Anarchy (Hive Trilogy Book 2) by Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone Page B
Authors: Jaymin Eve, Leia Stone
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at all. “Or. I’m the or. Tell me.”
He swallowed hard. “The feeding center has become a hub of gossip. I hear it all. Most of it probably isn’t even true.”
Okay, he was definitely priming this for a bad news drop.
“But…?”
“But…” He picked at his nails again, one of his few nervous tics. “So there are always these rumors flying around this place that the vampires give out high interest loans to humans in exchange for stuff. Until today I’d never known for sure, but there were these two vampires talking in the feeding room—”
I raised an eyebrow, which was admittedly much less groomed than my BAFF’s, and interrupted him: “So, I gather that mostly what you do for your job is spying.”
He pursed his lips. “No! Maybe. Whatever. Anyway, I overheard the vampires saying they finally got something on Senator McGreelie. Pictures his wife wouldn’t want to see.”
“Who is Senator McGreelie?”
Jayden rolled his eyes. “That’s not what’s important. Charlie, it’s all true. The vampires have blackmail files on all of the major politicians. Despite the fact that their numbers are greater, the human world is secretly ruled by the vampires.”
Holy shit. Unbridled rage swept through me. Enough was enough. This was not okay. I pulled out my all-access keycard. Jayden had more than piqued my interest, and now I had to know for sure. Because if this was true, it had cemented something inside of me which had been brewing since I found out I was the cure.
“Want to have some fun?” I asked.
He gave me his grin, the one which told me he was down for anything.
Chapter 6
Ten minutes later we were in a room full of filing cabinets. Jayden had told me plenty of times about this secret little room. Since he had to constantly log in blood donations and keep records of blood types and schedules of feeders, he knew the administrative side of the Hive. My fancy badge got us into the room and hopefully no one would pay attention to the security log, because while Jayden had a legitimate reason to come in here on occasion, I had none.
We were alone. The ten-foot-high rows of filing cabinets were menacing, casting shadows on the cement floors, making me paranoid. The room was small, maybe fifteen feet long and ten feet wide.
As we crept along one row Jayden whispered: “I overheard one of the ash saying that a few years ago the vampires were hacked and lost a lot of precious info. Since then they have printed everything and kept it in hard copy form.”
Everything? Holy shit. Could it be that easy? Their paranoia was going to make our snooping on the vamps that much easier. Not to mention, so many of the vamps were older than dirt, and found it hard to assimilate into the twenty-first century. Here’s hoping that we would just open one of these cabinets and find the dark secrets of the Hive. Why hadn’t Ryder and his boys done this before? Probably something to do with pit-style punishment if they were caught.
Eek, we’d better not get caught.
Knowing time was short, I began scanning the cabinet labels: Blood Types, Feeder Data, Hive Construction Permits …
“Boring,” I murmured, before moving on to the next one. It was equally as useless. As I rounded the first row I noticed that Jayden had stopped dead in front of a cabinet that looked different from the others. It was sturdier and had a key lock on the front, while the others had a simple push-button to open. Moving in behind him I read the label. Classified. And there we had the perfect example of the arrogance of vampires. Jayden jiggled the locking mechanism, and it was solid. Thick.
Dammit! Of course it wouldn’t be that easy. One of the Quorum members probably had the key. Oh well, we would just have to find another way to get the Hive’s dirty little secrets. Turning to leave, I did a double take as my bestie reached into his pocket and pulled out two bobby pins. He then started tinkering with them, straightening one
He swallowed hard. “The feeding center has become a hub of gossip. I hear it all. Most of it probably isn’t even true.”
Okay, he was definitely priming this for a bad news drop.
“But…?”
“But…” He picked at his nails again, one of his few nervous tics. “So there are always these rumors flying around this place that the vampires give out high interest loans to humans in exchange for stuff. Until today I’d never known for sure, but there were these two vampires talking in the feeding room—”
I raised an eyebrow, which was admittedly much less groomed than my BAFF’s, and interrupted him: “So, I gather that mostly what you do for your job is spying.”
He pursed his lips. “No! Maybe. Whatever. Anyway, I overheard the vampires saying they finally got something on Senator McGreelie. Pictures his wife wouldn’t want to see.”
“Who is Senator McGreelie?”
Jayden rolled his eyes. “That’s not what’s important. Charlie, it’s all true. The vampires have blackmail files on all of the major politicians. Despite the fact that their numbers are greater, the human world is secretly ruled by the vampires.”
Holy shit. Unbridled rage swept through me. Enough was enough. This was not okay. I pulled out my all-access keycard. Jayden had more than piqued my interest, and now I had to know for sure. Because if this was true, it had cemented something inside of me which had been brewing since I found out I was the cure.
“Want to have some fun?” I asked.
He gave me his grin, the one which told me he was down for anything.
Chapter 6
Ten minutes later we were in a room full of filing cabinets. Jayden had told me plenty of times about this secret little room. Since he had to constantly log in blood donations and keep records of blood types and schedules of feeders, he knew the administrative side of the Hive. My fancy badge got us into the room and hopefully no one would pay attention to the security log, because while Jayden had a legitimate reason to come in here on occasion, I had none.
We were alone. The ten-foot-high rows of filing cabinets were menacing, casting shadows on the cement floors, making me paranoid. The room was small, maybe fifteen feet long and ten feet wide.
As we crept along one row Jayden whispered: “I overheard one of the ash saying that a few years ago the vampires were hacked and lost a lot of precious info. Since then they have printed everything and kept it in hard copy form.”
Everything? Holy shit. Could it be that easy? Their paranoia was going to make our snooping on the vamps that much easier. Not to mention, so many of the vamps were older than dirt, and found it hard to assimilate into the twenty-first century. Here’s hoping that we would just open one of these cabinets and find the dark secrets of the Hive. Why hadn’t Ryder and his boys done this before? Probably something to do with pit-style punishment if they were caught.
Eek, we’d better not get caught.
Knowing time was short, I began scanning the cabinet labels: Blood Types, Feeder Data, Hive Construction Permits …
“Boring,” I murmured, before moving on to the next one. It was equally as useless. As I rounded the first row I noticed that Jayden had stopped dead in front of a cabinet that looked different from the others. It was sturdier and had a key lock on the front, while the others had a simple push-button to open. Moving in behind him I read the label. Classified. And there we had the perfect example of the arrogance of vampires. Jayden jiggled the locking mechanism, and it was solid. Thick.
Dammit! Of course it wouldn’t be that easy. One of the Quorum members probably had the key. Oh well, we would just have to find another way to get the Hive’s dirty little secrets. Turning to leave, I did a double take as my bestie reached into his pocket and pulled out two bobby pins. He then started tinkering with them, straightening one
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