on

dy, pounding into his chest like a heartbeat

ar, and even the spaces in the corner where he'd set up high

ad been through the roof. Every single night, they were running out of

booming, with high- class client

e'd decided on pursuing, despite the strange looks he'd received from

Which, Talon supposed, was fair considering they were a dime a dozen. But his baby was different. This

at need, unlike the rest of the c

from the bar gave him the eye. Normally, it would've been enough to distract him into go

brushed his arm, a sultry "hey stranger" falling out of

leep with h

ded together after a certain number, and from then on, he c

belt loop over the scanner and popped the door open once it unlocked. Stepping into the cool room, Talon let the door shut beh

ey

l with varying angles of the floor and VIP section. His eyes danced over the sc

t's

feeds, zooming in on a couple getting

e to bring you dinner if you were in the mood for a show

eet to me som

olled h

exciting h

manage to throw up all

t. "You send Leo o

t over with a mop in each of their hands and disdain written all over their faces. Draco's turntables

en minutes." "Jesus, how

ay that she was taking full a

rid of the kitchen

Those mozz sticks have saved my life

ays send you to the floor and switch

t you

careful what you

ne ever tell you th

nd ruffled the bea

But how else am I going

r,

security desk, Talon

thing else happens.

hed around the perimeter of the building. It gave him a little bit o

of people entwined together for only a night of wild fun and pleasure. It was that

, like the glitz and glam of owning a successful club had worn of

city, chasing the high that came with winning, that now tha

g up this club in the first place. She knew him better than he probably knew him

case was, it was

stepped into the club, catching Leo headed h

clean-u

mans are fucking gross.

d the mop and bucket into the corner, away from the

's all read

"Good. Let's h

r and was roped off to the normal parties

ty, and while he didn't care how they liked to mingle with potential partners, he'd

ion nodded to them and immediately unclipped

tion the moment they made

're

a smile. She was wearing a skin-tight dress that hugged every curve, with deep

definitely wasn't wearing anything under

e pressed herself into his side, molding

needed to go back to work. Even Leo was stepping away to give him space in case Talon

... didn't

ling he'd ever felt in h

went on. "I missed you." Bemuse

ther pretty smile. The kind that would

own at hims

h

her grip. "I've got things to do, so you better

in surprise. Even Leo

stepped her and continued on into the VIP section,

with him a moment la

at his general ma

wn like that. You know there's nothing urgent going o

hat what it came

break?

eo. She wasn

kled. "Wasn't aw

ating. Looking at his personal life from the outside, it really did seem like Talon fucked anything that

ng was that he seemed to be growing bored of

of women throwing themselves at him. How

im shake

he shoulder. "I'm going to take a break on the roof for a bit.

er strange look. "

er you

ned to explain his (seemingly) existential crisis. Because, for one, he'd probably look actually in

knowing about it and bragging about it were two separate issues, and he

e you in

arthest end of the room behind the half partition. Talon climbed the steps to the ro

d and actually chill. He spotted one of the lounge chairs Draco had dragge

e dragon shifter to have a spot to sunbathe on hot-a

led out his phone to check his messages

ening it, he r

lounge, so be nice to them! Also, one of them is s

er always had a penchant for trying to play matchmaker

astard and didn't exactly see the value in havi

skyline was beautiful this time of night and gave him that kind of kid-like nostalgia that remind

d go back to

eyes and let