On the Naughty List by Evangeline Anderson

Author:Evangeline Anderson [Anderson, Evangeline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Evangeline Anderson

Chapter 10

We stepped out into the main area of the club, which looked deserted without the steady flow of human patrons looking for glam-sex and bored looking vampires looking for blood. The lights were turned up, although the area was still pretty dim, and the raised dais in the center of the club where Corbin usually sat was empty.

And then, suddenly, it wasn’t anymore.

In the blink of an eye Roderick was standing on the dais looking down at us. I didn’t even hear the door open and shut—he was just there without warning. The display made my gut tighten—not even Corbin was that fast.

I took a firmer grip on the strap of my purse, glad for my hidden Glock. No matter what Corbin had said about bullets being no use against a vamp as old as Roderick, I still preferred to be armed. And if push came to shove, we’d see how well a six-star vamp stood up to hollow points filled with silver nitrate. Since the bullets explode on impact and the silver eats into the vamp like acid, I was betting Roderick would have a little more trouble with being shot than everyone seemed to think.

“Good evening, Corbin,” Roderick said coldly. He was wearing an old fashioned suit that looked like a costume from a historical drama set in the eighteen hundreds and his dark hair was carefully coifed in place.

“Good evening, Inquisitor.” Corbin nodded his head in a kind of half-bow. “Where is Celeste?”

“Here.” She strolled up in a much more leisurely manner, smiling as though she didn’t have a care in the world.

Hmm, for someone on trial she doesn’t seem too terribly upset, I thought, giving her a blank look.

Behind Celeste trailed two human women, a tall black Amazon looking girl with cheekbones sharp enough to cut glass and a tiny petite Asian with a curtain of long black hair that fell to her waist. Both of them were dressed like me—which was to say, as if they expected to be attending a semi-formal party. Neither looked up at all but kept their eyes trained respectfully on their designer shoes.

I wondered if I was supposed to be acting the same way—respectfully averting my eyes, acting demure—but there was no way I was going to look down in such a dangerous situation. My eyes were trained on Roderick and Celeste, both of whom could tear me limb from limb in four seconds flat if I gave them half a chance.

“Welcome to my establishment,” Corbin said formally, making a sweeping gesture with one hand. “I would offer you refreshment but it seems you brought your own.”

“Indeed, we did.” Roderick smiled and beckoned to the tiny Asian girl who came to him at once. “Celeste has been most accommodating in satiating my needs.”

Thinking about how she had given him Taylor to “satiate his needs” made me grit my teeth. My fingers itched for my Glock but I had promised Corbin to be on my best behavior so I forced myself to say and do nothing.

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