All Souls' Night - Renee Rose Page 0,97

the door with a nod.

Smiling, I approach the king “What can I do for you, sir?” I ask.

“I merely wanted to thank you for supplying the club tonight. Your Smokey Nectar is quite popular among my guests.”

“I am glad they are enjoying it, Sire.” I smile.

“Did you enjoy yourself this evening?” he asks. “I noticed you were not with Siannon this evening, but a human?”

Nodding, I say, “Siannon and I are finished. Yes, I was with my new submissive. I’ll be bringing her to the collaring ceremony tomorrow evening.”

“Excellent. Well, I will not keep you.” Lucius dismisses me.

As I start toward the exit, a car alarm goes off, and fear slides through my veins. I rush into the lot to see Siannon going for Clarabelle. I speed over to them, grab Siannon, and toss her to the ground. I turn to Belle. Her face is a mask of terror, and it tears at my heart. If Siannon has harmed her, I’ll kill her myself.

“Are you all right?” I skim my hands over Belle’s cheeks, then her arms, looking to see whether she’s been harmed in any way. I can’t smell any blood, so I figure I got here in time.

Belle nods, but her eyes tell me she is still in shock.

I spin around, blocking Clarabelle from Siannon. “You stay away from her, Siannon! She is mine, and I’m not going to let you harm her!” I growl. I have never felt anger like the one pulsing through my veins right in this moment.

“I cannot believe you took another whore! I will kill her like the others, Aaron! If I can’t have you, nobody will! You’d better watch your back, little girl, because I’m coming for you!” Siannon rakes her claws down my cheek, drawing blood.

“Enough! You will not lay a finger on her!” I grab her wrists before she can do me more damage. I glance over my shoulder at Clarabelle. “Get in your car.” I add a bit of persuasion to my voice so she will be able to get past the shock, and go.

Clarabelle picks up her dropped clutch and keys, pulls open the door, shoves her key in the ignition and, a second later, she slams the door closed. As she pulls out of the parking space, she glances at me, a look of fear in her eyes.

I turn my gaze back to Siannon. “Get this through your fucking head, Siannon! We are no longer together! I am not yours! I will not allow you to harm my submissive!”

Siannon’s eyes blaze and the powdered wig falls from her head, her fiery red hair a mess as she comes at me again. “You will not make her your submissive!”

I growl. “You have no say in what I do. Stay away from me.”

“Okay, break it up! You’re scaring the humans,” Jared, one of the club’s bouncers, hisses softly at us, breaking us apart. “You wanna fight, you take it somewhere else.”

“Don’t worry, I’m leaving! Last warning, Siannon, stay away from her.” I spin on my heel and head for my car.

“I promise you, Aaron, if I cannot have you, nobody will!” she screams across the parking lot.

Before I reach my car, Theophilus storms over to me. “What is going on out here? We are getting complaints!”

I swear. “Forgive me, Theo, it’s just that the young woman I was with this evening was accosted by Siannon. Siannon tried to kill her, but I arrived in time to stop her. I sent the young woman home, but we will return here tomorrow evening because we plan to take part in the collaring ceremony.”

Theophilus nods. “The young woman is aware of what we are, and has agreed?”

“She has.”

His gaze moves to Siannon, who is struggling to break loose from Jared’s hold. Theo moves toward her and snaps his fingers in front of her face, stopping her tantrum. “If I or anyone else here becomes aware of one more act of violence by you, Siannon, I can assure you, by King Lucius’s orders, you will lose your rights under his rule, and anyone who wishes can put you to death without repercussions. There will be no more killing of humans, or harming of humans. Do I make myself clear?” His voice is low and deep, but soft, so that no humans can overhear him.

Siannon clenches her teeth and she looks as if she wants to argue but she reluctantly backs off. “Fine,” she bites out and then walks off in the opposite direction