Way of the Wolf: Shifter Legacies 1 by Mark E. Cooper

Author:Mark E. Cooper
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: werewolves & shifters, urban fantasy, vampires, serial killier, science fiction, magic, Werewolves & Shifters, Vampires, Paranormal & Urban, Women Sleuths, Mystery & Suspense, Fantasy & Futuristic
Publisher: Impulse Books UK
Published: 2014-02-28T08:27:04+00:00

21 ~ Alley Dogs

David rolled his eyes and said it again. “Dress code.” The guy looked crushed. David checked the next in line and nodded in appreciation of the tux. “Nice. Armani?”

The guy grimaced. “It’s a knockoff, but a good one.”

“You’re in.”

“Thanks man.”

“Hey, that’s not fair!” the first guy said as the faux Armani-clad shifter side-stepped him and disappeared through the lobby doors. “Where do you get off treating a shifter better than me?”

David’s eyes ignited as he glared down the steps at the nuisance this human was fast becoming. Said nuisance swallowed and paled at the sight of the glowing orbs, but he was too stupid to leave. David sighed, reining himself in, and looked the client over again. The fool had the era all wrong; he’d chosen the worst ensemble imaginable. Stephen would have his head if he let a 70s disco wannabe in.

“I’ll tell you what I’ll do,” he said, trying for friendly and reasonable. “If you go home and change into a plain tux, even one as cheap as the junk you’re wearing now and I’m still on the door when you get back, I’ll let you in and authorise a couple of free drinks. But if you keep flapping your lips at me and making these nice people wait, I’ll have my friend here rip your goddess be head off and hide the body!”

Lawrence grinned slowly.

“Now then, I can’t say fairer than that, can I?”

The waiting shifters chuckled. Some even gave suggestions or alternative punishments. Not all were anatomically possible, and he should know. He was a doctor after all. The human finally realised he wasn’t getting in tonight, and slunk away muttering threats but keeping them low enough that David could pretend not to hear them. Stupid little man. Any one of the waiting shifters could have broken him in half. Even the weakest amongst them.

“Sorry about that,” David said to a party of four who were next in line. “We get all sorts of crazies here.” He gave them a quick once over and let them in.

The line flowed smoothly through the doors for a while before another dress code violation. David was almost on autopilot by this stage. He could have been saving lives with Andrew now. They would probably have been making rounds, or debating a new elven healing ritual, but no, here he was safeguarding the club from the horror of black shirts and white suits.

“Dress code,” he sighed.

“What?”

“The theme is 1920s speakeasy. Most of our male guests wear a tux.”

“Oh, does it really matter? Double breasted is back in, and gangsters wore them didn’t they? I’m sure I read that. Look, I even have the hat!” He put the fedora on and tweaked the brim expertly.

David smiled. He liked this one. “Put a tie on, and I’ll let you in.”

The guy’s face fell.

“No tie?”

He shook his head.

David held out a hand to Lawrence who rolled his eyes and retrieved one from a pocket. David passed it to his new best friend, but had to tie it for him.

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