Megan was still avoiding me and not answering any of my texts, so I stopped. Linda had been a lifesaver so far, and she took complete control of my day-to-day operations, and she had an uncanny knowledge about Sire life, other lairs and how to handle unwanted ones. I parked my truck in front of their house on the night of the Sire meeting to pick Brenda up. I walked up to their door and rang the doorbell and smiled brightly when she opened the door and invited me inside. “She’ll be right down Sire,” Linda said. “Linda, I really thought we were past all this Sire stuff,” I said to her. Brenda came down the stairs and I had to admit she looked really beautiful. I smiled as I looked at her and offered my hand to her as she reached the bottom step of the staircase. “Don’t worry Sire Ryder