“I don’t recall you ever asking me?” I said, feeling a bit peeved, that once again, Cash thinks he can just decide what I am going to do. He ignored me and walked over to the other side of the sofa and sat. “I didn’t ask because you going is as much as a benefit to you, as it is myself. If it’s the clothing choice that is making you hesitant, then I apologize. I went with what was trendy, and took into account where we were going.” He said casually as he looked out the window towards the river. I knew I’d be wearing more than what half the club was wearing, but it was still a bit out of my comfort zone. And, because he was right out it being beneficial to me, I dropped the bit of temper I had and decided to play along. “Fine. I’ll be ready in an hour or so.” I responded, not looking at him. I wouldn’t look at this like a date. This was a job. I needed to find out whatever Leif had to say and decide from there what we needed to do. I knew Cash felt the same way. Reggie follo

I walked over to open one of the glass doors and the music’s bass caressed my ears. I could see down on the main floor tons of bodies bumping and grinding to the beat. Low smoky lights flickered around while servers navigated through the crowd. My eyes were drawn back to the second floor and I could see the Iron Velvet room directly across from us. I had visited a few rooms in the place but never that one. This angle gave me a better view then the marshmallow room. Instead of being directly by the wide stairs that led to the second floor, I was now where I could see all the rooms opposite us. The room was painted the same candy apple red as the hall ways we passed through and a large iron maiden towered against one of its walls. Swords crossed each other hanging here and there while chains hung an arm's length apart in several places. What caught my attention the most was not the large Victorian bed sized couch that sat in the middle of everything, it was the man lounging on it

“Well, I would be of no help sadly. It has long been a choice of mine not to interfere with the forever and ongoing bickering between Angels and Demons. Though true, our souls are damned, I find it not an obligation to assist the Devil. I asked him politely to seek elsewhere for help. If he is losing his grip on Oblivion then maybe he is getting too old, for the game?” his words were dangerous, but I didn’t dare speak up. Cash only nodded at him. “So now that you have our answer, we should be going.” “Ah, I ask for just one more moment of your time? Or rather, the lady’s time?” Zin looked at me a moment and got up, coming around the desk. Cash was already on the edge of his seat, watching the vampire. “May I?” Zin said, taking my hand. I glanced at Cash just expecting him to jump out of his seat. Looking back at the vampire, I nodded. Zin lifted my hand to his nose, and with his face, he caressed it like a kitten. I could see his nostrils flare, suddenly realizing he wasn’t s

“Ah, sorry boss.” The words came out like domino’s being knocked over, one after another. The entire kitchen went silent other than the hum of the machinery and music blaring in the back ground. “Resume your work, I will speak with you all later regarding, how much time, you have and don’t have, to use manners.” The look on their faces when Zin spoke made me almost feel bad. “Now, Miss Ayda, would you please follow me, I have something to show you.” I turned back around, hopeful, as I followed Zin out of the double doors. The most impressive thing for the night happened the moment we stepped on the dance floor, the club goers parted, like the sea and the rip of a record was heard before the music stopped. Some of the Others were giving small waves, mostly women, and some were looking annoyed, mostly men. Was the Vampire in front of me that impressive? It took a moment to get across the large checkered floor, but the moment we did, the Dj’s resumed and bodies continued on wit

The vampire chuckled as I headed into the tunnel, using my phone. There was suddenly a click and then more light showing the way. I turned around to see Zin and his security guy both holding flash lights. “Might I suggest you stay between us, and save the battery of your mobile phone?” He said smoothly walking past me. I almost laughed out loud at his word selection, who said mobile phone anymore? I didn’t feel nervous being surrounded by a vampire, if they drank my blood, the Almighty would find out and they wouldn’t last a day, at least I hoped that’s how it worked. The faint drips along the walls of the tunnels echoed forward and the remaining silence was eerie. “So, you’ve never seen the end of the tunnels?” I asked either one. “No, we lost a lot of good people down here so we stopped sending them.” The vampire behind me responded. I nodded, wondering if they just got lost or if there was really something big bad and scary lurking around. Doing my best to not imagine