Chapter 27

Coraline was satisfied. Most had gone off as planned. The three players, Mick, Josef and Beth, were all caught up in the web. It was laughable seeing Josef so inept at breaking and entering. And the little lovebirds were so easy to play. Apparently her informant had been wrong about their intimacy or Mick the vampire was being a gentleman again. Maybe he was having qualms about getting it on with a human. Hmm, she'll have to change that.

In fact, Mick was coming along nicely and she was waiting for him to call, positive that he would since by now he would have been convinced of her legitimacy as Morgan.

She frowned. The Cemetary. She was still miffed at Hank Mottola. He had come way too close to killing Mick and Cynthia was punishing that idiot newbie. Too bad he still had a role to play but soon enough he would be gone. Still, his little faux pas did help bring things to a head. Thrillingly Mick had ripped her shirt off in a frenzy, looking for the brand, which of course he did not find in the dark. Too bad she had had to play frightened but it had worked.

Now he will trump up some excuse to see her. Let's see, someplace public -- and safe -- so he can apologize. Hopefully he'll suggest an open air restaurant where she can finally show him how human she has become. Yes, that'll be so fun.

She smiled.

And then we'll see how quickly he'll tumble into a human's bed.