We walk through the crowd and take the other way to the bar. Our plan was not to draw attention to ourselves that it was obvious, but merely catch the eye of Alec so he would approach us. We were here to lure him away from the actual plan. We were the bait, and Mero was going to be the fail switch. Our real plan was the one he wouldn't see coming.

"Hey, do you have a light?" A tall brunette asks me. Her eyes are the color of rich honey, and her skin is flawless.

"Nope, but I'm ...