Chapter 6

Cardin

I requested for Lucy but this clown showed up instead of her, and that alone irked me up "what the fuck are you doing? I don't remember requesting for your services"

"Sorry sir, but you see, Lucy can't climb the stairs so I offered to bring it myself"

Can't climb the stairs? Is she still in pains? I turned to the guy who is fumbling with the shot glass "what is your name?"

"Jasper sir"

"So Jasper, how did you know she couldn't climb the stairs?"

"I saw her limping earlier today, and she winced when she tried climbing the first two stairs"

"I still don't understand why we have to keep her around" Ashley hissed

"Just shut the fuck up Ash" Baron chastised

She turned red in anger "don't you ever shut me up in front of my employees again Baron or so help me heavens, I am going to fucking deal with you"

"Retrieve your claws sister, you can't do more than biting and scratching" Baron replied, whilst trying to hold in his laughter

"You think you're funny? I hope you will still be laughing when I get wolf bans into your fucking system"

"Shut the fuck up both of you!!!" I roared, turning my attention to Ashley, I pointed my index finger towards her "let today be the last day you make such joke with wolfbans, am I clear?"

"I hear you Cardin"

"I've told you to send her back to my father, she's nothing but a constant headache to us" Baron hissed

I directed my glare to him, my jaw hardening at his suggestion "you should keep your gutter shut Baron, for fuck sake stop gutting your sister"

He pointed towards her "the earlier she starts to learn the better for her"

"Shut the fuck up Baron" I turned to the clown standing there as if this is a damn circus show "what the hell are you waiting for? Bounce!!!"

He jerked at the sound of my voice and hurriedly left. I turned to the two fuming idiots beside me. "I'm going downstairs to cool off before I snap both your necks, by the time I get back, you two better clear the bad air."

Gulping down the shot of vodka, I walked downstairs. What I didn't expect to see was Lucy almost in the face of that clown with her back to the counter

What the actual fuck? "I thought I specifically told you to report to work when you're fully healed? What's this shit about you not being able to climb the stairs?"

She visibly tensed at my question just as she slowly turned round to face me. The clown decided to be her prince in shining armor

"She didn't know she couldn't climb the stairs until she tried earlier"

"Speak when you're addressed am I fucking clear?" I fired at the clown with gritted teeth. I turned to her unable to hold my irritation for this man beside her "what is he? Your spokesman?"

She kept mute, still staring at me

"How the fuck do you attend to customers if you aren't able to give answers to simple questions?"

She drew in a stuttered breath out of fear and I immediaiately regretted scolding her "I'm sorry sir, I didn't mean to disregard your order. It's just like Jasper said, I didn't know it will be difficult to climb the stairs until I tried earlier"

I straightened my spine as I gave her leg a quick glance "you're dismissed"

Her green eyes grew larger and I almost swore that I've seen those pair of green eyes somewhere before. Could she be the little girl from that night? I was brought back by her frantic pleas

"please sir, don't fire me, I really need this job...Please..I swear I won't disregard your order next ti_"

Is she always this quick in jumping to conclusions? I scratched my brows in frustration "who said anything about firing you? I meant you're dismissed...Go home until you are better to climb the stairs"

"Sir please I can't go home, I'm going to be bored to death, I need this job to keep me busy"

I stared at her for few minutes. With her raging pulse and diluted eyes, I could tell that she's lying, she doesn't want to stay home not because it is boring, but because she's avoiding home for a totally different reason. I took in her body shape and I heard her stomach grumble. I guess being able to hear things no matter how low is one of the charateristics of being a vampire. I opened my wallet and brought out all the dollar notes in it "give yourself a week to heal properly then you can resume work. That cash should be enough for your feeding for a week"

She stared at me dumbfounded, probably wondering how I found out that she avoiding staying at home because of feeding expenses

"Lucy..I don't want to see you here until next week, if I see you here working, then you will be truly fired" glaring at Jasper once more, I turned and walked back to the VIP area at least over there, I can handle Baron and Ashley but I don't think I can handle those two standing close to each other. For the first time, it made me want to rip someone's head off without no good reason. Damn!!! I sound just like Ashley.

"You look more pissed than you were before you left here, what gat your pants twisted?" Baron asked while causally nursing his glass of whiskey

I noticed that Ashley is no longer at the booth "you succeeded in sending her away?"

"That girl is plain crazy. Give her the chance and she'll rip that poor girl's head off. She's my sister, but she needs to be put in check every once in a while"

Deciding to move to more important matters that do not consist of two siblings trying to chop their heads off. "Any word from the street concerning the recent death?"

"Nothing, it's as if nobody saw anything. But so far, there have been no record of any other death so I think we are cool for now"

I rubbed my finger on my lips "this is the calm before the storm Baron, whosoever that killed those humans and vampires are busy working and if we do not find them now, if we allow them to finish experimenting, then it's going to be a huge fucking problem"

"I'll keep searching Cardin, no need to worry. We got an invite from the Thak clan, his daughter is getting married, so he gave us an invite"

"I'll pass, you can go with Ashley if you want to"

Baron leaned closer to me "when you keep rejecting invites from Kings of other clan, they see it as an insult. One day you are going to need their help and they will also turn their backs on you"

"I'm not being rude or disregarding there invites , my father is going to be there Baron and you know it"

"And so fucking what if your father is going to be in attendance? You can't avoid him forever Cardin, and avoiding him makes you weak" he took a deep breath "sooner than later, Vincent is going to know that you are still running away from him and he is going to use that knowledge to his advantage"

"I am not afraid of Vincent nor am I running away from him. As for that wedding, I'm still not going to attend. If you wish to go, feel free to go with Ashley. I have more important and pressing issues at hand which is more important than a fucking union which won't last forever"

Baron relaxed back into his seat as he continued to nurse his glass, silently this time if I must say. Whenever Baron goes silent in the middle of an argument, it simply means he's cooking up something and whatever it is that he's thinking of doing, I'm ready for him.