5. Living Next To Door Alice.

Eventually, they arrived at the fancy double doors on the top floor. They were white with black handles, and the entire house was wonderful. Mariella had enjoyed this house and she could see herself living in here too. They stopped at doors and Mariella sensed Damon was in two minds. What if this too had been stripped and altered, but then again, what if it was exactly the same? None of the three Damons could decide which was better. They did not know what to hope for or what to expect. What they wanted. 

Number one grabbed the handle, feeling cold steel in his grip, and opened the door. He walked in, realizing the feeling of coming home rolled over him as he smelled their bedroom, their passion. The bed was not empty. There was a slight figure curled up and sleeping.

The smell of strawberries told him that Mimi was there. And found that although it was already morning, the curtains were drawn in front of the window and Mimi was asleep in their bed, clutching his blanket and burying her face in it. Damon could smell his scent, but then again, it was not his scent but that version of him that was with Mimi. It seemed that scent brought safety, ultimate safety to Mimi. Damon went to check on Mimi, and she was fast asleep. She was usually a light sleeper, but now she did not move at all. Even Mariella moved into the room, checking things out. 

Number two could see Mariella's nostril flickering as she smelled that scent of passionfruit too. it was more mellow, sweeter than Damon's usual scent, and a little bit burned almost, so in the past, there had been a good amount of vampire side on display too. Number two looked at in ceiling and Mariella's eyes followed his gaze, noticing those mirrors up there too. Number two smirked to himself as he could remember how freaking hot it had been to see it, and Mimi's expression. Number three grunted, smiling too. It seemed that this room held certain types of memories for all of them.

Mimi was sleeping, not noticing three quite lusty males in the bedroom, and Mariella was still walking and touching. Damon touched Mimi's shoulder and shook her, and no reaction. Her hair was slightly damp, she had been showering, her blonde hair, and she had quite a light nightgown, but she wasn't too cold even though she had only a sheet around her.

She might be a little under-heated, but nothing bad. She kept on sleeping. Well, well, well, well, she's tired. Mariella looked around the room, only now to find Mimi asleep. She had read the energies and looked a little bit at the past, only to feel jealousy starting to rise in her soul.

Damon said, "She is not waking up. She must be exhausted. Now I don't know what she's done. Sleeping very soundly."

Mariella also went to try to wake Mimi up. She refused to wake up. Mariella felt her too. She was a little cool, but not too much. Her system could warm her. Her breathing was slow and steady, but she looked exhausted as she slept. She had again dark circles around her eyes. 

Mariella said, "She is a little cooler, maybe 39 degrees, but it is nothing. She doesn't seem to be in any trouble. Let her sleep then."

Number two looked at her. He said nothing, but there was a certain gentleness in his normally quite cruel gaze. He sighed softly, noticing her frail form, her tiredness, and how she was looking so exhausted even while sleeping.

He refrained from venturing into her mind, as he had not been there much, and he was not sure if number one allowed him or number three to go into her mind. So he had no idea if she was having nightmares or other bad dreams, and it was not his place to ask about it from number one. 

The three came to Mimi and dug under the sheet, got her hand, bit her wrist, and tasted the blood. He thought for a while, rubbed his forehead between his eyes, took a jar, and bit quite damn black velvet into it. When he had gotten about a deciliter of that stuff out, he sighed.

He said, " Pretty good deficiency list, but no meds, some weird neurotransmitters, and gunk, some cortisol and adrenaline as well. She has everything but the kitchen sink pretty much in her blood. Now I have no idea what this young lady has been up to, something weird. And what my teeth are saying, more or less, she needs to sleep. This is very strong velvet and my teeth want her to sleep properly as she is not resting."

Mariella tasted it too and thought. Her radar didn't say anything either—strange thing. Mimi's blood was really weird, and her vampire values, are not good, so she might be blood-hungry at some point. Mariella thought, but she had no idea did these few strange compounds were in Mimi's blood, her vampire anemia that might have meant that wildcat was coming out.

Number one was thinking, he did not taste her blood as he knew that these two others had not yet gotten radar for her, but he had and he was not risking his radar going haywire. He remembered that strange goo from that one room shower, and now this. Whatever she had done, had messed up her system and exhausted her. 

I was exhausted and when they started to bite my wrist, wake me up, and wonder what I'd done, I fought my eyes open and said, "I'm fine, there's nothing weird, let me just fucking sleep."

I could feel the vortex still rolling, my exhaustion from the power cleaning, and I was trying to get some rest here. Not that my dreams had been anything pleasant, and I kept my distress to a minimum. No need to alarm Charles right now.

Damon crouched down next to the bed and said, "I need to get a slightly better explanation for why you're not waking up, what the fuck is in your blood, what was that goo in that room shower where you have some fun for yourself. I will not let this go, by you just telling me you're fine."

I sighed. I was so damn tired and took out the alpha female book and showed it to him.

I said, "I got my book too. Alpha female book and I cleaned my alpha power. It's not clear yet, but when I do it every week, it gets cleaner and cleaner. The cleaner the power stronger it is. And it is getting messy with bad stuff, so you can imagine in what shape my power is. That goo came out of me."

Damon took the book, touched it and said, "Oh, you're sneaky, still a female book, a naughty book. Try to behave now."

I closed my eyes and tried to fall back to sleep. I was too tired to socialize right now. 

Damon said, "Actually, these were originally unisex books, alpha power books, but this has now decided to be a girl book. But yes, I can read it in parts at least. Fine, sleep then. I'll go through that cleansing now and see if the rest of us will do it then."

I knew I couldn't even get one book for myself when that one was always taking them all. But I was still exhausted and fell asleep again. I had still my secrets and my burden, not sharing those. Just before sleep took me, I hoped that there were no nightmares, that my safety blanket and the smell of Damon would be still enough for me to have a good night's sleep, though I suspect that, even if I did not have my worst nightmares I felt so tired and I knew from this exhaustion that in my mind there were rolling some pretty nasty stuff, I will get them under control.

They left the room and ventured back downstairs. Now they had a book with them, and it was time for them to get to know that book and whatever Mimi had learned from it. 

Damon studied the book or rather gave the book to Mariella, who was a female, and the book accepted this better. He just lounged in the chair and let the information flow into his mind as Mariella read it. It was how he did most of his studies, letting Mariella do the actual work and he just got it all.

The book suggested that all the females in the pack could be alpha females, but Mimi would be the highest alpha, the oldest alpha female, and her power would then be the strongest. The book said that even if you are no longer the alpha female in the pack, when the alpha power comes to you; it doesn't go away.

Book was very sly, it did not talk about much bout Mimi but instead told much about how others could be "alpha" females in pack. The book was wise, it knew that Mimi was the true alpha, tried and tested, and these three other females would never be alphas but they could carry that power and the book was very good at convincing them it would be good for them to be alphas. Of course, under Damon, their male.

It just did not tell them that. It manipulated the other females to be power bearers so the alpha male would have several targets and he would leave the true alpha, Mimi, alone and not mess with her power. As her power was hers, it was born in her and it was not Damon's, like this new alpha power would be. It would be derived from Damon's power, thus he would rule them more easily than he would rule Mimi, as that power would obey him.

And since he would have three obedient little ladies under him, he would not want to mess with one who challenges him. Who did not obey? The book had instantly gotten to know Damon, and it knew what kind of man Damon was. He is lazy. And he often finds the easiest way to deal with things. 

Alpha power is not easy to use. It is a strong power, and it requires some skill to manipulate it. And it grows with time. Mariella had told the book about herself and her white power. The book had given solutions. That's why the power was in everyone, so it wouldn't mess with the white power. The wolves were a bit in two minds about it, but the book told them they didn't have to be power bearers all the time, but that Mariella's power would grow into this in a way and not conflict with the white power.

The book was pleased as it had gotten women convinced to bear the alpha power as it was the collective of old alpha women; it knew and felt true power and it was very feministic, so it protected the strongest, most independent alpha and helped her to grow in her power while not telling this three princesses and their ignorant alpha male everything.

It was good for Mariella to assume that the book was always speaking the truth. But the book wanted to help Mimi maintain her independence, her true, powerful alpha power, and not give it to the male. The book was sly; it had done this thing in the past and it was part of this purpose. To ensure that the true alpha female is as strong as possible and the book is feministic, it dissed the males and since Damon had given his power to that book; the book knew just how to manipulate this pack leader.

They decided to do a ritual and it wouldn't even need Mimi, as Damon would give them their own seeds of power that would then start to grow. Mimi's power wouldn't go anywhere. It would always be Mimi's own alpha power, marking Mimi as an alpha female regardless of whether any alpha male possessed her. Damon was same time pleased but also worried. Now he had more alphas to be cared for and maybe if he one day again would react wrong, nothing would stop him from throwing Mimi out of the pack. He hoped he would be wise enough not to do it, but then again, he knew himself. 

They did the ritual and then purified their own power because it had come from Damon. It was dirty, and the Damons started to help the wolves with Mariella first. This way, they got all the power clean at once.

The book hadn't mentioned it to Mimi when the book had recognized how independent and strong an alpha female Mimi is. The book liked that kind of behavior and encouraged it. And because Mimi's power was stronger, way much so than Damon's, and also way dirtier, it would be not too pleasant for her to try to wrestle that power cleaner. Book tried to ensure that Damon would not get a whiff of just how strong Mimi was, nor any other female would not notice that either. 

Then the Damons helped Mariella, and it was hard and even hurt, but she put up with it. They noticed that pleasure was not required when they pressed those points strong enough. It cleans the power faster when they skip the pleasure. Of course, Damon's power had not been as dirty as Mimi's was, so it had been relatively easy to get almost fully clean. The Damons took care of themselves for at least two or three.

But Mariella helped number one because he also had a very dirty power. After a day, it was clean. They were all exhausted, took one last shower, and went to sleep in a pile in one bedroom. They had also cleansed Adam and Charles. They, too, had their own alpha power. Damon was already thinking about how to combine alpha power from the entire pack and make it the pack's mutual power, but the book said that it would not be possible, not yet, at least. Damon presumed it was because the power in these three females needed time to mature. The book did not reveal the real reason. 

When I woke up, I felt refreshed and rested. I had slept quite a long time, but it had been good to rest. I went to shower as I wanted to clean myself in our shower, oh those memories. Then I was clean, and I had dressed my old clothes. And hungry. I went to eat and had an enormous meal. Then I thought I'd have another look through the house and see what I could find.

I'd found quite a few cards with money on them, and they were valid. I'd packed up some stuff and sent it off to storage again. I found a good stash of some really delicious types of blood that I kept myself, not gonna share them, some of them were a few demons that I had encountered very rarely and they were yummy. I teleported my types of blood into Moldova. I did drink one bag of very, very strong Demon King and oh my god, it was just what I needed. I felt my bloodlust stopping, but the vortex was still there. Fine, I would need to deal with it someday if Adam and Charles would be free. 

What I had packed to be sent to one of my warehouses, or my storage rooms, were lots of our linen and my personal stuff. Stuff I did not want Mariella to touch. Our music box, among other things. I listened to the tune one more time, letting my nostalgia come to the surface before I put it in the box and teleported the box to one of the hamster stores. Apparently, the rest of the pack had cleaned their alpha powers out and exhausted themselves. Well, that's all right. They were lust pack, and it was just what they wanted to do.