The Games Monsters Play by Roh Morgon

Author:Roh Morgon [Morgon, Roh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: supernatural, Urban Fantasy, Espionage, vampire, vampires, horror, Dark Fantasy, Paranormal
Publisher: Dark Dreams Publishing
Published: 2016-11-10T23:00:00+00:00

~ Chapter 6 ~

Katarina glanced at the clock on her desk. Midnight.

Irritation squirmed within her veins. Gilles’s forcebonding two nights in a row had left her depleted, spawning a bloodthirst she seemed unable to satisfy, even after spending the remainder of the night in his game room. The level of her atrocities had surpassed his—something that rarely happened—and her killing spree had continued into late morning despite being so bloated on blood she had trouble keeping it down.

And it’s not over yet. Time to see who’s won my Birthday Game.

She pressed the button on her desk. A guard opened the door and stepped inside.

“My Queen?”

“Bring me that Chosen from the warehouse—Colin, or whatever his name is.”

“Yes, my Queen.”

The door shut and she settled back in her chair, returning her attention to her laptop. After clicking through several webpages, she leaned forward, puzzled, unable to make sense of the figures on the screen before her.

There’s . . . there’s no money in this account. What the hell?

She clicked open another page and frowned.

There’s none in this one, either.

Her fingers tapped a furious rhythm on the keys, and then froze.

All the money in the warehouse accounts is gone.

Katarina stared at the far wall for a long moment before shifting her attention back to the laptop. She clicked the warehouse shipping manifest.

“What the—? No! This is impossible!” She picked up the phone.

~ * ~

The slow beat of her heels against the dirty concrete floor resounded throughout the warehouse. Katarina strolled up the aisle between the empty cells, not believing her eyes.

“A copy of the sales authorization, my Queen. With your electronic signature.” Rousseau bowed and offered the printout.

Katarina snatched it out of his hand and scrutinized it, then glared at the filthy cages that should’ve had people in them.

“How many are left?” She resisted reaching around and tearing off his head.

“None, my Queen. They even requested the sick ones.”

She inspected the order again.

CN Industries.

The knot in her stomach tightened.

“But . . . but . . . my Queen, the new shipment should be here by this evening.”

“What new shipment?”

Rousseau swallowed.

“The one you authorized—” His words choked off beneath the finely manicured fingers gripping his throat. The only response she could manage was a deep growl.

You’re lucky there’s no one to replace you right now.

Katarina released him, pivoted, and headed toward the door, accompanied by the loud clack of her heels beating a much faster rhythm than before.

“Call me when it gets here.”

~ * ~

The web search for CN Industries proved futile. Katarina hissed and shoved the laptop aside. She considered the two Chosen who’d been standing in her office with their gifts for the last several hours. Hiroki had been her operative in Asia until he’d been compromised a few months back. She’d offered him a chance in The Queen’s Birthday Game to see if he had any usefulness left.

Apparently he still has some connections.

The birthday present he’d brought stood beside him, another Asian. The shirtless man wore shackles and a cold, flat-eyed stare.

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