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Damon

The bourbon atered down I flickedit over the melted flecks of ice I looked around, bored That was the problem I bored easily

A waiter walked by without glancing atplace, though They treated uy in here They didn’t cater to one of us over the other As if ere normal As if eren’t rich as sin As if I didn’t own the entire country

We existed under a cloak of secrecy The façade that inside these walls ere on an equal playing field Maybe there was soht

I slung back the last s of the hundred-dollar glass of booze I pushed back fro just shy of six-five Inot to attract too much attention It wasn’t easy to blend in, even if people were co me

I knocked on the black door behind the bar and waited for soh the speakers drowned out the ha of my fist It was loud as fuck in here

“Daain I wasn’t patient

The door cracked enough that I could see a sliver of the stage It was dark

A stooge who couldn’t have been more than twenty stood in my way I tapped atlot put together “You’re running late” I kept my voice low

He nodded “I know I’m sorry, your m—”

I put ht,” I reminded him

He looked over his shoulder nervously “There have been a few setbacks,” he reported

“Setbacks?” I cocked my eyebrow When had The Titan had a setback?

“I assure you we’ll start any minute I can personally escort you”

I didn’t want to hear his bullshit I didn’t tolerate excuses no matter the circumstances

I exhaled “That won’t be necessary You have fiveI don’t need to waste my time”

“I’ll let them know” He closed the door with a solid shove

I turned for my table Ashford Grant was a few feet behind me He smirked If I didn’t know better, his tattered jeans and T-shirt suggested he was a man as out for a round with his buddies

“I see you escaped for the night” He tipped a drink toward me

I scowled “It’s never easy”

I glanced over his shoulder atby the front entrance Their aruest alked past They didn’t give a shit that every person in the club was a h the front doors without a signed contract Correction—a hefty deposit and a signed contract

There were standards for all members

“You can’t shake those two?” he asked

“They go where I go”