Page 61 of Vampire Lee

“Rei is to meet them at The Rambling Rogue in an hour.”

Dillon frowned. “Lee was supposed to be working now, wasn’t he?”

Hanna gave a short nod. “I’m heading there now, to have a drink. I have a tracker in my left shoe and one on my phone. Rei has the same.”

“Aren’t people aware you know each other?” If Hanna walked in there, it had to raise suspicion.

“I’m meeting up with a couple of friends. We’ll be a girly giggly mess and won’t notice Rei.”

Dillon nodded. “So Mars and Murrie will be the only ones who can…erm…storm the place once Rei is inside?”

“Can either of you drive?”

Dillon stared at Devin, then at Hanna. “Yeah, I can drive.”

“Me too.” Devin grimaced. “Haven’t done it in a few years, though.”

Dillon hadn’t either.

“We might need someone who can trail a car if they find the trackers.”

“Trail as in…”

“Wait in the parking lot outside The Rambling Rogue, and if you see Rei in a car or if they use the same van they used to take Lee in, follow it without getting caught.”

“Mars will object.” Devin’s voice wasn’t more than a whisper.

“Of course he will, which is why I suggest you go now before he’s done arguing with Murrie about it.”

“Shit.” Devin turned off the oven and headed toward the front door. “Are you coming, Dillon?”

Crap! Dillon didn’t reply but followed Devin out of the kitchen. They would be in a car, not talking to anyone. It would be fine. All they had to do was look for a car or a van. It would be okay. He feared he was gonna be sick.

“Take Murrie’s car, it’s the blue one. There are weapons underneath the passenger seat.” Hanna waved at them and hurried toward the stairs.

Chapter 17

Lee didn’t know how many hours had passed. Several. Angelo dozed next to him, which was worrying. No one let their guard down that fast in a situation like this. He must be badly off.

When heavy footsteps approached, he jerked awake and tensed. Lee made a sound, reminding him he was there. Shit, it reminded him of waking Dillon from a nightmare, only Angelo would wake up still trapped in the nightmare and nothing Lee could say or do would make it better.

Angelo remained tense to the verge of shaking.

“Not the new guy.” The words came from some distance behind the brute walking toward the cages. He wore nothing but a pair of black gym shorts, his muscles were bulging, and there were a few visible scars, but no more than to be expected by someone who was into fighting. Shifter. Lee couldn’t tell what kind yet. Judging by the size, he’d say a bear, but there were large wolves too. Faelan was massive, for example. He and Murrie were about the same size despite being different species.

“I only need a warm-up for tomorrow, so I think I’ll take…” He lingered outside their cage and looked at Angelo. Bear. Now he was close, Lee could tell by scent. He wanted to scream to leave him be, but it would only entice him.

As the brute walked on, Lee let out a shuddering breath. He watched as he stopped near the neighboring cage. The guy turned to look at him. His face was bruised and one of his eyes was swollen shut, there were several lacerations on his body, and if Lee ever needed proof he was a crossbreed and not a full shifter, all he had to do was look at the slow healing.

The bear grunted and turned back to Lee and Angelo’s cage. “I’m in the mood for vampire.”

Lee made a sound of protest, but a guard or whatever appeared by the cage in no time. He raised a gun at Lee. “Step back.”

Lee glared at him.

“It’s a tranquilizer, you’ll be out for hours.”

Lee took a step back. He couldn’t afford to be out for hours. He had to be alert if Rei and the others came for him.

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