American Blood: A Vampire's Story by Holden Gregory

Author:Holden, Gregory [Holden, Gregory]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Orion's Belt Press
Published: 2009-08-05T04:00:00+00:00

After taking a long, cleansing shower, Calida decided to go with a pair of black suede ankle boots and black leather pants for her second visit to her target’s club. For a top she rummaged through her room’s closet and found a simple, dark red blouse that formed a widow’s peak in the back and exposed her stomach in the front. She gave her hair some thought and the deep auburn color became almost black underneath with streaks of subtle red highlights on the top layers. Calida allowed her reflection in the mirror. Her hair now made a better match with the blouse. She stayed with the light brown eye color, but darkened her skin into the same brown hue that she used last night. She finished the look with some large silver bangles on her wrists and a pair of simple black hoop earrings. Calida was satisfied she agreed with Manic’s taste. His mind had been easy enough to read.

At 10:00 PM, Calida left her room. The only mess she left behind for the motel’s cleaning staff was a half naked man on her bed who had literally lost his mind while having sex with her. Calida had eaten a large, deep hole, right through his forehead. Since he wasn’t her target she decided she had kept to the spirit of the instructions from the Director. Besides, if not for the noxious odor of her food’s cologne, she might have only taken blood and left him alive.

Calida drove Leech’s car to her destination, pulled into the parking lot across the street from the club, and found a spot toward the dark rear of the lot. She then lowered the driver’s window, left the keys in the ignition, and got out as per agency instructions. She made her way to the street and looked at the large line that already reached a half block down the sidewalk. Calida liked big crowds. She walked across the street and continued right up to the club’s entrance.

“Hey, Sweetness,” Jamaal said. “You know I got a nice bonus from the man last night because of you. And you two didn’t even play. That’s never happened before.”

“How big a bonus do you want to get tonight?” Calida asked.

“Food for my kids is in your hands, Sweetness.”

“Dawg, stop trying to pull your shit,” one of the other doormen shouted. “Don’t you listen to him lady. He ain’t got any kids, at least none he knows about.”

“Jamaal is that right?” Calida asked with mock surprise. “You were lying to me?”

“It was just a joke,” Jamaal replied. “Now there’s a limo waiting for you in case you showed up.” And he pointed at an extra long, white limousine parked along the curb.

“He’s not here?”

“No, you got to go see him on his boat tonight.”

“He didn’t tell me about going to a boat,” Calida said, but in truth she had been briefed regarding the boat. “It screws up my plans for the evening.”

“Saturday nights he usually stays on his boat for business.

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