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declined the meal and sent her on her way.
    Taking a few deep breaths, William said in an even tone, “We shouldn’t support his lies. We should stand up for what is right. We need to…”
    “No!” Raymond glared at him. “We serve and protect the President. No questions. No judgment.”
    “It isn’t fair,” Sulie added, “but we need to look the other way. It’s not our place to impose our beliefs on him.”
    William’s body tensed as he eyed the three of them. His eyes stopped at Raymond. “With your pale complexion and teal colored eyes, I wonder if you’d feel the same way if you were on the receiving end of the injustice.”
    “We are all minorities,” Raymond said.
    Sterling chimed in. “I’m not even accepted within vampire circles because of my human mother.”
    “And women are only now treated as equals,” Sulie added. “We’ve all faced prejudice in the past.”
    “I know you’re unhappy with the President’s actions,” Raymond said, taking a deep breath. “And I am sorry not to have told you ahead of time what was happening — but I couldn’t risk you making a scene at the school.”
    William’s eyebrow rose in curiosity. He hoped racial stacking was the only agenda the President had, but he had to know for sure. “Does the President have a specific agenda by visiting this school, or by posing with those children?”
    William noticed Sulie’s eyes slightly widen as though he had touched a raw nerve. She brushed her blonde hair aside and glanced over at her brother Raymond.
    “Well?” William asked.
    “The team is being informed of the circumstances in the morning. But I guess you and Sterling can be told now,” Raymond said as he gestured over to Sulie.
    Sulie swiveled her head to confirm no one listened in. Then, in that high–pitched voice only the vampires could hear, she said, “The President has had an inappropriate relationship with a member of his staff.”
    “So?” Sterling asked, using his normal voice. “It’s not the first time a president has had an affair. Unless it was a man. That would be different.”
    “It wasn’t a man,” Raymond said below a whisper, “however, there is a complication and we can’t compel her to forget about the indiscretion.”
    William’s eyes turned cold. The First Lady, a mature woman in her late–forties, had supported her husband through his campaigns, being a single parent while the man traveled, and had gone down the infidelity path with him in the past. She was a quality woman — a woman the President didn’t deserve in William’s opinion. If he were ever so fortunate to have the love of such a woman, he would treat her like gold.
    “Why can’t we compel her?” Sterling asked.
    Sulie cleared her throat as her eyes scanned the room a second time checking for any eavesdroppers. “She may be pregnant.”
    “Wait.” William stared at Sulie. “You can’t tell her condition?”
    “Elevated levels of Clomiphene are in her system. It’s a fertility drug.” Sulie sighed. “A common one usually giving good results for women who can get pregnant and want to ensure they do as soon as possible. Her HCG levels, the pregnancy hormone levels, are still low — but gestation may have just started.”
    “So she is trapping the President.” Sterling huffed as he sipped his beer. “Never trust a woman of childbearing years. The man’s an idiot.”
    “Enough,” Raymond scolded. “She had a relationship with the President over the last few weeks.”
    “Who?” William threw his hands up. “I’ve never seen him with anyone — not that way, at least.”
    Sterling shook his head. “Yeah, well, that would have been on my watch. I’ve seen him with someone recently.”
    “And you didn’t stop him from cheating on his wife?” William would never have allowed such behavior, at least, he would have tried to stop such immoral acts.
    Sterling leaned in towards William. “She wasn’t a vampire. All I am required to do is