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‘What I want from you is more than a casual fuck... I want to fucking own you.’
I shiver.
Wonder if Raina would let me call in sick, after all?
Chapter 31
Ruin
From my place in the shadows, Underground is to capacity. And the gorgeous brunette behind the counter may be to blame.
Lilah sashays and tosses smiles at every person that approaches the bar. Her surprisingly good mood appears infectious. She hands out new drinks and refills with the ease of someone who could do it in their sleep. And the clear vase at the end of the counter grows greener by the second with tips.
Raina beams next to me. “She’s a babe.”
I huff.
No fucking shit.
I’m not the only one entranced by her, either. Half the men and quite a few women watch her move. Raina included. Is it the smooth expanse of her midsection under her blood-red halter? Those thick legs in her shorts? Or the bandage glaring at me from her slim neck?
My hands curl into fists, fists that ache to break bones.
And at the top of my shit list is a certain fashionably late druid.
“What are you going to do if Larry doesn’t magick his ass back here?” I ask.
Raina glances at me, brows furrowed. “Something. Not sure what. But people come to Underground for the show. So, we will give them one. One way or another.” She pats me on the arm and slips off.
Tanner edges closer out of my peripheral, his irises gleaming.
“No sign?” I ask, already knowing the answer.
He shakes his head. “We’ve combed the club and outlying properties. After getting his tag and license info, I have Lock Lake PD on an APB. If the druid is still in town, he’s hiding pretty damn well.”
I swear.
“You know this means he dropped her the charm, right?”
“Seems so,” I say. “I just can’t figure out why.”
“You think Vlad got to him?”
My head tilts. “Maybe.”
T leans back next to me, one booted heel propped on the wall. We stand in silence, watching the room and the woman behind the bar.
His unintentional barging earlier did what it needed to do. It put the brakes on my libido.
I was one more scalding press from ripping Lilah’s shorts from her flesh and taking her against the wall. Charm or no charm.
And she won’t stop me, that is very obvious now. Twice she has melted into me. Even after that fucking vamp ripped her throat, she still wants me. And it’s all I can do to keep from taking whatwillbe mine.
“Captain.” Gage’s voice fills the com in my ear.
I depress the line. “Yeah?”
Silence, and then a heavy sigh. “We didn’t find the druid, but PD called in a break-in at Carnage.”
