Chapter Seven
I push through the door to the office and make my way over to the desk. It's amazing how normal life can feel while going about my work. Almost as if I haven't spent my weekend going to deadly parties and pretending to be the newest courtesan in the city. Apparently, that's what they prefer to call themselves, and who am I to argue? Catherine is the first person to put herself in danger for me, why shouldn't I believe her?
Unless I count Bram. But I don't. He's only helping me because it's his job.
"Hey Bernice," I call, expecting the cheerful vampire I work with to respond straight away.
Silence greets me instead. I frown.
Is she on holiday? I don't remember her saying anything about it. Not that going on holiday is really a thing here. But people still take time off fo
