Chapter 92: Sadistic Vampire

Niko scrutinised her for a long minute, waiting for her to explain further, but Esme looked down, avoiding his gaze. With a sigh, he opened the door behind him. "Your pay will be docked for the two hours you've missed. Just go to the bar for now. Gabriel is in a meeting now; I hope you come up with a better excuse in front of his majesty."

Esme parted her lips to respond after seeing Niko's annoyed expression, but he turned his back on her and walked away and in the direction of the VIP rooms. 

"I didn't have time to get in contact with Gabriel. Can you please let him know I am here?" She asked anyway, and Niko stopped, keeping his back to her and nodded his head before continuing on his way. 

Esme sighed in relief, but she had a gut feeling she shouldn't be relieved; after all, she was meant to see Gabriel first thing and help him with something. But even as she turned the corner and walked under the archway facing the busy human bar, her mind started to wander between the vampire and her long lost friend, Marcus. It seemed things were piling up on her list of things to sort out. 

Yet her troubled mind was hidden behind a neutral face as she saw her friends, Leo and Hana, race towards the corner of the bar and lean their arms on it to stand across from Esme on the other side. She looked more like a customer right now or a friend to the pair of them than a colleague who was late.

"Damn girl, I thought Niko was going to lose his shiiit!" Hana exclaimed, then covered her mouth after one of the men in a suit whose back was to Esme gave the bartender a side glance. Hana gave him an apologetic yet flirty smile, and the man turned his head back to his acquaintance and continued with his conversation. 

Esme sighed and brushed her fingers through her hair as a mixture of feelings rushed through her about the latest events in her life. Leo reached out and felt the ends of her hair and shook his head mockingly. 

"I don't think even Niko can overlook you being two hours late. Did you oversleep? Your hair is still wet," Leo asked, searching her face as he did so. His interest is more serious than that of Hana, who seemed to look between them with a 'knowing smile' which was not at all knowing and went to serve another customer. 

"Something came up, and I was a mess, so I had to shower before getting here," She replied casually and shrugged it off. But she felt the weight of Leo's stare and sighed, "Family issues."

"Hmm, and here I thought you were a better liar," Leo tapped her nose with his finger and smiled before crossing his arms against the bar and leaning forwards again. 

"I am. You're just.." She looked him up and down, feeling more agitated that he picked up on her lie. "Annoying." 

Leo laughed at her response, the sound lifted her mood, and she found herself smiling. "Well, at least I got to see you smile before the boss chews you out," He smirked. Esme looked behind her, expecting him to turn up on cue, but unlike earlier, with Marcus acting like they were in some drama and him exiting like a cool villain or something, there was nobody there. 

But while she was here with Leo and waiting to see what sort of reprimand she might get from the Vampire King, there was at least one thing she could tick off her ever so overgrowing list of things to sort out. 

"Hey Leo," She whispered and leaned forwards, not caring for the glances sent her way from Hana and Rory. Leo leaned closer as well and leant her his ear. "What did you mean about being careful with Gabriel?"

Leo swivelled his head to the side to look at her, slightly alarmed as he looked around the bar. But his tense muscles relaxed, then he motioned for her to get closer and whispered in her ear. "This is only something that happened a few times over the last few years. But he's come off a little sadistic sometimes-"

Esme pulled back in shock at what her friend was telling her. She blinked and leaned forwards again, wondering where this conversation would take them. "Like girls have left his VIP room, both workers and customers in tears before, and he looked like he was enjoying their misery. Whatever he did to them.. He didn't care they were crying," Leo continued as Esme narrowed her eyes. 

"When did this happen?" She queried. It was odd for Leo to say such a thing. She was still getting to know the vampire, so it was hard to pick out the truth from Leo's statement. Gabriel didn't come off as sadistic to her, yet vampires could be very sadistic, and he was the King of all vampires.

But after spending even the smallest amount of time with him, she couldn't see him in that way at all. Or if Leo was right and Gabriel did enjoy making girls cry, was she his next victim? She just revealed a bunch of stuff about herself to him, which was probably the hardest thing she'd had to do. It was an emotional rollercoaster living through those memories and letting Gabriel watch those memories. 

But he couldn't always read her mind. Was she just a challenge to him?

"Hmm, this happened over the course of the last three years. But if he is like that, then it might be going on for longer. I'm only telling you this because you are a little stunner and might have caught his eye." He reached out and put her hair behind her ear as his hazel eyes stared back at her. "It would just suck if you left."

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The last three years.. Gabriel said he wasn't on the throne for ten years; she didn't know what he was doing, but surely even if the vampire was on vacation, he wouldn't be chilling at his bar. Something was a little odd about this, something just didn't add up, but she couldn't say that to Leo, who stared at her so earnestly. Leo didn't know that she knew much more about their boss than he, the first point being that he was a vampire.

She also felt incredibly guilty for being suspicious of Gabriel. But again, she'd grown up in such a world where trust just wasn't in her dictionary. This was something she would have to look into.

Esme smiled gently at him and shook her head. "Don't worry about me. I'm a lot tougher than I look," She winked, then watched and paled as Leo's twinkling eyes moved from hers and hardened at the sudden powerful presence behind her. 

"This is the first time I have had to get my employee after being two hours late," A quiet yet powerful and ever so sexy voice drawled darkly from behind her.

Esme turned around and looked up at the handsome vampire whose eyes were like icicles sharpening his gaze at her. It took her a moment to stop looking over the black Armani suit that fitted so fine over his sculpted body and looked the part of an apologetic employee. She really did feel bad but almost drooling at her boss was not a good look. When she met his eyes again, she felt a bolt of electricity zap through her from the intensity of his gaze.

Esme tensed her body, and she gulped, her mouth feeling parched suddenly. "Sorry, Gab-" She halted after seeing the vampire narrow his gaze. "Sorry, sir. I did not mean to be so late. Niko said to wait here for further instructions." She stood up straighter and held her breath as Gabriel's gaze swept past her and to Leo behind the bar. 

"I do not know what I pay you for, Mr Larosse. The bar is busy, and you are here flirting with your colleague," Gabriel said in a low deep voice that seemed to demand everyone's attention. Esme's colleagues glanced their way and all at once jumped up and became suddenly very busy.

"The meeting is over. You can clean the room and tell me why you were so late," Gabriel ordered in his low steely voice. For some reason, the sound of his voice and quiet command made her core clench. But she instantly dismissed it as she walked past Gabriel, who gestured for her to walk forwards. 

Somehow she'd turned into a horny bugger. This really wouldn't do. She needed to keep her head on straight and not feel dizzied by the sweet fragrance that only belonged to him. It made her want to smell his clothes and roll his scent over her. She shook her head, trying to clear her mind from her animalistic thoughts. 

Esme opened the double doors to the VIP room and blinked in surprise at the state in which it was. The doors slammed shut behind her, and she looked at Gabriel questionably. 

"Clean it up," He said gruffly as he started to undo his tie. 

There were a few bodies on the ground and blood coating some of the floors. 

"W-what happened?" She asked and dropped her bag on the couch. Luther and Vinnie were at the bar already drinking. Niko was dropping a body on top of another before checking his appearance in the mirror behind the bar. Vincent was exiting through the waterfall, probably heading back to the penthouse as he was Gabriel's butler. 

The small pile counted to five bodies. The bodyguards at the side started to carry them away through the backstage door again, and all that was left was the bloodied floors.

"Vampire business. To be honest, it was a good thing you were late," Gabriel said as he accepted the freshly made drink from Luther. 

Esme didn't question further. She was a werewolf, and somehow it worked out better that she was late. Whatever happened, she might have been in the middle of it. Esme started to clean up the remaining mess quietly and glanced in Niko's direction as he closed the doors behind him. 

"Now, you can still help me. But first, what happened?" Gabriel asked as he gracefully sat down on the couch and folded his ankle over his knee, undid his jacket button and took a sip of what looked to be whisky. 

Esme paused at washing the blood away from her hands at the sink and looked at Gabriel. 

"Your complexion is a little pale, my love," Gabriel's voice floated through her mind, and she pressed her hands to her cheeks and stared in the mirror. It was hardly noticeable; not even Leo, who had been whispering in her ear, had noticed. But of course, Gabriel was a vampire, and he saw small things like that. Esme stared back at him and refrained from smiling.

He was such the sadistic vampire, not.

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