Page 2 of Vampire Visions

He sighed and sank back into his chair, probably tired of my shit. “Do you have a picture of her?” He mumbled his question with his hand firmly pressed to his forehead.

“Yes, I do.” I pulled my phone out of my back pocket, then sheepishly corrected myself. “Well, I have a video. Would you like to see it?”

He looked up at me, aggravation written all over his face. “Does it have her face in it?”

I tilted my head from side to side a few times. “More like her profile and the top of her head.”

He made an aggressive sound in the back of his throat, and I fought to keep the grin off my face. “Can you just give me her name and description?”

“Sure thing,” I readily agreed, because I definitely didn’t have a video. “Her name is Ruby Mayhem. She’s about 5 foot, big tits, bigger mouth.” I held my hands out over my chest like I was holding boobs and nodded my head slowly, finally letting that grin slip into place.

“Her face, her hair color, eyes? Anything actually useful?” He huffed in exasperation, and I laughed as I shrugged again.

“Oh, uhm, blonde, but she changes it every couple weeks.” I gave him an apologetic grimace. “Blue eyes, but she wears contacts, soooo… they could be any color. She makes the best O face.” I stared dreamily at the ceiling.

“O face?” he questioned me with confusion lacing his voice.

“Yeah, when she orgasms. It’s like, wow, but all over her face,” I informed him. I twisted the right side of my mouth up to keep from bursting into a fit of laughter.

“This is ridiculous.” He turned to Nate as he spoke. “You said he would be helpful.”

Nate raised his eyebrows. “Has he not been?” He gestured toward me and countered Mr. Colera’s argument. “He did tell you where they were going. Now you have more of a lead than you had when you arrived here this morning.”

“He’s making all of this shit up,” he shrieked at Nate.

“I am not,” I gasped in fake offense. “I told you I have a video.” I waved my phone at him. “You didn’t want to watch it. You just wanted a description. I did my best, but honestly, I’m always looking at the top of her head.”

“If I go to Rio and don’t find them-“

“That’s on you, not me, Fae. I told you what I know. If you can’t find her, then you're blind. She’s a looker. Can’t miss her, I promise,” I told him solemnly.

He squinted his eyes at me before conceding, “Fine. I’ll be out of your territory in the morning it seems.” He stomped out looking pissed, not even taking the time to give a proper thanks or anything.

After five full minutes of awkward silence, Nate began talking to me about the day's tasks, just like any other day. Twenty minutes went by before he stopped talking and rose from his chair, motioning for me to follow. We marched through the house of Vampyre, with me trailing slightly behind him, and straight to his personal wing. Not what I expected. He turned to me, pausing with his hand on the handle before he opened the door. “Have you been paying prostitutes for blow jobs, Novak?” His inquiry was overflowing with amusement.

“No, sir,” I admitted, confused.

“Who is Ruby Mayhem?” He continued with a curious tone.

“A pornstar, sir.” I narrowed my eyes at him, not quite sure where this conversation was going.

“What’s in Brazil?” He finally cracked half a smile at me as he pieced together my bullshit story.

“Uhm, the rainforest?” I tilted my head and shrugged one shoulder.

“Great job, Novak.” He slapped my right shoulder. Hard. “Now, I need you and Vaughn to get the hell out of town. Tonight. I’ll set up a place for you guys to stay in for a while.”

“Yes, sir.” What the fuck? I knew better than to argue with his instructions, but I needed a little more to go on than that.

“I’ll text you the location at midnight. Be ready to leave.” Nate slipped into his suite and shut the door behind him, effectively giving me the rest of the day off. Oh, my mother was going to be so pissed when she found out. He could explain everything to her. I enjoyed being alive and in one piece. I was more scared of her than I was of the High Coven Master.

Vaughn and I had been friends for a couple years now. I was pretty sure my mom loved him more than me. My sister was infatuated with him. It was always an issue when we stayed at my house, which is why we moved into an apartment together in the first place. Having free rent was amazing. Not having my sister hang all over my best friend was better. Now we had to break our lease and move with no notice? Fuck me.

I pulled my phone from my pocket and scrolled to Vaughn’s name in the favorites section of my contacts. When he answered, I told him everything that had just happened. “We’re taking a trip. Pack a big bag,” I stressed to him.

“Where are we going?” Vaughn asked anxiously.

“I don’t know yet. Nate’s going to tell me later.” It was all I really had to tell him about our destination. We could be going to China for all I knew. I was pretty certain that we weren’t going to Brazil, though. “I’m on my way home.”