First Showing

The black coach, pulled by six back horses rumbled down the road to their new home, but this time it had gone in a different direction. Instead of climbing to the desolate area of the southwest, they travel easterly and down along the coast. Some areas of the road took them within yards of the great cliffs that look out over the ocean. Inside the coach are two vampires of renown.

"My love, I do hope that you will like this place. It will be ours, all ours,? Talomar said to his wife, Tara, as the carriage road along. ?No old memories to soil it; and I did try to find a place that would be more suitable to your needs without having major alterations."

Tara Rynieyn sat with her face and hands pressed up against the window of the carriage as they passed all these new places she had never been. They seemed to be so high up which excited her because she loved to take dives off cliffs (and push others off them) in her spare time. What fun that would be to actually have them nearby instead of having to drag your victim in search of a cliff. Talk about convenience! She giggled and turned her head to look at him. "I love it already, Twinkletoes. You are always so good to me."

"I try to be, sweetheart. You know how much I love you, and I did want to have a home that was just for us. The other castle was not yours, and neither was it mine. It was Dominique's and when she passed on, I never felt comfortable there." The coach began to drive up a twisting, turning driveway that led to the castle.

"At least I won't have to worry about her trying to choke me in muh sleep anymore," she said with a relieved look and pointed to the castle in the distance. "Is that it?!"

Talomar smiled proudly at the silhouette of the magnificent castle. "Yes, love. That's our home; if you like it, of course. You have the final say."

"Holy gumdrops it's ginormous!" She was blinking with her mouth wide open. Then she snuggled up against him and began to pet his chest. "Muffin, can we christen every room in it this time? We never did that at the old castle an' I think I'd like to do that."

"You better believe it, my sweet cakes - every room twice."

She blushed at the thought of doing it twice in each room and wondered if they'd have the strength, that is until she would see the skeletal staff.

The coach continued until they were in front of the old cathedral-type door with lights on either side and ivy running up the walls. The door open and they stepped out. Talomar has arranged for a skeletal staff to be present, and the head butler opened the door. "Good eve, m'lord...m'lady. We've been expecting you." They truly looked skeletal, or at least ghoulish.

This was probably the coolest servants she ever had and of course, because they were new, the New Rule applied, which meant that Tara had to go up to the ones closest to her and poke/prod them to (a) see if they were real and (b) just to be annoying. When she was finished with her impromptu examination, she turned to her husband and nodded. "They are sufficient, honeysuckle."

The main entrance was more circular than anything else, with several hallways going off in spoke-like fashion. Talomar took Tara to the main hallway that was at the "12 o'clock" position when coming in the door. This led in to a very large circular chamber with large Roman columns and steps going around in concentric circles. "I wanted something that was in some way similar to what you showed me in your castle, my love. Is this suitable?"

She walked over to the Roman columns and followed them up to the ceiling, then all the way back down. With a slight poke and a sniff later, she turned her head to the side and grinned. "Affirmative, lumpkin. Can we hang bad people on them and use them as pinatas?"

"Of course, love. We can even chain them to the columns for torture. But there's much more to see."

Bat Boxes and Doll Pedestals


"What kind of other rooms are they, Talomar? Are they filled from floor to ceiling with presents for me, hmm? Huh? Will I like them? Do I get my own rooms? How come you didn't tell me about them when we were discussing the castle? Are they secret?"

He just smiled as he led her down the steps. "Yes, some are secret and nearly all are yours in one way or another." The first level before the main floor still seemed nothing like a basement or cellar or caverns. It had many large storage rooms. "These rooms are all yours, my love. You can use them in whatever way you wish."

She did not know what she had been expecting but storage rooms were not it. At the sight of them she pouted. "Oh, okies," she said in a voice that left little doubt she was disappointed. "Where are your rooms, muffin?"

"I thought these rooms might be used for your Rhydin Spring Water business, love. Down below we have far more interesting rooms." He led her down steps that were much more ancient, rough hewn stone. When they reached the next level it was as if they just entered huge caverns beneath the earth, winding in all directions. "Here we have secret passageways."

And what Tara didn't just adore secret passages! She lit up and bounced a bit. "Yay! I love them! Let's go explore them and in the dark places you can put your hand up muh dress and kiss me," she giggled against his chest she was rubbing her nose on.

He pulled her along dark passageways, turning left and right until they arrived at a small chamber. "Here...I was thinking of bat boxes! And there are openings in the walls that would be perfect for coffins!" His hand went up her dress and felt her perfectly firm butt.

In the dark her arms went around his neck and her lips searched out his. "I love you, Talomar," she whispered. "Thank you for this beautiful new home. It is perfect an' I don't wish to ever leave," she said with a slight gasp as he began to take her up on her suggestion. "Maybe we can make love in one of the coffins again like we did that one night, remember?"

"Do I remember? That was a night I'll never forget. But there's more. Upstairs." This time they moved, not as mortals, but as the unalive. Nearly instantly he was at the top of the stairs where their "living" quarters were. Once again rooms came off in spokes from a central hall. Each room up here was beautifully paneled in dark wood.

"More?" she said with almost a groan as he teleported them from where they had been standing (and where he was feeling her up) to the living quarters. She wobbled for a moment, becoming dizzy from the sudden change and leaned against him. "Which one is our room?"

Return to the Cave of Love

He kissed her back hard...strong arms wrapping around her beautiful, sexy body. "I love you so much. You have put up with so much to be with me, and I appreciate that. I also want you to know that I "found" a fortune, so we are no longer poor and you don't have to sell my body anymore."

Hanging in his arms was almost as much fun as hanging upside down. She clung to him and continued to kiss him in between his words. "I dun hafta put up with so much to be with you, Muffin. I love you, I do. An' you love me. An' that is why we is perf......" She blinked. "What do you mean you found a fortune? How much? Where? Did you hafta kill someone for it?" She hoped he had.

"Well, let's say that there was a fortune just waiting to be taken (from his bank account), and I took it."

For a moment it looked like she might not be buying what he was saying but she remembered she had taken money from lots of people (mostly dead husbands and lovers) so it was entirely possible he had done the same although she hoped it wasn't a lover. At that thought she frowned a little and hugged him harder to her before huffing. "Okies, so when do we get to make another baby? You promised Talomar!"

"I think we should immediately and christen this room first."

If she had it her way she would be servicing him morning, noon and night. She looked to the bed. "Right now? You aren't gonna say, "Wait...there's more" an' drag me off to some other room?"

?Oh...there's more. There's my special dungeon the level below the caverns, and the dungeon cells are there. There's also a secret, hidden passageway that leads down to the water. There is a kennel for your dogs Butch the Rottweiler hellhound (named for Tara's old carriage driver) and Fred the golden retriever (who likes to snack on femur bones with Tara). And then there is another entire level above us. But for now....I just want you."

"When do we move in? Do you think Claire's okay with Marius in the carriage?"

"We shall move in tomorrow, love. We just need to sign the papers."

"Where will we sleep until then?"

"Let's spend a last day in the cave...and make it a good one." He winked at her.

She tucked her finger in her bottom lip and gave him her best bedroom eyes. "Okay. I like that cave."

On the way out of the castle they passed over the moat where Rigby, the nine-foot alligator who loves to eat chickens (and intruders) would be kept.

That night they made very good use of their cave love nest.