Chapter Thirty-Four

Arach and I stepped out of the stairwell and onto the VIP floor of Moonshine. The music hit me first, and I smiled to hear the Dark Horses playing. It had been a while since Id seen the horse-shifters or heard them play. Then I realized what that meant. The club was open.

It was odd to go from the early morning darkness of Texas to the late-night darkness of Hawaii, but it would only be around ten in Hawaii. The night was just getting started. Meaning Moonshine was slammed. Yup, no matter what the Gods thought of me, they liked my club.

Then I heard the unmistakable sounds of someone getting their freak on.

I froze. Looked around the terrace. There, half on a grassy hill, was Ty, Trevors younger brother who ran Moonshine for us. He was buck-ass naked—and a fine ass it was—pumping away at whoever he had bent over that hill. She was moaning. He was grunting. I was blushing.

Normally, I would have left. I almost did. If not for Arach.

Arach cleared his throat. Loudly.

“What the fuck?” Ty growled as he stopped thrusting to look over his shoulder. “Vervain? Arach?”

I was determinedly looking away. “Im so sorry to interrupt, Ty, but I need to inspect the area.”

“You need to what?”

“Who the fuck is that? I thought your bouncers wouldnt let anyone up here?” Tys date asked.

“Thats my sister,” Ty said. “She came in through the family entrance.” He smoothed down the womans dress, then helped her onto the couch before he pulled on his pants. A true gentleman. “Is this about that star that was left here?”

“Yes.” I glanced back, made sure they were decent, and turned to face them. “Sorry about this,” I said to the woman. “Its very important.”

She was stunning. Silky, deep brown skin with a bronze shine, huge brown eyes, long lashes, and curves. Lots of curves. A goddess in every way. “Oh. Uh, sure. Thats okay,” she said.

“Come on, sweetheart.” Ty held a hand out to her. “Lets get you something to drink while we wait downstairs for them to finish.”

“Was there a robbery?” She asked as she got up.

“The opposite,” I muttered.

Ty cast a warning look at me before saying, “Sort of. Someone is testing our security. My sister owns Moonshine along with my brother, so she has to investigate.”

“Oh, youre the owner? Ive heard good things about you.”

“Really?” I was shocked. “Thats rare.”

She chuckled. “Ive heard some bad things too, but people are whiners. I dont listen to bitch-babies.”

“Yeah, you try to take over the world one time, and everyone gets bent out of shape,” I joked.

She laughed harder. “Alls well that ends well.”

“Thanks for that. And sorry again. Have a bottle of something on me.”

“Thanks. Nice to meet you, Godhunter.”

“You too,” I said even though Ty never gave us her name.

I waited for them to disappear down the stairs and into the club before I started sniffing around. Arach was already strolling about, his dragon eyes glittering in the dark. There were a lot of scents up there, mainly from my family and friends. And now Ty had added his girlfriends to the mix. But that was fine. I wasnt looking for a scent. I already sniffed the star for that and failed. I was looking for a non-scent.

“No,” I whispered and went still. “Fuck!”

“A Thaisce?” Arach rushed over at the sound of a real curse word leaving my lips.

“Its here. Or not here, rather. The trickster must have used the Pasha to enchant their ninja suit with Katilas magic.” I blinked. “How the hell did they do that?”

“I dont know.” Arach took a deep sniff. “But I smell it too. There are distinct holes of absolutely clear air here.”

“I would have preferred the bleach.”

Arach grunted and took my hand. “We need to get back and share this information.”