Lan’s eyes focused on the brightness of the dark blue hue surrounding her hands,<em>Mental Note:  Witches don’t lose their powers when turned…bet that’s not in some ages old Vampire Tome…</em>he thought, feeling the warm trickle of his life potentially ending far too soon for his liking.  The moment her power trailed away into nothing, noting how quickly it did in a rather impressive way, his smile returned.<br/><br/>He walked over to hear as she spoke, slowly, and his smile seemed to reach his eyes.  “Not to worry…I’m a bit sour when I wake up early myself,” his voice was a soothing, rich timbre, with a hint of controlling command to it.  “I imagine you would be hungry…you’re composing yourself better than my brother and I had when we first were turned, believe me.”  He stood over her, looking down to her and reaching a hand out, brushing his thumb over a trail of tears on her face, “It wouldn’t do with you being on your own for the moment.  Maybe in a few years you will have fully acclimated yourself to all your new abilities…plus I don’t think a witch has ever been turned, especially not one as pretty as yourself.”<br/><br/>A chuckle left his lips as he turned back to his laptop on the desk.  “Forgive my imprudence; I should have recalled this to be your domain for the moment.  And we have a few other empty rooms you can use.  So there’s no need to find a place so quickly…”<em>Not before I have another taste of you…</em>he smiled to himself as he woke the laptop from its slumber.<br/><br/>“I just needed to check my stocks, the market closed a few hours ago…” he said, a rather odd and mundane task for a powerful Vampire to perform.  “There was a time when just a sword would get you all the comforts of life you needed, you know?  Those years have long passed and you…correction…those mortals out there have turned the world into one of small bits of paper having all the power.  I don’t know how they did it…” he grinned as he sat down, his muscles flexing just right in the dim glow from the electronic device.  “We’ll get you something to eat in an hour.  The sun will be fully well down then, and that’s when all the fun really begins in this city anyways.”  His eyes quickly scanned over the numbers, a grimace on his face as he saw one series.  “That…that hurt,” he grinned, almost sheepishly at her, “I just lost a little over a million Euro…but its offset somewhat by my tech…this is boring you…” he chuckled.  “Tell me, Aaralyn…” he could feel a certain heat filling his skin as he said her name, leaning forward, his demeanor became almost possessive in his posture.  “What do you want to do tonight?”