Chapter 21
The pounding woke Mick up from a dead sleep. Josef had entered his sleeping quarters all in a lather. Since when was the guy prudish about seeing me in the buff? Yeah, he'd check on the whereabouts of this Lola. Wouldn't be the first time he'd fixed a problem for his paranoid friend. But only after getting some rest.
He was on the trail of Lola's massive amounts of silver. God, after the incident with LeeJay, the last thing he needed was to be around that stuff but still he went to the warehouse. And almost lost consciousness after finding that poor, dead vamp and putting him in a body bag. Guillermo will help.
But Terence was there instead, and together they figured out the blood was being drained for some use.
Then he ran smack into Beth. After the parking lot, he hadn't heard from her nor had he called. The kiss had been great, but he just couldn't let himself go further. Maybe she felt the same. Still, their paths always seemed to cross.
She needed a vet? He took her home to his needles. She seemed squeamish so he diverted her attention by saying the kiss had been an accident. Yeah, right, but it worked. They were back in their comfort zone and he would meet her later at Club Valois.
He watched her walk up to the club, appreciating every single curve of that body. Attraction pulled at him but he tamped it down and got back to business. Lola turned out to be a nasty bitch, teasing him, luring Beth like a spider to her web with the black crystal. Then the cops -- and Josh -- arrived. He couldn't get Beth out but she'd be okay. He, as usual, got the full rough treatment. They couldn't hold him so he headed home, to give Josef the bad news. His girlfriend was dealing vamp blood.
He figured Josef had forgotten the b.c. vial when she walked through the door. Beth.
But not his Beth. She had taken the drug! It had made her aggressively, passionately sexual. He tried resisting her but his body was responding to her heightened senses as she leaned into him. Those lips were so close to his. He didn't think he had the strength to resist. She moved upstairs. He shook his head to clear it, knowing what he had to do. He would not take advantage of her.
He got her into the shower.
