Erasure and Affirmation (Hypernaturals 11)

Drive

I dialed Morgan. If I did not call her, there would be hell to pay. There probably will be anyway.

"Adrian?" Morgan said in a mild query of the unexpected call.

"The woman who raped me. I just received a picture of her, tied to a chair. From the Siren Assembly. An address and a time. Ginger and Wyatt's name, but printed, not signed. I think they are in trouble.

"You are driving." Morgan could hear that the top is down.

"I have to be there in about 25 minutes, it will take me most of that to get there, according to the navigation." I told her.

Vera read Morgan the address without me asking.

"Vera? You are there? Good. " A pause. "I can't get there by then. I'll call around and head that way. Vera: If anyone comes near him, kill them. Ask questions later. Use the stuff we taught you in training. No halfway blows. Kill them." Morgan instructed. "This is a setup."

"I know." I said, helplessly. Like the time before, when I drove to meet the Human Purists, with a trap set with Morgan, Vera, and Angel. I knew it was a trap. I felt that same helplessness. The difference being Vera is with me this time.

"I need to call people. Answer when I call back." Morgan instructed and hung up.

Vera looked at the picture. Waved it in my peripheral vision. "This is the perfect bait." She said.

She looked over at me. "You claimed me because I am getting married and you want Larry to leave me alone."

"Yep. That and you put your breasts in my mouth."

"I have done that a million times. You never claimed me before." Vera said.

"You weren't getting married before." I pointed out.

I looked over. "You still have on your vest."

"Because I had time to change?" Vera asked.

"No. I was just thinking about that game you and Leslie play with those things. Really got to Larry today."

"Did you suck on Leslie's nips like you did mine? Because shit... You about sucked mine off. Vampire suction. I like it." Vera said.

"No. Or course not. I had a feeling you might like it though. A little rougher and harder kind of thing than I ever did."

"Ya think? Jesus. I'm still feeling it. So you turned me on, and then you had a crisis. Convenient. Asshole." Vera complained.

"As planning goes, I'm pretty amazing that way." I admitted.

Vera opened her vest to look at her new bruises. "Going to be fun to tell Angel why you did that. Damn. These hickeys are huge."

"Like you said: Vampire powered hickeys." I tried not to be distracted.

"No wonder Angel passes out." Vera said. "If you screw like you suck tittie, I would too."

"We have been working on that passing out thing with Angel. I think we are nearly past it." I said.

"Yeah: She told me. Said you and Helen work on her when I'm not around to feel left out."

"Sorry." I said.

"Not your fault. When I look at it one way, it's Helen helping Angel, not cock-blocking you away from me."

"Helen will never admit to being anything other than a hardass, but when I loop with her and I feel her love... Well, she's still a hardass. But she loves me. Her problem with you turns out to be that she feels like you hurt me."