Vampire Punk by Meredith Medina

Author:Meredith Medina [Medina, Meredith]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: FireHive Media
Published: 2018-03-31T04:00:00+00:00

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A few weeks later, I was sitting in Bishop’s office poring over figures I didn’t understand and couldn’t give two shits about. The plans for our second album were well underway and Bishop wanted us in the studio as soon as possible, but for some reason, Meridian was digging in his heels.

I was pretty sure I knew what that reason was. She had long dark hair and cold eyes and she hated everyone who wasn’t Meridian, and everything that the Laudan’s stood for.

Bishop was droning on about the cost of sound equipment when a loud knock interrupted us and one of Bishop’s goons appeared in the doorway.

“Meridian’s here,” he said quietly.

“Finally,” Bishop growled. He laid down the papers he had been waving around and leaned back in his chair. “Let him in.” He looked at me sharply, his silver-shined eyes flickering slightly. After all this time, the sight of them still unnerved me, and I wondered if my own eyes had that same effect on people. The girls I fed on in the middle of Spiral’s dance floor said I hypnotized them… but I just assumed that was something they always said. “Wait in the hallway, Mr. Maddern. I need to speak with Meridian.”

I passed Meridian in the doorway, and he fixed me with a meaningful stare. Keep your mouth shut and your ears open, he whispered in my mind. My lip curled, I hated being told what to do.

Some things never change.

“I sent for you three days ago,” Bishop said sharply as the door closed behind me.

I turned to go into the club to wait to be called back, but one of the goons laid a hand on my shoulder. “Bishop told you to wait here, you wait here.”

I pushed his hand off me and fixed him with a glare. He just smiled at me as I leaned against the wall and crossed my arms over my chest.

“You need to put a leash on your děti.”

That was Bishop’s voice. I looked around, but the goon outside the door wasn’t looking at me. Did he want me to listen in? Why did I get to know all this shit? I didn’t want to be involved in this crap. I just wanted to perform. “They’re causing more problems than I can keep under wraps. How many are there now?”

“Six… you know I haven’t broken any Caedyr laws, Bishop,” Meridian replied.

Liar. Liiiar. The loft was getting more crowded every day… but was Meridian turning them, or had Riah been breaking laws right under their noses?

“You were permitted to turn Maddern because I applied to the Caedyr on your behalf… but you’re a terrible liar, my old friend.” Bishop’s voice was tense; I could hear him clearly, as though they were standing next to me.

“I’ve done nothing wrong,” Meridian replied. He was calm, almost unnaturally so.

“Be that as it may, the Caedyr are beginning to ask questions. We are here in New York without their direct supervision for a reason, and I will not allow you to jeopardize that.

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