Anita doesn't know how to feel about that, and she's not sure she needs to feel anything about it. She's known Jean-Claude loves Asher, and she knows Asher still loves Jean-Claude.

But it makes the knowledge that Musette or Belle could harm Asher again -- take him from them -- hurt even more.

"Valentina isn't getting a submissive from us," she says abruptly, firmly. "And I don't understand your need as their host to offer them sex partners. Humans don't expect their host to provide them with sex, and I don't see why we should for the vampires."