The Black Rose by J R Rain & Matthew S Cox

Author:J R Rain & Matthew S Cox [Rain, J R & Cox, Matthew S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-14T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Sweet Talk

Standing around the parking lot of a nightclub loaded with vampires made me feel uneasy... and a little murdery. I veritably itched to go in there and kill every last one of them. Technically, vampires had already died so destroying them didn’t count as murder.

To distract myself, I tried to find humor in thinking that I was probably the only man in the history of Shadow Pines to ever invite his girlfriend to a gentleman’s club. Not like I had any plans on staying here long, nor did my expectations include initiating an assault. While the vampires needed to be destroyed, I didn’t want to start throwing fire and lightning around inside a building with a hundred or so normal people.

Plus, I had a job to do—a very human job.

I’d been hired to find a missing man. A werewolf in this case. A werewolf with a half-turned vampire who I could still help. Boy, I hoped like crazy that I wouldn’t end up having to kill Tracy in the end.

But I would if I had to. Lord help me, I would.

And I might even like it.

Someone far more intelligent than me once made a comment about best-laid plans. That had been my life for the past few years. I’d have complained about having perpetually bad luck, but I met Crystal and got elemental magic, so maybe it wasn’t my luck to blame for all those wrong turns. However, an argument could be made that these powers didn’t so much make for a blessing as they painted an enormous target on my back. All things considered, such a target only slightly increased my chances of death in this town. Being in Shadow Pines these days without any means of fighting off a vampire would’ve been way worse odds.

Meanwhile, the whole time I waited for Crystal to arrive, it felt as though someone watched me. I felt a bit like a spy from a movie standing outside an important building somewhere in like Prague. At any minute, the KGB would show up and a foot chase through office buildings, warehouses and outdoor markets would ensue, followed by a boat chase across a crowded harbor, culminating with a leap onto a helicopter skid and safety. If I got lucky, the boat wouldn’t explode until after I got off it.

Maybe ten minutes after I hung up the phone, Crystal came walking out of the alley to the right of The Black Rose, with nothing on above the waist. Yeah, my mouth dropped open. For an instant, I caught a glimpse of bat-like wings before they either disappeared or became invisible. She pulled on a ‘Daddy’s Little Monster’ T-shirt on the way over to me. Heh. On her, that shirt is a bit too literal. Old jeans with several rips made me think she expected a rough night. She also carried that leather purse of hers that looked like it belonged in a Lord of the Rings movie. I didn’t understand how it

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