He chuckled and gave Doc a clap, unlike the rest of the crowd, when his opponent dropped to the floor. Danae was slightly disappointed that he was still breathing but that didn’t stop her from nodding her head in Doc’s direction once he was done. “As tempting as that sounds, you know I prefer not to be involved in the same sexual exploits as daddy dearest.”
Danae wrinkled her nose and ignored the man waving her over with the flick of her wrist. “Speaking of Bacchus.” Comus continued as he pulled her toward the vampire anyway, “Have you seen him lately? He’s been suspiciously quiet recently.” Arching her brow, she shook her head. “Not since it was made clear that I was no longer interested in being his mistress.”
His jaw dropped and Dani chuckled. “I grew a bit tired of him treating me as a possession and not an equal.” She had ignored that fact for a long time but once she had Doc reconnected it was something that began to eat at her, something she had kept to herself.
“Why don’t you call me and we’ll catch up soon. In the meantime I’ll see if I can find whatever hole your father is hiding in.” She gave him another hug and then headed in the direction of Viv to meet with Murdoch.
Doc’s features remained impassive, no hint of what simmered beneath bubbling through. Idly he wondered if Bacchus had pieced himself back together yet and was briefly tempted to introduce himself to his son - effectively ruining Danae’s charade. That, however, would be childish and would ruin their work in this place. Instead, he’d casually mention Comus in passing to Gabriel, that would do the trick.
While he was busy imagining the chaos his brother would unleash on the poor schmuck talking to his better half, he followed the petite vampire to the back of the club, to a large room that opened with double doors. He had to force himself not to hesitate in moving through them by what he saw.
The fear and despair was palpable, and he waded into it like warm water as cages of people, human and Other, Dark and Light, rose along the walls to either side of him.
His cheek twitched as the little vampire told Dani to take her pick, his eyes on the distant expression of a Fae child, no older than Galen.
“You’re lucky you’re a good fighter,” Viv quipped as they dragged his opponent, the half wolf man, to one of the few empty cages and tossed him gracelessly inside. “Otherwise you’d have been ours.” She looked to Dani as if she was speaking of a purse or other accessory. “I’m so jealous.”
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