<span style="font-style: italic">Aleera sighs. Why is it her sireling always greets her in such a way? "You must really learn to control your temper around your daughter. Or have you forgotten their nature?" The vampiress looks at her adopted sireling. "She only wishes to please you and Aaron." </span><br/><br/><span style="color: #40FF00">Aaron keeps a wary eye and an ear tuned to Mark. He knows the dhamphir didn't have much of a family in his past watching him and Relina together must bring some pain back to him. "It takes a little more than some mean vampire to keep me down, you know that Lina. Must guys with a lick of pride do. It's just how we work." The older vampire slayer looks at Mark  Aaron laughs when Relina bounces up and down in his arms. "I'm going to regret that later, aren't I? The rule stays the same though Relina. No soft drinks, only juice, water or milk." Otherwise you're the energizer bunny from hell Aaron thinks to himself. Someone had once made the mistake of giving Relina a tube filled purely with sugar. The little girl had stayed on the ceiling for hours. Aaron banned extra sugar after that incident.</span>