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Georgi POV
After the drama of the night before, Eclipse seemed eerily quiet. The bar was almost dead and most of the Saturday night waitresses were standing around with nothing to do. I looked over at Ana who was leaning casually against the service hatch talking to Sean and I nodded quickly at Rob to indicate where I was going before joining the pair.
"Hey," Ana said with a smile as I approached.
"Evening," Sean said with a wink, always the flirt. I rolled my eyes and grinned before leaning against the wall.
"So, any goss?" I asked, folding my arms. Sean snorted and gestured to the club.
"You think there's any goss tonight? This place is as dead as a vamp in a dead hotel." He said, leaning his head on his folded arms. Ana smacked him around the head.
"Don't be so rude. Your employer is a vamp." She huffed.
"Ana, hate to break it to ya, but I'm a vamp…" Sean replied quickly. I cracked a smile at that and turned to survey the club. The doors were steadily opening with customers now and I saw Ciaran Emery walk through the doors. I raised my eyebrows, I didn't expect him to be here so soon again. He nodded at me and I turned back to Ana and Sean.
"Well I'd best get back to "work"," I drew quotation marks in the air with my hands. They waved at me half-heartedly as I headed back to the bar. Ciaran sat down heavily and I wandered over to him.
"You alright?" I asked, patting his broad shoulder. He shrugged.
"Could be better," he said with a husky voice, "Can I get a beer please?" I nodded and quickly got his drink before placing it in front of him.
"How's Niamh..?" I asked cautiously. Anyone who knew Niamh would know she knows how to keep a grudge. She hasn't entirely forgiven me for that one time when I spilt lemonade down her top…and that was about a year ago. Oops.
"Umm, she's doing okay. Still raging mad but we managed to calm her down last night. It's more about her pride rather than feelings I guess." Ciaran shrugged unhappily. I looked down at his slumped form, a sad feeling creeping through my stomach. I hated seeing my friends unhappy.
"Hey," I said and Ciaran looked up, "How about that drink sometime? We could go through to the other clubs in Edinburgh and hang for a night?" I smiled warmly and got a grin in response.
"Alright," Ciaran said, "You're on. How about Friday night?" I nodded and we shook hands on it, grinning like idiots. "Good, well I'd best get back to the pack, I was just coming round to see you really." Ciaran drained his drink and then waved at Ana and Sean before leaving again. I smiled to myself and got back to serving customers.
Ana POV
I spent most the night with Sean at the serving hatch because hardly anyone came to my tables. A young teenage couple on their "first date" who ordered chips to share and non-alcoholic drinks each; a small group of shifters who shared a bottle of wine; and a couple of elderly men sharing a warm pint who tipped nicely. Sean was surprisingly un-flirty tonight, I had hoped he found a vamp to pair up with but when I asked he shrugged.
"No such luck, Ana, besides, I prefer the warm blooded…" He winked at me and I turned away, blushing. Last night I had got the number off a cute shifter and we'd been texting constantly. He wanted to take me out on Friday night and I had agreed. Soon enough it was time to close up, a little bit early as customers were so few on the ground. When the last couple bid us goodnight, Rob locked the doors and we each began our daily clean up routine. I wiped down tables, Georgi cleared the bar, Rob watched over everyone and Sean cleaned the kitchen with Jared…
"Wait!" I called, "Where's Jared?" Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at me. Rob was standing at the bar with Georgi looking puzzled, "I haven't seen him all evening." I admitted.
"Me neither." Georgi said.
"Nu-uh hasn't been here." Sean popped his head through the serving hatch. Everyone chipped in and started discussing it amongst themselves and Georgi and I just looked at one another, confused. Jared never missed work, he loved it here. Rob picked up the phone, "Alright, alright, I call him and see where the bugger has got to. In the meantime could you take out the rubbish Ana? It's kinda all piling up in the bin room." I nodded and grabbed Georgi's arm as I passed.
"That's strange that Jared isn't here tonight," she said as we walked through the employee's door and through to the bin room.
"I know, he hardly ever misses work here," I said, grabbing a few bin bags in either hand.
"Exactly, plus he would've told someone if he hadn't been able to make it. Not that we really needed him here tonight…" Georgi laughed uneasily as I shoved the back door open with my shoulder. The alley behind the club light up with the sensor light. Rob had several huge dumpsters for the excessive amount of crap the club produces.
"Ugh, what's that smell?" Georgi said, scrunching up her nose. I could smell something…like blood?
"Oh jeez, that reeks! What is it?" I said, gingerly stepping over the random rubbish littered around. Georgi stepped towards the closest dumpster and opened it up. Suddenly her face dropped and she started backing away from the dumpster.
"Ana… oh my God, Ana…" She rushed away from the dumpster, covering her mouth with a hand. I slowly approached the open dumpster and peered inside cautiously. Lying just inside, covered only just in bags of rubbish, was Jared. Even paler than his usual vampire self and covered in cuts and punctures it was obvious he had been drained and left for dead. For real this time.
"Shit." I gasped. Then Rob appeared at the door, holding our jackets with a smile on his face.
"Come on girls, what's taking you ninnies so long?" His smile dropped as soon as he saw our shocked faces. I pointed a shaky hand at the dumpster and Rob was over there in the blink of an eye. He hissed slowly and then picked up Jared's dead body. Georgi and I flinched away at the sight of Jared. His clothes were ripped and dirty and covered in dark patches that we both knew was blood. Rob flew back into the club and we followed him hurriedly.
Georgi POV
Ana and I sat outside Rob's office, huddled down in our jackets and each clutching a mug of something warm. They had called some of the Weres in for interrogation. Ana was still a little shaken up so I put a comforting arm around her whilst we waited. After about an hour, Rob appeared out of the office looking completely knackered, with Ciaran following him in much the same state.
"What's happening? Do you know anything?" I asked quickly, standing to my feet.
"Well, the weres had nothing to do with it, that's for sure," Rob said, rubbing his neck. Ciaran nodded solemnly and headed towards the door, "We've decided to call the leader of Jared's nest back in Dallas, they might be able to help us find out what's happened to Jared."
"Right. Is there anything we can do?" Ana asked, always up for volunteering, even in a time like this.
"No girls, you should go home and get some rest. Sean will escort you for safety." Rob nodded at Sean who was standing not far away, slouched against the wall. We left with a quick wave to Rob, eager to get home.
Rob POV
I headed back into my office after everyone had left. It was almost dawn, I could feel it but I knew I had one thing to do before I could sleep this horrible night away. I eased myself into the leather chair behind my desk and picked up the phone before entering the number. After two rings someone picked up.
"Hello?"
"Godric. We need you."
