Page 96 of Beyond the Blue Horizon

Otto laughed hard, and the three of them moved on to safer topics, giving each other shit while I sat silently nursing my drink, the same as Cash did.

Dance music pounded from the speakers. A furor taking to the atmosphere as people let go of their worries.

Gluttony filling the air.

Raven suddenly came running over, Emery and Charleigh right on her tail, Piper hesitating at their rear.

“It’s time to get those booties on the dance floor. This girl is ready to get her groove on.” Raven did some kind of sultry movethat had Otto basically flying out of his seat, shoving at Kane and River to let him out.

“Scoot. As you can all see, my Moonflower needs me.”

Not that it took a whole lot of prodding since River and Kane were all too keen to join their girls. Each of them wrapped an arm around their waists to lead them out onto the floor.

Emery seemed to notice that Piper looked like she was getting ready to split and hooked her elbow in hers and pulled her out with them.

They all slipped into the darkened fray, instantly picking up the seductive beat.

Shadows and silhouettes within the strobing lights that flashed across their faces.

Kane was fucking right.

Piper was the only thing I could see.

Emery, Raven, and Charleigh passed her back and forth, getting goofy as they twirled her around in an obvious effort at loosening her up, before the woman finally found her stride, moving on her own as she got lost in the intoxicating rhythm of the music.

That’s exactly what she was.

Intoxicating.

Hips jutting side to side, nothing but temptation as she began to writhe within the toiling mess of bodies.

The girl twisting and turning and moving in a way that sent greed barreling straight for my dick.

Hands going to that lush fall of white hair as she danced, eyes drifting closed as she let every insecurity vanish in the beat.

I sat there pinned to the booth.

Mesmerized.

Just fuckin’ gobsmacked that she held the power to affect me this way.

Then those eyes opened and landed directly on me.

Piercing blue flaying me wide open where I sat stupefied.

Mouth likely gaping open.

God knew it was watering.

Then something else entirely was hitting me when some asshole sidled up to her and ground himself against her ass.

Piper winced, and she tried to shrink away from him, but the crush only pushed them together.

“You gonna sit there like a moron, or are you gonna move?” Cash’s voice was low where he rested back against the plush booth.

Yeah, I should move.

Get the fuck up and leave.