Alex DeMarco
**ROMANY**
What th fuck? Isn't anyone going to answer?
*Ping* Ruby-
Just come in bitch. It's unlocked.
Oh. Fuck. Okay.
I lifted my hand up to the gleaming gold handle and turned. The moment I stepped past the door, the damn thing swung shut with an automatic grace and a definitive click. The black of the open hallway and the floor to ceiling macabre marble seemed to swallow every ounce of light in the space. Shuttering me in complete darkness.
"Hello?" I called out. I couldn't see a damned thing. Nothing.
"Ro!" Ruby's voice sounded on my left, down a short lonely hallway. I instinctively turned that direction, taking a small step and triggering the sensored track lighting along the floor. *Well, thank fuck.*
me was actually a long
voice, I rounded the corner to find her lounging along a large half moon sofa. Black, just like
somewhat hidden behind a heavy mahogany desk. He wore the look of someone who is *never* kept waiting. Full lips in a half frown, he lifted his chin in my direction. His sparkling green eyes flared as they assessed me. Their emerald depths falling over my
upward in amusement as he shifted his gaze toward my beautiful cousin. As if
him, turning my attention
cousin," Ruby said. "Long time no
noting the narrowing of
same. Gorgeous and deadly. Her short cap of bright red hair cradled her deceptively doll-like face, shimmering with every little toss of her head,
the couch to gather me in a tight welcoming hug and led me further into the room until we
my anxiety rode in on a four horse carriage. I have *never* been
tearing her eyes away from mine to glare at her employer. "Somebody
giving rise to a blush. Convincing? Really? I'm not a damn beggar! I glared at the
well... I already told
DeMarco snorted, catching my attention as he rose from behind the desk to stand. *Jesus, he's tall. Six feet easy.* "Wrap
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