When they returned to the Lair, Thom decided he needed a distraction and went to find Jonathan. As it turned out, his boyfriend was working on their rooms. He was impressed when he walked in. The walls had been painted, the carpet cleaned, and there was a bed in the middle of the room.

"Wow," he said, honestly impressed, "this is going to look great."

"It will look better when we can get our stuff from home," Jonathan replied, frowning about something to do with the end wall. "We need a mirror, a really big one."

Thom just made noises of agreement. He really didn't mind how Jonathan put the room together. Walking up to his boyfriend, he wrapped his arms around Jonathan from behind and nuzzled Jonathan's neck. At first Jonathan relaxed into his grasp, but quickly stiffened again.

"Finished playing with Damian and Colin?" Jonathan asked and it was all too obvious Jonathan was feeling left out.

"Yes," he replied and smiled against Jonathan's neck. It was going to take a little more work to iron the jealousy out of his volatile lover. "Laura will be joining us tomorrow night. Of course, until then, I can think of some interesting things to do."

Jonathan had found a t-shirt from somewhere, probably Colin's since it was a little too big for him, and a new pair of jeans and Thom slipped his fingers underneath the top garment to play along the edge of the bottom one. His system was singing from the blood high. He wanted to put that energy to good use.

"I might be busy," Jonathan said in a petulant tone.

Clearly leaving Jonathan on his own had not been a good idea. Thom was all but positive Jonathan would be pouting even though he couldn't see his boyfriend's face.

"Are you sure?" he asked, running his hand down over Jonathan's crotch and deliberately squeezing gently.

Jonathan gave as small gasp, even while continuing to try and sulk.

"You can come with us tomorrow to pick Laura up from the hospital morgue if you would like to," he said, kissing Jonathan's neck. "We can pick some things up from home at the same time if you like. The sheriff seemed to think the crime scene tape would be down by then thanks to Laura's apparent death."

"So, I'm allowed out of the cage to run errands then?" Jonathan really had sulking down to an art form.

Thom span his boyfriend on the spot and then all but threw him on the bed, climbing on, on top and looking down at him.

"You're allowed out of the cage whenever you like," he said, refusing to budge when Jonathan tried to tip him off, "you're not listed as dead, but right now, I'd really like hard, gratuitous sex."

"I'm a fuck toy."

Thom rolled his eyes, collapsed forward and put his face on Jonathan's chest.

"I love you, but god, you're hard work sometimes," he said and lifted himself up again to lean over Jonathan so they were almost nose to nose. "I am horny," he said, punctuating his words carefully, "I would really like to have sex with you and I really don't care what kind of sex. If you want to tie me to the bed and spank me into next week, please be my guest, but I'm dying here."

Jonathan raised an eyebrow at that.

"Wouldn't that be kind of difficult?" Jonathan asked.

"Semantics," Thom replied and sat back upright. "Look at this," he pointed to where his erection was pressing against his pants, "this is your fault and being your fault, I really think it would be sportsmanlike if you would help me out with it."

Jonathan cracked half a smile. It was a good thing they had both been sexually driven before they became vampires or Thom's tactics never would have worked. As it was, Jonathan had been distracted from a sulk many times before by sex and Thom was using this to his advantage. Of course, a vampire sex drive helped.

"Maybe I want to punish you for leaving me here without so much as a goodbye kiss?" Jonathan replied and the words could have been part of the sulk, but the tone was playful.

Thom breathed a silent sigh of relief and smiled down at his boyfriend.

"And how exactly, my kinky lover, do you plan to do that?" he asked, feeling the excitement pooling in his loins at the idea.

Now Jonathan's eyes were alight with lust and Thom had to wonder what he had let himself in for.

"Well first," Jonathan said pushing his hip up a little, "I think you can apologise for abandoning me by sucking my cock."

Thom went to move.

"After," Jonathan's voice stopped him, "you get naked..."

He went to climb off the bed.

"...and," Jonathan added, pulling something from his pocket, "I put this on you. I borrowed it from Damian."

It occurred to Thom then that he might have been played and Jonathan might not have really been sulking quite as much as it had seemed, but he couldn't prove it and now he was at his boyfriend's mercy. What Jonathan had in his hand was a cock ring, something they, as a couple, had only ever used once before. That time Jonathan had kept him hard, aching and on the edge for hours.

It had been, at the same time, one of the most incredible and terrible sexual experiences of his life and every other time Jonathan had suggested trying it again he had found an excuse not to. Now Jonathan had him and he'd already agreed. It didn't seem like regaining his old life of a centuries old vampire was going to help him in the slightest.

"Once I'm satisfied you really are sorry," Jonathan said, dangling the cock ring in front of him, "I'm going to fuck you until you're begging me to let you come and then, when I think you can't take it anymore, I might let you."

Thom made a mental note that Jonathan was picking up a wicked steak. He would lay odds it was from Colin, but he resigned himself to his fate. He had asked for it after all.

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Thom woke up when something slapped him on the ass. He opened his eyes and lifted his head to see Colin standing next to the bed.

"Sorry, couldn't resist," Colin said in a very unrepentant tone with a smile that wasn't sorry in the slightest. "You must still be adjusting; it's coming on to evening and you've been sleeping all day."

"Blame Jonathan," Thom said as his boyfriend moved beside him. "He kept me up the rest of last night and into this morning and I mean up as in hard and aching up."

Colin seemed to find that highly amusing.

"Well done Jonathan," Colin commented, "glad to see you're adjusting to the lifestyle."

Thanks to the whole vampire business, when Tom pushed himself up and off the bed, he found his whole body working perfectly, no aches or pains or embarrassing trouble walking, which was a blessing. He couldn't help noticing that Jonathan was lying next to where he had been, looking rather smug.

"Damian would like to see you as soon as you're up and dressed," Colin moved on to what was clearly his reason for being there. "There are things about the Lair which need to be discussed."

Thom nodded, that he could understand. With such upheaval among the ranks there were bound to be issues that needed addressing.

"We'll be there in a little while," he replied. "Damian's rooms I assume, or are they yours and Damian's rooms now?"

It had been obvious that Damian and Colin often shared living space, but Thom had found out that Colin had had his own rooms, but from the rather pleased look on Colin's face he suspected this was no longer true.

"I might possibly have moved in permanently before Damian had a chance to object," Colin replied, about as smug as Jonathan was looking as well. "Of course, you're always welcome to visit ... both of you that is."

Thom cracked a smile at that. Colin was definitely adapting well. There was hope for their mismatched family yet.

"Where's the nearest working bathroom?" he asked, as he realised that he had no idea where the closest one was in relation to his new rooms.

"Down the hall and to the right," Colin replied and turned to go. "I'm sure we can have a new one put in off this suite once everything has settled down."

"That would be perfect," Thom said, climbing out of bed.

It would take a little while to turn the Lair into home, but hopefully not too long, especially after he and Jonathan had retrieved their stuff from his house.

"See you soon," Colin said, with a dismissive wave.

As he went to find what he needed for the bathroom, he was looking forward to a nice hot shower, Jonathan came up behind him, pulling him into an embrace.

"We could shower together," Jonathan suggested, nibbling on his ear.

Thom knew that if they showered together it was not going to be a quick shower, but his resistance was low. His will caved.

"I'm sure Damian won't mind waiting a little longer," he said, more to himself than Jonathan and turned in his lover's embrace to instigate a full-on kiss.

It wouldn't take them too long, he was sure.

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Damian looked up as Thom and Jonathan walked into his suite and Thom had the decency to look sheepish. They had been a little longer than expected.

"Distracted?" Damian asked, giving them both the once up and down.

"You could say that," Thom replied, walking over and running his hand over Damian's neck and shoulder in a sudden need to touch. "What did you do to create this coven? I'm sure I never used to be this sexually focused even after using sex magic."

Damian smiled at that, accepting his touch and resting a hand over his for a moment.

"We were vulnerable with only two of us," Damian explained openly, "but our natures were so violent that every time Colin and I created another we would come to blows. The only thing equally as compelling was sex so we used sex magic to create a binding between us and in all our children. It has heightened our sexual urges somewhat."

"At it like rabbits," was Jonathan's comment on the matter.

A coven based on sex was not a new idea, but a coven of vampires based on sex, that was, and Thom rather liked it. Now that the dark cloud of the curse was lifted it left them with an interesting future. Already sexual creatures with an even more ramped up sex drive were absolutely perfect residents of a sex club, a thought which brought Thom back to why they were there.

"So, what was it you wanted to talk about?" he asked, just as Colin walked in.

"The Lair has certain protection spells on it to keep out unwanted supernatural visitors and to alert us if any manage to break in," Damian said, becoming business-like in a heartbeat. "With all the changes within the coven, especially Laura's inclusion, they will need to be recast as soon as possible."

Human beings missed so much of the real world, being blind to most of the supernatural, but those who were part of the whole knew only too well the dangers that lurked in the shadows. Vampires were at virtually the top of the food chain, but that did not mean there weren't things they wanted to keep at bay. Thom nodded; it was a sensible suggestion.

"When?" he asked.

"Dawn," Damian replied. "We can use Colin, Laura, you and I as the four corners and the rest of the coven as the circle. That way we will be able to use our power to the maximum."

Thom nodded again. Damian seemed to have it all planned out. It seemed that without him as a distraction, Damian was a very well organised leader, which explained the success of the Lair up until his reappearance.

"A very good plan," he assured the other vampire, "and a good way to incorporate Laura into our group properly as well."

"Ah, magic," Colin commented, sounding very pleased with the idea, "what better way to get to know people?"

Jonathan appeared a little bemused, but then Jonathan knew absolutely nothing of ritual magic. It was going to be an education for them all, but most of all his boyfriend.

It was going to be a very interesting night indeed and Thom was really looking forward to it. First, they would bring Laura back from the dead, and then they would integrate her into their family like the missing piece they needed. He had no doubt that the coven would change because of Laura, but he was certain it would be for the better. In a few hours Laura would be with them and their future would be set.