The Case of the Virtuous Vampire by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Alek's club, GothCity, was housed in an old auto parts superstore right off Highway 183 on the way to Bergstrom, the new airport serving Austin. The sign at the entrance to the large potholed parking lot flashed in neon colors and touted: “Sex, Girls, and Kink.”

In smaller letters it listed XXX-rated video booths, adult novelties, and a bookstore. One-stop shopping for the sexually addicted.

Since the club was just outside Austin city limits, the zoning ordinances as to politically correct signage did not apply. Or, if they did, Alek had ignored the laws—or had paid off someone on the zoning commission. Abbie would put her money on the latter.

Van and Daniel had changed clothing to blend into the presumed dress code at an adult nightclub that advertised itself to the college-age crowd as a decadent Goth/metal venue. Van looked hunky and definitely dangerous in skin-tight black leather pants and a white cotton muscle shirt that allowed his special forces tattoos to show. Only Abbie and Daniel knew that Van had strapped a knife to his calf and had a small gun in a holster stuffed in the top of his shit-kicker black boots. Daniel looked more dangerous than she ever thought he could. He was dressed head-to-toe in black—black jeans, black tank top, and black leather jacket. His jacket hid the vicious-looking dragon tattoo that covered most of his right-shoulder. This wasn't your Puff kind of dragon, but more the flaming kind. She hadn't gotten too close a look at it, but thought the creature might have a body of some sort in its mouth.

Daniel's jacket also hid the shoulder harness that held a very lethal-looking flat black metal gun. Her normally mild-mannered secretary had caressed and lovingly called it Bert before shoving it into the well-worn holster. To finish the look of what the well-dressed urban commando wore for a night on the town, he also wore a knife, black of course, strapped to his leg.

The guys were loaded for bear. Abbie had felt that they were overreacting until she got a look at the crowd hanging around the entrance to the club. A crowd that had materialized as soon as they'd parked Van's Hummer.

“They have a line for this place?” Abbie turned to look at her escorts, who hovered close to her body, one on each hip. Both men had identical fierce scowls on their faces. The glowering was directed at the two men who'd broken from the gathering at the door and now walked to intercept the trio.

“Abbie! Get behind Daniel—now!” ordered Van with a snarl in his voice that sent chills down her spine. Not only did he look dangerous, he sounded like it.

“What...” she faltered, but shut up at the look on Van's face. It could have cut steel. His eyes narrowed to fierce slits; an unholy smile twisted his lips. The muscles in his arms flexed, causing the snake tattoo to undulate. Yet she sensed that his body was relaxed and ready to attack if needed.

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