6

By evening the club was bubbling with activities. The red lights had been turned on to give a sense of intimacy to the partiers. Everything was going smoothly. Darren had gotten Carl to install the disco lights just as Cathy asked him to and Taylor had gotten the wolf and vampire props Cathy had ordered. Those props were in high demand, especially from a group of college sororities that frequented the club during the weekend. They were a group of girls highly infatuated with all things supernatural. Now they had wolf masks, fake vampire teeth, flurry wolf ears, and tails on while they partied with the real creatures they tried to imitate. But they didn’t know that. Cathy’s policy made it clear that the exclusive supernatural members were free to do as they pleased as long as they didn’t hurt the humans or reveal themselves. They only had to keep up appearances to attract more clubbers.

Under Cathy’s leadership, Phoenix’s Claws was doing better than it was even under Ezra Dark Storm’s