Ninovan (Hypernaturals 10)

The Places One Fangs

The door shut behind the enthusiastic pair with Jessica watching them go thoughtfully. I could not begin to read that expression in this context.

"That Kevin. Did not take him long. Siren chick too: they love Astrals. Hard to compete with that unless you get them in bed and can demonstrate the Vampire advantages. That boy has more notches than I do and I'm a lot older." Alexander commented. It was very offhand. Very just 'how it is'. Alexander could have been discussing the advantages of a General Motors product over a Ford.

Demonstrate? Notches? How can someone say shit like that and be so utterly dispassionate about it? No Ninovan around me reacted negatively to it. Alexander is talking about the women I am sitting with, and the most that got is a comment from Simi.

"Kevin is lovely and gives you want you want. Don't need to be stuffed like a Cannelloni all the time. Or with one." Simi was equally offhand. Weird.

Alexander ignored the implication that he is only good at stuffing and asked me, "She's yours. With you, I mean. Any idea what Vera's cycle is? Just curious if they are trying to start a baby without knowing it. We have condoms and stuff if they need them. I don't like 'em myself but ... You know."

"There is an understatement." Molly said. "As in won't wear one."

"If you're fertile, I can wait. You always tell me when you are." Alexander said.

"If I'm fertile, there is a village full of women who are not that will say 'yes'. You don't wait. You move on." Molly said.

"I come back." Alexander said.

"That is true. No bed left unturned." Molly agreed.

I interrupted this weirdly unemotional conversation. No one cares who sleeps with whom here. "Vera isn't fertile at the moment." I said, lightly touching the side of my nose to indicate how I know that. "Hyper senses. I can tell when Vera ovulates, is fertile, etc. So can Morgan." I explained.

"She is excited as all hell though." Morgan added. "That woman likes new and different men the way I like to try a new and different beer. Not that I can say anything about that. Not after how I was when I was human."

"I did not know you back then, but it always sounds like you were quite the man-eater. Must suck now. Just the one." Jessica said.

"Not man-eater. Man appreciator for sure, though." Angel offered. "She loved men. Good men. Jerks she left in the dust. She has excellent taste in them."

"I am not unhappy with the one I have. He is the one I love." Morgan said. "I am not saying a surplus would be amiss, but I am content."

"Surplus would be excellent." Jessica agreed. "Hard to find though. They keep getting scooped up."

"Vera has been excited a great deal lately." I said, moving back to the previous topic. "Something about her Astral lover rev's her up."

"True. Very true." Morgan nodded.

Alexander wore an odd expression, looked at me, the door where Kevin and Vera left for their assignation, then back at Jessica's limited male resource. "I'm sorry. You just said you can scent when she is fertile? Scent? Not one of those stick tests? Not a calendar thing?"

"Sure." I said. "Morgan and I both can. We are both what the Vampires call Hypersensitive. I prefer Hyper Senses, because my mom and my wife tell me that Hypersensitive is a misappropriated medical term."

"Wait, wait, wait" Simi jumped in with halting hands. "You are species cross-fertile AND you are a Hyper? In Ninovan? Were you brought here by space aliens too?"