Reckoning in an Undead Age by A.M. Geever

Author:A.M. Geever [Geever, A.M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: A.M. Geever
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

When she woke, she was still in the lounge, and still a bit buzzed. A blanket had been draped over her. The lights were dimmed, except for the thin track of safety lights that ran along the floor. She stretched as she sat up, groaning when her spine crackled. She squinted at her watch—past midnight. She went to the nearest bathroom, where she relieved her poor bladder and brushed her teeth. Thank God for the mystery dentist who hadn’t made it here. The toothbrushes, toothpaste, and floss in every bathroom was coming in mighty handy just now. The Scotch had been wonderful, but after a couple hours asleep, her mouth wasn’t.

She walked under the dark chandelier and around the dining tables in the center of the dome, on her way to the kitchen to get a glass of water before she headed to bed. Flickering light through frosted glass of one of the activity rooms caught her eye; someone was watching a movie. She got her glass of water, gulped it down and refilled it, then went to the theater. The door was open to the central dining area, and the closing credits of a film were scrolling up the screen.

“How was it?” she asked. She couldn’t see who was watching since the room was dark.

Alec’s low voice said, “Pretty terrible.”

She found the switch inside the door. Bright light filled the room before she hastily turned it down to the lowest setting.

“Trying to blind me?” Alec said.

He looked over the back of his seat and squinted at her like a mole surprised by bright sunlight. There were six rows of an assortment of single and love seat-width reclining theater seats. In all, the room could comfortably fit forty people, more at a squeeze.

“Sorry,” she said.

Alec grinned, and she heard the low whirr of his seat being brought upright. He held aloft another bottle of the fancy Scotch that was almost full.

“You broke out another?”

The sly grin appeared. “D'ya want one? There are glasses on the bar there.”

She grabbed a glass from the small bar against the shared wall with the library next door. When she turned back and saw Alec still looking at her, she felt a crackle of attraction arc between them. A frisson of electricity flared inside her, and the butterflies in her stomach began to run riot. She sat beside him on the wide love seat. He turned toward her as he boosted himself up onto the armrest separating this love seat from the next. He poured her a drink, a generous two fingers.

“To Kendall,” he said, the intent stare of his heathered hazel eyes pinning her in place.

“To Kendall,” she echoed.

Instead of the smooth, lightly burnt caramel taste she’d come to expect, the Scotch tasted bitter. She coughed, then gagged, remembering that she’d just brushed her teeth. She took another bigger gulp and swished the Scotch in her mouth, trying to get it into every nook and cranny.

“What the hell are you doing, lass?” Alec said, his brow crinkled with surprise.

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