Dante's Dream (9 page)

Dante rolled his eyes and his men all smiled
.
“Sure.”  The large man who had been driving the car ahead of them said.

“Your name?”
Jax asked.

“My name is Trey,”
h
e said and then introduced the others that sat around the table.  Jax smiled at them nicely and then looked at
Dante,
who was staring intently at her.

“What?”
She grumbled and frowned.

“Nothing, just waiting for the question,” Dante said smoothly and Jax turned to Brin.

“Brin, I think he
'
s trying to pick a fight with me, don’t you?”
s
he asked innocently.

“Staying out of this
,
”
B
rin said holding his hands up.

“Good idea,” Jax said and ignored Dante and put a huge smile on her face and spoke to Trey.

“So how does this whole Vampire thing work, I thought
you could only go out at night
,
”
s
he said.

“Well, normally that is the truth. 
For most Vampires, you are unable to stand the UV rays, but because our Sire, or our leader, mated with both
,
a wolf and a human, his blood changed with the magic. 
I don’t really know all about it.  I only know we are able to walk in t
he day now.  We are stronger tha
n humans normally, and fast, but after we changed to a day walker
,
some of the skills we have are increasing.  We can have children, eat food, sleep normally
, though we don’t require as much
.”  T
r
ey explained and then went about explaining the other characteristics of being a Vampire, and their hierarchy.

Jax nodded and looked
closely; Brin
knew she was trying to figure out what was going on with the Senate, how things w
ould work, and most especially
ho
w
the leader of the Senate would work.

“So
,
I get the whole prophesy thing, I asked my father about it when Orfe
o sent out the letter saying that
according to the Seer in the New Council
,
the members of the Senate would have two mates also.  I teased my dad he was going to have to find someone to hold mom back when he took another mate.  I guess it was not meant to be though
,
”
s
he said wistfully and then shook herself as if she had shown too much of herself to others.

“Okay,
I understand the whole prophesy, now what about Orfeo, what is he like
?” Jax
asked,
and Dante sat forward and answered.

“He is a good Sire, fair and generous.  No one at this table wil
l ever say a bad word about him
because he has proven time and time again he is devoted to the Clan and no
w the Senate.  The Senate will be comprised of members f
r
o
m all
over the world; each of the
magical
communities
will have a member on
the Senate.  The New Council is planning to reveal our existence to the humans.  Of course
,
there are those who will disagree or fight us.  So far
,
we have kept that to a minimum, making sure the community knows we are here to help get their concerns addressed with the New Council before they announce anything.  Their Seer has seen when and how the reveal happens, although no one know
s
but him and his mates.  He says
,
so it will not change t
he future.  Although he did say
the
Senate
had to be
formed,
and other things needed to fall into place before we could proceed
,
” Dante said and Jax had leaned toward him without thinking.  When he stopped speaking
,
she sat back quickly.

“And what exactly are we supposed to do as a Senate, and how does that
affect
the New Council?” Jax asked and then moved to
the side,
and the waitress brought their food.  Bangers and Mash, the scent made her wolf sigh
inside;
it was comfort food for her.  She loved it, her mother made it when she needed it.  Jax closed her eyes when she took the first bite, remembering her mother and father sitting
a
round the kitchen table eating.  The comforting picture flowed over
her; she
was glad that she had these memories of
them. 
 

When she opened her eyes, she saw
all the
men staring at her with their mouths open.  “What?”

“Uh,
honey
,
you were projecting a little,” Dante laughed.

“What
do you mean?”
Jax said frowning.

“I think it has something to do with your wolf
side; Jo
can do similar thing
s
to her Pack
,
” Brin said and laughed.  He had felt it
too;
he wondered what that meant since he was actually a human.

“I don’t get it, you are Vampires,” Jax said taking another bite and smil
ing
to herself. 

Brin loved the look she had, it was pure joy.

“You
'
re not only part of a Pack any more.  You are my mate,
therefore,
part of my Clan.  Orfeo told me that since I found my mates, he was allowing us to make our own smaller compound on the Senate
compound
; each of the members will be allowed to do this.  We have enough room for your Pack as well as my Clan.  I explained to the men, and they all will follow me, so they belong to us
,
” Dante said quietly.

“Belong to us?” Brin asked.

“We are considered their Sires or Masters, which ever we decide to have them call us
,
”
D
ante said.

“Uh, why not Brin, Jax
,
and Dante?” Jax asked.

“That’s not the way a Clan is run.  There are certain guidelines
,
” Dante said smoothly.

“Like?” Jax said impatiently.  “You know
,
pulling information out of you is like pulling teeth.  What the hell?”

Brin
laughed,
and
Dante shrugged.
“We have five more days in the
car; I
figured we would be able to talk as we got closer.”

“Good to know you share your plans with us,” Jax said and pushed her plate away when she finished the last little bit.  She noticed the men had already finished and were waiting for her.

“I don’t really
like to
sit in a human restaurant talking about magical stuff
, it
m
a
y not be such a bright idea
,
” Dante drawled.

“Right, like a famous author who happens to live in England didn’t make a million dollars on the subject
,
” Jax sneered.

“That was make
-
believe,” Dante argued.

Brin closed his eyes and shook his head and said loudly, “Would you like to stop and get some hair dye to get your hair back to its original color?”

“Again with the hair,” Jax growled.

Dante stood and threw money down on the table and said, “Let’s get moving.”

Ignoring the humans, they walked back t
o their cars and piled back in,
Jax grumbling about sitting in the back again.  Dante ignored her and climbed in and
brought
the computer back up and began typing.
Brin just drove
.  After getting back on the high
way
,
he heard the radio turn on.  Brin looked around and saw Jax playing with buttons in the back.

Dante looked up and then pushed a button
,
changing the station to
a
classical music station.  Brin didn’t really care, he liked all music, but apparently it was not the same for Jax.  She pushed a button and switched it back to the soft rock station. 

Dante looked behind him and growled. 
Shit
, Brin thought and waited.  Dante reached up and pushed the same button as before, the music flowed back through the speakers.  It was sec
onds before it switched back, bu
t this time Jax began singing loudly in the back.  It was an American station,
so they were listening to p
op songs.

“Raise….” Jax sang loudly.

Dante changed the station after the first word.

Jax changed it back and sang again, “To
o
cool….
”

And the station changed again and this time Dante held his finger on the button and used his other hand to type on the keyboard.  Jax snorted and folded the hands over her c
hest and waited.  But Dante was
n
'
t budging.  He refused to move his finger. 

“Oh fuck,” Jax screamed and Dante jerked to turn and see what she was talking about.  Brin slowed a little
,
thinking something was wrong and he had not heard it.  Then Jax laughed and pushed the button in the
back,
and the music pounded through the speakers and this
time,
she held the button and resumed singing along.

For
mile's
s
o
n
g after song, Jax sang in the back.  Every word.  Dante was gritting his
teeth,
and Brin was amused at the sniping that was going back and forth.  Yes, this was goi
ng
to be
a long trip, and he wouldn'
t miss it for
anything.

They pulled over for
gas,
and Dante sat in the car
,
refusing to get out and had his hand on the button when Jax got back in fr
o
m the bathroom, and she scowled at him.  Dante lasted for the rest of the trip much to Jax’s dismay.  Although at one point
,
Brin was going to give her an ‘A’ for effort.  She kept trying to distract
Dante,
who refused to even turn a
little. 
 

“You know, I
'
m beginning to think I am driving two small children around
,
” Br
in said when Jax began singing
“
One Bottle of Beer on the Wall
”
. 

“Why?” Jax laughed and pushed her feet up through the area between the seats and rested her feet on Dante’s armrest.

“Get your feet off me!” Dante gritted out.

“No, my legs are cramped
,
” Jax whined.

“Are you going to say
'
she
'
s touching me
'
?” Brin said incredulously.

“Well she is, and it is her
feet; that's
weird
,
” Dante said.

“Bu
t
we are mates and share everything
,
” Jax teased.

“Really?  And when is this supposed mating taking place?” Dante
said,
and the car filled with the sexual tension again.

“Uh
…
well…I
…
” Jax stuttered.

“Note to self, bring up
sex,
and she shuts up.”  Dante laughed.

Brin looked
into the mirror and actually saw
her cheeks turn pink.  He frowned, that was strange,
all the
shifters he had met were very aff
ectionate, touching their mates
and kissing them.  She actually looked uncomfortable.

The silence in the car was thick and Brin was thankful they were at their destination.  The charming hotel that Dante had booked for them was nice.  Brin could see the shops from the front and wondered if Dante would
allow
him to go shopping.  Jax would just have to give him her size.  He had never actually bought clothes for a woman.  This could be fun.

“Dante?” Brin said
softly,
and he held up his hand and pointed.  The Guards were on their way back and had three keys
,
one for each car.  Jax sat up straight and announced
,
“I am not rooming with you two.”