“I’m here to see the boss. It’s time that we had a face-to-face.”
The vampire snarled, “You’re not seeing anyone.”
“Ouch,” she yelped. “That hurts. I’m needed in one piece. You do not want the boss to get mad at you.”
The vampire released her abruptly. That had struck a nerve. Seemed Harrington had instilled some discipline into his army.
“I’m Reyna. Perhaps you’ve heard of me.” She snapped her fingers in the vampire’s face, twice. “Let’s get a move on.”
The vampire looked to his buddies in confusion. She blew out an exasperated breath and tried to walk past them. But he grabbed her by the wrist and yanked her to him. She was only an inch from his face and nearly gagged.
“Dear God, did you stop brushing?” she gasped.
“What is wrong with you? Don’t you fear me?”
“Not in the slightest. I contend with the heavyweights, not a grunt.”
The vampire snarled and reared back as if he was going to sink his teeth into her.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Harrington would probably kill you if you drank from me. I’m Reyna fucking Carpenter. Now bring me to the boss before I get pissed off.”
The vampire was so confused that he actually did what he was told. He probably thought this was a joke and seeing Harrington would be worse for her in the long run. She couldn’t really argue with that. Harrington was never someone she wanted to see, butsneaking into his private area was not how she wanted to have this confrontation.
She wanted to play chess on her board, not his.
No traps except the ones that she set.
The henchman vampire dragged her around the action and up a wide set of stairs to the observation deck. Sickeningly, there was a platform to watch what was going on below. To check to see who was feeding and when and change people out when necessary. Reyna was sure a lot more sinister shit had gone on down there, but she didn’t really want the details. The ones she envisioned were bad enough.
She stumbled over a step and was nearly dragged up the rest of the way, but hastily regained her stride. The vampire was faster than her, and he didn’t care for how fast her human legs could carry her.
They made it to the landing, and Reyna hazarded a glance behind her. She shuddered at the glimpse of the pandemonium below. So many casualties. She prayed that it soon would be over.
“You want to see the boss?” the vampire snarled at her.
“No, I asked you to take me to him for no fucking reason.”
The vampire laughed viciously, and it sent a shiver down her spine.
She sensed Beckham’s unease about the situation from a mile away. It was hard to separate it from her own terror, which she was harnessing like a whip. But she couldn’t back down now. She was clutched in the jaws of an alligator, waiting for it to bite.
“You asked for it.”
The vampire pushed open the door to the observation deck and tossed Reyna to the ground.
“Boss, brought you a present.”
Reyna groaned on impact as the metal flooring collided with her body. That was going to bruise.
“Excellent,” a female voice said from above. “Dismissed.”
Reyna’s head snapped up at the sound. The sound she only heard in her nightmares. The sound that haunted her like a ghost.
“Bronwyn?”
Chapter Thirty-Three
Well, fuck, Harrington was stupid enough to letBronwynout.
