Resurrection (The Vendetta Series Book 1) by Kris Anne Dean

Author:Kris Anne Dean [Dean, Kris Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-01T05:00:00+00:00

It was a quarter to two in the morning and the bartender had made the last call forty-five minutes ago. Birra Tavern had thinned out when Vinny approached me. Vinny was a sweet old man but you could tell that he was still tough, his aging muscles hung loose under his dark t-shirt. His thick gray hair was messy and his wrinkled brow told me he was having a long night.

“Brie, before you leave there’s someone I want you to meet.”

I gave him a warm smile and followed him to the back of the bar. He paused at a door marked private. I had seen him and his security guys going in and out of the room several times since I had worked there but the waitresses were not allowed in.

“I’m showing you this, because I like you, but you have to promise me you won’t tell anyone what you’re about to see.”

The seriousness in his tone made my heart thud against my chest but I had grown fond of him and trusted him. “I promise.”

We walked through the door and into a large room where five felt tables were setup with dealers standing behind them. A group of rich businessmen sat bellied up to the tables, smoking and drinking with small heaps of poker chips in front of them. Men, I recognized as security guards for the bar stood around the perimeter of the room. We crossed to one man who circled the tables, watching the players and dealers. He pushed his long wavy bronze hair back off his strong forehead highlighting his high cheekbones and arctic blue eyes, a close trimmed mustache and goatee covered his square jaw. The man was tall and handsome with rippled muscles bulging under the tight fitted black t-shirt, leather jacket and dark jeans that gathered against his waist emphasizing the gun he had concealed at his side.

“Brie, I would like you to meet Cal. He just moved here and is heading up the security team. I thought the two of you might hit it off.”

His eyes strolled over my body and locked onto mine with a smile that made me wet in an instant. “Nice to meet you, Brie. As you can see, we have ourselves a friendly poker game here. Would you like to watch?”

“Sure.”

We stood behind a group of players and watched the action. The cards flew out of the dealer’s hand as the players gathered them and flipped thousands of dollars’ worth of chips into the center of the table. One player slammed his fist against the table and swore when the game ended with a win for the house and the dealer racked in ten grand worth of his chips.

“Friendly, huh?” I laughed.

“Well as friendly as you can be in a High-Stakes game. There’s a five thousand dollar buy in.”

We watched the dealer shuffle her deck and deal another round. I watched as the man on the far left studied the cards the dealer dealt him. He wasn’t engaged in conversation and hadn’t touched his drink.

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