Shadow Hunter (The Execution Underground) by Kait Ballenger

Author:Kait Ballenger [Kait Ballenger]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2014-08-03T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

NOTHING LIKE A master vampire to go with your brand-new stiletto heels. Tiffany balanced on one lone shoe, her other braced against the Dumpster outside the club. She patted the panic button one more time to make sure it was securely in place before she handed her weapons over to Damon and rearranged her light shawl.

Without a word, they walked to the entrance of the alleyway. Around the corner was the entrance to Château Blanc, the newest restaurant in town. With her budget, she had never eaten there, but she’d heard the place was primo. Thank God Damon—and the E.U.—had loads of cash to buy her a nice dress for the occasion.

“You look ravishing,” he whispered from behind her. The heat of his breath on her neck hardened her nipples to taut peaks. Screw him and the sexual dominion he had over her. “But try not to entice the monster too much, okay?”

She inhaled a deep breath, then glanced over her shoulder one last time, expecting to see Damon encouraging her on, but he’d already disappeared into the night. She swallowed the lump in her throat. She felt naked without her weapons hanging by her sides.

Damon was right. Facing a vampire without weapons was light-years different from having a stake at your side. Even if she wanted to, there was nothing she could fight with now. But Caius had never scared her before, and she wasn’t about to allow him to scare her now. And all emotions aside, she knew Damon would protect her.

He would be there when she hit the panic button.

She exhaled the breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding. There wasn’t any time to waste. A master vampire was waiting for her.

She wrapped her shawl more tightly around her shoulders and entered the restaurant. The soft sounds of melodic piano music carried to her ears amidst the murmurs of the demure dining couples. The dim lighting hit her cocktail dress at the perfect angle, and the midnight-blue material glittered like the clear night sky.

Her stomach growled as the smells of lobster bisque, freshly baked bread and fresh herbs filled her nose. For a college student who subsisted on a diet mainly made up PB&J sandwiches, microwave macaroni and cheese, and chicken-flavored ramen noodles, divine didn’t even begin to cover the nose-gasm she was having.

A handsome restaurant host in a nicely pressed suit cleared his throat. “Are you meeting someone, miss?”

She eyed the layout of the restaurant.

Well, damn.

The only entrance was the door she’d just come through, not even a single emergency exit visible. There had to be a way out, though. The law required it. She searched and saw the Emergency Exit sign right above the kitchen door. Inconvenient, but not worth abandoning the opportunity. Come hell or high water, Damon would figure out how to slip inside the building undetected if necessary.

And where was Caius? She had just started to look for him when the host cleared his throat again. “Miss?”

She snapped to attention. “I’m sorry.

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