Rock Me Deep - Nora Flite Page 0,60

his presence was making me fall apart. My temples were expanding with pressure from the noise. Alcohol, I've had too much alcohol. Something bumped me; a hip or a thigh. I should stop, get some air. I need to breathe!

Foreign fingers hooked around my waist. I didn't know him, his face was an amethyst in the glow of the lights. “Hey,” he croaked, dark bruises under his eyes. “I know you, you're Lola.”

I said, “Yup.” With one hand trapped by my drink, I tried to use the other to pry myself free. The guy, whoever the fuck he was, wouldn't have it.

Yanking me close, his sour breath invaded my nose. “You were amazing up there.” His nose touched my forehead, sniffed my hair. “Come on, let's dance, babe.” Too fast, his hands ran up my ribs like giant spiders.

No way, not letting this happen. This asshole was sporting a giant grin. Wrenching back my arm, I erased it with a blast of ice and rum. I dropped the glass, the plastic 'clonk' not reaching me over the music.

In disbelief, he wiped his face; his eyes were furious. “You fucking bitch!”

There was a part of me that wanted him to try something. My brain was full of disgust for the other night, when the guards had thrown me down so easily. I wasn't a victim; those days were in my past. I could fight and I would fight, if someone gave me a reason.

Let this fucker give me a reason.

It would relieve so much poisonous energy if I could let loose and just go crazy.

The stranger gritted his teeth, but he didn't take a step towards me. His eyes shot up, over my shoulder. In the funny lighting of the club, Drezden was a purple demon. I'd have called him an angel, but I didn't need saving, and there was nothing angelic about him.

“There a problem?” He was looking at me while clearly talking to the guy soaked in my drink. The nameless shithead had to know who my 'hero' was. If he'd recognized me, Drezden Halifax was a given.

The stranger scrubbed his cheek, barely talking over the music. “No problem. Forget it.” He faded into the crowd, become another writhing body.

Drezden stared after the man longer than I did. Facing him, I noticed how people had given us some space. No one wanted to accidentally upset this beast of a man by bumping into him. Through my alcohol cloud, I noticed how serious he seemed. “I didn't start that,” I said, expecting him to be snippy. “And I could have handled it myself.”

“The drink stain on his shirt says you did handle it.” Cocking his head like a hawk, a smile tugged at one side of his lips. “If I get too close, will you do the same thing to me?”

Tobacco and salt filled my nose, replacing the sourness of the stranger. I honestly didn't know what I would do if Drez got too close. “Get me a new drink and let's find out.”

He threw back his head, laughing. His green eyes became black smoke. “What if I tell you I don't want to get you a drink?”

“You think I've had too much already.” It was a flat statement. I was halfway to drunk, but not there yet. Things were fuzzy and fun and my head could have floated away. But I wasn't smashed.

I ran my eyes over his torso in that tight fitted ribbed top, a clean replacement after our show. He was gorgeous; he knew it, everyone knew it.

I definitely knew it.

The singer was quiet. We stood there in the middle of a war, fists and knees punching all around us. Magically, we were untouched. He and I managed to escape into a bubble no one dared to break. What did others sense around us? What kept them at bay?

His fingers glided up the outside of my left wrist before I thought to stop him. By then, it was too late. “It's not that," he said. "You can drink as much as you want. It's just hard to dance with a glass in your hand.”

Heat twinkled like stars in his face. I wanted to gaze on him forever and vanish into his galaxy. It was so easy to just fall into him. If I tumbled headfirst, I'd float forever and never return. “You want to dance with me when every crazy-hot girl here is clawing her eyes out to get your attention?”

“Why would that matter?” He tugged my

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