The bar was all darkness and noise, the throbbing music accentuated by the bump and grind done in the poorly lit cages near the main stage. Hands slid over him, other dancers taking the liberty of the dimly lit floor and he joined their collective grope, reaching out for others; the touch of a nipple grazing his palm or curve of nicely rounded ass. He was enjoying himself quite a bit as some of the hands got a little friendlier and worked their way into his clothes.
Jesse stopped the delicate hand snaking down the front of his jeans and squeezed the wrist gently, hoping that they would disengage and let him turn around to see them. The hand moved up and away from the waist band and he didn't let go until he had pulled the person off the dance floor. He looked up and smiled, she was pretty and gazing at him only a little vacantly. She tugged at his hand and he reluctantly let go, but leaned closer. "Sorry, but you were getting a little too involved out there. I know the owner and she doesn't like things like that happening down here... there are private rooms for that." He grinned at her and she nodded slowly.
He looked her over quickly and smiled again. Her pupils were dilated and she moved with something that spoke of substances other than alcohol in her blood. Jesse pulled her along behind as he threaded his way to the back of the club. The private rooms were no more than semi-private as there were no real doors and several couples might be in them at anytime. They were dark and had curtains hung at odd angles from the ceiling. He pulled her into a small alcove and pressed her back against the wall. She made a small noise as her flesh came into contact with the cold cement, but didn't move away as he slowly pulled her tight skirt over her hips.
Jesse lost himself quickly in the sharp taste of her neck and her slickness against his fingers. Her blood was rich with something he couldn't identify but it made him feel warm. Only a little bit, only a few swallows, his mind sang, and that was all he got before his knees weakened and gave out. His hand didn't slip away from her and she bucked up against him as he pushed her thighs further apart. He ghosted his mouth across her flesh until he felt her pulse and bit hard, letting the femoral artery fill his mouth more quickly. He sucked gently for a few more moments before flicking his tongue over the wound and pressing his cheek against it. She was still moving against his fingers, making small gasping noises above him as she grabbed his hair and held his head tightly against her thigh. He waited until the contractions around his fingers slowed and stopped before moving away, letting her pull out some of his hair as she relaxed.
The wound wasn't bleeding very much and he pulled a strip of fabric from the bottom of his short off to tie around her thigh before the blood could dribble down her leg. Her eyes were still closed but her hands were moving again, pushing her clothes back into place and then sliding against his scalp briefly. She only made a small purring noise before stepping around him and disappearing behind the curtains towards the front of the club. Jesse stayed where he was, kneeling on the floor and waiting for the dizziness to pass. He licked his hand clean before tearing another piece of cloth from his shirt to wipe the blood from his cheek.
Jesse waited a long time before returning to the main part of the club. He moved through the crowd of people carefully, trying not to overbalance as the drugs continued to make happy little sparkles in front of his eyes. He had never experienced anything like this before, maybe a new drug on the streets or perhaps just his own inexperience with such things. He started an internal debate about whether or not he should tell Suneyva about the possibility of a dealer near her club, someone selling something new. She would want to know. She'd probably kill them if she found them too. Jesse grinned, he would wait until this drug was out of his system and then tell her. She'd smack him up one side of his head and down the other if she caught him using anything. She even frowned upon blood laced with alcohol though she would drink it at times.
He stopped and giggled, Suneyva frowned at everything, not just drugs. She was becoming a real bitch. No wonder Julianna left for parts unknown. Jesse sobered again, he missed Julianna a lot. She had been like an older sister and was the one to guide him in the ways of the clan and the abilities he had gained after the Embrace. She hadn't even said goodbye when she left. He started across the club again, pushing people out of his way when they didn't part quickly enough, and made his way out to the sidewalk and the relatively clean air of the street.
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