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“Go to the ladies’ room with this woman,” he said, a jerk of his head indicating Cat, “and switch your dress with hers.”
“Switch my dress,” the woman repeated, caught in his gaze.
Bones released her. “All yours, Kitten.”
Cat’s approving smile suddenly slipped and her gaze narrowed. “Wait, you could have done thatbefore. Then, we wouldn’t have needed to dance together!”
Bones flashed a wicked grin. “So I could. But I didn’t.”
Cat’s glare promised revenge, but she led the woman toward the restrooms. Minutes later, Cat came out wearing a backless yellow dress that was much shorter and tighter than her bridesmaid gown. After a glance around the club, she went over to the male vampire who appeared to have settled on a young blonde woman for his next meal.
Cat elbowed the blonde out of her way and smacked a small piece of fabric onto the vampire’s chest. “As soon as I saw you, I knew I wouldn’t be needing these.”
When the vampire sniffed the scrap of fabric, Bones realized it was Cat’s knickers.Bloody hell, he thought, admiration mixing with rabid territorialism,that’ll do it.
It did. The vampire shoved the blonde away with a muttered refusal Bones couldn’t hear.
Cat’s voice was much clearer as she said, “You’re not the conversationalist type, I hope?”
After that, who would be?
The vampire led Cat through the crowd without another word. Bones followed at a distance, but then stopped when the Irish vampire appeared to choose a snack, too. The young man smiled as she flicked her fingers through his black curls before giving a flirty kiss to his neck. Then, she whispered something that had them walking hand-in-hand down the hallway that led to the back room where Cat and her vampire had disappeared into.
Bones was about to follow when a burst of energy from that room made the second male vampire’s head whip around. That energy dissipated like a popped balloon, and the vampire’s gaze flashed green. Only ironlike control or sudden death would cause a vampire’s aura to surge and then disappear that quickly, and from the alarm that flashed over the vampire’s face, his companion didn’t have ironlike control.
Bones was torn. The female vampire was now out of sight, too, and Cat didn’t know that she was coming toward her. Did he let Cat handle her alone? Or did he back her up?
Crashing sounds came from the hallway, so loud not even the blaring music could drown them out. Then, another burst of energy instantly deflated, solving Bones’s quandary. Cat must have just killed the female vampire, too.
The remaining male ran out of the club. Bones followed, but not as fast since he didn’t trample the other dancers in his way like the vampire did. When the vampire saw that Bones was chasing him, he began throwing the dancers at Bones, too. Bones caught them and set them down as gently as possible while chasing after him. Still, the slight delay allowed the other vampire to disappear out the door.
“Kitten, outside!” Bones roared as he chased after him.
Maybe Cat would hear him, maybe she wouldn’t. Either way, he had to catch this sod.
The vampire leapt over the fence bordering the club’s parking lot and ran into oncoming traffic on the nearby highway. Brakes screeched as cars tried to avoid hitting the dark blur that streaked across both the north and southbound lanes. Bones followed, cursing the numerous streetlights that made flying too risky. At least the vampire wasn’t a Master. He was fast, but Bones was faster.
The vampire realized that as he glanced behind him and saw Bones gaining. The vampire ran faster, his feet tearing up the grass in the empty soccer field he darted through next. Up ahead, apartment buildings loomed over a dark construction site. Bones lagged back, letting the distance widen between them now. If the vampire thought he was getting away, he might not run toward those flats filled with all those innocent humans.
The vampire chose the dark, empty construction site instead of the apartment complex. Triumph surged through Bones.
Thank you, you witless fool.
As soon as Bones was clear of the streetlights, he flew, tackling the vampire right after he hurdled over the fence surrounding the construction site. Then, Bones ripped one of Cat’s borrowed silver daggers through the vampire’s heart. Two twists later, and the sod was as dead as Caesar.
Rapid footfalls announced Cat before Bones saw her. Good; she’d caught up. He glanced up in time to see Cat jump over the fence and charge forward, only to slow when she saw the dead vampire near Bones’s feet. He gave the body a kick out of habit and then turned more fully toward her. At last, they were alone with no friends to appease and no vampires to kill.
“Time to talk, Kitten.”
Her gaze widened, and she waved at the body as if trying to elicit a protest from it. “Now?”
Bones snorted. “He’s not going anywhere, so yeah. Now.”
Wariness flooded her gaze and she took a step backward. “I, uh, have to go back to the club.”
Like hell. “No, you don’t, so don’t move another step.”
She glanced around as if seeking another excuse. “But I called my team, so they’re already on the way-”
