29: Drunken Night

The scent of alcohol and loud music welcomed me when I entered the club. It was one of those high-end clubs in the city, and it was my first time visiting one. But I wasn’t ignorant and Lucius briefed me about it, so I didn’t look like a nerd trying to fit in.

I was wearing a mesh top with a tube inside and a black skirt and heels. I didn’t tie my hair because every time I do, I look younger than my age. Being chased out for being a minor was the last thing I would want to experience.

Like Lucius promised, he stationed men around the club to make sure Benedict wouldn’t pull some stunt, like try to abduct me. Although there were a lot of people who would see, it wasn’t impossible. Lucius also said he’d be staying nearby and that he would know all my moves because he had access to the CCTV cameras around here, which I wasn’t surprised of. A very influential man like him, both in our kind and humans, he surely could manipulate most things.

I went to the bar counter to act like I was gett