A Few Sips Ch. 13

I feel like I'm the only one who's noticed this but Domino has been getting extremely annoying lately. I don't know if it's her actions or the way she "speaks" but it's annoying.

Annoying?

Can you give me an example? Something she's doing/not doing? Something she has said/not said? I am trying to make her finally come into her own, but not in an annoying manner.

UM WHAT

HOW COULD YOU DO THIS OMGEEEE I'M DYING!

Poor Dom and Alex oh my gosh :/ Alex is such a sweetheart for doing that for her though. I really hope they're reunited-- I'm pretty sure I'm going to die if they don't DX

And I don't think Dom is annoying XD I love how witty she is and how she doesn't take crap from anyone. Especially when she stood up to Samir for his flirting in a previous chapter, I really appreciated that ^^

Re: Um what?

Thank you! The story isn't over, we shall see how things progress. But I wouldn't count out our big, surly vampire. 😉

Grrrrrrr!!!

Alex makes absolutely NO sense in ANYTHING he's done! WHY would he propose & give her a ring when he KNEW he had NO intentions of sticking around?!? That was SO cruel. And then to go off with his moronic sire to impregnate more women...positively RIDICULOUS!!! And HURTFUL! He is a betrayer of the WORST kind! Did he even stop once to think about or care what the news of all this would do to Dom, how it would make her feel?! Here she just gave birth to his daughter, suffered, & was willing to die for it, and then if she survived, sacrifice her humanity to give him forever. Yet, he shit all over it!!! She's given him EVERYTHING while he's given NOTHING but heartache.

He escaped his sire before. WHY couldn't he evade him now, especially when so much is at stake? Hell, his sire is old and loony, so why don't Alex just kill him when he isn't controlling him or expecting it? Alex is supposedly so big and strong. I think he must like the idea of impregnating all of those human women, otherwise, he'd find a way out of it without touching a single woman.

Or WHY didn't Arc, Samir, or Faeron stop him or that nasty excuse of a sire? Surely between Arc, Samir, & Faeron, they could've overpowered the sire & killed him. No one would miss that asshole or care. They say they care for Dom & Faith, but obviously done NOTHING to help or protect them from this foolishness. Oh, I forgot...Samir gave her some orgasms. *Sarcasm*

Also, for Alex to leave Dom human, knowing that she would have a vampire baby to care for that could bite her, compel her, or outlive her was beyond irresponsible & selfish! Or because shes human & fragile/mortal, did he ever stop to think that she could get sick, hurt, or die while trying to raise their daughter?!? Then what would happen to his child?! I bet he didn't even think about it or care, obviously. He's ALWAYS leaving others to clean up his mess. Like I've commented before - he sucks. I hope Dom NEVER takes him back. He'll only hurt or disappoint her again, if she does. Maybe once she's a vampire, she'll be strong enough to hurt him, if/when he ever comes back around. I'd tear his wings off before I moved onto to other parts he'd miss. I certainly wouldn't want someone like him around my child, father or not.

As for Dom & Samir fooling around...that was just weird...and wrong. I hope she doesn't turn into a slut. She needs to keep her legs shut & focus on her daughter. A relationship or even sex is the last thing she needs! It won't solve anything for her, and will only make her feel worse later.

I wanted to be happy for Alex & Dom, hoping things would finally be alright for them & their new baby, that they could have love & their happy little family. But alas, they're obviously not and never will be. This story has turned out to be SO disfunctional & depressing. :(

Re: Grrrrr...

Thank you for your continued commenting. I do read them and I do take them to heart. This story isn't finished yet, and like you, I feel like Domino really needs to focus on herself and her daughter. Samir fooling around with her for a little bit was merely my way of introducing Dom to a new way to please herself in the end. Things aren't going in a Dom/Samir direction so don't worry about that.
Alexandru has a lot to make up for. He really does, you are right. It seems like every time he could make a decision, he made the wrong one, but he loves her, he truly does and he will be doing everything he can to correct that WHEN he can.

Why........

Ok....so I cried...I don't see how she will ever move past being abandoned 😢

Re: Why?

This chapter has brought out some serious emotions for my readers, and what it tells me is that you are all getting invested with these characters, which is what I, as a writer, am working towards. Alexandru didn't abandon her. He made a choice, a choice to bring someone in who he despises in order to save her life and the life of their child. Unfortunately, doing so put him in a position with his sire that he didn't want to be in. I am hopeful that in the upcoming chapters, that shines through.

More

Oh my god more please and soon! I am completely in love with these characters!

I know what you're doing

And I love it, but that doesn't make it any easier to accept. I love your writing style, your diction, I'm in love with your syntax, but I hate how much I love these Goddamned characters! Please continue to update. I would cry a river if they no longer existed. That being said I'm hoping this has a happy ending! But I also understand if it doesn't.

Re: More & I know what you're doing...

More: thank you! I am glad that my work affects my readers! The chapters will continue. Domino's story isn't quite over yet!

What I'm doing: thank you for the lovely compliments! Writing these characters has proven trickier than I ever thought it was (especially from way back when I intended Anya's take to be an eight chapter stoker and that's it!). All characters are not all things to all people and not are they always consistent and their perspective of each other is not ever the same as someone else's! Ack! It's a lot to juggle. There will be more chapters, though I request you give me a few days to edit and make sure it goes well. A happy ending is what I am looking for, too!

Domino is awesome!

Thank you for this chapter about Domino as a woman who's heart is broken and a new mother who wants to care for her baby who is part human/vampire. I thought it depicted what most women would do or act in her shoes.

I completely understand with Domino wanting to start somewhere fresh for herself and her daughter. Being a single mother is definitely not easy to do. She wants to care for her child; love her & keep her safe. Hopefully her heart will heal in time but I understand if it doesn't. The love of her life didn't have the courage to tell her the truth or goodbye. No matter his good intentions - that was so wrong on all levels!

Next chapter please! !!

He should have said goodbye.

Disappearing was a cowardly thing to do. I know he thinks Domino is fragile and is trying to protect her, but she's stronger than he believes. He doesn't realize that he's crushing her more with the shock and abandonment than he would have by just telling the truth.

He should have told her of the compulsion, given her the ring as a promise to return and marry her eventually and agreed for her to be changed, so she would still be around when he got free. He hasn't learned how to communicate after all these years??

He's an idiot but I love him. Looking forward to the next chapter.

more stories!

I love Dominos and Alexandru's story and I am excited to see where it goes. Of course I am dying for Mr. Hughes to have somebody to love, that will be an amazing journey I bet. But one story that we only got to enjoy peripherally (is that a word?) is Shi and Faeron. I think we really missed out on a lot and after what Faeron said in Chapter 11 "But you do not understand. I am going to control you, it is instinctual for me. It's much like a very strict dom/sub human relationship. I will force you to obey me." you know it's going to be hot even more so after the wedding, that's where it will get interesting- please write that story!!!

I'm going through withdrawal

This story is so addictive. Excellent characters and plot.

Re:more stories and withdrawal!

More stories: I don't have any current plans to write more on Faeron and Shi, but who knows....maybe there's a one submission story in there. NO PROMISES! Lol. But I don't think the Faeron is the only wood elf we will see...

Withdrawals: Thank you! A chapter is posting today! I am editing some more....so we shall see. 😁

New vamp

Thanks for including a black character, and a positive one at that. Awesome!! Just one little thing- "predominantly African woman" sounds a bit silly. Not sure what that is, or what it's supposed to conjure up in a reader's mind. It's always better to keep it simple. "Black" is ok. Or even better, describe black characters like you would white ones: you say, for example, a character has "pale alabaster skin and soft blond hair" or whatever, why not just say a black character has " deep brown skin and thick curly black hair" or whatever ? Also, why does she have an accent? (Unless it's a Wisconsin accent) ? I'm guessing the implication is that it's an exotic accent. Most lit author take the easy response to this kind of comment and saying something like "lighten up! don't read too much into it". But representation matters. I do really appreciate your attempt to bring in a rich, diverse interesting cast of human and non human characters, and I'm way into this story, but keep my ideas in mind please for future stories. One other day I'll debate with you your gender representation! Xx

Re: New vamp

I will be sure to add to my description of her in future chapters. In my head, she's Ethiopian so the "predominant" part refers to the Egyptian blood common in Ethiopians. The accent is from her native language being Amharic. You say "thank you for being inclusive," which makes me say, "why wouldn't I be?" ;). My son is Ethopian. :). And a gender debate? You might make me run for the hills. Lol. I hate debate. Haha.

Simply outstanding

A wonderful chapter. Superb twist. Thanks