[Victor] I called Master Marius and he agreed to pick up Talia and come see me. I was grateful he didn’t demand I tell him what it was about before he agreed to come out. Of course, he was always looking for any excuse to pop by and see Echo. She loved seeing him as well. Echo told him he didn’t need to make up reasons to visit. She wanted him to feel comfortable coming and going as he pleased. I was actually grateful that he felt like he needed a reason to come. It meant there was no higher master popping into my territory whenever he felt like it… except for my sire. She always went wherever she wanted. Talia was called ‘the Traveler’ because she could travel between dimensions and realms. She also needed no one’s permission to enter a territory or a home. Marius was capable of traveling within this realm through something like teleportation. It was a gift that was passed on to Echo. Echo had actually gained most of Marius’ abilities along with a fair amount of his other children’s abilities. She could sense a person’s motives, she could resist mental manipulation, and she was able to communicate mentally with anyone she cared about. Once the connection was made, she didn’t need to be close to them to communicate. It was one of the things keeping her calm about her brother going to live with Marius. He would be leaving after the New Year’s party. It would be good for him to have some freedom. Marius and Talia appeared on the other side of my desk. He was about 5’10 with black hair and green eyes. She was a foot shorter than he was and had auburn hair and cat-like features with violet eyes that matched my own. Both of them took a seat across from me. Though they were brood mates, vampire siblings, they were very different. I knew she was younger than he was, but not by much. Talia didn’t stand on ceremony and tradition. She was dangerous, but one wouldn’t guess that if one didn’t already know. She was small and childlike in a lot of ways. “Why did you call for us, Victor?” Talia asked. “It’s about Sybil Mason. There has been a development in her case and I needed to speak with both of you as members of the High Council.” “Has she done something against the laws of the council?” Marius asked. “No. She says she remembers her life for two months before her death. She even remembers her death. Sybil accurately recounted the dinner she came to in my home before she died. It didn’t look like she was trying to remember something someone told her and she didn’t show any signs of lying. I believe she is actually remembering her life.” They looked at each other for a few moments. Broodmates could speak telepathically, as could sires and their children. I figured they were conferring about this development. “What do you wish to be done with this information?” Talia asked cautiously. “Sybil has asked the fraternization rule to be set aside for her relationship with Dennis. She no longer calls him ‘master’. What she feels for him isn’t the inherent respect we all feel for our sires upon our first awakening. What she feels for him is love from her previous life,” I told them. “That is a serious request. Because of our relationship with you, we have to take this to the other masters in the council. What she is asking is very serious. Lifting this for her will cause other vampires to ask for the same. That being said, we do have some exceptions,” Talia replied. “I know. Changing of our Solus Amors. If they are alive when we find them, we can change them and start a relationship with them. We must report it to the council and get a response before we can change them, as well. Sybil isn’t Dennis’ Solus Amor. She told me the goddess came to her in a dream and said she didn’t have one. She said the goddess granted her blessing to soul bond with Dennis, though.” Talia leaned forward, but Marius sat back. He steepled his fingers over his lips. “She dreams?” Talia asked. “Yes. Dennis dreams while he takes his rest as well. This seems to be an ability of his line. In fact, he can create dreams for people as part of his hypnosis. This should already be in his file with you,” I explained. “Then it would be simple enough for her to prove this. When she next takes her rest, I will follow her into the dream realm. If what she says is true, then it will be all the proof the council needs to grant her request.”Marius nodded. “That is all I would need. I trust Talia more than a newborn vampire. If Talia says that this woman is dreaming her life before she was turned, then everyone will believe her. In fact, it may make Mr. Lyons into a popular person for turning voluntary vampires.” “I don’t know that he would want that, but it would be something to talk to him about. The thirty-year gap has always been a time of training and learning for young vampires. If I had gained my memories back, I would have met the sun before I learned what life as a vampire could be. Though, she doesn’t seem to have the emotional connection to her death others might,” I said. “Perhaps it was because of how she died. It was impersonal and cold. You said she remembered the relationship with Dennis. How did she react when recounting that?” Talia asked. “Her voice changed and she spoke with love. She truly did love him. Echo talked about it a lot after Sybil was turned. The times they went to lunch and Sybil gushed over Dennis and how much she loved him, even though they had only known each other for a short time. “She said it was like he was her soulmate. Their personalities meshed perfectly with her making up for his weaknesses and him making up for hers. I know that humans are not under the goddess’ control, but some of them do have soulmates. Do you think their deity blessed this union and offered up his child to our goddess?” I asked. “That very well could be what happened. If there was no other human who could make her feel safe after what she went through, he might have decided to put her in the path of a vampire who could. She was attacked by a werewolf, so she would never feel safe with one, no matter how much he loved her. A vampire really is the only answer,” Marius answered. “Do I need to contact Dennis and let him know you’re coming?” “No. Most vampires become frightened if they know we’re coming. We will go after the sun rises. There’s no reason to make the childe worry about successfully showing this. I’m assuming Dennis has his doubts after learning what it’s like for normal vampires and having Sybil be so different,” Talia said. “We’ll go see Echo and then go talk to Phoebe and Felix. They will, of course, have their opinions. We will see you tomorrow evening with our answer,” Marius told me, standing. Talia stood as well and reached out to me. I took her hand and squeezed it. Talia was my sire and often felt like a mother to me. I gained a certain strength from touching her. She comforted me in a different way than the touch of my Solus Amor did. I was glad to have her back in my life again. They left the room and I returned to the last of my work. I arranged my work schedule mostly so I did my work after Echo and Grayson went to bed. Some things wouldn’t wait until so late at night. I also took two nights off every week. Typically, it was Friday and Saturday. It would give me one night where Grayson was too tired to stay up and I would stay up later with Echo after we put him to bed. We would watch movies or play games. On Saturday nights, the three of us spent time together. Now that it was getting dark earlier, we were able to do things like take Echo to the indoor amusement center to ride the rides and play games. We tried not to bicker on these nights and shared our Echo in every way imaginable. It was a night where all three of us stayed up all night making love, talking, and enjoying each other. I relished those nights as much as the night I had alone with Echo. They switched to my schedule just to give me more time with them. I wrapped up the last of my work, logging the meeting with Sybil, then the one with Talia and Marius. That was it for my night of work. I got up and headed to the television room. Echo was sitting with Grayson and they were watching some television show that they both enjoyed. I joined them on the couch and Echo put her feet into my lap while leaning against Grayson. She loved being able to touch both of us. While we watched the show, Echo started moving her feet in my lap, using them to rub me in an erotic manner. When I looked over, I saw that she was doing the same with her hand on Grayson. Sometimes, she was adorably insatiable. I slid my hand up her leg and under her skirt where I found she wasn’t wearing any panties. Echo was a naughty little thing. I groped her bare bottom and gave it a little smack. “Our naughty little mate isn’t wearing panties, Grayson,” I told him. “Echo, you need to wear panties around the house. You know how much Victor likes stealing them,” Grayson teased. Echo giggled and I gave her another little smack on her bottom. It made her yip and giggle more. I let my finger glide even further up and found her wet, so I toyed with her, letting my finger slide in and out. She thrust her hips up, trying to get me to go deeper. I wanted to make her wait. I switched to rubbing my finger against her clit, making her mewl and squirm. She wasn’t going to get what she wanted that easily.“Why don’t you stop teasing Grayson, Echo? You know he wants to feel your sweet mouth on him,” I murmured. “Yes, Victor,” she replied, unzipping Grayson’s pants. Echo turned onto her knees and started licking and sucking him. I slid my fingers into her again and she moaned as she took Grayson’s cоck into her mouth. Grayson groaned and pulled Echo’s hair back as she sucked him, giving me a clear view of her mouth sliding up and down his length. I kept thrusting my fingers in and out of her while I played with her clit with my thumb. She was slick and hot to the touch. Her moans filled the room as she bobbed up and down on Grayson’s cоck.The smell of her arousal was strong, causing me to get hard. I slipped my fingers out of her and opened my own pants, moving to line myself up against her entrance. I slid my length into her slowly, watching as my cоck disappeared into her tight warmth.She moaned around Grayson’s stiff member and he groaned as she sucked harder on him. I pushed all the way into her, making her moan again. Her hands came up and gripped Grayson’s thighs as she took him as far into her mouth as she could. Grayson moaned as she pulled back and I thrust into her. She mumbled around his cоck when I plunged into her again. Each stroke pushed her head down onto Grayson’s erection. This was one of our favorite positions in the television room. Sometimes, I liked watching Grayson take our little mate from behind while she sucked me, but the power of this position, controlling her motion on him, turned me on so much more. I loved seeing her pleasure him. I grabbed the hair on the back of her head and pushed her down on Grayson again. As I thrust into her, I pulled her back onto me. I picked up the pace and she began to match it. I pushed into her again and again. Her moans grew louder but she never stopped sucking on Grayson.Echo was growing close to her оrgasm and I could tell Grayson was as well. I pulled my finger down to her puckered little hole and started playing with it. She squealed around Grayson’s length as I pushed my finger into her ass.She stopped sucking and started moaning as the feeling of having my cоck in her and my finger in her ass overwhelmed her senses. Echo began to оrgasm, her tight muscles spasming around me.It sent me over the edge as well and I thrust into her one last time as I came. I pulled my finger out of her ass and her head fell down onto Grayson’s thigh. I picked her up and held her against me while Grayson got off the couch. He spread her legs, placing one foot on either side of my thighs and I felt my release dripping from her onto my lap. Grayson knelt down and lined himself up with her saturated core. I watched as he swiftly entered her. Echo’s body was pressed against my own while he took his pleasure of her. I nibbled her neck and my hands slipped up to her breasts as Grayson pumped into her at a hard and fast pace.Her hand tangled into my hair and she moaned as I sucked and nipped at her neck. Grayson’s hands were on her hips, driving into her while I played with her breasts. When he was just about to сum, his head dipped down to the other side of her neck. As he struck hard and held himself there, we both bit her. Though he didn’t break the skin, my fangs slid into her shoulder. The taste of her sweet and powerful blood slid over my tongue. I retracted my fangs and fed on her a little before closing the wound. The weight of both of their bodies on me was comforting. We would take this upstairs to our room. This was a four-day weekend for Grayson and we would take advantage of every moment of it.