Page 64 of I Dated a Golden Vampire
Riro grinned and handed her over carefully.“She’s beautiful.”
“Thanks.I crafted her from tacos and lemonade.”
He laughed.“You are staying here?”
“If you don’t mind.I have found a place to rent.It’s small, but I warned them about Khy, and she’s up for the noise.”
Pria lost the baby to Cabree, and Riro looked over and waved at a woman whose delicate features were echoed in her son.
“Well, my boy, it looks like you will be staying close to home from now on.Oh, a baby!Whose is it?”
Vesta grinned.“It would be mine.Her name is Khy; she’s six weeks old and is about half an hour away from a feeding.Oh, and I am Vesta, I am Pria’s sister, and I have rented a little apartment near the trees.”
The woman’s face was outraged.“They are charging you for that dump?You and the baby will live with me.I am Ysell, by the way.I can show you some tricks for dealing with your little one.”
Denog was looming over Cabree and stroking Khy’s cheek.
Ysell smiled.“You have a lot of confidence in those around you.”
“Pria chooses her people carefully, so I trust my sister’s judgment.I am regretting this dress.”
Ysell looked and smiled.“Ah, you are breastfeeding.”
“Well, she is.I am just the cow in question.”
Ysell walked up to her and tore the neckline of the dress down the middle.“There.Now, I will have Seccor bring your things to my house.I have four guestrooms and will lay hands on a bassinet today.”
Khy was starting to make faces, and Vesta looked around for a place to sit.She was going to be immobile for half an hour.
Ysell beckoned to Vesta and walked to one of the food vendors, where a chair was in the shade.Ysell forced Vesta down, and as if she understood the timing, Khy began to wail.
Ysell smiled, and Vesta got situated, and then Khy’s mouth was stuffed, and the world went quiet except for squeaks and snuffles.
Pria sat next to her.“Where did she come from?”
“You and Riro have been engaged in the summoning ritual.Figure it out.”
She blushed and said, “Who’s the father?”
“You don’t need to know.Let’s just say I didn’t choose to start her, but now that she is here, I wouldn’t have it any other way.I still want him dead, though.He’s dangerous.”
Riro lifted his wrist and tapped it.
Vesta nodded.
Cabree smiled.“Denog and I are going to stop staring and go look for that villa.”
Ysell said, “The one with the yellow and white flowers has the most privacy and the best view.It also has four guestrooms.”
Cabree smiled.“I want people.I want visitors.”
Denog said, “If I need to stay at the casino for work for a few days, Vesta, can you visit?”
“Well, it is me and my little Khy, but yes, I can watch the baby and your partner.”
Denog smiled.“And that doorway?”
“Will be near your house but not in it.That would be weird.So, go buy a house.”Vesta shooed him away.
