The Alpha King Call Boy – Chapter 178
Third person
The hotel room where Scarlet had been staying was plenty comfortable. Luxurious, even. A sprawling suite with a spacious bedroom, a well-stocked kitchenette, a cozy sitting room with a big-screen TV, and a large bathroom with both a spa shower and a soaker tub.
But she was about to crawl the walls, out of her mind with boredom. It had been days since she had seen or spoken to anyone.
ad forbade her from leaving the room on her own. She wasn’t tempted to disobey this instruction, knowing how quickly Alexander was apt to find her if she provided any clue as to her whereabouts. And then her vampire c
tors up to her room for an eagerly awaited visit.
twelfth-foor window. Finally, the last dregs of a dramatic pink sunset slipped down past the horizon.
ong after that, a gentle
oor open.
sight of her guest.
efore. And though she’d been anxious to do so, there was no getting around the reaction of her wolf, which ra
.”
ed to bow, and decided to go for it.
vampire who loomed before her. “Please come in,” she said, rising to stand and taking a few paces backward to make w
icy fog.
l, reminding Scarlet of her hated step-son. If anyone was a match for Alexander, she thought, this must be it
overed with faded blue tattoos.
rrifying about Caius was his face.
with a steep jawline so sharp, it looked like its edge could cut glass. His dark eyes were set deep in his head, hooded by bony, protrusive eyebrow ridges. And from the edges of a wide forehead grew a pair of weathered, bony horns about six inches in length. Only one of the horns was still tipped with a fatally sharp point; the other was damaged, its last half inch or so having been severed. Scarlet knew it had been blunted in the last war by none other than their mutual foe, against whom Caius was known to harbor a vicious personal ve
creature to walk the earth. He was thousands of years old, from a time before recorded history. It was rumored that he had horns, a feature otherwise unknown to any still extant being in this world, because he was part demon. The story
herwise inexplicable.
r and stepped close. Close enough that she had to crane her neck back to look up at him.
been wondering som
that?”
er go exactly as planned?”
she shouldn’t react petulantly.
t information that they never seemed to be able to take effective action on.
he way,” she said as calmly as she could. “That attack may not have gone perfectly, but he is as good as dead.”
e. Maybe.”
the window now and paused there, looking out and upward into the deep dark of night. The moon was a slim crescent tonight, concealed a
ain, “that our next effort is more successful.
“
o handle it from there.”
room.
why now, at least. I saw on the news that his wife finally had her baby, that has to be why he’s changed his routine so completely, why he’s bee
s held a large, white palm u
me fresh air, my dear? I’m sure you’re tired of being cooped up in here. Come. Let’s go meet some of my fr
h a multitude of plush sofas. And populated by dozens of vampires.
r in the room fell quiet when Caius walked in with Scarlet trailing behind him, leaving only the silky sounds of seductive music playing in the air. It was dark
aggering volume. “Meet our guest of honor.”
as their mouths broadened into smiles, she noticed that all of them had their fangs out, and many of their pale chins
odies of drained werewolves.
ust been feeding.
some faint, pained whimpers and gurgling