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I shook his hand. “Thanks, Theo. I owe ya one.”
He grinned at me before straightening his tie. “Next time my computers take a shit, I’ll be calling in that favor.”
I chuckled. “Absolutely.”
Briefly nodding to Phoenix and Venom, who sat in a corner sipping on drinks, I made my way to the back room with Jemini and Rocky following me. After closing the door, I pulled the laptop from the messenger bag and set it on the table. Rocky and Jemini stood, waiting for the system to boot.
Typing in commands, I brought up the lines of code that showed the malware.
“That’s spyware,” Rocky said.
“No shit, Sherlock,” Jemini replied, rolling her eyes. Then she folded her arms across her chest. “Mind losing the hood? We’re indoors.”
Slowly, Rocky lowered the hood from her head, and I bit back a gasp. There were lines of old white scars crisscrossed on her cheeks and down her neck. Waves of light-brown hair secured in a low ponytail cascaded down her back and her brilliant green eyes held mine in an expression I could only describe as something between curiosity and unease.
Jemini replied, “Thank you.”
Rocky’s eyes held mine for a few more seconds before she put her gaze back on the laptop screen and pointed. “That’s spyware. You need to remove it manually.”
“I’ve tried,” I replied, ignoring the fact that her eyes and voice were stirring something inside me. “It just comes back.”
“Let me see,” Rocky said, shooing me out of the way.
I let her access the device and watched as her long, pale fingers lithely danced across the keyboard, putting in codes to extract the malware. I’d tried some things, but this woman had much more extensive knowledge than I did. I suddenly felt like a rookie watching her. I glanced at Jemini, whose eyes were wide in awe.
“There you go, it’s gone. I put a code in to make sure it can’t get back in.” Rocky moved out of the way.
I sat down and ran a few programs to see if the malware was indeed gone, and to my surprise, it was. I looked up at the new stranger. “Wow, you’re good. I’ll give you that.”
“Thanks,” Rocky replied, holding my gaze briefly and then looking away.
“How long have you been a vampire?” I asked her boldly, wondering if her scars were acquired before or after her transformation, but then I remembered she would have healed scarless if they came after.
She pierced me with her leafy stare and said, “Too long.”
I was caught off guard when I felt the air crackle between us, and it made me uncomfortable. It wasn’t like it was with a blood whore; this was something deeper. It unnerved me so I decided to dismiss it.
“I see. What do we owe you?” I asked.
“Five hundred,” she replied.
Fishing five one-hundred-dollar bills from my pocket, I held them out to her silently.
Rocky took the bills, and when her soft hand brushed mine, I felt a tingle race up my arm. What the hell is that?
“Pleasure doing business with you,” she replied, pulling the hood back over her head and disappearing out of the door.
I looked at Jemini, whose eyebrow was raised in question.
“What?” I asked.
“She was quite… uh…”
“Unique,” I finished for her.
She nodded. “I agree.”
“I’m gonna head back to the club. Phoenix got you?” I asked.
