Free Dante's Dream by Jana Leigh Page A

she returned , the y decided they were all having the same thing.  Once they placed their order , Jax sat back and looked at the Vampires who were in the other cars.  Brin braced himself for what was coming.
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    Jax narrowed her eyes at the Vampires ; she had so many questions , but they were very serious.  She wondered if she asked if they had a stick up their ass, if they would be offended.  Finally not able to hold it in any longer , she said, “I have a question.”
    Dante rolled his eyes and his men all smiled . “Sure.”  The large man who had been driving the car ahead of them said.
    “Your name?” Jax asked.
    “My name is Trey,” h e said and then introduced the others that sat around the table.  Jax smiled at them nicely and then looked at Dante, who was staring intently at her.
    “What?” She grumbled and frowned.
    “Nothing, just waiting for the question,” Dante said smoothly and Jax turned to Brin.
    “Brin, I think he ' s trying to pick a fight with me, don’t you?” s he asked innocently.
    “Staying out of this , ” B rin said holding his hands up.
    “Good idea,” Jax said and ignored Dante and put a huge smile on her face and spoke to Trey.
    “So how does this whole Vampire thing work, I thought you could only go out at night , ” s he said.
    “Well, normally that is the truth.  For most Vampires, you are unable to stand the UV rays, but because our Sire, or our leader, mated with both , a wolf and a human, his blood changed with the magic.  I don’t really know all about it.  I only know we are able to walk in t he day now.  We are stronger tha n humans normally, and fast, but after we changed to a day walker , some of the skills we have are increasing.  We can have children, eat food, sleep normally , though we don’t require as much .”  T r ey explained and then went about explaining the other characteristics of being a Vampire, and their hierarchy.
    Jax nodded and looked closely; Brin knew she was trying to figure out what was going on with the Senate, how things w ould work, and most especially ho w the leader of the Senate would work.
    “So , I get the whole prophesy thing, I asked my father about it when Orfe o sent out the letter saying that according to the Seer in the New Council , the members of the Senate would have two mates also.  I teased my dad he was going to have to find someone to hold mom back when he took another mate.  I guess it was not meant to be though , ” s he said wistfully and then shook herself as if she had shown too much of herself to others.
    “Okay, I understand the whole prophesy, now what about Orfeo, what is he like ?” Jax asked, and Dante sat forward and answered.
    “He is a good Sire, fair and generous.  No one at this table wil l ever say a bad word about him because he has proven time and time again he is devoted to the Clan and no w the Senate.  The Senate will be comprised of members f r o m all over the world; each of the magical communities will have a member on the Senate.  The New Council is planning to reveal our existence to the humans.  Of course , there are those who will disagree or fight us.  So far , we have kept that to a minimum, making sure the community knows we are here to help get their concerns addressed with the New Council before they announce anything.  Their Seer has seen when and how the reveal happens, although no one know s but him and his mates.  He says , so it will not change t he future.  Although he did say the Senate had to be formed, and other things needed to fall into place before we could proceed , ” Dante said and Jax had leaned toward him without thinking.  When he stopped speaking , she sat back quickly.
    “And what exactly are we supposed to do as a Senate, and how does that affect the New Council?” Jax asked and then moved to the side, and the waitress brought their food.  Bangers and Mash, the scent made her wolf sigh inside; it was comfort food for her.  She loved