Not A Vampire (The Eidolon Chronicles Book 1) by Auryn Hadley

Author:Auryn Hadley [Hadley, Auryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781956455052
Publisher: Spotted Horse Productions
Published: 2022-06-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twenty-One

DAHLIA

Three steps forward and two steps back. That was how things had been going for them lately. Mei's ad was working well enough, and a few times a week, one or the other of them had a "date" with a man willing to pay for the privilege. No, they usually weren't the kind of lovers either woman wanted, but a meal was a meal, and cash was cash. Besides, prostitution was the oldest trade in the world.

But the cost of clothes, their hotel rooms, and all the other supplies they needed to blend into modern society spent almost as much as they made. Slowly, they were gaining, but it felt like it was taking forever. Between trying to be careful and avoiding the attention of the inquisitors, they'd been in this area for far too long.

This time, Dahlia had been the one to get the appointment. Sadly, Mei had been right. More sleazy men wanted to hire a delicate little Asian girl than a tall blonde. Mei had been out twice as many times as Dahlia in the last week. Sometimes it was a bust and the client didn't show. That had happened to each of them. Then there were men like this one.

He wanted to be rough, so Dahlia had let him. He'd slapped her around. He'd fucked her as cruelly as he could. When she'd finally had enough, Dahlia began to pull his life through their contact. Slowly at first, so he didn't notice, then more as he refused to stop hurting her, until the man had finally passed out.

Then she'd used the hotel shower, cleaned herself up, got dressed, and emptied his wallet. Not that he had much more than the cash to pay her. The only card he'd had was the debit kind, and this asshole didn't write his PIN on the back. She still got a hundred and fifty bucks from the ordeal. She was worth a hell of a lot more than that, but the extra would at least pay for a ride back to the truck stop where Mei was waiting.

Thanks to the hunters, they'd made a few rules. First, they never met the clients at "home" or got dropped off there. It was too easy to be followed - or have a hunter end up as the client. Second, they moved after each date, changing towns and hotels. That meant Mei had a backpack full of everything they owned. Third, they used new names.

She was "Candy" and Mei worked as "Keiko." No one noticed or cared that she was using a Japanese name, and if the inquisitors were looking for them, hopefully it would be one more thing to potentially throw them off. So far, it seemed to have worked.

The driver dropped Dahlia off at the front of the combination gas station, truck stop, and diner. The man double-checked that this was the right place and offered to take her somewhere safer, but Dahlia assured him she was fine. When she walked

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