bow down or submit to anyone. I know that I need to get out of here without alerting this man to what I truly am.

After a moment he speaks again, and his voice sends tingles down my spine. I look at him again, this time using my shifter eyes and I can see all the energy below his skin, just waiting for me to tap into it. He must be very powerful to be able to store such a large amount of unfiltered energy within himself. "I am the owner of this bar, and I run the supernatural businesses in this area. I will set up a meeting time tomorrow for you to come and officially introduce yourself and sign in at my head offices downtown. We don't take kindly to unregistered sup's in this area, if you choose not to register I can not protect you and I can not allow you to feed within my businesses."

I take a moment to go through what this man has said, obviously I need to register in order to stay in the area, but if I do I could alert black widow to my position and then no amount of energy will stop the inevitable from happening.

"I am going to have to decline the offer of registration and protection. I am capable of doing that for myself. I hope this does not come off as  disrespectful or cause any bad feelings, I am just going to be on my way then, I shall be out of your territory within two weeks. Is this acceptable?"

I hope he agree's with me because otherwise the money I spent on my room and board is wasted and I still need to re-stock my body's energy levels and supplies before I leave again. Running is hard work.

"That is fine, as long as you refrain from draining anyone dry and killing in my territory in those two weeks."

I nod and turn to leave, this guy clearly doesn't think well of succubus's. Its a good thing that is not what I am. I send a string of energy out in the room just as I leave, allowing me to overhear everything they discuss in the next ten minutes.

I find a bench outside the bar and sit down to concentrate. The tendril of energy I left behind was tangible at best, so it takes a lot of work to focus on it. I tune into the energy and listen.

We need to keep an eye on her sir, we can not know she will abide by the rules you lay out till she leaves. 

I agree, markus trail her and locate her dwell.  See if you can find out her identity while you are at it. She tried to access my mind as she entered the room i am not sure she is trust worthy.

Sir, no one can enter your mind!! Was she able to penetrate your defenses?

No cyrus she wasn't but I think we should still be cautious around her. No matter what she cannot learn about the ... shit stop talking there is presence in the room besides us.

I quickly  tune out of the room and speed to my place before markus can track me or my energy signature.

I wonder what I can not learn about?