"This is BB Banks complaint department how may I help you," a man asked.

"Hi, my name is Anthony Caine, I brought in a check and tried to deposit it when the teller went back and spoke to the bank manager for confirmation of some kind I am assuming because of the amount of the check, two hundred thousand is a lot of money, she came back and still didn't deposit it. It isn't the tellers fault it is the bank manager, she wouldn't let the teller do it and it isn't because the check is bad because I asked her if it was and she ignored me. She also stopped the teller from returning the check to me," Anthony explained.

"You told the operation machine the money in dispute was seven hundred-thousand. What about the rest of it," the man asked.

"I recently inherited a large quantity of money and some of it is in a account in this bank. That is rest of the money in question because now that I am pissed I wish to close both accounts. I want all of my money in the bank and my check that I tried to deposit back and if I don't get it within the next couple of hours I am going to sue the bank for theft and discrimination. Also don't forget to watch the Channel Eleven News tonight a news crew from the station just left and they were very interested in how corrupt your banking practices are," Anthony said and hung up. Turning back to the counter he tossed the pamphlet back into the stand and stared at the manager who looked on the verge of passing out.

"That is what you get for being a bitch," he said to the manager and walked back over to where Sar-Rah was dozing in the waiting area. Twenty minutes later a man in a suit rushed into the building and headed straight for the manager's office and closed the door. He could just barely hear shouting coming from inside but he couldn't distinguish the words. After another fifteen minutes the door opened and the man came out with the woman trailing behind him. She pointed out Anthony to him and he walked over and held out his hand.

"Hello Mr. Caine my name is Simon Bond I am sorry for the difficulties our bank had caused you today," he said.

"Sure," Anthony said and gently shook Sar-Rah to wake her, ignoring the man's hand entirely. When she finally woke he turned back to face the man.

"As I said on the phone I am closing both of my accounts and I expect you to give me my check back. Also you might want to look into hiring better employees," Anthony said shooting a glare at the woman behind Simon.

"Please, Mr. Caine is there anything I can do to convince you to stay with us? My wife is very sorry," he said indicating the woman behind him.

"No, I will not do business with this bank anymore. If the police hadn't put me on hold long enough for me to give up she would be up on charges of theft right now," Anthony said. Simon nodded and led them into the manager's office and sat at her computer. He pulled up Anthony's account information and twenty minutes later Anthony stood with his two hundred grand check and a cashier's check for the money in both of his other accounts. He followed Sar-Rah from the office and out to the car. He drove them to another bank and opened up a platinum account and they happily deposited both of his checks with no fuss at all. With the money in a bank account they hopped in the car and headed over to Eternal Night. He led Sar-Rah through the club and toward Jenny's office but was waylaid halfway down a hallway when Kira launched herself out of a doorway and latched onto him.

"Anthony," she squealed as she clung to him. He reached down and lifted her into his arms and she rubbed her face against his chest as she hugged him.

"Sar-Rah, this is Kira. Kira this is one of my fiancees Sar-Rah," Anthony said. Kira looked over at Sar-Rah and measured her with her eyes before turning back to look up into Anthony's face.

"You'll marry me too, right," she asked staring at him intently.

"Maybe," Anthony said. Kira smiled at him angelically then at Sar-Rah and dropped down and ran off down the hallway. Sar-Rah raised a bemused eyebrow at him and they continued on to Jenny's office. They walked in to find Jenny sitting behind the desk waiting for them.

"Hello," they greeted each other at the same instant. With a smile Anthony plopped down into one of the chairs opposite Jenny and Sar-Rah took the other.

"I finally went over the books today. I think twenty-five dollars an hour is a good wage, do you agree," he asked and Jenny nodded in agreement.

"Good, take the back pay from last week from the profits tonight and leave a reciept of it in the books. Managing this place and all of the employees is all yours," Anthony said.

"Do you need anything from me," he asked and when she shook his head he rose to his feet and he and Sar-Rah left. The hopped in the car and headed home in comfortable silence, neither feeling the need to talk and halfway there Sar-Rah drifted off to sleep again. Anthony pulled into the driveway and quietly as he could close his door and walk around to the other side. He carefully lifted Sar-Rah into his arms and kicked the door shut, Risa was standing in the open front door of the house watching as he carried Sar-Rah up the walkway.

"Hi," he whispered as they passed and received a warm smile in return. The wolf was waiting right behind Risa and watched intently as he passed by. He didn't see any of the others as he walked into his room and laid Sar-Rah down gently Jessica was sleeping on the other side of the bed. Sar-Rah rolled onto her side and curled her legs up and slipped one of her arms under her head. Anthony pulled one of the covers up over her and kissed her on the temple before he left the room, closing the door softly behind him.

"How sweet," Dililah said sarcastically. She was standing on the other side of the hall leaning up against the wall. Anthony didn't know what her problem was but he didn't want to wake Sar-Rah so he turned and head for the kitchen without saying a word and she followed after him. He walked into the kitchen and found Liz standing at the sink doing dishes and Eliza was sitting there eating. Eliza noticed his entrance and beamed at him swallowing her food quickly so she could talk.

"I did it Anthony. Figured out how to keep the artificial blood alive indefinitely as long as it is properly refrigerated. Also I figured out that special project I was working on as a gift to you," she said excitedly. Anthony smiled at her and leaned down and gave her a quick kiss. He pulled out a napkin with some hair he had taken from Kira and handed it to Eliza.

"Could you try to come up with a method to age and mature a vampire stuck as a child," he asked. Eliza took the hair sample and shoved it into her pocket happily.

"I don't know but I will try my best," she said and returned to eating her food. The microwave dinged and Liz walked over and pulled it open. She pulled out a plate of food and placed it on the table in front of Anthony and kissed him before turning back to the sink and the dishes.

"This is good," he said.

"Thanks," said Linda as she walked in the door.

"Yeah, Linda is a great cook," Liz said from the sink without turning.

"Eliza why don't I feel any different? I have the full power of a High Djinn but nothing has changed that I

"You two already...," Eliza asked her gaze flicking between Anthony and Dililah who was leaning against the door frame watching them all. Confusion filled her face when Liz stiffened at the sink and all expression left Anthony's face.

"Did we fuck? Yeah we did but he was a horrible lay," Dililah said cruelly from the doorway.

"Dililah," Eliza began and Liz whipped around to face the other woman.

"Enough," Anthony said cutting them all off before anything hurtful could be said. He stood and face Dililah and just stared at her.

"Do you have a problem with me," he finally asked. She glared at him angrily but did not say anything.

"What do you want from me," he demanded angrily and she flinched back from him as his eyes flamed.

"Why did you leave before," she asked her own eyes flaring yellow as her anger rose to match his. Her eyes glittering in anger added together with the horns and tail made her look like a demon.

"Why wouldn't I leave?"

"You didn't finish," she said pushing her hair out of her face.

"Yes I did, I got the power stored in you and you were freed just like you wanted," he shot back. She ground her teeth and clenched her fists as she glared at him. Suddenly she burst into tears and ran from the room leaving Anthony with a bewildered look on his face. He took a step to follow her but shook his head and returned to his seat at the table. Liz and Eliza shot him disapproving looks as he grabbed his fork and started to eat.

"What? She obviously doesn't know what the hell she wants and I am not going to go rooting around in her head for some lucid thought not tainted by twisted female logic," he said.

"Your calling our logic twisted," Liz asked narrowing her eyes at him. He leaned back in his chair and stared at her.

"Well answer me this then. She used me, came in here insulted me, burst into tears when I asked what she wanted. Why are you looking at me like I just shot your dog," he asked directing the question at both Liz and Eliza. They couldn't come up with an answer and Liz blushed.

"Like I said twisted logic," Anthony said and finished his food. When he was done he took his plate to the sink and washed it before heading into the living room and stretching out on the couch. He kicked his shoes off and lay on his back and closed his eyes trying to will himself to sleep.

Anthony woke to an intense burning in his bones and muscles. He screamed in agony as pain wracked him and his blood felt like it was boiling in his veins. He screamed until his lungs ran out of air and he took one deep agonizing breath only to scream in pain again. The first to arrive was Dililah she rushed into the room just as his writhing sent him tumbling from the couch to slam into the floor. His head hit the edge of the coffee table and opened a gash which began to poor blood. Dililah rushed forward her tail lashing in agitation as she knelt by his side. The others quickly poured into the room as his screams of pain rebound through the house. Wind was hovering above Anthony wringing her hands and crying having been thrown from Anthony's sleeping chest when he began flailing. Her mother and sister flew to her and tried to calm her as she hovered worriedly over Anthony's twitching and flailing form. He was silent now but his mouth was open in a silent scream of pain.

"What's wrong with him? What happened," Liz asked Wind as she stood next to him.

"I don't know what's wrong we were sleeping then suddenly he began to scream and flail. At first I thought he was having a nightmare but his eyes are open so I think he is awake," the distraught fairy said. Liz looked anxiously at Eliza who was beside Anthony checking him over, Risa and Dililah were each latched onto an arm and were struggling to hold him still. Kylie and Jessica were each laying on one of his legs to pin them so he wouldn't hurt himself. As another wave of pain rolled through Anthony, and he screamed with the pain his body convulsed and left the four women trying to pin him several inches off the floor before their combined preternatural strengths forced him back down to the floor.

"What's happening," Sar-Rah shouted to Eliza who was looking at Anthony in horror and shook her head in confusion not understanding what was causing his pain. Scream after agonized scream rent the air and tears streamed down Liz's face as she stood unsure of what to do. Linda was kneeling by his head trying to sooth him but he didn't even seem to notice her presence. She was the first to notice the orangish tint to Anthony's skin and his rising body temperature. He was shaking and shivering as the orangish glow began to brighten drawing the attention of all of the girls now. They watched in fascinated horror as the glow got brighter and they could begin to make out his bones under his skin, they were glowing the color of molten rock. As the glow got brighter the volume of his screams and his pain increasing in equal measure until he was once again screaming in silence his voice unable to make a sound adequately able to portray his pain. He eyes flamed and his hair became a black so deep it seemed to swallow the glow that emanated from his luminescent skull and burning eyes. As suddenly as it began it stopped the glow vanish and his eyes shifted back to normal but the quick cessation of pain sent Anthony into unconsciousness.

"Is it over," Liz asked Eliza who shrugged in response. Kylie sent her power into Anthony's body and gasped in surprise at what she had found. She pulled fully back into her own mind and found every eye in the room focused on her.

"What," Dililah demanded clutching Anthony's hand to her chest.

"He is a High Djinn," she responded.

"We knew that already," Dililah shot back and Kylie shook her head at her older sister.

"No before he had the power or at least partial power of a High Djinn now he is really a High Djinn. I think all that glowing was a conversion from human to Djinn. I think the pain he felt was the genetic restructuring of his DNA," Kylie explained. Everyone turned back to Anthony and watched as his chest heaved in deep labored breathes from the pain of his change.

"I think we should get him to a bed," Dililah said rising to a crouch and gripping Anthony's arm and shoulder. The others who had been holding him down quickly changed their grip and lifted him from the floor. They had almost made it to his bedroom when a pounding came from the front door.

"This is the police we got a complaint about some screaming, open the door," said a voice through the door.

"Shit," Liz said and headed for the front door as lies ran through her mind. She remembered that she was only wearing one of Anthony big shirts from when he was fat and some panties. Cursing in her head she blanked her expression and pulled the door open a little and checked to be sure it was the police before she opened the door wider. Standing on the porch was a short mocha skinned woman and an equally short man who looked Native American both were dressed in police uniform.

"How can I help you officers," Liz asked opening the door wider.

"We got a complaint about some screaming from one of your neighbors," said the male officer.

"My brother was having a nightmare that was the only screaming that I know of and he just managed to get back to sleep," Liz said. The officers exchanged a glance before turning back to face her and she got the impression that they didn't believe her.

"The call said it sounded like someone in pain. You wouldn't mind if we look around inside do you," the female officer said stepping closer so that Liz couldn't shut the door. Liz studied them both for a second then shrugged and stepped back holding out an arm to motion the officers inside. Liz closed the door behind the officers and Sar-Rah walked out of the hallway into the living room. She was clothed in the exact same outfit that Liz had on sans the panties but the shirt fell to her knees.

"Is something wrong," Sar-Rah asked worriedly.

"No, one of the neighbors heard Anthony's screaming and called the police. They just want to look around and make sure we aren't torturing someone in here," Liz said dryly.

"The others are in bed with Anthony to make sure he sleeps okay. Kylie did what she could for him so he should wake up... sore in the morning," Sar-Rah said and Liz nodded understanding her warning.

"Why would he be sore," the female officer said.

"He had a fight with one of his wives and was sleeping on the couch. When he had his nightmare he fell off the couch and his head hit the table so he'll be sore in the morning," Liz explained.

"One of his wives," the male cop asked questioningly.

"Oh, don't worry about that. He didn't legally marry them although he might be planning to have a ceremony. He isn't trying to legally marry them since that is illegal they will just all agree that they are his wives and he is their husband," Liz said in explanation.

"How many wives does he have exactly," the man asked curiously as the female officer looked around the room.

"Let's see, Jessica isn't a wife so at the moment, he has nine wives and two mistresses," Liz said. The female officer turned and matched the males expression of astonishment as they gaped at her.

"Can we see the rest of the house," the female officer asked and Liz nodded. She leaned over toward Sar-Rah and put her mouth right next to Sar-Rah's ear.

"Hide the extra doors down in the basement," she whispered as the police watched her Sar-Rah nodded at her. Liz then led the police down the hall to Anthony's room and stopped outside the door. She held a finger to her lips to indicate silence and when the police nodded in understanding she quietly opened the door and let them peer inside. Anthony was sleeping on his bed under the covers with seven female bodies in differing levels of undress laying beside or draped across his body. Liz silently closed the door once the officers got a good look and quickly showed them her room and her parent bedroom. She then led them through the basement which at the moment didn't appear to have any of the extra doors and then led them back to the front door.

"Thank you for letting us look around and sorry for the inconvenience," the male officer said as he and his partner stepped out onto the porch.

"We are sorry for the disturbance and for bring you out here for nothing," Liz said with a smile at the officer and with a final goodbye closed the door. When the door was closed she let out a tired sigh and leaned her forehead against the door. Sar-Rah came up behind her and wrapped an arm around her shoulder and led her back to Anthony's room. They climbed into bed Sar-Rah squeezed in next to Anthony and Liz crawled up his body and rest her head on his chest her body laying atop his and they joined the others in sleep.

Anthony woke once again in alone in pain but now he was in his room and the pain was only a sharp ache compared to the burning agony of the previous night. He groaned as he sat up and his muscles rebelled dropping him back onto his back. Having heard his movements and his groan Dililah rushed into the room and looked at him worriedly.

"Kylie healed you last night but she said you shouldn't move around until she can heal you again," Dililah said sitting down on the bed next to him and looking down into his eyes.

"That's not going to be a problem considering I can't even sit up at the moment," Anthony replied with a grimace.

"Are you in pain," she asked and before he could answer she jumped up out of the bed and rushed out of the room. She came back a minute later with a cup and a bottle of asprin, she set the cup on the night stand and dumped a couple of the asprin into her palm. She put the asprin in his mouth and lifted his head enough for him to get a drink of water to rinse the pills down.

"Thanks," he said when she released his head. She set the glass down on his dresser and stood over the bed looking down at him. They stared at one another in an uncomfortable silence before she turned and headed for the door. When she reached the door she paused and turned around and came back to the bed.

"I am sorry about before. I didn't think about how you would feel at all," she said and lowered her eyes.

"I forgive you," he replied. She stood there fidgeting and twisting the hem of her shirt in her hands before she took a deep breath and slowly released it.

"I want to marry you with my sisters," she said when she finally spoke. He looked at her for a second then nodded his agreement. A beautiful smile that lit up her face and caused her black eyes to sparkle appeared. She leaned down and kissed him happily then spun and nearly skipped out of the room. Anthony slowly drifted back to sleep as the pain-killers took the edge off of the aching in his body.

Several hours later Anthony woke with the feel of warm female flesh all around him and a small smile tugged at his lips before his eyes even opened. Sar-Rah was sleeping with her head resting on his stomach and her bodies between his spread legs. On his left lay Liz she clung to his arm tightly as she slept and she was mumbling lightly in her sleep, not loud enough for him to understand. Megan was wrapped tightly around Liz with her hands clasped together on top of her taught belly. Jessica lay behind Megan on an empty spot on the bed. Dililah was lying across the foot of the bed with her head pillowed on one of Sar-Rah's smooth, tanned calves. Anthony turned his head and was looking straight into Eliza's black eyes as she watched him take in everyone's positions. Risa and Kylie were cuddled together behind Eliza, snoring delicately. Mina was pressed back to back with Eliza squeezed between the twins and Eliza, but she didn't appear to be uncomfortable.

"Kylie healed you again. How do you feel," Eliza asked quietly drawing his attention back to her.

"Surprisingly good considering the circumstances," Anthony said just as quietly trying to avoid waking anyone else.

"So you made up with Dililah," she state more then asked but ne nodded in answer anyway.

Anthony thought about the girls and how much he had come to love them all in such a short time. He let the djinn power flow through him and willed the knowledge of gem crafting and metal work into his own mine. He grinned as the information he desired flowed into him. He slowly extracted himself from the girls and cautiously climbed out of his bed and padded down stairs, Eliza just closed her eyes and fell back to sleep. He grabbed a quick bowl of cereal and ate hurriedly before heading down into the basement and walking into the factory that Sar-Rah had made for the goblins to build his and Eliza's ideas. He marveled at how fast they were building some of the larger things. They were building something in a curtained off section of the factory, there were goblin guards around the curtain. Anthony figured that that would be Eliza's secret project she said he would be happy about. Anthony walked into the deepest part of the factory to a corner and once again let the djinn power flow. He willed the wall in the size of a door to move back and he walked forward creating a small room. He then conjured up a small forge and all of the tools he would need for his project.

"Let's get to work," he mumbled to himself and conjured a locked door for the room. Hours passed and he pounded away at metal, polished gems, pulled golden wire, and made mistake after mistake but with each failure his experience grew and he soon created a piece of jewelry. He looked at it and, even to his untrained eye, it looked crude. He placed it on a shelf he willed into the wall proud of his work even if it wasn't very good yet. He picked up a pair of tongs and dropped a chunk of solid gold he had summoned and he heard a pounding on the door to the room. He pulled off his protective gear and hurry to the door and pulled it open being careful not to open it farther then he had to. All of the girls stood on the other side of the door looking at him as sweat dripped down his soot streaked face.

"Do you need something," he asked them all. They all exchanged looks before turning back to him and Liz stepped forward.

"You were gone when we woke and we couldn't find you we were worried," she said in explanation.

"Sorry, I'm just working on something," he said.

"Why don't you just create it out of nothing," Liz said asking him confusedly.

"What I am making is important. If it wasn't I would just be able to summon it up and be done with it. I probably be in here for a few days or until I am done, sorry to abandon you all like this but this is important to me," he said.

"Ok just be careful with whatever it is," Liz ordered and turned and left. The others followed her after only a moment of hesitation. Anthony closed and locked the door before heading back to work. Hours then days passed as he worked only stopping to eat letting the djinn power keep him running not bothering to sleep. Three days later he finished the final piece and examined it for scratches blemishes or impurities in the stones and found nothing wrong with the piece, it shined in the light from the polishing he had given it. It was beautiful and pride swelled as he thought about having created something so pretty. Then a jolt of apprehension went through him and he began to worry about if the girls would like what he made. Then he separated each piece and gently placed this each in a box.

"Finally done," he said to himself and stretched until his spine popped and cracked as he straightened to his full height for the first time in days. He walked out of the room carrying a bag with the boxes stacked inside. He hurried up to his room and ran into the shower, no of the girls had seen him yet. He showered quickly and dressed before heading out the bag clutch tight in his sweating hand. Sar-Rah was cooking in the kitchen, swaying her hips and tapping her feet in time with the music coming out of a radio sitting on the counter.

"Good Evening," Anthony said and with a squeak she spun to face hi. He grinned as she blushed in embarrassment at having been caught unawares.

"Anthony," she squealed and leapt into his arms. He still held the bag at his side so was only able to catch her with one arm but he held her easily. She rained down little kisses on his face as she clung to him and kept repeating his name over and over again.

"Are the others all home," he asked. She nodded against his chest causing her face to rub against him.

"Good can you go get them," he asked and with a nod she ran out of the room. He began stirring the pot of chili on the stove she had stopped stirring when he entered the room. Soon after all of the girls rushed into the kitchen one after another and hugged and kissed him like a returning warrior from a battle campaign.

"Alright I have a question that I need to ask and then depending on the answer I have an announcement to make," Anthony said and the girls stared at him as he spoke.

"Who in this room wants to marry me? If any of you have changed your mind now is the time to tell me," he said. They all raised their hands except Jessica who leaned back against the wall. He nodded having gotten the exact answer that he was expecting.

"Alright then the announcement is this. The day after tomorrow we will be having the wedding, none of you need to do anything I will arrange everything. You can all invited whoever you wish to," he said and headed inside to go to sleep because even a High Djinn Lord will get tired after three days awake burning power to keep a forge fire running without some king of fuel. The next day Liz was on the phone calling Sasha, Nina, Cassie, and Cindy to invite them to come over the next day. Anthony gone into the basement and gone into the tunnel that led to the goblin's old tunnels that were now abandoned. He decorated the throne room by hanging black silk down the stone walls and he removed the dais completely. He placed chairs in the middle of the room, only thirty since he didn't think even that many would be attending.

He looked around the room thing of what to do next then summoned candle stands every couple of feet. They stood about face level an on top of each stand stood a thick black candle that smell of a random flower. He looked up and three crystal chandeliers appeared hanging, evenly spaced, from the ceiling of the chamber. Three long tables covered in black cloth appeared along the side wall. He gestured and rose bushes erupted out of the floor and climbed the walls and ceiling covering all of the exposed surfaced between the silk hangings. He lit the candles and chandeliers to make sure there would be enough lighting then extinguished them and headed back to the door to his basement.