Page 51 of Claiming Her Vampire

“Please. Serenity, would you like one?” I tap her hip.

“Yes,” she grimaces. She is holding her breath and fighting the urge to smell the panthers.

“So, how are you adjusting?” Harmony moves closer to Serenity, studying her curiously.

“I’m fine,” she replies, still stiff.

I laugh. “My bathroom mirror would disagree.” I grunt when Serenity stabs me with her elbow.

“Ryker, would you shut up about the mirror,” she hisses.

“She’s developed a temper, too,” I rub my side.

“I want to hear about the mirror,” James raises his hand as if he is in class.

“Me too,” Blue chimed in.

I can tell Harmony has decided to take the neural territory. She takes her drink from Jax and finds a seat between her mates.

I sit with Serenity practically glued to my side, her hand on my leg. Her nails dig into my thigh.

“She had just woken up. After you two had left,” I nod at Harmony and Jax. “She was looking in the mirror, held her hands up, and black sparks shot out of them. Her eyes turned black, and she shattered the mirror. It was amazing,” I say with excitement.

“You didn’t tell me there were sparks. I didn’t see sparks,” she accuses, frowning.

I glance at her. “You were a little preoccupied.”

“You should have told me. Don’t you think that was an important detail?”

“If you remember, I had my hands full right after it happened,” I remind her.

“There was plenty of time to fill me in,” she scowls.

“When? After your ex showed up or maybe during your revelations about your mom? Or perhaps on the car ride over,” I ask incredulously.

“Yes, sometime in the middle or after all that,” she huffs.

Suddenly we turn to see spectators looking between us with varying degrees of shock and amusement.

Harmony grins like a lunatic. James is trying to hold in his laughter. Jax, the Alpha, is partly horrified but fighting the smile teasing his lips. Blue is the only one with the proper response.

“Why the fuck is her ex-boyfriend at your door?” he asks disgustedly.

“He claims he had to warn her. Her mother wants her back home. She knows where I live and is on the way.”

“Why didn’t you just do your mind trick the first time he tracked her down?” Blue asks.

“Because I’ve gone soft,” I sigh. I should have known Blue would point out the obvious. “I should have scrambled his brain.”

“That’s just wrong.” He shakes his head sadly. “An opportunity lost.”

“I asked him to let him go. I didn’t think he would persist in his goal to get me back. Although I don’t think that was his intention today,” Serenity says. “Do you think I can do the mind thing?” she asks, turning to me.

“Probably. We have lots of time to explore your gifts,” I say.

“Why does your mom want you to move back?” Harmony asks. She leans on Blue, her head resting on his chest.

“It’s a long explanation. She has control issues. She didn’t want me to leave in the first place. But she is the only one that can answer that.” Serenity finally relaxes her grip. Her posture is no longer tense.

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