A Darkness Mirrored: A Dark YA Urban Fantasy Novel With Vampires (Part of the Reflections Series of Books) by Eldon Murphy

Author:Eldon Murphy
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Fir'shan Publishing
Published: 2013-12-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

January

Lucy's Age: 18

"Happy birthday, Lucy. Do you want me to get the employees to sing to you while we're there tonight?"

I managed not to blush, mostly because I was getting used to Venice's sense of humor, but it was a close thing.

"No, thank you. I'd rather just have a quiet, peaceful dinner. Besides, this place you're taking me to is supposed to be pretty high-class. I doubt they'd go for that kind of thing."

Venice shrugged. "We'll never know unless we ask, but it's your birthday so if you want quiet, then quiet you'll get."

It was only a short, albeit bitingly cold, walk from our meet-up point to the restaurant, so almost before I knew it we'd arrived. Despite the frigid temperatures, Venice's only concession to the weather was the long, green coat that she promptly removed as soon as we were inside. Her pants were fairly conservative, black slacks like you'd see on a bank teller, but her top was as tight as usual and more low-cut even than was normal for her. She used it to her advantage, as she talked to the maître d'. I watched his eyes linger for an extra couple of heartbeats as she leaned in and whispered something in his ear.

Despite the impressive line of people still waiting to be seated, less than fifteen minutes later we were being led to our table. I looked back to check on the maître d and saw that he was following her with his eyes as we walked away.

I waited until we'd been seated to ask the question that was burning a hole in my mind. "So what exactly did you say to him?"

"Who? Oh, the maître d'? I told him it was your birthday, but that you'd be more than happy to give him a spanking if he'd be ever so kind as to get us a table off by ourselves."

This time she did make me blush. "I'm serious, Venice. It wasn't all just the clothes, was it?"

She shrugged. "It depends on the guy. He was apparently extra susceptible to my charms. I had a twenty ready to palm, but he didn't need it. It's mostly about providing the illusion that a small favor now on their part will result in an increased chance of a favor in return on your part at some future date. They don't actually expect to cash in, at least not most of them, but the illusion helps make everything go better."

Her answer was tossed off with complete nonchalance as she thumbed through the wine menu, but she flagged the waiter down less than ten seconds later and ordered two bottles of wine. I knew next to nothing about alcohol, but that seemed like a lot of wine for one person to drink.

My suspicion that something was wrong was confirmed when she handed our waiter a fifty-dollar bill and told him that there was another one waiting for him if he could get the wine here within the next three minutes.

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