Not What She Seems Read Free

brightly, as if she too was interested in getting to know Elora. She relished the slight tick of tension that passed across her client’s face when he realized she wasn’t going to go away as easily as he had hoped. Who did he think he was, dismissing her for a free lay? She would never let him have her services again, Lilith’s anger be damned. And who did the succubus think she was? Sylvia didn’t know who she was or where she came from, but she knew for a fact that the hotel they were in was within another succubus’ territory.
    “That’d be great,” Elora purred. She gave Sylvia a ‘game on’ look over the man’s shoulder.
    “So, who wants a drink?” the client asked the ladies awkwardly. It was clear he felt he was in over his head with this. He had hired an escort, met a foxy girl who seemed like she’d give it up for free, and now he couldn’t ditch the escort. It was not turning out as he had planned.
    “I’d love a gin and tonic,” Sylvia replied sweetly.
    “I’ll have another of the same,” Elora motioned to her empty glass already on the counter.
    Sylvia smiled as the client ordered up another round of drinks. She could tell his plan was rapidly changing. He was going to try to turn this snafu into a stroke of luck for himself. Visions of a threesome were dancing in his head now and he wanted to make that dream a reality. He probably figured if he liquored them both up enough he could have a wilder evening than he had originally hoped for with just one of them. Fat chance, Sylvia thought to herself. There would be no threesome with her, she didn’t work that way, but she was happy to let him hope for one and looked forward to bursting his bubble later.
    Just as her drink arrived Sylvia’s cell phone rang with a call from the escort service. “Will you excuse me please?” She excused herself from the bar and walked into the hotel lobby to answer it.
    “You will not belie ve what’s going on here,” she began without even greeting Lilith.
    “I already know, in fact that’s why I’m calling,” her boss cut her off, “ He text the service a little while ago, cancelling you for the evening, saying he had met someone else. Of course we’re charging him for the evening anyway, but you can go now.”
    “Do you know who the ‘someone else’ is?” Sylvia asked irritably.
    “No, do you? Why does it matter? I thought you’d be happy about this. No tip of course, but you’ll still get your cut even though he doesn’t require your services after all.”
    “The other woman, Lilith, is one of us, one I don’t recognize.” Sylvia was careful not to mention the word succubus but Lilith picked up what she was telling her immediately.
    For once she was momentarily silenced, too stunned to reply right away. “I haven’t heard of anyone new in town,” she replied after a beat. “I want you to get her number and get out of there. We can recruit her for the service.”
    “Can’t I just go now? My evening’s been wasted by that jerk and I don’t feel like playing recruiter for you tonight.”
    “You’ll get her number or you’ ll sit there all night trying. Just get me those digits,” Lilith snapped, her steely demeanor recovered once again.
    Without replying Sylvia hung up. She was livid that her night had so quickly gone to hell. Instead of having another decent feed and earning her tip she was now Lilith’s errand girl. At least she’d get her pay for the job if not her tip.
    She took a moment to compose herself and sauntered back into the bar .
    “I’m so sorry, that was work, I have to be going,” she apologized to the client. Elora’s face lit up at the news until Sylvia turned to address her. “Elora, I’d love to get together sometime. Might I get your number?”
    “Oh, I’m so busy right now, it’s hard for me to find a night to get out,” she answered cool ly.
    “What a shame. I was thinking we could go out for drinks with my friend Lilith. She’ d really like