Chapter 9

Both girls were human and had worked all night. Regardless of their desire, they just couldn’t hang with my stamina. The Sun shone through a crack in the window as we all collapsed into the bed and fell asleep.

I woke up hours later to find Raven and Rose cuddling together, still naked.

I tossed the sheet over them and grabbed my clothes.

It was the middle of the afternoon and while I could day walk, it wasn’t my favorite thing. I pulled on my clothes and rushed to the parking lot, then quickly drove home.

As I walked up to my house, I was hoping that Kayla would be inside. Somehow, she’d found her way home.

I didn’t trust Liz and didn’t know enough about Steve to trust him either. I’d heard some rumors about his private parties, where vamps and humans would do drugs together and screw all night long, but I’d never been able to confirm any of that.

“I’m HOME!” I called out as I opened the door.

Nothing.

I walked up to Kayla’s room, my fingers mentally crossed.

Her bed, though full of new clothes, was empty.

I tried to push down the worry.

A day went by, then another.

Then another.

Almost a week had passed and I’d not heard from Kayla. Her phone was dead, or off. Part of me was happy that she was out of my hair, but the other part of me couldn’t shake off the feeling that she was in trouble.

Finally Friday rolled around and I got to the club early. It was my only link to what was going on, but I really didn’t know where to start.

I had one ‘in’.

“Hey there stud.” Raven grinned as I slid up to the bar.

“Hey sexy. Where’s Rose at?” I asked, seeing a tall brunette with a pixie cut instead of the redhead behind the bar next to Raven.

“Uhm, she got another job.” Raven said, suddenly looking nervous.

“But, she had a hell of a good time with you.” She continued.

“Well I had a hell of a good time with you. I hope it’s a repeat thing.” I said, trying to sound confident.

“That can probably be arranged. So what’s it tonight? The usual?” Raven asked.

I nodded.

Raven slid me over the shot and a beer and I stared at it for a moment.

“Hey, so Kayla never came home. You got any ideas?” I asked cautiously.

“Well, I saw her at Steve’s private party last weekend.”

“Yeah? Was she OK?”

“Last time I saw her she was doing just fine. She’s a hottie. She was having a good time.” Raven grinned.

“So how do I get invited to Steve’s parties?” I asked.

“I can probably get you in.”

“Yeah?”

“Uh huh. What’s in it for me?” Raven asked.

“What would you like?” I asked.

Raven’s screams of pleasure echoed off the walls of the alley. She clamped down onto me and it took all of my strength not to bite her.

“No biting on the clock.” She had decreed.

I was fine with that.

“Man, work sucks but a good fuck sure does make it better.” Raven exclaimed as she pulled her skirt down.

“Happy to be of service. So now what?” I asked as I pulled my pants up.

“Now we go inside and keep it cool. You play customer and just wait for me.” Raven said.

I nodded.

I followed Raven back inside. As we walked down the hallway, I noticed a heavy metal door with a keypad on it.

“I wonder what’s inside there?” I thought to myself.

I ordered drinks and people (vampire?) watched at the club, and then wandered around.

I ran into Chelsea and grabbed a snack from her.

I declined fucking her, much to her dismay.

I noticed that I didn’t see Liz tonight, but at one point I saw Raven talking to Steve and looking in my direction.

Raven gave me a nod and waved me over. I pushed my way through the crowd towards her.

“Hey.” I said.

“Hey. This is Scott.” Raven said to Steve.

“What’s up my man? I’ve seen you around for a while, just never met. How’s it going?” Steve asked with a showman like grin.

“Pretty good.”

“Raven says you like to party.” Steve said.

“Yup.” I played along.

“Well, I hear my place is the best gig in town. Things get pretty wild there. Are you interested?” Steve asked, eyeing me warily.

“Sure. I’d love to come check it out.”

“Awesome. We’ll be leaving here in an hour or so. Raven will give you the address, she’s a regular.” Steve grinned. He squeezed my shoulder as he walked off.

“Thanks for that.” I said to Raven.

“Sure thing. Just to let you know, I get the impression you aren’t much of a party person. Things can get a little crazy at Steve’s place. So, just be prepared to be cool. If you freak out, it’s gonna make me look bad.” Raven said in a serious tone.

“Wild like what?” I asked.

I was a child of the 90’s, so I grew up watching ‘Spring Break’ shows on MTV. But, as Raven had guessed, I never was much of a party person. Spending my 20’s drinking blood and hiding from the light also didn’t help my social life much.

Steve’s place was beyond any sort of dance party I’d seen on TV.

His house was huge, and while it was still in the city, he managed to find a place without anything near him. The house was U shaped with an ENORMOUS pool and yard in the middle.

Even in the middle of the night, the pool and yard were filled with mostly naked people. I focused my senses as best as I could and realized that it was about a 50-50 mix of both humans and vampires.