Sanguinary (Night Shift Book 1) by Margo Bond Collins

Author:Margo Bond Collins [Collins, Margo Bond]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781942886679
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
Published: 2015-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The blood house was packed. Apparently, every vampire who was any vampire and his bloodgiver had come out for Mendoza’s big announcement. Looking around, I was glad for the outfit Reese had bought me. Dressing down would have been the best way to stand out in this crowd tonight—and the last thing I wanted to do was stand out in the midst of a bunch of vampires.

Make that a bunch of glittering vampires.

Most of them were draped in diamonds. This group probably comprised the biggest chunk of all the vampire power in Dallas. If I’d known about it in advance, I could have arranged to wipe out most of the bloodsuckers here.

But how? Bomb the place? That would kill all the bloodgivers too. Did I really want to kill all the humans along with the vampires?

Did I want to kill Garrett? Because there he was walking toward me with cute-vampire Dahlia hanging off his arm. He was dressed in a tuxedo and looking perfectly handsome.

Until I looked into his eyes.

Handsome and haunted, I amended silently.

“Well, hello, Reese,” Dahlia said in her little-girl voice. “I didn’t know you’d be here tonight. You’re usually not interested in these sorts of things.”

“What sorts of things?” he asked.

“Transfers of power, of course,” she said. “Right, Garrett, sweetie?”

Garrett hadn’t taken his eyes off me while Dahlia had been talking. “Right,” he muttered absently. “Can I talk to you for a minute, Cami?”

“I guess.” My shrug wasn’t as casual as I had planned.

Garrett peeled Dahlia off his arm and grabbed me by the elbow, practically dragging me toward one of the unoccupied, curtained rooms. We stopped before we got there, though. His grip was weaker than it had ever been before.

“What are you doing here?” Garrett hissed.

“Me?” I pulled my elbow out of his hand sharply. “I’m not the one with the vampire problem, just out of the clinic from hell. I’m undercover, remember? After Westlake, you should still be in the hospital. What are you doing here?”

He ignored my questions. “Everyone’s talking about Reese’s new Claimed one. I assume they mean you?”

“So what?” I asked.

He grabbed me by the upper arms and shoved his face into mine. “So I want to know where you get off telling me not to let the vampires touch me when you’re playing Claimed girl to Reese.”

“Let go of me, Garrett.” I shrugged and pushed his hands off my arms. “Not that it’s any of your business,” I hissed, “but I am playing Claimed. He doesn’t get to drink my blood.”

“Bullshit,” Garrett said, snarling. “Mendoza says it’s true—you really are Claimed.”

“Mendoza says it? What are you doing talking to Mendoza?”

He didn’t even have the grace to look abashed. “He owns the place.”

“And you’re in here often enough to talk to him.” I put my hands on my hips. “Well, clearly, everything he says must be the God’s honest truth. Oh, wait. He’s a vampire. Maybe he’s not telling the truth. They lie, Garrett.” We were leaned in close to each other now, practically spitting our words into each other’s faces.

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