North American Vampire Council & Past Calling (Hypernaturals 12 & 13)

Not Very Teachable

I had a question for Alexander no one asked and I was being Council presence scenery so I did not ask it.

We all trooped from the office back to the cell.

Alexander was sitting propped against the wall on the bed, reading a book.

I just learned that Alexander actually reads. Good to know.

He looked up as we approached.

"Alexander." I greeted with a nod. "I am curious: Did you try to get Cert pregnant?"

I could see Anne's eyebrows shoot up in my peripheral vision, and Alexander stiffened. I assumed Morgan and Denise, half a step back, had similar reactions to the question, but I focused on Alexander.

"No." Alexander denied. "She told me before we even left the Boot Camp that I was not to try to use my catalyst gifts on her. She was very clear about that. I try it, she kills me on the spot. I believed her. She just wanted to screw, and I mean all the time. Sometimes she wanted me to go down on her, like when we were driving, but mostly she wanted to fuck. She not only did not want to get pregnant, but she also did not want my pheromones making her come faster. She wanted long and hard. All the time. She said there was no point in having a male Vampire for a quickie. That she had humans for that. At the Camp before we left and on the road. She was always in the mood. I have been with thousands of women. Probably more than any male Vampire ever. I never met a hornier woman in my life. Human, Siren, or Vampire. We screwed all the time at the Camp. That night we blew out of there after she threatened you? We stopped at the first rest area, and probably every single one after that. Never doubt male Vampires can't keep up with female ones. I could make her come. Make her happy. I could not keep her happy. Ten minutes after an orgasm, she'd be like 'Ready to go again? Let's go. Make that big ole dick good for something beside decoration.' Stuff like that. Holy shit. I couldn't do it to her, but she would hit me with her pheromones for inspiration to get stuff going again when I couldn't get it up anymore. Those were her favorite times. They'd go on and on because I was empty, you know? When they say someone is fucking insane, they have never met her because she literally is."

"That surely did not break your heart? All the non-stop sex?" I asked.

"I was performing under pressure all the time! You have no idea what that's like! It was great for her, but I had to worry if she did not get what she wanted. If I came before she did? Like first thing in the morning, when I was rested? Bad... Very bad. Why she made me wear that damn ring. I had to wait for permission. Sometimes she wouldn't give it because she wanted another ride or two first. When you have been fucking for like an hour for all you are worth, is it really premature ejaculation? Really?" Alexander has the fear of Cert in him.

"You'll get a nice rest in here." I said. "You have any questions before I leave?" I asked.

"How long am I here for?" Alexander asked.

"No idea. Not up to me. You ran with the single most wanted person in all Vampiredom. You were on a 'Contain or Kill' order from the Council, and they decide all things Alexander going forward. A unanimous order. No one dissented from the idea that you might need to die. Being a Catalyst was no protection for you. Fortunately for you, you are contained. Not dead. Cert did not kill you in bed, and we did not kill you accidentally while bringing you here."

"I was tempted." Anne said.

"I see. You are Council, and I fucked your wife so now I'm fucked." Alexander concluded.

"What goes around comes round. I'm her wife too." Morgan told him.

"And you are a female Vampire with influence over him..." Alexander is really starting to see the light.

"I so do." Morgan agreed with a sinful enthusiasm.

"You are so bad!" Denise told Morgan with glee. "I am taking you to bed later."

"Oh. I know." Morgan said equitably. "I have influence over you too, and you are one of the heads of Crew running the jail Alexander the not-so-great is in."

"You would make love with me to keep him in here?" Denise asked.

"No: Because you did." Morgan answered.

Anne is getting used to the Sagan byplay, so barely reacted.

"You will be back to donating as a Catalyst." I told our prisoner. "You are contained rather than killed. Unless you piss off a guard here. We'll see how you behave going forward. You are going to have to finish up Boot Camp at some point. You have to get control of yourself, and I do not know how long that will be."

"You are Council." Alexander pointed out.

"I am one of twelve. I am married to another Council member, and I sleep with a third."

I actually really sleep with Rachel. Alexander does not need to know that.

"Don't forget Victoria." Denise said.

"I don't sleep with her." I replied, feeling some Denise-evil coming on.

"Nah. That was not sleeping at the wedding for sure. That was the head of Council writhing in pleasure." Denise agreed.

Ahh. Denise is reacting to Alexander's comments about how many women he has had sex with by obliquely telling him that some male Vampires have exceeded what he would think of as his achievements in other ways. It also aligned with the common narrative that the reason I am on Council is that I influence them with sex.

"You have a lot of influence with Council." Alexander took from that.

"That does not mean we will vote the same way on the issue. I do know this: if any of us think you are even the remotest level of likely that you will bother Jessica, we'll not be voting for your freedom. Morgan would break me into tiny bits if you hurt Jessica in the slightest. I mean, call Jessica's hair a mess, expect to die level of petty at this point."

"Jessica's hair is gorgeous. So soft." Denise told Morgan as if it were a secret.

"I'm fucked." Alexander said.

"Possibly." I gave Alexander a noncommital shrug. "Up to you. Always has been. You are not very teachable."