Glory St. Claire 2 - Real Vampires Live Large by Gerry Bartlett

Author:Gerry Bartlett [Bartlett, Gerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance - Paranormal
Published: 2010-05-22T03:21:39+00:00

“Oh, my God! You’ve killed him.” I clasped Will to my breasts. “Sweet Willy. Come back to me.” I felt a wet tongue trace my cleavage and pushed him away. “Someone help.”

“Of course, Gloriana.” Damian stepped over Will, limp on the carpet. “What can I do?” He gave the cameraman a hard look.

“Mouth to mouth?” It was all I could do not to crack up at Damian’s look of horror. Valdez solved the problem by jumping on Will’s stomach, his back feet landing solidly on . . . you know. The dog screamed—tough to explain that one—and jumped up to run to the back room.

“He lives!” I clasped my hands to my chest, wiping away dog spit. The few customers left burst into applause, including a woman still standing on a Morris chair, her eyes peeled for rats. “Twenty-five percent off everything!” The woman climbed down and hurried over to the purses. I understood. A sale is a sale.

Donna was out of the dressing room, her blazer over her arm. “Let’s go, Danny. We’ve got enough here.”

“No kidding.” Danny was busily packing up his equipment.

Damian picked up the hat rack while I gathered up hats and stacked them on the counter. I could have used the publicity if Donna had played it straight with me, but putting the vampire thing out there? No thanks. This wasn’t the first time I wondered if I’d been a little too cute with the name for my shop. I didn’t try to stop the reporter when she left without a backward glance.

Damian took me aside. “Now that the entertainment’s over, I’m going to look for my sister. I left a message that you were going to be interviewed for TV, but she didn’t call back. She wouldn’t miss an opportunity to show off her painting to all of Austin unless something was wrong.”

I put my hand on his arm. “I doubt she’s even checked her voice mail, Damian. If she’s with a lover . . .”

“You’re probably right. But if he’s an EV, she’s in over her head. You’re a good friend to her, Glory. Thanks for telling me about this.” Damian covered my hand with his and gave me one of his intense looks. I’d relaxed my block, but now I tightened up because Damian was looking better and better to me. I glanced around the shop, like I had things to do. Which I did, truth be told. Stick a dozen hats back on the rack. Help that customer find her size in vintage sweaters. Get the hell away from Damian.

“I’ll check in with you later.” With that Damian left and I let the dogs out of the back room. I sent Lacy home and settled in for the rest of the night.

I murmured reassurances when one of the customers who’d witnessed the recent chaos gave them a wide berth. I waited on a few customers, including the lady who was happy she hadn’t actually seen a rat and ecstatic that she’d gotten such a deal on two vintage Gucci bags.

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