Existence 03 - Ceaseless

reassuring smile because he suddenly seemed really nervous. Odd, Jay wasn’t the nervous type. I turned around and put my hands back on Dank’s arms. The muscles flexed under my touch and my imagination took off. He would be incredible without a shirt on. I didn’t have to see it to know it.
    “You know him,” Dank said in a slow even tone.
    “Yes. We went to high school together,” I explained , purposely leaving out that he’d been my one and only boyfriend. Dank seemed annoyed with Jay. I was probably imagining it but I was going to protect Jay just in case. For a musician Dank Walker was really built.
    “Do you like him?” Dank asked.
    Well, that was very blunt. I stopped dancing and stared up at him. “I don’t think that is really your business. We just met today.”
    Dank bit his bottom lip and dad-gum , if that wasn’t hot - as - hell. I really wanted to pull that bottom lip out and suck on it. I was just as bad as any other groupie. I’d just met the guy and I was thinking bad thoughts.
    “Okay. You’re right. I’m sorry.” He replied.
    The sad expression in his eyes made my heart hurt. I squelched the desire to reach up and touch his face. I didn’t want him to be sad. Had I sounded mean? I hadn’t meant to.
    “Let’s just dance,” I said as the music began another sexy beat.
    Dank nodded and his hands slid down further over my hips as he pulled me closer. The smooth easy way his body moved with mine made my hear t speed up with excitement. His hands left my waist and circled my wrist. I looked up at him as he took my hands and pulled them up to wrap around his neck, pressing my body closer to his. The dark sultry gleam in his eyes made my breath hitch. I wasn’t experienced enough to play in his world. But no matter how dangerous he could be for my heart , I couldn’t seem to break free from the hypnotic spell he had me under.
    “Alright, lover boy why don’t you lay off the heavy with Peggy Ann here. You have places to go and people to see.” Gee’s voice brought me back to reality. I let my hands fall from behind his neck and I took a step back.
    “Gee,” the warning in his tone caused me to shiver.
    “Don’t go getting all pissy . I’m just reminding you of your plans,” she replied putting emphasis on the last word. What exactly was Gee to Dank Walker?

Chapter Four

    Dank
    I was going to strangle Gee. Pagan was warming up to me. She was in my arms and I had found a modicum of peace from the fear that had gripped me since the moment I found out I could lose her.
    “Dank,” Gee replied saucily. I knew she was right. I hadn’t finished taking souls for the night but I’d known Pagan was here. I could feel her emotions. Her soul still called out to me even though she no longer remembered me.
    “Um, I’ll leave you two to work this out. I promised Jay a dance anyway,” Pagan said backing away.
    Don’t leave me.
    Pagan froze. Damn. I’d spoken to her soul. She’d heard me. The confusion in her eyes as she studied m e made me hope she remembered ; t hat her human brain was over - powered by her soul. But she shook her head and continued moving away. “I gotta go,” she said hastily then spun around and fled.
    “Smart move , ass hole. You just scared the shit outta her,” Gee said with a sigh.
    “Why’d you interrupt us? I know my duty. I don’t need you to screw with this.”
    Gee raised both her blond pierced eyebrows. “Oh really? Well, if you would stop lusting over Pagan long enough to remember that you have a job to do . Y ou have to let her make her own choices . If you did that, I wouldn’t have to step in. Yeah, you had her all wrapped up in that sexy , dark - spell thing you have going on. But her soul is connected to Jay’s. She needs to face that. Then she has to decide. You can’t come in and intercept her every time she gets close to him.”
    Snarling , I stalked toward the exit. I didn’t need to hear this. She was right and I hated that she was right. Pagan had to get close to Jay again. This was a competition. One I may very well lose. I winced as the pain sliced through me. Losing Pagan wasn’t something I could accept.
    I glanced at the dance floor and my eyes immediately found Pagan’s. She was watching me go. Jay wasn’t with her. She stood alone on the outside of the moving bodies , h er attention completely focused on me. I stopped and stared back at her. I took in the tilt of her head, t he softness of her lips and the