Lorne chuckled back at her.  "Kitten, that mark on your neck is about as close as vamps get to settled down, short of full-out Mating.  He was with Dru for a century and they never traded Claims."<br/><br/>Spike looked up as if he was about to say something, and Lorne shushed him.  "Quiet.  You're a sweet boy, and very pretty, but you're about as clueless in your relationships as I've ever seen, cupcake.  I can see you didn't bother explaining to her *how* serious the Claim was, did you?  Afraid of scaring her off?"  Lorne turned back to her.  "Men.  I swear.  Sometimes it's just almost not worth the trouble."