“You look happy. You should see the look in your eyes, they are not moving. Full moons.” Casey held a small pstic bag and hopped ba the motorcycle. “I hope that look is because I came out of the store showing my sexy walk.” Casey ughed for a sed before it faded, and she reached out to touch Sylvie on her shoulder. “Taini. Where are you?”

  “I think I was wrong about something.” Sylvie revved her purring engine once more and after putting the bike in gear, did a couple more loops on her makeshift Bike speedway then merged onto another road leading the two bae. “Nothing to fear, Casey. Just a little fusing is all, berry-bear.”

  Once she heard Sylvie create another name for her, Casey rexed and snuggled tightly to Sylvie’s back. “fusion huh?” Casey soothed, “We will figure it all out, I promise. I ’t have you all mixed up inside.” Casey lightly kissed Sylvie on the shoulder. “My pookie-pudding.”

  Mier, Sylvie pulled into the apartment plex. “This won’t take long, I just..”

  “I know, Taini. Pay the debt, I will be here.” Casey assured Sylvie, “Unless you wao e with you.”

  Flig the visor that protected Casey’s bright loving eyes, Sylvie shook her head. “I am just going to kno the door. Think you be two feet from me for a couple of minutes?”

  “No clue. Do you want to take the ce?” Casey ughed.

  Impulsively pig Casey up without any issue, she cradled her partner and walked up to Vera’s back door. “Nope.”

  When Amos answered the door, he snorted with a smile and twisted his mustache. “What a greeting. I didn’t know you could fit in her arms like that Sylvie.”

  “You don’t want to know who I lear from.” With her free hand, Sylvie handed Amos the small bundle of books. “All yours. I sider us even, right?”

  Nodding, “We’re square and I’ll keep my word. Sam…Samantha…um, yeah.” He looked at Sylvie wide-eyed. “Yeah..”

  “Don’t look now Sylvie, but I think Amos likes his neire.” Casey chuckled, “Looks like it’s just us, Sugar-snap.”

  “Thankfully.” Sylvie turned and pnted a generous kiss on Casey’s bloodstained lips, holding them together until she heard Amos clear his throat. Sylvie pulled away and watched Casey’s eyes flutter open, a out a pleasing purr. “Sorry, Amos.” She looked back at Casey and then to Amos and winked. “We will be leaving now.”

  “If you need anything. Just ask. Don’t fet about the cil meeting tomorrow night. An is frantibsp; Amos rolled his eyes.

  “Unbelievable bastard.” Both Casey and Sylvie said at the same time.

  “Jinx.” Sylve quickly shouted

  “Jinx.” Casey replied in unison.

  The two said the word for another couple of minutes until Amos shook them both. “Stop already. No one is going to win.” He ughed. “Just go home, or you will be here until sunrise yelling jinx.”

  With the business with Amos plete, Sylvie got the two of them home in record time. Walking through the door and throwing her keys oable like they didn’t matter, Sylvie flopped and spread out on the sofa. “I feel like I have been driving all night, you know dizzy like you py in the o all day?” Sylvie dug around in her pocket and pulled out the little lens case and pulled the AI tacts from her new moon eyes and looked up at Casey. “That’s bunches better.” Sylvie rolled onto her stomad shoved a pillow under her head.

  “Cutie.” Casey lightly chuckled as Sylvie took up all the spa the sofa. “Where exactly am I supposed to sit, my dy-kitty?” Casey tapped her foot, “We have things to discuss, young dy…plus I have to show you what I got from the store.” She shrugged when Sylvie rolled on her side. “That will work. The good thing is you tell me what you want to, what I am doing requires very little actual skill.”

  “dy-kitty, is it?” Sylvie slinked herself around Casey and ended up in her lover's p. “How’s this, angel-apple?” Sylvie smiled and reflected on the fact her own body was the ohat smelled like baked apples at the right time. She watched Casey pull ten packs of blue ribbons that appeared to snap closed. “What are those for?” She inquired, fearful that the childlike bows would somehow be pinned in her hair.

  Pulling the first bow from the cardboard, Casey pulled off a rubber band that held one of Sylvie’s rows tight then she little blue bow into pce. “Pyful vengeance.” Casey chirped. “You put me in underwear with a pink bht on my seeet spot.”

  With ahree pstic hair holders snapped in pce, Sylvie tried to rebel. “I didn’t think a thong ropriate while you were turning into a vampire. I picked something cute..” Another click echoed in Sylvie’s ear. “..oh e on.”

  Ign Sylvie’s light protests, Casey ged the subject. “You mentioned you were wrong about something and fused?” Casey snapped another pstic bow to Sylvie and then leaned down for a quick but heartfelt kiss. “s.” She offered quietly. “I have had my fill of hiding things, Sylvie.”

  Taking an unnecessary deep breath to steady herself, Sylvie let herself see the first vision that drew her to Casey. “I told you about the vision I had in the manor? The reason I stuck to you like glue?”

  “I remember, You said it came true with us at the ke.” Casey stopped clipping bows into Sylvie’s hair. “Are you tellihat you were wrong about us?” Casey jumped up and pointed both of her fingers at Sylvie, shaking. “We’ve been together twenty-four hours and you are breaking up with me?” She threw her arms in the air and huffed.

  Upon sitting up, Sylvie raised her eyebrow and rolled her eyes as she heard the ccks of the cute bows in her hair. “Will you settle down? I wasn’t wrong about us…That part of the vision has e true and I uand it.” Sylvie stood up and almost floated over to her partner. “Do you think I would take the time to ge you, teach you, cherish you…” She took Casey’s hand into her own, then brought it to her lips. “I told you, that first toubsp; I was ected to you in that oouch.” Sylvie slipped behind Casey and took a deep breath and purred as Casey’s copper-strawberry hair tantalized her senses. “My visions are always right, love. It is me that be wrong.” Sylvie slipped her arms around Casey’s thin waist and began swaying to a silent song. “The vision was you..It came to pass exactly like it was supposed to.”

  Suddenly rexed by Sylvie’s sensual fingers and calming words, Casey leaned batirlfriend and stepped i with Sylvie. “Sorry. I overreacted. I guess there is still a little fear of bei.” She twisted just enough to kiss Sylvie on her cheek. “You told me that you used ymor to set Rose free…What…if…” Casey choked and began g lightly, sending thin rose-colored tears running down her beautiful cheeks. “I never want tet you…us..”

  Sylvie closed her eyes and summoned a healthy portion of her blood, switg inthost form. Once she was a warm blue and gray mist, she ed herself around Casey. F mas of lips out of her loving cloud, Sylvie kissed Casey at dozens of spots at onbsp; ting to ten, Sylvie reformed her physical body in front of her partner and slowly dropped to her knees. “Bound by blood, Casey. I will give you all I have..you only have to ask.” Sylvie looked up and into Casey’s gleaming eyes. “I. Love. You, Casey Rivers.”

  Even though the dainty vampire had k in front of Casey, She felt too far away from her partner. One slow leg at a time, Casey k as well. “That…that..Sylvie, I could feel you all through me. It was like you touched…” She sighed and flopped into Sylvie’s waiting arms. “Sorry…so sorry. Viv called me reckless and impulsive….look at what happened…” Casey sniffled.

  “No damage done, Casey.” Sylvie softly chuckled, “I am just as reckless and impulsive. I think that is why we get along so well.” Tired beyond belief, Sylvie crawled over to the coud climbed up. “Would you mind …”

  Jumping to her feet, Casey didn’t hesitate and ran to the kit and back with a couple of bottles of blood. “Let me. Just open your lovely lips and I will do the work. You tell me the rest of the problem, and I promise not to freak out.”