Dead and Everything (Eve Benson: Vampire Book 2) by P. S. Power Page A

girl.”
    Eve
forced a smile, and got back to her cleaning of the embassy. The Yoghurt World
gleamed, and had , for the two hours since she’d gotten there. To be fair
it also had when David, who’d had the night shift, along with Edom, had been
there before they’d left.
    The lean
and flirty Vampire was a bit lazy, for Lenore’s program, but that wasn’t why
he’d been with someone else. Normally the night shift was a solo one, even if
it was the busy time of day. It wasn’t that big of a thing, normally,
and everyone knew that if you came into the embassy at night, you were there
for business, not to be a pain in the ass. Mostly. No more than people normally
were, really. It seemed like the new order was all about having an extra few
bodies on hand in case of emergency, or simply to entertain the press.
    Technically
they already had the extra bodies for the day shift, since there was a handy
Eve that had started to hang out there all the time. By eleven in the morning
though, she was more than caught up. Not even a single person came in to get a
treat. Not even the Trollienkeine. They might be hungry all the time, and so large
that they needed the free food, but coming in right now might have them caught
on camera. If they wanted to not be out too, they had to be careful.
    The
phones didn’t even ring, so eventually she ended up just standing there, the
sun burning her through the ceiling. It was better to keep moving, but she
wasn’t going to fall asleep anymore. Not to avoid the pain. Lenore came out,
not having anything to do either it seemed, shaking her head.
    “Things
seem rather well put together for the day, so far. Now, why don’t we go over
some paperwork? I was instructed by Bey to teach you how to do my job. Not that
you’ll have it any time soon, but learning what to do might help anyway. First,
let’s review the forms?”
    She
wrinkled her face up, and then smiled.
    “I
didn’t really sign up to do homework. I was promised abuse and being locked in
a box… Not the endless joys of red tape.” It was a risk, since she didn’t want
to piss the Vampire off, but she got a smile in return, as the woman smoothed
her dress with her right hand.
    “I
understand. However Bey has spoken, and he wishes you to learn. He will
have a reason for it. What that is… Well, I have a guess, but would rather not
share at the moment. Needless to say, you won’t lose out by doing your best in
anything he asks of you.”
    Eve
walked to the back then, sighing.
    “I know.
It’s probably just so that I won’t seem like an uneducated fool. So, we keep
them alphabetically? By last name if they have one?”
    “Correct.
Now, let’s memorize the names, and purpose of each form? Then I’ll have you
fill in one of each, as we discuss what might be needed to do so.”
    Lenore
was serious, and it was exactly as fun as it sounded. Still, by four,
when things were starting to get a bit easier to handle, pain wise, the sun not
being as big of a focus for her, the phone finally rang again. Her brain was
numb, with numbers and names floating behind her eyes, so she didn’t jump up to
get it nearly as fast as she should have.
    That
meant Lenore did. Her voice was pleasant, and she became more so as she spoke,
not less. It was a good sign, given that they were both expecting the hate
calls to come in soon.
    Her
daytime work boss was in the office space with her, and actually smiled after a
bit.
    That got
Eve to start listening, which she should have been doing the whole time. What
was the use of having a super power if you just didn’t use it?
    The
voice on the phone was very familiar to her.
    Rebekah.
    She was
a Manthori, and was actually one of the very first Vampires that Eve had
actually met. She worked for Keeley, as in they were partners in the Human
blood business. The Vampire actually ran the thing, which had made her pretty
wealthy.
    Better
than that, or worse, depending on who was speaking and what day it was,