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Isaac was still in the house So was the Dark Guardian
Hell, she was really off her game It was past time for Monday brunch She hadn’t formally introduced him to the staff But she hadn’t expected hiht of strenuous fucking Irritating male
Since they rested on Sunday, the staff shared a brunch on Monday, a fa the house protections took considerable energy, so they were used to her sleeping deep on Sunday night to rebuild her strength, co in a little later to join them Not this late, but there was no reason for her to be flustered Monday was also the day she spent on Craft, reinforcing spellwork and feeling for any weaknesses or cracks in the house protections, using her rejuvenated energy to double-check everything
That would have to wait, because the possibility of her new brunch guest annihilating one of her staff took higher priority
When she got to the dining room, Cathair still with her, she saw all dozen of her incubi and succubi were there, intact and gathered at one end of the antique dining table that sat twenty Isaac was a the by hi today’s paper Apparently, he tracked local news
She subscribed to the paper because her staff liked passing around the co local news tidbits froe She herself nursed the private pleasure of cutting coupons, pestering Li to use them when she sent him and Gina out on supply runs in town It never hurt to save a dollar
Given that Gina had spread the news a Dark Guardian was in the house, Raina was surprised to see everyone present, none of the in their rooms However, Gina would also have shared Raina’s stateuest and they would not be harely with their passion for Monday- brunch, had apparently overco as well, knowing they had that unwavering confidence, even in the face of a Dark Guardian’s presence She hoped she could live up to it
Nonsense Of course she could It irritated her that she allowed herself a moment of doubt They had a balance in her household Her spells allowed her staff to feed on the sexual energy of clients without taking their life energy, which was a in The clients were ht be with a human escort, but they also had the sex of their lives, and a desire to return for otiable Her staff knew that if any one of the in a kill, they were expelled, out the door for good As Isaac’s circumstances starkly demonstrated, most sex demons never found the safety her house offered, the stability and quality of life that existed here
Monday brunch h they didn’t live on human food, succubi and incubi had taste buds like anyone else Eating hu candy No nutritional value, but they liked it, and it whetted their appetites for the real nourish
Matilda, their cook, was an unflappable black woman who could talk to spirits, and did so quite often In fact, she preferred to talk to the or de only by her loud conversations with the spirits none of thenored anywhat the spirits told her instead Which was fine, since she had a flawless track record for providing the perfect thing for every occasion She also knehen so hot cup of tea As such, Raina had decided that, just because she couldn’t see Matilda’s spirit pals, there was no reason not to defer to their wishes inoff her to-do list, after all
Matilda went home each afternoon to her shack, built deep in the swamp on Raina’s property She always left Sweet Dreams before they opened for business The one time Raina had asked her to stay, to help cater a party event, Matilda had coe of the chowder pot, she’d turned toward the potato and onion bins, where her spirits apparently preferred to congregate while she cooked
"Ain’t none of us going to stand for all that fornicating," she informed those potatoes and onions "No, sirree, on’t be anywhere near this house when that nonsense is going on And we going to put Tabasco sauce on that naughty Luke’s unap open at dinnerti like all you spirits do on All Saints’ Night Just you watch"