Her Phobia

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stepped into b

d the living room, where they were having their impromptu post

. With the bedrooms taken up by various older relatives staying the day, they had been relegated to the c

with their mother Martine to attend the pa

d suddenly. "What on e

air of form fitting Spider-Man pajamas. "Bastien was good enough to supply this most cool sleepwear f

program a video game based on some comic book or other.""I didn't know that, did I?" Thomas said with a

he realized how his little attempt to embarrass Thomas had backfired. He'd be

perched his hands on his hips to eye the rest of them, and said gal

hes at Lissianna's mother's house, Lissianna did, just not pajamas. She tended to sleep in the nude. The three of them were wearing

lianna in baby blue, and Jeanne Louise wore lavender. Put them together and they did nearly make a rainbow."So?" Thomas launched himself onto the cot th

irls

n spots, two girls to each of the three pull-outcouches in the r

four hundred years old; they didn't even have pajama parties when I was

disgust, "Over two hundred years

erite," Elspeth said calmly. "I guess it's

t compared

were older than the country you lived in. Canada became a country in 1867, by that time, Lissianna was already sixty-nin

supposed weapons used to fight off vampires, neither garlic nor holy water would hurt them. Sunlight was another matter, they wouldn't burst into flames if they stepped out into it, but it did mak

't," Julianna piped up, and her t

n years old, making them the babies in the group, she thought,

eerful. "You two are young enough to

y. "You eat lots of good bad stuff

oung enough that food still held more attracti

" Thomas sounded dubious. "You can skip the talking about boys stuff, unless it

mountains of food and drink had been laid waste. From what she'd heard, the amount of bagged blood they'd gone through was just as staggering. Apparently

offered to tell the first tale, then glanced at Lissianna, and asked curiously, "What was it y

e Louise asked curiously.

Thomas countered with amusement, bringi

mean she gave Lissiana a person? A man?" Her eyes widened suddenly, and hermou

ooked startled. "Margu

en began exclaiming in amazement. Their react

n calming tones. "He's a doctor. She

anna was rolling all over him on the bed was just an

ons anew. Shaking her head with disgust, she turned to the women

sat back and waited

ill he treat your phobia?"Lissianna hesitated,

speth asked w

ow. And then there's the little matter of Mother's kidnapping hi

had she made you an appointment w

e said, too," Lissi

peth asked, and Lissi tur

t? W

gifts," she said, as if it

t to see him," Mi

eeing him myself,"

aw him," Lissi

really, and I didn't kn

eanne Louise just shrugged. Shaking her head, Lissianna said, "We c

at him. He doesn't have to speak to us,

they started determinedly for the door, she scooted off the be

ving the room in inky darkness when Lissianna and th

si," Mirabeau pointed out.

ly up to the bed. She was relieved to note that the light hadn't woken him, though it did

thed, peering down

Julianna soun

" Victori

eason I thought all psychologists

a shushed the pair, then glanced back to Greg in time to see Mirabeau lifting th

y. "I just thought I'd see if his jacket was padded.""It isn'

re kissing him and stuff

as she recalled the erection that had been very much in evidence when her mother and Thomas had entered earlier...and how it had deflated. She really didn't want to explai

ering going on around him, he found it difficult to remain buried in the warm co

he sexiest damn baby dolls he'd ever laid eyes on. His first thought was that he must still be dreaming...and a sweet dream it was, too, he decid

he murmured

now you've w

n his dreams. His last thoughts before drifting off to sleep had been about the things he'd like to do with her. The woman was turning him into

ou talk like that, Lissi," Spider-Man taun

said grimly, then turned and bent slightly to add

id, "It's okay. You can st

e's dreaming us," a woman in a lav

and Greg blinked in surprise as he noted the color of her hair. Short, spiky black hair with fuchsia tips wasn't something he would normally have thought was erotic an

nd peered down at the

," a pretty brunette in

in a blue baby doll made the suggestion and turned to share a wicked smile with another

lled out their baby dolls. When had teenagers started looking so un-teenager-like, he wondered with distress."Oh, cut it out," Lissia

e woman with fuchsia-tipped hair finished

he girl in blue explained. "So it was o

ousins," the brunett

She looked vaguely familiar, but it took a moment for hismind to place her, then he recalled her comi

ve Spider-Man a second look, and he realized

rd voices coming

ressed in a lace-edged, red satin robe, the woman had long blond hair the same color as Lissianna's, but that was

taken aback. "We were just-I was s

reg with interest. "So this is the psychologist yo

through the group around the bed as Lissianna's moth

nnounced. "Lissianna was showing the girls her birt

almost wearily. "But apparently,

tly losing interest in Greg. "Back to bed, girls.

but the girls all followed Martin

omen lectured the younger ones. It wasn't until a rustle of cloth drew his gaze to the side that Greg realized with a start