Free Hunted by Darkness (Darkness #4) by Katie Reus Page A

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    The male’s lips quirked up before he nodded to the interior of the club with his chin. “Pretty quiet this early. Bo’s not here though if you’re looking for him.”
    “We know. We’re here to see Cynara. Is she working?”
    The male nodded, his previous amusement fading as he fell in step with them. “She hasn’t done anything wrong.”
    “Didn’t say she had,” Victoria spoke again. “This is about Bo. He’s in trouble and we just need to talk to her.”
    He jerked to a halt, the concern that rippled off him real. “Bo’s in trouble?”
    “Maybe.”
    “What about Nyx? Does she know? Is she okay?”
    “She’s with him.” Now Finn took over the conversation. “You’re coming with us too. Where’s Cynara?”
    “Back room grabbing stock. Hold on.” He spoke quickly into an earpiece as he guided them to the nearest bar. There were only three vamps sitting there, but when they saw Finn they slid off their seats, gave a respectful nod and hightailed it across the dance floor to one of the roped-off booths.
    Yeah, vamps tended to be afraid of Finn. Ironic considering his mate was one.
    “She’ll be here in a sec. Should I close the bar? What do you guys need from us?”
    Finn glanced around taking in the flashing lights, music, scent of sweat and sex—and the close to fifty people, all who had supernatural hearing. “We need privacy.”
    Translation: no one needed to overhear their conversation.
    “Let’s take this to Bo’s office then,” Cynara said as she stepped out from a swinging door behind the bar, a tray of bagged blood in her hands. She set it on the bar top and motioned to a server to take over.
    Once they were all in Bo’s small office, Cynara shut the door behind them. The beautiful purple-haired, purple-eyed half-vamp, half-demon jerked her chin at the door once. “This place is insulated. What’s going on?”
    Considering Victoria couldn’t hear anything from the club, she believed it.
    Finn flicked a glance at the security guy that basically promised death if any of this conversation left the room, before looking at Cynara. “About an hour ago Bo and Nyx were in a local cemetery when they were sucked into a portal of sorts. Drake and I saw it happen. We’re pretty sure they’re in another realm but we’re not sure where . I know it’s a long shot, but we wanted to talk to you since you guys are close. Do you have any knowledge of realms or anything that might help us find them?”
    Cynara’s fangs extended, her already bright eyes flaring star-bright for a moment before she got herself under control. “Bo’s been to different realms before, but he prefers this one. Regardless, he would never take Nyx to another realm. Never. He cares for the female.”
    Drake, Finn and even the ghoul snorted. The male didn’t just care for her, he was obsessed.
    “Do you know anything about traveling to and from realms? Maybe have an idea where they were sent?” Victoria gave her the name of the cemetery in case she knew where that portal led to.
    But Cynara’s frown deepened. “I didn’t know there was a portal in the city so I have no idea where it might lead to.” She glanced at Malloy. “We’ll ask around though. We’ve made a lot of contacts over the years. Maybe someone will know something. I’m surprised you don’t though,” she said, looking back at Finn.
    As Alpha of the territory, if there’d been a well-known portal he should have known about it. Which made Victoria think it might be a temporary opening. If there was such a thing. Her research was a little fuzzy so far. “Could it be a temporary opening? Triggered by something?”
    Cynara blinked suddenly. “Yes. It definitely could be. I didn’t even think of that but…crap, yes. And if it was a temporary portal, I can’t even follow them.” She let out a short, colorful curse.
    “No one will be attempting to use that portal,” Finn snapped in his Alpha voice.
    Cynara just raised an eyebrow.