“Well, I am an android,” Kasta replied with a shrug.
“You are Nordar and Queen first,” Madalena answered.
“Uhhh, I’m actually an android first, but I’m not gonna belabor the point. The armor works, and I’m tickled.”
“Your armor has not evolved much,” Madalena warned. “Do not put yourself in harm’s way thinking you are invincible. Let Sivaha and I take point position if it comes to combat. Even Adam’s armor will not hold up to many bullets.”
“I thought we weren’t expecting trouble?” Elana asked.
“It’s Queen’s Hat,” I said. “We plan on being prepared for any sort of trouble that may pop up, we have a history here, so stay on point.”
The short-haired brunette nodded at me, and then I gestured for us all to leave the armory and head out to the dock tube.
A few minutes later we were at the first security door. A group of ten heavily armored guards were waiting for us, but I recognized their leader as one of the men that I’d helped last time Elaka Nota attacked, and I felt a bit of relief relax my muscles when we shook hands.
“Good to see you again, Captain Adam,” he said.
“Thanks,” I replied. “Sorry, I didn’t get your name last time.”
“Sergeant Grant,” he said as his eyes drifted to my women. To his credit, his jaw didn’t drop, but most of the other men under his command stared at my band of beautiful women as if they were dreaming.
“Larns is waiting for you,” Grant said as he gestured over his shoulder, and then we all fell in line with the escort and walked across the green tinted harbor of District B.
The main avenue wasn’t as busy as the last few times we had been here, but there were still plenty of pedestrians walking in both directions. Eve and Zea had gotten plenty of looks the last time I walked with them, but now the foot traffic practically ground to a halt as every man, and most every woman stopped to stare at us. It might have been because we were being escorted by station security, or it might have been because we were all carrying weapons in a no-carry zone, but it was probably because each of my wives was absolutely beautiful, and there were seven of them with me.
“Watch where you step, ladies,” Sivaha whispered. “The ground is slick with drool.”
Her words seemed to break some of our tension, and Zea, Paula, and Kasta laughed while Eve smiled.
The rest of our walk was uneventful, and I noticed that the walls of the station had been repaired. I hadn’t noticed any strange tension on the streets while we walked through the main part of District B, but then again, everyone had stared at us, so I didn’t really have a good sample to judge against the baseline I was used to.
The group of guards peeled away from us as soon as we entered the station, but Grant continued to guide us back through the hallways toward Juliette’s office. We still got plenty of glances by the cops that passed us in the hallway, and I noticed there was a group of men that had stopped across the hallway from Juliette’s office so that they could gawk at my women.
Grant knocked on the door to Juliette’s office, and then I heard her bark to let us in. The sergeant nodded to all of us, opened up the door, and gestured for us to enter.
“Hot damn!” the beautiful redhead said as she jumped up from her chair and walked around her desk. “You all are a sight for sore eyes, especially this one.” Juliette punched me lightly in the arm and then let out a light laugh when I gave her a hug.
“Missed you too,” I said after we let each other go.
“Eve, good to see you,” Juliette said as she nodded to the vampire.
“I agree,” Eve replied. “It is good to see you again, Juliette.”
“Twins, you are both looking fabulous,” Juliette said.
“Thanks,” Paula and Kasta repeated in unison.
“Blondie,” Juliette said as she nodded at Zea. “There is something different about you.”
“Uhh, there is?” Zea asked as her eyes narrowed.
“Yep,” Juliette said as a smirk spread across her lips. “You are getting your pussy ravaged by Adam, aren’t you?”
“N-N-Nooo ackk!” Zea coughed out her words, and her face turned bright red.
“Ahhhh, must be nice,” the redhead sighed as she winked at me. Then she looked at Madalena. “Sorry, I forgot your name. I think I called you Ice Queen or something like that before, but that’s probably not super nice.”
“Madalena,” the Prime Valkyrie said with a curt nod.
“Nice to meet you again, who are these two?”
“I am Sivaha, Queen of Vaish and wife of Adam,” the silver-haired woman said as she gestured to me.
“Uhhh, wasn’t Ice Que-- I mean Madalena your wife?” Juliette asked as she turned to Madalena and I.
“Yeah,” I said, “it’s a bit complicated, but I’ll explain.”
“I am also Adam’s wife,” Elana said. “Elana, Queen of the Vaish and wife of Adam.”
“Another wife?” Juliette’s jaw dropped, and she gave me a confused look. “Are you fucking all these women?”
“Maybe we can talk about that later,” I said. “I have a favor to ask you.”
“Uhh, yeah, I guess,” Juliette exhaled and then glanced at Sivaha and Elana, then she turned back to Eve and Zea with her eyebrows raised.
“Yes,” Eve said. “We are all married to Adam now. There is no jealousy. We all share him equally.”
“Damn, did you do your mind read on me?”
“No,” Eve said as she smiled. “I can read your face rather well. Can we sit down?”
“Yeah,” Juliette said, and then she gestured for the rest of us to come deeper into her office. “Little cramped in here. Hold on.” She pressed the button on her phone. “Smith! Get me three more chairs. Pronto.”
“Yes, Commissioner Larns.” Smith’s voice came through the speaker now.
“Commissioner?” I asked with a raised eyebrow. “That sounds like quite a bit of a promotion over Lieutenant Colonel.”
“Uhhh,” she sighed as she flopped down in her chair. “Yep. I keep trying to tell them they need someone else, but everyone they bring in is a complete idiot, and none of my guys want the job. Now I’m in charge of fucking everything, and they’ve given me a vote in congress. Can you believe it?”
“You do good work,” I said as I smiled at her. “Cream rises to the top.”
“I work fucking two hundred hours a week,” she laughed. “I feel more like lead than cream.” There was a knock on the door, and Juliette’s assistant entered with three chairs. Madalena, Elana, and Sivaha took them, and then we all turned back to Juliette.
“It is good to see you all again,” she said as her eyes met mine. “Hard to make friends when everyone wants you to order them around.”
“And it is so hard to find good help nowadays,” Sivaha sighed.
“Fuck yeah,” Juliette agreed as she glanced at Sivaha. “This hot bitch knows what I’m talking about.”
“Hot bitch?” Sivaha asked as her eyebrows raised with surprise.
“She means it as a compliment,” I said.
“Yep,” Juliette sighed as she reached into her desk, pulled out a cigarette, and popped it between her lips. “I gotta tell you Adam, I was hoping that one day you’d fuck my brains out since Blondie wasn’t riding you on the regular, but I don’t think I can compete with seven wives, especially when they are all this caliber.”
“There is one more back on the ship,” Kasta said.
“Ughhh,” Juliette sighed and pointed at Sivaha. “As hot as this one?”
“Let’s change subjects a bit,” I said. “Like I said, I have something important to talk about.”
“I kind of think my competition is important,” Juliette said as she winked at me, “but go ahead. This about those asshole dickbag vampire super gods?”
“Superpowered Asshole Vampire Overlords,” Zea corrected.
“My people call them the Draugr,” Madalena said.