Death Dealers 1 by Emma Cole

Author:Emma Cole [Cole, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Three

A slow clap sounded behind her, reminding her that they weren’t alone in the room. Retta jumped to her feet, accusations ready to fly, only to find Kingston sucking the man in the chair dry. This time from two neat holes in his neck. She stared incredulously from the vampire, to the dead-to-the-world soul eater, to the clapping chameleon who grinned like a loon at the tableau.

“What the fuck? You dirty twat! You said you didn’t get bloodlust.” Indignant, Retta crossed her arms over her ample chest, tapping a toe while she waited for answers. Shooting daggers at the vampire, she continued to wait for him to daintily wipe his mouth and fingers with a black handkerchief. Idly, the thought crossed her mind that the color probably hid the bloodstains.

“I did not say I didn’t get bloodlust. I said I don’t suffer from uncontrollable urges. Anyone starving to death would be ravenous. In this case, the man was slated to die. Better he be a meal that’s needed than go to waste.” He smirked at her as he delivered his next words. “You filled Ace up and then some, so I took his leftovers. I could still eat again if you’re offering.”

Furious, she spat back, “Try it, fang-face, and you’ll be taking a trip to the dentist for implants.”

That wiped the expression from his face. Or maybe it was the fact that even though ‘Ace’ had drained off some of her anger, it was still so much more potent than others, and she was fed up with their smarmy attacking bullshit. It manifested in billowing shadows that darkened the room as it spread further from her body.

Jack was no longer clapping. No, now he was the one edging against the wall, trying to reach the big blue-haired man on the floor. A pointed glare from her empty stare froze Jack in place.

“Please don’t hurt them.” His plea instantly doused her rage at being used.

Had he begged for his own life, she most likely would have ignored him. Attempting to save another pulled on her deeply buried heartstrings. Usually, people, nons and supes alike, were so self-serving. Unless it came to mothers and children, and those were something she avoided like the plague.

Ignoring the pang in her chest at the thought of a family she could never have, her shadows seeped back into her skin. Clarity firmly back in place, Retta waited as patiently as she was able for an explanation.

“I apologize,” Kingston began while straightening already straight sleeve cuffs, real cufflinks and all, no buttons for the bossman. “I forgot that was on the agenda today. The man was a deviant. I’ll spare you the details unless you insist. Just know, he was one hundred percent guilty, and I can prove it. As for Ace, I’d say he bit off more than he could swallow. He’ll be out for a few hours with that large of a feed. Please.” He gestured to a chair, not the one that held the dead man that, until now, had gone unnoticed.

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