@Amazed – In that case on with the loving… But of course this would not be my fic if it were THAT easy… Prepare to be frustrated… ~grins in anticipation~

@Liz – Welcome back! Been missing your comments haha… Nope it’s not Anita… It’s someone conniving and manipulative and in my opinion incredibly annoying…

@m_rave – Cranking up is good!!! Although probably not always… I think when you’re friends start calling you Schumacher because of the way you drive you should crank it down ~ponders the issue and then dismisses it cos then driving would be a lot less fun~

@CFone – You definitely put the idea in my head… I just made Dana furry cos I thought it was so absolutely wicked… But yeah… Dana and Shane fighting the creepy crawlies together… Might even cause some sexual tension… Mmmm… Whatcha think?

@bvhall – Not a bad idea… Maybe if I right a sequel to this law enforcement it will be… Although the police in Anita’s world doesn’t like the creepy crawlies too much… But Shane can charm the pants – or panties – off anyone haha…

@Trysian – Mmm… now who would be that redhead? Too bad the witch is real as in a real LK creation… But maybe a certain gorgeous redhead could be a cop… with psychic powers? Good idea? And as for Nathaniel… I can’t kill Nathaniel… He’s sooooo sweet… Can’t I kill someone else? Please? As for Shane/Dana all credit goes to CFone ~grins and gives two thumbs up to CFone~

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PREVIOUSLIES

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She wasnt prepared for what came next. At first she thought she was hallucinating. By the time she realized what was happening, it was too late for her to pull back even if she had known how to do it. Her mind started sorting through countless images.

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When you read someones mind, youre able to read their thoughts. Whether theyre thinking of something that happened in the past or whether theyre thinking something at that exact moment. But you shouldnt be able to read emotions. And you sure as ***** shouldnt be able to feel them. Anita turned to Jason and Zane and motioned them to take Nathaniel with them.

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I dont know that either. She reached out and touched Shanes cheek softly. Without warning she was hit by this intense sense of fear.

Bloody *****, she cursed softly. Shane wasnt just able to draw out and experience the emotions of others, but she was also able to let others experience her emotions.

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BLOOD HEIR

Chapter 11 – Secret Identity

What? Shane asked hearing Anita curse. Anita just shook her head.

Nothing. I think before we do anything else to try and find out why you have these powers, we should try and teach you to control them.

Control them? How? Anita paused for a moment thinking of the best way to explain this to Shane. To her relief she saw the fear subsiding as Shanes curiosity took over. She couldnt even begin to imagine what the young woman must be feeling. Was she excited at having discovered all these things she was capable of? Or was her fear stronger than her excitement? And then there was also the question of Belle Morte in the background trying to conduct her own little investigation.

First of all, I have no idea what it must be like to be able to do what you can. But as a necromancer and through my marks I have certain abilities that I have had to learn to control. Shane looked at her confused. Marks? Abilities? What the ***** was she talking about?

What are marks? And what kind of abilities?

Marks are metaphysical ties. I share marks with Jean Claude and with Richard, the leader of the werewolves. Together we form a triumvirate. I also form a triumvirate with Nathaniel and my vampire Damian.

You have a vampire? Shane let out surprised. She knew that really strong vampires could have human servants like Anita was Jean Claudes human servant, but she had no idea that humans could have vampires as servants.

Kind of. I dont know quite how. It just is. Anyway, by combining our powers each of us is stronger in one way or another than we would be apart. But it also leaves us vulnerable.

Vulnerable how? Anita saw an eagerness in Shane. She looked like a little schoolkid sitting in class absorbing every single word of the teacher.

Well, if one of us dies, the other two die as well. Shane sat back in shock. Shed never heard of anything like it.

Thats seriously weird, dude. For some reason this made Anita smile. Shed been living in this world for so long, she had forgotten what it felt like to live in a normal world. To be normal.

Yeah, I suppose in a way it is. Well, weird or not, these ties have allowed us to share certain powers. I wont go in to that right now. The thing is that some powers are easy to control if youre supposed to have them.

But youre not supposed to have them? Anita nodded.

Kinda like me?

Yeah. Which is why for a while now Ive been seeing a witch.

A witch? There are witches? You mean with pointy hats and long noses and warts who fly on brooms? Anita chuckled.

Maybe psychic is a better word. A psychic with magical powers. And she looks completely normal by the way, Anita quickly added not wanting word to get back to Marianne that she had let someone think that she was an ugly hag sporting a wart on her face.

Shes helped me control some of my powers. I can try to teach you to do the same. But I have to warn you that some powers cannot be controlled. A vampire for instance cant control his bloodlust anymore than you can go without food for a long period of time. But he can decide when to use mind control and when not to use it. Get it?

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Half way across town an object came flying at breakneck speed at Danas head. She let out a grunt as she swung her racket.

Come on Fairbanks. Put some muscle into it! her trainer yelled from across the court. Dana had to fight a smile. If only he knew. If only he knew that she was bearly breaking a sweat. For her training hard day after day wasnt hard. It was the holding back that cost her so much effort. Little that her trainer know that she could have effortlessly punched a whole in the racket if she had wanted to.

Go Dana! Go Dana! she heard yelling from the sidelines. There she was sitting on the bench like she did so often. Cheering her on like she was her biggest fan. Dana felt a sliver of annoyance surge through her. She remembered the first time she had seen her. It had been at the Dinah Shores event she had gone to with Alice, Shane, Bette and Tina. Almost immediately the woman had latched on to her. And Dana had let her. She had found her quite attractive. But it had been her boundless enthousiasm that had appealed to her the most. The way she just swept into a room and take control. And she had been all too glad to relinquish all control to Tonya.

At the time Dana had still been hurting over her break up with Lara. Just her name brought a smile to her lips. She had loved being with Lara. She had loved waking next to her. She had just simply loved her. And things had been great for a while until it had been time to make a commitment. Dana had wanted never wanted anything so bad. She wanted to spend the rest of her life with Lara. Grow old together. Have kids. It had been this fantasy that had made her stay with her. That had allowed her to think that maybe all of that was possible. But when Lara had suddenly given her an ultimatum, she had realised what a mistake she had made. If only she had broken it off sooner. Then they could have both walked away with their hearts intact. But she had allowed herself to fall in love with her. And Lara had fallen in love with her.

As much as she had wanted to be with Lara, she just couldnt bring herself to telling her the truth. She knew exactly what would have happened if she had told her. Lara would have looked at her first in shock. Then in horror. She would have stopped seeing her as the woman she had fallen in love with and she would have been able to see inside her. She would have been able to see the monster that lived inside her. And then she would have run away. Thats what always happened. That had happened when shed been at tennis camp. She had been so blinded by love that she had thought it wouldnt matter. But it had. It was then that she had vowed to herself never to be a fool again.

That was also when the strong, confident Dana had changed into the goofy, clumsy Dana. No one suspect someone who was shy and unsure of herself to be what she was. At least thats what she had thought. She was always careful with what she said and how she acted. She hadnt counted on anyone finding out. But one person had.

The day Dinah Shores had come to an end and they were supposed to be going home, she had gone off in search of Tonya. Shed enjoyed her company. And for a few days she had been able to put Lara in the back of her mind. She wasnt gone completely but at least the hurt had been a little less. Shed wanted to thank Tonya for that. It was the least she owed the woman. Shed finally found her in the ladies bathroom applying what looked to be her thirty-second layer of make up. Her face framed by unruly brown curls. Tonya had seen Dana approaching in the mirror and had smiled at her. When Dana said goodbye, Tonya had grabbed her by the arm. Her look of adoration had been replaced by cold calculation. Thats when Danas world had come crashing down on her.

She still didnt quite know how Tonya had found out what she was, but she had. And she had used it to latch on to Dana. Shed had no other choice but to take her with her to LA. It had been sheer torture sitting next to her in the car pretending to listen to her every word while her mind was feverishly trying to come up with a way to get rid of her. Shed thought that once they were in LA she would be able to talk some sense into her. But all her attempts were in vain. Tonya had finally found her cash cow and had no intention of letting go. She threatened Dana with the one thing she had feared her entire life. The one thing that had led her family to nearly break all ties with her. She had threatened her with exposure.

Dana had run hundreds of scenarios through her head, but they had all come up distrasous for her. In all of the scenarios she ended up not only losing her career. But also losing her friends who were like family to her. It had been the thought of her friends that had finally made her succumb to Tonyas demands. She couldnt imagine a life without Shane, or Bette, or Tina, or Alice. Especially Alice. Alice who had been her best friend for so long. The truth was she loved them so much and she knew that if they knew he she was they would cast her aside like her family had. And she couldnt bear that thought.

So here she was. Training her ***** off with her fianc on the sidelines cheering her on. A fianc who was blackmailing her into marriage. A fianc who held her future in her hands. And there was nothing Dana could do. Except there had been one scenario in which she had managed to rid herself of Tonya and not lose her career or her friends. But she just couldnt. Just because she was part wolf, did not make her an animal. She would not be able to live with herself if she took Tonyas life.

Dana swung with all her might and saw the ball sail over the fence through a window of the country club.

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Shane closed her eyes again and concentrated as hard as she could. Theyd been working at it for hours. In fact it was already starting to get dark outside. But it didnt matter, because now Shane had all the time in the world. She had finally called her boss at Lather who had in no uncertain terms let her know that she was fired. Surprisingly it wasnt because she hadnt shown up for work for a few days. It had been because a certain someone shed slept with, a certain married someone, had gotten her fired. Normally, it would have really hurt her to have been betrayed like that by someone she thought loved her, but so much had been going on her life that she had just said ok and hung up.

Then she and Anita had set to work on controlling her powers. It turned out that her powers were metaphysical and they could be controlled by using metaphysical shields. It sounded really vague to Shane and to tell the truth she didnt get it at all. But Anita had insisted that it worked. Considering the powers were just in her head, she had to get her head to control them somehow. So for the last four hours she had been trying to build a metaphysical box inside her head. Sounds weird, doesnt it? Imagine what Shane must have felt like actually trying it.

Theyd been using Jason as a guinnea pig, but after about an hour or so Shane had finally broken down and begged Jason to stop thinking such perverted things. Jason had just grinned and told her he was trying to give her extra incentive. Shane snorted as she saw an image of herself handcuffed to a bed. She opened her eyes and punched Jason on the shoulder.

What? Its not my fault you cant build a box, Jason quipped. Shane raised an eyebrow at him.

Well, I guess youre right. Besides thats as close as youre going to get to seeing me handcuffed naked to your bed.

You were picturing her handcuffed to your bed? Anita nearly choked on her orange juice.

Dont be jealous. I would have eventually made a threesome with you if she hadnt interrupted me. Now it was Anitas turn to punch him in the arm. But she didnt look angry. In fact she was smiling.

Dont worry, Shane. Youre doing fine. This is going to take some time. And dont mind Jason. Hes really a pussycat.

Dont you mean pussywolf? Now it was Jasons turn to laugh.

She has a point you know. Im a wolf and I like *****.

I think weve had enough for one day. Why dont you go check on Nathaniel? Jason got up to leave but not before he had the last word.

Youre just saying that cause you want to handcuff her to your bed, and he was gone.

Sorry about that, Anita grinned.

Its cool. I like him. Hes funny. He kinda reminds me of my friend Alice.

The reporter? Anita thought back at the perky blonde she had met before and she saw love in Shanes eyes. For some reason that made her feel a little annoyed.

Yeah.

You guys seem pretty close.

Theyre like family really.

Have you always been this close? Anita wondered how close they could really be if they were keeping secrets from each other. She would need to talk to Richard about Dana. See if he knew anything about her. Having a wolf without a pack had always turned out disastrous in the past. She was wondering if maybe she should talk to Dana about joining one.

I guess, Shane answered shrugging her shoulders slightly. Now that practice time was over, she was starting to think again about the mess she was in.

Dont worry, everything will be fine, Anita said putting her hand on Shanes arm. Almost out of nowhere Shane had an image of running her hands over a womans back. Softly placing kisses on her neck. When she turned the woman around, she was stunned to see herself. Anita quickly pulled away, but it was too late. Shane looked into her eyes and realized that what she had seen wasnt a memory. She had had a glimpse into Anitas fantasy. Although the image had now faded, Shane could still see the desire in Anitas eyes. She reached out to grab hold of her hand, but Anita tried to pull away. Then she seemed to change her mind and she kept her hand where it was. But when Shane touched it and tried to reach into her mind again there was nothing. She just crashed into a solid brick wall. Anitas metaphysical shield.

The two women looked at each other a little unsure. Anita knew what Shane had seen, because she had of course seen it too. Part of her wanted to run away as fast as she could. But another part of her – that part of her that seemed to be overruling her head right now – didnt want to move. Shane entwined their fingers and softly starting rubbing Anitas palm with her thumb. Anita involuntarily closed her eyes and sighed softly.

Kiss me, she whispered opening her eyes again. Shane gazed into her eyes and then pushed her until she was lying on the floor on the back. The movement caused the robe she was wearing to fall open revealing the short nightgown she was wearing. Shane wrapped her close in her arms so they were their bodies were touching everywhere and then she kissed her letting her fingers trail down her throat.

Anita had no idea why she was doing this. All she knew that she felt this inexplicable attraction to this stranger who had entered their lives. And ever since the incident in the bathroom Shane had been in her thoughts. Shivers of longing shot through her when Shane touched the spaghetti strap of her gown but she didnt pull it away. Instead her hand moved to Anitas cheek and then downwards again. Pleasure surged through her when she felt the palm of Shanes hand brush over her breast and she closed her eyes moaning ever so slightly. Shane bent her head to her mouth and traced her lips with her tongue and then nipped just as her thumb flicked over her nipple eliciting a gasp from Anita. She opened her mouth and Shane took advantage, touching her, tasting her tongue. Anita didnt protest but sought Shanes tongue with her own her body arching towards hers.

Shane kissed her harder this time and slid her hands down her back cupping her hips. She had never ever felt like this before. The feeling was making her dizzy. It was almost as if her own desire was being heightened by Anitas desire. Almost as if they were melding together and experiencing each others passion on top of their own. When Shanes hands moved lower and lower and touched her between her thighs, Anita nearly cried out. She wanted her right there. She arched her head back and opened her eyes.

Thats when she saw him standing in the doorway his eyes filled with unveiled amusement.