The Prince of Cups (Villainess Book 2)

by Melos,Alana

  I pushed with my hands again, and this time added my telekinesis to it. I didn’t modulate my strength, and he went flying off of me and to the side. I jumped to my feet as he hit the wall. Recovering quickly, he climbed to his feet, scowling at me.

  “I told you no,” I said, simply stating the fact. Gerard’s mental state may have been ‘it’s all mine mine mine’ ala Daffy Duck, but I didn’t blame him too much. It was the way he was, and I accepted that. Sadly, among men that mentality was all too common, and among villains it was damn near a requirement.

  The scowl turned to a sunny smile in a blink. “Aw, you can’t blame a guy for trying,” he said, laughing softly. He moved around our practice area, scooping up the practice knives. “Next week? We’ll see if that compulsion has worn off enough for you to work telepathically.”

  I nodded, picking up the blunted knife at my feet and tossing it to him. “Maybe then,” I said with a sigh. I had to maintain the quarantine zone around the magical compulsion in my head. Damn vampire blood anyway. It limited much of my power. I could still talk telepathically, and read emotions… but that was about it unless I dropped the zone. If I did that, I wasn’t sure I’d get it up again, and I would find my wonderfully sadistic vampire and throw myself at his feet. It didn't help at all with my training with Gerard, who was my mentor. Sure, I was learning how to fight with a knife which was always a useful skill… but it wasn’t increasing my power, which was what I truly wanted.

  He walked out of the practice area with me into his new living room. Since he’d changed identities, he decided to move back into Imperial City proper. Like myself, he lived on the upper east side, and again like myself, he kept it on the downlow here since quite a few white hats shared our space. His new apartment was high up, and furnished wonderfully. Every stick of furniture, every bit of cloth, every piece of art had cost him an arm and a leg, but he had money to burn. He’d mind controlled investors and bankers for years, building up a stash of cash which left me panting once I knew how much it was. I fucked him hard that night.

  I turned and wrapped my arms around him, looking ever so slightly up. “You can live without me one night,” I said, teasing him a little. When he moved against me, he was still hard, and the sensations the friction between us created tempted me. “I’ll stop by again, later on in the week.”

  Kissing me hard and thoroughly, Gerard left me wanting more. For a second, I entertained the idea of a quickie… but it was never quick between us. We wanted too much, craved more and more. Once was never enough.

  “Don’t leave me waiting long,” he whispered, then brushed his lips over mine.

  “How can I stay away?” I smiled at him, and then turned and grabbed my long trench coat as proof against the winter weather outside. Gerard didn’t want me leaving via flight from his place, lest some other metahuman thought to check out the new guy’s place and see what he was about. The less attention he got the better in his world view. As a result, when I left I rode down the elevator like all the normies. After that, I walked down the street a few blocks in a different direction every time. I didn’t blame him for his paranoia. He’d been on the run for too long to change now. A leopard couldn’t change his spots, and a psycho couldn’t change his personality disorder.

  When I arrived home, I stripped down and showered. I really wasn’t lying to Ger when I said I had something to do. Tonight was the anniversary of the Fall of Uptown, which we villains (and the youth) liked to call “FU Night”. For most people it was a mourning ceremony, to grieve for all the lives lost when the big floating platform formerly known as Uptown crashed onto half of New York City. It had been a great victory--the last great victory for us black hats--as it heralded the collapse of the world government which had been forming. Everything fractured with the Fall, and it left people scrambling for a sense of order, grabbing after anything so long as it promised stability.

  What fools these mortals were.

  Even though my parents were instrumental in it, I’d never taken part in the festivities. I didn’t want people to know who they were and thus, who I was. It would change everything, and I’d be judged as being their progeny instead of my own person. With the realization I needed to go out and do other things to make what would pass in my world for friends--contacts or allies would be closer to the mark--I thought I’d give it a try. Black hats came out in droves to party in the Underground. Sometimes it’d spill over into a crime spree, generally petty vandalism and theft, but mostly they just laughed about the white hats and how ineffectual they were. You know… boasting and bragging, with lots of alcohol and a few fights… just like any other family gathering.

  I thought I’d get some opinions on a new outfit I was working on, in a professional sense, as well as nose around and try to make some different contacts. If it sucked, I’d take Gerard up on his offer of sex. I knew he wouldn’t be at the celebration, even though no one would recognize his face now. He’d made too many enemies, burned too many bridges, even among my co-workers. I thought I’d probably see Nosferatu there, and I was eagerly looking forward to it. I hadn’t seen him since the night on my balcony when he’d left me standing there. I hadn’t even sensed him around, lurking in the shadows. It was strange how much I missed him, mystical compulsion aside. There were a few things in my life that I took for granted as always being there, and he had been one of them.

  After I showered and styled my hair to fall down my back in wild waves, I went to the closet and started picking out my outfit. I wasn’t going to go full armor tonight since I wasn’t actually working. Instead, I picked out a long dark red leather trench coat. It had armored sections in it, but still flowed pretty well. Not complete protection, but some, at least. The ‘uniform’ I’d been trying to design was actually based loosely off the Schattenkraft one I’d brought back from Axis, the lines of it anyway. The shirt was black and button up, though I left the top few undone since. I paired a skirt with it that came down to about mid thigh, but narrowed. There was a slit up the side so I could walk easily, but when I stood still it hugged my legs, making them seem long and streamlined. To finish the look, I had a pair of thigh high dark red leather boots, which stopped just short of the skirt. If I was working, I’d wear pants instead of the skirt. The boots, like the coat, had armor plates at strategic points, yet still allowed mobility.

  I admired myself in the full length mirror, thinking that it wasn’t quite there yet, but it was coming along nicely. Maybe I’d add another color accent, or change the top to a different style of shirt. I liked the button up though. Even though I kept it undone, it gave me an air of professionalism, and if I really wanted to, I could pair a tie with it either loose around my neck like in the eighties, or buttoned up and tight like the Schattenkraft officers. The trench made it easy to hide my sword and mask both, having a deep pocket to secure the mask, and being long enough to almost sweep over the floor, hiding the sheath. The sheath itself was built into the coat, so I had no tell tale belt across my front. The handle was held in place with a leather strap, easy to flick open to draw my sword from below. I had yet to fight in it, and I worried the long coat would trip me up. Decisions, decisions.

  The doorbell rang just as I was finishing up the last of my make up. Frowning slightly, I finished my mascara then found my sword. I didn’t have many visitors. It could be Gerard come to test my resolve. Nosferatu would come in through the balcony. I supposed it could be a door to door salesman. Even in a high rise, I got them every once in awhile.

  I stretched my telepathic senses out before I got to the door, and didn’t find anyone. However, when I checked the camera--because no, I was not going to look through the peep hole; I’d seen too many movies to know how unwise that was--someone was standing there, fidgeting nervously. Once I saw her, I knew why I didn’t sense anyone: it was the Nacht Sirene.

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  Villainess

  Meet Caprice, otherwise known as Capricious Whim, a veteran villainess of I
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  The Queen of Swords – Caprice, along with the vampiric Nosferatu, takes a job for a known fixer, Harry, to steal a piece of advanced tech. When the aftermath of the job catches up, Caprice deals with the fallout in this introduction to the world of Villainess! 26,000+ words, also available in audio book!

  The Prince of Cups – It's hard being a villain, and even harder when the local contacts think you could be out to get them. Realizing she needs someone to watch her back and negotiate jobs for her, Caprice is in a sticky situation... but she needs the perfect partner. Enter Regulus, a villain from the “bad old days”. The psychic operative has got the experience, subterfuge, and brutality she needs to succeed in her goals. In him, Caprice meets her equal in power, bloodlust, and desire. A meeting between their minds results in a dark, dangerous passion, a thirst unable to be quenched with just one drink. There's only two problems... he's an interdimensional fugitive from Axis Earth, an alternate dimension where the Axis powers won World War II, and his help comes with a price. When Caprice agrees to help him get free from the hunters who pursue him, a seemingly straightforward task becomes complicated... fast. This is the first full length novel from Alana Melos, and the second in the Villainess series. Now available as an audio book as well!

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