Why not
I don’t like talking to you???
Liar
Why are you so obsessed with my work
Nice swerve.
I’m flexible like that
I can’t wait to test that out for myself
But for the record, I’m obsessed with your work because you spend your nights in a dangerous bar full of horny vampires who don’t take rejection well. Thinking of you walking home by yourself gives me fucking hives
You’d know all about horny vampires who can’t handle rejection, wouldn’t you
I’m an expert on the subject
If I hired a private car for you, would you use it to go to work
it’s literally six blocks away from my house
so no
We wouldn’t have this problem if you quit and let me take care of you
you know how many vampires have used that line on me? Dozens. Hasn’t worked yet
Names.
Names, Dahlia. Now.
enjoy your night, boogeyman
—Missed call Saturday 1:50 AM
—Missed call Saturday 1:52 AM
—Missed call Saturday 1:55 AM
Message transcribed from a voice note:
Gods, I really can’t wait to bite you, brat.
FIVE
The newsfrom San Francisco was good — for all of five fucking seconds.
Felix liked finishing things. He enjoyed puzzles, word games, fitting things in exactly the right size organizer, and, of course, the satisfaction of a good kill. It didn’t matter if he was the one who pulled the trigger or not. If it was done on his order, it was his.
And there was no one he’d looked forward to killing more than his aunt Yvanna.
Knowing that it was done in the very same bar where his piece of shit uncle Julius had been poisoned three years prior? Even better.
It’s done,he’d thought, viciously pleased by the photos of Yvanna’s nearly unrecognizable corpse.The war’s over. We can finally fucking breathe.
His men were already whooping and hollering, their greedy fingers going for the stash of potent alcoholic synth he kept in his office, but Felix didn’t join in their celebration. In that moment, the only thing he wanted to do was talk to his girl.
