"Stupid Wizard!" screams Ruby upsetting everybody around her. "Get that poor girl out of a coffin and into bed."

"What are you talking about?" asks Lord Mobius.

Murmurs from everyone abound, but Ruby is adamant. How can she tell them what she knows without letting them in on her secrets? Well, they'll find out eventually and it's not as important as taking care of Myya.

"Your wizard is a loon. Myya didn't even exchange any blood with that vampiress. She might be under her thrall, same with Babysub, but we're in charge, Lord Mobius, not some vampire chick who claims to be queen. Now there's an impostor I'd like to stake through the heart and it wouldn't be my first."

"Ruby is there something you'd like to tell us?" asks Sir Chuck.

"No, not really," Ruby responds sighing. "Let's just get Myya to bed. She'll need that IV, lots of fluids and to be kept very warm. She's probably in shock. I'll put in a call to Master Nikolai and see if he'll come by the dungeon to look at her tomorrow."

"And who is that?" asks Lord Mobius.

"He's my...um...vampire expert. If Myya truly wants to be a vampire, he'll help her do it the right way, without some misdiagnosis. Babysub will need some help as well. I'll not have my slaves under the thrall of that wanna-be queen bitch!"

"But she didn't even bite me," protests Babysub.

"True, but she did hold you and look into your eyes. Tell me what you felt when she did that."

"I felt...really special. Like there was only the two of us and she wanted me."

"Oh, I'm sure she wanted you," Ruby hisses in anger. "You are a very tasty treat. But I have plans for you that include a much better master than that ...that...thing. Grrrrrrrrr!"

Meanwhile, Myya was dreaming of Myra. The vampiress was giving her everything she needed. Punishments without any kind of sweet release. "Please...more..." she mumbled in her sleep as Lord Mobius carried her to bed. "Oh, yes...I want more."

Ruby shakes her head in frustration. This was no way to leave her slave, but without Master Nikolai, there wasn't much she could do on her own. Watching Babysub, Ruby caught her staring into space, mumbling as incoherently as Myya, "Oh, yes...whatever you want Myra...I'll come let you out."

Ruby gently grasps Babysub by the arm and chains her to a wall. "Sorry, sweetie, but you've got it bad. There's no way I'm letting you visit the queen of lies. You're staying in here with us. Repeat after me, I belong to Mistress Ruby and Lord Mobius."

"I belong to...Myra," says Babysub. "I belong to..."

"That's enough, Babysub, it's okay." Ruby pressed her forehead to her slave's. "I understand."

More than she'll ever know, thought Ruby. More than I ever want to tell. Nikolai will come, he owes me.