Page 5 of Infiltrated

“Just be careful, Charlie,” he said softly.

“I don’t know what you mean, Burns, I’m always a good girl,” I joked. At that, he laughed loudly and sent me on my way but not before yelling, “Don’t kick someone’s ass tonight, Ellie. I don’t have energy tonight for the extra cleaning!”I laughed and made my way to the dartboard. He knows I always pay for the cleaning, but that was his way of letting everyone know that I was here and not to fuck with me. He ruins all my fun.

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“I’m different, f**k your opinion.”-Unknown

“It’s like you truly know me.”-Charlie

Luca

We stepped into the bar,and people turned to look at us but then quickly looked away. Couldn’t deny we made an imposing show of force. Four Shadows in a world that apparently hated us. New territory. We made our way into the packed place, full of worn down tables and scuffed floors. Approaching the bar, I noticed pictures of the purple bombshell on the wall with a gorgeous short-haired woman and random patrons. It looked like everyone here truly was a little family. That gave me a sense of peace and then confusion. We sat back at the bar, covered in graffiti and knife cuts, and ordered beers. The bartender gave us a hard look but served us before making his way to laugh with the other patrons at the bar as well.

“You guys notice how everyone here for the most part seems pretty tight nit?” I gestured at the wall, and the guys peered at it a bit closer.

“At least, they don’t seem to need Shadows when they rely on each other. Especially with someone out there serving their own form of justice.” Dante leaned back and continued assessing the room with his eyes.

“Interesting though, isn’t it? If anything, they should be up in arms with the information we have,” muttered Etienne, his French accent thick when deep in thought.

I glanced at Dimitri, who seemed murderously contemplative. If those words even went together.I had already noticed her immediately, even with a bar this full, she was hard to miss. She was dancing to the music blasting from the speakers, while playing a game of darts with a group of guys. I growled. I didn’t like that at all.

“She’s in the corner playing darts with some people.” I let the boys know quietly.

“No need to tell us, as if we can miss her dancing like that,” Dante spit out. Looked like he didn’t like the group she was with either. I smirked.

Her curves were unreal and her abs were on perfect display with that scrap of a sweater she had on. I found myself just fantasizing about wrapping my hands around her waist and pulling her plump ass against my dick. I cleared my throat. “Well, let’s go play a game.”

We made our way through the people dancing and settled around the dart area. She made the target each time without fail, her body flexing as she turned and shifted. Everyone groaned around her as she laughed and winked at the crowd. “Alright, alright, I won’t make you pay up this time, it wouldn’t be fair. You’re all drunk anyway,” she said as she threw back her head and laughed. Fuck, that laugh went straight to my dick.Stupid fucking cock.

I took a look around, none of the people she was playing with were remotely drunk, interesting. Either she didn’t know or she didn’t want to take money from anyone in the lower castes. I’m betting it’s the former.

“Ellie, we could be magickal fucking unicorns and we still wouldn’t beat you, you got an arm on you girl. If I wasn’t bonded, I would snatch you right up,” joked an older guy, next to her. I growled internally.

I paused, taking a breath. I don’t know what was wrong with me. I don’t know this girl worth a damn and I definitely shouldn’t be upset about her laughing with what seemed to be her peers. Ellie, hmm…Her name didn’t feel quite right for a person in leather, combat boots, tattoos, and a motorcycle. But when she laughed and lit up the room, it fit. In fact, it was perfect. I liked to see her laugh. It was sexy as fuck.

From the corner of my eye, I felt Dimitri shift and start to walk over to her. “Anyone can hit a target if they are facing it head on, they probably just don’t want to hurt your feelings, little girl.” Everyone fell silent, even with the music playing it seemed as if everyone’s attention was on Ellie. As if in a room with four Shadows, she was still the one to fear.She gets more interesting every second.

I hid my smirk as she turned around slowly, faced him, looked him up and down, and immediately dismissed him. Dimitri bristled, he tends to be the most controlled in the group, a stone cold killer, not many went toe-to-toe with him if they cared about their lives, so this reaction was…not ideal.

“Little girl…that’s interesting, Vampire, because from what I see when I wake up in the morning is a fat ass, toned abs, and thick thighs. I’m hardly a little girl.” She sighed dramatically. “No, it looks like you want a challenge. Which is fine, just ask for one like a man instead of insulting me like a pussy. So be ready to get fucked…over.” Her challenge hung in the air. Everyone backed up and gave them a wide berth while continuing their fun. However, they all watched with rapt fascination.

Dimitri growled, “Pussy? Is that a challenge?” He strode into her space and got real close to her, at six-foot-five, he was an imposing figure. But she looked up at him and scoffed. Actually scoffed. Dimitri looked stuck like he just didn’t know what to make of her. I had to stop myself from bursting out laughing. Dante had no such qualms.

She stepped around him, and said, “Well, it definitely isn’t an invitation to mine, and calm the fuck down. This isn’t Beauty and the Beast, vampire. I’ll even let you go first.” By this point, Dante was having trouble breathing, he was laughing so hard.

“How about we all play?” I spoke up. I needed to get closer to get a read on her. I could not put my finger on it, and it made me uneasy.

“Your funeral, fuckers,” she said as she grabbed more darts and lined herself up. She turned around, her back facing the target and took a swig of her beer. She seemed to be looking for someone, I wonder who.

The thought was forgotten as she threw six darts in rapid succession and hit the bull’s eye each time. I couldn’t even finish blinking. She then took a step to the side and angled her darts and spun around while she threw the darts and hit the bull’s eye again. She was, incredible, to say the least.

Dante walked to Dimitri and clapped him on the back, laughing. “Well, you’re fucked, and not in a good way.”

She turned around. “So, you still want to do this?”

Dimitri walked up to the board, took all the darts out, and held them in his palm. “Good job, little girl, but can you hit a moving target? Etienne, if you will do the honors.” Etienne, who had just been observing this entire time, lets out a deep sigh, and used his power of air manipulation to make the target move around Dimitri and Ellie like a mini dart tornado.

Dimitri centered himself, took a deep breath, and spun while shooting the darts. When he was done, Etienne stopped the target and held it up. Dimitri got all 12 on the target but two were off-centered. He was pissed. I was loving this.

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