Page 23 of I Dated a Golden Vampire
“Out of the fifteen hundred passengers?Sixteen, including us.”
“Oh, that explains it.”
Cabree grinned.“Does it?”She wound her pasta on her fork and took a bite.“I count seven people watching us, and two are doing actual surveillance.I am guessing Denog is one of them, but who could the other be hired by?”
Pria paused.“Is the other one an active?”
“Yes.”
“Hyreno?”
“Yes.”
“Master Roil then.He was always into tech.Strange that a Hyreno is on a cruise, though.”
“He’s with an irritated-looking young lady who looks human.”
“Roil then.His people bend over backward for him.He was the heir to Hyreno, being Juro’s brother and all.”Pria got some of her bacon-dotted alfredo on her fork.“I am glad Juro has a child now.Roil wasn’t suited to rule.Too moody.”
Cabree laughed.“Denog is possessive, and Roil is moody.We sure can pick ‘em.”
“Oh, I am not a romantic candidate for Master Roil.He was firmly out of my class.”
Cabree grabbed a breadstick.“I don’t think you have seen a mirror.Unless someone is into petite ballerinas, you are definitely most actives’ class.”
Pria waved that away.“I am a has-been.Apprentice or not, I was destroyed on one of my first missions.”
Cabree paused.“You really think that?”
“Yeah.Once I get home from this trip, I have to start over again.It’s a little daunting.”
“You could apply to the BDC.”
“I don’t think an escort service would take a virgin.”
Cabree blinked.“Oh.I don’t know.”
“Yeah, I can look like this but be completely clueless.”She wrinkled her nose as she finished her meal.“I usually confuse lust for irritation until someone helps me analyze it later.”She sipped her wine.
Cabree nodded.“You said that Roil was moody.”
Pria choked slightly and set the wine down.“I did say that.”
Cabree grinned.“So, you might have a suitor.”
“I am sure that he is just going to check on me.Last time we saw each other, I was in the ambulance.”
“Ah.If you say so.How does he usually travel?”
“In a bubbling wave or on a whale.Why?”
“Because a gorgeous guy on a whale just passed the ship.What does Roil look like?”
“Uh, super pale skin, really long dark blue hair, pretty features, and tattoos on his chest.She sighed.“He was gorgeous with fine features.On casual days, he would just wear a long silk skirt.”
“Yeah, that’s what was surfing by on the orca, next to the yacht.”
“Yacht?”Pria turned to look.There was a yacht and an orca with a man on it, moving into the sunset.“Oh, I hope they will be very happy together.”
