I’d always been alone. It wasn’t exactly like you could take the guy you were semi dating on a high stakes robbery in Calabasas, California, or even to a Senator’s house somewhere in D.C. to retrieve a few classified files without explaining what you did for a living. Luckily, that part was behind me and I could simply say I tattooed for a living and ran a shop.
I looked away for a moment to my right and saw Mallory and Rina taking shots. With a sigh, I went back to staring at my reflection only to find myself eye to eye with Lucien.
He had materialized out of nowhere.
Blinking rapidly, I thought I was imagining it.
When I felt his hands go around my midriff, I knew then I wasn’t imagining it.
“Little Angel,” he whispered in my ear. “Come with me. Or I’ll be forced to blow your little co-worker's brains out right here and right now.”
A shudder went through.
I turned to meet his eyes.
“Don’t you have a blond to be tending to,” I pushed against his chest.
He must have been ready because this time he didn’t budge an inch.
“You sure seem worried.”
I wanted to punch the hell out of him and knock that shit-eating grin off his face.
“Me? I’m the worried one…you just threatened to kill someone in a club full of people.”
“I’ll do it,” he shrugged. “So come with me. I have something for you.”
My eyes darted down between us.
“I’ve seen that before…wasn’t impressed.”
He threw back his head and a laugh escaped. When he sobered, my drank had arrived. He reached for it and quickly finished it. He was satisfied and I was annoyed.
“Fine.”
He smirked and then took my head leading me through the crowd. Where ever it was that he was taking me, hopefully, it wouldn’t take too long and I could get back to the girls. I gave them a look and they had started making out with each other and hadn’t even noticed my departure.
Lucien was quiet as he pulled me outside through a side entrance, and towards his car.
I stopped short.
“Oh hell no!”
Surprise clouded his face. “What?”
“I’m not going anywhere with you!”
I could see his eyes then, in the lights of the club. They had turned dark and sinister. Lucien had something for me alright, I just wasn’t sure I wanted to find out exactly what it was.
He sauntered over and gripped my arm. His fingers seemed to dig into my flesh like a rake cutting through a pile of leaves. “Get your ass in the car.”
I refused and without a second thought, he picked me up and tossed me over his shoulder. My fist began to beat into his muscled back. I was sure it felt like pebbles being thrown against the side of a mountain.
I began to holler and curse him out.
“Leave me the fuck alone! This is crazy. I hate you!”
He didn’t listen and finally, I was in the back seat of the vehicle.
