Bound to a Broody Vampire (Fate of the Ten Realms Book 4) by J. S. Striker

Author:J. S. Striker [Striker, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-07T16:00:00+00:00

“Another drink?”

Rex was already making the drink before Maddox could even confirm, which had his lips twitching. There was something about being welcomed without questions and without hesitation that was heartwarming, the two picking up right where they left off. When the colorful concoction was in front of him, Maddox tilted his head.

“I feel like you are just trying to get me drunk, which is difficult considering I’m one-half of a species that rarely gets drunk.”

“Difficult doesn’t mean impossible,” Rex replied, hands flying to make his next drink for his next customer. “And there’s something different about you.”

“Different how?”

“I have been trying to get you to talk more than a few sentences every time you come in here, but it’s the first time where you are being a chatterbox.”

Maddox tried to recall what he and Rex had been talking about since he got here and realized he had been trying to explain the mechanics of a pirate ship and why there were good pirates—things he hadn’t openly discussed before, other than with Ruby. But it didn’t feel wrong talking about it to Rex, who came back every few minutes to keep listening in between his handling of customers.

“As long as I’m not revealing my murder plans and where I buried my victims.”

Rex made a tsk-tsk sound. “Oh, bummer. But trust me when I say it’s better not to tell that to the others.”

The bartender gave the room a pointed look. Maddox bit back a laugh, already imagining how some of the warlocks and witches here would either throw a fit or demand his arrest if he ever joked around them like that.

“I won’t,” he promised. “Four more drinks, please.”

“At once?”

“At intervals. I’m in the mood to spend right now.”

“Good for us, then.”

Maddox downed his next drink with gusto, then did something different from his usual routine of hiding in a corner and listening to others. He engaged a lone man in conversation, getting short replies at first before the man seemed to decide he wasn’t so bad and eventually got chattier. He accepted drinks from a woman and bought her one back, politely declining her invite to her house but accepting the one to watch a witch display show next month. He bought more drinks for an elderly woman who came to his defense when a drunken warlock approached and hauled insults at him.

“Your foul mouth has no place here, you foolish drunk. Why don’t you back off now?”

The warlock blinked in recognition. “Anita, you know that wasn’t meant for you—”

“But my poor ears still heard it, you ass.”

“Anita, you know what I meant—”

“How about I tell your parents every disgusting slur you said here, and let them decide exactly what you meant?”

At that, the warlock paled and stuttered, then mumbled an apology before he raced out of there. The gray-haired woman scoffed.

“That’s right. Go home and sleep those drinks off, boy.”

Those nearby went back to their drinks after the commotion, while those far away hadn’t noticed at all. Anita turned to him.

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