A Deal with the Don: Secrets & Stakes Rise in Episode 5
Flash Fiction Friday - Episode 5 of "Sanguine Serendipity" - 995 words
Welcome to this week’s Sanguine Serendipity vampire serial, and since this is Flash Fiction Friday, the posts are less than 1000 words.
Last week, our heroes were celebrating the success of producing and testing their new vampire sports drink when unexpected visitors arrived with a dire request - the vampire mobster and his henchmen showed up demanding they have an audience with his boss, Don Dominic Carpathia.
Without further adieu…
Cornelius tugged his collar in the crowded elevator. Two hulking bodyguards stood behind him, Eva, and Vincent on the ride up to the don’s city penthouse. At last, the doors slid open.
Eva slipped her hands into the crooks of Cornelius and Vincent’s elbows and pulled them close as they walked down the hall. “Let me do the talking. I’ve dealt with Dominic before.”
“You what?” Cornelius looked askance.