The Cursed by Blood Saga by Marianne Morea

Author:Marianne Morea [Morea, Marianne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-29T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Sean entered the building first, pausing for a fraction of a second before motioning for the others to follow. The three of them stood in a v-formation just inside the door, with Sean at the head. His eyes quickly scanned the lobby and the wide arc of the dining room, noting the emergency exits, before his gaze shifted to the mahogany reservation desk at the center of the reception area. It was manned by two pretty hostesses and flanked on either side by low curved couches where patrons waited for their tables to be readied. Drinks in hand, people also queued along the wide, red carpeted stairs that he assumed led down to the club. It was game on, and one look from Sean reminded both Lily and Jack each to keep their thoughts and their comments to themselves.

The gentlemen nodded for them to wait between the reservation desk and the coat check off to its left, while he had his ear pressed to the receiver of one of the house phones. It wasn’t hard to guess the subject of his one-sided conversation.

Jack gestured toward the chic, open-view kitchen centered at the back of the dining room. Tables hummed with conversation while patrons were treated to a full on view of white uniformed chefs working at a frenetic pace. The dining room was as sumptuous as the scent of the food they served, with its gorgeous trey ceiling and trompe l’oeil murals. It was Victoriana at its best, and the whole scene was a surreal counterpoint to the reality of whom and what controlled the place.

The man hung up the phone, firing off a string of orders to one of the women standing behind the reservation desk. The language he spoke sounded too similar to that of the instructions left on Sean’s phone for it to be coincidence, and both Lily and Jack exchanged glances. The woman’s eyes darted toward Sean before a guttural reprimand from the maître d’ made her jump. She bobbed her head, and then scooted behind him through a concealed door in the wall.

With a clap of his hands, his demeanor softened, and he turned his attention to Sean. “Welcome to The Red Veil,” he drawled, addressing Sean directly while his eyes swept the alpha’s big frame as if accessing his worth. The man inclined his head in an almost courtly manner, picking up a stack of reservation cards, and tapping them lightly on the desk. “May we take your coats?”

His facial pallor and the map of chalky blue veins ribboning his hands, wrists and throat made it clear he was a vampire. He held out a stark white hand, patiently waiting while Sean gathered everyone’s jackets. “I’m afraid you’re quite early. We weren’t expecting you until midnight.”

Sean ignored Lily’s mental I told you so, instead pasting a polite smile on his lips. “I’m aware of that… please convey my apologies. As we are unfamiliar with the ebb and flow of the city’s traffic, we didn’t want to risk being late.

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