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He wasn’t interested in whatever it was, but Cat obviously needed more incentive. So, Bones let Felicity lead him out of the ballroom and onto the patio. The lights were out in the furthest corner, and once they were encased in shadows, Felicity pushed herself aggressively against him.
“I’ve wanted to do this all night,” she muttered, and tried to pull his head down to hers.
“Stop,” Bones said with a flash of green in his gaze.
Felicity froze, her arms still around his neck. Bones sent his senses outward. Would Cat seek them out? Or was she still clinging to her denial?
Moments later, Bones heard the clatter of high heels coming toward the patio, in strides too long to be someone on a casual stroll. Cat’s jealousy had finally gotten the better of her.
“Continue,” Bones whispered to Felicity.
She all but yanked his head down to hers. Bones’s lips had barely brushed Felicity’s when those footsteps came to an abrupt halt, and he heard Cat gasp. He looked up, guilt and triumph mingling as he saw utter devastation on her features. Then, green fire burst from Cat’s gaze. The sight would have terrified Felicity if she hadn’t been facing the other way. For an instant, Bones thought she might actually attack Felicity. Then, Cat spun around and ran as if hell itself chased her.
Bones broke the kiss, holding Felicity back when she tried to prolong it. “You’re no longer interested in me,” Bones said with another flash of green. “You’ve decided you can do better.”
Felicity backed up at once, saying, “Yeah…I’ve gotta go.”
“As do I,” Bones said with the briefest nod, and headed back toward the ballroom.
He’d only made it a few feet when he heard a car’s tires screech as it peeled out of the parking lot. Blast it, Cat was already speeding away! No time for him to get his own ride now. He’d have to follow her another way.
Bones returned to the patio. Then, covered by the shadows and his black-on-black tuxedo, he flew.
Cat’s distinctive black Volvo was easy to follow. She didn’t drive home, though. She drove nearly an hour away to a nightclub, of all things. Bones noted which one, and then flew elsewhere in order to land without being spotted. The club was surrounded by too many lights and people.
Barely ten minutes passed before Bones walked up to the bouncer at the entrance. The hostile look he received was replaced by a smile as Bones pressed two large bills into the bouncer’s hand. Then, he was ushered inside the club.
Several cages were elevated above the dance floor, and they boasted scantily clad dancers gyrating to the deafening beat. Bones checked the bars first, but Cat wasn’t there. She also wasn’t on the dance floor, and with so many people wearing cologne and perfume, it was impossible to track her by scent.
If she hadn’t come to drink or dance, why was she here?
The answer came when he felt a blast of supernatural energy coming from the back of the club. Of course. Cat had looked angry enough to kill when she saw him kiss Felicity, so she’d come here to do exactly that.
Bones followed that energy to a door marked “maintenance” next to the bathrooms. The lock was broken, and, no surprise, it wasn’t a maintenance room. It led to a narrow hallway with no lights and another door at the end of it. That lock was broken, too, and Bones slipped inside while silently cursing the fact that he only had one silver knife. Normally, he never went anywhere without several weapons, but the last thing he’d intended to do tonight was govampirehunting!
The noise from the club faded as soon as he was inside the new room. Must be soundproofed. It looked like a small, normal office, but the scent of blood and death came from an open door that led to yet another room. A young blonde woman stood in the doorway. Her back was to Bones as she sighted down a gun’s barrel, thumbing back the hammer to pull the trigger.
Bones heard Cat in there and didn’t hesitate. He flung his silver knife deep into the blonde’s heart. She dropped like a stone, and only when he caught the sound of her heart stuttering to a stop did he realize that she was a human.
No matter. Bullets wouldn’t work on vampires, so she’d been aiming at either Cat or another human. Bones rushed by her body and went into the next room. Red streaks decorated the walls, as if a Jackson Pollock imitator had been given only one color to paint with. Several bodies were strewn on the floor, both human and vampire, and there was also a ghost here, of all things.
Cat was in the center of the mayhem, clad in only a bustier, knickers, and knife sheaths on her thighs. She yanked a vampire’s head off with a vicious twist and then whirled, sensing Bones’s gaze. When she saw him, she lowered her knives.
“You forgot one,” Bones said in lieu of hello.
She glanced around. “Who?”
“The bitch sneaking behind you with a gun.” Had Cat not seen her before? Or had Cat dismissed her because she was human? “She’s not a threat any longer,” Bones added with a brief smile.
She kicked the headless vampire aside. “Three of these girls are still alive, but they’re in bad shape. Give them blood. Yours will work better than what I have to offer.”
Bones accepted the knife Cat gave him and he sliced his palm, the silver burning long after the blade left his skin. The wound didn’t heal as quickly, either, giving Bones time to drip his blood into the mouths of the three girls. The ghost fluttered around the last one, trying to touch her even though his hands kept going through her. Bones saw the ghost’s body nearby, and it was still warm. Poor lad barely looked out of his teens, and he’d been murdered less than an hour ago. Cat had arrived in time to avenge him, but not to save him.
The ghost chewed on the stud in his lower lip before asking, “Will she be okay?”
Cat listened to the girl’s heartbeat, which had grown steadier after Bones made her swallow several drops of blood.
“Yeah. She will be now,” Cat said with a relieved smile.
