Vampire Babylon 02 - Midnight Reign by Chris Marie Green

Author:Chris Marie Green
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

J AC had gotten a new Prius and, while she drove up the Pacific Coast Highway to Paul Aspen’s home in Malibu, she chattered away about her new ride.

“I decided on cherry red because I’m still such a sorority girl at heart, but the flip color doesn’t scream ‘tree-hugger hybrid driver.’ That’s what my PR guy said—buying this car, no matter what color it is, shows I’m concerned about the environment, even though I’m not giving interviews about it.” Jac grinned. “Isn’t all of that so major? All I wanted to do was save some gas.”

Jac’s window was only slightly gaped, ensuring that her hair didn’t get messy, even though faint huffs of the summer-night breeze still played with her long blond waves. Tonight, she wasn’t wearing her usual sunglasses and, at first, Dawn had flinched when looking into Jac’s brown irises. The last time that had happened, Dawn had seen Eva with all the clarity of a knife shearing into her stomach. This time…not so much.

Maybe the shock had worn off?

As Dawn tried to return Jac’s grin, she noticed that the starlet really did look like she’d been in a boot camp for the last month; it wasn’t that she’d lost weight—no, she looked like the usual slender Jac in her white silk tank and a pair of tight black pants. It was just that her skin was duller than the usual pearly complexion. Or maybe it was just Dawn’s vampire-steeped imagination taking over.

Jac noticed the visual inventory, so Dawn casually said, “Looks like you haven’t been eating well.”

“I know, I know,” Jac said. “Nerves—total nerves! But that’s all going to change. I’ve been assigned a nutritionist. Can you believe that? Someone’s going to tell me how to eat, like I don’t have a clue.”

“There’ll be a lot of someones telling you how to do everything from now on.”

Jac nodded, respecting Dawn’s own moviemaking expertise. Sure, she’d “just” been a stuntwoman, but she knew the ropes.

The ride went quiet, a little tense. As they drove along the surflined highway, the radio DJ talked gossip: Justin Timberlake in Vegas, Paris Hilton’s most recently discovered sex video, Darrin Ryder’s recovery from last month’s mugging and his big night back on the town—

Jac snicked off the radio, not that Dawn cared. She wasn’t a big Ryder fan; his harassment on a movie set was just one of many reasons she’d found herself on the outs in her stunt career.

Minding her seat belt, Dawn pulled her jacket tighter around her. After The Voice had given her permission to “take care of some personal business” for a few hours, she’d armed up and driven to Jac’s. Chances were there’d be a security check at the door—unless Jac had enough clout as the production’s ingénue to get them out of it—so Dawn had adjusted her weapons accordingly.

Item one: if Jac were Eva, she might be like Robby Pennybaker, who’d been basically unaffected by holy objects; this meant Dawn had forgone most of those items except for a few just-in-case standbys, like a bit of holy water and the crucifix she always wore.

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