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Roger. “I don’t like what happened with Tommy and Andrew. How easy Dakar found it to take over Tommy’s body. If Andrew hadn’t been so quick to see through the ruse, who knows how much damage Dakar could have done. We all need to be alert—all of us.”
“So, how’d it go over at Lorna’s the other night?” Alex grinned at Tommy as he stowed his packed dinner in the station’s kitchen fridge. “Haven’t had a chance to ask her myself.”
“Oh, it was okay…” Tommy had already rehearsed his answer knowing Alex would be curious. “There was some old lady there who ranted on about luck and money and love—the usual kind of thing. They don’t want to tell you anything bad, so from the sounds of it I’m going to lead a charmed life.”
Alex chuckled. “So just the regular bullshit.”
“Right. ‘Course, when black smoke started pouring out of her mouth and her voice dropped a couple of octaves we all sat up and took notice.”
“What?” Alex stared at him, his brown eyes wide.
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“Just kiddin’. You’re right, it was all bullshit.”
“That’s what I thought. I don’t know why Lorna keeps getting mixed up with all that looney toon stuff. So what did you tell the boyfriend?”
“That the cards said I was the best and he better never let me go.”
“Ha! But did he believe you?”
Tommy smiled. “He said he knew that all along.”
Alex gave him the raised-eyebrow look. “So things are good with you and him? When do I get to meet him?”
Tommy thought quickly. “Uh, I have the day shift tomorrow. We can be at the Blue Moon tomorrow night if you’d like to join us.” He’d have to do some fast persuading…
Alex frowned. “I don’t get off shift ‘til ten.”
“We’ll still be there. Stop by when you get off and I’ll buy you a beer…or two.”
“Okay, sounds good.”
Arturo paced restlessly across his living room floor. He had received the message that his liege lord—as Dakar liked to be addressed—was returning. A part of him was glad, another part apprehensive. He knew Dakar had been thwarted in his attempt to bring Marcus Verano the final death, and because of that failure he, Arturo, would have to work hard to soothe Dakar’s battered ego. Not that he minded. Truth to tell, being allowed intimacy with Dakar was one reason Arturo stayed loyal to his demon lord, even though he knew Dakar only used him for pleasure when he couldn’t get what he really wanted.
He watched, a slow smile quirking his lips, as a wraith-like column of smoke appeared in the living room of his apartment. It grew dense, took on the shape of a tall figure, then Dakar stepped out of the smoke, his long blond hair streaming behind him. He was wearing a polo shirt, blue jeans and cowboy boots. Arturo gasped. He had never seen Dakar so dressed down when in his own form.
“Surprised?” Dakar asked with a smirk.
Arturo’s eyes swept over Dakar’s toned chest and arms, and he licked his lips. He had always admired Dakar but had never acted on the impulses that would most likely earn him a sharp rebuke, if not exile from Dakar’s service. He had learned to wait for Dakar’s invitation.
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“You look…”
“Handsome—strikingly so. Yes, I know, Arturo, but do I look like I might fit in, in human society? Or will people look at me and say, ‘Demon’?”
“No, I can assure you, my liege, that no human, man or woman, would think that.
Devil, perhaps,” Arturo added with some humour. “A handsome devil.”
“Ah yes. The human penchant to equate their baser side with the inhabitants of the Underworld. You devil, you naughty imp, etcetera… If they only knew that imps and devils really do exist and would love to show them what delights they can bring. Perhaps I will have that opportunity even yet—with Andrew, Tommy’s vampire lover. I came so close
“So, how’d it go over at Lorna’s the other night?” Alex grinned at Tommy as he stowed his packed dinner in the station’s kitchen fridge. “Haven’t had a chance to ask her myself.”
“Oh, it was okay…” Tommy had already rehearsed his answer knowing Alex would be curious. “There was some old lady there who ranted on about luck and money and love—the usual kind of thing. They don’t want to tell you anything bad, so from the sounds of it I’m going to lead a charmed life.”
Alex chuckled. “So just the regular bullshit.”
“Right. ‘Course, when black smoke started pouring out of her mouth and her voice dropped a couple of octaves we all sat up and took notice.”
“What?” Alex stared at him, his brown eyes wide.
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BLOOD LUST
J.P. Bowie
49
“Just kiddin’. You’re right, it was all bullshit.”
“That’s what I thought. I don’t know why Lorna keeps getting mixed up with all that looney toon stuff. So what did you tell the boyfriend?”
“That the cards said I was the best and he better never let me go.”
“Ha! But did he believe you?”
Tommy smiled. “He said he knew that all along.”
Alex gave him the raised-eyebrow look. “So things are good with you and him? When do I get to meet him?”
Tommy thought quickly. “Uh, I have the day shift tomorrow. We can be at the Blue Moon tomorrow night if you’d like to join us.” He’d have to do some fast persuading…
Alex frowned. “I don’t get off shift ‘til ten.”
“We’ll still be there. Stop by when you get off and I’ll buy you a beer…or two.”
“Okay, sounds good.”
Arturo paced restlessly across his living room floor. He had received the message that his liege lord—as Dakar liked to be addressed—was returning. A part of him was glad, another part apprehensive. He knew Dakar had been thwarted in his attempt to bring Marcus Verano the final death, and because of that failure he, Arturo, would have to work hard to soothe Dakar’s battered ego. Not that he minded. Truth to tell, being allowed intimacy with Dakar was one reason Arturo stayed loyal to his demon lord, even though he knew Dakar only used him for pleasure when he couldn’t get what he really wanted.
He watched, a slow smile quirking his lips, as a wraith-like column of smoke appeared in the living room of his apartment. It grew dense, took on the shape of a tall figure, then Dakar stepped out of the smoke, his long blond hair streaming behind him. He was wearing a polo shirt, blue jeans and cowboy boots. Arturo gasped. He had never seen Dakar so dressed down when in his own form.
“Surprised?” Dakar asked with a smirk.
Arturo’s eyes swept over Dakar’s toned chest and arms, and he licked his lips. He had always admired Dakar but had never acted on the impulses that would most likely earn him a sharp rebuke, if not exile from Dakar’s service. He had learned to wait for Dakar’s invitation.
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BLOOD LUST
J.P. Bowie
50
“You look…”
“Handsome—strikingly so. Yes, I know, Arturo, but do I look like I might fit in, in human society? Or will people look at me and say, ‘Demon’?”
“No, I can assure you, my liege, that no human, man or woman, would think that.
Devil, perhaps,” Arturo added with some humour. “A handsome devil.”
“Ah yes. The human penchant to equate their baser side with the inhabitants of the Underworld. You devil, you naughty imp, etcetera… If they only knew that imps and devils really do exist and would love to show them what delights they can bring. Perhaps I will have that opportunity even yet—with Andrew, Tommy’s vampire lover. I came so close
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