Read Online Just a Vampire [tribal Bonds 1] by Stormy Glenn - Free Book Online

and turned around to greet the next person. Yeah, that was nerve racking.
As the evening wore on, Rowan became exhausted. It had been a whirlwind few days, and he could use a good night’s sleep in a bed. Luca must have felt his weariness as he excused himself from the man he had been talking to and walked over to where Rowan was standing.
“Is my anamchara sleepy?” he asked as his large arm wrapped around Rowan’s waist.
“Maybe just a wee bit.” Rowan smiled up at Luca as they climbed a large spiral staircase to the penthouse level. Rowan had never walked so many steps in his life. It felt like a thousand years before they finally reached the top. Rowan was winded. “Please tell me we’re done climbing stairs.”
Luca chuckled as he squeezed Rowan’s hand. “Yes, our quarters are just down the hall.”
Rowan glanced down the hall and grimaced. The damn thing went on for miles. He prayed Luca’s bedroom was the first one because if he had to do all this traveling inside the top two floors of the hotel, his mate needed to install a damn elevator instead of stairs.
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    Rowan sat at Luca’s feet as he watched the vampires mingle. Sitting at his mate’s feet wasn’t as bad as he thought it would be when Luca described it the day before. It was actually quite comfortable. He sat on large stuffed pillows that were fluffed to perfection.
    For a master, Luca wasn’t half bad either. Rowan rolled his eyes at the word master . As if he’d ever call Luca that—or anyone. Rowan glanced around, wondering if all the vampires here were sticks in the mud. He missed his brother already. Seth knew how to have a good time. These vampires didn’t.
    Who just stood around chatting at a party? What happened to the dancing and the drinking? Hell, at this point, Rowan would take pinthe-macho-on-the-man. He was going out of his mind.
“Try not to look so bored.” Luca chuckled as he stood. “I’ll be right back. I have to speak to Manu.”
    Rowan nodded as he watched Luca walk away. He had slept like a zombie last night, not waking for anything. And now he sat here counting the floor tiles. If things didn’t liven up soon, Rowan was going to go out of his mind.
“Hi.”
    Rowan glanced to his right to see a dark-haired vampire standing there smiling at him. Well, he was either smiling or showing Rowan his dental work. It didn’t matter. Anything beat just sitting here doing nothing.
    “Hi,” he replied as he watched the man warily. When he didn’t feel any headaches, he knew the man was kosher. “I’m Rowan.”
The vampire nodded as he took a seat on the floor close to Rowan. “I know who you are. Everyone knows who you are. My name is Casey.”
Rowan almost extended his hand until he remembered that he wasn’t allowed to touch anyone. He gave a slight nod instead. “It’s nice to meet you, Casey.”
“Are you as bored as I am?”
Was he ever. If he was any more bored, he’d be dead. “God, yes,” Rowan groaned.
Casey looked around before lowering his voice to a barely audible whisper. “Some of the other vampires have a card game going on in one of the other rooms.”
“Which room?” Rowan glanced around. There were a thousand of them. He didn’t see Luca anywhere, and he couldn’t stand just sitting there doing nothing. It was too damn boring just sitting on his ass. “Just tell me which room.”
Casey stiffened as he narrowed his eyes at Rowan. “I’ll tell you which room, but in no way am I inviting you. The electus isn’t going to tear my ass off and then hand it to me.” Casey winked at him.
He got the message loud and clear. He watched Casey as the vampire walked away, noting which room he disappeared into. Rowan slowly pushed to his feet, making sure no one was watching him too closely as he inched his way out of the sitting room and down the hall.
He felt like yelling freedom as he giggled to himself. Now this was more like it. He walked into the room where everyone was sitting at a round