Just One Bite 4 by Raye Kimberly

Author:Raye, Kimberly [Raye, Kimberly]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction
ISBN: 9780345507570
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2008-07-29T07:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

It was half past midnight and we were on our fifth club when I finally spotted Evie.

I stood just inside the doorway of Ladies Night, a popular lesbian martini bar on West Forty-third, just around the corner from the Hard Rock Cafe. It was a far cry from my favorite haunts (Butter and the Beatrice Inn), but it definitely fit with the demon’s MO. The place screamed chick magnet.

Pink walls accented a mirrored bar that ran the length of one wall. A sizable dance floor dominated the far end of the room. The crowd was a mix of blue-collar and professional, the women dressed in everything from business suits to jeans and tees. The air reeked of estrogen and cigarette smoke.

My gaze sliced through the hormonal fog, to the couple at the far end of the bar.

Evie stood with a buff redhead wearing a tank top that read FOREVER FITNESS. I sent out a silent vibe and the woman glanced up.

Jean Crowder. Twenty-eight. Personal trainer and editor for Bitch Beat, the official newsletter for the New York chapter of Women for the Advancement of Lesbian Culture. She was actively looking for that one special woman (or two) so that she could give up the bar scene and party in the comfort of her own living room (complete with video cam). She thought the female in front of her had terrific camera potential. She wasn’t too thrilled with the bad breath, but a few tic tacs and poof, no longer an issue.

Evie laughed and the redhead retreated a few inches.

Make that several tic tacs and a year’s supply of Binaca.

“Can I get you something?” The voice drew my attention and I turned toward the six-foot-plus brunette who towered behind the bar. “Lemon martini? They’re our specialty tonight.”

“No, thanks.”

“Aw, come on. My treat.” The voice came from my right. I twisted to find a short, voluptuous Puerto Rican standing next to me. Her name was Maria. She was this month’s centerfold for Lowrider magazine and an advocate for same-sex marriages. She spent her days signing autographs for slobbering male fans and her nights searching for Miss Right. She eyeballed me and smiled.

Clearly her search was over.

“Two, please,” she told the bartender, “with two shots of lemon schnapps on the side.”

“Thanks, but no thanks.” My gaze shifted back to Evie. My first instinct was to rush over, grab her by the arm, and haul her outside.

Definitely a bad idea, I decided, as I watched the redhead slide a possessive arm around Evie’s shoulders. There was no way I would make it two steps without a catfight.

Not that I couldn’t hold my own. A little fang and some preternatural strength, and Red would most definitely back off. But drawing attention to myself by playing the vamp card was the last thing I needed. It was bad enough that Evie might start sliming Red at any moment. I wasn’t adding crazed vampire to the SLOBBERING DEMON headline sure to appear in the next issue of Bitch Beat.

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