Free Unbound by Cat Miller

understand?”
    “Sure thing, boss. Vince is on it. I’ll call you as soon as I know anythi ng.”  Vince was already deciding which of his contacts would be able to get the most information without making waves.
    “I need to know about her boyfriend also.” he said, embarrassed.  This was new for him.  He had never had to try to get a girl he wanted before this.  Normally all the girls, human and vampire alike, flocked to him and gave him whatever he wanted without question, but not Danielle.
    “Do you have a name for the boyfriend?”
    “That’s what I need you to find out, ” he snapped.  Chase’s face burned with the indignation of needing help to get what he wanted.
    “Vince will get back to you as he has any information .”  Vince disconnected.
    Entering the elevator, he continued to mull over the situation.  He was so distracted when he entered his condo he didn’t notice the red high heels by the door.  He decided to go jump in the spa to relax his nerves.  After changing into trunks and grabbing a towel he was startled to find the spa out on his rooftop patio was not empty.  He cursed when he noticed the long platinum blond curls hanging over the side of the bubbling spa.
    “Samantha, what are you doing here?” he barked.
    “Now is that anyway to greet a guest in your home?”  She batted her eyes at him and stood to reveal her barely there bikini.  Samantha was the girlfriend that just wouldn’t quit.
    “Generally speaking, a guest is invited.  You’re more of an intruder.  How did you get in, Samantha?”  He really didn’t have the patience for her theatrics.
    “I used a key, of course.”  She smiled at him wryly.
    “I took your keys back.” He was annoyed and not charmed by the way she tried to look so innocent while bending over to display her thong.
    “But not before I had copies made.  Now hop in with me.  You look like you could use a soak.  I’d be glad to rub your shoulders.”  She tried to distract him.
    He hopped in and moved to the opposite side of the tub, “You just stay over there and I won’t have to put you out.”
    Samantha and Chase had started dating his senior year of high school.  Never exclusively but it was the most serious and long-standing relationship either of had them ever had.  The whole thing was a secret due to the ir age difference and the tension between their families. Neither of their parents would have approved. Samantha was a couple years younger but she and her twin sister were advanced in school. They both graduated two years early without even trying.  She didn’t act like it but Samantha had more than just great hair and a hot body going for her.  She was very intelligent but preferred to receive attention for her bombshell beauty rather than her brains.
    When Chase turned eighteen his parents had gifted him with his condo.  Vampire society had vast differences from the human society.  By eighteen years of age, vampires have already been hunting on their own for years and males roamed freely.  A tighter leash was kept on females because upper class families didn’t want their girls bonding to someone beneath themselves.  Vampire bonding, or what humans would call marriage was still often arranged by the parents in powerful houses.  Samantha had a key because it had been convenient for her to go in and wait for Chase.  She would come over when she could and he never knew if he would be out hunting or home for the night.  They would often not see or speak to each other for weeks.  They separated when Chase brought another female home with him and Samantha had been there waiting.  She had made an awful mess that day.  Apparently, the fact that they had never been exclusive didn’t matter.  She always assumed she was the only girl allowed in his home.  That was their private sanctuary in her mind.  After her temper tantrum was over, Chase reclaimed her keys and they parted ways.  Not long after, she came back to