Dead and Everything (Eve Benson: Vampire Book 2) Read Online Free Page B

should have remembered, but she was either doing the job
there, or she wasn’t. Did she need her hand held for everything, or not? If so,
then Lenore was going to need to be there every day for a long time. If, on the
other hand, Eve could be trusted not to be a complete moron, then she might
even be allowed a day or two off.
    It
wasn’t lost on the older Vampire, it seemed, since she softened after a moment,
her eyes returning to normal.
    “We have
a list of places to watch? Very good. Thank you Linda. I know that civic duty
has not been your… Main focus for the last decades. It’s important for us to
all stand together however, in these troubled times.”
    That got
a snort, which was fairly credible, and a gloved hand, which was a very fine
gray colored thing that fit perfectly, set on the counter, aimed at the cracks
in the stone there.
    “The Bey
wanted me to let you know that I’ll pay for the damage. I was worked up and
rather lashed out. Miss Benson handled the situation very well. Out of
any fifty Vampires I could name, an aggressive act like that right in front of
them would set off forty-nine. She didn’t even flash at me. Is she to be
your replacement?” It was a very strange thing to say, but the woman didn’t
take it back, or even smile.
    Lenore
shook her head, but did manage a real seeming smile.
    “No.
Most likely she’ll be put in as the second in a different location, if the need
comes up. She’s still very young, regardless of how well she’s doing. Though
Bey has suggested that she act as his assistant. He hasn’t had one in
that position in five hundred years. Not in an official capacity.” She looked
at the other woman blankly, as if passing a message about something.
    It went
right past Eve, though Linda nodded.
    “I see.
So, for one so young, that’s meaningful, isn’t it? Some special skill, or
ability?”
    Lenore
looked around then let her chin come up.
    “The
power of The Bey line. Speed beyond what others enjoy. Her willingness to use
it is greater than most. It’s an honor, of course, to be noticed so young, but
also a fearsome thing. She is very much like our Bey.”
    She was ?
That was news to her.
    Eve
could see it though, since the tiny man was adorable and sweeter than most of
the other Vampires by far. More so than she was, but her willingness not to act
like a moody brat might be making people think she was all gentle like that
too? That, or Lenore was saying that she was a dangerous killer that even other
Vampires needed to be afraid of. That was one of her goals in life,
true, but it probably wasn’t true yet. Even with the shoes that Darla had given
her to help her become faster, she needed more to be like Bey.
    So for
the time being she was going with the idea that Lenore was impressed with her
sweet smile. She used it, but didn’t go too far over the top.
    “So, I get
the second shift, you the third, and Edom the fourth? Bey thinks we should wake
him up for the day. Ed, that is. He can take it, but we might want to let him
know tonight, not after he’s gone to bed today.” He was probably still up, but
Lenore nodded anyway.
    “That
seems a good division of labor. Perhaps we should close down for the day?”
    That
would get them out of a lot of cleaning, but Eve shrugged. She could do that
and the rest of it too. Lenore would be busy, but pulling a double there wasn’t
that hard. Besides it would make her seem valuable and like she was worth
keeping around.
    “If you
want? Or I can run the store front. Either way. I doubt we need to go into
hiding yet.”
    That got
a smile, and Lenore vanished to the back, getting Linda to leave through the
front, to do her part. Eve… Largely stood there. After about five minutes,
hearing that her boss was on the phone, she started making calls of her own
from the front. She had people to check in with too, after all.
    Edom
first, because he’d need an update anyway.
    For his
part though, he already knew it all and had