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up
here,” Chilton said.

 
    CHAPTER
FIFTEEN
     
     
    As the hostess signaled to Harper and
Cordelia, they quickly began to ascend the stairs towards her. Since she had
entered the club, Harper’s fears had dissolved some. All around them were the
sounds of natural rainforest and all the little insects and birds adding their
sounds to the background. She could even smell the scent of the leaves, and
feel the watery mist hovering in the air around them. There was something
serene about this place. Something enchanted. In other rooms she could hear the
sounds of both men and women conversing with one another. Everyone sounded
happy and alright.
    They entered
the dimly lit room on the second floor behind the hostess, where Bane and
another man were standing at the bar. The other man was wearing a grey jacket
without a shirt underneath, his bare chest tough to look away from. He spoke
before Bane did.
    “Good evening
ladies,” he said pleasantly. “Welcome to Trillionaire Shifter Club. My name is
Chilton, but I prefer to be called ‘Chill’, and of course you’ve already met
our handsome friend here … Bane.”
    Bane glanced
at Chill, looking a bit put off.
    Chill ignored
him.
    He reached
out for Harper’s hand to shake it. “And you are?”
    “Harper,” she
said taking his hand.
    Bane’s eyes
flickered.
    Soon Chill
was onto Cordelia.
    “Cordelia,”
she said sweetly.
    Chill kissed
her hand before she stole it away.
    “Why don’t
you come and sit with us – let’s get a table, Bane.”
    Bane ran his
fingers through his hair and stepped away from the bar.
    As they
walked to the table together, Harper noticed he failed to make eye contact with
her.
    “A seat for
you, and a seat for you, and well, Bane knows where to sit,” Chill said helping
everyone to their seats. “I’ll go get us a few more drinks to get this
started.”
    “I’ll have –”
Cordelia began.
    “A-a-ah,”
Chill cut over her. “Leave it to me.”
    He left the
three of them alone together.
    “Are you
okay?” Harper asked Bane. “Sorry, for barging in on you like this.”
    He looked up
at her. “It is quite a surprise.”
    “A good
surprise?” Harper asked. “Or a bad one?”
    “I’m not sure
yet,” Bane replied.
    “Oh,” Harper
leaned back. “Well, that sounds ominous.”
    “What’s up
with this address?” Cordelia asked, placing Bane’s business card on the table.
“We looked it up, looked you up, couldn’t find anything.”
    Bane reached
out and plucked the card from the table. He put it in his pocket.
    “Hello,”
Cordelia blurted out. “I asked you a question.”
    “It seems you
found your way here okay,” Bane said quietly.
    “Yep.”
    Chill
returned to the table with drinks for everyone. He had given both Harper and
Cordelia a goblet shaped glass with a bubbling dark blue liquid inside.
    “What is it?”
Harper asked as Cordelia just started drinking hers.
    “Delicious!”
she cried.
    Harper took a
sip. Her tastebuds immediately began to ignite.
    “Mmm,” she
murmured. “Very nice.”
    “What do we
call that one, Bane?” Chill asked. “Is it the Fallen Dove or something?”
    “The Ocean’s
Swan,” Bane corrected. He frowned a moment. “You just ordered it, didn’t you?”
    “I forget
these things,” Chill said smiling at Cordelia.
    Harper turned
to Bane. “You okay? You seem kind of down.”
    “He’s not
down,” Chill said. “He’s just wondering what the fuck you’re doing here.”
    Bane glared
at him. He went to speak but Cordelia was already talking over.
    “We’re here
because Harper thinks Bane is a bear shifter,” Cordelia said. “I was like, ‘No
way. You’re crazy, Harps.’ But she was full on serious.”
    “They don’t
call it Trillionaire Shifter Club for nothing,” Chill said.
    “Oh so you’re
a bear shifter too?” Cordelia declared loudly. “Well, let’s see it then.”
    Harper looked
over nervously towards her friend.
    Cordelia
looked away from her.
    “Come