"I really don't want my sister biting me," said Chloe. "It's not even about pain. A sexy bite from her actually feels weirder, not less."
Tatiana smiled and shook her raven-haired head. "Most of my vampire sisters wouldn't understand that attitude. We fuck each other all the time. I had a super awesome fling with Valeria just last Saturday, for example."
"It's different when it's your biological sister," said Chloe. She turned to Morgana. "Is there another way?"
"Of course there is," said Morgana. "I'll just go and get it." Without another word, the witch vanished into her storeroom.
"Out of curiosity," said Tatiana, "which way do you swing, Chloe?"
"Lesbian," Chloe answered. "Why?"
Tatiana smiled, pleased with the answer. "Just making sure you'll fit in with the clan. You see, Clan von Karnstein was founded more than three and a half centuries ago by Matriarch Carmilla's mother Lilita. Lilita (known as Wilhelmina in her human days) was an Austrian peasant girl who secretly longed for the touch of other women. Unfortunately for her, she was inducted into the ranks of the undead by a lustful vampire patriarch (in more than one sense of the term), Count Tiberius von Wisborg, who was captivated by her beauty and wanted her to be his consort.
"Luckily, she eventually managed to escape. Using the refinement her old clan had taught her, she talked her way into an aristocratic ball where she met Carmilla, the Countess von Karnstein. The two quickly fell in love, and Lilita soon gave her beloved the gift of unlife. Taking Carmilla's surname as the name of their new clan, they sought out fellow lesbians to build a new family with.
"Unfortunately, Count von Wisborg was still licking his wounds in his crumbling old castle, and he secretly hired a vampire hunter named Baron Vordenburg to murder his wayward consort. I hate to say he succeeded and Carmilla became the new matriarch. She found second love with Mircalla and continued to lead Clan von Karnstein according to Lilita's sapphic vision. Of course, Count von Wisborg's till out there in Europe somewhere, and the bloodline of the Vordenburgs is supposed to still be around kickin' and stakin', so we gotta be careful. And that's basically who we are: a crazy gang of blood-drinking lesbians helping each other survive in a world that's constantly trying to fuck us over. Just wanted to make sure you'd fit in with that."
Chloe laughed. "'Lesbian Misfit' is practically my middle name, Sis! Aunt Carrie really stepped up the beatings once she started to catch me with girls or stolen Playboy issues."
Tatiana smiled at Chloe. "Welcome aboard, then!"
Selena turned to Tatiana. "Wow, Tats! your clan has so much history!"
Tatiana winked at Selena. "Sometime you gotta tell me the history of your pack, Lena. Bet it's cool!"
"I'm back, girls!" called Morgana, returning from the back storeroom carrying something.