Chapter 3 #2
“Kimmy Hamilton.” Nodding once, she knew that she’d be Kimber to Rance, but to her she’d be just plain Kimmy. It was the way that she wanted it, and that’s the way she was going to do it. She’d have another friend in the woman, and that would be just wonderful for them both. At least she hoped so.
She woke up once more but didn’t ask where she was.
She did complain a little about being sore, but the meds kicked in again, and she felt better.
As soon as Rance showed up, he’d been doing things around the house, she told him what she knew about her rent.
Not just how much it was, but that she was willing to have him pay it for her until she was better enough to do it on her own.
It was becoming more and more apparent that she was on the mend now.
Calla left after Rance said he had it now.
They’d all been taking turns watching over the other woman since she’d gotten out of surgery.
While she was on the mend, she wasn’t out of the woods yet.
They had to figure out how much his blood had affected her and if she was a vampire or not.
If she were, then she’d have to learn a whole new way of life that might make her as mad as Rance did all the time.
As soon as she got home, she took a nap on the couch.
It was something that she did daily, and it made her feel better.
The biggest advantage was that she could stay up later with Brew and talk to him.
They had their best talks in the middle of the night, and she loved him for it.
Plus, they got a lot done too, each of them working in their offices.
Waking up right before dinner, they decided to have a late-night snack.
His was just watching her eat, and she had a bowl of mashed potatoes.
Not every healthy, but it was something that she wanted, and since she wouldn’t gain any weight but for the baby, she decided that it was the perfect thing for her.
The upside was that Brew enjoyed her enjoying her food, and he made love to her afterwards.
Life had taken on a great view for her, and she was happier daily that she’d met Brew when she had.
It was like having a best friend and a lover all rolled up into one.
Going up to bed just as the sun was coming up, she decided that she was going to sleep late before going to see Kimmy.
She was beginning to love the woman and was happy that she had found a mate in Rance.
He’d have to get over his aversion to her being a human, which she doubted that she was anymore, and treat her like his mate.
She wasn’t sure what that meant for them, but she was happy to beat the shit out of him if he didn’t treat her right. She thought that she could do it too.
Being queen of their kind had some great perks, and she was happy to have the extra magic, too. She was still getting used to it, but the little bit that she’d tried had been helpful in her everyday life, and she was learning more each day.
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Kimmy decided that she wasn’t going to speak to Rance anymore.
All he did was snip at her, and she wasn’t in the mood to listen to him complaining about her being a human.
She’d been born that way, and the sooner that he figured that out, the better things would be.
She didn’t much care for him in the first place.
Secondly, he didn’t seem to like her all that much either. Which she was happy about.
“When was the last time you took some meds? I have some things to talk to you about, and I don’t want you laying there in pain while I do it.
” She said it had been an hour, but she was fine until he came in.
“Don’t be childish. If you need the medications, then take them.
We have the rest of our lives to get things organized between the two of us. ”
“I don’t want to be organized with you. Whatever the hell that’s supposed to mean.
I have my life just the way I want it, and you’re not going to be coming in here and changing things up because someone decided that we’re mates and there is nothing I can do about that.
I wouldn’t have picked you for a friend, much less someone that I’d have to spend the rest of my life with. You’re not nice.”
“I’m nice to people that I like.” She didn’t like that either, but didn’t say anything to him. For some reason, when she spoke to him, he’d get nastier to her, and that would hurt her feelings. She asked him if he liked her. “I’m stuck with you. There’s a big difference.”
“Why don’t you go lie in the sun until you’re nothing but ash?” He told her that the sun didn’t bother him so much anymore, as he was an ancient. “You’re something all right. I don’t want you here.”
“That’s too bad. You’re going to do as I say and not have anything to say back.
If you’re going to be my mate, which I can’t believe, you’re going to do what I say when I say it.
” She decided that he was a bastard and she couldn’t stand to be around him.
After telling him that, he just laughed.
“Like it matters now. We’ve all but bonded, and I don’t want you around any more than you do me.
But as I said, we’re stuck with each other, and we might as well make the best of it. ”
“You know that I’ve gotten around in this world pretty good so you might well remember that when you’re spouting off rules that I have no intentions of following unless they make sense to me.
I can’t stand to be around you.” She watched his face for any signs that he was going to change into his beast or monster, whatever he called it, but he only smiled at her.
It was an evil smile and one that she didn’t trust. “Why don’t you just forget that we met and go on with your life.
As I said, I’m doing just fine without you hanging around all the time. ”
“Do you remember that you nearly died, and without me, you would have.” She told him that she wished that he’d allowed her to die, as he wasn’t being nice to her.
“You don’t mean that. Don’t say things that you don’t mean, or I might have to take you to task.
I’m not above beating your bottom for being rude to me, either.
You’ll learn to obey me, and that’s final. ”
She didn’t speak to him for the rest of his visit.
Kimmy decided that if he told her once more that she had to obey him, she was going to remove his head.
Talking to Calla had given her a great deal of information on his kind and knew that was the only way to kill him.
Not even a stake through the heart could do much to him.
When he finally left, telling her again she was being childish, she laid down on the bed and closed her eyes.
The swelling had gone down a great deal since she’d been in here, and she was glad.
Seeing his face when she didn’t speak to him or answer him was good.
He never lost his temper with her, but he did get frustrated. Good. He did the same to her.
Dozing off and on the rest of the evening, she was glad to be alone.
It’s what she was used to, and with Sir Pain in the Ass gone, she could rest easier.
When she woke up for dinner, she decided that she didn’t much care for being on a liquid diet and couldn’t wait until she could have some real food. At least anything she could chew.
Just as she was dozing off again, she saw something out of the corner of her eye. When the little creature landed on her knee, she knew just what it was. Again, Calla had come to the recuse on knowing what the little man was.
“My name is Tall. I thought that if I named myself that, I’d be taller than the other faeries that were around.
Sadly, it didn’t work that way, and I’m just as tall as the others.
Your name is Lady Kimber.” She told him it was just Kimmy.
“His lordship said that your name was Kimber and that is what he is going to call you. But I shall call you Lady Kimmy if that’s what you wish. ”
“It is. But it’s just Kimmy. I’m not a lady.
” He explained to her that she was indeed a lady, as Lord Rance had a vast estate and castle.
“Does he now? I guess that’s something else that he neglected to tell me.
Not that we’re speaking to each other all that much.
I don’t much care for him and his bossy ways. ”
“He is very old and is said to be set in his ways. I agree that he can be bossy, but he’s my lordship.
I, however, work for you. I am your companion and helper.
I am to teach you how to use your magic.
You have a great deal of it, too.” She asked him what she could do.
“The simplest thing you can do is change your clothing at will. Just think of whatever it is you wish to be wearing, and you’ll have it.
I don’t know how it will work with you having a gown on from the hospital, but you can try it. ”
“It worked.” She changed her clothing from the gown to a nice, pretty sundress.
With all the things on her, it wasn’t even difficult for her to be wearing them.
The cast on her leg and arm even matched the dress in that it had pretty flowers on them, like her dress did.
Once she changed back into the gown, she felt giddy with this newfound knowledge.
“What else can I do? I’ve already figured out that I can bring things to me.
Like, sometimes the table gets too far away, and I can make it closer. What else?”
He taught her how to talk to someone through a link.
Since she was friends with the queen of vampires, she had a connection to Calla.
She didn’t speak to her but knew that if she needed someone to talk to, she could easily talk to her without her being in the same room with her.
She thought that was the greatest thing in the world to be able to speak to someone without anyone else knowing.