Re-Vamping Las Vegas by Jen Pretty

Author:Jen Pretty [Pretty, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

I walked through the bar and eyes flashed in the strobe lights. I was like a safe harbour in a storm, calling the humans towards me. But I was no safe harbour. My prey drive was high tonight. I didn’t want any of the men whose eyes tracked me across the room; I wanted to hunt. I sat down at the bar and the bartender set a drink in front of me. I hadn’t ordered one, and when I looked up the bartender pointed down the bar and I saw Matthew, of all people, sitting at the bar. I toasted him and then turned my eyes back to the crowd of people dancing.

There were men of all descriptions here. The shirtless muscle-bound men and the dark-haired artistic types. There were cute boys with floppy hair and some very serious young men and women who were probably disciples. Thankfully, they didn’t recognize me as a vampire. The perks of a new city.

I waited and watched, but my eyes kept tracking back to Matthew. He was hunting too. There was no mistaking the fire in his eyes as he watched the girls dancing.

He had dressed down tonight. His t-shirt was form fitting but his slacks still said, wealthy businessman. I let my eyes linger on his profile. His strong jaw was square and masculine but his nose had a nearly feminine quality that was at odds to his jaw and a sloped forehead. It intrigued me. The way it softened his face, making him a bit pretty.

His eyes flashed to mine, and I looked away, scanning the room like I wasn’t just drooling over my boss, who is also an old vampire. I needed to give my head a shake. I finished my second drink and left my bar stool behind to dance with the young beautiful people with heartbeats. Their warmth was intoxicating as I danced between them. The room filled with the scents of aftershave and perfume and alcohol. As I moved closer to the DJ, the music was louder. I looked up at the DJ and his head was nodding to the music and keeping everyone moving with quick beats and smooth changes. The lights cycled through from colourful lasers to white strobes that made everyone move in stop-motion, animating the dancers around me like old movies. It was surreal and magical and I was maybe a bit drunk, I realized. I laughed at my own romanticizing of the nightclub as a pair of arms wrapped around me from behind. I didn’t care who it was, they could dance. I danced for hours and realized I still hadn’t found my prey.

I peeked behind me to find I had been dancing with a delicious looking human. He fell comfortably into the cute boy category. His flopsy hair was stuck to his forehead with sweat and his bare, chiseled chest glistened and rippled with muscle. Instead of wandering off to find my dinner, I chose him. I smiled at him and he tipped his head.

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