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we want. We got the magic pass.” Cindy jiggled her wrist before April’s eyes.
    Irritation rolled through her as she sighed. “You were the one who originally dragged me here, and now you want to hook up with some guy. You turned around real fast.”
    “Fine! I’m sure Kyle will be around shortly. He’s a wild cat in the sack. Maybe you’ll entice the gentleman downstairs and he’ll stop kissing all those women.”
    April and Cindy wove through the crowd. The music thumped around her and shook the walls. The body heat of the dancers pressed against her. The line was already winding through the hall. The same bouncer was there from before. Fog filled the room. Cindy walked up to the front of the line and flashed a smile to the woman at the front of the line.
    “Hey, bitch! What do you think you’re doin ’?”
    Cindy held her wrist out. “Sorry. We got free passes tonight.”
    “You can’t do that!” the woman said to the bouncer.
    “Actually she can.” Aldon led the woman before them out of the room.
    April noticed she was wide eyed and in a daze. Butterflies flew around in her stomach. Second thoughts bombarded her brain about actually doing this. Maybe she should go back upstairs and forget about this kissing man’s fetish. But then her dream man flashed before her eyes. The outline of his form underneath the cloak came to her. The places where his lips touched her body ignited from his remembered caresses.
    God, what am I doing? He wanted me to come back to the club. What impact did this whole idea have on my mind? I didn’t even see his face. She ran her fingers over her arms and looked at the other women in the line. They were waiting to see this guy too, all enthralled with the idea of what he could do. The bouncer stepped aside and Cindy walked into the room. When the large man returned, he smiled at her. She grinned back and then drummed her fingers on her arm waiting for Cindy to come out.
    “Don’t worry about your friend. He’ll take good care of her.”
    “Thanks. I appreciate that.”
    April watched the people passing down the hall and tried to figure out what the others saw in coming to the club. What was it about the fetishists? Then again, she was here, doing the same thing they were, attending the club to get kissed by a strange man. What am I doing? She glanced over and Aldon had Cindy.
    She grabbed her friend and helped her through the door. The muscled guy took Cindy’s other arm and they began to walk her out of the room. April glanced back and saw the outline of the cloaked man leaning against the wall. She still couldn’t see his face. It seemed his eyes were on her, watching her. The same way he was the week before.
    Cindy giggled. “Go for it, babe. It’s the best ride ever. You’ll feel great after. It was worth the wait.”
    April glanced at the bouncer.
    His eyes lit up and he nodded. “I’ll make sure she gets home okay. Don’t worry.”
    “Thank you.” April glanced at Cindy. The dopey expression on her face made her seem as if she were in another world on some good drugs.
    April stepped toward the curtained room. She stopped at the threshold and stared at the hooded man. He beckoned her forward. A shiver of dread spread through her about stepping into the unknown. Bats flapped about in her stomach. She bit her lip. The mist concealed the man before her.
    “I won’t hurt you.” His voice sounded just like the man who had appeared in her dream. She jumped back when he stood before her, inches from her face, with his cloak hanging low.
    “Where did you come from?” she asked, more surprised she hadn’t seen the mist part and him stepping through.
    “Just right in there. You did come here for me to kiss you, didn’t you?” His breath blasted against her face. It was warm compared to the air conditioning and dry ice that wafted through the club.
    “Yes.”
    “Then come into my lair.” He offered her his hand. April glanced down the hallway and saw Aldon