Magic Street Boogie by TR Cameron

Author:TR Cameron [Cameron, TR]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781642025675
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-11-02T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Their car dropped them off two blocks away from the nightclub. They’d agreed it would be better to leave their potential enemies no way to track them if things went awry. Cali was surprised at how comfortable the shoes Tanyith had selected for her were and planned to keep the outfit as payment for assisting him in the investigation. And if that wasn’t already his plan, he’ll have to deal with it.

They rounded the corner to find a short line of people waiting to enter The Shark, full of smiles and talking enthusiastically. It required a careful study to note that many had visible telltales of Atlantean ancestry—thicker than normal hair, skin that was a little healthier than the usual, and slightly larger eyes than the average. They were subtle but easily found when you looked for them. Of course, as her mother had said enough times that it was almost a mantra, “We see what we expect to see, regardless of what’s actually there.” Cali filed the information away to examine more carefully later.

When they arrived at the door, a burly man with dark skin and thick braids that hung over his shoulders to his chest stood in their path. He looked at them, his expression unreadable. “The cover’s ten. Each.” Tanyith pulled the required admission fee out of a money clip, plus an extra ten that he handed over with it. The guy nodded and moved aside to let them enter and pointed at a woman waiting within. She greeted them warmly. “Welcome to The Shark. Please come this way.”

Her companion gestured for Cali to take the lead with a satisfied expression. The woman was easy to follow, her dress made of silver sequins over black fabric. The outfit sparkled in the dim lighting and her long blonde tresses and pale skin shone. The club’s main room was almost exactly as he’d described it. A bar occupied the entire long wall to the right with three bartenders in white shirts, black vests, and red bow ties working behind it. On the opposite side was a small semicircular stage with three microphones around the front and a keyboard and drum kit in the back. A dance floor occupied the space immediately before the stage, and the rest of the room was filled with small round tables for two, some of them pushed together to accommodate larger groups.

The drinks menu on the table was several pages long, and there were a number of interesting-looking glasses being held by equally interesting-looking people around them. She leaned over under the guise of reading the offerings with him. “So, have you noticed anything useful?”

He turned the page. “I think we need to choose something fancy to keep our cover. Probably a Shark Tail would be best.” He pointed at the description, which included rum, some kind of blue liquor, and a wedge of lime. She resisted the urge to smack him. “Order what you want.”

“That’s not what I was asking and you know it.

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