towards the front door.
Once I’m safely back in
Asphalt Bay territory I can finally breathe easily. My phone beeps
and I look down at it to find a text message. I read it in short
glances while I drive.
Unknown: We accept your
proposal. We’ll discuss details at a later date.
I park my truck in the
driveway at my house and walk inside to find my dad and mother both
sitting at the kitchen table while dinner is cooking on the stove.
My younger sister is sitting on the couch watching TV.
I look at them and say “Am
I in the wrong house?”
My father looks up at me
and says “No you’re in the right house. We just wanted to have
dinner with you that’s all.”
I sit at the table and say
“Ugh huh, what’s going on?”
My father looks at me and
says “I got an interesting phone call about an hour ago from
Bastille the Alpha of the Coal Springs pack. He said he was looking
forward to becoming in-laws. So tell me son, what did you
do?”
I scratch my head and say
“Well, umm I may have gone to Coal Springs today and made Bastille
an offer he couldn’t refuse concerning a peace treaty.”
My dad jumps out of his
chair “So you sacrificed yourself? When I said you had to take a
mate this was not what I meant!”
I smiled and said “Dad,
it’s fine. As you said, I will most likely never find my fated mate
so if taking a bond mate from Bastille’s family line means that we
can form a permanent truce with their pack and avoid another pack
war then that’s what I’ll do. I’m fine with it. There’s nothing to
worry about. I’ve already laid out my terms with Bastille so
there’s no point in arguing. Now, let’s have dinner and just enjoy
the fact that you’re going to be gaining a new family member
soon.”
Chapter Four
Lykos
The new case Valik gave me
sent me to Bumfuck, Indiana where I was told to investigate
allegations of a rogue vampire coven in the area. If it turned out
to be true my orders were to handle the situation with the use of
deadly force. As usual. The Vampire Council had caught and dealt
with some of them originally but the ones that got away dropped off
their radar. They haven’t been able to track them down since. I’ve
already figured out that there are rogues here. Wasn’t hard with
all the sudden deaths by exsanguination.
Once I discover where they
have their hideout I’ll blow the place sky high. After, I surround
the place with sunlamps of course, don’t want anyone escaping. It
won’t kill them but it’ll weaken them just enough to throw them
back inside. Vampires are virtually impossible to kill but they do
have a few weaknesses. Prolonged exposure to sunlight makes them
sick and eventually leads to death. Beheading works if you want a
quick but true death. Fire also works but it takes
longer.
I’m currently standing in
a bar the rogues frequent looking every bit the badass twink that
I’m not, with tight ripped jeans, the tightest mesh tank top I
could find, black boots, eyeliner, purple nail polish and lip
gloss. I’ve been nursing some fruity cocktail for the past half
hour while scanning the room. It tastes like shit but it’s part of
the cover. I need it to draw a rogue vampire’s
attention.
If I get one to take me
home with him, I’ll get the details on their hideout and get laid
at the same time. It’s a win win situation. Valik would probably
frown upon sleeping with the enemy but I don’t give a shit. I
haven’t had sex in over eight months and I need to get laid. If by
filling that need with a target I get information I need then I
don’t see it as a conflict of interest.
I look down at my
half-drunk cocktail and try to decide whether or not I want another
of these nasty ass things or if I want something else. I go to
motion for the bartender when someone comes up behind me and says
into my ear “My, aren’t you a pretty little wolf.”
I smile to myself.
Jackpot. I slowly turn around and