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“Kyron, you and Gade handle utilities. Make sure they’re all shut down.”

I tipped my head. “Got it, Cap.”

My brother and I checked the gas lines and electrical meters, and by the time we were done, the crew was in decon so we joined them. Each one of us were sprayed down with a low pressure hose to remove soot, ash, and toxic carcinogens from our turnouts and gear before we packed up the truck.

“Ay, we’re gonna be running late, so bring your tanks and I’ll fill them while y’all are finishing.” Tor waved at the guys detaching the hoses to roll them back onto the truck. We spent a lot on our engine, so there was an onboard cascade system used to fill the air tanks. They were for show for us, but came in handy with the people we rescued.

By the time we were on the truck heading back, my body felt the physical tax of the call we just worked. Being hybrid allowed me the speed from the vampire DNA but I still sometimes experienced burnout. Four gotdamn jobs today, two where I absorbed fire, had me ready to crash.

“What are you into after this?”

I dropped my head back and let my eyes fall closed. “My gotdamn bed.”

“Aight, bet. That means you should be good to pull up to Blood Lust tonight.”

“Hell nah. I’m not trying to do a gotdamn thing for the next two days.”

“You need to drink.”

I smirked but kept my eyes closed when I responded to my brother. “You telling me what I need to do?”

“When necessary, hell yeah. Your ass was dragging today. You need to eat.”

“I got something at the house.”

“You really want that?”

No, I didn’t…

Bagged blood helped, but there was nothing like getting it from the source. If I could bust a nut while feeding, that made it even better.

“Then we’re pulling up. You need something warm attached to an equally warm pussy.”

Pussy. It had been a minute. I could get with that.

“Aight, I’m down,” I said, finally agreeing.

“That’s what the fuck I’m talking about.” He punched me in the shoulder and I growled, glaring at him.

“My bad, my bad. Your old ass is feeling it today, aren’t you?” He threw his hands up in front of himself.

Fuck you. I sent through our link and he chuckled.

He was right though. Blood Lust was what I needed, but in order to make that happen, I needed a few hours in my bed first.

Chapter

Three

This place was a vibe. There was no way to be here and not feel the energy that pulsed through the entire building. Even while standing outside waiting in the long line, Blood Lust called to me, curbing my irritation at the forty-minute wait we had to endure before we were granted entrance.

Upon reaching the door, Nee handed over her phone so they could scan the passes she’d purchased earlier that day and I almost fell out when she confessed that the cover for the club was one hundred dollars. After we stepped inside, my cousin held up her device again toward a beautiful, curvy, chocolate sister with a flawless pixie cut, wearing a fitted red dress that barely covered her ass. She viewed the VIP passes then stamped our necks at the pulse point and the insides of our wrists.

“What is this?” I tilted my head to the side, exposing the ink from the mark she left.

“It’s part of VIP,” Nee said quickly.

I squinted at my wrist, attempting to decipher what it was. “I can’t see anything.”