Chapter 9
Lucien froze, stopping mid-step. On the other side of the room, his gaze locked with a pair of sea-green eyes. He’d know them anywhere.
Eve.
And then, just like that, she was gone. He whirled around, searching everywhere. The club was packed with people all dancing in time to a beat that hurt his head. The constant buzzing, moving swarms made him feel like an intruder to an extensive beehive. But at the same time, there was power in this place he could relate to. The whole building reeked of it, yet Lucien saw only humans.
Lucien yanked Charlie out from the swarm and told him loudly, “Eve is here!”
Blood drained from Charlie’s face. “Where?”
“At the bar. Let’s go.” Lucien squeezed his way through the hive until he was spat out where he last saw Eve, but she wasn’t there now
