Free 3 Hit the Road Jack by Christin Lovell Page A

thought plugged in. Auggy's brows furrowed as all the anger gave way to shock.   "Don't blow our cover. I'm connecting to you through the earrings. It's Kalel. Kai, Craig and Kellan are here too."
    I plastered a smile on my face , trying to cover up my mistake, though I was reeling at the idea of Kellan, Kai and Kalel all in one room trying to work together. I was praying they didn’t kill each other. If they tried, hopefully Craig, Will or Rafi would step in.
    “Jackson!” Auggy bellowed. I quickly gave him my full attention again.
    " Um, you know, y ou're right Aug. I am too emotional sometimes. Now am I going to get a tour of this museum or what?"
    "What kind of shit shenanigans are you pulling?"
    "Me? What about you? You're the elephant, I mean vampire in the room."
    He chuckled. "That sounds more like you. And for your information, I'm a vampeen. You only assumed I was a vampire."
    "Huh?" I swore my brows reached my hair line.
    "Fix your face and follow me Lex," Auggy said, turning to speak to the male beside him.
    "You know, it's extremely rude of you not to introduce us Auggy," I stated as I followed them out of the room.
    "So sorry your highness, but introductions will have to wait."
    "What for?"
    "For everyone else ; w e're going to a meeting. They are very interested in how you plan to take out Jack." I groaned internally, my heart skipping a few slow beats. This didn't feel right at all.
    "Don't give them any strategic information. They are not to be trusted."   A knot formed in my stomach. I thought about it for a minute realizing they were probably right. If only in case of a mole, I couldn’t divulge anything. Who knew what they would do with that information, though truthfully I didn't have much of a plan formulated.
    I followed the men down a long,non-descript hall lined with painted portraits of distinguished vampeens. None of them stood out to me, but, then again, I wasn’t exactly caught up on my vampeen history.
    Auggy and the other vamp stopped in front of a pair of solid oak double doors with a flag in a stand on either side. One I recognized as Spain’s; the other was merely navy blue with a large white symbol in the center. Auggy caught me with my head cocked sideways studying it.
    “It’s the vampeen flag,” he stated.
    “What does the symbol mean?”
    “It’s the vampeen race’s symbol. It means vampeen when translated in any language.”
    “It’ll translate the same in every language?”
    “Did I stutter?” I cut my eyes at him; rolling them when he offered me an amused smile.
    “But what about the languages that don’t use symbols, like Spanish?”
    He pulled the flag straight out for me to study. It was then that I noticed in the right bottom side of the symbol, there was a word. “Oh.”
    The vamp said something to Auggy after checking his watch. Auggy released the flag stating, “It’s time Lex. Behave. And do me a favor , don’t talk to them as brashly as you do us.”
    “I won’t even ask you to explain that.”
    “Good,” he grunted, pushing open the double doors. I stepped in behind him and abruptly stopped in awe of the sight before me.

Chapter 9
     
    The room was large; carpeted in the highest grade cream color. A large oval table took up the center of the space. The room was highlighted by a magnificent silver and crystal chandelier. It was unique with translucent green and blue crystal droplets. The real show stopper was the back wall which was curved glass revealing the ocean and its inhabitants beyond it. I was amazed because somehow they had built the place below the city and it ran into the ocean far enough to remain hidden and undiscovered by the residents here.
    When I finally brought my eyes back down, I saw a table full of vampeens all situated in their black leather chairs staring at me. “Uh, h i ,” I waved awkwardly. I felt myself flush slightly. I couldn’t believe I didn’t notice them at first. What a way to make a great first impression;