Tags:
Science-Fiction,
Romance,
Literature & Fiction,
Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Vampires,
Ghosts,
Psychics,
Demons & Devils,
Werewolves & Shifters,
Witches & Wizards
shoulder.
“ I'll stand guard
outside,” Jeanette volunteered.
Levi clapped the witch on the
shoulder and nodded. “You be careful out here, Jean.”
Levi could feel Scott and
Jeanette exchange a look behind his back. God, his fellow Enforcers
were treating him as though he was made of glass.
Jeanette was a witch, and she
could read emotions. She could see people's emotions clearly in
color. She had explained to them over lunch once, “You think
they're just phrases— turn green with envy, see red, feel the
blues , so on and so forth. But they're all true! Your aura
turns bright red when you get angry, and become dull and blue when
you feel sad...”
Levi could feel Jeanette's
eyes on his back as he walked into Club Mate with Scott. His aura
was probably a riot of colors right now.
Club Mate was simmering with
scents, sights and sounds. Levi blinked to adjust his vision to the
dim interior and strobing lights. The club was beginning to fill up,
and it seemed like there were a lot of vampires in the crowd tonight.
He looked up at the screen above the bar, and saw the words “Bite
Nite” dancing across the screen.
He narrowed his eyes. There
had better be no biting here. Hopefully “Bite Nite” just
meant there was no cover charge for vamps and blood demons tonight.
The theme was misleading though. He would have to have a word with
the manager later.
Levi's eyes flicked to the
stage. A demoness in a green bikini was working the pole. What
looked like pieces of jade dangled from the strings of her bikini.
Her catlike eyes gleamed emerald in the pulsing lights, and she
flicked her forked tongue out at the men leaning in towards the
stage. Dollar bills were thrown at her feet, and she deftly
sidestepped them to move sinuously around the pole. Teasingly, she
used a claw to snap a string of her bikini, and her audience went
wild. They whooped and shouted for her to take off more. When she
yanked her top off and blew the audience a kiss, the crowd went
absolutely crazy. Money went flying onto the stage, and she wiggled
her bottom seductively at the crowd. Want to see more?
Scott touched his arm. “I'm
going to the back to talk to Will. And I need to use the restroom.”
Levi nodded. People always
talked in the restrooms. And talk in the restrooms always yielded
way more information than the talk with the club manager. That was
why Jett had made sure that each team had one male and one female
Enforcer. Covering the restrooms was an essential part of an
Enforcer's job.
Levi let his eyes sweep over
the premises. Slipping between the crowd, he strolled past the dark
booths and propped himself up on a corner bar stool.
The customers were smoking and
drinking in the booths, and it looked like nothing illegal was going
on. No biting. No soliciting. No drugs.
He took a deep breath, taking
in the smell of alcohol, processed blood and cigarette smoke.
And then he whiffed her .
CHAPTER
SEVEN
Levi's senses went on high
alert. She was near the stage, and he could scent her anxiety and
nervousness. The crowd moved, and he saw her. He saw that waterfall
of straight black hair and a flash of creamy skin as she climbed up
the steps to the stage. Levi almost let out a growl at the amount of
skin she was exposing.
Rebecca was practically naked
up there!
He slid off the stool and
moved nearer towards the stage. Her face was heavily made up, her
lips painted dark red and her eyes framed with long, fake eyelashes.
But beneath all that distracting color and war paint, he saw the fear
in her large, black eyes.
Her skin was smooth and
flawless, not a single mark on her body. There was no sign of what
that bastard had done to her. Jasynta had done a good job. Jasynta
was a dedicated witch doctor, and she was always working hard to
perfect her potions. Too bad she didn't have a potion to restore a
patient's lost memories.
Levi let his eyes rake down
her curvy body, and he scowled at her mini skirt, which was very mini
indeed.