He was appreciative of the cooperation from his former adversary The Voodoo Queen to continue to furnish his band of blood-suckers with the random sou...ls found wandering after midnight in the French Quarter generally lacking either logic or awareness of their surroundings. His monthly quota of a fresh virgin had been maintained by the followers of Queen Marie in accordance with the accord struck when he drained enough of Lovey's blood to make her his child and an immortal vessel of skin and bone. “With this questionnaire and further testing I will be able to determine where her interests and talents lie and also her weaknesses. I had Brianna fill out the questionnaire and from it I could tell she had the determination to succeed and help her family. I knew her assistance would be of enormous help to me.”“Thank you, Dr. Chang,” said Brianna. She blushed prettily.“I’d like to take that questionnaire,” said Bess. “I think it would be fun.”“You’re all welcome to,” said the Oriental. To my surprise Jaren was standing at the door with a wrapped present in his hand. “Happy Sweet Seventeen Rose.” He greeted sheepishly, walking in the door. “Did I miss the party?” “There really was no party. It was just me and Tera…” I mumbled awkwardly. “If I would have known you wanted to come, I would’ve invited you. Sorry.” “Rosalina, I really need to talk to you. In private…” He said, motioning to my parents who appeared to be fast asleep on the couch cuddled together. “Let’s go up. The maid laughed and helped me to my feet. I was a touch wobbly at first, but rapidly regained my composure.I turned to face James, dressed only in my shift. It was very short, barely reaching my thighs, very low cut, and quite sheer. I had planned on wearing it later in the week, after the ball, by which time James would have begun treating me like a lover and not a niece. “James, were you the one who dressed me in this?” I asked coyly.James gave a loud ‘Harumph’ and whirled away from me, his.