Chapter 61

"Security, belonging and pleasure," Nisha said. "Some of them go back five or more generations of service to the Coven. They are trusted members of the family, you have to be to protect their secrets. From what I understand, the act of being fed on by a vampire during sex is better than any drug out there, and it's not bad without it either. They willingly give their blood."

"Still gives me the willies," I said, "But I guess I'll have to get used to it. Not me, right?"

"Right. If they bit you, you'd be dead in minutes. The only way they can drink werewolf blood is out of a bag, and it doesn't taste right to them." The engines shut down, and we stopped talking about it as the pilots came back and opened the door. We walked out, and the first thought I had was that I was in a sauna. "It's this humid in the MORNING," I asked.