The Recruiters by Dara Nelson Page A

said as she glanced at the clock.
    “ Go get dressed and I’ll prove it to you,” I said.
    “ Really?” she replied as she headed down the hall to her room.
    “ Really,” I said as I went and locked her front door – we wouldn’t be leaving that way.
    She came out a minute later wearing a skin-tight, see-through top with no bra, a pair of jeans that looked like they’d been painted on and a pair of 4 inch heels. I shook my head and smiled, “Oh, the boys are gonna love you.”
    “ Really?” she smiled and said as she turned a circle for me. “That’s why I do this.” She picked up her keys from the table and headed for the front door.
    “ Nope,” I said. “Not that way.” I grabbed her hand and headed out to the balcony in the back. I closed the sliding glass door behind us and turned to her. “Now, climb on my back.”
    “ You’re joking right? What do you weigh? 115? 120? You can’t hold me on your back.”
    “ Try me,” I said and I turned my back to her. She started to climb on and I lifted her easily the rest of the way, with my arms securely tucked under her perky behind.
    “ Hey, you’re a lot stronger than you look,” she said.
    “ Now hold on… and don’t scream, okay? We don’t want anyone to see us up here.”
    “ Okay,” she replied then said. “Up here?”
    I heard her gasp and clamp her hand over her mouth as I jumped out and up the thirty feet to the roof, easily avoiding the balcony above us. Then I turned and ran at full speed the length of the building and jumped, easily clearing the twenty feet, to the building next door. I continued running but heard her say “Wait!” when she saw that there wasn’t another building to jump to.
    I smiled and jumped, landing softly on the ground then headed for the tree line, running the last two miles until we reached the edge of the parking lot of the strip club, in a dark corner where the security cameras couldn’t see us. She didn’t move. “Stacy, hun, we’re here,” I said. She lifted her head and looked around.
    “ Ooh,” she whispered and she slowly released her arms. I released her legs and quickly spun around to steady her when she discovered that they weren’t ready to hold her up yet. She stood staring at me for a few minutes, until her legs stopped shaking and her breathing returned to normal. “So, I get to look like this forever?” she said as she looked down at her body.
    “ Yes,” I said.
    “ And I get to have tons of amazing, mind-blowing sex?” she said.
    “ Yes,” I smiled.
    “ And I don’t have to kill people?”
    “ No, you don’t,” I said.
    She stared for another minute. She stuck out her hand and traced her finger down my check, then both hands down my body, around my backside, then back up, finishing by gently squeezing my breasts. “Still soft and nice,” she said.
    “ Thanks,” I replied.
    “ Okay, I’m in,” she said. “When?”
    “ I’ll pick you up tonight after work. You can stay with us until we leave for the island in a few days.” At least I hoped it would be in a few days, I thought as Matt raced across my mind.
    “ That soon, huh?” she replied. “What island?”
    “ It’s near the Bahamas. It’s quiet and private. We’ll do the change there,” I said.
    “ Cool,” she said.
    “ I don’t think I need to tell you, but please don’t say anything to anyone, okay? It’s important that you don’t,” I said.
    “ Oh, I won’t,” she said. “Besides, I don’t want any competition.”
    “ Competition?” I said.
    “ I want to be the only vampire hooker,” she smiled and she turned to head into work, but then she stopped and turned back to me.
    “ What? What’s wrong?” I said as I quickly moved to her side.
    “ Does it hurt?” she whispered.
    “ Oh,” I said, looking down, then back up again. “I’m not going to lie to you – during the change? Yes. It hurts. A lot.”
    She thought for a second. “But you’re okay?” she said. “There’s no